*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - بوٹ دا عثمان https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%B9_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B9%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86 - Task/s: - Dual script support for Punjabi Wikidata labels and descriptions in Gurmukhi (pa) and Shahmukhi (pnb), taking a conservative approach (only making "obvious" transliterations). - Addition of labels and descriptions entirely consistent of information which can be inferred from other language labels (again, only for "obvious" cases).
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call September 20, 2022: Michael Jones (National Library of Wales) on his work using machine learning, Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), and Wikidata with historical newspaper collections. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kPAhqH1UD7S_FKtKEKfpLr7qC4zWJdhnUxDKHz1NGnU/edit?usp=sharing - The Climate Knowledge Hunt Hackathon: IPCC reports → Wikidata event on September 24. Registration https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-climate-knowledge-hunt-hackathon-tickets-414825362827 - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #59, Election https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=59
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Vue le vue http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=672, by Magnus Manske - Using Wikidata to check votes of the Wikimedia Foundation board election https://www.lehir.net/using-wikidata-to-check-votes-of-the-wikimedia-foundation-board-election/ - Papers - Compositional Generalization in Multilingual Semantic Parsing over Wikidata https://direct.mit.edu/tacl/article/doi/10.1162/tacl_a_00499/112914 - Hidden Author Bias in Book Recommendation https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.00371.pdf - WikiGOA: Gene set enrichment analysis based on Wikipedia and the Gene Ontology https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.15.508149v1 (uses Wikidata prominently) - Scholia for Software https://riojournal.com/article/94771/ by Lane Rasberry, Daniel Mietchen - Videos - LIVE Wikidata editing #90 #softwarefreedomday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbM0u3X4U0U - Using Wikidata to explore depictions of nature in the fine arts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnpdHXP2x0g - Wikidata and GLAM 2021 (in French) - Wikidata, Mix'N'Match and the Wikibase Ecosystems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOBrC9o_zuA - Wikibase project "Resistants" at the State Archives in Belgium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysx0lNdJY4s - ContribuLing 2021 - Explore, Analyse and Translate Multilingual Wikidata Properties https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCNHcw8nj2Y - Wikidata Lexemes, Where to Find Them and How to Use Them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJL0marl3FI - Wikidata tutorial: How to get a Twitter user's numeric ID by "Report an issue" method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LdwgbkWOJo - Dataviz - A tribute to Jean-Luc Godard https://observablehq.com/@pac02/tribute-to-jlg - Presentation - New Zealand Thesis Project - Institutional Repository Day 2022 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NZ_Thesis_Project_-_Institutional_Repository_Day_2022.pdf
Tool of the week
- WD-FIST https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/wdfist.js is a userscript that checks Wikipedia pages for available images if the item doesn't have one (automatically or manually via sidebar link).
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The Govdirectory recognized as Digital Public Goods https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Digital_Public_Goods_Announcement
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: grammatical person https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11053, grammatical number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11054 - External identifiers: DiACL lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11055, Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11056, Royal Collection (UK) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11057, Naver game lounge ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11058, IRIS UNIRC author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11059, IRIS UNICZ author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11060, IRIS UNICAL author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11061 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Bank of information on the historical and cultural heritage of the Republic of Belarus https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bank_of_information_on_the_historical_and_cultural_heritage_of_the_Republic_of_Belarus, river system's length https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/river_system%27s_length, National Olympic Committee https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Olympic_Committee, autosuggest value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/autosuggest_value, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Inequality-adjusted_Human_Development_Index - External identifiers: Código de Identificação do Aeródromo https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/C%C3%B3digo_de_Identifica%C3%A7%C3%A3o_do_Aer%C3%B3dromo, identifiant Championnat de France de basket-ball (nouveau format) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Championnat_de_France_de_basket-ball_(nouveau_format), JCDb ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JCDb_ID, UniChem compound ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UniChem_compound_ID, Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Library_of_Integrated_Network-based_Cellular_Signatures_ID, BindingDB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BindingDB_ID, Drugcentral ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Drugcentral_ID, Probes And Drugs ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Probes_And_Drugs_ID, VMH (compound) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VMH_(compound)_ID, ID for IFUW members database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ID_for_IFUW_members_database, Rowing Australia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rowing_Australia_ID, Chess Federation of Canada ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chess_Federation_of_Canada_ID, British Athletics ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Athletics_ID, AustralasiaTour player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AustralasiaTour_player_ID, England Hockey ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/England_Hockey_ID, Athletics Canada ID (New) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Athletics_Canada_ID_(New), Golfdata ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Golfdata_ID, Latindex 2022 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Latindex_2022_ID, British Swimming IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Swimming_IDs, Professional Referee Organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Professional_Referee_Organization_ID, BSDB player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BSDB_player_ID - Query examples: - Timeline of movies directed by Jean Luc Godard https://w.wiki/5hRN (source https://twitter.com/WikidataThreads/status/1569764923412213760) - Map of narrative locations of movies directed by Jean-Luc Godard https://w.wiki/5hRW (source https://twitter.com/WikidataThreads/status/1569769880680808452) - List of actors and actresses who have worked with Jean-Luc Godard by number of movies https://w.wiki/5hVi (source https://twitter.com/WikidataThreads/status/1569925367267221505) - Route of the Aberdeenshire Canal, as indicated by its remains https://w.wiki/5iHP (source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1571109883231215616) - People born in Rennes classified according to the number of links pointing to them https://w.wiki/5hoe (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1570395922932334595) - French heads of state and government who were not born on current French territory (and after 1789) https://w.wiki/5hSA (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1569786810275872768) - Where were the players in the FIFA 2022 Sticker Album born? https://w.wiki/5hN7 (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1569696572891332609) - World Cup Qatar 2022: The heaviest team is Ghana, averaging 87 kilos, and the lightest is Qatar, averaging 70 kilos https://w.wiki/5hLk (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1569696572891332609) - Streets of Milan, Italy named after males (blue) vs. females (orange) https://w.wiki/5iRb (source https://twitter.com/WikidataQueries/status/1569327537821556737) - Map of Roman theaters and amphitheaters https://w.wiki/5gtH ( source https://twitter.com/a_winkler3/status/1568979569788551171) - Chart of English monarch names by cause of death https://w.wiki/5gMe - Cause of death of US presidents by party https://w.wiki/5gUy
Development
- REST API: - Finished the endpoint for editing statements (phab:T306934 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306934) - Working on automated edit summaries (phab:T312811 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T312811) - Making small modifications to the response format for statements ( phab:T317866 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T317866) - Lexicographical data: - Special:NewLexemeAlpha now uses the new search profile for languages, which makes it easier to select a language Item for the language of the new Lexeme (phab:T312853 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T312853) - Finished the work on making sure that the example Lexeme falls back to other locally defined examples for languages other than English instead of the pre-set example Lexeme (phab:T313599 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313599) - Working on making sure that only *-x-Q123, not *-x-q123, can be used as a Lexeme language code (phab:T317863 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T317863) - Sitelinks to Redirects are now available for testing on test.wikidata.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/TXNOK64GLOTNJSQAPADT5YQQUOPJFN5Q/ - Improved the wrapping and selection behavior of aliases in the header of an Item (phab:T315991 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T315991) Thanks Fomafix for the patch! - Improved the translations of the Lexeme and EntitySchema namespaces ( phab:T316770 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T316770) Thanks to Amire80 for the patch! - Started supporting Codex work for some Wikidata-specific work needed in the new design system (phab:T306932 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306932)
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