*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* 🧵Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: MsynBot 10 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/MsynBot_10 , Mr Robot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Mr_Robot - New request for comments: Create items for property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Create_items_for_property_proposals - Other discussions: State of the Wikidata, thoughts on data quality and structure https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/QNOSK7Z6VN7SBUV42A26IQZ4U72LFEAQ/ (on the mailing-list)
🎊 Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group Wikidata Working Hour November 7, 2022: tenth and final Wikidata Working Hour in the series will be using SPARQL to query and visualize the data we’ve added to Wikidata during our series. You are, as always, welcome to bring your own data to work on. All sessions in our project series will be recorded for those who cannot attend. Links will be added to the event page when available. Event page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours/Wikidata_Working_Hour_Summer-Fall_Project_2022/2022-November-7_Wikidata_Working_Hour - Live querying session on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/belett, in French, by Vigneron, November 8 at 18:00 CET (UTC+1) - Wikidata and Wikibase office hour, taking place online on November 9th at 17:00 UTC (more details here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours) - Raising an Artist Profile with Wikidata https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/event/man-ipaa-wikidata-workshop/: Thursday November 10, 2022 at 20:00 UTC (Session A) and 23:00 UTC (Session B). This free, step-by-step Wikidata workshop will focus mainly on Indigenous artists. Participants may choose to attend either Session A or Session B: both will cover the exact same material. - Wikidata editathon in Swedish https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden/Swedish_Riksdag_documents/Kopplingssprint_COP_27 with focus on climate politics and COP27, online and in Stockholm, 11 November 13.00-18.00 UTC - A Hands-On Introduction to Wikidata https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/event/hands-on-introduction-wikidata/: Thursday December 1, 2022 at 17:00 UTC. By the end of this session, you will be able to edit Wikidata records about the cultural venues that matter most to you.
✍🏿 Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Analysis of City Information on Wikidata https://observablehq.com/@johnsamuelwrites/analysis-of-city-information-on-wikidata by Jsamwrites https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jsamwrites - Exploring government departments by linking Wikidata to the National Archives of Australia https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Exploring_government_departments_by_linking_Wikidata_to_the_National_Archives_of_Australia by Tim Sherratt - Trust in Rust http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=679 by Magnus Manske - Papers - Leveraging Wikidata's edit history in knowledge graph refinement tasks https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.15495.pdf (Gonzalez-Hevia and Gayo-Avello) - Videos - Practical Linked Open Data for Small Archives https://archive.org/details/2022-10-27-sga-linked-data-small-archives (in English) - Live Wikidata editing #97 with Jan and Albin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASRQqArKoxs
🧰 Tool of the week
- WikibaseEcho.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Zvpunry/WikibaseEcho.js: Userscript that shows the labels of entities in your notifications. Currently only works on Firefox.
🤔 Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: collection items at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11146 - External identifiers: Language of Bindings ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11145, Microsoft Edge Platform Status feature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11147, AUTC herritage object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11148, MangaUpdates manga ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11149, Ministry of Unification politician ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11150, Universal Content Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11151, Léonore Web ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11152, BritBox ID (UK version) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11153, OMED ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11154, Municipal Library of Trikala ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11155, MMB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11156, HiSCoD ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11157, Dimitri and Aliki Perrotis Central Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11158, ILAMDIR ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11159, Cannabis Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11160, SR-Archiv band ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11161, SR-Archiv company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11162, island code of Indonesia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11163, SR-Archiv print media ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11164, SR-Archiv record ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11165, EuDML work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11166 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: official demo URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/official_demo_URL , WMOOV movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WMOOV_movie_ID , press information URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/press_information_URL , contact page URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/contact_page_URL , sitemap URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sitemap_URL , REGON https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/REGON, Check Digit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Check_Digit , impressum URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/impressum_URL , from language & to language https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/from_language_%26_to_language , object identifies https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/object_identifies - External identifiers: Oblio author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oblio_author_ID , Pittori Liguri ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pittori_Liguri_ID , Open Korean Knowledge Dictionary sense ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Open_Korean_Knowledge_Dictionary_sense_ID , SciSpace author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SciSpace_author_ID , RomArchive person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RomArchive_person_ID , Webtoon creator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Webtoon_creator_ID , Archives West repository ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archives_West_repository_ID , npm scope https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/npm_scope, Team Norway profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Team_Norway_profile_ID , identifiant USTC https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_USTC , worldofsam ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/worldofsam_ID , Open Supply Hub organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Open_Supply_Hub_organization_ID , Kotobank ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kotobank_ID , Weblio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Weblio_ID, Haymarket Books Author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Haymarket_Books_Author_ID , ILNM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ILNM_ID, BookWalker series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BookWalker_series_ID , IRIS Sicily IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Sicily_IDs - Query examples: - Intangible cultural heritage https://w.wiki/5u5N (source https://twitter.com/espejolento/status/1587469960200192003) - Wikimedians with Mastodon accounts https://w.wiki/5ui5 - Politicians with Mastodon accounts https://w.wiki/5vMK (source https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/1589462911747239938) - Graph of the characters of the book "We Are Here" https://w.wiki/5vgD (source https://twitter.com/SmithsonianAPA/status/1588267443612311554) - Map of birth places of women mentioned in the book "Femmes de lettres en Bretagne" https://w.wiki/5vgG (source https://twitter.com/Lyoko6/status/1588603046753275904) - Participants in the 1955 Bandung Conference https://w.wiki/5vgL ( source https://twitter.com/01factory/status/1588601028563595264)
🧑🏿💻 Development
- Lexicographical data: Replaced the old Special:NewLexeme page with the new one (phab:T307866 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T307866) - a few remaining issues will still be fixed - Vue 3: Almost finished the Vue 3 migration in Wikibase and WikibaseLexeme (phab:T321595 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321595 and (phab:T304534 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T304534) - this is needed for finalizing the migration in MediaWiki overall - Mismatch Finder: Worked on improving the handling of dates ( phab:T288511 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T288511) - Search: Working with the WMF on making the new Vue-based Vector search understand Wikidata (phab:T316093) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T316093)), especially regarding “load more” behavior - REST API: - Continued improving error reporting for PATCH routes (phab:T320358 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T320358) - Ensuring that the API correctly marks bot edits as bot edits and treats them as such in various other places
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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