*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>
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