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>
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