*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>
--
Mohammed Sadat
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