*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: Minorax
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Minorax>,
welcome onboard!
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Ongoing: 30 Lexic-o-days
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/30_lexic-o-days_2021>,
events and projects around lexicographical data, continues until April
14th. (full schedule, details and links here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/30_lexic-o-days_2021#Events>)
- March 30: Live SPARQL queries about Lexemes in French by Vigneron
- March 30: Abstract Wikipedia & Lexemes Q&A with Denny Vrandečić
- April 1: Documentation Q&A with Dan Shick
- April 5-11: Climate Lexeme Week
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Climate_Change/Climate_lexeme_week>
- April 5: Abstract Wikipedia & Lexemes Q&A with Denny Vrandečić
- Upcoming: LIVE Wikidata editing #38 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ShFdIs2CrI>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2923361017949056/>,
April 3
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #56
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#56>,
April 4
- Upcoming: WikiCommons metadata analysis tool
<https://hack.glam.opendata.ch/project/57> is intended to be developed
at the online hackathon at hack.glam.opendata.ch, 16-17 April 2021
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- Dataroundtripping Wikidata - Wikicommons - Runestones pictures
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Structured_data_for_GLAM-Wiki/Roundtripping/KMB>
- Papers
- FAIR and open multilingual clinical trials in Wikidata and Wikipedia
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106235601>
- Painel de informação sobre a COVID-19: consultas SPARQL na Wikidata
(Portuguese) <https://revistas.ufpr.br/atoz/article/view/76684/42120>
- Videos
- Live Wikidata editing #37 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN0gPe9GhFk>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2918162901802201/>
- Live SPARQL queries on Lexemes by Vigneron (in English): on Youtube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_OktN1oP-o>
Tool of the week
- d:User:Nikki/LexemeEntitySuggester.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/LexemeEntitySuggester.js>
userscript is a proper entity suggester that gives a fixed set of
properties for various languages.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Sitelinks links for two new Wikipedias can be entered: Atayal Wikipedia
<https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/> (Q105723660
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105723660>) and Seediq Wikipedia
<https://trv.wikipedia.org/wiki/> (Q105975521
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105975521>)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: does not have cause
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9353>, external
georeferencing URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9361>
- External identifiers: Discord server numeric ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9345>, France24 topic ID
(French) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9346>, France24
topic ID (English)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9347>, France24
topic ID (Spanish)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9348>, France24
topic ID (Arabic) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9349>, PeriodO
period ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9350>, MHDBDB
lemma ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9351>, Portrait
Archive ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9352>, Porcelana
Brasil ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9354>, Slovník
českých filosofů ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9355>, Hymenoptera
Anatomy Ontology ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9356>, Encyclopedia
of French Cultural Heritage in North America ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9357>, MWB lemma ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9358>, Encyclopedia of
Migration ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9359>, Ministry
of Education New Zealand school ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9360>, Encyklopedie migrace
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9362>, Tacoma-Pierce
County Obituary Index ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9363>, Encyclopedia of
Mediterranean Humanism ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9364>, Modernist Commons ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9365>, Rombase ID (English)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9366>, Filmitalia film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9367>, CNA topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9368>,
Fortalezas.org ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9369>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Ottoman Association ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ottoman_Association_ID>,
url text
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/url_text>,
audio
transcription 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/audio_transcription_2>,
OFDb person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OFDb_person_ID>,
won sets
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/won_sets>,
Number
of stitches
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_stitches>
- External identifiers:
Biblio.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblio.com_ID>,
Czech Encyclopedia of Theater identifiers (Czech and German)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Czech_Encyclopedia_of_Theater_identifiers_(Czech_and_German)>,
Identifiant des Collections du Louvre
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_des_Collections_du_Louvre>,
Verified Handles VHID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Verified_Handles_VHID>,
Michigan State University Library Record Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Michigan_State_University_Library_Record_Number>,
Washington Flora Checklist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Washington_Flora_Checklist_ID>,
Washington Flora Checklist species ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Washington_Flora_Checklist_species_ID>,
Washington Rare Plant Field Guide ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Washington_Rare_Plant_Field_Guide_ID>,
KATOTTH identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KATOTTH_identifier>,
Viasona ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Viasona_ID>,
Musikasten ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Musikasten_ID>,
Discover the networks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Discover_the_networks>,
GCD publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GCD_publisher_ID>,
Image Comics creator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Image_Comics_creator_ID>,
BLPL ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BLPL_ID>, MnM
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MnM_ID>,
Arca
author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arca_author_ID>,
Editorial Freelancers Association member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Editorial_Freelancers_Association_member_ID>,
IFCVPF ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IFCVPF_ID>,
American
University of Beirut's Libraries Title ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/American_University_of_Beirut%27s_Libraries_Title_ID>,
Dicionário Histórico-Biográfico Brasileiro ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dicion%C3%A1rio_Hist%C3%B3rico-Biogr%C3%A1fico_Brasileiro_ID>,
Burke Herbarium Image Collection ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Burke_Herbarium_Image_Collection_ID>,
USCG MIC ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USCG_MIC_ID>,
Berlin Bezirkslexika identifiers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Berlin_Bezirkslexika_identifiers>,
Burke Herbarium Image Collection contributor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Burke_Herbarium_Image_Collection_contributor_ID>,
Brapci author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brapci_author_ID>,
ÖCV Biolex ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C3%96CV_Biolex_ID>,
OregonFlora taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OregonFlora_taxon_ID>,
Oregon Flora Image Project ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oregon_Flora_Image_Project_ID>
- Deleted properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion>:
- Query examples:
- Donald P. Bellisario credits as screenwriter or director
<https://w.wiki/37n8>
- Interwiki table from P6720, with end date for prefixes that are no
longer in use <https://w.wiki/38Si> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P6720#Query>)
- Index map of Ordnance Survey Old Series preparatory drawings, with
georeferencer links
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22hide%22%3A%5B%22%3Fbbox%22%2C%20%22%3Frgb%22%5D%7D%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Furl%20%3Fgeoreferencing%20%3Fimg%20%3Fbbox%20%3Frgb%20%28year%28%3Fyear%29%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%28xsd%3Ainteger%28%3Fcolour%29%20AS%20%3Fcolour2%29%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ105849312%20p%3AP527%20%3Fstmt%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstmt%20pq%3AP1545%20%3Fcolour%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstmt%20pq%3AP465%20%3Frgb%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25colours%0A%20%20%0AWHERE%20%7B%20%20%0A%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP195%20wd%3AQ7100888%20.%20%20%20%20%23%20OSD%0A%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP1332%2Fpsv%3AP1332%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Fnth%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP1333%2Fpsv%3AP1333%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Fsth%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP1334%2Fpsv%3AP1334%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Feast%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP1335%2Fpsv%3AP1335%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Fwest%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fyear%20.%0A%20%20BIND%20%28%281%20%2B%20floor%20%28%28year%28%3Fyear%29%20-%201789%29%20%2a%202.0%2F3.0%29%29%20AS%20%3Fcolour%29%20.%0A%20%20BIND%20%28xsd%3Ainteger%28IF%28%3Fcolour%20%3E%2031%2C%2031%2C%20%3Fcolour%29%29%20AS%20%3Fcolour2%29%20.%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25colours%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%7D%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP973%20%3Furl%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP9361%20%3Fgeoreferencing%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28STRDT%28%20%20CONCAT%28%27LINESTRING%20%28%27%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20str%28%3Fwest%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20str%28%3Fsth%29%2C%20%27%2C%27%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20str%28%3Fwest%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20str%28%3Fnth%29%2C%20%27%2C%27%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20str%28%3Feast%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20str%28%3Fnth%29%2C%20%27%2C%27%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20str%28%3Feast%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20str%28%3Fsth%29%2C%20%27%2C%27%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20str%28%3Fwest%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20str%28%3Fsth%29%2C%20%27%29%27%20%20%20%29%2C%20geo%3AwktLiteral%29%20AS%20%3Fbbox%29%20.%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1374774300482363395>)
- Listed buildings in Wales that would be lost if the sea level rose
by 70 metres <https://w.wiki/38Lr> (source
<https://twitter.com/WIKI_NLW/status/1375178043745038337>)
- Music releases with incomplete track lists, showing diff count
<https://w.wiki/38hZ> (Source
<https://twitter.com/exmusica/status/1375848490253836288>)
- Date and place of birth of female musicians in Nigeria
<https://w.wiki/37tS> (Source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataNigeria/status/1374305800026517506>)
- Scholarly articles on multilingualism and bilingualism
<https://w.wiki/38gQ> (Source
<https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1375809654404624388>)
- Things in Czechia which changed coordinate location at some point
<https://w.wiki/38HS> (Source
<https://twitter.com/medi_cago/status/1375481728349921281>)
- Images about women programmers <https://w.wiki/37pK> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1375243264580845570>)
- UK railway stations connected from Topsham railway station
<https://w.wiki/38wC> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1375130514177331202>)
- Most awarded person affiliated with the Technical University of
Denmark <https://w.wiki/37$w> (Source
<https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1374448879379259394>)
- Newest database reports: current TV seasons
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/reports/TV_seasons/current/by_start_date>
Development
- The dev team spent the last week prototyping a few things to learn if
some things would be feasible/a good idea. Among other things we tried
building a small tool to connect Senses to Items, looked into the different
types of ontology issues that can be found on Wikidata and checked what
using a document store for data storage would look like.
- Note: from March 29th until April 12th, Mohammed Sadat (WMDE)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mohammed_Sadat_(WMDE)> is not
available to answer messages. If you have any requests for the development
team, please ask on Contact the development team
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:DEV>. For any emergency, you can
contact Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lea_Lacroix_(WMDE)>. Because of
Easter holidays in Germany, the upcoming newsletter will be issued one day
later, on April 6th.
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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement Coordinator
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.