Hey everyone :)
Here's your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past 2 weeks.
Discussions
- New request for comments: Handle genealogical information https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Handle_genealogical_information, Sort identifiers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Sort_identifiers
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Data Roundtripping: a new frontier for GLAM-Wiki collaborations https://space.wmflabs.org/2019/12/13/data-roundtripping-a-new-frontier-for-glam-wiki-collaborations/, by Sandra Fauconnier - Leveraging open data at the National Library of Wales https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/12/leveraging-open-data-at-the-national-library-of-wales/, by Jason Evans - Context-aware Entity Linking with Attentive Neural Networks on Wikidata Knowledge Graph https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.06214.pdf, Isaiah Onando Mulang et al. (on Arxiv) - Celebrating FactGrid’s Q100000: Conrad Alexandre Gérard https://blog.factgrid.de/archives/1808 - Descartes, social networks and popular culture: An excursion into digital scholarship https://digitalscholarshipleiden.nl/articles/descartes-social-networks-and-popular-culture - How to select your Christmas movie using SPARQL and Wikidata https://synapta.it/blog/il-film-di-natale-sceglilo-con-sparql/
Tool of the week
- The revised version of the very powerful PetScan https://petscan.wmflabs.org/ offers to edit or create items based on Wikipedia categories, search, SPARQL, links with filters by label or properties
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- New tool: Dwynwen http://zone47.com/crotos/dwynwen/cosmos/?l=en&p=&nb=20&disp=0&s=&f=31&n=1, adapted from Crotos http://zone47.com/crotos/, provides users with a search interface designed specifically for artworks and other visual digital content from Commons, using Wikidata. - MichaelSchoenitzer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MichaelSchoenitzer is looking for co-maintainers https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/2019-December/001509.html for the tool MachtSinn https://tools.wmflabs.org/machtsinn/ and the Lexeme Python library https://github.com/Nudin/LexData - We now have Q80000000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80000000 - Wikimedia Deutschland is looking for a UX designer to work on Wikidata and Wikibase https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/5681755/UX-Designer-Wikidata-Wikibase-m-f-d-?jobDbPVId=15549395&l=en as well as a technical writer https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/5681080/Technical-Writer-m-f-d-?jobDbPVId=15546960&l=en
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: litter size https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7725, legislative committee https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7727 - External identifiers: Fossilworks ID for journal article https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7720, Wikispore ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7721, TLFi ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7722, The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7723, Littré ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7724, PlanetMath ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7726, GUI number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7729 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: filename in archive https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/filename_in_archive, Microworld ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Microworld_ID, Position with respect to the noun https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Position_with_respect_to_the_noun, network bands https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/network_bands, Viewpoint heading https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Viewpoint_heading, egg incubation period https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/egg_incubation_period, author's wikimedia username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/author%27s_wikimedia_username, unit of measurement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/unit_of_measurement, type of age limit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/type_of_age_limit, attested as https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/attested_as, provides data https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/provides_data, recipient https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/recipient, external type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/external_type, Amino community ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amino_community_ID, used in phrase https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/used_in_phrase, type of external page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/type_of_external_page - External identifiers: Australian National Maritime Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_National_Maritime_Museum_ID, Australian National Maritime Museum person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_National_Maritime_Museum_person_ID, The Video Games Museum system ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Video_Games_Museum_system_ID, Vikidia article https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vikidia_article, National Aviation Hall of Fame person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Aviation_Hall_of_Fame_person_ID, RationalWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RationalWiki_ID, The Video Games Museum game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Video_Games_Museum_game_ID, CEEB K-12 school code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CEEB_K-12_school_code, D-MSX ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/D-MSX_ID, Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nomenclature_for_Museum_Cataloging, VGMPF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VGMPF_ID, Games Database system ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Games_Database_system_ID, ICD-11 ID (foundation) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICD-11_ID_(foundation), AdoroCinema https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AdoroCinema, Games Database game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Games_Database_game_ID, Games Database developer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Games_Database_developer_ID, LFE player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LFE_player_ID, PersonalData.IO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PersonalData.IO_ID, Games Database publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Games_Database_publisher_ID, The Digital Local Culture Encyclopedia of Korea ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Digital_Local_Culture_Encyclopedia_of_Korea_ID, textove.com https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/textove.com, textove.com Song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/textove.com_Song_ID, kino-teatr.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/kino-teatr.ru_person_ID, dovidka.com.ua person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dovidka.com.ua_person_ID, Russian PFL player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_PFL_player_ID, Ten-Bruggencatenummer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ten-Bruggencatenummer, J-GLOBAL ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/J-GLOBAL_ID, The Good Old Days ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Good_Old_Days_ID, AuthenticusID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AuthenticusID, Ciência ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ci%C3%AAncia_ID, ExoticA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ExoticA_ID, Decine21 person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Decine21_person_ID, Identifier for a resource held by the Smithsonian Institution https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifier_for_a_resource_held_by_the_Smithsonian_Institution, Macintosh Garden game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macintosh_Garden_game_ID, UCUM code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UCUM_code, PragerU presenter ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PragerU_presenter_ID, Ukrainica ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ukrainica_ID, Macintosh Repository ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macintosh_Repository_ID, LaunchBox Games Database platform ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LaunchBox_Games_Database_platform_ID - Query examples: - Map https://w.wiki/ETK showing objects named after a person represented in Europeana - Locations where paintings were made https://w.wiki/DvJ (source https://twitter.com/mdammers/status/1206235751014420481) - Swedish citizens who died in 1949 and whose works will enter the public domain on 1 January 2020 with profession and image, ordered by number of Wikimedia articles https://w.wiki/E23 (source https://twitter.com/Larissa_Borck/status/1206606722665787393) - Oldest subways https://w.wiki/E4k (source https://twitter.com/liopic/status/1207067954011164676) - Popes who were children of other popes https://w.wiki/EfX (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1210551310942187520) - Colorful flags https://w.wiki/EfY (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1210551348317638656)
Development
- Worked on better error dialogues for the Wikidata Bridge - Investigated and fixed labels for some Properties not being shown ( phabricator:T237984 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T237984) - Continued working on the new database tables that replace wb_terms - Expanded documentation for 3rd party Wikibase installs - Continued working on making sure components in different areas of Wikibase can easily be shared to make development easier ( phabricator:T240329 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240329) - Enjoying the holidays. Hope so are you :)
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
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia