*Here'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
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata Introduction Workshop (German) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin/2020-09-29 (September 29) - Upcoming: live SPARQL queries https://www.twitch.tv/belett on Twitch and in French by Vigneron, September 21 at 18:00 CEST - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: A starting point for newer institutions to think through what is involved in coordinating a Wikidata project, including shared infrastructure, training, and documentation, 22 September. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WMvfeRGrZ6cAM8tsN4W56DHpZmpypP1Rb4gZKeTYUvc/edit# - Upcoming video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #21 WikiDojo: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2769265926691900/, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2sujkCwHE0, September 25
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- "Representing COVID-19 information in collaborative knowledge graphs: a study of Wikidata https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4028482" - ProWD: Detecting Knowledge Imbalances on Wikidata https://blog.wikimedia.de/2020/09/16/prowd-detecting-knowledge-imbalances-on-wikidata/ on blog.wikimedia.de - Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #20 WLM: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2763521127266380/, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5HY3GoUURc - Video: Wikidata Training Workshop 3, by Canadian Arts Presenting Association (YouTube) - Wikidata Query Service - (Parts 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS2poB8OezA, 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGAcn_wfpUU & 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmOgbMSfv4k) - Wikidata Query Service (in French) - (Parts 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HirfIZ0yIts, 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc4RBMLL4DM & 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBxotoY3M38)
Tool of the week
- copy-qid https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Abbe98/copy-qid.js is a user script by Abbe98 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Abbe98 that allows you to copy the Qid with one click.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The Wikidata development team is seeking to evaluate and improve the process of collecting and reacting to bug reports and feature requests. You can give feedback about your experience using this anonymous form https://wolke.wikimedia.de/index.php/apps/forms/qXk3e2LM98ebLcJb until September 30th or add feedback publically to Wikidata talk:Contact the development team/Process review 2020 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Contact_the_development_team/Process_review_2020 . - WDQS/WCQS Status update https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-September/014234.html (September 2): "We are planning to spend more time doing some analytics on our data https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257045. (1) What are the most expensive queries, what are they trying to achieve and is that reasonable? (2) Do we have performant subgraphs that we could expose independently?"
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: category for the exterior of the item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8596, axle track https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8597, Stairway To Hell ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8606, Oakeshott typology https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8615, construction point https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8620, turning radius https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8621, hill size https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8622, bibliography https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8625 - External identifiers: Seattle Art Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8598, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8599, TV Maze series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8600, Barcelona Public art ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8601, University of Ghana Digital Collections (UGSpace) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8602, Istrapedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8603, OnlyFans person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8604, Linked Open Data Cloud identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8605, The Cutting Room Floor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8607, Fatcat ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8608, China Treaty Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8609, e-GOV law ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8610, Portugal. Dicionário Histórico ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8611, past Fellow of the Royal Society ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8612, Regesta Ecclesiastica Salisburgensia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8613, Slack organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8614, Kansas Historic Resources Inventory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8616, Historic Montana ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8617, ITF player ID 2020 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8618, BD Gest' series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8619, American Battlefield Trust battlefield ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8623, P8624 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8624 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: defining mutations https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/defining_mutations, nombre d'essais marqués https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nombre_d%27essais_marqu%C3%A9s, Netflix maturity rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Netflix_maturity_rating, held event https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/held_event, number of paying subscribers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_paying_subscribers, has census https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_census - External identifiers: Rheinland-Pfälzische Personendatenbank ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rheinland-Pf%C3%A4lzische_Personendatenbank_ID, Delft municipal monument ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Delft_municipal_monument_ID, identificativo Ministero dell'interno https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identificativo_Ministero_dell%27interno, Dallas Museum of Art ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dallas_Museum_of_Art_ID, Cincinnati Art Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cincinnati_Art_Museum_ID, Energy Identification Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Energy_Identification_Code, Wikimedia Chat channel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikimedia_Chat_channel, Symptom Ontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Symptom_Ontology_ID, MnDOT Historic Bridges ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MnDOT_Historic_Bridges_ID, monumentsauxmorts.fr ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/monumentsauxmorts.fr_ID, monumentsdememoire.fr ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/monumentsdememoire.fr_ID, Lower Sorbian place name ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lower_Sorbian_place_name_ID, Région Île-de-France ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/R%C3%A9gion_%C3%8Ele-de-France_ID, Museen Dresden article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museen_Dresden_article_ID, Turkey's Culture Portal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkey%27s_Culture_Portal_ID, NPS place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NPS_place_ID, SSYK 2012 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SSYK_2012 - Query examples: - Map of anything that memorializes or is named after a Whig Party member https://sophox.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fwd%20%3FwdLabel%20%3Fosm%20%3Fname%20%3Fcoordinates%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20Prevent%20optimizer%20from%20querying%20for%20everything%20tagged%20with%20wikidata%3D%2A%20before%20querying%20the%20service.%0A%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Query%20Wikidata%20for%20people%20or%20their%20namesakes%20who%0A%20%20SERVICE%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql%3E%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20Belong%20to%20the%20Whig%20Party%20in%20the%20United%20States%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwd%20wdt%3AP138%2A%2Fwdt%3AP102%20wd%3AQ42183.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20Query%20OpenStreetMap%20for%20features%20that%20are%20named%20after%20this%20person%2C%20commemorate%20this%20person%2C%20or%20are%20their%20namesake%0A%20%20%3Fosm%20%28osmt%3Awikidata%7Cosmt%3Aname%3Aetymology%3Awikidata%7Cosmt%3Asubject%3Awikidata%29%20%3Fwd.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Get%20coordinates%20to%20display%20on%20a%20map%0A%20%20%3Fosm%20osmm%3Aloc%20%3Fcoordinates.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Get%20names%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fosm%20osmt%3Aname%20%3Fname%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D - OSM/Wikidata query - Map of every railway station presently connected directly or indirectly to St Pancras on Wikidata https://w.wiki/bKf - Age of the winners of the Tour de France https://w.wiki/ctj ( Source https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1307681067365695491) - Location and date of death of Danish rulers https://w.wiki/cmT ( Source https://twitter.com/neogeografen/status/1307322642328936449) - Map of the places & causes of death of Roman Emperors https://w.wiki/cPt (Source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1306300329873506305) - Images of members of the 16th Odisha Assembly (2019-24) https://w.wiki/cNn (Source https://twitter.com/OdiaWiki/status/1306411583409590273) - Star signs of Japanese Prime Ministers https://w.wiki/cvJ (Source https://twitter.com/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1305835091088871429) - Video game series with the longest time gap between a game and its direct sequel https://w.wiki/czt (Source https://twitter.com/JeanFred/status/1307992333103894528)
Development
- WQS now supports mwapi https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikidata_Query_Service/User_Manual/MWAPI service request for Wikibooks (phab:T261125 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261125) - The language codes lij-mc, ja-Hira, ja-Kana, ja-Hrkt, ja-Hani, ojp, ojp-Hira and ojp-Hani" have been added for use in monolingual text property values (phab:T254968 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254968, phab:T195816 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195816) - The language codes de-1901, eo-hsistemo and eo-xsistemo, ja-hira, ja-kana and ja-hrkt have been added for Lexemes (phab:T262330 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262330,phab:T257422 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257422, phab:T250559 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T250559) - P1438 has been converted from string to external ID datatype ( phab:T262198 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262198) - Worked on fixing an input issue with invisible characters (phab:T261071 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261071) - Investigating what work would be needed to get the new termbox that's available on mobile to also work on desktop - Fixing several issues with Special:Undelete (phab:T261747 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261747) - Fixing an error message being shown twice (phab:T260869 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260869) - Starting the coding work on the Query Builder - Continuing to write a draft for a REST API specification - Finishing the remaining work needed to get the improved quality scoring for Items deployed to ORES - Continuing work on WikibaseManifest https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/4930/: Determined the essential metadata https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261285 that will be included in the WikibaseManifest file, added some new features (mostly MediaWiki metadata) to the Manifest that were requested by the OpenRefine team (phab:T262805 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262805 and phab:T262804 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262804) and set up a test system https://wikibase-product-testing.wmflabs.org that will soon be ready for tool builders to use for testing the integration of their tools with WikibaseManifest
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