*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Ikkingjinnammebetinke
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Ikkingjinnammebetinke>
(RfP scheduled to end after 7 March 2022 13:33 UTC)
- New request for comments: Creating items for videos at online video
platforms that are representation of notable items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Creating_items_for_videos_at_online_video_platforms_that_are_representation_of_notable_items>
- Other: Qualifiers for given names and surnames
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Names#Qualifiers_for_given_names_and_surnames_-_establish_a_guideline>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming:
- Live on Twitch <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> and in French by
Vigneron, March 1st at 19:00 CET (UTC+1)
- Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—March 2nd, 2022
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/E24DSO4EWQ7623P2K5LFCMPZBX4H4P7Z/>.
Time: 16:00-17:00 GMT / 08:00-09:00 PST / 11:00-12:00 EST /
17:00-18:00 CET
& WAT
- LIVE Wikidata editing #73 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHJwelcuaT0>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3184194285199060/>,
March 5th at 19:00 UTC
- Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #98
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#98>,
March 6th at 13.00 UTC
- Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #31, War
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=31>
- Past:
- Wikibase Live session, February 2022 - log
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Meetings/2022-02-24>
- LIVE Wikidata editing #72 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ih66iICrU>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Papers: Wikidata as a Tool for Mapping Investment in Open
Infrastructure: An Exploratory Study
<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6036284>
- Videos
- Mismatches Finder tool: Quick introduction to and demo of how the
tool works
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mismatch_Finder_intro.webm>
- Using a Custom Wikibase as a File Format Registry with Siegfried
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNaiTDH5wXc>
- Create a Wikidata Query - example using Shipwrecks data
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua5tUfZUDuY>
- Map Wikidata in an R Shiny App - example
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pasM4WkfM4A>
- Bring Wikidata into Power BI using a simple R script - example
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY28hpjWvhc>
- Using QuickStatements to load tabular data and the Wikidata Edit
Framework <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMijtlyGGO4> (in Italian)
Tool of the week
- User:Guergana Tzatchkova (WMDE)/MismatchFinderWidget.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Guergana_Tzatchkova_(WMDE)/MismatchFinderWidget.js>
is a user script to show a notification on an Item if the Mismatch Finder
has an unreviewed mismatch for it.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Mismatch Finder
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/EFBUVNLUSX7V5ZOQZD5SWKDWSWJU23ER/>,
the tool that lets you review mismatches between the data in Wikidata and
other databases, is now ready to be used for checking potential mismatches
and uploading lists of new potential mismatches.
- February 2022 WDQS scaling update now available: SPARQL query
service/WDQS scaling update feb 2022
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS-scaling-update-feb-2022>
- Job opening: The Search Platform team is looking for someone to
maintain and develop WDQS. Apply here
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3975337>!
- Job opening: Museum of Natural History Berlin (Q233098)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233098> is looking for someone for
project- and data management especially for Wikidata related stuff about
the museums collections Job Description (German)
<https://jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/17300b246428c9403602628eb5937f770c4c29a2>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: computational complexity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10374>
- External identifiers: Offizielle Deutsche Charts composer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10372>, Mnemosine ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10373>, Boris Yeltsin
Presidential Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10375>, ScienceDirect topic
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10376>, Irish Registered
Charity Number (RCN) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10377>, CHY
Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10378>, dailytelefrag.ru
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10379>, Springer Nature
Subjects Taxonomy ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10380>, VerbaAlpina
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10381>, Prosopographia
Imperii Romani online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10382>, Game World Navigator
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10383>, Bugs! track ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10384>, Vsemirnaya Istoriya
Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10385>,
Databazeknih.cz
book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10386>, Databazeknih.cz
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10387>, MakeMyTrip
hotel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10388>, Urban
Electric Transit model ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10389>, GameGuru ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10390>, 100-Year Guide to
Hebrew Theatre person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10391>, INPA park ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10392>, Riot Pixels game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10393>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: created during
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/created_during>,
award recipient
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/award_recipient>,
medical indication
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/medical_indication>,
Moscow Street ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moscow_Street_ID>,
Moscow area ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moscow_area_ID>,
eingesetzter Sportler
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eingesetzter_Sportler>
- External identifiers: NLI topic id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLI_topic_id>,
Via Rail station code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Via_Rail_station_code>,
GBIF occurrence ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GBIF_occurrence_ID>,
Culture.ru person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Culture.ru_person_ID>,
Pamyat Naroda ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pamyat_Naroda_ID>,
Encyclopedia of Russian avant-garde ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Russian_avant-garde_ID>,
Bayerischer Denkmal-Atlas Objekt-ID (Ensemble)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bayerischer_Denkmal-Atlas_Objekt-ID_(Ensemble)>,
Encyclopedia of Russian America ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Russian_America_ID>,
HockeySlovakia.sk player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HockeySlovakia.sk_player_ID>,
Berlin Street ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Berlin_Street_ID>,
Yarkipedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yarkipedia_ID>,
parliament.uk member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/parliament.uk_member_ID>,
reddoorz hotel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reddoorz_hotel_ID>,
symogih.org ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/symogih.org_ID>,
CNKI Author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNKI_Author_ID>,
Encyclopedia of Database Systems ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Database_Systems_ID>,
Portable Antiquities Scheme object type identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Portable_Antiquities_Scheme_object_type_identifier>,
Spanish National Associations Register Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spanish_National_Associations_Register_Number>,
Michigan Legislative Bio ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Michigan_Legislative_Bio_ID>,
RODI-DB player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RODI-DB_player_ID>,
Historische Topographie des Kulturerbes ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historische_Topographie_des_Kulturerbes_ID>,
Refuge.tokyo video game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Refuge.tokyo_video_game_ID>,
MovieMeter series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MovieMeter_series_ID>,
Kayak Hotel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kayak_Hotel_ID>,
Linked Open Data Taiwan @ Library Subject Terms Authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linked_Open_Data_Taiwan_@_Library_Subject_Terms_Authority_ID>,
hostelworld hostel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/hostelworld_hostel_ID>,
Discover Moscow ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Discover_Moscow_ID>,
Game Informer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Game_Informer_ID>,
Vedomosti company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vedomosti_company_ID>,
USP Production Repository ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USP_Production_Repository_ID>,
Dansk Navneleksikon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dansk_Navneleksikon>,
Femiwiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Femiwiki_ID>
- Query examples:
- Number of edits by user on French lexemes
<https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/62645> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data/Documentation/Languages/fr>
)
- Languages in Indonesia with their status according to UNESCO
<https://w.wiki/4sFe> (source
<https://twitter.com/wikimediaid/status/1496081428894961668>)
- Successful coups and attempts in Africa <https://w.wiki/4top> (
source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Optimization_request:_African_coups_and_attempts>
)
- New York Times journalists that are alive <https://w.wiki/4tot> (
source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query/Archive/2022/02#Need_help_to_search_for_New_York_Times_journalists_that_are_alive>
)
- Ukrainian coins and banknotes <https://w.wiki/4tJB> (source
<https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1497556158080589824>)
- Types of quartz <https://w.wiki/4sPi> (source
<https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1496170519670005767>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
WikiProject Chemistry/Natural products
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Chemistry/Natural_products>
Development
- Lexicographical data: work is continuing on the new Special:NewLexeme
page. We are working on the basic input fields and permission handling.
- Mismatch Finder: Released the tool and working through feedback now
and getting additional mismatches from organizations using our data.
- REST API: Starting to build the initial Wikibase REST API. We are
starting with the endpoint to read Item data first.
- Data Reuse Days: Continuing event preparation
- Published new security release updates for Wikibase suite wmde.6 (1.35)
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/AAGRA4FQQQK7T63AU3VE62NADSGQVUGH/>
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>
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