*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Catherine Laurence https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Catherine_Laurence
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past: Using Wikidata to Provide Visibility to Women in STEM https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/20970 during Dublin Core 2019 - Upcoming: WikiCon https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCon_2019, meeting of the German speaking Community from 4th to 6th of October 2019 in Wuppertal (Germany) - Upcoming: #5 Wikidata tea party/第5回 ウィキデータ茶話会 https://www.facebook.com/events/975293739498295/, 18 Oct 2019 in Tokyo, Japan - Upcoming: Wikidata Zurich Training https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich_Training2019 in Zurich https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72 on the weekend of November 2-3. There will be presentations and hands-on sessions on editing, querying and coding for Wikidata. - Upcoming: Wikidata Zurich Hackathon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich_Hackathon2019 in Zurich https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72 on the weekend of November 23-24.
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Scottish witches in https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/map-of-scots-women-accused-of-witchcraft-published-for-first-time-1-5009814 the https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/interactive-map-gives-fascinating-insight-into-witches-in-aberdeen-and-aberdeenshire/ press https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/map-visualizes-scale-16th-and-17th-century-scottish-witch-hunts-180973226 and on TV https://twitter.com/emcandre/status/1177372049884557313 - Some witchy history and a very smart woman in data science https://ammienoot.com/brain-fluff/some-witchy-history-and-a-very-smart-woman-in-data-science/ - Spoken Conversational Search for General Knowledge https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.11980.pdf - Lina Maria Rojas-Barahona, et al. - GeneDB and Wikidata https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/4-114, by Magnus Manske
Tool of the week
- This Recent changes tool https://tools.wmflabs.org/pltools/rech/ allows to get a list of unpatrolled Wikidata changes with enhanced filters that are more adapted to Wikidata than the standard Recent Changes page. Available actions include mass patroling and easier revert interface.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The state library of Berlin is using Wikidata to display a map of pictures from their architecture journals: Berlin um 1900 - eine fotografische Zeitreise https://digital.zlb.de/viewer/berlinfotos/ - Edit summaries coming from the wbeditentity API (for example from the mobile termbox) will be improved from October 2nd (announcement https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-September/013562.html, ticket https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220696) - You can nominate your favourite Wikidata and Wikibase projects for the WikidataCon Award https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Program/WikidataCon_Award until October 7th
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: regnal ordinal https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7338, peer review URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7347 - External identifiers: GCF Reference https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7336, Wi-Fi Certification ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7337, Rivals.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7339, sixpackfilmdata film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7340, sixpackfilmdata person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7341, Dirección General de Bibliotecas ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7342, Elitefootball player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7343, The Wind Power farm ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7344, IGNrando' ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7345, Fossiilid.info ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7346, Kivid.info ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7348 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: bus https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bus, mwnf https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mwnf, Maximum number of playable characters https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maximum_number_of_playable_characters, FIDAL team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FIDAL_team_ID, candidate name string https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/candidate_name_string, IP range start https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IP_range_start, code (image) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_(image), name in hiero markup https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/name_in_hiero_markup, disputed by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/disputed_by, name (image) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/name_(image), style of karate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/style_of_karate - External identifiers: NTS Radio artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NTS_Radio_artist_ID, Gazetteer for Scotland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gazetteer_for_Scotland_ID, Gazetteer for Scotland person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gazetteer_for_Scotland_person_ID, FootballFacts.ru team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FootballFacts.ru_team_ID, FootballDatabase.eu team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FootballDatabase.eu_team_ID, GENUKI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GENUKI_ID, DC Books author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DC_Books_author_ID, LaPreferente.com player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LaPreferente.com_player_ID, Ukrainian Premier League player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ukrainian_Premier_League_player_ID, UEFA team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UEFA_team_ID, UEFA coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UEFA_coach_ID, Naver Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naver_Encyclopedia_ID, FAIMER school ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FAIMER_school_ID, China Martyrs ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/China_Martyrs_ID, JournalBase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JournalBase_ID, PCEngine Catalog Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PCEngine_Catalog_Project_ID, PubPeer article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PubPeer_article_ID, memoriademadrid publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/memoriademadrid_publication_ID, doujinshi.org author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/doujinshi.org_author_ID, Beatport label ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Beatport_label_ID, Knesset Law Id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Knesset_Law_Id, caves.4at.info ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/caves.4at.info_ID, ADL Hate Symbols Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ADL_Hate_Symbols_Database_ID, Amazon Music album ID 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amazon_Music_album_ID_2, Qobuz album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qobuz_album_ID, Plus Music album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Plus_Music_album_ID, eska.pl release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eska.pl_release_ID, iHeartRadio album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iHeartRadio_album_ID, Three Decks people ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Three_Decks_people_ID, Diccionari de la Literatura Catalana ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Diccionari_de_la_Literatura_Catalana_ID, Empik e-book or album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Empik_e-book_or_album_ID, identificador GENavarra https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identificador_GENavarra, Oricon News artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oricon_News_artist_ID, Turkish Football Federation Match ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkish_Football_Federation_Match_ID, Turkish Football Federation Team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkish_Football_Federation_Team_ID, Turkish Football Federation Referee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkish_Football_Federation_Referee_ID, Turkish Football Federation Stadium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkish_Football_Federation_Stadium_ID, Fortuna liga player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fortuna_liga_player_ID - Deleted properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion: P5130 (island of location) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_deletions/Archive/2018/Properties/1#P5130 - Query examples: - Civil parishes of Scotland, revealed through their listed buildings https://w.wiki/98F (source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1178500168313954304) - Scottish civil parishes by county and present-day council area https://w.wiki/98G (source https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1177720382683566080) - Federated SPARQL query https://tora.entryscape.net/snorql/?query=PREFIX+wd%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%0D%0APREFIX+wdt%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0D%0ASELECT+DISTINCT+%3Finstance+%3FTORA_label+%3FTORA_province_name+%3FwdLabel+%3FwdAdminLabel++%3FTORA_parishcode+%3FTORA_wd+%3FTORA_wd+%3FWD+%3FWDsame+%3Fitem+%3FWiki%0D%0AWHERE+%7B+%3Finstance+a+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fdata.riksarkivet.se%2Ftora%2Fschema%2FModernParish%3E.%0D%0A%3Finstance+skos%3AprefLabel+%3FTORA_label+.%0D%0AOPTIONAL+%7B%3Finstance+tora%3Aprovince_name+%3FTORA_province_name%7D%0D%0A%3Finstance+tora%3Aparishcode+%3FTORA_parishcode+.%0D%0A%3Finstance++rdfs%3AseeAlso+%3FTORA_wduri+.%0D%0ABIND+%28REPLACE%28str%28%3FTORA_wduri%29%2C%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2F%22%2C%22%22%29+AS+%3FTORA_wd%29.%0D%0ABIND+%28REPLACE%28str%28%3Fitem%29%2C%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%22%2C%22%22%29+AS+%3FWD%29.%0D%0A++BIND%28%0D%0A+++IF%28%3FWD+%3D+%3FTORA_wd%2C+%22Y%22%2C++%22N%22%29%0D%0A++++AS+%3FWDsame%29.%0D%0ASERVICE+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql%3E+%7B+%0D%0A++++%3Fitem+wdt%3AP31+wd%3AQ1523821%3B+wdt%3AP777+%3FTORA_parishcode+.+%0D%0A%09OPTIONAL+%7B%0D%0A%09%09%3Fitem+rdfs%3Alabel+%3FwdLabel.%0D%0A%09%09FILTER%28LANG%28%3FwdLabel%29+%3D+%22sv%22%29.%0D%0A%09%7D%0D%0A+++++++OPTIONAL+%7B+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++%3Fitem+wdt%3AP131+%3FWDAdmin.%0D%0A+++++++++++++++%3FWDAdmin+wdt%3AP31+wd%3AQ193556.%0D%0A%09%09%3FWDAdmin+rdfs%3Alabel+%3FwdAdminLabel.%0D%0A%09%09FILTER%28LANG%28%3FwdAdminLabel%29+%3D+%22sv%22%29.%0D%0A%09%7D%0D%0A%7D%0D%0AFILTER+%28%28+STRSTARTS%28str%28%3FTORA_wduri%29%2C+%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2F%22%29%29+%26%26+%3FWDsame+%3D+%22N%22+%29%0D%0A%7D+order+by++%3FTORA_label from the Swedish National Archive TORA project to Wikidata - Librairies in Africa https://w.wiki/98L (source https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1177571656103055362) - Most recently dissolved enterprises that were over 200 years old https://w.wiki/98P (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1176999379112255493) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Red pandas https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Red_pandas
Development
- More work done on removing some resource loader modules in order to speed up the load of pages - Wikidata Bridge: add an edit tag parameter when saving (phab:T227003 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227003) - Adapt buttons' texts to UI language (phab:T228259 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228259) - research regarding permissions/protection (phab:T231209 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T231209) - More preparation work for improving references
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