*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: Structured path for property definition
changes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/structured_path_for_property_definition_changes>,
Import of item into wikidata private instance
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/import_of_item_into_wikidata_private_instance>
- Closed requests for comments: Notability wording
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Wikidata:Notabilty_wording>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Wikidata (für Archive)
<https://jneubert.github.io/slides/wd-ak-archive-2019/#/> beim
Herbsttreffen des AK Archive der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
<https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/infrastrukturen/forschungsinfrastrukturen-in-der-leibniz-gemeinschaft/informationsinfrastrukturen/archive-in-der-leibniz-gemeinschaft.html>
(in German)
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4-Wikidata Affinity Group
call: Finding GLAMs campaign 08 October. Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kpmf2ak1D34ApyGHWHe2mp4V8z-CYcNecy2HN_9Nrj0/edit?usp=sharing>
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- *Generating "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Questions Sets
Automatically from Wikidata
<https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0678/beb055f681c73383c2e40fc9de0ca63c5b58.pdf>*,
Markus Wohlan, et al.
- *Wikidata: A large-scale collaborative ontological medical database
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1532046419302114?via%3Dihub>*,
Houcemeddine Turki et al.
- Wikidata & Wikibase for National Libraries: the inaugural meeting
<https://pro.europeana.eu/post/wikidata-wikibase-for-national-libraries-the-inaugural-meeting>
by Wendy Byrne and Liam Wyatt
- *Una lezione di biblioteconomia, o Del nome corto dell’autore
<https://medium.com/@giovanni.bergamin/una-lezione-di-biblioteconomia-8e78f75aed2>*,
Giovanni Bergamin (Q61727262) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61727262>
Tool of the week
- soweego <https://soweego.readthedocs.io/> links Wikidata to large
third-party catalogs. Together with its friend Mix'n'match
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/>, it helps Wikidata to become
the universal linking hub of open data.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The WikiProject India will send a quarterly newsletter, more info and
subscribe here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Newsletter>
- Two Wikidata users were nominated for a “WikiEule”, the German
Wikipedia community’s annual awards: MisterSynergy
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MisterSynergy> (nomination
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/de:Wikipedia:WikiEule_2019#MisterSynergy>)
for an “EngagementEule” (special commitment to the wiki projects) and
Tobias1984 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Tobias1984> (nomination
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/de:Wikipedia:WikiEule_2019#Tobias1984>)
for an “OrgaEule” (organizational work).
- You can nominate projects for the WikidataCon award
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Program/WikidataCon_Award>
until October 7th at 23:59 UTC (today).
- During the summer, WikidataJS
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikidataJS> became
WikibaseJS! More specifically:
- wikidata-sdk became wikibase-sdk
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-sdk> (changelogs
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-sdk/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#700---2019-05-31>
)
- wikidata-edit became wikibase-edit
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-edit> (changelogs
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-edit/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#300---2019-08-17>
)
- wikidata-cli became wikibase-cli
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli> (changelogs
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#800---2019-10-01>
)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: content descriptor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7367>, educational stage
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7374>, MWNF ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7375>, worn by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7376>, tussenvoegsel
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7377>, item disputed by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7378>
- External identifiers: Gazetteer for Scotland person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7349>, Gazetteer for
Scotland place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7350>, FootballDatabase.eu
team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7351>, GENUKI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7352>, NTS Radio artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7353>, Ticketmaster artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7354>, See Tickets artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7355>, DC Books author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7356>, Diccionari de la
Literatura Catalana ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7357>,
FootballFacts.ru team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7358>,
LaPreferente.com
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7359>, UEFA coach
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7360>, UEFA team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7361>, Ukrainian Premier
League player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7362>,
ISSN-L <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7363>, FIDAL team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7364>, China Martyrs ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7365>, FAIMER school ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7366>, JournalBase ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7368>, National Library of
Chile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7369>, PCEngine
Catalog Project identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7370>, Beatport label ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7371>, memoriademadrid
publication ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7372>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: serving temperature
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/serving_temperature>,
Ordained by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ordained_by>,
Main deity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Main_deity>,
image with frame
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_with_frame>,
urn formatter
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/urn_formatter>,
folio(s)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/folio(s)>,
minimum
temperature record
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/minimum_temperature_record>,
venue of the grand final
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/venue_of_the_grand_final>,
Steam bundle ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Steam_bundle_ID>
- External identifiers: Basis Wien
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Basis_Wien>,
MIC <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MIC>,
DynamoMania.com
player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DynamoMania.com_player_ID>,
247Sports ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/247Sports_ID>,
Internet Off-Broadway Database work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Internet_Off-Broadway_Database_work_ID>,
Beachsafe Beach Key
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Beachsafe_Beach_Key>,
LibraryThing author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LibraryThing_author_ID>,
FutbolMe.com player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FutbolMe.com_player_ID>,
Pubs Galore ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pubs_Galore_ID>,
Publons publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Publons_publisher_ID>,
EconBiz publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EconBiz_publication_ID>,
ERIC publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ERIC_publication_ID>,
ForaDeJogo.net team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ForaDeJogo.net_team_ID>,
FreeBSD port
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FreeBSD_port>,
HCPCS Identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HCPCS_Identifier>,
Ents24 artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ents24_artist_ID>,
Eventim artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eventim_artist_ID>,
Coast to Coast Tickets artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coast_to_Coast_Tickets_artist_ID>,
ScoreBig artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ScoreBig_artist_ID>,
SeatGeek artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SeatGeek_artist_ID>,
MovieTickets person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MovieTickets_person_ID>,
Ticket Liquidator artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ticket_Liquidator_artist_ID>,
TicketCity artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TicketCity_artist_ID>,
Tickets.com artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tickets.com_artist_ID>,
TickPick artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TickPick_artist_ID>,
Viagogo artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Viagogo_artist_ID>,
Vivid Seats artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vivid_Seats_artist_ID>,
StubHub artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/StubHub_artist_ID>,
NAD topographic databas
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NAD_topographic_databas>,
Rotterdam City Archives name ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rotterdam_City_Archives_name_ID>,
State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/State_Catalogue_of_the_Museum_Fund_of_Russia_museum_ID>,
Professional Football League of Ukraine player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Professional_Football_League_of_Ukraine_player_ID>,
Ancient Tree Inventory ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ancient_Tree_Inventory_ID>,
FantLab author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FantLab_author_ID>,
Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary_of_Sculptors_in_Britain_ID>
- Query examples:
- Biographical entries in the Gazetteer for Scotland, with no article
on English Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Scotland/P7349_no_article>
- Map of medical facilities in Murshidabad district, India, color-coded
by type <https://w.wiki/9cX> (source
<https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1180007139785560065>)
- Map of flight connections between airports in India
<https://w.wiki/9cZ> (source
<https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1179644751714254849>)
- GLAMs institutions located north of Umeå <https://w.wiki/9cb> (
source <https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1179003838021414913>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
WikiProject Climate Change
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Climate_Change>
Development
- Continue work on removing and optimizing resource loader modules
- Wikidata Bridge: obey wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish (phab:T228260
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228260>)
- Canceling the modal (phab:T231282
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T231282>)
- Research regarding permissions/protection (phab:T231209
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T231209>)
- Investigation to ensure editing with the same credentials (phab:T231887
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T231887>)
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>
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Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
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Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
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