*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship:
- Emu
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Emu>
(RfP scheduled to end after 13 July 2021 11:49 UTC)
- -akko
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/-akko>
(RfP scheduled to end after 16 July 2021 06:31 UTC)
- Closed request for adminship:
- Allenwang6212a
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Allenwang6212a>
(unsuccessful)
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past:
- LIBER 2021 - Panel Discussion: Why use Wikidata or not - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4UCFJyGzfo>
- SPARQL Wikidata divers. Session of Tuesday, June 29 (in French) -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUkCaMucdYQ>
- SPARQL Wikidata Wikisource. Tuesday, July 6 session (in French) -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36cyIt9WPgc>
- Upcoming:
- The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on
Wednesday 28th July 2021 at 16:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata
Telegram group <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>. This
month we will also be having a guest presentation about Toolhub
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub> by Srishti Sethi from the
Wikimedia Foundation.
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call:
Carlo Bianchini (University of Pavia), Stefano Bargioni (Pontifical
University Santa Croce (Rome)), and Camillo Carlo Pellizzari di San
Girolamo (University of Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore) will
discuss their
recent project and article “Beyond VIAF: Wikidata as a Complementary Tool
for Authority Control in Libraries”.; [1]
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UXzBo0UH4i8qs4RNG02b4uoE4fG09BlY5OJi7UD-BVU/edit>,
July 13th.
- Upcoming Search Platform Office Hours—July 14th, 2021
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/XJ3TLDYCJYZ7HL436I2LQBVWUOI52AGI/>.
Come and ask anything related to Wikimedia search, Wikidata
Query Service,
Wikimedia Commons Query Service, etc.!
- Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #71
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#71>,
July 18
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- Improving Wikidata-Wikisource Integration
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/07/improving-wikidata-wikisource-integration/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter>,
July 7, 2021 by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
- A first look at Wikidata through Github Copilot
<https://addshore.com/2021/07/a-first-look-at-wikidata-through-github-copilot/>
by Addshore <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore>
- Papers
- A Study of the Quality of Wikidata (Q107425133)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107425133>, by Kartik Shenoy et al,
published 1 July 2021, explores the use of three indicators - deleted
statements that are not replaced; deprecated statements; and constraint
violations - as a framework for evaluating data quality.
- Videos
- Introduction to OpenRefine for batch Wikidata editing
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmEBQ6G_Huw> (YouTube, ca. 1 hr 40
min) by Spinster <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Spinster>.
Recording of a training for the Wiki World Heritage User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_World_Heritage_User_Group>.
- Editing Wikidata items about Ghanaian parliamentarians (Global Open
Initiative Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Open_Initiative> workshop) -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3KOEMLgz2s>
- Editing Lexicographical data in Dagbani (ʒiɛɣu
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L578335>) (Dagbani Wikimedians
User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dagbani_Wikimedians_User_Group>
workshop) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tATyBFvR6c0>
- Wikidata Workshop by Juan Antonio Pastor at the University of
Murcia (in Spanish) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fwXqYlyjPc>
Tool of the week
- Schafe vorm Fenster <https://schafe-vorm-fenster.de/> is a project to
build up a calendar for rural villages in Vorpommern-Greifswald using
Wikidata to get images and short descriptions for the villages. (See
example <https://twitter.com/schafeamfenster/status/1412655207432048641>)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata now has over 9,000 Properties!
<https://twitter.com/WikidataMeter/status/1412980136429903875> You can
see the development over the past 5 years and which datatype is represented
the most here
<https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000167/wikidata-datamodel?viewPanel=6&orgId=1&refresh=30m&from=now-5y&to=now>
.
- Wikimedia Deutschland to receive a grant from Arcadia to work on
minority languages
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/XTH4TUR34NQ57DC73HP6XB3NU6FO6CH7/>
- The Wikidata development has a new space to receive bug reports and
feature requests: Wikidata:Report a technical problem
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Report_a_technical_problem>. You
may also continue to report issues to Wikidata:Contact the development
team
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contact_the_development_team>
but until the end of July when the page will be permanently protected and
archived.
- OpenRefine has two Junior Developer job openings (paid contractor
positions; part-time, fully remote) for building Structured Data on
Wikimedia Commons functionality
1. Junior Developer - Wikimedia Development
<https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/07/07/Wikimedia-Commons-reconciliation-batch-developer.html>
(6 months, from September 2021 till February 2022)
2. Junior Developer - OpenRefine Development
<https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/07/07/OpenRefine-SDC-developer.html>
(8 months, from November 2021 till June 2022)
- For 2021 WMF Board of Trustees election
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021>,
there are 20 candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Candidate_Table>.
Community members can know and participate in the campaign activities
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021#Campaign_Activities>
here.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: taxon range
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9714>, image of entrance
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9721>, replacement value
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9729>, announced at
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9731>
- External identifiers: Monumental Trees ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9704>, Bauforschung
Baden-Württemberg Objekt-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9705>, Director
Identification Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9706>, GCD
creator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9707>, Handzone
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9708>, Games und
Erinnerungskultur Datenbank ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9709>, Lexikon Westfälischer
Autorinnen und Autoren person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9710>, cIMeC.Ro museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9711>, Research Resource
Identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9712>, Swedish
National Archive agent ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9713>, Room of Names ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9715>, Native Land territory
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9716>, Native Land
language ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9717>,
eishockey.info
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9718>, HockeyLive
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9719>, fotoCH
photographer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9720>, UFC ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9722>, 20th Century Chinese
Biographical Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9723>, FightMatrix ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9724>, EBIDAT ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9725>, Bellator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9726>, WTA-Trainer-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9727>, Tapology ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9728>,
Chidlovski.Com USSR
national ice hockey team player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9730>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: URL for citizen's initiatives
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/URL_for_citizen%27s_initiatives>,
incubator
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/incubator>,
project
state
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/project_state>,
edition-version
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/edition-version>,
Città e Cattedrali ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Citt%C3%A0_e_Cattedrali_ID>,
release of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/release_of>,
translation of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/translation_of>,
match event
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/match_event>,
Igromania series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Igromania_series_ID>,
alternative title
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/alternative_title>,
Classification of the Functions of Government
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Classification_of_the_Functions_of_Government>
- External identifiers: WMO code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WMO_code>,
Enciclopedia
Dantesca ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_Dantesca_ID>,
FINA Athlete ID 2021
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FINA_Athlete_ID_2021>,
IFPNI author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IFPNI_author_ID>,
Steam Greenlight ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Steam_Greenlight_ID>,
Adventure Corner ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Adventure_Corner_ID>,
Pladias ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pladias_ID>,
código centro docente CEICE
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_c%C3%B3digo_centro_docente_CEICE>,
Media Bias/Fact Check ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Media_Bias/Fact_Check_ID>,
abART term ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/abART_term_ID>,
US-Ski-&-Snowboard-Athleten-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/US-Ski-%26-Snowboard-Athleten-ID>,
Freeview Australia show ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Freeview_Australia_show_ID>,
Kartridge game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kartridge_game_ID>
- Query examples:
- Subclasses of Q732577 'publication' found by the Gather, Apply &
Scatter service <https://w.wiki/3bti> (source
<https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1412705102004162560>)
- Places more or less on Papa Stour <https://w.wiki/3cJe> (using
P1332-P1335 to constrain a wikibase:around search)
- Map of Sweden's outdoor gyms <https://w.wiki/3ZYM> (Source
<https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1413789042857193472>)
- Newest database reports: language names in Dutch (Wikidata, Wikipedia
and MediaWiki)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Wikimedia_language_codes/lists/all/in_nl>
Development
- Mismatch Finder (a tool to review mismatches between Wikidata and
other databases): We continued initial development of the store part of the
tool. We focused on the upload of new mismatches. (phab:project/view/5422
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5422>)
- Discussion on how do describe the types of mismatches reviewed in
Mismatch Finder (phab:T285849 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285849>
)
- We introduced a magic word that can be used to exclude a page from
Special:UnconnectedPages on Wikipedia and co. This will make the special
page more useful to find pages on Wikipedia and co that should be added to
an Item on Wikidata as sitelinks. (phab:T97577
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97577>).
- We reduced the number of Wikidata edits that show up in the watchlist
and recent changes of Wikipedia and co by not triggering entries for a
number of Wikidata edits that do not influence the article (phab:T286193
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T286193>)
- Property Suggester: We are reviewing patches by a student working on
an improved Property Suggester.
- Working on improving how deprecated statements are handled when
checking “type” and “value type” constraints" (phab:T170401
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170401>)
- Working on fixing a bug where the entity suggestions are opened when a
valid value is already selected (phab:T285102
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285102>)
- Wikidata-Wikibase federation (Federation v2): We investigated How to
refer to entities that have the same IDs as the source wikibase entities
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284913>. You can read the ADR
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase/+/refs/heads/master/docs/adr/0019-federated-properties-prefix-ids-via-uris.md>
here
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>
--
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