*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
- Upcoming - The next Wikibase live session https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2021.06.24 is 16:00 UTC on Thursday 24th June 2021 https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1624550400 (18:00 Berlin time). This month we'll have a team member from Wikibase Stakeholders Group https://wikibase-stakeholder-group.github.io/ talk briefly about their work, and then we'll welcome people to share out about their work around Wikibase. We'll leave some space in the agenda to discuss meta issues related to the Wikibase Community Usergroup. - SPARQL queries live on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/belett and in English by Vigneron, June 22 at 18:00 CEST - *24/06 (17:30 UTC):* Wikidata Lab XXX: Roundtripping process for tainacan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XXX with Ederporto https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ederporto and Dalton Lopes Martins (https://tainacan.org/en/ Tainacan) (*in English*), on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6m0rRgadu4 - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #68 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#67, June 27 - LIVE Wikidata editing #47 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QywDX83OZrw, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2985815161703641/, June 26 at 18:00 UTC
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Papers - Beyond VIAF. Wikidata as a Complementary Tool for Authority Control in Libraries https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107308059 (with detailed statistics on VIAF and Wikidata https://catalogo.pusc.it/beyond_viaf/) - Videos - Using OpenRefine and creating wikidata schema - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osYFU2UvE1Y - Query SPARQL Wikidata around genealogy (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc0pkmFkbYA - LIVE Wikidata editing #47 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD5L5iTHa1c, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2980705608881263/ - Global Open Initiative Foundation editing session - Adding statements about Ghanaian Members of Parliament using OpenRefine - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50GBWVUCsO8
Tool of the week
- Template:PositionHolderHistory https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:PositionHolderHistory displays the full list of position holders for a given position. - Template:Generic queries for positions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_positions new template with generic queries for positions.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Interlanguage links now work for multilingual Wikisource. phab:T275958 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T275958 - User:Nikki/LexemeEntitySuggester.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/LexemeEntitySuggester.js now supports searching for senses for the translation property. - The call for candidates https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates for 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections has begun on June 9. The last date to apply is June 29, 2021. - Since the beginning of the month, phabricator tickets about language codes (and names of languages) were reviewed and triaged to better reflect their content and current status. Some work was done to better identify the steps for such changes, highlight and address bottlenecks and system issues. Patches for a few codes were contributed and are being released. Phabricator "Language codes" workboard https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/language_codes/ provides an overview, phab:T284856 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284856 attempts to identify maintenance steps and phab:T284276 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284276 determine turn-around times. phab:T284808 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284808 should finally close a gap in termbox language handeling. A way to better address some or all aspects of changes of language codes applicable to Wikipedia editions still needs to be found. Don't hesitate to request the addition or update of language names (e.g. the name of Dutch in Danish) or missing language codes, notably for monolingual strings (see Help:Monolingual_text_languages https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Monolingual_text_languages).
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: not found in https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9660, named place on map https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9664 - External identifiers: Ropiky.net pillbox ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9655, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9656, Memobase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9657, Standard Citation Forms for Rare Materials Cataloging ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9658, Skipsrevyen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9659, EBAF authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9661, LdiF person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9662, Musica Baltica person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9663, EGID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9665, RBF event ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9666 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: named after lexeme https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/named_after_lexeme, replacement value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/replacement_value, Qualis rank https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qualis_rank, role of component https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/role_of_component, table of contents available at URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/table_of_contents_available_at_URL, DICOM modality page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DICOM_modality_page, Flemish Heritage Themes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flemish_Heritage_Themes_ID - External identifiers: OlympicsIL ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OlympicsIL_ID, EBIDAT ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EBIDAT_ID, Crosscut author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Crosscut_author_ID, identifier BNM https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifier_BNM, Chidlovski.Com USSR national ice hockey team player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chidlovski.Com_USSR_national_ice_hockey_team_player_ID, Handzone player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Handzone_player_ID, BES-Net user ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BES-Net_user_ID, Hokej.cz player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hokej.cz_player_ID, Research Resource Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Research_Resource_Identifier, VK artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VK_artist_ID, MonumentalTrees.com https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MonumentalTrees.com, Lexikon Westfälischer Autorinnen und Autoren person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lexikon_Westf%C3%A4lischer_Autorinnen_und_Autoren_person_ID, E-Flora BC species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/E-Flora_BC_species_ID, E-Fauna BC species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/E-Fauna_BC_species_ID, Villo! station ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Villo!_station_ID, LexM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LexM_ID - Query examples: - Map of public bookcases https://w.wiki/3VT7 - SPARQL Jupyter notebook to explore generic queries for positions https://public.paws.wmcloud.org/User:PAC2/Generic%20queries%20for%20positions.ipynb (using PAWS) - Biographies that can be linked in different Wikipedias (apart from deWP) https://w.wiki/3W7h (Source https://twitter.com/RegiowikiAt/status/1405806412039704579) - Vulnerable, endangered or extinct languages with number of lexemes in Wikidata https://w.wiki/3WVb (Source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1404841876134445059) - Articles in English Wikipedia about women that have the good article badge but do not have an article written in Spanish https://w.wiki/3Lhb (Source https://twitter.com/editatona/status/1404553060223946755) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
- Wikidata:WikiProject Outdoor Gyms https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Outdoor_Gyms
Development
- Fixed a bug that broke the "Add sitelink" popup on Commons ( phab:T284854 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284854) - Working on a fix for suggesters popping up unexpectedly when tabbing quickly (phab:284219 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/284219) - Reviewing code for a new Property Suggester by a student (phab:T284820 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284820) - Mismatch Finder: Working on a tool to work through mismatching data between Wikidata and external databases. Your feedback is welcome on Wikidata talk:Mismatch Finder https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Mismatch_Finder - Curious Facts: We developed a tool to help editors check random curious facts on Wikidata. Try it https://wikidata-analytics.wmcloud.org/app/CuriousFacts and give us your feedback on Wikidata talk:Curious Facts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Curious_Facts - Kicked off our continued work on Wikidata-Wikibase federation (Federation v2) with preparatory work, including: - Testing infrastructure investigation and decision https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284909 - Investigation: How to refer to entities that have the same IDs as the source wikibase entities https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284913
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