*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: - Estopedist1 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Estopedist1 (successful) - Closed request for comments: - Gender neutral labels for occupations and positions in French https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Gender_neutral_labels_for_occupations_and_positions_in_French - Alternate disclosure policy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Alternate_disclosure_policy
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past events: - Clutch sprint August 2022 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden/Swedish_Riksdag_documents/Kopplingssprint_augusti_2022
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Automatic word relatedness evaluation https://towardsdatascience.com/automatic-word-relatedness-evaluation-wordnet-spacy-wikidata-api-9fd1c72ac73c - Videos - Datavisualisation in Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umj5ceTfJhs (in French) - Highlights from Wikimania 2022 - Ninai-Udiron: Using Wikidata Items and Lexemes for Abstract Wikipedia-Like Text Generation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCaLrTlEk0M By Mahir Morshed - Partner Up for Wikidata! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BFBmy86TF0 - Wikidata for everyone: a methodology to teach different communities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BFBmy86TF0 - Wikifunctions: A new Wikimedia project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQPSoYpjrNc - Tutorial - Wikimania 2022 UK Festival: SPARQL tutorial (Wikidata for Wizards) https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XtPn2G8zDIDGReCDm0csbOgSrCmcacco/edit#slide=id.p1 & Wikidata SPARQL Tips and Tricks https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GaA0Lw3J_3F_N14KP7p5m8kTAaUs7QwAavIbZqBfmQI/edit#slide=id.g18e33c9ee6_2_0
Tool of the week
- List of created Wikidata items https://observablehq.com/@pac02/wikidatas-list-of-created-items - a tool which combines Xtools pages created API with Wikidata API to get the list of items created by a user with their label.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Outreachy Round 25–call for projects and mentors now open! https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/AKMHGVJGK6R2ASUSKK6B64A2SPTXTIBQ/ - Template:Documented queries skeleton https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Documented_queries_skeleton - Wikidata's tenth birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday: you can organize a distributed event https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Run_an_event and get funding https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Run_an_event/Funding, create your own swag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Run_an_event/Communication_kit, attend the next organizers call https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Run_an_event#Connect_with_organizers on August 23, and participate in the collaborative video until September 18th https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Celebration_video . - OpenRefine calls for (more) technical contributors to work on Wikimedia / Wikidata / Wikibase support https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/EEIKHJZW7AMSIYGW7RURB5FG7ISZSW52/ .
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: contraindication https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10946, Amarkosh ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10955, harvested organism(s) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10960 - External identifiers: ZOBODAT publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10931, abART book series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10932, Stan Radar dossier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10933, Initia carminum Latinorum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10934, IRIS UNISOB author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10935, Apeiron author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10936, IRIS UNIBOCCONI author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10937, IRIS LUISS author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10938, All-Russian Swimming Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10939, Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10940, Bobsleigh Federation of Russia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10941, Russian Luge Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10942, Rare Plant Fact Sheets ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10943, Handball Federation of Russia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10944, Russian Volleyball Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10945, UNORA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10947, IRIS UNIPARTHENOPE author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10948, IRIS UNICAMPANIA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10949, IRIS UNISANNIO author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10950, Modstand person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10951, elibrary.ru journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10952, elibrary.ru publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10953, Livelib.ru publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10954, Odnoklassniki group numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10956, NOC*NSF athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10957, Jewish Pediatricians 1933-1945 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10958, All-Russian Sambo Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10959, Bolshoi Theatre person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10961, Czechoslovak book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10962, Belgian Olympic Committee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10963 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: fog signal characteristic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fog_signal_characteristic, Sister channel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sister_channel, award declined https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/award_declined, full inscription available at URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/full_inscription_available_at_URL - External identifiers: Planeta Belarus sigh ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Planeta_Belarus_sigh_ID, Flemish Heritage designation object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flemish_Heritage_designation_object_ID, WikiProjectMed ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WikiProjectMed_ID, Belgian Paralympic Committee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Belgian_Paralympic_Committee_ID, Polish Paralympic Committee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polish_Paralympic_Committee_ID, Scientists of Belarus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scientists_of_Belarus_ID, Spiel des Jahres ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spiel_des_Jahres_ID, iNaturalist project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iNaturalist_project_ID, Tas Parliament member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tas_Parliament_member_ID, SA Parliament member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SA_Parliament_member_ID, Czech electoral party ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Czech_electoral_party_ID, Colorado Plant Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Colorado_Plant_Database_ID, PyPI trove classifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PyPI_trove_classifier, UConn Plant Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UConn_Plant_Database_ID - Query examples: - Longest tram line in the world with 68 stops https://query.wikidata.org/#%23title%3A%20Map%20of%20Coast%20Tram%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22hide%22%3A%5B%22%3Fcoords%22%2C%20%22%3Fline%22%2C%22%3Frgb%22%5D%7D%0ASELECT%20%3Fstation%20%3FstationLabel%20%3FsubwayLine%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fline%20%3Fline_number%20%3Flayer%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fsearch%20%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ1510414%20%20%20%20%20%20%23light%20rail%20system%20search%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fsearch%20wdt%3AP527%7Cwdt%3AP121%20%3Flignes.%23what%20are%20the%20lines%20of%20that%20light%20rail%3F%0A%20%20%3Flignes%20wdt%3AP559%20%3Ftermini.%23what%20are%20the%20termini%20of%20the%20lines%20of%20that%20light%20rail%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ548662%3B%20%20%23any%20type%20of%20service%20station%20%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP5817%20wd%3AQ55654238%3B%23That%20are%20running%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP16%20%3Fsearch%3B%23That%20are%20part%20of%20the%20searched%20light%20rail%20network%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%3B%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP81%7Cwdt%3AP1192%20%3FsubwayLine%3B%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP197%20%3Fpred.%0A%20%20%3Fpred%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords_pred%3Bwdt%3AP5817%20wd%3AQ55654238%3B%23Neighbours%20that%20are%20running%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP81%7Cwdt%3AP1192%20%3FsubwayLine_pred.%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20p%3AP197%20_%3Ab1.%0A%20%20_%3Ab1%20ps%3AP197%20%3Fpred%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20pq%3AP5051%20%3Ftowards%3B%0A%20%20%20%20pq%3AP81%7Cpq%3AP1192%20%3Fline_pq.%0A%3FsubwayLine%20wdt%3AP5817%20wd%3AQ55654238.%23Lines%20that%20are%20running%0Aoptional%7B%3FsubwayLine%20wdt%3AP1671%20%3Fline_number.%7D%0AFILTER%28%3FsubwayLine_pred%20%3D%20%3Flignes%29%23take%20only%20the%20lines%20if%20correspondance%20on%20the%20same%20line%0AFILTER%28%3FsubwayLine%20%3D%20%3Flignes%29%20%0AFILTER%28%3FsubwayLine%20%3D%20%3Fline_pq%29%23Take%20only%20the%20lines%20if%20next%20station%20on%20the%20same%20line%0AFILTER%28%3Ftowards%20%3D%20%3Ftermini%29%20%0A%20%3Fpred%20%20p%3AP625%20%3Fnode_pred%20.%0A%20%20%3Fnode_pred%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat1%20%3Bpsv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flon1%20.%0A%20%20%3Fnode_pred%20a%20wikibase%3ABestRank.%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20p%3AP625%20%3Fnode_station.%0A%20%3Fnode_station%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat2%20%3Bpsv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flon2.%0A%20%3Fnode_station%20a%20wikibase%3ABestRank.%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%22LINESTRING%28%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flon1%29%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flat1%29%2C%20%20%22%2C%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flon2%29%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flat2%29%2C%20%22%29%22%29%20AS%20%3Fstr%29%0A%20%20BIND%28STRDT%28%3Fstr%2C%20geo%3AwktLiteral%29%20AS%20%3Fline%29%0A%20%20%3FsubwayLine%20wdt%3AP465%20%3Frgb.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FsubwayLine%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fpred%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpredLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstation%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FstationLabel%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fstation%20%3FstationLabel%20%3FsubwayLine%20%3Frgb%20%3FpredLabel%20%3Flayer%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fline%20%3Fline_number%0AORDER%20BY%20xsd%3Ainteger%28%3Fline_number%29%20%3Fline_number%20%3FsubwayLine Map of Coast Tram (Q1510414) https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23title%3A%20Map%20of%20Coast%20Tram%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22hide%22%3A%5B%22%3Fcoords%22%2C%20%22%3Fline%22%2C%22%3Frgb%22%5D%7D%0ASELECT%20%3Fstation%20%3FstationLabel%20%3FsubwayLine%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fline%20%3Fline_number%20%3Flayer%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fsearch%20%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ1510414%20%20%20%20%20%20%23light%20rail%20system%20search%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fsearch%20wdt%3AP527%7Cwdt%3AP121%20%3Flignes.%23what%20are%20the%20lines%20of%20that%20light%20rail%3F%0A%20%20%3Flignes%20wdt%3AP559%20%3Ftermini.%23what%20are%20the%20termini%20of%20the%20lines%20of%20that%20light%20rail%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2A%20wd%3AQ548662%3B%20%20%23any%20type%20of%20service%20station%20%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP5817%20wd%3AQ55654238%3B%23That%20are%20running%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP16%20%3Fsearch%3B%23That%20are%20part%20of%20the%20searched%20light%20rail%20network%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%3B%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP81%7Cwdt%3AP1192%20%3FsubwayLine%3B%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP197%20%3Fpred.%0A%20%20%3Fpred%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords_pred%3Bwdt%3AP5817%20wd%3AQ55654238%3B%23Neighbours%20that%20are%20running%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP81%7Cwdt%3AP1192%20%3FsubwayLine_pred.%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20p%3AP197%20_%3Ab1.%0A%20%20_%3Ab1%20ps%3AP197%20%3Fpred%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20pq%3AP5051%20%3Ftowards%3B%0A%20%20%20%20pq%3AP81%7Cpq%3AP1192%20%3Fline_pq.%0A%3FsubwayLine%20wdt%3AP5817%20wd%3AQ55654238.%23Lines%20that%20are%20running%0Aoptional%7B%3FsubwayLine%20wdt%3AP1671%20%3Fline_number.%7D%0AFILTER%28%3FsubwayLine_pred%20%3D%20%3Flignes%29%23take%20only%20the%20lines%20if%20correspondance%20on%20the%20same%20line%0AFILTER%28%3FsubwayLine%20%3D%20%3Flignes%29%20%0AFILTER%28%3FsubwayLine%20%3D%20%3Fline_pq%29%23Take%20only%20the%20lines%20if%20next%20station%20on%20the%20same%20line%0AFILTER%28%3Ftowards%20%3D%20%3Ftermini%29%20%0A%20%3Fpred%20%20p%3AP625%20%3Fnode_pred%20.%0A%20%20%3Fnode_pred%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat1%20%3Bpsv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flon1%20.%0A%20%20%3Fnode_pred%20a%20wikibase%3ABestRank.%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20p%3AP625%20%3Fnode_station.%0A%20%3Fnode_station%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat2%20%3Bpsv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flon2.%0A%20%3Fnode_station%20a%20wikibase%3ABestRank.%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%22LINESTRING%28%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flon1%29%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flat1%29%2C%20%20%22%2C%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flon2%29%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flat2%29%2C%20%22%29%22%29%20AS%20%3Fstr%29%0A%20%20BIND%28STRDT%28%3Fstr%2C%20geo%3AwktLiteral%29%20AS%20%3Fline%29%0A%20%20%3FsubwayLine%20wdt%3AP465%20%3Frgb.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FsubwayLine%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fpred%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpredLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstation%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FstationLabel%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fstation%20%3FstationLabel%20%3FsubwayLine%20%3Frgb%20%3FpredLabel%20%3Flayer%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fline%20%3Fline_number%0AORDER%20BY%20xsd%3Ainteger%28%3Fline_number%29%20%3Fline_number%20%3FsubwayLine 1 https://www.dekusttram.be/nl/ - Most frequent .uk domains for P973 "described at URL" https://w.wiki/5aZR (source https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1559500586684497926) - Online accounts used by people that were born in People's Republic of China https://w.wiki/5aoe (Source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Rdrg109/3/4#Content) - Journals with the most retractions https://w.wiki/5aVe (source https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1559462776128544770)
Development
- Lexicographical data: continuing to address feedback from testing. We are almost done now. - REST API: continued investigating the use of PATCH and JSON Patch and worked on a proof-of-concept - Birthday planning and prepping is in full swing
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