Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: EnvlhBot 3 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/EnvlhBot_3. Task/s: add dictionaries IDs to French lexemes - Closed request for permissions/Bot: IndoBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/IndoBot (Approved). Task/s: I would like to import all Indonesian schools, more than 100000. The data includes school type, location, and coordinates as well as external identifiers
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - Data Reuse Days https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Reuse_Days_2022, on March 14-24: you can select the sessions you'd like to join among the 35 presentations, workshops and discussions in the schedule https://diff.wikimedia.org/calendar/month/2022-03/?tribe_tags%5B0%5D=13446 . - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #99 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#99, March 13th at 13.00 UTC - LIVE Wikidata editing #74 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYJg7RVCamY, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3190202094598279/, March 12th at 19:00 UTC - LD4 Wikibase Working Hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikibase_and_WBStack_Working_Hours. Presentation and discussion: "Introduction to Linked Open Data Strategy with Lea Voget, Head, Product Management WMDE". Lea is not only the team lead of product, project and program managers at WMDE, she is also one of the main thinkers behind the Linked Open Data strategy. When: 11 March 2022, 11AM-12PM Eastern US (Time zone converter https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20220311T160000&p1=179&p2=64&p3=75&p4=224&p5=136&p6=tz_cet). Registration: Registration link https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcoc-mqpzssE9RT2GTDHFgGkEpW5nJ7i3ki - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call: Associate Librarian Stacy Allison-Cassin and her students on Wikidata in the classroom. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Tl0ox1wh4T9dXagcidt9EspR8am29n9DamGggxczF0/edit?usp=sharing - Art+Feminism editathon at the University Library Center of the University of Salerno https://www.salernonotizie.it/2022/03/02/unisa-centro-bibliotecario-in-prima-linea-contro-il-divario-di-genere/. 8 March 2022 - Wikidata workshop, held in collaboration with IPTC and explores the use of Wikidata concepts when dealing with metadata in media applications https://tech.ebu.ch/events/2022/wikidata-workshop. Timing: from 10:00 to 18:00 CET. With presentations from: Yle, RAI, France TV, IPTC, Gruppo RES, Media Press, Perfect Memory, New York Times, NTB, Imatrics. - Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #33, Ukraine https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=32 - Past: - LIVE Wikidata editing #73 #opendataday - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHJwelcuaT0 - NFDI InfraTalk: Wikibase - knowledge graphs for RDM in NFDI4Culture - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPMkuDxHJtI (March 7, 4:00 PM CEST)
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Videos - Creating a new item on Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PfmVx4ai9c - Connecting Wikidata with OpenStreetMap (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMvSo_gmsA4 - Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (in French) - YouTube: 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10D7GrFAYAc, 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY2XUh-8EG4, 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjZ8iNSPiJo.
Tool of the week
- Wikxhibit https://wikxhibit.org is a tool that allows anyone, even non-programmers, to create cool presentations of Wikidata, and other sources of data on the web, only using HTML and without any additional programming. Are you interested in creating presentations of Wikidata? We would like to understand your experience with Wikidata to better improve our tool. It would help if you can fill out our survey https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cvZKKlRu2S7C9Fk
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata dumps: Due to technical issues the JSON and RDF dumps for the week of March 1st couldn't be properly generated (phab:T300255#7746418 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T300255#7746418). The situation is expected to get back to normal this week. - Item with QID 111,111,111 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111111111 was created - Job openings: - The development team at WMDE is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to develop and improve the software behind the Wikidata project. Apply here https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/4361894/Senior-Software-Engineer-Wikidata-m-f-d-/?jobDbPVId=41562318&l=en ! - The WMF Search Platform team is looking for someone to maintain and develop Wikidata Query Service. Apply here https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3975337! - Museum of Natural History Berlin (Q233098) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233098 is looking for someone for project- and data management especially for Wikidata related stuff about the museums collections Job Description (German) https://jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/17300b246428c9403602628eb5937f770c4c29a2
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: created during https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10408, Ghana Place Names URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10422, trained by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10449 - External identifiers: Old-Games.RU ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10394, Strongman Archives athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10395, SBN work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10396, SBN place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10397, Kanobu numeric game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10398, St. Sergius Institute authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10399, CBDB.cz author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10400, CBDB.cz book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10401, ULI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10402, NLC Bibliography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10403, LMHL author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10404, Biographisches Portal der Rabbiner ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10405, Latvia water body classification code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10406, Encyclopedia of Database Systems ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10407, UKÄ standard classification of Swedish science topics 2011 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10409, QQ Music singer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10410, PubCRIS product number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10411, PKULaw CLI Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10412, NVE glacier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10413, iXBT Games ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10414, TVSA actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10415, Künstlerdatenbank ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10416, Culture.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10417, Naver VIBE track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10418, LastDodo-area-identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10419, Index to Organism Names ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10420, ELF code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10421, Historical Topography of Cultural Heritage object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10423, Refuge.tokyo video game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10424, Trip.com hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10425, tiket.com hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10426, PegiPegi Hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10427, parliament.uk member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10428, RODI-DB player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10429, HockeySlovakia.sk player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10430, Portable Antiquities Scheme object type identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10431, MovieMeter series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10432, Gesher Theatre Archive person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10433, Gesher Theatre Archive play ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10434, Euro NCAP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10435, Drammen city encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10436, GoHa.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10437, Norwegian thesaurus on genre and form identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10438, Qichacha firm ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10439, WorldFootball.net match ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10440, Michigan Legislative Bio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10441, hostelworld hostel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10442, Viciebsk Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10443, Encyclopedia of Russian avant-garde ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10444, NetEase Music artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10445, Chgk person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10446, Pamyat Naroda ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10447, Traveloka hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10448, police zone ID (Belgium) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10450, Berlin Street ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10451, Renacyt ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10452, VGTimes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10453, CineCartaz film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10454, JeuxActu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10455, Urban Electric Transit country ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10456 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Агрегатируется с https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D0%90%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F_%D1%81, Observer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Observer - External identifiers: traveloka activities ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/traveloka_activities_ID, tiket to-do ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tiket_to-do_ID, TEIS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TEIS_ID, OBD Memorial ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OBD_Memorial_ID, Hrono.ru article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hrono.ru_article_ID, db.narb.by ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/db.narb.by_ID, Shopee Shop ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Shopee_Shop_ID, Grab Food ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grab_Food_ID, US trademark serial number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/US_trademark_serial_number, Scottish Built Ships ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scottish_Built_Ships_ID, trivago hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/trivago_hotel_ID, skyscanner hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/skyscanner_hotel_ID, Agoda Hotel Numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Agoda_Hotel_Numeric_ID, pravo.gov.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/pravo.gov.ru_ID, NGO Darpan ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NGO_Darpan_ID, Library of Parliament of Canada riding ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Library_of_Parliament_of_Canada_riding_ID, Booking.com numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Booking.com_numeric_ID, WIPO Pearl term ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WIPO_Pearl_term_ID, United Russia member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/United_Russia_member_ID, Repetti on-line ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Repetti_on-line_ID, Nice Classification ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nice_Classification_ID, IxTheo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IxTheo_ID - Query examples: - Use of free software license for describing software https://w.wiki/4uRW (source https://twitter.com/imakefoss/status/1499320677035356161) - Count of latest available Twitter follower count for different programming languages https://w.wiki/4uH4 (source https://twitter.com/imakefoss/status/1499040164324294661) - Timeline of programming languages and their paradigms https://w.wiki/4uDw (source https://twitter.com/imakefoss/status/1499000390456684545) - Most popular programming language on Wikipedia with multilingual articles https://w.wiki/4uyY (source https://twitter.com/imakefoss/status/1500077433567027200) - Russian TV channels from and about Russia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:M%C3%A4rt_P%C3%B5der/Russian_TV_channels_from_and_about_Russia (source https://twitter.com/trtram/status/1498561371595804673) - Places of birth of people named "Désirée" https://w.wiki/4uvo ( source https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Q919943&uselang=en) - People in the Père-Lachaise cemetery who were born in a city that is or was in Ukraine https://w.wiki/4vAW (source https://twitter.com/Pyb75/status/1500405994723188736) - Properties linking between a church and its saint https://w.wiki/4uTb (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1499370059466256392)
Development
- Data Reuse Days: Preparing for the upcoming Data Reuse Days https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Reuse_Days_2022. Join us! A lot of exciting sessions are coming together. - Lexicographical data: Continued work on the new Special:NewLexeme page. We are getting close to the point where it can create a Lexeme. - REST API: Continuing to work on the first endpoint to read Item data.
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