*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Comment https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:ChristianKl/Draft:ProposeDeletion on a proposal for proposed deletion system https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:ChristianKl/Draft:ProposeDeletion
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: Wikidata Lab XXVI: Structured citations module on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XXVI, presented in English by Mike Peel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel (Wiki Movimento Brasil https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Movimento_Brasil). The event is supported by a WikiCite e-scholarship https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicite/e-scholarship/Mike_Peel_(Cite_Q_improvements). December 8th 17:00 UTC (14:00 BRT), via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2AiaRHVesjQYv3pbq5qpdQ. - Upcoming: live SPARQL queries https://www.twitch.tv/belett on Twitch and in French by Vigneron, December 8 at 18:00 CET - Upcoming: Wikimedia 2020 Coolest Tool Award Ceremony, December 11th at 17:00 GMT (details https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award#Coolest_Tool_Award_2020 ) - Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #42 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#42, December 13
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- A massive new effort to name millions sold into bondage during the transatlantic slave trade https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/12/01/slavery-database-family-genealogy/. The Washington Post writes about enslaved.org, a Wikibase instance run at Michigan State University, that collects and creates Linked Open Data about the transatlantic slave trade. (Source https://twitter.com/johl/status/1334548022244614148) - Video: Introduction to Wikidata by and with Alicia Fagerving from Wikipedia Day 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV2tjuYLEyc - Video: How to use Wikidata Mix'n'match tool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE9ZvwYCNnQ - YouTube - Video: Semantic Web in Libraries 2020 (replay) - Linking K10plus library union catalog with Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNI6ty4gpDw - Building Wikidata One Branch of Knowledge at a Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tzlOeDBG9c
Tool of the week
- User:Zvpunry/EntitySchemaHighlighter.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Zvpunry/EntitySchemaHighlighter.js user script highlights the entities in the content of a Schema and shows information when hovering the link.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- We now have a central repository for wikibase-cli templates https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli-template-collection, with the aim to document best practices, offer general purpose request/create/edit templates, but also offer more niche templates as examples of what's possible: contributions and template requests welcome!
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: identity element https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8864, mathematical inverse https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8865, has operator https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8866, has marker https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8872, Hong Kong film rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8874, indexed in bibliographic review https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8875, number of taxpayers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8876, ITRANS https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8881, complementary property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8882, number of points/goals attempted https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8884, water area https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8887, MTRCB rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8889, power consumption index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8890, heating energy consumption index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8891, road name formatter https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8898, ELSPA rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8901, kunya https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8927, religion or world view https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8929 - External identifiers: FINA Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8861, Foodlocate restaurant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8862, Qobuz label ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8863, AAA campground ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8867, AAA hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8868, AAA restaurant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8869, Hyperion Records person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8870, Southwest Harbor Public Library item ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8871, DriveThruComics numeric publisher identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8873, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8877, HLTV player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8878, Kinorium person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8879, AstroGen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8880, BBC sound effects asset ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8883, Namuwiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8885, CIP data sheet https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8886, AniDB episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8888, edition humboldt digital Flora ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8892, Sistema de Información Legislativa ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8893, BG EIK https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8894, All the Tropes identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8895, Concise Literary Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8896, Reliwiki page ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8897, Arken ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8899, HuijiWiki Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8900, Archives at Yale names ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8902, HAL journal id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8903, Parler username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8904, Museo del Prado ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8905, National Gallery of Ireland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8906, Auckland Art Gallery artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8907, CINE21 film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8908, National Gallery of Australia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8909, Fitzwilliam Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8910, Sonneveld-index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8911, Kicker.de player ID (actual scheme) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8912, NSSDCA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8913, ZOBODAT person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8914, ZOBODAT taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8915, DIA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8916, SKD ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8917, Max Movie film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8918, Gab username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8919, Movist film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8920, KOBIS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8921, Amsterdam Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8922, SMB-digital ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8923, State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8924, CQVIP article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8925, DBLP conference ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8926, Filmstriben film-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8928 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: cites work string https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cites_work_string, artistic director https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/artistic_director, MDJF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MDJF_ID, Coordinates of depicted place https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coordinates_of_depicted_place, first family name in Portuguese name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/first_family_name_in_Portuguese_name, propriétés à éviter https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/propri%C3%A9t%C3%A9s_%C3%A0_%C3%A9viter, Commons category for the view from the item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Commons_category_for_the_view_from_the_item, Mailing List https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mailing_List, curid https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/curid, provides HTML microdata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/provides_HTML_microdata, provides JSON-LD data https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/provides_JSON-LD_data, archaeological site of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/archaeological_site_of, does not have cause https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/does_not_have_cause, conductor for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/conductor_for, reason for normal rank https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reason_for_normal_rank, value is one of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/value_is_one_of, tribunsdelaplebe.fr ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tribunsdelaplebe.fr_ID, lineage marker https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lineage_marker, has surface https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_surface, DBLP journal id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBLP_journal_id - External identifiers: U.S. Masters Swimming ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/U.S._Masters_Swimming_ID, Artfacts ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artfacts_ID, Order of Canada ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Order_of_Canada_ID, AppGallery app ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AppGallery_app_ID, Czech Gymnastics athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Czech_Gymnastics_athlete_ID, Students of Prague Universities ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Students_of_Prague_Universities_ID, theses.cz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/theses.cz_ID, Encyklopedie mostů v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyklopedie_most%C5%AF_v_%C4%8Cech%C3%A1ch,_na_Morav%C4%9B_a_ve_Slezsku_ID, CollEx-Persée ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CollEx-Pers%C3%A9e_ID, The Galileo Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Galileo_Project_ID, Dizionario degli artisti ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_degli_artisti_ID, Museo Galileo biography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museo_Galileo_biography_ID, Museo Galileo authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museo_Galileo_authority_ID, Biblioteca Marciana owner ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_Marciana_owner_ID, Chinese Painting Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Painting_Database_ID, National Galleries of Scotland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Galleries_of_Scotland_ID, Bavarian State Painting Collections ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bavarian_State_Painting_Collections_ID, Chapels of southern Bohemia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chapels_of_southern_Bohemia_ID, Kunsthistorisches Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kunsthistorisches_Museum_ID, Max-Movie-Personen-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Max-Movie-Personen-ID, CINE21 person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CINE21_person_ID, Georgia Museum of Art ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgia_Museum_of_Art_ID, Basic Formal Ontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Basic_Formal_Ontology_ID, Fichier des décès ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fichier_des_d%C3%A9c%C3%A8s_ID - Query examples: - Russian cuisine https://w.wiki/pZJ - Belgian artists that rise to the public domain in 2021 https://w.wiki/p93 (Source https://twitter.com/JolanWuyts/status/1334423740915052545) - Asian food made from noodles https://w.wiki/ocs (Source https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1333977873649168384) - Bubble diagram by wiki page numbers in each language on objects kept at the Bardo National Museum (note: Commons is counted as English) https://w.wiki/oxF (Source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1333842773498335234) - Amusement parks around the world https://w.wiki/pH5 (Source https://twitter.com/aboutgeo/status/1333761407498727424) - Schema examples: Video game https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E272
Development
- Simple Query Builder development continues. We worked on combining different query conditions as well as internationalisation. - Making the precision translatable in geocoordinate and date inputs ( phab:T269102 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269102) - Changes to descriptions in a specific language now show up on watchlist and recent changes on the Wikipedia and co for that language ( phab:T191831 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191831) - Finished working on the problem of incorrectly-escaped label being included in a link to Special:NewItem if there are no search results ( phab:T263258 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263258) - Investigating why we're currently skipping a significant number of Item IDs (phab:T268625 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268625) - Wikibase Release Strategy/Infrastructure: We have decided where to host future Docker and tarball releases of Wikibase. You can read about the details and the reasoning in the following ADRs: Docker Image Repository https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-prototype/blob/main/docs/adr/0001-docker-image-repository.md, Tarball Repository https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-prototype/blob/main/docs/adr/0002-tarball-hosting.md
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 untangle items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yupik/Detanglement that refer to different concepts. - Help write the next summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next