*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Other: Tool ideas/ImproveWikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:So9q/Tool_ideas/ImproveWikidata
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past: Linked Open Storytelling - Winter School 2021 - Fellow-Programm Freies Wissen (in German) (reply on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JuqzW_zOBc&feature=youtu.be) - Upcoming: SPARQL queries https://www.twitch.tv/belett live on Twitch and in French by Vigneron, February 16 at 18:00 CET - Upcoming: Bug triage hour about Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Wikidata_bug_triage_hour, February 16 - Upcoming video: LIVE Wikidata editing #32 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlxsQQPfrqU, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2892173044401187/, February 20 - Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #50 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#50, February 21
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blog post: The promise of Wikidata: How journalists can use the crowdsourced open knowledge base as a data source https://datajournalism.com/read/longreads/the-promise-of-wikidata, by Monika Sengul-Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shameran81 - Blog post: Data donation to Wikidata, part 2: country/subject dossiers of the 20th Century Press Archives https://zbw.eu/labs/en/blog/data-donation-to-wikidata-part-2-country-subject-dossiers-of-the-20th-century-press-archives (by Joachim Neubert https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jneubert, ZBW Labs) - Blog post: Bibliography and Citations of Hausa Folklore https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/02/09/bibliography-and-citations-of-hausa-folklore/ by Anasskoko https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Anasskoko - Video: Querying Linked (Wiki)data with SPARQL ✨ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m50voG57yac (presentation by Lucas Werkmeister https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister at rC3, 90 minutes) - Video: Wikidata editing #31 Free Software Day - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkAirxHj-Ps, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2887608388190986/ - Video: Knowledge Graphs for AI: Wikidata and beyond - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTz0zSNSKEY
Tool of the week
- UseAsRef script allows you to add references to statements using one external ID as source (see User:Bargioni/UseAsRef https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Bargioni/UseAsRef and this YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3nkeqKnfTg for more information)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Abstract Wikipedia presents prototypes of two tools that could help people to visualize, exemplify, and better guide our understanding of the coverage of lexicographic data in Wikidata https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-02-10. - Public Domain Tool https://pro.europeana.eu/post/public-domain-tool-automating-the-calculation-of-works-in-the-public-domain, developed by the Flemish Institute for Archives automates the process of determining whether their collection items could be in the public domain. - Sizes of country items (like "Portugal" (Q45) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45) were recently reduced by 30% to 50% by moving a few economics properties to "economy of"-items (sample: "economy of Portugal" (Q1649355) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1649355). The item "economy of Portugal" is currently larger than "Portugal". This can simplify uses of country items that previously timed-out. Infoboxes can still access the properties with the link through "economy of topic" (P8744) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8744. - Later this week, the development team will enable a rate limit for assigning new item IDs. Bots and users who successfully create items should notice no change, since the rate limit is equal to the existing limit on all edits. However, bots that often *fail* to create items may start to see different error messages than usual. This will hopefully reduce the problem of skipped item IDs. - Guidelines and compensation for UX research lead by Wikimedia Germany https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMDE_Engineering/Participate_in_UX_Activities (announcement https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2021-February/014516.html )
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: service status information URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9138, first family name in Portuguese name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9139, time played https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9140, coordinates of depicted place https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9149 - External identifiers: CompositionToday composers showcase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9130, Royal Museums Greenwich artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9131, Saint Louis Art Museum artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9132, AZLyrics.com song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9133, Studio di Fonologia Musicale RAI person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9134, WreckSite ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9135, SOUNZ contributor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9136, Doktori.hu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9137, Portal da Literatura ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9141, IPHAE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9142, Play:Right ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9143, National Portrait Gallery (London) artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9144, Xinjiang Data Project identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9145, CITWF title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9146, Union Catalog of Armenian Continuing Resources ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9147, Saxony-Anhalt cultural heritage object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9148, FloGrappling ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9150, Can I use feature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9151 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: National Gallery of Art Library Bibliographic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Gallery_of_Art_Library_Bibliographic_ID, letterer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/letterer, set during recurring event https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/set_during_recurring_event, number of references https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_references, sensors https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sensors, Applying institution https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Applying_institution - External identifiers: Lexikon Literatur in Tirol https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lexikon_Literatur_in_Tirol, Danmarks Adresseregister named street ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danmarks_Adresseregister_named_street_ID, Baidu Baike ID (2) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baidu_Baike_ID_(2), Kickstarter username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kickstarter_username, Protagonisti della storia delle scienze della mente ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Protagonisti_della_storia_delle_scienze_della_mente_ID, Curling.fi player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Curling.fi_player_ID, RILM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RILM_ID, Swiss vote ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swiss_vote_ID, svoyak.info player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/svoyak.info_player_ID, Germanistenverzeichnis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Germanistenverzeichnis, Svenska Institutet i Rom ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Svenska_Institutet_i_Rom_ID, CinemaRx title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CinemaRx_title_ID, Sinemalar title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sinemalar_title_ID, English Placenames MADS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/English_Placenames_MADS_ID, Armenian Book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Armenian_Book_ID, identifiant inventaire Occitanie https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_inventaire_Occitanie, AaRC title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AaRC_title_ID, Biblioteca Iglesia Nacional Española en Roma ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_Iglesia_Nacional_Espa%C3%B1ola_en_Roma_ID, BFS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BFS_ID, Dizionario biografico online degli anarchici italiani ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_biografico_online_degli_anarchici_italiani_ID, JedeSchule.de ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JedeSchule.de_ID, bashenc.online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bashenc.online_ID, Svoya Igra television player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Svoya_Igra_television_player_ID, Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wisconsin_Architecture_and_History_Inventory_ID - Query examples: - Spanish Wikipedia articles about women astronauts https://w.wiki/yQR (Source https://twitter.com/editatona/status/1359980994636488705) - Websites related to works in the Women's & Gender History DH list https://w.wiki/Com (Source https://twitter.com/dta_cthomas/status/1360198435715100672) - List of states with more than one official language https://w.wiki/ykR (Source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1359533946959245317) - Location of the organizations in the Name Assigning Authority Number (NAAN) registry https://w.wiki/yVm (Source https://twitter.com/BertrandCaron/status/1359094070409322496) - List of locations named after the planned language Esperanto or its founder, L. L. Zamenhof https://w.wiki/y$C - Use the MediaWiki API to get the content of a Wikipedia category into a query https://w.wiki/yAR - Number of scholarly articles sharing their datasets https://w.wiki/zAD (Source https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1360556323448971271) - Most specific taxon that includes two given species https://w.wiki/zPN (Source https://twitter.com/danbri/status/1361065883280506888)
Development
- Work on the Simple Query Builder continues. We finished connecting query conditions via OR (phab:T272694 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272694). Next we will work on adding the UI for sharing the visual query via a link (phab:T272887 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272887) - Improved the deployment process for the Query Service UI to make it easier to deploy - Fixed language code "dag" for Dagbani not working for Lemmas for Lexemes (phab:T272242 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272242) - Fixing the bug where the Property selector is not falling back from language variant to major language for Property labels (phab:T272712 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272712) - Adding a rate limit for creating Item IDs to avoid skipping so many due to misbehaving bots (phab:T272032 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272032) - Fixed the case where no error was shown when trying to save a lemma with an invalid language code (phab:T265783 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265783) - Fixed a but where merging two Lexemes fails if the source Lexeme has links to its own Senses (phab:T273830 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T273830) - Increasing the rate of edits that trigger a check by the constraint checker to 50%. This will increase the number of constraints violations that you can query in the Query Service. (phab:T204031 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204031) - Making it possible to add interwiki links to/from Multilingual Wikisource (phab:T138332 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138332)
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