Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week! Welcome to the 500th Weekly Summary!
- Item #500 is Citrus ×limon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q500; Property #500 is exclave of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P500; and Lexeme #500 is "കുടുംബം https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L500" - Malayalam for “family”. - “Roughly” 500 people were participants at WikidataCon 2021 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021 - Q207742 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207742 is about the natural number 500 - Q560388 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560388 disambiguates "500" for Wikipedias in 14 languages. - The Roman numeral for 500 is "D https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9884" - Timeline of places when they had a population of exactly 500 https://w.wiki/4aS5 - Wikidata was 500 days old on Friday 14 March 2014 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17922993. It will be 500 weeks old on Tuesday 31 May 2022 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69306446
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Ameisenigel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Ameisenigel (RfP scheduled to end after 27 December 2021 15:57 UTC)
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - The next Wikibase live session https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2021.12.30 is 16:00 GMT on Thursday 30th December 2021 (17:00 Berlin time). This month we will have a guest presentation by the team at The Semantic Lab at Pratt Institute https://semlab.io/. They will present how they are using Linked Open Data (LOD) in their projects with the help of Wikibase. All are welcome! - Next Wikidata Bug Triage Hour: January 13th at 17:00 UTC https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Wikidata_bug_triage_hour. Open discussion, bring your favorite Phabricator task. - Coolest Tools Awards https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award on Friday 14 January 2022, 17:00 UTC - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #22, New Year https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=22 - Past: - Wikidata. Lecture - master class in Russian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY-1jcBxbbM is 16:07 GMT on Sunday 26th December 2021 (19:07 Moscow time) in Minsk Hackerspace. For those who are not familiar and want to know what it is. - WikidataCon 2021 (replay on YouTube) - Wikidata sessions: - Improving Women's Biographies through Wikidata - Experiences from Women in Red and the Smiths. Inst. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT_-pZ4Fgmw - A Wikidata university course? Lessons learned from featuring Wikidata in an elective course at TAU. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T9PG7tjFaA - Linking Indian Local Self Government's Structured Data with Wikidata and OpenStreetMap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZQUn9KjJOc - Finding new pathways of collaborating for a sustainable Wikidata software development https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_VxTlBNkyk - How can we reimagine Wikidata from the margins? Conversation with Maryana Iskander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RkKc19ozso - Wikidata at Texas A&M University Libraries: Enhancing Discovery for Dissertations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgDkNgAibds - Wiki API Connector - Simplifying ETL workflows from open APIs to Wikidata/Commons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z6dUiAG_6c - IG WIKIDATA HUB - The Journey towards building a WIKIDATA community in Nigeria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVxV4Y7XSW0 - Integration of Wikidata 4OpenGLAM into data and information science curricula https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wp8m_kxlks - Description from Wikidata on sister projects and concerns about vandalism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjantQX_nvc - Knowledge Quality In Wikidata: Vandalism Insights and Data Collaborations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AIbjmaInNI - Shared Citations - A proposed citation management database for Wikimedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKIkHxuaR_g - Analyzing, visualizing and improving Wikidata using the Wolfram Language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpyYvcEXu3o - Challenges and Lessons from a Pilot Project: Christian Hymns in Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZa-57F1h3w - Wikidata for authority control: sharing museum knowledge with the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvgfOtU1CB4 - Wikidata supporting open student research projects in plant chemistry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9JnKcdDz68 - A world in which 99% of Wikidata’s editors never come to Wikidata.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7nS78lHQM4 - Linking the Art in the Christian Tradition (ACT) database to Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g_3GeQC0YY - Global templates: Towards a New Age of Cross-wiki Data Collaboration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRQhuz-OD5w - From QRPedia to AudioQRPedia : how to improve QRPedia using Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20vs7Uj6F_0 - Sister projects: Wiki Loves Monuments presentations and discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-tQzj3nouw - From Google Scholar to Wikidata: The RIDC NeuroMat Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xLBCMCui9U - Assessing the quality of sources in Wikidata across languages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF9efakAhmw - IFLA Wikidata Working Group: Updates from the library field https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p78ZoWZeQ_o - A process to roundtrip Wikidata into Alma using Alma Refine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOUoAB6XKts - Arrange river data in Taiwan by Wikidata and OpenStreetMap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6IDREkqUrA - Look both ways: integrating Wikidata and OpenStreetMap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n312s09k4cQ - Wikidata in the Classroom: Updates from North America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyEjo9nPW9o - Learning Wikidata in 8 Weeks as a Smithsonian Intern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMJx0Nzzx6M - Wikidata-based Narratives for Research and Education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3flyyeWzV8 - Measuring Political Elite Networks with Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5XQmjSUnBs - Sorting out industry classifications in Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDRrIO0G84g - Systematic Review Automation driven by Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOfMeLYDtWY - The Lindy Effect in Wikidata User Retention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSS5kviMkTM - Non-binary Gender Identities in Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIsmFUuGvCw - Measuring and monitoring data quality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15sSKQPHymY - Wikidata & Education: A Global Panel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfSqxWn0suI - Integrating Wikidata into education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEg5R7o-Rww - Integrating Wikidata into education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEg5R7o-Rww - Wikidata in Australia showcase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfgdzN7nd-8 - Wikidata and R: a perfect pair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-uYETVjCLE - Writing schemas for Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5cI5p2hSog - Overview of ontology issues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AYzuBOkXeI - Wikidata and OCCRP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3vRSnM3v-w - Wikibase talks: - Open meeting of the Wikibase Stakeholder Group and interactive roadmapping session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCFLlx4dQvY - How can Wikimedia Deutschland enable an ecosystem of developers around Wikibase? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c05_SZiZm9g - Wikibase as an infrastructure for Knowledge Graphs: The EU Knowledge Graph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBWo-ka9JU - "A Wikibase for what?" - diverse users at the edge of the graph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPsTEbxZZpQ - Wikibase lightning talks: data upload and extensions session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knY30zUmkGI - How to open Authority Control system - The GND & Wikibase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD3Ghiaw8hc - Wikibase Community User Group meeting and track roundup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Z4hbgpIH8 - Pre-launch Announcement and Preview of Wikibase.Cloud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ8rE-7F-zs - Wikibase as RDM infrastructure within NFDI4Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JieuRJz14Sk - Wikibase lightning talks: inspiration session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k37WvpjqIAw - Wikibase for Citations on Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVAnQVabhYs
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Why you need to understand Wikidata, no matter what field you’re in https://wikiedu.org/blog/2021/12/21/why-you-need-to-understand-wikidata-no-matter-what-field-youre-in/ - Papers - Improving the Question Answering Quality using Answer Candidate Filtering based on Natural-Language Features https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.05452.pdf - Algorithmic amplification of politics on Twitter https://www.pnas.org/content/119/1/e2025334119 - Videos - SPARQL queries on Wikidata - advanced level (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWyMMrAFz6k - How to link items to Dagbani Wikipedia articles using databox by Dnshitobu https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Dnshitobu - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXT8Pt9MLa8 - Alias names in Wikidata - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGb30Tu1hAQ
Tool of the week
- Articles created by country of citizenship https://observablehq.com/@pac02/articles-created-by-country-of-citizenship?collection=@pac02/pages-created : a javascript notebook which looks at the distribution of articles created by a user by country of citizenship (P27). It uses Wikidata's API through wikibase-sdk library.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- WDQS State of the Union, Dec 2021 http://Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS-State-of-the-union-2021-Dec now available. - If you are using the Modern Vector skin on Wikidata then search might break for you near the end of January for a few days. To fix it you can temporarily switch back to the Vector skin. A proper fix is being worked on in phab:T275251 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T275251. - Wikimedia Deutschland is running a survey to evaluate Wikibase Installation and Updating experience for users. Please answer a few questions so we can continue to identify areas of improvement for users. Survey links - Wikibase Installation Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAR1kj9th1wRZU027zEPJd_xP8nFgj-T29iXrpZ2wuDBeXmg/viewform - Wikibase Software Updating Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-8wDOCDR-uXLecNLzuM3jxc9K81mIKq1EtUhrweEveO8aTQ/formResponse - Open positions at Wikimedia Deutschland in the Wikidata/Wikibase teams - Engineering Director https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/14145264/Director-Engineering-m-w-d-/?jobDbPVId=36933089&l=en - Full-Stack Developer https://short.sg/j/4361894
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: type host https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10176, CSS code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10177 - External identifiers: Rutube channel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10152, Nasha Versia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10153, Irkipedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10154, Babesdirectory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10155, Numelyo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10156, ua-football.com player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10157, soccerpunter.com player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10158, pfl.uz player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10159, PGM author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10160, Irish Times profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10161, politika-crimea.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10162, Kinomania.ru actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10163, Kinomania.ru film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10164, bards.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10165, kinobaza.com.ua actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10166, kinobaza.com.ua film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10167, Zürich Herbaria collector ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10168, N64-Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10169, Channel One Russia show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10170, Kanobu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10171, Lambic.Info ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10172, Smotrim.ru film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10173, CH district ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10174, Digital Index of Middle English Verse ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10175, Genie album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10178, Genie song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10179, Genie artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10180, Austrian school ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10181, DFIH business ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10182, Corporate Identification Number (CIN) in India https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10183, Ruskino actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10184, Ruskino film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10185, Joconde use ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10186, JSTOR artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10187, Dicionario da Real Academia Galega ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10188, Bloomsbury Fashion Central ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10189, MTBdata ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10190, All About Birds ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10191, Homosaurus ID (V3) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10192, GISAID identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10193, oKino.ua actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10194, Library of Congress providers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10195 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: documented files https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/documented_files, start and end time in video https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/start_and_end_time_in_video, is an individual of a taxon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_an_individual_of_a_taxon, facilitates flow of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/facilitates_flow_of, LKI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LKI_ID, service hosted by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/service_hosted_by, service hosted at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/service_hosted_at, everyeye.it ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/everyeye.it_ID - External identifiers: Artland artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artland_artist_ID, Artland gallery ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artland_gallery_ID, ILAB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ILAB_ID, UNESCO ICH ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UNESCO_ICH_ID, Maritimt Magasin skips ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maritimt_Magasin_skips_ID, AMPAS collections item ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AMPAS_collections_item_ID, Kinofilms.ua actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kinofilms.ua_actor_ID, Kinofilms.ua film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kinofilms.ua_film_ID, Artland fair ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artland_fair_ID, Archivio Storico dell'Università degli Studi di Cagliari person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivio_Storico_dell%27Universit%C3%A0_degli_Studi_di_Cagliari_person_ID, Regroupement Québécois de la danse (RQD) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Regroupement_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois_de_la_danse_(RQD)_ID, NatureServe Explorer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NatureServe_Explorer_ID, Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Key_Biodiversity_Areas_factsheet_ID, CNSflora ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNSflora_ID, Rusactors actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rusactors_actor_ID, Rusactors film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rusactors_film_ID, eurasian-defence.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eurasian-defence.ru_person_ID, artchive person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/artchive_person_ID, nzs.si player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nzs.si_player_ID, Der Spiegel topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Der_Spiegel_topic_ID, NLC Bibliography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLC_Bibliography_ID, PKULaw CLI Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PKULaw_CLI_Code, LGBT Info Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LGBT_Info_Wiki_ID - Query examples: - Places that appear in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Great Russian Encyclopaedia, the Great Catalan Encyclopaedia and the Store Norske Leksikon https://w.wiki/4aUy, (ordered by country) (source https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1473054945624608769) - Christmas traditions around the world https://w.wiki/4bmy (with pictures) (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1474772209482842116) - UK parties since 1935 that have only ever been represented by a single MP https://w.wiki/4bb7 (source https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1474414883005415424) - Brazilians with most Wikipedia pages across languages https://w.wiki/4avE (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1473710122362941449)
Development
- Due to the winter holidays, the development team is taking a break and no deployment is happening for Wikidata at the moment.
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