*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: Dr.üsenfieber https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Dr.%C3%BCsenfieber (unsussesful) - New request for comments: P155/P156 as qualifiers only, rather than as main statements https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/P155/P156_as_qualifiers_only,_rather_than_as_main_statements
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: SPARQL queries https://www.twitch.tv/belett live on Twitch and in French by Vigneron, March 2 at 18:00 CET - Upcoming video: LIVE Wikidata editing #34 Open Data Day - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoUfkQ0mVe8, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2902104563408035/, March 6 - Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #52 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#52, March 7 - Upcoming: Wikidata bug triage hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Wikidata_bug_triage_hour about Lexemes, March 22nd - Upcoming: Wikidata-based Data Sprint hosted by the University of New Brunswick https://www.unb.ca/fredericton/management/ibec/data-challenge1.html. One Wikidata data set will be provided on 11th March 2021 and various teams will have 2 hours to run a set of SPARQL queries against the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) and showcase their results.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogpost: Wikidata and Correspondence Archives https://rpubs.com/yannryan/729877 (Enriching basic metadata with a knowledge graph) - Blogpost: The promise of Wikidata https://datajournalism.com/read/longreads/the-promise-of-wikidata - How journalists can use the crowdsourced open knowledge base as a data source (at DataJournalism.com) - Video: Accra Archive Wikidata and Wikipedia Workshop (GLAMS Campaign Ghana) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt-Gygr3LqE - Video: COVID-19 coverage on Wikidata - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYJvBgVWTqM - Video: Identify and describe items of bibliographic interest (articles, monographs, authors) on Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP1IwCd1w_g - Video: Visualizing the global research ecosystem via Wikidata and Scholia - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_XdMCk3fA - Video: Demo: How to upload new bibliography and create dashboards on Wikidata - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtwnSB2E--U - Video: Reconciliation Open Refine Wikidata (in Swedish) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRX3hFu9exs - Video: Reconciling researchers to Wikidata via Google Sheets - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcnLv1j4PyM - Video: LIVE Wikidata editing #33 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPQTRMiYYf4, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2897172903901201/ - Video: How to create new Wikidata item (in Dutch) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSU4QylZ3ls - Video: Merging Wikidata items (in Dutch) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6AHcat-TKI
Tool of the week
- EditSum https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Enhance_user_interface#EditSum, a new user script which allows to attach custom summary text to any label/statement/sitelink/etc. modification.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- User:Nikki/LexemeInterwikiLinks.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/LexemeInterwikiLinks.js, is a userscript that adds Wiktionary interwiki links in the sidebar on Lexeme pages. (It links to pages corresponding to the first lemma and puts the lexeme language's Wiktionary first, followed by languages in the user's Babel box). - User:Lucas Werkmeister/addStatementCountsToCategories.js https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister/addStatementCountsToCategories.js, is a userscript that shows the number of statements of the linked item for all pages in a category. - Shared Citations https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite/Shared_Citations, a *proposal* arising from the WikiCite project, for a central reference management database supporting all Wikimedia projects, with significant relationship to Wikidata. Seeking feedback. - Modèle:Indice de diversité de genre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:Mod%C3%A8le:Indice_de_diversit%C3%A9_de_genre (Template:Gender diversity index) is a new template in the French Wikipedia which use P21 (gender property) to count the number of people by gender mentioned in an article. It helps to find articles which "forget" to cite women. - Lexeme JSON dumps are now available as a collection of individual lexeme data in the regular JSON format, separate from the regular Wikidata dumps containing Items and Properties. phab:T264883 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T264883 - We found a way to improve the performance of scrolling on the Item page by changing how we move the Property labels as you scroll through the page https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T274569#6864569. You should see the effect after the next deployment. - BBC Things https://www.bbc.co.uk/things/about includes links to Wikidata to provide a single reference for the growing collection of entities that matter to the BBC and their audiences.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: number of at bats https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9180, number of hits https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9184, bases on balls https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9188, runs batted in https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9190, letterer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9191, sensors https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9192, FAQ URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9214, set during recurring event https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9215, stolen bases https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9217, doubles hit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9220, triples hit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9225 - External identifiers: Germanistenverzeichnis ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9181, uta-net.com song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9182, uta-net.com artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9183, AllMusic genre/style ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9185, DicoPolHiS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9186, EuroBabeIndex.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9187, Sauvons nos tombes cemetery ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9189, LombardiaBeniCulturali archive producer person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9193, LombardiaBeniCulturali archive producer organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9194, LombardiaBeniCulturali archive producer family ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9195, BookBub author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9196, TlF artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9197, Encyclopédie berbère article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9198, Protagonisti della storia delle scienze della mente ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9199, English Placenames MADS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9200, Norwegian State Administration Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9201, teatral.ro play/theater ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9202, CineFAN.ro title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9203, CinemaRX title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9204, Sinemalar title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9205, Swissvote ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9206, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté inventory identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9207, Île-de-France inventory identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9208, Normandie inventory identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9209, Pays de la Loire inventory identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9210, Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9211, Dizionario biografico online degli anarchici italiani ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9212, Swedish Literature Bank place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9213, Opera Online conductor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9216, Discogs genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9218, Discogs style ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9219, Danmarks Adresseregister named street ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9221, bashenc.online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9222, Provenio UUID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9223, JedeSchule.de ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9224, ARAE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9226, Encyclopedia Titanica ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9227, U.S. Masters Swimming ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9228, DzygaMDB person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9229, NLS place type ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9230, Archivo Linz de la Transición Española ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9231 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: demographics of topic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/demographics_of_topic, strikeouts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/strikeouts, district heating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/district_heating, number of signatories https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_signatories, opt-out https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/opt-out, payer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/payer, secondary topic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/secondary_topic, grant number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/grant_number, Future Salaries ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Future_Salaries_ID, Index égalité professionnelle F/H https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Index_%C3%A9galit%C3%A9_professionnelle_F/H, Commons incompatible image URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Commons_incompatible_image_URL, verbal ability https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/verbal_ability - External identifiers: Diccionari de la traducció catalana ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Diccionari_de_la_traducci%C3%B3_catalana_ID, ANPI person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANPI_person_ID, ANPI person numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANPI_person_numeric_ID, APS author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/APS_author_ID, EEVA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EEVA_author_ID, Archives West finding aid ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archives_West_finding_aid_ID, BiographySampo person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BiographySampo_person_ID, Discord server numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Discord_server_numeric_ID, Discord user numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Discord_user_numeric_ID, CUT ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CUT_ID, Amathus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amathus_ID, EUC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EUC_ID, UPSA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UPSA_ID, RePEc EconPapers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RePEc_EconPapers_ID, Dark Horse contributor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dark_Horse_contributor_ID, ComiXology publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ComiXology_publisher_ID, Austrian Newspapers Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Austrian_Newspapers_Online_ID, Cyprus Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cyprus_Library_ID, MyMusic artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MyMusic_artist_ID, LFCHistory.net player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LFCHistory.net_player_ID, MeSH qualifier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MeSH_qualifier_ID - Query examples: - Hungarian church buildings sorted by confessions https://w.wiki/324x (Source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Mohammed_Sadat_(WMDE)#New_query_example ) - Where Czechs most died if not in their place of birth https://w.wiki/32kG (Source https://twitter.com/medi_cago/status/1365366579748343809) - Most popular tonalities https://w.wiki/32kK (Source https://twitter.com/luisalvaz/status/1365328187211853829) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
- WikiProject Templates https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Templates for templates in Wikidata
Development
- Working on first version of small tool that lets you get the average ORES quality score for a list of Items and find the lowest-quality Items in the batch so it's easier to improve them. - Taking a closer look at what larger improvements we want to make to Lexemes later this year. - Thinking through different ways how we can technically get mismatches between Wikidata's data and other databases so we can later expose them. - Thinking through what the first version of the REST API should contain and what should come later. - Fixed an issue with whitespaces when editing Lexemes (phab:T250550 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T250550) - Made sure all languages show up in the language selector for monolingual text Properties at least with their language code because them not showing up was very confusing (phab:T124758 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124758) - Fixed an issue with generating correct links for external IDs with + ( phab:T271126 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T271126) - Fixing an issue with Property selector not falling back from language variant to major language (phab:T272712 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272712) - Continuing to build out the Query Builder https://query-builder-test.toolforge.org/ and focusing on input for quantity and date queries (phab:T268942 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268942 and phab:T272697 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272697) - Due to the planned delay of the release of MediaWiki 1.36, the Wikibase team has been working on preparing a Wikibase update that includes new functionality (such as the “Federated Properties” feature) based on v1.35. To that end, we started backporting certain features and fixes into the Wikibase 1.35 release. Follow our progress here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5218/.
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