*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Stanglavine https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Stanglavine - An open discussion https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Railways#Modelling_of_one-way_routes on how to model one-way train routes is now taking place, and everyone is welcome to pitch in
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past: Researcher meets Curator, 22 March 2019, Maastricht: meeting about biographies, where Wikidata was mentioned in many talks, eg. Visual Biographies of Scholars and the Topics they Studied https://figshare.com/articles/Visual_Biographies_of_Scholars_and_the_Topics_they_Studied/7885721, Egon Willighagen - Upcoming: Training "Valoriser les collections patrimoniales et la recherche en histoire de l’art sur Wikipédia, WikiCommons et Wikidata" https://www.inha.fr/fr/agenda/parcourir-par-annee/en-2019/mars-2019/valoriser-les-collections-patrimoniales-et-la-recherche-en-histoire-de-l-art-sur-wikipedia.html in Paris, 28 and 29 March (in French) - Upcoming: GLAM and Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/GLAM_%26_Wikimedia_CH#Wikidata in National Library, Bern (Switzerland), on March 28th (in German and French) - Upcoming: Wikidata Workshop for GLAM https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Atelier_2019_%C3%A0_Lausanne#Lieu in Lausanne (Switzerland), on March 29th (in French) - Upcoming: Monthly Wikidata meetup https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Argentina in Buenos Aires - Upcoming: Where iNaturalist meets Wiki https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_iNaturalist/Event_20190416_Where_iNaturalist_meets_Wiki April 16th, in Meise (Belgium)
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- SPARQL via WDQS (very basic introduction for archivist) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Events/AAFSaint%C3%8919#SPARQL_(introduction) (in French). - "Build your own Digital Bodleian with IIIF and SPARQL" http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2019/03/13/build-your-own-digital-bodleian-with-iiif-and-sparql/, Martin Poulter, Bodleian Digital Library blog - A call to action: Wikidata-fy your Commons photos https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/03/a-call-to-action-wikidata-fy-your-commons-photos/, Martin Poukter, Wikimedia UK blog - On Wikimedia Research from March 2019 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#March_2019: Learning How to Correct a Knowledge Base from the Edit History, by Thomas Pellissier Tanon, Camille Bourgaux and Fabian Suchanek (slides https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Learning_How_to_Correct_Wikidata_from_the_Edit_History_-_WM_Research_Showcase_slides.pdf, video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p62PMhkVNM) - The panEuropean Research Infrastructure "Mobilising Data, Experts and Policies in Scientific Collections" initiative's kick-off meeting had a workshop on the "Authority Management of People Names". Wikidata featured strongly - and was highly praised: Twitter thread https://twitter.com/nicolekearney/status/1106939874471370752 - Lexicographical data on Wikidata: Words, words, words https://blog.wikimedia.de/2019/03/25/lexicographical-data-on-wikidata-words-words-words/ by Jens Ohlig
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- It is now possible to filter by property in EditGroups https://tools.wmflabs.org/editgroups/. For instance, you can get an overview of the author disambiguation efforts https://tools.wmflabs.org/editgroups/?tags=prop-P50 by filtering on author (P50) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P50. - Related Wikidata Properties https://tools.dicare.org/properties/: new tool to explore Wikidata properties and find properties used together (example: external id properties used in conjunction with *Elo rating* (P1087) https://tools.dicare.org/properties/?property=1087&type%5B%5D=ExternalId ). - New tool: BNF Scrapper https://tools.dicare.org/bnf/ generates content ready for QuickStatement from an author file from the French National Library - Tips for Wikidata SPARQL query optimization https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/query_optimization#Optimization_strategies
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: study or design for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6606, constraint clarification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6607, General Material Designation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6608, value hierarchy property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6609 - External identifiers: Plant Illustrations artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6605, Ashmolean museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6610, Semantic Scholar topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6611, FFS athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6612, CSKA person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6613 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: quotation or excerpt (music) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/quotation_or_excerpt_(music), Classification RCQ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Classification_RCQ, CHVRS Classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CHVRS_Classification - External identifiers: Kicker.de player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kicker.de_player_ID, XING company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/XING_company_ID, Le Figaro tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Figaro_tag_ID, Le Parisien tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Parisien_tag_ID, L'Express tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%27Express_tag_ID, Orlando person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Orlando_person_ID, Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifier, Sumo Reference https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sumo_Reference, SA Rugby Player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SA_Rugby_Player_ID, EUNIS ID for habitats https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EUNIS_ID_for_habitats, Japan Search name ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japan_Search_name_ID, FIS telemark skier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FIS_telemark_skier_ID, Rxivist author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rxivist_author_ID, Rxivist preprint ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rxivist_preprint_ID, Motorsports Hall of Fame of America ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Motorsports_Hall_of_Fame_of_America_ID - Query examples: - Maximum temperatures on Earth (°F/°C) https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23%20maximum%20temperatures%20on%20Earth%20%0A%23%20from%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FProperty_talk%3AP6591%0ASELECT%20%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%3Fdegrees_Fahrenheit%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Flocation%20%3FlocationLabel%20%3Fdate%20%3Fcoor%20%3Flayer%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20p%3AP6591%20%3Fst%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fst%20psv%3AP6591%20%20%5B%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%3B%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ25267%20%5D%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%20%28%20ROUND%20%28%20%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%2a%201.8%20%2B%2032%20%29%20as%20%3Fdegrees_Fahrenheit%20%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20UNION%0A%09%7B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fst%20psv%3AP6591%20%20%5B%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Fdegrees_Fahrenheit%20%3B%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ42289%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28%20ROUND%28%20%28%20%3Fdegrees_Fahrenheit%20-%2032%20%29%20%2F%201.8%20%2a%2010%29%2F10%20as%20%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fst%20pq%3AP276%20%3Flocation%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fst%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoor%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%20CONCAT%28str%28Floor%28%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%2F%2010%29%29%2C%220s%20%C2%B0C%22%29%20as%20%3Flayer%29%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%20%7D%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fdegrees_Celsius%29%0ALIMIT%201000 (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P6591) - People with social media accounts that are identical but differently capitalised https://query.wikidata.org/#select%20distinct%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Ftwitter1%20%3Ftwitter2%20%3Ffacebook1%20%3Ffacebook2%20where%0A%7B%0A%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2002%20%3Ftwitter1%20.%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2002%20%3Ftwitter2%20.%20%0A%20%20filter(%3Ftwitter1%20%3E%20%3Ftwitter2)%20.%20%0A%20%20%23%20item%20has%20two%20values%20for%20twitter%20account%0A%20%20filter((lcase(%3Ftwitter1))%20%3D%20(lcase(%3Ftwitter2))%20)%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20but%20they%20are%20the%20same%20case-insensitive%20text%0A%0A%20%20union%0A%0A%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2013%20%3Ffacebook1%20.%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2013%20%3Ffacebook2%20.%20%0A%20%20filter(%3Ffacebook1%20%3E%20%3Ffacebook2)%20.%20%0A%20%20filter((lcase(%3Ffacebook1))%20%3D%20(lcase(%3Ffacebook2))%20)%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20same%20but%20for%20facebook%0A%0A%20%20%23%20as%20of%202019-03-19%2C%20176%20Twitter%20and%2027%20Facebook%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20nb%20please%20do%20*not*%20fix%20automatically%20by%20removing%20entries%20without%20checking%20them%20first%0A%20%20%23%20as%20one%20value%20may%20have%20key%20qualifiers%20(follower%20count%2C%20verification%2C%20sources%2C%20etc)!%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1108081165452357633)
Development
- Update property suggester data (phab:T216270 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216270) - Add a link to the shex-simple tool to make it easier to check entities against a Schema (phab:T217331 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217331) - Make the placeholders on Special:NewSchema now match the ones on Special:NewItem (phab:T215386 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215386 ) - Check for edit conflicts when editing schemas (phab:T217338 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217338, phab:T218300 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218300) - Enable the parser cache for Schema pages (phab:T218459 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218459, phab:T218769 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218769) - Use the FormatAutocomments hook for Schemas to implement translatable edit summaries (phab:T218889 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218889) - Implement a proper Wikibase-Termbox-Integration according to the ADR ( phab:T214679 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214679) - Fix the emoji breaking the termbox column layout (phab:T217244 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217244) - Correctly showing revisions with the new termbox (phab:T210615 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T210615) - Correctly handle user-specific language settings in the new termbox ( phab:T218111 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218111) - Fix an issue for score extension (phab:T218535 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218535) - Turn off RDF support for entity types that doesn't support it ( phab:T213483 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213483) - Respect nofollow config on wikidata identifier links (phab:T175230 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T175230) - Allow accessing Wikibase entities from multiple (Wikibase) databases ( phab:T214557 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214557)
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 - Suggested and open tasks https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks ! - 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