*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: MusikBot II
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/MusikBot_II>
(RfP scheduled to end after 26 August 2021 03:07 UTC)
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming:
- The next Wikibase live session
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2021.08.26> is at 16:00 UTC on
Thursday 26th August 2021 (18:00 Berlin time). You're welcome to come and
share your work around Wikibase.
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Linked_Data_for_Production#LD4-Wikidata_Affinity_Group>
call: Érica Azzellini
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:EricaAzzellini> and Éder Porto
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ederporto> on MBABEL
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MBABEL>, a tool which
creates seed Wikipedia articles based on Wikidata statements. Agenda
with call link
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/140OzFz_v5Mff4WyLnPrUWdyrgbJoEDtfxg0CFdrfNzA/edit?usp=sharing>,
August 24.
- BiCIKL
<https://researchportal.be/nl/project/biodiversity-community-integrated-knowledge-library>
Hackathon at the Meise Botanic Garden
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3052500>, September 20 - 24. Theme:
adding articles/items about “Hidden women in science” on
Wikipedia/Wikidata. If you're interested to participate, please write to
maarten.trekels[image: at]plantentuinmeise.be
- Past:
- Wikimania 2021 Wikidata related events (summary of sessions and
community gatherings
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2021> related to
Wikidata and Wikibase)
- Neat and tidy: data quality on Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS05wkMRhBE>
- Integrating Wikidata into the Wikimedia projects
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AveonN5pHwY>
- Preparing languages for natural language generation using Wikidata
lexicographical (Arctic Knot 2021)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1amYq4Vm4U>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Articles
- 50 cool new things you can now do with KB’s collection highlights
<https://kbnlwikimedia.github.io/KBCollectionHighlights/stories/Cool%20new%20things%20you%20can%20now%20do%20with%20the%20KB's%20collection%20highlights/>
- *In this series of 5 articles we show the added value of putting
images and metadata of digitised collection highlights
<https://www.kb.nl/galerij/digitale-topstukken> of the KB,
national library
of the Netherlands, into the Wikimedia infrastructure.*
[image: KB collection highlights project meme English.jpg]
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KB_collection_highlights_project_meme_English.jpg>
*By putting our collection highlights into Wikidata, Wikimedia
Commons and Wikipedia, dozens of new functionalities have been
added. As a
result of Wikifying this collection in 2020, you can now do things with
these highlights that were not possible before.* Article by
OlafJanssen <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:OlafJanssen>,
DanielleJWiki <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DanielleJWiki>
and 1Veertje_(KB)
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:1Veertje_(KB)>
- Blogs
- Organizing the Public Data about a Researcher
<https://cthoyt.com/2021/08/17/self-organization.html> - Charles
Tapley Hoyt
- The Invisible Citation Commons
<https://commonplace.knowledgefutures.org/pub/w88y7brs/release/2> -
Phoebe Ayers and Samuel J. Klein
- The Wikidata data model and your SPARQL queries
<http://www.bobdc.com/blog/the-wikidata-data-model-and-yo/> - Bob
DuCharme
- Wikidata or scraping Wikipedia
<http://simia.net/wiki/Wikidata_or_scraping_Wikipedia> - Denny
Vrandečić
- Videos
- Introduction to Wikidata SPARQL query service (in Arabic) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nexDa3Sx_U>
Tools of the week
- Python script to Add structured data to files on Wikimedia Commons
from an Excel sheet
<https://github.com/KBNLwikimedia/SDoC/tree/main/writeSDoCfromExcel>
(Github) - by OlafJanssen
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:OlafJanssen>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata:Query Builder has been deployed
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/V3X4DZPD72DFVWGFPEG24BRFCO6CT7HE/>:
Try it! <https://query.wikidata.org/querybuilder/>
- The "Wikidata Quickstatements" translator
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Zotero> which lets users
transfer metadata about citation sources *from* Zotero
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q226915> into Wikidata, no longer needs
to be manually installed. Existing manually-installed versions should
update automatically, like other translators.
- Wikidata Query Service scaling updates for Aug 2021
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Query_Service_scaling_update_Aug_2021>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: UEFA stadium category
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9803>, mix or remix of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9810>
- External identifiers: Palynodata taxa ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9799>, CDDA
designationTypeCode
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9800>, PsycNET
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9801>, Penguin Random
House author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9802>,
Palynodata
publications ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9804>, Mapping
the Lives ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9805>, WiiG
game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9806>, SNK ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9807>, arheologi.ro ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9808>, Enciclopedia
dell'Arte Antica ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9809>, Asian
Historical Architecture structure ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9811>, Likee username
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9812>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: hunting areas
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/hunting_areas>,
number of evacuated
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_evacuated>,
External wiki
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/External_wiki>,
Код Энциклопедия ислама (второе издание)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_(%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5)>,
SCTA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SCTA_ID>
- External identifiers: TeamNL player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TeamNL_player_ID>,
Finnish National Gallery ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Finnish_National_Gallery_ID>,
Online Begraafplaatsen memorial ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Online_Begraafplaatsen_memorial_ID>,
NDL earlier law ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NDL_earlier_law_ID>,
Cinemaitaliano IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cinemaitaliano_IDs>,
KNHB ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KNHB_ID>,
Deutsche-Sporthilfe-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deutsche-Sporthilfe-ID>,
Convict Records ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Convict_Records_ID>,
Australian Medical Pioneers Index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Medical_Pioneers_Index>,
YouTube Music
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YouTube_Music>,
Gujarati Vishwakosh entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gujarati_Vishwakosh_entry>,
WikiApiary farm
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WikiApiary_farm>,
copyright registration
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/copyright_registration>,
Mozilla extension ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mozilla_extension_ID>,
NRK TV-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NRK_TV-ID>,
Enciclopedia
dell'Arte Medievale ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_dell%27Arte_Medievale_ID>,
ECO code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ECO_code>
- Query examples:
- Predicates implicated in non-scholarly-article item bloat
<https://w.wiki/3uee> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Request_a_query&oldid=1482702473#Because_I_suck_at_aggregation>
)
- Church of Scotland Synods as Geoshapes <https://w.wiki/3vM6> (Source
<https://twitter.com/MappingScotsRef/status/1428314437967024128>)
- Map of the origin of Balinese palm-leaf manuscripts
<https://w.wiki/36sk>, current location <https://w.wiki/36sj> (Source
<https://twitter.com/joseagush/status/1428178906746560516>)
- Current principal local authorities in England <https://w.wiki/3wfm>
Development
- Deployed the new shiny Query Builder to
https://query.wikidata.org/querybuilder
- Edits to labels, descriptions and aliases on mobile are now also
tagged as edits made via the user interface. All edits made via the user
interface are now tagged as such. (phab:T286775
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T286775>)
- ArticlePlaceholder pages will now indicate that they are generated by
the ArticlePlaceholder thanks to a patch by Luca (phab:T124191
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124191>)
- Working on making it possible to restrict constraints to certain
entity types (phab:T269724 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269724>)
- Adding a new constraint type to ensure Items have a label in a certain
language (phab:T195178 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195178>)
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>
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