*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
- Past: Workshop on Data Quality Management in Wikidata, 18 January, Berlin. You can check the collaborative documentation https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd_quality_18012019 - Keynote by Amrapali Zaveri (video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYfqUwQvuZo) - Keynote by Daniel Mietchen (slides https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Wikidata_for_research/Talks/Workshop_on_Data_Quality_Management_in_Wikidata_2019, video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GK0UGJ1zYQ) - Upcoming: free software workshop (including Wikidata) https://mypads.framapad.org/mypads/?/mypads/group/framateliers-if3k7x7od/pad/view/lyon-contribatelier-8-vm2i9l7dl in Lyon, France, January 23rd - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in Côte d'Ivoire https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=753209951744745&id=171894313209648, February 9th - Upcoming: Library data camp https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/voyage-of-the-data-treader-2-put-your-library-on-the-map-registration-54560488891, a training for librairies about open data and Wikidata, Manchester, UK, March 11th
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- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: WordLift ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6363, official color https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6364, member category https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6365, located at street address https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6375, charter URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6378, works in collection https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6379 - External identifiers: Crew united title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6359, Genius album numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6360, Genius song numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6361, Litchfield Ledger ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6362, Microsoft Academic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6366, Bahamut Gamer's Community ACG Database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6367, Bunkacho Media Art Database (Development Version): Animation Database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6368, Bunkacho Media Art Database (Development Version): Comic Database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6369, REDIZO https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6370, Archives of Maryland Biographical Series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6371, Interpol WOA artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6372, Online Catalog of Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6373, MAMVP artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6374, Psyl'list species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6376, VectorBase taxonomy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6377, iTunes TV season ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6381, Hungarian public thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6382, TV Spielfilm film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6383, Viperson ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6384, Krugosvet article https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6385, biathlon.com.ua person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6386, RBU person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6387, sportufo.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6388, Skiresort.info ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6389, Educational Institution Identification Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6390, U-DISE code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6391, AISHE code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6392 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: inverse label https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inverse_label, tussenvoegsel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tussenvoegsel, Linked to profession https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linked_to_profession, chassis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/chassis, Swedish Organization Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swedish_Organization_Number, COOL species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/COOL_species_ID, Trading name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trading_name, funk channel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/funk_channel_ID, personal pronoun https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/personal_pronoun - External identifiers: Skimap.org ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Skimap.org_ID, Gault et Millau ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gault_et_Millau_ID, ID theatreonline.com https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ID_theatreonline.com, Swiss Films https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swiss_Films, Dizionario di Storia Treccani ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_di_Storia_Treccani_ID, Romanian Soccer player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Romanian_Soccer_player_ID, sports.md athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sports.md_athlete_ID, iTunes movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iTunes_movie_ID, iTunes book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iTunes_book_ID, vodnimlyny.cz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vodnimlyny.cz_ID, Smarthistory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Smarthistory_ID, World Cube Association ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Cube_Association_ID, CORE (Connecting Repositories) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CORE_(Connecting_Repositories)_ID, GEOFON earthquake ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GEOFON_earthquake_ID, LevskiSofia.info player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LevskiSofia.info_player_ID, LevskiSofia.info coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LevskiSofia.info_coach_ID, Homosaurus identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Homosaurus_identifier, DIZIE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DIZIE_ID, identificador Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identificador_Gran_Enciclop%C3%A8dia_de_la_M%C3%BAsica - Query examples: - Images of exoplanets https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fexoplanet%20%3FexoplanetLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fexoplanet%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ44559%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1086966551612407808) - Types of protected historical objects in Loire-Atlantique, France https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Ftype%20%3FtypeLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP481%20%3Fpalissy%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fcommune%20.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP361%20%3Fgroup%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fgroup%20wdt%3AP481%20%3Fpalissy%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fcommune%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Ftype%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcommune%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ3068%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Ftype%20%3FtypeLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29 (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1086739557150871552) - Common long words in scholarly article titles https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fw%20%28COUNT%28%2a%29%20AS%20%3Fc%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Ftitle%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ13442814%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1476%20%3Ftitle.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28STRLEN%28%3Ftitle%29%20%3E%3D%2010%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20LIMIT%2010000%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28REPLACE%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%22%5E.%2a%3F%28%5C%5Cb%5C%5Cw%7B10%2C%7D%5C%5Cb%29.%2a%24%22%2C%20%22%241%22%29%20AS%20%3Fw1%29%0A%20%20BIND%28REPLACE%28STRAFTER%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%3Fw1%29%2C%20%22%5E.%2a%3F%28%5C%5Cb%5C%5Cw%7B10%2C%7D%5C%5Cb%29.%2a%24%22%2C%20%22%241%22%29%20AS%20%3Fw2%29%0A%20%20BIND%28REPLACE%28STRAFTER%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%3Fw2%29%2C%20%22%5E.%2a%3F%28%5C%5Cb%5C%5Cw%7B10%2C%7D%5C%5Cb%29.%2a%24%22%2C%20%22%241%22%29%20AS%20%3Fw3%29%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fw_%20%7B%201%202%203%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fw_%20%3D%201%2C%20%3Fw1%2C%20IF%28%3Fw_%20%3D%202%2C%20%3Fw2%2C%20%3Fw3%29%29%20AS%20%3Fw%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28REGEX%28%3Fw%2C%20%22%5E%5C%5Cw%2B%24%22%29%29%20%23%20no%20idea%20why%20this%20is%20necessary%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fw%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fc%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1086302403358543873 ) - Timeline of writing systems and alphabets https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fimage%20%20%3Fdate%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP279%2B%7Cwdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ8192%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20it%2C%20de%2C%20es%2C%20fr%22%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1085953893266264065) - Image grid of synthesizers produced by ARP Instruments https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP176%20wd%3AQ296878.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/1085517018000908288) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: WikiProject Data Quality https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Data_Quality
Development
- Fixed a small bug that we introduced with editing badges on wd.org ( phab:T213998 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213998) - Finished collecting data about the user of the termbox (phab:T211015 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211015) - Fixed an i18n message (phab:T206416 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206416) - Created some maintenance scripts for creating and approving oauth consumers (phab:T211568 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211568) - Checked for possible data coruptions due to an issue with change tags ( phab:T213281 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213281) - Fixed an issue with restoring merge revisions in Lexeme (phab:T204041 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204041) - Configured WikibaseQualityConstraints on test.wikidata (phab:T209922 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209922) - Turned on the new entity id formatting for properties (phab:T201838 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T201838) - Continued work on glosses, displaying the language name also in edit mode (phab:T209931 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209931) - Starting investigating on Shape Expressions - Mobile termbox: showing language, description and aliases (phab:T207150 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207150)
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
- Update outdated software versions https://tools.wmflabs.org/wdvaliditycheck/softwareversions.html - 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 - Suggested and open tasks https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks ! - 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