*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New request for comments: A meta item namespace (Mxxx) for structured data about Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/A_meta_item_namespace_(Mxxx)_for_structured_data_about_Wikidata
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Competition for the International Museum Day is about improving data about museums in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland on Wikidata, from 3 May 2020 to 18 May 2020, more information on Museum Day 2020/Wikidata Competition https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia/Museum_Day_2020/Wikidata_Competition - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Alex Jung on Wikidata and Wikipedia Infoboxes, 05 May. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xSuAWN01FVfOIvSML2_7Hzfn0PVoGHgARyGB1tcL6No/edit?usp=sharing - Upcoming: live SPARQL queries in French by Vigneron https://www.twitch.tv/belett, Tuesday May 5 at 20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzHFniHzNwQ - Art+Feminism Office Hours: Introduction to Editing Wikidata: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYgPg0dNSvQ - Webinar on why and how to contribute to Wikipedia and Wikidata? (in French): YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgH4Vhm45OA
Tool of the week
- ProWD https://prowd-prototype.herokuapp.com/ explores completeness for entities and classes.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- MachtSinn https://machtsinn.toolforge.org/, a tool that allows you to easily add Senses to Lexemes, has lately been improved significantly - 33,000 values of British Museum person or institution ID (P1711) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1711 now have a useful target again. After their being mostly inoperative for several years, the new British Museum website now has information pages matching these values, with links to related objects. (Example https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG43386). To work around bug T112081 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112081, a script by Andrew Gray is going through the items making null edits to update the relevant URLs. - Outdated copy of wb_terms has been dropped on April 29th https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/2020-April/001539.html
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: COVIDWHO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8150, Sicilian Regional Assembly ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8151, Sicilian Regional Assembly numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8152, Accademia delle Scienze di Torino ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8153, Republic of Korea Parliamentarian Society ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8155, NKAA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8156, MémorialGenWeb monument ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8157, History Colorado ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8158, SciProfiles ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8159, Bibliotheca Augustana author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8160, CONI honoured ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8161, DGHS facility code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8162, Diels-Kranz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8163, DPVweb ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8164, Maryland's National Register Properties ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8165, Encyclopaedia Metallum label ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8166, WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8167, FactGrid item ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8168, Heritage Gateway ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8169, RPPS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8170, Priset of Archidiecezja Gdańska ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8171, Sejm-Wielki.pl profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8172, Extratime.ie player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8173, Slovak Registration ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8174, Infames Romani ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8175, Itch.io developer profile https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8176, Oregon Historic Sites Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8177 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Ex-libris https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ex-libris, tabular case data https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tabular_case_data, Geneanet URL(s) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geneanet_URL(s), transitivity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/transitivity, Compatible with https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Compatible_with - External identifiers: DPE school code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DPE_school_code, identifiant Prix de Lausanne https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Prix_de_Lausanne, CDAPNC author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CDAPNC_author_ID, identificativo Giunta regionale della Sicilia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identificativo_Giunta_regionale_della_Sicilia, Goodreads work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Goodreads_work_ID, Wikilengua https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikilengua, BeWeb cultural institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BeWeb_cultural_institution_ID, Anagrafe Istituti Culturali Ecclesiastici ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anagrafe_Istituti_Culturali_Ecclesiastici_ID, Group Properties wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Group_Properties_wiki_ID, House Divided ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/House_Divided_ID, Southwest Harbor Public Library item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Southwest_Harbor_Public_Library_item, Gitabitan.net ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gitabitan.net_ID, The Conversation author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Conversation_author_ID - Query examples: - Map of countries receiving the Nobel peace prize https://w.wiki/Pra (Source https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1257202780768473088) - Map of geolocated Argentine libraries https://w.wiki/PCY (Source https://twitter.com/diegoarielvega/status/1254742476671287296) - Recipes that include garlic https://w.wiki/Ppa (Source https://twitter.com/jjmerelo/status/1254852765140029441) - Images of postcards from the catalog of the Regional bibliography of Saxony https://w.wiki/PVq (Source https://twitter.com/saxorum/status/1255883883285020674) - French municipalities which have the property "archived by" (P485) for the departmental archives of Bouches-du-Rhône https://w.wiki/PbX (Source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1256151372485009409) - Municipalities with less than 5,000 inhabitants in the Basque Country https://w.wiki/PdJ (Source https://twitter.com/euwikipedia/status/1256250043922817031) - People born in Wales who became head of government in Wales or overseas https://w.wiki/Pg6 (Source https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1256542169483091975) - Average stardate of Star Trek episodes https://w.wiki/Ppy (Source https://twitter.com/alexparsons/status/1256900026787381250) - Municipalities in mainland France with more than 50,000 inhabitants https://w.wiki/Pnt (Source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1257012641660354561) - Graph showing direct ancestral lines linking Boris Johnson and George I, and Jesus and Abraham https://w.wiki/Ngv (Source https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1252902711596429312) - Photos by Carlton Watkins with their collection https://w.wiki/NhZ (Source https://twitter.com/WIKI_NLW/status/1252946158235922433) - Works from Louvre Museum whose inventory number begins with an S https://w.wiki/Nj7 (Source https://twitter.com/Pyb75/status/1253013032646606849) - Works from the Islamic arts department of Louvre Museum https://w.wiki/NqA (Source https://twitter.com/Pyb75/status/1253380857013952512) - Map of artists with place of their birth on Wikidata https://w.wiki/Nxd (Source https://twitter.com/b3d2c/status/1253793105930838018) - Location and image of the cathedrals of Paris https://w.wiki/NxH ( Source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1253755105075134472) - Jewish art collectors and dealers who were murdered in Nazi concentration camps https://query.wikidata.org/#%23With%20pictures%0A%0A%23died%20in%20Treblinka%20Q152010%20%28none%29%0A%23died%20in%20Sobibor%20Q152658%20%28none%29%0A%23died%20in%20Auschwitz-Birkenau%20Q7341%0A%23died%20in%20Theresienstadt%20%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fpic%20%3Fdatedied%20%3FplacediedLabel%20%3Fplacedied%20%3Fchild%20%3FchildLabel%20%3Fownedby%20%3FownedbyLabel%20%3Fdepicts%20%3FdepictsLabel%20%3Fdepictedby%20%3FdepictedbyLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fownerof%20%3FownerofLabel%20%3Fspouse%20%3Femployer%20%3FemployerLabel%20%3FspouseLabel%20%3Fmother%20%3FmotherLabel%20%3Ffather%20%3FfatherLabel%20%3Fsibling%20%3FsiblingLabel%20%3Finvestby%20%3FinvestbyLabel%20%3Fsigperson%20%3FsigpersonLabel%20%3Fparty%20%3FpartyLabel%20%3Fpartner%20%3FpartnerLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ1792450.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1007870.%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ173950.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP921%20wd%3AQ328376.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ10732476.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ446966.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ22132694.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ674426.%7D%0A%0A%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP20%20wd%3AQ7341.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP20%20wd%3AQ160175.%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic.%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP127%20%3Fownedby.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdatedied.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP20%20%3Fplacedied.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Fdepicts.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP921%20%3Fplunder.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1830%20%3Fownerof.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP108%20%3Femployer.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirth.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP40%20%3Fchild.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP214%20%3FVIAF_ID.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplace_birth.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP244%20%3FLibrary_of_Congress_authority_ID.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP227%20%3FGND_ID.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP245%20%3FULAN_ID.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP26%20%3Fspouse.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP27%20%3Fcountry.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP3342%20%3Fsigperson.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP102%20%3Fparty.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1327%20%3Fpartner.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1840%20%3Finvestby.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP25%20%3Fmother.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP22%20%3Ffather.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP3373%20%3Fsibling.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1299%20%3Fdepictedby.%20%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP39%20%3Fposition.%20%7D%0A%23%20FILTER%20%28YEAR%28%3Fbirth%29%20%3D%201860%20%26amp%3B%26amp%3B%20YEAR%28%3Fbirth%29%20%26lt%3B%3D%201990%29%0AFILTER%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdatedied%29%20%3E%3D%201933%20%29%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%2020000 (Source https://twitter.com/OpenLinkArtData/status/1254634722006835200) - Newest database reports: Notable descedents of *Mayflower* passengers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Genealogy/Mayflower_descedents
Development
- Add monolingual language codes rm-rumgr, rm-surmiran, rm-sursilv, rm-sutsilv, rm-vallader, rm-puter (phab:T222426 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222426) - More work on the test system for federated properties - More work on displaying statements with federated properties ( phab:T246606 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246606) - Bridge: more work on generic error screens (phab:T241126 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241126) - Bridge: warn the user that they are about to edit anonymously ( phab:T246676 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246676) - Work on a Wikidata distributed game for automated finding of references - Automated finding references: build a scraper, simple value matching, item analyzer - Have the focus on field when adding new element on Sense (phab:T203461 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203461) - Add more properties to the PageImages list (phab:T249811 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249811) - Use strict types everywhere in Wikibase (phab:T251382 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T251382)
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