*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: - ChristianKl 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/ChristianKl_2 *(successful)* Welcome on board \o/ - New requests for permissions/Bot: - TaxonomyBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TaxonomyBot - New request for comments: - Remove watchlist summary https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Remove_watchlist_summary
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours on December 5. We will be working on Structured Data on Commons with a WINTER FUN theme, adding depicts statements to images and playing with some tools. You are, as always, welcome to bring your own data to work on. This will be our last scheduled Working Hour for 2022. Please join us for a relaxing and enjoyable session to wrap up a year of excellent work together. Event page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours/2022-December-5_Wikidata_Working_Hour - Bug Triage Hour on December 6 at 17:00 UTC https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Wikidata_bug_triage_hour, on the topic of Entity Schemas (other topics also welcome). Come with your favorite Phabricator ticket so we can improve its description together! - Save the date! The next WikidataCon will take place on October 28-29, 2023, and will be organized by Wikimedia Taiwan and Wikimedia Germany. The hybrid event will be streamed from Taipei and accessible for everyone online. More information and updates on the WikidataCon 2023 page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2023. - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #69, Cycles https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=69
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Museology, Myosotis, and metadata oh my! Sharing sustainably in Wikipedia https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2022/11/28/museology-myosotis-and-metadata-oh-my-sharing-sustainably-in-wikipedia/ - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - The Archaeology Data Service and Wikidata https://wikimedia.org.uk/2022/12/the-archaeology-data-service-and-wikidata/ - Animals to Play H-O-R-S-E With https://aaronson.org/blog/animals-to-play-horse-with - Mini hackathon in Utrecht https://ainali.com/2022/mini-hackathon-in-utrecht/, by Jan Ainali - Papers - Structural Quality Metrics to Evaluate Knowledge Graphs https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.10011 - Using the W3C Generating RDF from Tabular Data on the Web recommendation to manage small Wikidata datasets https://content.iospress.com/articles/semantic-web/sw210443 - Videos - How to edit a Wikidata item to appear in an Infobox on Wikipedia (in Portuguese) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm42PL-Sh0U - Library data on Wikidata: a case study of the National Library of Latvia - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB2ZmmyfakU - Wikidata / National Archives of Australia Project with Tim Sherratt - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkQ_-QgUOBw - How WMDE can support partnerships with GLAM institutions for Wikibase and Wikidata projects - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jop9GOoH2HA - 2022 edition: Timelapse of railway stations in Denmark (Wikidata, QGIS) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOaPh5zbE9M - Dagbani Wikipedia Saha Episode 14: How To Add References To Wikidata Articles (in Dagbani) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP21pFL9TVk - Wikidata 10th Birthday celebration events, By Dagbani Wikimedians User Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z57WWLbomhQ, Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iepKiU6mGNY - Wikidata Istanbul 2022 - Wikidata for Absolute Beginners (I-II) by Asaf Bartov (Day 1: English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfcHGRTdp7g, Turkish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htsVLVomoU8) - Modeling Our Languages with Lexeme (I-II), Asaf Bartov (Day 2: Turkish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNfrkSM5I7U, English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B03pdha9fZ0) - A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata Querying with SPARQL (I-II), Asaf Bartov (Day 2: Turkish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFBxFo3FZ8c, English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEfTTODS_8E) - Wikidata and GLAM: Museums of Turkey (Day 3: Turkish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGmXLg0SrD0, English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPzHvY85k-A) - Potential Benefits of Wikidata to the Health System, Nevit Dilmen (Day 3, Turkish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHrjWsgAkM - Useful Wikipedia Tools, Toghrul Rahimli (Day 3, Turkish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QK0qO4OGWg - Handy Wikidata Gadgets by Toghrul Rahimli (Day 3, English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjdrlGyLMZY - Wikidata for Wikimedia Projects and Beyond, Lydia Pintscher (Day 1: Turkish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEn4mjuGz1M, English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84teTD-xKoY) - Structured Data Across Wikimedia by Luca Martinelli (Day 2, English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zg4Uyt2OdE - Getting Inspiration from Projects Using Wikidata, Neslihan Turan (Day 1: Turkish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L0fGFows2A, English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYXXcMua2KA) - Podcasts - WikiProject Biography https://uvadatapoints.castos.com/podcasts/44037/episodes/wikiproject-biography, a podcast episode presenting Wikidata:WikiProject Biography https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Biography - Thread - The advent of Wikiviz https://vis.social/@pac2/109439887189554603, 24 dataviz about Wikipedia and Wikidata until Christmas - Other - A rap battle between Wikipedia and Wikidata as envisaged by ChatGPT https://twitter.com/tilmanbayer/status/1598777304809107457
Tool of the week
- How many edits does Wikidata get per second? listen.hatnote.com/#wikidata is a tool that allows you to listen to the sound of Wikidata's recent changes feed.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Job opportunities: Post-doc in Natural Language Processing (1.0 FTE), University of Groningen https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S0009QSP
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: has biological vector https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11231, EuDML journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11232, SciSpace author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11233, Oblio author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11234, Dams in Japan number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11235, SNE publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11236, KOBIS people ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11237, OpenML dataset ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11238, DFK Paris person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11239, PIM publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11240, Pittori Liguri ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11241, USTC identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11242, EPA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11243, Databank Beschermheiligen anno 1959 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11244, YouTube handle https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11245, hackage package https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11246, Observation.org place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11247, Diskograf artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11248, KBR person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11249, Miraheze article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11250, ILNM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11251, Trismegistos author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11252, Packagist package https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11253, translation contribution URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11254, Cinemaazi people ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11255, Cinemaazi film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11256, MAK Collection Online person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11257, MAK Collection Online object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11258, BookWalker series ID (JP version) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11259, list item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11260, toli.query.mn lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11261, toli.gov.mn lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11262, The Britannica Dictionary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11263, mongoltoli.mn lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11264, alt text https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11265 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: Amazon Browse Node https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amazon_Browse_Node, Beatport release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Beatport_release_ID, Bandcamp release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bandcamp_release_ID, subject of qualifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/subject_of_qualifier, has part part of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_part_part_of, property metamodelling https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/property_metamodelling, MangaUpdates IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MangaUpdates_IDs, man page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/man_page, Islam Dusunce Atlasi ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Islam_Dusunce_Atlasi_ID, MyAnimeList magazine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MyAnimeList_magazine_ID, OpenPlaques place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenPlaques_place_ID, is a number of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_a_number_of, source of action & destination of action https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/source_of_action_%26_destination_of_action, CSD Refcode https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CSD_Refcode, Ès lettres ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C3%88s_lettres_ID, is the change of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_the_change_of, removed in version (2) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/removed_in_version_(2), PodLink ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PodLink_ID, KOBIS film festival ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KOBIS_film_festival_ID, KOBIS film company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KOBIS_film_company_ID, DBpia journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBpia_journal_ID, DBpia publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBpia_publisher_ID, tuxDB game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tuxDB_game_ID, Crunchyroll series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Crunchyroll_series_ID, US-DMF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/US-DMF_ID, Dehkhoda ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dehkhoda_ID, CocoaPods pod https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CocoaPods_pod, Appsight app https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Appsight_app, Appsight SDK https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Appsight_SDK, Maven groupID and Maven artifactID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maven_groupID_and_Maven_artifactID, Pixiv Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pixiv_Encyclopedia_ID, Game Boy hardware database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Game_Boy_hardware_database_ID, Bane NOR Network Statement station ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bane_NOR_Network_Statement_station_ID, Olympedia-Veranstaltungsort-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Olympedia-Veranstaltungsort-ID, has duplicate Wikimedia page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_duplicate_Wikimedia_page, GBDB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GBDB_ID, Lygaeoidea Species File ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lygaeoidea_Species_File_ID - Query examples: - Composers by country of birth and edition https://w.wiki/64xE ( source https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1599693324805283840) - Researchers with a Mastodon account and a known field of work https://w.wiki/649f (source https://twitter.com/fl0_id/status/1599101705202835456) - Count per each language of unique language codes used in lemmas for Lexemes in that language https://w.wiki/63FE
Development
- Improved the error message for sitelinks to redirects (phab:T320490 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T320490) - Made the Property namespace a content namespace (phab:T321282 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321282) - Lexicographical data: Added a better link for a help message ( phab:T315161 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T315161) - Mismatch Finder: - Linked the header to make it easier to get back to the main page ( phab:T323680 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323680) - Made the layout more compact (phab:T323678 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323678) - Fixed an issue where the whole header of a mismatch results table was a link instead of just the Item ID (phab:T323823 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323823) - Improved the text on a button (phab:T323682 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323682) - Finished better support for dates with calendar model and precision (phab:T288511 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T288511) - Ordered the columns in the results page better so they make more sense (phab:T323819 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323819) - Fixed a bug where a large horizontal scrollbar appeared on RTL interface languages (phab:T321441 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321441) - Fixed a bug in the search in the new Vector skin (phab:T324148 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T324148) - Query Service: - Making the popup less intrusive that leads to the Query Builder ( phab:T296135 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296135) - Adding tooltips for Lexemes (phab:T255245 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255245) - Unifying the way to get a link to a query (phab:T324218 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T324218) - mul language code: continuing investigation for language fallbacks on mobile that is currently blocking it (phab:T323098 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323098) - REST API: - Finalized json format for sitelinks and data values (phab:T321483 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321483, phab:T322734 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T322734) - Investigating rate limiting (phab:T322746 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T322746)
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