*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - PangolinBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/PangolinBot. Task/s: Automatically replace one property value with another - TolBot 14 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TolBot_14. Archives Wikidata:Requests for deletions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_deletions
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - Wikidata Bug Triage Hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Wikidata_bug_triage_hour on May 5th at 16:00 UTC, online. Open discussion - you can bring a Phabricator ticket that you care about or that needs to be improved. - Conclusion du Cultural Venues Datathon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Cultural_venues/Datathon (in French), May 2, 16:00-16:30 UTC https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lcu6uqTMuGtBi7O0Avn_sjoIlW1y5Ixnn . - Cultural Venues Datathon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Cultural_venues/Datathon wrap-up, May 2, 19:00-19:30 UTC https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlcuCorjIoHN2-DWtO6_YNTfWtQol0Lo5W . - Live editing session on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/belett about structured data on Wikimedia Commons, in French, by Vigneron, May 3 at 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) - Invitation to Wikimedia Research Office Hours May 3, 2022 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/4Z36WIDMBEAV7X4X3OO32BXY4RZX4DRW/ - May 3rd. Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call: The call will include presentations on two projects using Wikidata to enhance discoverability of archival and museum collections. Sharon Garewal (JSTOR) will present “Adding Wikidata QIDs to JSTOR Images,” and Daniela Rovida and Jennifer Brcka (University of Notre Dame) will present “‘Archives At’: An opportunity to leverage MARC to create Linked Open Data.” [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ji6eTubixBWrAPv7UUV0gxxW7y_lzyZTf4vvzo5Iwiw/edit?usp=sharing - Wikidata Workshop: Wikidata items for dance and theatre productions https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/event/wikidata-workshop-production-items/, May 4, 19:30-21:00 UTC - Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—May 4th, 2022 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/5ARWH7WLDUPNLTWPJCGOGVHW64GVIVOI/ - Import of a Breton dictionary into Wikidata lexicographical data https://www.twitch.tv/envlh, on Twitch, in French, by Envlh, May 8 at 10:00 CEST (UTC+2) - Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #40, International Workers' Day https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=40
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Queries to explore a dataset. Even a schemaless one https://www.bobdc.com/blog/exploringadataset/ - Papers - Decolonizing the Internet’s Structured Data – Summary Report https://whoseknowledge.org/resource/dti-structured-data-report/ by WhoseKnowledge - Videos - Workshop "Wikidata, Zotero and Cita": tools to understand the construction of knowledge (in Spanish) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYlqIkzu608 - Georeferencing cultural heritage on Wikidata - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urhUMcQm7g8 - Theory of Machine Learning on Open Data: The Wikidata Case by Goran S. Milovanovic - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg8cjXwg9SM - Introduction to SPARQL (Wikidata Query Service (in Czech) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7LwaJwW1_A - Wikidata: A Knowledge Graph for the Earth Sciences - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdZBB9Zz5fE
Tool of the week
- User:Nikki/LowercaseLabels.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/LowercaseLabels.js - is a userscript that adds a button when editing labels to change the text to lowercase. - EqualStreetNames https://equalstreetnames.org/ - is a tool that maps the inequality of name attributions.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- OpenRefine is running its two-yearly user survey https://openrefine.limesurvey.net/155968! Do you use OpenRefine? Then fill in the survey https://openrefine.limesurvey.net/155968 to tell us how and why you use OpenRefine. Results and outcomes will inform future decisions about the tool. - The April update https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update/April_2022_scaling_update for the Wikidata Query Service scaling project is now available. - Wikidata now contains all major integrated library systems listed at Library Technology Guides https://twitter.com/nichtich/status/1519687758780014597. - Wikidata Lexeme Forms has a new template for Norwegian Bokmål passive verbs https://lexeme-forms.toolforge.org/template/bokm%C3%A5l-verb-passive/ - Job opening: PR Manager in Digital Technologies https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/17915169/PR-Manager-in-Digitale-Technologien?jobDbPVId=45768964&l=en, software development department - Wikimedia Deutschland
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: franchisor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10680, government debt-to-GDP ratio https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10681, ionic radius https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10685, Thai romanization https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10694, introduced in https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10695, image set https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10696, Bill Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10703 - External identifiers: Aldiwan poet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10679, EIA plant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10682, Uber Eats store ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10683, Aldiwan poem ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10684, Library of the Haskala person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10686, Google Fonts ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10687, Personality Database work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10688, OpenStreetMap object https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10689, GEMET ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10690, Enciclopedia Colchagüina ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10691, DBLP event ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10692, CNKI institute ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10693, Woolworths product ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10697, TEİS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10698, FamousFix topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10699, Parcours de vies dans la Royale ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10700, Reflora ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10701, Hrono.ru article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10702, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10704, Historic Oregon Newspapers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10705, DACS ID (2022) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10706, AccessScience ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10707, settlement area code in Sweden https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10708, North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10709, Galaxy Store app ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10710, Invasive.org species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10711, EIA utility ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10712, Biografiskt Lexikon för Finland (urn.fi) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10713 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: probability distribution related properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/probability_distribution_related_properties, Ladungszahl https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ladungszahl, Koordinationszahl https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Koordinationszahl, danse https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/danse, Median household income https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Median_household_income, background of death https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/background_of_death, Number of housing units https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_housing_units, number of reblogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_reblogs, IBAN banking code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IBAN_banking_code, contraindication https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/contraindication, incorporated https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/incorporated - External identifiers: PlantFiles taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PlantFiles_taxon_ID, Garden.org Plants Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Garden.org_Plants_Database_ID, Woody Plants Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woody_Plants_Database_ID, Gun Violence Archive incident ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gun_Violence_Archive_incident_ID, WhoSampled television series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WhoSampled_television_series_ID, WhoSampled track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WhoSampled_track_ID, Encyclopedia of ideas https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_ideas, Personality Database person identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Personality_Database_person_identifier, TheGuardian.com profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheGuardian.com_profile_ID, TIME.com author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TIME.com_author_ID, Investopedia term ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Investopedia_term_ID, GeoSciML https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GeoSciML, GeolISS https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GeolISS, National Archives of Sweden persistent identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Archives_of_Sweden_persistent_identifier, Linz DB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linz_DB_ID, belfercenter person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/belfercenter_person_ID, Data Commons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Data_Commons_ID, sextpanther person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sextpanther_person_ID, Tüik number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/T%C3%BCik_number, ERR project https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ERR_project, MCCP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MCCP_ID - Query examples: - Languages and dialects with number of first language speakers (preferred rank) https://w.wiki/56ye (source https://twitter.com/exmusica/status/1519451096531582982) - Graph of influences in the age of Enlightenment https://w.wiki/57XU (source https://twitter.com/kvistgaard/status/1520528095589150721) - Countries which are named after a person https://w.wiki/57dj ( source https://twitter.com/kanedr/status/1520048548745822208) - Number of musical works (compositions) in Wikidata by language, in descending order https://w.wiki/57XN (source https://twitter.com/exmusica/status/1520521925906382853)
Development
- The new "mul" term language code is now available on Test Wikidata https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/IIEZFOF2F7JUKGM7HSAOC4KXQYMJWWOB/ - Lexicographical data: We are finishing up the information box that should help new users understand quickly what lexicographical data is. We also added the help text to encourage people to check if the Lexeme already exists before creating one. - REST API: We started working on the REST routes to get all statements of an Item and retrieve a single statement from an Item.
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