*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past: SORSE - Wikidata as a research tool for data modelling and integration in the humanities (replay on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_a8DEZz2uI) - Past: Open Data Day Taiwan 2021 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/OpenDataDay_Taiwan_2021 2021-03-06 , Taipei (Q1867) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1867, Taichung (Q245023) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q245023, Tainan (Q140631) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140631 and online stream (FB https://www.facebook.com/WikidataTW and Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQF9ZTA1NjpOAq7NtkO8hQ) - Upcoming: OSM TW x Wikidata Taiwan Taipei (Q1867) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1867 Meetup 2021-03-08 Mozilla Community Space Taipei (Q61752245) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61752245 - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls call: OCLC Research’s CONTENTdm Wikibase data model for pilot project to improve collection discoverability, Tuesday, March 9th.[1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PySajs8UGZgpJevzv21J6-5WR54kEb-c71GoVEb4DZw/edit?usp=sharing - Upcoming: SPARQL queries https://www.twitch.tv/belett live on Twitch and in French by Vigneron, March 9 at 18:00 CET - Upcoming: LIVE Wikidata editing #35 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDMhcxCBA9o, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2907430509542107/, March 13 - Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #53 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#53, March 14
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - "Giving knowledge back to Wikipedia https://www.dbpedia.org/blog/giving-knowledge-back-to-wikipedia/: Towards a Systematic Approach to Sync Factual Data across Wikipedia, Wikidata and External Data Sources" (by DBPedia) - Papers - Open Natural Products Research: Curation and Dissemination of Biological Occurrences of Chemical Structures through Wikidata https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.28.433265 - A paper describing COVIWD https://www.coviwd.org/: COVIWD: COVID-19 Wikidata Dashboard https://dx.doi.org/10.21609/jiki.v14i1.941 - Videos - Wikidata and Abstract Wikipedia by Denny Vrandečić - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL9Cc2Mockw - Working hour on items of bibliographic interest in Wikidata (in Italian) -YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYyiPjZeRls - Open Data Day Taiwan 2021 -Youtube Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68vkGWWu1Ck - LIVE Wikidata editing #34 Open Data Day - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoUfkQ0mVe8, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2902104563408035/
Tool of the week
- Panoviewer.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by/Panoviewer.js inserts an iframe from the Panoviewer https://panoviewer.toolforge.org/ tool to photosphere image (P4640) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4640 statements.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata has now items about nine million people: 99,991,000,000 to do (project chat https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Nine_million_people ) - A new browser for Wikidata is available: the SLING knowledge base browser https://ringgaard.com/kb/Q195 by User:Mringgaard https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mringgaard. It is lightning fast and entirely based on modern Web components. - Help choose focus languages for improvements to the lexicographic extension of Wikidata and Abstract Wikipedia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data/Focus_languages. Nominations should be submitted by April 7, and the decision will be made by April 14 by the teams taking your comments into account. - Help to choose a design concept for the logo of the new Wikifunctions wiki https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wikifunctions_logo_concept/Vote. Voting ends before Monday March 15th 23:59 UTC.
- PetScan can now generate KML map overlay data https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1368939368250040322. E.g. University towns in Germany https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=18591379&format=kml. (Map view https://wikidata-todo.toolforge.org/render_kml.html?kml=https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=18591379%26format=kml )
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: supplement to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9234, seismic classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9235, reissue of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9237, staking percentage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9238, affiliated worker organisation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9239, demographics of topic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9241, assessment outcome https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9259, notation writer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9260 - External identifiers: Archivo Linz de la Transición Española ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9231, Obituaries Australia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9232, XXXBios female performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9233, RDA value vocabularies ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9236, Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9240, Whiskybase distillery ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9242, NParks Flora & Fauna Web ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9243, Women Australia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9244, Labour Australia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9245, Indigenous Australia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9246, Pontifical University of Salamanca ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9247, EEVA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9248, Nauvoo Community Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9249, Cyprus Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9250, Cyprus University of Technology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9251, Amathus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9252, European University Cyprus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9253, Museo Nacional de la Estampa ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9254, Resident Advisor club ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9255, Diccionari de la traducció catalana ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9256, CPC-PR ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9257, Austrian Newspapers Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9258, Oklahoma's NRHP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9261, ChemRxiv ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9262, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Inventory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9263, FFF player ID (new scheme) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9264, Physics Magazine author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9265, Ligue 1 player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9266, ANPI person numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9267, Science Magazine author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9268, Odnoklassniki user numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9269 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: verbal ability https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/verbal_ability, 易玩應用程序標識符 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%E6%98%93%E7%8E%A9%E6%87%89%E7%94%A8%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E6%A8%99%E8%AD%98%E7%AC%A6, earned run average https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/earned_run_average, named place on map https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/named_place_on_map, inhabitants of topic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inhabitants_of_topic, consequence of text https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/consequence_of_text, writing style https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/writing_style, applicant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applicant, co-applicant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/co-applicant, Cantonese romanisation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cantonese_romanisation, repairability https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/repairability - External identifiers: MeSH qualifier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MeSH_qualifier_ID, Encyclopedia of Ostrava person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Ostrava_person_ID, Encyclopedia of Plzeň person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Plze%C5%88_person_ID, Stadtlexikon Karlsruhe https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stadtlexikon_Karlsruhe, Museum of the jewish people ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museum_of_the_jewish_people_ID, Encyclopaedia Herder concept ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopaedia_Herder_concept_ID, Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Greater_Philadelphia_ID, Biblioteca Capitolare di Verona author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_Capitolare_di_Verona_author_ID, Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_de_Puerto_Rico, PorcelanaBrasil ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PorcelanaBrasil_ID, Eesti entsüklopeedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eesti_ents%C3%BCklopeedia_ID, Encyclopedia of Melbourne ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Melbourne_ID, Cyprus Bibliography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cyprus_Bibliography_ID, JaneladaHistoria ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JaneladaHistoria_ID, OsobnostiRegionu.cz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OsobnostiRegionu.cz_ID, Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_French_Cultural_Heritage_in_North_America_ID, Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_Encyclop%C3%A9die_du_patrimoine_culturel_de_l%27Am%C3%A9rique_fran%C3%A7aise_ID, Inforegister ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Inforegister_ID, Terezín Memorial Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Terez%C3%ADn_Memorial_Database_ID, AWB lemma ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AWB_lemma_ID, MWB lemma ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MWB_lemma_ID, MHDBDB lemma ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MHDBDB_lemma_ID, Woerterbuchnetz.de IDs for Middle High German https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woerterbuchnetz.de_IDs_for_Middle_High_German, Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%C3%ABtzebuerger_Online_Dictionnaire_ID, Woerterbuchnetz.de IDs for modern German https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woerterbuchnetz.de_IDs_for_modern_German, Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Das_wissenschaftliche_Bibellexikon_im_Internet_ID - Query examples: - Deceased people with verified Twitter accounts https://w.wiki/34Mo (source https://twitter.com/grafst/status/1367309410020786181) - members of *Ludlamshöhle*, a society in Vienna (1819-1826) https://w.wiki/34k8 (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Austria#Ludlamshöhle ) - Things discovered or invented by women https://w.wiki/34Js (Source https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/1368888720380866564) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
- Wikidata:WikiProject Early Modern England and Wales https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Early_Modern_England_and_Wales (WD:WP EMEW https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WP_EMEW) - Newest database reports: - Gadget usage statistics https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Gadget_usage_statistics - Includes gadgets enabled in preferences or common.js
Development
- Fixed an issue where the Property selector is not falling back from language variant to major language (phab:T272712 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272712) - Working on support for editing statements on Senses on Lexemes via wbeditentity (phab:T199896 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199896) - Continuing to work on the Query Builder https://query-builder-test.toolforge.org/ and making it possible to query for quantities and dates with it. - Putting finishing touches on a small tool that lets you get the average ORES quality score for a list of Items as well as the individual scores for each of the Items
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