Weekly Summary #411 - Wikidata

14 Apr 2020

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions

   - CheckUser nominations: Sotiale

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/CheckUser/Sotiale>,
   Jasper Deng

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/CheckUser/Jasper_Deng>,
   Romaine

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/CheckUser/Romaine>

Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>

   - Ongoing: Wikidata Lab XXII on the Wikidata Wikiproject COVID-19, April
   14, 1pm UTC, remote, in English. Event page

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XXII>
   - Upcoming: live SPARQL queries in French by Vigneron
   <https://www.twitch.tv/belett>, Tuesday April 14 at 20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
   - Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #9

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#8>,
   April 19
   - Past: Wikidata and Wikibase office hour, April 7, on Telegram. Notes
   of the discussion
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2020-04-07>
   - Past: Wikidata topic at the virtual biohackathon
   <https://github.com/virtual-biohackathons/covid-19-bh20/wiki/Wikidata>.
Mid-term
   updates <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E44oFcThPTY&t=31%3A39m> final
   presentations

<http://ipfs.genenetwork.org/ipfs/QmZkuJZyf8vgE2Db2jqhPmhUdgvGtpFBkcSwaX2hj4RqaK/webinar-covid_19_bh20-wrapup-20200411.mp4>
   (Wikidata report starts at 1:17:40)

Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>

   - *A protocol for adding knowledge to Wikidata, a case report
   <https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.05.026336v1>* (new
   preprint about virus info (strains, genes, proteins), ShEx, and SPARQL)
   - *Multilingual enrichment of disease biomedical ontologies
   <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.03181.pdf>* ("We look at the coverage of two
   biomedical ontologies focusing on diseases with respect to Wikidata for 9
   European languages")
   - *Wikidata and the bibliography of life in the time of coronavirus
   <https://iphylo.blogspot.com/2020/04/wikidata-and-bibliography-of-life-in.html>*
   - Video: Editing Wikidata and creating a property proposal: YouTube
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAb_AvPRqj4>, Facebook
   <https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/2813297058718107/>,
   Periscope <https://www.pscp.tv/w/1MYxNkpQkowKw>

Tool of the week

   - COVID19 Dashboard <https://sites.google.com/view/covid19-dashboard/>
   is a Wikidata-powered one-stop information/visualization service for
   COVID19-related topics such as COVID19's outbreak map, deaths, symptoms,
   taxonomy, and publications.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - A database breakage

<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20200407-Wikidata's_wb_items_per_site_table_dropped>,
   also affecting connected sister projects such as Wikipedia, on April 6,
   11pm UTC. A fix has been deployed and no data has been lost. However,
   issues related to sitelinks and bots creating duplicates can still occur.
   - You're welcome to give feedback on ideas of improvements for the Query
   Service interface

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Improve_the_workflows_for_queries_and_lists>
   - The development team is working on automated finding of references,
   feel free to give feedback on the first batch
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Automated_finding_references_input>
   - ZFOURGE UDS 19909 (Q90000000) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90000000>
   - our ninety-millionth item, about a galaxy - was created on 10 April.
   - For the first time, a Wikipedia list article

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Lista_de_mortos_e_desaparecidos_pol%C3%ADticos_na_ditadura_militar_brasileira>
   populated entirely from Wikidata, and built using Listeria
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:ListeriaBot>, has been granted
"featured"
   status <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17506997>, on the Portuguese
   Wikipedia (video on YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgUej8GHqU4>
   ).
   - ListeriaBot blocked

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Special:PermaLink/950890941#ListeriaBot_blocked_an_urgent_resolution_is_needed.>
pending
   review

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#Re-examination_of_ListeriaBot>
   on English Wikipedia.
   - A Telegram group has been created for discussions about Wikidata in
   German <https://t.me/wikidata_de>
   - Comment <https://www.unicode.org/reporting.html> on QID Emoji proposal
   <https://www.unicode.org/review/pri408/> until April 20th

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: donations
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8093>, network bands
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8097>, bus
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8107>, recommended unit of
      measurement <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8111>, CSS color
      keyword <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8112>
      - External identifiers: BDSP ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8071>, CAB ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8072>, Cult of Saints in
      Late Antiquity ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8073>, Geschichtsquellen
      des deutschen Mittelalters work ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8074>, ScreenScraper group ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8075>, The Cover Project
      game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8076>, FHF
      establishment ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8077>, FHF
      hospital group ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8078>, elibrary.ru
      person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8079>, Ökumenisches
      Heiligenlexikon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8080>, WBIS
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8081>, Spanish National
      Catalog of Hospitals ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8082>,
      Visit Tuscany ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8083>, URL
      on Nintendo eShop <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8084>, Curran
      Index contributor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8085>, ODMP
      person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8086>, GameTDB
      game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8087>, Elephind.com
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8088>, EZB ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8089>, GameReactor game ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8090>, Archival Resource Key
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8091>, EcuRed article
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8092>, Geneastar person ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8094>, Encyklopedia
      Solidarności ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8095>, Pinakes
      copyist or possessor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8096>,
      Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8098>, I-Revues ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8099>, JournalTOCs ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8100>, MUSE article ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8101>, NASA active astronaut
      ID - DO NOT USE <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8102>, Paperity
      article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8103>, Paperity
      journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8104>, SAN
      archive producer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8105>, SOCAN
      work number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8106>, Papers
      Past ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8108>, Pascal et
      Francis ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8109>, Retronews
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8110>, COTREX trail ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8113>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: ACUM work ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACUM_work_ID>,
      appendix
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/appendix>,
Wikisource
      index page

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikisource_index_page>,
      Unicode character
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Unicode_character>,
      Arlington Cemetery person ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arlington_Cemetery_person_ID>,
      Eigentümerhistorie

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eigent%C3%BCmerhistorie>,
      quantification instruction

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/quantification_instruction>,
      language level
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/language_level>,
      Included in curricula

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Included_in_curricula>,
      Order number
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Order_number>,
      ShEx available at URL

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ShEx_available_at_URL>,
      dialect of (computer language)

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dialect_of_(computer_language)>,
      file page offset
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/file_page_offset>,
      station service succession

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/station_service_succession>
      - External identifiers: Seoul Information Disclosure Plaza management
      number

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Seoul_Information_Disclosure_Plaza_management_number>,
      Wikiparques ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikiparques_ID>,
      NKAA ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NKAA_ID>,
Described
      and Captioned Media Program producer ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Described_and_Captioned_Media_Program_producer_ID>,
      Provenio ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Provenio_ID>,
      Encyclopedia of Brno Person ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Brno_Person_ID>,
      RPPS ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RPPS_ID>, South
      African Company Registration Number

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/South_African_Company_Registration_Number>,
      Sicilian Regional Assembly ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sicilian_Regional_Assembly_ID>,
      Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Inventory_of_Archaic_and_Classical_Poleis_ID>,
      SNCF station identifier

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SNCF_station_identifier>,
      Benerail station identifier

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Benerail_station_identifier>,
      Indian Railways train number

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indian_Railways_train_number>,
      Soccerdonna coach ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerdonna_coach_ID>,
      DLL Catalog IDs
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DLL_Catalog_IDs>,
      MDN <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MDN>,
Psocodea
      Species File ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Psocodea_Species_File_ID>,
      Slovak Registration ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slovak_Registration_ID>,
      Swedish Glaciers
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swedish_Glaciers>,
      Club Identifier Netherlands Handball Association

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Club_Identifier_Netherlands_Handball_Association>,
      Encyclopaedia Metallum label ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopaedia_Metallum_label_ID>,
      UK Modern House Index building ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UK_Modern_House_Index_building_ID>,
      UK Modern House Index architect ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UK_Modern_House_Index_architect_ID>,
      CPAN person
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CPAN_person>,
      FactGrid item ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FactGrid_item_ID>,
      FactGrid property ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FactGrid_property_ID>,
      Texas Historic Sites Atlas ID

<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Texas_Historic_Sites_Atlas_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - Names of countries without letter "a" <https://w.wiki/Mnx>
(source
      <https://twitter.com/PierreBoudes/status/1248923143965638657>)
      - Infectious diseases and their number of cases <https://w.wiki/Mo2> (
      source <https://twitter.com/mrlogix/status/1248501929371521024>)
      - Map of mountain huts in Bulgaria <https://w.wiki/Mo4> (source
      <https://twitter.com/valexiev1/status/1247790814811455488>)
   - Schema examples: pandemic (E184)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E184>, preprint (E185)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E185>, Macromolecular
   complex (E186) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E186>, hospital
   (E187) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E187>, 2020
   coronavirus pandemic local outbreaks (E188)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E188>, clinical trial (E189)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E189>, Lockdown (E190)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E190>, lockdown part of the
   2019-2020 coronavirus disease pandemic (E191)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E191>, virus taxon (E192)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E192>, Preprint server (E193)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E193>, Complex Portal entity
   (E194) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E194>, contact
   tracing app (E195) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E195>

Development

   - Move wb_terms data in cloud replicas to wb_terms_no_longer_updated (
   phab:T248592 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248592>)
   - Rebuild wb_items_per_site, after incident where wb_items_per_site was
   dropped (phab:T249596 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249596>)
   - Purge / Reject client pages that were cached in parser cache during
   the incident (phab:T249595 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249595>)
   - More work on Automated finding references
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Automated_finding_references_input>
   - More work on federated properties: create and save a statement with
   federated properties
   - Bridge: improve the generic error screen (phab:T241126
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241126>) and on save (phab:T248087
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248087>)

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>

-- 
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.

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