*Hello all, in Mohammed's absence, h**ere'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
- A citation hunt program was organized for secondary school students at IIS School in Dubai as part of the 74th Republic Day celebration of India. 16 students participated, with different mother tongues and from different states of India living as expatriates in Dubai. The goal was to increase references for Wikidata statements based on research. The students were introduced to the importance of protecting India's history on the internet, and were taught how to edit Wikipedia and Wikidata. They were given a special event page on Wikidata with instructions and a list of Wikidata items to add citations to, and they searched for references in their textbooks and search engines to add to the Wikidata items.More details are given here. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/Drafts/Wikidata_Citation_Hunt_Program_for_secondary_school_students,_Dubai - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hour January 30, 2023: The #1Lib1Ref campaign is afoot, so we will be working on adding references to Wikidata statements. We'll have some data for you to work with, but you're welcome to bring your own. We'll be mainly working with adding webpages as sources, but if you want to get experience using books or articles as sources, we recommend bringing some to the session to use as references for Wikidata items you have identified. You are, as always, welcome to bring your own project to work on Event page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours/2023-January-30_Wikidata_Working_Hour
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs - Building a Life Sciences Knowledge Graph with a Data Lake https://www.databricks.com/blog/2023/01/26/building-life-sciences-knowledge-graph-data-lake.html (uses Wikidata as a main source) - Papers - Systematic review of Wikidata in Digital Humanities projects https://academic.oup.com/dsh/advance-article/doi/10.1093/llc/fqac083/6964525?login=false#389800680 - Videos - Interoperable Europe: First workshop on Wikidata and Wikibase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up-XH8KSfzI
Tool of the week
- theyrule.net is a website that helps to explore the boardroom connections of the largest US companies.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- AfLIA's online course Wikidata is open https://web.aflia.net/aflia-wikidata-online-course-registration-now-open/?fbclid=IwAR0HLZwSO_eNtPNJY5sNGkqQ5xDu7SWBzkhTqSoe2pvsgawvYwtMSEZ3R_g. Participation is free for all librarians, museums, archives and other information professionals in Africa. Call is open until 7th February 2023 (12 midnight GMT). - LetsQuiz https://letsquiz.com/ is a new website generating quizzes using data from Wikidata. - from WMF Wishathon: The Autosuggest linking Wikidata item after creating an article https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2022/Wikidata/Autosuggest_linking_Wikidata_item_after_creating_an_article Wish is complete and the work merged. It is available for testing in Beta, and will be deployed to users with the first train of 2023 scheduled for this week. Learn more about the gadget created at meta https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:AutosuggestSitelink - Building cool apps and services on top of Wikidata's data but running into ontology issues? We'd love to hear from you in this survey https://wikimedia.sslsurvey.de/ontology-issues/ to make things better for you. - Status update on the 2022 Wikidata and Wikibase development plan https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development_plan/archive2022/status_updates - Development plan and activities for 2023 for Wikidata as a platform and the Wikibase ecosystem https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development_plan
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: applies to use with property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11527 (qualifier that specifies that the statement refers to usage with the property) - External identifiers: Dicionário Priberam ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11526, NPB umpire ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11528, Magazine Pocket series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11529, addons.mozilla.org user https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11530, Packagist username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11531, Hackage username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11532, RubyGems username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11533, PyPI username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11534, Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11535, Ushakov Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11536, Glitchwave franchise ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11537, Glitchwave game company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11538, Glitchwave game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11539, Glitchwave platform ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11540, Glitchwave character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11541, Artlog artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11542, pixiv comic work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11543, pixiv comic product ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11544, British Music Collection composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11545 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: place of resident registration at death https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/place_of_resident_registration_at_death (the place or administrative unit where the deceased person was registered as having his or her residence at the time of their death), has instance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_instance (thing(s) which this subject describes or encompasses, inverse property of P31), Norwegian media rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Norwegian_media_rating (In short, the Norwegian version of Denmark's Medierådet rating (P5970), an age rating system for motion pictures, video, internet and tv content), iconically alludes to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iconically_alludes_to (item that is iconically represented in the execution of this lexeme), credits URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/credits_URL (URL of an official webpage with a list of credits and roles attributed to various people, organizations or applications that contribute(d) to this item's existence), alternate universe counterpart https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/alternate_universe_counterpart (this fictional character/entity is an alternate universe counterpart of the subject), number of penalty kicks scored https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_penalty_kicks_scored , precedes/follows various things https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/precedes/follows_various_things (this lexeme form appears only when preceding another lexeme form with this phonological feature) - External identifiers: NCI Drug Dictionary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NCI_Drug_Dictionary_entry , Professional shogi player number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Professional_shogi_player_number , Women's professional shogi player number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women%27s_professional_shogi_player_number , LPSA professional shogi player number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LPSA_professional_shogi_player_number , esid https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/esid , Real Academia de Doctores de España ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Real_Academia_de_Doctores_de_Espa%C3%B1a_ID , authors.gr ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/authors.gr_ID , GLANSIS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GLANSIS_ID , literatura.lv ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/literatura.lv_ID , Fallout Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fallout_Wiki_ID , Base de Dados de Livros de Fotografia profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Base_de_Dados_de_Livros_de_Fotografia_profile_ID , Vintage Fashion Guild Labels https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vintage_Fashion_Guild_Labels , Enciclopedia dell'Italiano ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_dell%27Italiano_ID , Soprintendenza di Salerno e Avellino place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soprintendenza_di_Salerno_e_Avellino_place_ID , World Loanword Database word ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Loanword_Database_word_ID , numéro d'une installation sportive en France https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/num%C3%A9ro_d%27une_installation_sportive_en_France , Waddi Punjabi Lughat entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Waddi_Punjabi_Lughat_entry , Pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/P%C4%81ia-sadda-maha%E1%B9%87%E1%B9%87avo_entry , VMI Historical Rosters Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VMI_Historical_Rosters_Database_ID , Podbay show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Podbay_show_ID , Walt Disney movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Walt_Disney_movie_ID , The Counted person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Counted_person_ID , Panjab Digital Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Panjab_Digital_Library_ID , eTK ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eTK_ID, eVK2 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eVK2_ID , Russiancinema.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russiancinema.ru_person_ID , World Sailing sailor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Sailing_sailor_ID , Internet Game Database franchise ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Internet_Game_Database_franchise_ID , Mosfilm IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mosfilm_IDs , Warsaw Uprising insurgent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Warsaw_Uprising_insurgent_ID , DOSBox Compatibility ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DOSBox_Compatibility_ID , HAA member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HAA_member_ID , Sindhi English Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sindhi_English_Dictionary_ID - Query examples: - Modern descendants of the Achaemenes (Achaemenid dynasty of rulers of Persia, 7th century BCE) https://w.wiki/6GMf
Development
- Wikibase REST API: The first version of the new API is released on Wikidata now \o/ We'd love to hear your feedback on what to improve next in the API https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:REST_API_feedback_round#The_Wikibase_REST_API_is_now_available_on_Wikidata_(January_2023) . - Property Suggester: We updated the data for the Property Suggester so suggestions for new statements to add to an Item should be more in line with current Property usage on other similar Items again. - Fixed an issue with Item deletions not showing up on Wikipedia and co if they affect an article on that wiki (phab:T326082 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326082) - Vector 2022: Made it possible to add a new sitelink on Wikipedia and co in the new Vector 2022 language selector (phab:T310259 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T310259) - Lua: Working on two new Lua functions, getDescriptionByLang ( phab:T230839 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230839) and getBadges ( phab:T305378 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T305378)
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