*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - Pi bot 26 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Pi_bot_26 *Task/s:* Auto-correct coordinates set to the wrong globe - Pi bot 27 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Pi_bot_27 *Task/s:* Auto-copy coordinate globe to located on astronomical body (P376) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P376 (except for Q2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2) - William Avery Bot 9 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/William_Avery_Bot_9 *Task/s:* Remove tracking parameters from reference URLs, as suggested at Wikidata:Bot requests § Tracking parameters in reference URLs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Bot_requests#Tracking_parameters_in_reference_URLs. I would like to run this as a recurring task, after clearing the c. 2800 current instances. - Closed request for permissions/Bot: - William Avery Bot 8 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/William_Avery_Bot_8 (approved) *Task/s:* Set qualifiers on family name (P734) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P734 to standardised values, as discussed at Wikidata talk:WikiProject Names § Qualifiers for given names and surnames - establish a guideline https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Names#Qualifiers_for_given_names_and_surnames_-_establish_a_guideline, and requested at WD:RBOT § Request to replace qualifiers (2022-07-17) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:RBOT#Request_to_replace_qualifiers_(2022-07-17)
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - Wikimania 2022 https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania, August 11 to 14, online event. The Hackathon https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon will take place August 12-14 https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Schedule. On this page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2022 you can find a summary of sessions and community gatherings related to Wikidata and Wikibase. - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call August 9, 2022: Pieter Vander Vennet on MapComplete, a thematic OpenStreetMap viewer and editor which uses species, language, and image data from Wikidata. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LK33z_L6ARux-jzRXIVPlF4yApsFxx7INpKaaZ2MUIg/edit?usp=sharing . - The Wikimania Hackathon starts next Friday, August 16-22! There are still lots of spots in the schedule https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Schedule to add your Wikidata related sessions or project ideas (anyone can present a session) - Ongoing - Wikimedia Indonesia's Wikidata edit-a-thon (*datathon*) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Indonesia/Kegiatan/Datathon for the 77th anniversary of the Indnesian Independence Day started on 5th August and will be held until 12th August. Participants are instructed to edit items containing the statement country of origin (P495) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P495: Indonesia (Q252) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q252. - Toolhub is a catalog of 1500+ tools used every day in a wide variety of workflows across many Wiki projects. We are currently improving the search functionality and need your input – whether you are already familiar with Toolhub or not. Please take 5-10 minutes to leave feedback https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/en:Toolhub/Data_model/Feedback. - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #53, Sheep https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=53 - Past - First online meet-up fully organized by volunteers of the Indonesian Wikidata Community has been held on 30th July where we edited items on Indonesian ethnic groups.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Books - Wikidata for Scholarly Communication Librarianship https://iu.pressbooks.pub/wikidatascholcomm/ - Blogs - Most notable person, everywhere in the world https://flowingdata.com/2022/08/02/most-notable-person-everywhere-in-the-world/ - Wikidata now escapes SMILES and CXSMILES! https://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2022/08/wikidata-now-escapes-smiles-and-cxsmiles.html - Bringing the whole zoo to Wikidata https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Bringing_the_whole_zoo_to_Wikidata - User:MargaretRDonald https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MargaretRDonald - Using tfsl to clean grammatical features on Wikidata lexemes https://www.lehir.net/using-tfsl-to-clean-grammatical-features-on-wikidata-lexemes/ - Using Machine Learning, IIIF and Wikidata to find female scientists in historical Newspaper and Journals https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/using-machine-learning-iiif-wikidata-find-female-scientists-jones/ - Papers - Embracing Wikidata: How to Increase Discoverability for Musicians Online https://digitalartsnation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Embracing-Wikidata-Guide-2022.pdf - Tweet https://twitter.com/ipetri/status/1554631438187827201 - Videos - New Zealand Thesis Project July 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii2esyEaPjI - User:DrThneed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:DrThneed - Wikidata academic bibliographic data and Scholia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj_lxwFS98I (in French) by VIGNERON https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:VIGNERON and Jsamwrites https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jsamwrites - Wikidata: Just Three Steps to Turn Books into Data Collections (in Chinese) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zatu9UjI0VQ - Presentations: - KB Wikibase.cloud Unboxing Experience, Netherlands Wikibase Knowlegde Group https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KB_Wikibase.cloud_Unboxing_Experience,_Netherlands_Wikibase_Knowlegde_Group,_22-07-2022.pdf
Tool of the week
- Wiki tools https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/wikipedia_and_wikidata_tools/595109124715?pann=cwsdp&hl=en - adds dozens of Wikipedia and Wikidata functions to your Google sheets.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata's 10th birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday: you can contribute to the collaborative celebration video by sending a "happy birthday video" before September 18th, more information here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Celebration_video
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: recordist https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10893, spoken by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10894, foliage type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10906 - External identifiers: Israeli Company Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10889, PM20 ware ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10890, pad.ma person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10891, Bioconductor project https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10892, Broadway World person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10895, pad.ma video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10896, ORKG ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10897, International Baccalaureate school ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10898, Prophy author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10899, Telmore Musik artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10900, FirstCycling rider ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10902, Super Basketball League ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10903, Sport24.ru team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10904, P. League+ ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10905, Paleobiology Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10907, Kinokolo.ua person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10908, Theatrical Index person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10909, Korean Academy of Science and Technology member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10910 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Zhihu question ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zhihu_question_ID, counts instances of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/counts_instances_of, holds diplomatic passport of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/holds_diplomatic_passport_of, Identifier of Czechoslovak books https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifier_of_Czechoslovak_books - External identifiers: Belgian Olympic Committee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Belgian_Olympic_Committee_ID, Olympic Federation of Ireland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Olympic_Federation_of_Ireland_ID, Russian Football Union player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Football_Union_player_ID, All-Russian Sambo Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/All-Russian_Sambo_Federation_ID, Baidu Tieba name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baidu_Tieba_name, Dictionnaire Favereau (fr) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_Favereau_(fr), Serbian Olympic Committee athlete ID (New) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Serbian_Olympic_Committee_athlete_ID_(New), Singapore National Olympic Council athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Singapore_National_Olympic_Council_athlete_ID, NOCNSF athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NOCNSF_athlete_ID, numéro d'inscription au Registre national des marques https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/num%C3%A9ro_d%27inscription_au_Registre_national_des_marques, Modstand person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Modstand_person_ID, Danacode https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danacode, British Paralympic Association athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Paralympic_Association_athlete_ID, Canadian Paralympic Committee athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Canadian_Paralympic_Committee_athlete_ID, Paralympics Australia athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Paralympics_Australia_athlete_ID, Paralympics New Zealand athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Paralympics_New_Zealand_athlete_ID, ILAMDIR ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ILAMDIR_ID, identifiant BD oubliées d'un auteur https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_BD_oubli%C3%A9es_d%27un_auteur, Bolshoi Theatre person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bolshoi_Theatre_person_ID, kulturstiftung.org person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/kulturstiftung.org_person_ID, Mariinsky Theatre person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mariinsky_Theatre_person_ID, Onestop ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Onestop_ID, Federation Council reference ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Federation_Council_reference_ID, athletics.by person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/athletics.by_person_ID, AFC player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AFC_player_ID, izsambo.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/izsambo.ru_person_ID, Rugby Union of Russia athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rugby_Union_of_Russia_athlete_ID, Online Torwali Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Online_Torwali_Dictionary_ID, wrestdag.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/wrestdag.ru_person_ID, Climbing Federation of Russia athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Climbing_Federation_of_Russia_athlete_ID, Shooting Union of Russia person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Shooting_Union_of_Russia_person_ID, Russian Trampoline Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Trampoline_Federation_ID, Freestyle Federation of Russia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Freestyle_Federation_of_Russia_ID, Federation of Ski-Jumping and Nordic Combined of Russia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Federation_of_Ski-Jumping_and_Nordic_Combined_of_Russia_ID, USK ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USK_ID, BiatlonMag profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BiatlonMag_profile_ID, motocross.ru profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/motocross.ru_profile_ID, Football 24 article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Football_24_article_ID, abART book series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/abART_book_series_ID, Turkish Paralympic Committee athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkish_Paralympic_Committee_athlete_ID, Jewish Pediatricians 1933–1945 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jewish_Pediatricians_1933%E2%80%931945_ID - Query examples: - Most recent date not used as a date of birth (P569) or date of death (P570) https://w.wiki/5XZ4 - Map of war memorials, showing EN Wikipedia article if it exists https://w.wiki/5YAx (source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1555288388235821058) - Most frequent occupations of people born in Épinal https://w.wiki/5XY7 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataThreads/status/1554207788687138820) - Species named after places in the state of Espírito Santo https://w.wiki/5XY2 (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1554202922132860928) - Places named after Lenin https://w.wiki/5YKw (source https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1555613271679537153)
Development
- Lexicographical data: - Continuing to address feedback from the testing (e.g. phab:T312292 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T312292, phab:T313113 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313113, phab:T313466 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313466) - We have pushed back replacing Special:NewLexeme with the new Special:NewLexemeAlpha a bit to address more of the testing feedback. - Continuing to tackle allowing sitelinks to redirects under some circumstances (phab:T278962 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T278962) - REST API: - Finishing up the endpoints for removing and replacing statements and adding authentication and authorization to them - Looking into feedback from first testing
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. If you want to help out, 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