*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: - ChristianKl 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/ChristianKl_2 (RfP scheduled to end after 4 December 2022 17:22 UTC) - New requests for permissions/Bot: - Identifier sync bot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Identifier_sync_bot - Task: Add database identifiers to items, mainly journal article items. - BorkedBot 9 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/BorkedBot_9 - Task: Import values of YouTube handle https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YouTube_handle based on YouTube channel ID (P2397) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2397 and vice versa. - Botcrux 11 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Botcrux_11 - Task/s: Replace stated in (P248) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P248 to publisher (P123) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P123 where the value is World Athletics (Q1158) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1158.
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - Save the date! The next WikidataCon will take place on October 28-29, 2023, and will be organized by Wikimedia Taiwan and Wikimedia Germany. The hybrid event will be streamed from Taipei and accessible for everyone online. More information and updates on d:Wikidata:WikidataCon_2023 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2023 - Next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call November 29, 2022: We will be discussing openly managed data gathering and management with Holly Little (Smithsonian), Sabine von Mering (Museum für Naturkunde), Erica Krimmel (Florida State University), and Debra Paul (University of Illinois)! Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DyEuz-RwCAULj5VmCTO5oXlbCiqFISG0_vXk3aindEI/edit# - A Hands-On Introduction to Wikidata https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/event/hands-on-introduction-wikidata/: Thursday December 1, 2022 at 17:00 UTC. By the end of this session, you will be able to edit Wikidata records about the cultural venues that matter most to you. - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #131 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#131, December 4 at 13.00 UTC - Past: - Wikibase live session (November 2022) log https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2022.11.24
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - When information expands, ronnabytes and quettabytes come to the rescue. https://observablehq.com/@johnsamuelwrites/ronnabytes-quettabytes - Understanding the Knowledge Graph: Examples, Uses and More https://builtin.com/data-science/knowledge-graph - Plotting the age of parliament with Livebook https://koenvangilst.nl/blog/livebook-average-age-of-parliament - Programming Languages Influence Ranking https://programminglanguages.info/influence-ranking/ - Papers - Mapping Process for the Task: Wikidata Statements to Text as Wikipedia Sentences https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.12659.pdf - KnowGL: Knowledge Generation and Linking from Text https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.13952.pdf - Videos - LIVE Wikidata editing #99 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO8YTp37mHk - WikiMentorAfrica - Displaying Wikidata DataViz on external web pages day - YouTube (part1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSJ8Of0S-PI, part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXsSZhN9PHU) - Wikidata Workshop (Digital Humanities on Wikipedia - Archiving of COVID-19 under debate) (in Portuguese) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpMkGTFIVlw - Creating a Wikidata item (in Estonian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gJ7qVMwSSc - Wikidata 10th Birthday Taiwan: Wikidata Cross-Domain Forum 2022 (in Chinese) - YouTube - The past and future of Wikidata in Taiwan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2IOSbiChdM - An Attempt to Connect Wikidata with OpenStreetMap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlsQBQnhmMU - Wikidata teaching experience in National Cheng Kung University's "Integrating Wiki into History Teaching" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKCGkNEfD_c - Is it composition or construction? Talking about the System Thinking of "Data Translation" Opening up in Data Dictionary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5XVmIYVt64 - Other - Summary of the tabular style data discussion at Wikidata 10th Birthday in Utrecht, the Netherlands https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Tenth_Birthday/Wikidata_10th_Birthday_in_Utrecht,_the_Netherlands
Tool of the week
- The user script User:Ainali/common-properties.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ainali/common-properties.js shows the most common properties using a specific value (video (YouTube)) https://youtube.com/watch?v=QxAJdSlWBBE&t=817
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- OpenCheck https://opencheck.is/ is a new effort to build an open community-powered identity verification system, among other things with the help of Wikidata. - The Digital Benin website is linking to Wikidata identifiers, making more exploration and understanding possible beyond what the site itself has: https://mastodon.art/@openartdata/109380697777661025 - Wikidata is on Mastodon: wikis.world/@wikidata. Remember to toot using the #Wikidata https://wikis.world/tags/Wikidata hashtag so people can find related topics. - New product managers have joined the Wikimedia Deutschland development team: - Arian Bozorg, Junior Product Manager for Wikidata https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/YSPW4L7W5AEWDGJVOUYSOD5J4YGKXPXB/ - Jon Amar, Wikibase Suite Product Manager https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/HQGYPCLU3O64EZP6BDKJMTEPEM3PRSQ2/
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: fedpress.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11213, UNIMARC: Medium of Performance ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11214, OVO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11215, Best Western hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11216, Culinary Heritage of Switzerland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11217, New Zealand Legislation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11218, Travel Weekly hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11219, fruit color https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11220, e-mail unsubscribe URL or e-mail https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11221, Accor hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11222, OpenCritic outlet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11223, Aathavanitli Gani film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11224, ID of část obce díl https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11225, Livres Hebdo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11226, AniList staff ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11227, Dictionary.com entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11228, Golfdata ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11229, Collins Online English Dictionary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11230 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: Verbalization by lexeme https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Verbalization_by_lexeme, Cultural Good of Croatia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cultural_Good_of_Croatia_ID, access via https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/access_via, Occitanie Livre et Lecture ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Occitanie_Livre_et_Lecture_ID, The Britannica Dictionary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Britannica_Dictionary_entry, image of feces https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_of_feces, image of fauna tracks https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_of_fauna_tracks, hackage package https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/hackage_package, Packagist package https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Packagist_package, supports authentication method https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/supports_authentication_method, package registry usernames https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/package_registry_usernames, Go package path https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Go_package_path, Dongqiudi.com player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dongqiudi.com_player_ID, Plazi reference ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Plazi_reference_ID, Kanjipedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kanjipedia_ID, kino1tv.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/kino1tv.ru_ID, EuDML journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EuDML_journal_ID, Jiten Online kanji ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jiten_Online_kanji_ID, lexeme of other gender https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lexeme_of_other_gender, serves resource https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/serves_resource, YouTube handle https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YouTube_handle, Wikimedia Phabricator project https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikimedia_Phabricator_project, ISFDB award ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISFDB_award_ID, Trismegistos author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trismegistos_author_ID, Africultures Structure-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Africultures_Structure-ID, African American Visual Artists Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/African_American_Visual_Artists_Database_ID, Lighthouse Directory page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lighthouse_Directory_page, UniProt Disease ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UniProt_Disease_ID, Google Product Taxonomy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Product_Taxonomy_ID, object pertains to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/object_pertains_to, negates property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/negates_property, GCD issue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GCD_issue_ID, mongoltoli.mn lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mongoltoli.mn_lexeme_ID, toli.query.mn lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/toli.query.mn_lexeme_ID, toli.gov.mn lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/toli.gov.mn_lexeme_ID, Nîmes cemetieres person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/N%C3%AEmes_cemetieres_person_ID, LMÍ id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LM%C3%8D_id, kód adresního místa podle RÚIAN https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/k%C3%B3d_adresn%C3%ADho_m%C3%ADsta_podle_R%C3%9AIAN, IdnaMapping https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IdnaMapping, экологическая группа растений https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9, International Computer Game Collection work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Computer_Game_Collection_work_ID, JLect entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JLect_entry_ID, Scottish National Dictionary lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scottish_National_Dictionary_lexeme_ID, Au Senate ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Au_Senate_ID, manchu.work lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/manchu.work_lexeme_ID, Israeli Opera site (English) person id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Israeli_Opera_site_(English)_person_id, of instances of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/of_instances_of, subclass of with uncertain existance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/subclass_of_with_uncertain_existance, vazn https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vazn, ForPost persons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ForPost_persons_ID, Crimean virtual necropolis persons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Crimean_virtual_necropolis_persons_ID, Sense relationships connected to semantic roles https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sense_relationships_connected_to_semantic_roles, TV Maze episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV_Maze_episode_ID - Query examples: - Translated Wikidata property labels (top 100 languages) https://w.wiki/5$GF (source https://twitter.com/tobyhudson/status/1594860721996980224) - Dentists who are notable footballers https://w.wiki/5$CA (source https://twitter.com/FreoPope/status/1594727123499253760) - Map of obelisks over 40 m high https://w.wiki/62PF (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1596248128906108928) - Notable doctoral student/advisor pairs where at least one of them is within the Wikidata:WikiProject NZThesisProject https://w.wiki/5$vc (source https://twitter.com/KnitMeAThneed/status/1595667457586626560) - Wikimedia affiliates on Mastodon https://w.wiki/62dT (source https://wikis.world/@envlh/109410851948897734)
Development
- REST API: - Finished the adjusted statement data structure (phab:T321459 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321459) - Simplifying the structure of sitelinks in Item data (phab:T321483 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321483) - Simplifying the value format for entity ID, time and globecoordinate value types (phab:T322734 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T322734) - Investigating the way forward for rate limiting (phab:T322746 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T322746) - Ontology issues: Preparing a survey for re-users of Wikidata's data about the different types of ontology issues https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikidataCon_2021_-_Overview_of_ontology_issues.pdf and which ones are causing the most issues for application builders - Mismatch Finder: - Finishing the work on making it possible to provide mismatches with an empty Wikidata value so the tool can also be used to suggest new data ( phab:T313468 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313468) - Finishing the work on better handling of calendar models and precision for dates (phab:T288511 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T288511) - Lexicographical data: Fixing bugs: - Improved the markers that indicate the field is required input ( phab:T322683 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T322683) - Improved a help link (phab:T315161 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T315161)
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
- Go through the list of pages with sitelink to redirect (Q70893996) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70893996 and update them either to intentional sitelink to redirect (Q70894304) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70894304 or remove the sitelink. We have worklists https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sitelinks_to_redirects/worklist for many languages. - 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