*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- More WikidataCon 2019 reports: - WikidataCon 2019 report on the Latvian Wikipedia https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikip%C4%93dija:Konferences/WikidataCon_2019 - Wikidata+OSM at State of the Map 2019 and WikidataCon 2019 https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/seav/diary/391594
Tool of the week
- Recoin https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Recoin displays information about the relative completeness of a Wikidata item by comparing its statements with those found on other similar items. Especially useful for editors working in a knowledge area that is new to them.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Following a discussion on generalizing P2572 to all hashtags https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P2572#generalizing_the_property_to_all_hashtags and the rejections of Instagram hashtag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Instagram_hashtag, Flickr tag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flickr_tag, and Gfycat tag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gfycat_tag properties propositions, the formerly 'Twitter hashtag' property is now a platform-agnostic hashtag (P2572) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2572 property. A tool was created to be used as formatter url and link to those different platforms regrouping content by hashtags: toolforge:hashtags-hub https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags-hub. - New tool: WDumper https://tools.wmflabs.org/wdumps/, generating customized Wikidata RDF dumps. More information https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-December/013703.html - Call for Proposals for grants to support WikiCite satellite events https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-December/013706.html - MediaWiki Technical Advice IRC Meetings will not continue in 2020 https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-December/013708.html
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: superfamicom.org ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7705, nominalized form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7706, PlayStation DataCenter ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7707, implies https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7719 - External identifiers: Aberdeenshire HER ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7694, e-WV ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7695, Français libres ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7696, Maine: An Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7697, Musée de la Résistance ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7698, National Library of Lithuania ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7699, Slovak National Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7700, SNESmusic.org game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7701, The Sierra Chest ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7702, Spanish Quora topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7703, Europeana Entity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7704, SNESmusic.org company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7708, ScienceOpen author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7709, ScienceOpen publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7710, Joconde author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7711, Joconde domain ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7712, SNESmusic.org composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7713, tDAR creator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7714, World Flora Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7715, ACMA Broadcast Service Licence Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7716, Vaare falne ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7717, Complex Portal accession ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7718 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Differential diagnosis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Differential_diagnosis, part of terminology https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/part_of_terminology, voice gender https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/voice_gender, verifiability of property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/verifiability_of_property, study type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/study_type, NIPS Proceedings author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NIPS_Proceedings_author_ID, field of training https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/field_of_training, litter size https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/litter_size, Copyright status of author https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Copyright_status_of_author, academic appointment https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/academic_appointment, written at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/written_at, legislative committee https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/legislative_committee, Member of military unit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Member_of_military_unit, access status of contents https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/access_status_of_contents, EAN-13 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EAN-13, filename in archive https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/filename_in_archive - External identifiers: Computer Emuzone ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Computer_Emuzone_ID, Projekt Gutenberg-DE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Projekt_Gutenberg-DE_ID, PlanetMath https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PlanetMath, Natural Product Atlas ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Natural_Product_Atlas_ID, EEPS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EEPS_ID, screenscraper platform ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/screenscraper_platform_ID, The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Encyclopedia_of_Oklahoma_History_and_Culture_ID, ScreenScraper game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ScreenScraper_game_ID, Nonfiction ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nonfiction_ID, ScreenScraper company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ScreenScraper_company_ID, National September 11 Memorial ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_September_11_Memorial_ID, Museum of Modern Art exhibition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museum_of_Modern_Art_exhibition_ID, PS photographer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PS_photographer_ID, deviantArt https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/deviantArt, Frick Art Reference Library Artist File Names ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Frick_Art_Reference_Library_Artist_File_Names_ID, LiverTox ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LiverTox_ID, ScreenScraper group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ScreenScraper_group_ID, ZX81 Collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ZX81_Collection_ID, Netherlands Photo Museum photographer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Netherlands_Photo_Museum_photographer_ID, Movie Walker person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Movie_Walker_person_ID, ZX81 Collection publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ZX81_Collection_publisher_ID, IDFA film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IDFA_film_ID - Query examples: - Wikidata properties https://w.wiki/Dx2 > 7000 - Wikidata External identifiers https://w.wiki/Dx3 > 4590 - Map of locations of "big cities" https://w.wiki/Dx4 (source https://twitter.com/danbri/status/1204718675720314881) - Seats which changed party in the 2019 UK General Election https://w.wiki/Dw3 (source https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1206358563813236737) (mapped https://w.wiki/Dvz) - artists in Wikidata mapped to the Swedish National museums but are not an entity in Europeana https://w.wiki/DyX (image view https://w.wiki/Dya) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Wikidata:WikiProject Human Rights https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Human_Rights (created to support meta:WikiForHumanRights https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights)
Development
- Work on deploying the first version of tainted references on test Wikidata - Bridge: show an error dialog if users can’t edit on the repo wiki ( phab:T235154 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235154) - Set up a shared Vue component library for Wikibase (phab:T240329 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240329) - More work on the new term store - Add Wikidata support for mnwwiki" (phab:T235745 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235745) - New languages for monolingual strings: mfa, ckt, abq-Latn, dag - Help identifying an issue with QuickStatements when one user is blocked on Wikidata (phab:T240316 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240316) - Hide non-supported languages in the termbox (phab:T227083 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227083)
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 - Suggested and open tasks https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks ! - 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