*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
- Upcoming video: LIVE Wikidata editing #30 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBumtc9Adsc, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3620310794683392/, 6 February - Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #48 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#48, 7 February
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Paper: A Review of the Semantic Web Field https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2021/2/250085-a-review-of-the-semantic-web-field/fulltext - Paper: Towards a Systematic Approach to Sync FactualData across Wikipedia, Wikidata and ExternalData Sources https://svn.aksw.org/papers/2020/qurator_gfs/public.pdf - Video: LIVE Wikidata editing #29 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGcXLP4BTU, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2877179819233843/ - Video: Set preferences and common.js (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw0MXWXvHig - Video: Entity Linking and Neural Semantic Parsing - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j4hkP_JwSc - Video: Persistent identifiers as the basis for multilingual and human-machine collaboration - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5VCr--Q1Ig
Tool of the week
- Labelcleaner https://github.com/generalist/wikidata-misc/blob/master/labelcleaner.sh is a script by Andrew Gray https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Andrew_Gray used to clean up Wikidata labels/aliases/descriptions for a given language on a set of items.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- OpenRefine has got a new user manual https://docs.openrefine.org/ and your feedback is welcome https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/01/26/announcing-our-new-user-manual.html ; - A new tool, Ranker https://iw.toolforge.org/ranker (documentation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister/Ranker, announcement tweet https://twitter.com/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1355554819478532102 and video https://twitter.com/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1355554982544744453), lets you edit the ranks of multiple statements at once. - The SPARQL endpoint for linguaLibre is now available https://lingualibre.org/bigdata/#query (Source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1356242871700123648) - New Wikidata property GitHub topic (P9100) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9100 announced at the GITHUB community https://github.community/t/wikidata-property-p9100-created-for-github-topics/158508 - Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a Wikidata Query Service(WDQS) Data Analyst Consultant. Apply today https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2612414?gh_src=8f11c2f91us! - Clean-up tasks to experiment with bots or other tools https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Bot_requests
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: BAMID film rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9086 - External identifiers: Akademická encyklopedie českých dějin ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9082, 45cat 7" release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9083, ABC News topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9084, Aracne author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9085, Econlib person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9087, KBR Catalogue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9088, Songlexikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9089, Swiss Games Showcase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9090, MNBAQ ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9091, Art in the Christian Tradition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9092, Australian Lichen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9093, Pantone color ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9094, Kunstmuseum Basel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9095, Malpedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9096, AAR ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9097, BiblioLMC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9098, Cultural heritage ID in Lower Saxony https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9099, GitHub topic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9100, Discord username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9101 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: represented in sport by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/represented_in_sport_by, photographer of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/photographer_of, reissue https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reissue, master's thesis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/master%27s_thesis, service status information URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/service_status_information_URL, unusualness https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/unusualness, Debian Package Tracker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Debian_Package_Tracker_ID, Seismic classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Seismic_classification - External identifiers: Dictionnaire des journalistes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_des_journalistes_ID, EMS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EMS_ID, FloGrappling ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FloGrappling_ID, SOUNZ contributor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SOUNZ_contributor_ID, Wolfram language WordData word ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wolfram_language_WordData_word_ID, Mathematica Italiana person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mathematica_Italiana_person_ID, Musica Brasilis score ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Musica_Brasilis_score_ID, Finna ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Finna_ID, LexML ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LexML_ID, Swedish Literature Bank placeID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swedish_Literature_Bank_placeID, BVFE author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BVFE_author_ID, Union Catalog of Armenian Continuing Resources authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Union_Catalog_of_Armenian_Continuing_Resources_authority_ID, playDB play ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/playDB_play_ID, playDB artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/playDB_artist_ID, DicoPolHiS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DicoPolHiS_ID, Pandektis ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pandektis_ID, NHS Organisation Data Service ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NHS_Organisation_Data_Service_ID, Bayerischer Denkmal-Atlas Objekt-ID (Baudenkmal) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bayerischer_Denkmal-Atlas_Objekt-ID_(Baudenkmal), Bayerischer Denkmal-Atlas Objekt-ID (Bodendenkmal) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bayerischer_Denkmal-Atlas_Objekt-ID_(Bodendenkmal), Whiskybase distillery ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Whiskybase_distillery_ID - Query examples: - Basque lexemes and their attestations in a 1745 Spanish-Basque dictionary, with links to dictionary entries in Wikisource https://w.wiki/wiD - Lexemes describing a color https://w.wiki/wss (Source https://twitter.com/alexabruck/status/1354848003228651520) - Danish-Hebrew Lexeme pairs https://w.wiki/w6s (Source https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1354422451158003712) - Lexemes in Swedish with usage example that demonstrates both a form and a sense and a reference https://w.wiki/xA6 (Source https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1356228927052767232) - Episodes of the TV series "The Mentalist" https://w.wiki/wMw - Nationality of authors publishing papers relevant to the Australian fauna https://w.wiki/6PX (Source https://twitter.com/rdmpage/status/1354462764933074949) - Number of musicians on Wikidata by country https://w.wiki/w4F ( Source https://twitter.com/mrlogix/status/1354295682895515658) - Map of ISO 3166-2 codes https://w.wiki/wPE (Source https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1354937354209914885) - Map films that have been filmed in Mexico https://w.wiki/tzp ( Source https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1354236888136224775) - Map of Githubtopics on Wikidata https://w.wiki/x99 (Source https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1356191659772571653) - Eye color distribution of the people on Wikidata https://w.wiki/vjv (Source https://twitter.com/wikimediaid/status/1354042976985518081) - Timeline with the start date of the Summer Olympics https://w.wiki/w2S (Source https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1355946779179683843) - Newest database reports: Czech given names https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Names/reports/given_names/Czech
Development
- Continuing development on the first version of the Query Builder. It's starting to be able to do the first really meaningful queries now. Latest addition was the ability to negate conditions. Up next is the ability to connect conditions with OR instead of only AND as well as querying for quantities and ranges. You can follow along on the test system https://query-builder-test.toolforge.org/. - Exploring possible solutions for how to compare Wikidata's data against other databases to find and highlight mismatches automatically. - Added lexicographical data codes for a few languages: rkt, ctg ( phab:T271589 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T271589), and az-cyrl ( phab:T265906 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265906) - Finished working on the issue of TypeError on a diff of a Wikidata talk page phab:T271402 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T271402 - Updated Wikidata unit conversion configuration (phab:T267644 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267644) - Fixed two last places where links in the the Query Service UI were not using Special:MyLanguage yet to redirect to the documentation page in the user's language (phab:T267656 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267656 ) - Pushing JSON dumps for Lexemes over the finish line (phab:T264883 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T264883) - Working on showing an error when trying to save lemmas with invalid language codes (phab:T265783 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265783) - Wikibase Release Strategy - Investigated the release of Wikibase suite components not maintained by Wikimedia (phab:T271193 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T271193) - Continued process of adding additional components to the Wikibase release, including OAuth (phab:T272580 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272580)
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