*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week. *Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: Martin Urbanec
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Martin_Urbanec>
(successful)
- New request for comments: How should we develop and deploy
documentation for items ?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/How_should_we_develop_and_deploy_documentation_for_items_%3F>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming: Wikidata+Wikibase office hour, Thursday, January 21st, at 17:00
UTC (18:00 Berlin time) <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1611248407>, on
Telegram <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
call: Using QuickStatements for bulk uploading archived website data to
Wikidata with Peter Chan, 12 January. Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/14KHUNQoTo5eX6iclLJdVSnOyPLNyPYQA4V854Mc7iY4/edit?usp=sharing>
- Upcoming video: LIVE Wikidata editing #27 on Wikipedia20 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvZ5gZlu_MI>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2867220310229794/>,
16 January
- Past: SMWCon videos are published
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw2YgbWET_pgT_oUsampBL8O6osinnNW8>
incl. quite a few Wikidata related ones
- Past: Wiki Workshop 2021 <https://wikiworkshop.org/2021/> is accepting
submissions. The deadline for the submissions to be considered for
proceedings is January 29. All other submissions should be received by
March 1
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2021-January/014433.html>
.
- Past: Czech editaton Výzva 63 000 (Q102733400)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102733400> finished
(30.11.2020-31.12.2020). Purpose was connect NKCR AUT ID (P691)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P691> to Wikidata by hand
in Mix'n'match
(Q28054658) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28054658>. Detailed info
<https://test.wikimedia.cz/en/2021/01/06/the-vyzva-63-000-editaton-is-over/>
.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogpost: The nobody who could overtake Wikipedia
<https://www.srf.ch/kultur/gesellschaft-religion/wochenende-gesellschaft/mehr-wissen-dank-wikidata-der-nobody-der-wikipedia-den-rang-ablaufen-koennte>
(in German)
- Blogpost: Documenting Software Applications on Wikidata
<https://jsamwrites.medium.com/documenting-software-applications-on-wikidata-197716d7f2d>,
by John Samuel
- Article: Nitpicking online knowledge representations of governmental
leadership: The case of Belgian prime minsters in Wikipedia and Wikidata
<https://cris.vub.be/en/publications/nitpicking-online-knowledge-representations-of-governmental-leadership(5374484f-d98a-4583-9710-8c2323969960).html>
- Paper: Familiar Wikidata: The Case for Building a Data Source We Can
Trust <https://popjournal.ca/issue02/crompton> - an introduction to the
value of Wikidata for humanities research making the case for humanities
researchers’ intervention in its development.
- Video: How to use WikiBridge - a userscript that enables you to add a
tabbed section to Wikidata items showing some paragraphs from Wikipedias
chosen by the Babel languages of the logged-in user. Demo video
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j21mEYT5sCg>
Tool of the week
- QueryGraph <http://dataexplorer.hd.free.fr/QueryGraph/> is a web tool
for creating queries in SPARQL from graphs.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikibase now has a dedicated Twitter account: Follow @WikibaseHQ
<https://twitter.com/WikibaseHQ> for updates on everything Wikibase.
- You can now create and curate catalog groups on Mix’n’match
<https://mix-n-match.toolforge.org/#/>, and find the most common
unmatched entries between them (Source
<https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1343614853991292930>)
- Wikidata Walkabout
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-September/014281.html>
browsing tool has had some important recent improvements in language
support, interface, etc. See a list of all comedy films directed by a
vegetarian
<https://wikidatawalkabout.org/?c=Q11424&lang=es&f.P57.P1576=Q83364&f.P136=Q157443>
(in Spanish)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: Bharati Braille
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9021>, Consejo de
Calificación Cinematográfica's video game rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9028>, solution to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9030>, archaeological site of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9047>
- External identifiers: AV Production person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9020>, Mediafilm ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9022>,
Radio.com Podcasts
show ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9023>, Libsyn show ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9024>, Mitre ATT&CK ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9025>, SFLI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9026>, e-GEDSH ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9027>, Viceversa Letteratura
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9029>, Barnivore
product ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9031>, AVN movie
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9032>, Archivo Histórico
de diputados de España ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9033>, BG School ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9034>, Muck Rack media
outlet ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9035>, I
professori dell'Università di Pavia (1859-1961) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9036>, BHCL UUID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9037>, Calaméo ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9038>, Studium Parisiense ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9039>, viaggiareinpuglia.it
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9040>, DiVo person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9041>, DiCamillo Database
Country House ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9042>, Internet
Game Database numeric game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9043>, GEPRIS-Historisch ID
(Person) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9044>, Alpine Linux
package <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9045>, A*dS
Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9046>,
Biographical
Archive of Psychiatry ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9048>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: minutes played
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/minutes_played>,
two-pointers made
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/two-pointers_made>,
two-pointers attempted
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/two-pointers_attempted>,
three-pointers attempted
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/three-pointers_attempted>,
three-pointers made
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/three-pointers_made>,
free throws made
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/free_throws_made>,
free throws attempted
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/free_throws_attempted>,
field goals made
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/field_goals_made>,
personal fouls
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/personal_fouls>,
Short DOI
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Short_DOI>,
total
rebounds
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/total_rebounds>,
offensive rebounds
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/offensive_rebounds>,
defensive rebounds
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/defensive_rebounds>,
number of vaccinations
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_vaccinations>,
category for software under a license
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/category_for_software_under_a_license>,
assessment outcome
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/assessment_outcome>,
quality for this class
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/quality_for_this_class>,
Template combines topics
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Template_combines_topics>,
CCCM Museum (Macau Museum) object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CCCM_Museum_(Macau_Museum)_object_ID>,
CCCM Museum Object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CCCM_Museum_Object_ID>,
Medium
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medium>, FL
number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FL_number>,
Notable
ascent
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Notable_ascent>
- External identifiers: CantoDict identifiers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CantoDict_identifiers>,
Norwegian State Administration Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Norwegian_State_Administration_Database_ID>,
POSIX locale identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/POSIX_locale_identifier>,
Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal GTB ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wurdboek_fan_de_Fryske_taal_GTB_ID>,
BABEL author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BABEL_author_ID>,
Songlexikon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Songlexikon_ID>,
FANZA AV actress ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FANZA_AV_actress_ID>,
VAi Building ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VAi_Building_ID>,
Biographies.net person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographies.net_person_ID>,
Literature.com book ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Literature.com_book_ID>,
National Museum Norway artwork ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Museum_Norway_artwork_ID>,
TikTok music ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TikTok_music_ID>,
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oxford_Classical_Dictionary_ID>,
Conservapedia Article
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Conservapedia_Article>,
NZ Museums ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NZ_Museums_ID>,
Akademická encyklopedie českých dějin ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Akademick%C3%A1_encyklopedie_%C4%8Desk%C3%BDch_d%C4%9Bjin_ID>,
WreckSite ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WreckSite_ID>
- Query examples:
- Mathematicians born in prime number years featuring Albert
Einstein, Pierre de Fermat, Georg Ohm, Carl Gauss, Évariste Galois,
Augustin-Louis Cauchy, James Maxwell et al. <https://w.wiki/tVc>
- Timeline of coups d'état of the 21st century <https://w.wiki/tkj>
(including attempted ones) (Source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1347165619519680512>)
- Map of Karens <https://w.wiki/tb9> / Johns <https://w.wiki/thW> per
million according to Wikidata (Source
<https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/1347732733217280001>)
- Children of which were born with by a person, and their step child
<https://w.wiki/tbZ>
- Map of the shortest railway path (in terms of number of stations)
between Dibrugarh and the Scottish Highlands <https://w.wiki/sTw> (
Source <https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1347060399309467649>)
- Map of place of birth of Olympique de Marseille football players
<https://w.wiki/rr2> (Source
<https://twitter.com/macgraveur/status/1346365310002204672>)
- Map of Kolkata wards by number of schools <https://w.wiki/swj> (
Source <https://twitter.com/wikidatabangla/status/1348509949144354819>
)
- Map of beaches in Mexico <https://w.wiki/tDk> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1346531874777280515>)
- Graph of shared borders between Indian districts
<https://w.wiki/snS> (Source
<https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1347785172545011712>)
- Descendants of Upendrakishore Roy <https://w.wiki/swk> (Source
<https://twitter.com/wikidatabangla/status/1347785172540936193>)
- Timeline of Indian High Commissioners to Britain
<https://w.wiki/sT7> (Source
<https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1347422785707126784>)
- A tree map of items for artworks depicting Mughal emperors
<https://w.wiki/snT> (Source
<https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1348509949710770179>)
- Example of documented usage of different Bengali words
<https://w.wiki/sUU> (Source
<https://twitter.com/wikidatabangla/status/1347060396130234368>)
- 'Llan' place names in the UK <https://w.wiki/tYJ> (Source
<https://twitter.com/WIKI_NLW/status/1347233395965878274>)
- Organizations with DZI donation seal approval according to donation
amount <https://w.wiki/tkg> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Pluralog/status/1347189643222147072>)
- Newest database reports: Russian given names
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Names/reports/given_names/Russian>
Development
- Continued working on the Query Builder. We focused on making it
possible to query for Item values and being able to limit the number of
Items in the result. We also looked into how to query for quantity values.
- Changed P920’s data type from string to external identifier (
phab:T269205 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269205>)
- Finished working on the problem of Items that have the page prop
wikibase:statements set to 0 but actually do have statements (
phab:T145712 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145712>)
- Continued work on the “Publishing” step of the Wikibase release
pipeline by building and testing three components of the software suite:
Wikibase (phab: T267893 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267893>),
Query Service frontend (phab:T268025
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268025>), and Query Service backend (
phab:T268022 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268022>)
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>
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de