*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - BiodiversityBot 3 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/BiodiversityBot_3 Task/s: TreatmentBank (Q54857867) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54857867 is a CC0 resource that contains data on taxonomic treatments, treatment citations, figures, tables, material citations and bibliographic reference. It contains valuables links mapping scholarly articles, taxa and taxonomic treatments. This bot task involves linking research papers on taxa to taxa and related taxonomic treatments. - Closed request for permissions/Bot: - Bean49Bot 4 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Bean49Bot_4 Task/s: Add Springer Nature person ID and Springer Nature article ID by moving from exact match property. - Cmtqwikibot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Cmtqwikibot Task/s: Adds country of origin (P495) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P495 Canada (Q16) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16, with qualifier located in the administrative territorial entity (P131) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P131 Quebec (Q176) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176 and reference stated in (P248) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P248 CineTV (Q41001657) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41001657 to works in Quebec. - SakuraBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/SakuraBot Task/s: interwiki maintenance - JhsBot 7 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/JhsBot_7 Task/s: Change stress markings on Norwegian Bokmål lexeme IPA transcription (P898) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P898 statements.
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call February 7, 2023: We thought we'd try something different next week, in honor of Valentine's Day month: What's Your Wikidata Passion? What is your central Wikidata interest right now? It can be a work or personal project or just what you like to edit when you have time. We'd love to have an open mic session, completely informal. Please add yourselves to the list on our agenda here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jqdRqc5X6VZ8ps2G-coG4Kk5z-L7r_L-Gvbum-0Xn3I/edit#heading=h.33fpnqoxjzdh if you would like to talk for 5 minutes or so and share your screen, with no need for formal slides. Or just show up and talk on the spur of the moment. This will be a community session where we welcome all to participate! Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jqdRqc5X6VZ8ps2G-coG4Kk5z-L7r_L-Gvbum-0Xn3I/edit# - Wiki for Refugees Editathons on the 4th and 11th of February 2023 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Uganda/Wiki_For_Refugees_2022 (Wikimedia Uganda) - Black History Month 2023: University of Toronto https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-histories-wikipedia-wikidata-edit-a-thon-2023-tickets-483401576127 (February 8th) - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #79, Archaeology https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=79 *(see previous challenges: Random concepts #2 https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=78, Spices https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=77)* - Past - Wikibase Live Sessions https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2023.01.26 (2023.01.26)
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs - Diff blog: Summary of the results of a recent survey on Wikimedia content partnerships tools https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/02/01/tools-for-wikimedia-content-partnerships-current-trends-and-preferences/ by WMSE. The detailed report is available on meta.wikimedia.org https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Content_Partnerships_Hub/Software/Tool_prioritization_survey_end_2022 and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_report_-_Wikimedia_content_partnerships_tools_used_end_2022.pdf . - A Game of Data https://whistlingzephyr.github.io/posts/a-game-of-data/ - 'wikishootme' Is Like a Real World Version of Pokémon Go https://lifehacker.com/this-app-turns-the-world-into-a-wikipedia-scavenger-hun-1850035668 - Turn the AC on http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=683, by Magnus Manske - Papers - Unsupervised Entity Linking with Guided Summarization and Multiple-Choice Selection https://callison-burch.github.io/publications/unsupervised-entity-linking-with-guided-summarization.pdf (Uses GPT-3 and Wikidata) - Visibility Matters: Giving Credit Where It's Due in Natural History Collections https://ca1-tls.edcdn.com/TheLinnean_vol38_3_Dec2022_Online.pdf, Siobhan Leachman https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ambrosia10, *The Linnean*, December 2022 - Falcon 2.0: An Entity and Relation Linking Tool over Wikidata https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3340531.3412777 - The URW-KG: a Resource for Tackling the Underrepresentation of non-Western Writers https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.13104.pdf - From unstructured texts to semantic story maps https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17538947.2023.2168774
- Videos - Wikimentor Africa - Creating a website based on Wikidata, without development skills day two (in French) - Part1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ExEEd9llMg, Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtvRuzmnFwY&list=PLmt4Zlq0pvLNmzwHJvKeIjxhM48FKfnOg&index=2 - Tools for linking Wikidata and OpenStreetMap, FOSDEM 2023 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu5ZrSccJcU - Etymology and Wikidata on OpenStreetMap -YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJSa-oMUt7Y - LIVE Wikidata editing: #103 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kTSS2MDUo4, #104 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwgMi_VmnJ4 - Working with ISBNs (in Italian) - 3 part YouTube playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY44LcfRVCXVsOnTt3_IdkbR8UQhvoKEJ - Round table "Women, Science and Wikidata" (in Catalan) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbYbjOp7Azs - Managing Wikimedia Projects through Wikidata: Geert Van Pamel- Wikimedia Belgium - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PULjIfLpb6U - SEMIC Talks: Wikibase with Dennis Diefenbach - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEZ9mFWukpI - observablehq - Garden Phylogeny - NCBI breakdown of common garden foods with photographs by Phytotheca https://observablehq.com/@thadk/garden - other - One way to design a system to be a good external identifier in Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Salgo60/ExternalIdentifiers by Salgo60 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Salgo60
Tool of the week
- Let's Quiz https://letsquiz.com/ is a game that generates random quizzes to test your knowledge & learn something new every day. - User:Nikki/AddTermboxLanguage.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/AddTermboxLanguage.js - makes it easier to add/edit labels to an item in a language other than the ones shown by default.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Building cool apps and services on top of Wikidata's data but running into ontology issues? We'd love to hear from you in this survey https://wikimedia.sslsurvey.de/ontology-issues/ to make things better for you. - Wikimedia developer satisfaction survey 2023 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/NJHYSDNM33IV5UKLZFGLQXRR6QWQ3VL3/, open until Fri, 17 Feb 2023. - Maintenance on ElasticSearch https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibase-cloud@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/X5XHEO5H3YV5FC5OJ4UYCT7NDCNCWY54/. As part of this, some Wikibase.Cloud functionality might be disrupted. - Reminder that the deadline for the Semantic Web Journal Special Issue on Wikidata is approaching (but extended)! Get your journal papers ready for the 14.02.23 https://twitter.com/WikidataW/status/1617586453235605504 - Wikidata surpassed 1 million Lexemes with the addition of etymologi (L1000000) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1000000
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: Happy Planet Index score https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11547 (The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is an index of human well-being and environmental impact that was introduced by the New Economics Foundation in 2006), credits URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11556 (URL of an official webpage with a list of credits and roles attributed to various people, organizations or applications that contribute(d) to this item's existence), digital equivalent of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11558 (the subject is the digital equivalent of what?) - External identifiers: Los Angeles County Coroner's Office Case Search person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11546, Roblox experience ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11548, WW1 fallen/missing soldier ID (MHA) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11549, RISM siglum https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11550, N-Anime anime ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11551, N-Anime seiyū ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11552, Livres Hebdo author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11553, International Encoded Han Character and Variants Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11554, Artlog institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11555, Barcelona City Council Heritage Catalog identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11557, TikTok place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11559, Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11562, Real Academia de Doctores de España ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11563, AllMovie genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11564, authors.gr ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11565, Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11567 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: precedes/follows various things https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/precedes/follows_various_things (this lexeme form appears only when preceding another lexeme form with this phonological feature), footnote https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/footnote (for use in the references section of statements: to state which footnote of the source material supports the claim in question), agent of action https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/agent_of_action (thing that does the action), natural enemy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/natural_enemy (One of the causes of death of this living creatures referred to in this item, which is eaten by that creature), change of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/change_of (property this process changes), object of action https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/object_of_action (thing an action is done to), variety of sense https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/variety_of_sense (dialect, variety or register of language that the sense applies to), bust/waist/hip measurements https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bust/waist/hip_measurements (chest measurement; aliases: bust measurement), usage label https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/usage_label (list of sets of context label property (Q116547761) (language style (P6191), field of usage (P9488), has quality (P1552), variety of form (P7481), location of sense usage (P6084)). Other individual context label property (Q116547761) statement will be treated as and with this statement.), thesaurus' properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/thesaurus%27_properties (primary topic of the subject Wikimedia thesaurus) - External identifiers: Malaysia Federal Legislation act ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Malaysia_Federal_Legislation_act_ID, The Hart Island Project person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Hart_Island_Project_person_ID, explain xkcd ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/explain_xkcd_ID, Iowa legislator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Iowa_legislator_ID, Jewish English Lexicon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jewish_English_Lexicon_ID, Islam Dusunce Atlasi ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Islam_Dusunce_Atlasi_ID, ForPost persons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ForPost_persons_ID, Crimean virtual necropolis persons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Crimean_virtual_necropolis_persons_ID, Museu Paulista iconography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museu_Paulista_iconography_ID, Vintage Fashion Guild Labels https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vintage_Fashion_Guild_Labels, Museu Paulista objects ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museu_Paulista_objects_ID, Facebook numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Facebook_numeric_ID, Qobuz album ID (Feb 2023) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qobuz_album_ID_(Feb_2023), Patreon user numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Patreon_user_numeric_ID, Kulturenvanteri.com https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kulturenvanteri.com, beniculturali.it place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/beniculturali.it_place_ID, Russian Second League player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Second_League_player_ID, TVer IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TVer_IDs, NPD field-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NPD_field-ID - Query examples: - Map of disasters by type https://w.wiki/5Vu8 (source https://twitter.com/jeroen_claus/status/1621140382024339456) - Maps of museums in Malaysia https://w.wiki/6HU8 (source https://twitter.com/FarisHzmn/status/1620762612769382400) - Map with place names that gave names to places in Riga https://w.wiki/6Fpk (source https://twitter.com/Papuass/status/1617807494155493377) - Area of sovereign states without a river https://w.wiki/6FsT ( source https://twitter.com/infovarius/status/1617886429753004040) - Wikidata properties whose URL format matches some format https://w.wiki/6Fpq (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1617810200534343682) - People born in the Vatican https://w.wiki/6Dfy ( https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1613861217440866306 source) - Shortest rail link between Narvik and Singapore https://w.wiki/6Czg (source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1612575210632351746) - Memes https://w.wiki/6CvB (source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1612483123752697856) - Top album languages found on Wikidata right now https://w.wiki/5Pbw (Week 4, 2023) (source https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/109767065390494916)
Development
- REST API: adding a new GET /entities/items/{item_id}/descriptions endpoint (phab:T327881 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327881) - Lua: added two Lua functions, getDescriptionByLang (phab:T230839 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230839) and getBadges (phab:T305378 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T305378) that make it easier to get this data on Wikipedia and co - Lexicographical data: added documentation for the WikibaseLexeme JSON structure https://doc.wikimedia.org/WikibaseLexeme/master/php/md_docs_topics_json.html (phab:T201489 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T201489) - Action API: fixed a bug that prevented the wblistentityusage API module from being used as a generator (phab:T254334 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254334) - Dates: working together with Matěj Suchánek to fix date parsing issues in Czech (phab:T221097 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221097) - Constraints: working on showing constraint clarification messages to make it easier to understand why a constraint violation is happening and how to fix it (phab:T219037 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219037)
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