Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past: Wikidata Parliament of Ghana contest
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ghana/Parliament_of_Ghana/Members_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_the_4th_Republic_of_Ghana/Contest>
launch (replay <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN-3xtS-A7E>)
- Upcoming: Biohackathon 2020
<https://www.biohackathon-europe.org/index.html> Barcelona 2020 November
9th - 13th The accepted wikidata related proposal: Knowledge graphs and
wikidata subsetting
<https://github.com/elixir-europe/BioHackathon-projects-2020/tree/master/projects/35>
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #20
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#20>,
July 12
- Upcoming: Celtic Knot conference
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020>, July
9-10, including several sessions about Wikidata, a Wikidata helpdesk
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Why Ariadne uses Getty AAT over Wikidata
<https://ariadne-infrastructure.eu/why-does-ariadne-use-the-getty-aat-and-not-wikidata-as-its-main-reference-vocabulary/>
- Video: LIVE Wikidata editing #10 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2iTKemFrq4>
Tool of the week
- Ptable <https://tools.wmflabs.org/ptable> displays the periodic table
automatically extracted from information provided by Wikidata; it also
provides a check that all the elements are there with some basic
properties. Additional pages provide charts of the nuclides under different
criteria such as half-life. Each element or nuclide is linked to its
Wikidata item for more information or to edit if necessary.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Abstract Wikipedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia>
was approved.
- OpenRefine 3.4 beta 2 <https://openrefine.org/download.html> was
released.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: Open Data portal
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8402>, theorised by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8403>, DOI formatter
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8404>, set in environment
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8411>, academic appointment
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8413>
- External identifiers: House Divided ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8400>, thefreedictionary
medical term ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8401>, People's
Representative Council of Indonesia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8405>, Grove Art Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8406>, Supreme Court of
Sweden case number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8407>, KBpedia
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8408>, Swedish
Environmental Protection Agency OBJECTID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8409>, Oxford Bibliographies
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8410>, Swiss Timber
Bridges ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8412>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: taxon synonym string
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/taxon_synonym_string>,
PM20 subject code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PM20_subject_code>,
PM20 geo code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PM20_geo_code>,
number of downloads
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_downloads>,
Interactive element
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Interactive_element>,
course
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/course>, Zoning
symbol
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zoning_symbol>,
vanDerWaalsConstant
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vanDerWaalsConstant>,
has pattern
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_pattern>
- External identifiers: AlloCiné theater ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AlloCin%C3%A9_theater_ID>,
Cistercian Biography Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cistercian_Biography_Online_ID>,
Pitchfork artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pitchfork_artist_ID>,
Archive Of Our Own tag
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archive_Of_Our_Own_tag>,
Austrian encyclopedia of music online
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Austrian_encyclopedia_of_music_online>,
Swiss Tunnel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swiss_Tunnel_ID>,
ANZSRC 2020 FoR ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANZSRC_2020_FoR_ID>,
CPJF ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CPJF_ID>,
TripAdvisor
ID 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TripAdvisor_ID_2>,
Wien Kulturgut: Kunstwerke im öffentlichen Raum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wien_Kulturgut:_Kunstwerke_im_%C3%B6ffentlichen_Raum_ID>,
public transport stop
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/public_transport_stop>,
Homebrew formula name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Homebrew_formula_name>,
Offizielle Deutsche Charts song ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Offizielle_Deutsche_Charts_song_ID>,
British Museum object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Museum_object_ID>,
ToS;DR service numerical identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ToS;DR_service_numerical_identifier>,
code EHESS d'une commune
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_EHESS_d%27une_commune>,
IAPH code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IAPH_code>,
ProtonDB
video game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ProtonDB_video_game_ID>
- Query examples:
- France <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142> has a new Prime Minister
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1587677>: see the list of all
ministers <https://w.wiki/WCX> in French history (very long scroll).
If you want to know more, see this notebook
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Ministres>
- Open data portals in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/WAg> (using the newly
created property Open Data portal (P8402)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8402>)
- Objects that are named after people on Wikidata <https://w.wiki/W7N>
(Source <https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1279735963401494528>)
Development
- More work on the consistent design system (Phabricator board
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/4857/>)
- More work on decoupling the different Wikibase extensions from each
other
- Proposal to stop registering WikibaseLib as a separate extension
<https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/master/php/adr_0013.html>
- Polishing the first step of Federation (using Wikidata's Properties in
another Wikibase installation) (incl. preventing users from selecting a
federated property with a non-supported data type (phab:T252012
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252012>) and preventing users from
accessing Special:NewProperty when federation is enabled (phab:T255576
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255576>) and viewing a list of all
properties when federation is enabled (phab:T246339
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246339>))
- Continuing research and interviews around the topic of making it
easier to access Wikidata's data for programmers
- Doing first testing of mockups and prototypes of the first version of
the Query Builder - coding can start soon
- Convert a few properties from string to external identifier:
Linguasphere code (P1396), KOATUU identifier (P1077) and ISIN (P946)
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>
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de