*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New request for comments: General semi protection for all property pages https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/General_semi_protection_for_all_property_pages
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: The First Wikidata Workshop: Second Call for Papers https://wikidataworkshop.github.io/. Papers due: August 10, 2020 | Workshop date: October 29, 2020 - Upcoming: next Wikidata office hour, July 21st at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST) in the Wikidata Telegram group https://t.me/joinchat/AZriqUj5UagVMHXYzfZFvA. Query Service special with guests from WMF Search Team. - Upcoming: Wikidata Lab XXIV: Posicionamento digital relativo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XXIV with Ederporto https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ederporto - July 23 17:00 UTC (14:00 BRT). In this technical training, we'll study the possibilities and functionalities of relative digital positioning in images and do practical activities on this topic using historical photographs of the city of São Paulo. The event will be held in Portuguese. Join us! - Upcoming video: July 21 - Wikipedia Weekly Network - Entity Schemas and Shape Expressions (ShEx) Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3070432199671257/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM8kXuZM3lQ - Upcoming video: July 25 - Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #13 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3068304126550731/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__1jNt3K-6w - Upcoming: Kidok-Workshop https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Kidok-Workshop, online workshop about church building data. In German, non-native users welcome. Currently looking for a date in the upcoming week and people to help! - Upcoming video: Beyond Wikipedia - Knowledge that even a computer can understand https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Talks#Episode_5:_Beyond_Wikipedia_-_Knowledge_that_even_a_computer_can_understand. July 22, 2020 at 17:00 UTC. In this talk, Zbyszko Papierski will present Wikidata Query Service as one way that developers can interact with Wikidata.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities botany pilot https://services.bgbm.org/botanypilot/person/q/Q1349394 using Wikidata QIDs - Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #11 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3051148598266284/, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Btvs8POzUk - Video: Wikispore Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q75Fv7Snc_w, including an interview of Denny Vrandečić about Abstract Wikipedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia at 34'00 - Video: Merging elements on Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8RpzrsG6rQ - Video: Wikibase Ecosystem - taking Wikidata further (by Lydia Pintscher), YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uuNU3ohkXo
Tool of the week
- User:Frettie/consistency_check_add.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Frettie/consistency_check_add.js check consistency and add missing relations of a Wikidata object like father/son...
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Breaking change: removing special pageterms behavior on repo wikis, use entityterms instead https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/2020-July/001569.html (relevant for people using pageterms submodule of the query API module on Wikibase repository wikis)
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: version control system https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8423, interactive elements https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8428, course https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8431, peak bagging classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8450, public transport stop https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8453, descriptive solubility https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8459, applies if regular expression matches https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8460, energy consumption per transaction https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8461, content partnership category https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8464, Van Der Waals Constant a https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8465, Van Der Waals Constant b https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8466 - External identifiers: Spanish Olympic Committee athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8421, EHESS ID of a French commune https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8422, OpenHistoricalMap relation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8424, IAPH code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8425, Knot Atlas identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8426, Knotinfo identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8427, Swiss Tunnel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8429, Wien Kulturgut: Kunstwerke im öffentlichen Raum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8430, Österreichisches Musiklexikon Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8432, Swedish Riksdag document ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8433, Artprice artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8434, AnyDecentMusic album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8435, SAH Archipedia architect ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8439, Personendatenbank Germania Sacra ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8440, Cistercian Biography Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8441, Digital Library of the Caribbean ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8442, Homebrew formula name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8443, Our Campaigns candidate ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8445, UK Research and Innovation person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8446, Unique Street Reference Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8447, Benerail station ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8448, Churches in Limburg https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8449, Vmusic.bg artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8454, US Quaternary Fault ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8455, ASCRG 2016 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8456, ANZSOC 2011 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8457, ANZSCO 2013 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8458, Political Graveyard politician ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8462, SAH Archipedia building ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8463 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: BTI Status Index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BTI_Status_Index, BTI Governance Index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BTI_Governance_Index, lyricsmule https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lyricsmule, number of majors offered https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_majors_offered, nationality (cultural identity) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nationality_(cultural_identity), image of view https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_of_view, web interface software https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/web_interface_software - External identifiers: Native Plants Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Native_Plants_Database_ID, Český hudební slovník osob a institucí ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C4%8Cesk%C3%BD_hudebn%C3%AD_slovn%C3%ADk_osob_a_instituc%C3%AD_ID, OpenCritic critic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenCritic_critic_ID, DATAtourisme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DATAtourisme_ID, ASCCEG 2019 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASCCEG_2019_ID, AHECC 2017 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AHECC_2017_ID, ANZSIC 2006 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANZSIC_2006_ID, Unsplash User ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Unsplash_User_ID, South Africa EMIS code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/South_Africa_EMIS_code, Denkmaldatenbank Thurgau ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Denkmaldatenbank_Thurgau_ID, HLTV Player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HLTV_Player_ID, HLTV Team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HLTV_Team_ID, SÚKL code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/S%C3%9AKL_code, Nomenclature de tous les noms de rosiers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nomenclature_de_tous_les_noms_de_rosiers, Science Fiction Awards Database author id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Science_Fiction_Awards_Database_author_id, Fototeka person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fototeka_person_ID, Henrik Ibsen skrifter ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Henrik_Ibsen_skrifter_ID - Query examples: - Painters in Wikidata with the surname Ruiz https://w.wiki/Wvv ( Source https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1283163269725814786) - Cities with female mayor https://w.wiki/3ev (Source https://twitter.com/_pablog/status/1283370859927920642) - MPs in the current UK parliament with identified mythical ancestors https://w.wiki/XBC (Source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1284180929800556552) - Indian subcontinent rail lines https://w.wiki/Jp6 (Source https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1284255744326545408) - List of countries by age of the head of government https://w.wiki/XFS (Source https://twitter.com/Mr_Shark/status/1284573644249878529) - Cities of the United States between 100,000 and 600,000 inhabitants with the counties and states they are located in https://w.wiki/XJQ (Source https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1284878719111311360)
- Newest database reports: list of 1000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Random/1000, 2000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Random/2000 (without statements) and 10000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Random/10000 (filtered) random items
Development
- More work on the consistent design system - More work on decoupling the different Wikibase extensions from each other to make development easier: - load WikibaseClient through the JSON file (phab:T257435 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257435), - decoupling Client from Lib/Repo in the JavaScript code (phab:T256054 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T256054), - reduce the uses of Repo classes (phab:T255885 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255885, phab:T255882 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255882) - Move all the special pages (phab:T257444 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257444), API modules ( phab:T257443 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257443) and hooks ( phab:T257445 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257445) from the PHP entry point to the JSON file - Merge the registration of WikibaseLib into the Repo and Client extensions (phab:T257432 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257432) and merge WikibaseView into Repo (phab:T258043 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T258043) - Prepare the first development phase for the Simple Query Builder - Reference game: run a scraper, work on a dashboard that will gives an overview of the potential references that have already been judged in the game - Fix a bug related to maximum limit of search results (phab:T256885 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T256885) - Resolve some configuration issues regarding Entity Sources ( phab:T254315 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254315) - Federated Properties: - Changes to special pages that interact with both items/properties when federation is enabled (phab:T246886 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246886) - Changes to Special:ListDatatypes when federation is enabled ( phab:T255581 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255581) - Add new monolingual language codes: mic (Miꞌkmaq), gil (Kiribati)
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