*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - Cmtqwikibot 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Cmtqwikibot_2 (Task/s: Add credits (cast and crew) for audiovisual work produced in Quebec based on the Cinémathèque québécoise's catalogue data. Adds reference. Deletes redundant, more general existing statements in certain circumstances.) - Gabrabot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Gabrabot (Bulk upload Maltese lexeme data to wikidata from Gabra https://mlrs.research.um.edu.mt/resources/gabra/.) - MsynBot 12 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/MsynBot_12 (import missing GND ID (P227) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P227 identifier based on linked VIAF cluster)
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 February 21, 2023: Jim Hahn and John Mark Ockerbloom will be presenting on Penn Libraries' Linked Data Vision https://guides.library.upenn.edu/linked-data. They will discuss their framework for activities and goals around linked data, which includes both existing standards and new functionality. Additionally, they will share successes and areas where progress has not yet been made. The presentation will cover projects with Wikidata tie-ins, such as the Digital Scriptorium Wikibase project and the Deep Backfile copyright information project. The presenters also plan to have ample time for conversation with those interested in using linked data to bring new functionality to their libraries. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p8Av_xgNgIm_m7eFoIOtRlFzpby-8O7C_X528JH94_M/edit?usp=sharing# - Wikidata and Wikibase - SEMIC workshop 2 physical hands-on workshop in Brussels on the 23rd of February (Register here https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/WikidataWorkshop2) - If you are interested in organizing or joining the Wikimedia Hackathon 2023 satellite events https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/6A2KX75ECOITZFTVYAAAQCPNAWDSTHO7/, you can apply for funds by March 20 via the Rapid Grants maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation. - Call for papers for the 10th Wiki Workshop in 2023 is out https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/CBMKDICCEVXRRKMQCHDRMV6BG4YDDSWU/. Submit your 2-page abstracts by March 23. - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #81, Eye https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=81
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blog posts - New extension: Wikibase Export https://professional.wiki/en/news/wikibase-export-released - BHL is Round Tripping Persistent Identifiers with the Wikidata Query Service https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2023/02/round-tripping-persistent-identifiers-with-wikidata-query-service.html - Videos - Wikibase Export demo - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBdzDcYChOI - Editing Wikidata using your smart phone (Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_dppVy2QmU - Notebooks - Social reproduction in the French cinema: Occupations of the parents https://observablehq.com/@pac02/occupations-of-the-parents
Tool of the week
- User:Nikki/DisplayColourSwatches.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/DisplayColourSwatches.js is a userscript that adds color swatches under color statements.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Blog Series on Wikibase Community via Tech-News https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/PA4ETU6M5CLHBR6ENQBRZE4DQU5JBYG5/ - Freelance technologists are needed to import personal profiles for politically exposed people (PEPs) into Wikidata https://opensanctions.notion.site/ToR-Political-persons-coverage-in-Wikidata-a05b1d5eacc84a6980181c6e079e2b11 - The voting phase of the Community Wishlist Survey 2023 ends on February 24. Don't forget to vote for Wikidata proposals https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2023/Wikidata !
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - stamp perforation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11590 (type of perforation for a series of stamps) - Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11593 (Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) value of a country) - transcribed by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11603 (person who has made a copy of a manuscript text) - External identifiers: Encyclopedia of Italian ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11586, Iowa legislator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11587, Rate Your Music film genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11588, Fallout Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11589, Museu Paulista iconography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11591, Museu Paulista objects ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11592, Spreaker show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11594, TVer series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11595, TVer tarento ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11596, Padua Research Archive author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11597, Rate Your Music film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11598, Fonts in Use ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11599, Rate Your Music venue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11600, beniculturali.it place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11601, Jeju Dialect Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11602, Soprintendenza di Salerno place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11604, Online Aboriginal Language Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11605, Mosfilm movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11606, Mosfilm person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11607, Adventure Game Studio game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11608 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: Syoboi Calendar series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Syoboi_Calendar_series_ID, Digital Daijisen ID (goo dictionary) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_Daijisen_ID_(goo_dictionary), La grammatica italiana ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/La_grammatica_italiana_ID, Akademi Kernewek ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Akademi_Kernewek_ID, Sky News topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sky_News_topic_ID, Faber Music music ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Faber_Music_music_ID, Faber Music composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Faber_Music_composer_ID - Query examples: - Historical timeline of WorldPride events: (2000 in Rome to 2023 in Sydney) https://w.wiki/6MJz (source https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1626992098405756929) - Which glaciers have been named after Moby Dick characters? https://w.wiki/6EJ5 - Free software grouped by licenses https://w.wiki/6Ktk (source https://wikis.world/@wikidata/109862852892673897) - German nouns with unparseable combines statements https://w.wiki/6LrA - Grammatical features used on English nouns and proper nouns https://w.wiki/6LZU
Development
- REST API: - Finished work on endpoints for getting labels and descriptions ( phab:T325647 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325647, phab:T327881 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327881) - Started work on makign it possible to get statements from an Item based on the Property ID instead of just the statement ID ( phab:T309021 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T309021) - Entity Schemas: finalized technical investigation and making plan for the next steps - Working on more validation for valid URIs for units, globes and calendar models (phab:T102840 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T102840 ) - Query Builder: - Adding support for additional data types (phab:T328528 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328528) - Adding a language selector to make it possible to switch the UI language (phab:T329487 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329487) - Constraint: Putting finishing touches on showing the constraint clarification messages in the constraint violation popup (phab:T219037 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219037)
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