*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - WikiRankBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/WikiRankBot (Task: Use Alexa rank (P1661) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1661. "...track the monthly ranking of websites based on Similarweb Ranking") - TiagoLubianaBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TiagoLubianaBot (Task: Link UMLS CUIs to Wikidata based on external mappings)
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - Cultural Institutions and Linked Open Data Networks: Create Your Own Database with Wikibase! https://www.goethe.de/ins/gr/de/sta/the/ver.cfm?event_id=24683756 Friday, 05.26.2023 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m (On-line) - Conversation on open data and digital innovation in education https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/agenda/2023/05/11/conversatorio-sobre-datos-abiertos-e-innovacion-digital-en-educacion/. Carlos Blin Auditorium of the Central University of Chile, Av. Santa Isabel #1278, Santiago. Thursday May 25 – 10:00 a.m. - Towards a new national bibliographic processing policy with linked data https://www.literature.gr/eve-pros-mia-nea-ethniki-politiki-vivliografikis-epexergasias-me-syndedemena-dedomena/. Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 May 2023
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Papers: Deliberative Quality in Wikimedia Projects: Comparing Requests for Comments on Meta, Wikipedia and Wikidata https://wikiworkshop.org/2023/papers/WikiWorkshop2023_paper_8.pdf - Videos - Wikidata The Making Of (The history of Wikidata, from its inception to its creation and the first ten years of operation, up to 2022) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-nklyrDx4 - ETD Wikidata Conversion Project, University of Washington - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIKsPrmAQq8 - Back having even more fun with Lexemes! - Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1818117233 - Notebooks: Where did the Women Artists within The Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection Go To School? https://observablehq.com/d/4ed4dd247271da64
Tool of the week
- tidywikidatar https://edjnet.github.io/tidywikidatar/ is an R package https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:R_package for exploring the wealth of information stored by Wikidata.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Google Summer of Code 2023 and Outreachy Round 26 candidates announced, with Wikidata-related projects https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/7CF5VAKSEVQL5BBSZKON7OZVBDVCM5B6/ - re•shape – A Wikimedia program to support knowledge equity https://www.wikimedia.de/reshape/en/homepage/ - Applications are open between May 11 and June 18 to apply for a grant to create more space and visibility for marginalized knowledge.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - iconically alludes to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11785 (item that is iconically represented in the execution of this lexeme) - External identifiers: Wood Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11776, Humanities Commons member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11780, Shipbucket ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11781, MEL residence ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11782, JMA weather station ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11783, Soprintendenza Speciale di Roma place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11784, GamesRadar+ ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11786, L'Histoire par l'image ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11787, Napster release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11788 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: Qualigeo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qualigeo_ID, Ut ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ut_ID, RAWG developer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RAWG_developer_ID, RAWG publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RAWG_publisher_ID, Israel Composers' League composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Israel_Composers%27_League_composer_ID - Query examples: - Name of languages containing the words "old" or "ancient" https://w.wiki/6gvM (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1656574461162692609) - Birthplaces of humans called "Antoine" https://w.wiki/5XuN (source https://twitter.com/digitalWestie/status/1656310645162139650) - Who took the most pictures on WikiCommons around a Wikidata item? https://w.wiki/6g$5 (source https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1656644392348798977) - Graph of art (and other things) owned by Art Looting Red Flag Names or members of the Nazi Party at any time https://w.wiki/6gRt (source https://wikis.world/@openartdata@mastodon.art/110337473330299894) - Top album languages found on Wikidata right now https://w.wiki/6TNS (Week 19, 2023) (source https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/110360897866179383) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Personal Pronouns https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Personal_Pronouns (Goal: Model and assign pronouns ethically in Wikidata)
Development
- EntitySchemas: We've continued work on the new datatype to link to EntitySchemas in statements. (phab:T214884 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214884) - Converted a number of Properties from string to external ID datatype ( phab:T334450 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334450) - mul language code: We've worked on preparing the special pages related to labels, descriptions and aliases for the new language code. ( phab:T330193 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T330193, phab:T329626 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329626) - Wikibase REST API: We continued working on the ability to modify labels of an Item using the HTTP PATCH method. (phab:T332739 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332739).
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority.
Monthly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. - Comment on property proposals: all open proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview - Contribute to a Showcase item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items . - Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! - Help merge identical items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects. - Help write the next summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next