*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Ongoing:
- Wikimania Wikidata related events (On this page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2021> you can find
a summary of sessions and community gatherings related to Wikidata and
Wikibase.):
- Add a pinch of Wikidata to your web browser: Entity Explosion
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmh2vDppNII>
- Documenting Women Artists in the University of Salford Art
Collection Through Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ4-lc2q8_E>
- Automatically maintained citations with Wikidata and Cite Q
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psyyrmzkmnk>
- Making feedback loops work for Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq1ss6WFjeE>
- Wikidata: What happened? Where are we going?
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymMxPsNGI64>
- Upcoming:
- A biodiversity-themed hackathon <https://github.com/pensoft/BiCIKL>
is being organized at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3052500> for September 20-24. Three
of the ten proposed topics are Wikidata-related — biodiversity-related
Wikidata lexemes
<https://github.com/pensoft/BiCIKL/blob/main/Topic%205%20Registering%20biodiversity-related%20vocabulary%20as%20Wikidata%20lexemes%20and%20link%20their%20senses%20to%20Wikidata%20items/readme.md>,
taxonomic names
<https://github.com/pensoft/BiCIKL/blob/main/Topic%207%20Enriching%20Wikidata%20with%20information%20from%20OpenBiodiv%20about%20taxonomic%20name%20usages%20in%20context%20from%20different%20literature%20sources/readme.md>,
and women in biodiversity research
<https://github.com/pensoft/BiCIKL/blob/main/Topic%209%20Hidden%20women%20in%20science/readme.md>.
Remote participation is possible.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Papers
- Wikidata:PAWS <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:PAWS>
describes how to use PAWS to write SPARQL notebooks.
- Videos
- Guide to fetch Wikipedia data from Wikidata using Wikibase-SDK and
node.js (in Hindi) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoVwprPqqpE>
- How to create an item on Wikidata (in Portuguese) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WFQ_VC4CbM>
- Books
- SPARQL wikibook <https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/SPARQL>
Tool of the week
- Template:SPARQL Inline
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:SPARQL_Inline> is a Wikidata
template which allows to write SPARQL query in Wikidata with a label. It is
an alternative to Template:SPARQL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:SPARQL> and Template:Wdquery
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Wdquery>.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- User:So9q/KORP-link.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:So9q/KORP-link.js> is a userscript
to add a link to the Swedish corpus KORP in the Tools section on items.
- WMF Search team is working on scaling up Wikidata Query Service (WDQS)
to handle increasing graph size and queries
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/KIFPQPSTNEXVSZ5P7OOXTLELT2P22LCC/>.
Please provide feedback by filling out this Google Forms survey
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1H_OXQFDCiGlp0QRwP6-Z2CGCgm96MWBBmiqsMLu0a6bhLg/viewform?usp=sf_link>
!
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: performed at
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9788>, Smithsonian trinomial
format regex <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9790>, setlist
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9793>, number of
Classification of the Functions of Government
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9798>
- External identifiers: Rock Paper Shotgun game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9777>, Looted Cultural
Assets Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9778>, abART
term ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9779>, The Women's
Print History Project person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9780>, FANZA AV actress ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9781>, Tax Identification
Number (Belarus) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9782>, IFFR
filmmaker ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9783>, Index
Theologicus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9784>,
IrishTheatre.ie
company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9785>, Joods
Biografisch Woordenboek ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9786>, Smartify artwork ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9787>, Yale Center for
British Art artwork Lido ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9789>, ASE person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9791>, Alsharek Archive
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9792>, UCLA Space
Inventory LocID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9794>, ARPI
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9795>, IRIS SSSUP
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9796>, Royal
Ontario Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9797>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: dissertation program
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dissertation_program>,
CDDA designationType
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CDDA_designationType>,
container
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/container>,
remix
of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/remix_of>,
insurance number (building)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/insurance_number_(building)>,
numéro de parcelle
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/num%C3%A9ro_de_parcelle>
- External identifiers: SNK ID (2)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SNK_ID_(2)>,
CREPČ IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CREP%C4%8C_IDs>,
Spotify podcast episode ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spotify_podcast_episode_ID>,
Fontaines de France ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fontaines_de_France_ID>,
Center for Turkish Cinema Studies film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Center_for_Turkish_Cinema_Studies_film_ID>,
Center for Turkish Cinema Studies person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Center_for_Turkish_Cinema_Studies_person_ID>,
Palynodata taxa ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Palynodata_taxa_ID>,
arheologi.ro ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/arheologi.ro_ID>,
DDB-Person-Nummer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DDB-Person-Nummer>,
CDDA designationTypeCode
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CDDA_designationTypeCode>,
WiiG game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WiiG_game_ID>,
Svenska Ord ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Svenska_Ord_ID>,
Penguin Random House book ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Penguin_Random_House_book_ID>,
Penguin Random House author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Penguin_Random_House_author_ID>,
Brussels Inventory of movable heritage object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brussels_Inventory_of_movable_heritage_object_ID>,
Brussels Inventory of movable heritage institutions ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brussels_Inventory_of_movable_heritage_institutions_ID>,
izeltlabuak.hu ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/izeltlabuak.hu_ID>,
Mapping the Lives ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mapping_the_Lives_ID>,
MART catalog person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MART_catalog_person_ID>,
Asian Historical Architecture structure ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Asian_Historical_Architecture_structure_ID>,
Palynodata publications ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Palynodata_publications_ID>,
opaquenamespace ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/opaquenamespace_ID>,
HarperCollins product ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HarperCollins_product_ID>,
Derrieux Agency person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Derrieux_Agency_person_ID>,
Lambic.Info ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lambic.Info_ID>,
Jornal do Vôlei ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jornal_do_V%C3%B4lei_ID>,
GLN <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GLN>,
Unconsenting
Media ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Unconsenting_Media_ID>,
Svenska Akademins Ordbok-section ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Svenska_Akademins_Ordbok-section_ID>,
Civilisti Italiani member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Civilisti_Italiani_member_ID>,
ICCD ID - Santuari Cristiani
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICCD_ID_-_Santuari_Cristiani>,
Iași Central University Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ia%C8%99i_Central_University_Library_ID>,
Volleybox ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Volleybox_ID>,
Team-Deutschland-Paralympics-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Team-Deutschland-Paralympics-ID>,
ISL ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISL_ID>,
Anagrafe
degli studiosi ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anagrafe_degli_studiosi_ID>,
ASJC <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASJC>
- Query examples:
- List of properties which have instances or subclass of
organisations as possible value <https://w.wiki/3smz> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/SPARQL_queries>)
- List of classes which are used as value constraints for the
properties <https://w.wiki/3sn4> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/SPARQL_queries>)
- Concepts, processes, practices, etc. linked to the philosophical
concept of power <https://w.wiki/3tXA> (Source
<https://twitter.com/kvistgaard/status/1426866855571075073>)
- Twelve Times table using Wikidata items <https://w.wiki/3tm5> (
Source <https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1426826825452462082>)
- Newly protected World Heritage sites in 2021 <https://w.wiki/3te5> (
Source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1426654183378276365>)
- Total number of wins for each world snooker champion
<https://w.wiki/Zit> (Source
<https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1426503694909067267>)
- Who was the UK Prime Minister when each of the English Premier
League/First Division title winners last won the title
<https://w.wiki/3tDa> (Source
<https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1426180453405450244>)
- Map of the birthplace of sports team players by decade (lines link
birthplace to home venue location)
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23title%3A%20Map%20of%20the%20birthplace%20of%20sports%20team%20players%20by%20decade%20%28lines%20link%20birthplace%20to%20home%20venue%20location%29%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22hide%22%3A%5B%22%3Floc%22%2C%20%22%3Fstart_year%22%2C%20%22%3Fend_year%22%2C%20%22%3Fline%22%20%5D%7D%0ASELECT%20%3Fx%20%3FxLabel%20%3Floc%20%3Flayer%20%3Fimg%20%3Fline%20%3Fbirthplace%20%3FbirthplaceLabel%20%3FteamLabel%20WITH%20%7B%0ASELECT%20%3Fteam%20%3Finception%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20BIND%20%28%20wd%3AQ9617%20AS%20%3Fteam%20%29%20%0A%20%20%3Fteam%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Finception%20.%0A%7D%7D%20AS%20%25team%0AWITH%20%7B%20SELECT%20%3Fnum%20%3Fstart%20%3Fend%20%3Fgap%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25team%0A%20%20BIND%20%2810%20%2a%20FLOOR%28YEAR%28%3Finception%29%20%2F%2010%29%20AS%20%3Fstart%29%20%0A%20%20BIND%20%2810%20AS%20%3Fgap%20%29%0A%20%20BIND%20%2810%20%2a%20FLOOR%28YEAR%28NOW%28%29%29%20%2F%2010%29%20AS%20%3Fend%20%29%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20BIND%20%28%20%28%3Fend%20-%20%3Fstart%20%29%20%2F%20%3Fgap%20%2B%201%20AS%20%3Fx%20%29%0A%20%20%5B%5D%20p%3AP31%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP31%20wd%3AQ21199%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP155%20%3Fprev%5D.%0A%20%20%3Fprev%20wdt%3AP1181%20%3Fnum%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fnum%20%3E%200%20%26%26%20%3Fnum%20%3C%3D%20%3Fx%20%29%0A%20%20%7D%20%7D%20AS%20%25range%0AWITH%20%7B%20SELECT%20%3Fdecade%20WHERE%20%7B%20%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25range%0A%20%20BIND%20%28%3Fstart%20%2B%20%28%3Fnum%20-%201%29%20%2a%20%3Fgap%20AS%20%3Fdecade%29%20%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fdecade%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20AS%20%25decades%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0AWITH%20%7B%20SELECT%20%3Fx%20%3Fstart_year%20%3Fend_year%20%3Fteam%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25team%0A%20%20BIND%20%28%20NOW%28%29%20AS%20%3Ftoday%20%29%0A%20%20%3Fx%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%3Fx%20p%3AP54%20%3Fstmt.%0A%20%20%3Fstmt%20ps%3AP54%20%3Fteam.%0A%20%20%3Fstmt%20pq%3AP580%20%3Fstart.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fstmt%20pq%3AP582%20%3Fend%20%7D%20%0A%20%20BIND%20%28%20IF%20%28wikibase%3AisSomeValue%28%3Fend%29%2C%20%3Ftoday%2C%20%3Fend%20%29%20AS%20%3Fnew_end%29%20%0A%20%20BIND%28COALESCE%28%3Fnew_end%2C%20%3Ftoday%29%20as%20%3Fnew_end%29%0A%20%20BIND%20%28YEAR%28%3Fstart%29%20AS%20%3Fstart_year%29%20%0A%20%20BIND%20%28YEAR%28%3Fnew_end%29%20AS%20%3Fend_year%29%20%0A%7D%20%7D%20AS%20%25players%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25players%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25decades%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fx%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fbirthplace.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fbirthplace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Floc.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fx%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%28%3Fstart_year%20%3E%3D%20%3Fdecade%20%26%26%20%3Fstart_year%20%3C%20%3Fdecade%20%2B%2010%29%20%7C%7C%20%28%3Fend_year%20%3C%20%3Fdecade%20%2B%2010%20%26%26%20%3Fend_year%20%3E%3D%20%3Fdecade%20%29%20%7C%7C%20%28%3Fdecade%20%3E%20%3Fstart_year%20%26%26%20%3Fdecade%20%3C%20%3Fend_year%20%29%29%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fbirthplace%20p%3AP625%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP625%20%5B%5D%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20psv%3AP625%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Fpoblon%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%20%3Fpoblat%3B%20%0A%20%20%20%5D%5D%20.%0A%20%20%3Fteam%20wdt%3AP115%20%3Fhome%20.%0A%20%20%3Fhome%20p%3AP625%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20ps%3AP625%20%5B%5D%3B%0A%20%20%20%20psv%3AP625%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Fcentrelon%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%20%3Fcentrelat%5D%5D%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%27LINESTRING%20%28%27%2C%20STR%28%3Fpoblon%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20STR%28%3Fpoblat%29%2C%20%27%2C%27%2C%20STR%28%3Fcentrelon%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20STR%28%3Fcentrelat%29%2C%20%27%29%27%29%20AS%20%3Fstr%29%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28STRDT%28%3Fstr%2C%20geo%3AwktLiteral%29%20AS%20%3Fline%29%20%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28STR%28%3Fdecade%29%2C%22s%22%29%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20ASC%28%3Flayer%29>
(Source <https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1427203256313319424>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Neighborhood Public Art in Boston
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Neighborhood_Public_Art_in_Boston>
Development
- Cut save-time for edits in half (phab:T288639
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T288639>)
- Mismatch Finder
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder>: We are making
good progress on the tool. We made it possible to retrieve mismatches that
are in the store part of the tool via an API.
- Regular expressions in constraints are now no longer checked via the
Query Service. The checks have been completely moved over to a dedicated
service for regular expression checking. (phab:T204031
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204031>)
- Edits made via the user interface (as opposed to with tools, bots,
etc.) are now tagged as such to make them easier to filter (example
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&tagfilter=wikidata-ui>
- edits made to labels, descriptions and aliases on mobile are still
missing but will follow soon)
- Working on allowing to restrict constraints to certain entity types (
phab:T269724 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269724>)
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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