*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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
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