*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New request for comments: Use of dates in the descriptions of items regarding humans https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Use_of_dates_in_the_descriptions_of_items_regarding_humans
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - 6 and 8 June: Scholia hackathon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Scholia/June_2022_hackathon with focus on software-related visualizations and curation workflows - 29 July 2022: The submission deadline for the Wikidata Workshop 2022 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1emcO2v29TmwCFQ_6h9MAwPiKDmq--GZR-ilfwJMEMKo/edit?usp=sharing that will be co-located with the 21st International Conference on Semantic Web (ISWC 2022). - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #43, Towel Day https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=43
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Videos - Interrogating linked open data and Wikidata with SPARQL Lorenzo Losa - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESUoOpeUhRc
Tool of the week
- LOD4Culture https://lod4culture.gsic.uva.es is a web application for exploring world-wide cultural heritage.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- UNLOCK https://www.wikimedia.de/unlock/application/, a Wikimedia Deutschland program, is looking for your project ideas. These could be the development of tools building on top of Wikidata's data, of applications for social and public good or related to civic tech. Apply until May 29th, 2022! - Job opening: Community Communications Manager - Wikibase https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/18061438?l=en at Wikimedia Deutschland.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: Similarweb ranking https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10768 - External identifiers: Chocolatey Community package ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10766, Twitter moment ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10767, Kino-kolo film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10769, netkeiba horse ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10770, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books term ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10771 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: has vector https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_vector, ECLI court code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ECLI_court_code, Mirror image https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mirror_image, Norges Nasjonalmuseum Creator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Norges_Nasjonalmuseum_Creator_ID - External identifiers: Radio France person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Radio_France_person_ID, ORKG ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ORKG_ID, Authority control/Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Authority_control/Annales_Historico-Naturales_Musei_Nationalis_Hungarici_id, Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Medieval_Philosophy_ID, Kino.mail.ru film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kino.mail.ru_film_ID, Kino.mail.ru series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kino.mail.ru_series_ID, Kino.mail.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kino.mail.ru_person_ID, TVG Programme Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TVG_Programme_Identifier, CPRF person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CPRF_person_ID, New Mexico Digital Collections identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/New_Mexico_Digital_Collections_identifier, Ukrainian Live Classic composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ukrainian_Live_Classic_composer_ID, Odnoklassniki artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Odnoklassniki_artist_ID, Lithuania Minor encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lithuania_Minor_encyclopedia_ID - Query examples: - Relationships of Roman deities https://w.wiki/5BLV (source https://twitter.com/kvistgaard/status/1527046255326683136) - Ingrediants of dishes on Wikidata https://w.wiki/5Asb (source https://twitter.com/larswillighagen/status/1526290242092814340) - Food names after a place in the UK https://w.wiki/5BmR (source https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1527781394650476544) - French heads of government classified by tenure https://w.wiki/5AsG (source https://twitter.com/daieuxdailleurs/status/1526283304479215621) - Places in Antarctica over 3000km away from the South Pole https://w.wiki/5BhM - Topics that members of the Swedish Parliament motioned about 2020/21 https://w.wiki/5C6b (source https://twitter.com/Jan_Ainali/status/1528426250737528835) - Albums with more than one language statement where none has preferred rank https://w.wiki/5BvV (source https://twitter.com/exmusica/status/1528121917802151936)
Development
- Wikibase REST API: Initial implementation of a route providing all statements of an item (phab:T305988 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T305988), an a route to retrieve a single statement (phab:T307087 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T307087) completed. - First batch of WBstack.com accounts successfully migrated to Wikibase.cloud. You can keep track of our progress on this phabricator ticket phab:T303852 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T303852. - Lexicographical data: We updated the input placeholders on the new version of the NewLexeme special page (T302877 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T302877, T307443 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T307443). We finished the feature to prefill the inputs from URL parameters if present (T298154 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298154) and to suggest common lexical category items (T298150 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298150). We are working on some accessibility improvements (T303806 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T303806, T290733 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T290733, T305359 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T305359) and improving validation / error messages (T305854 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T305854).
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
and Colin Cantwell is now properly connected to the Death Star... may he rest in peace. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19907
I've read that the infamous Death Star trench was actually a result of a modeling error? "Yes, a flaw in the materials used to create the model resulted in the trench and the fight scenes. After I’d designed the original concept art, I was hired by George Lucas to build the models. For the Death Star, I ordered a styrene globe. It arrived in two halves, and I began scribing the individual hemispheres to create a villainous effect for the movie. After I’d done most of the work, I tried to connect the two halves together — and discovered that the equator of the plastic had shrunk around the edges. It would've been nearly impossible to connect the halves so that stage lighting would not show this flaw. So I thought about a solution and contacted George for approval: have a trench in the Death Star where the opposing sides would be shooting at each other in dramatic fight scenes. The result would be sending a missile into a tiny hole in the Death Star. George said "yes” to the changes, and the iconic Death Star fight scene was born."