*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: Remote Wikimedia Hackathon
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020/Remote_Hackathon>,
May 9-10 (see the showcase replay
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E19-sDvjXD8> and the description of
projects <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wmhackshowcase2020>). Several
Wikidata-related sessions took place:
- Working on Wikidata Lexeme Forms tool by Lucas Werkmeister: Part 1
<https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615768147>, Part 2
<https://www.twitch.tv/videos/616026827>
- Wikidata: Figure skating workflow, starting from scratch
(installing and configuring everything on a new computer) by Harmonia
Amanda: Part 1 <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615903450>, Part 2
<https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615927776>, Part 3
<https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615974489>
- Past: Wikidata local school gathering was organised by Wikidata
Taiwan. Link to Event page
<https://web.facebook.com/events/1532825603551114/> and dashboard
<https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikidata_Taiwan/Wikidata_%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E5%AD%B8%E5%B0%88%E9%A1%8C%E7%AC%AC%E5%9B%9B%E6%AC%A1%E5%B0%8F%E8%81%9A_%E9%A4%A8%E9%80%A3%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E5%A0%B4_(20200509)/home>
- Upcoming: Live SPARQL queries session in French about Lexemes
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/SPARQLFR> by Vigneron, May 12th at
20:00 CEST
- Upcoming: Live Wikidata editing about video games by JeanFred
<https://twitter.com/JeanFred/status/1258365590005309440>, May 13th at
19:30 CEST
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Webinar introducing Wikidata and adding wikidata=* tags into
OpenStreetMap objects for OpenStreetMap contributors in the Philippines (in
English and Tagalog): YouTube <https://youtube.com/watch?v=JhjBebDnwGY>
- Wikidata Course at TAU: Hosting Mark Graham from the Internet Archive
- Part 1 - Meet the Archive: YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfpDu7EsXcw>
- Part 2 - The IA & Wikimedia: YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6gGYIJQh6k>
- Wikidata Course at TAU: Hosting Lydia Pintscher from Wikimedia
Deutschland
- Part 1 - Wikidata - current state: YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obWNv4iBImQ>
- Part 2 - Wikibase & Lexemes: YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=300gde9Hcto>
- Part 3 - Shape Expressions & Schemas: YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXva9u3V0lc>
- How to create external identifiers on Wikidata (in Italian): YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLDY056tPhk>
- Open Data and Wikidata training (in Mandarin Chinese): YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSBkMhOy8Vc>
- Bandaid: using Wikidata to generate band names
<https://www.textjuicer.com/2020/05/bandaid-a-band-name-generator/>
Tool of the week
- WikidataExtract <http://wikishape.weso.es/wikidataExtract> extracts
schemas (shape expressions) from Wikidata entities
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata:WikiProject Authority control/VIAF linking to multiple items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Authority_control/VIAF_linking_to_multiple_items>
has been created: most of the items listed probably need merging - have a
look!
- New tool: universal almanac based on Wikidata
<http://vintagedata.org/almanac/query.php> by Alexander Doria
<https://twitter.com/Dorialexander/status/1257333182871015424>
- A proposal for a new Wikiproject Wikilambda
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilambda> that allows creating
multilingual content in Wikidata that can be used in all Wikipedias.
Signatures of support are needed and discussion and questions are welcomed!
- V1 of Wikidata Bridge is almost ready to be tested on Catalan Wikipedia
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Vlrzy9sw6ownhafs>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: general property-based URL formatter
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8183>, hardiness of plant
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8193>, hardiness zone
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8194>, ex-libris
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8195>, voting system
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8196>, supported metadata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8203>, tabular case data
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8204>, Gazette of India
notification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8206>
- External identifiers:
motorsportstats.com team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8178>, Canadiana NCF ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8179>, Indian Railways train
number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8180>, SNCF Station
Identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8181>, South
African Company Registration Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8182>, DART-Europe thesis ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8184>, DoME exhibition ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8185>, DPE school code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8186>, Epistemonikos ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8187>, Lexikon der
Filmbegriffe ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8188>, National
Library of Israel J9U ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8189>, UK Modern House Index
architect ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8190>, UK
Modern House Index building ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8191>, Joconde technique ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8192>, PragerU presenter ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8197>, regional government
of Sicily ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8198>, Anagrafe
Istituti Culturali Ecclesiastici ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8199>, BeWeb cultural
institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8200>, ACUM
work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8201>, Reta Vortaro
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8202>, Mozilla Developer
Network article <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8205>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: social media followers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/social_media_followers>,
Gobbledygook
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gobbledygook>,
forearm length
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/forearm_length>,
number of stepchildren
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_stepchildren>,
number of adopted children
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_adopted_children>,
CV <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CV>, axe
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/axe>, banned
in
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/banned_in>
- External identifiers: NMMA built heritage ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMMA_built_heritage_ID>,
NMMA antiquities ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMMA_antiquities_ID>,
Super Mario Wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Super_Mario_Wiki_ID>,
Philadelphia Museum of Art person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art_person_ID>,
Archaeology in Greece Online place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archaeology_in_Greece_Online_place_ID>,
iDAI.gazetteer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iDAI.gazetteer_ID>,
iDAI.chronontology ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iDAI.chronontology_ID>,
identifiant SILL d'un logiciel
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_SILL_d%27un_logiciel>,
Lower Austrian Castle ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lower_Austrian_Castle_ID>,
Naturdenkmal-ID Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naturdenkmal-ID_Landkreis_Oberspreewald-Lausitz>,
Bookogs credit ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bookogs_credit_ID>,
Bookogs work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bookogs_work_ID>,
Bookogs book ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bookogs_book_ID>,
GMC membership number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GMC_membership_number>,
Bibliography of the History of Slovakia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bibliography_of_the_History_of_Slovakia_ID>,
LombardiaBeniCulturali author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LombardiaBeniCulturali_author_ID>,
Augustins de l'Assomption ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Augustins_de_l%27Assomption_ID>,
ASUT ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASUT_ID>, Niden
INE
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Niden_INE>
- Query examples:
- Films claimed to pass the Bechdel test with less than 2 female cast
members in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/QLx>
- African-American librarians in Wikidata that don't have Wikipedia
articles <https://w.wiki/AXU> (Source
<https://twitter.com/violetbfox/status/1259515391493181449>)
- Magicians with known precise birth date <https://w.wiki/QWi> (Source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1259468993699643392>)
- Sheffield Shield cricket players and the number of states they have
played in <https://w.wiki/QRm> (Source
<https://twitter.com/FreoPope/status/1259462397456080902>)
- Number of Twitter followers of scientists at Dutch universities
<https://w.wiki/HFY> (Source
<https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1259411749142507520>)
- Former United Kingdom Parliament MP's still living (by first
election) <https://w.wiki/QP7> (Source
<https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1259206450590691328>)
- Number of paintings in National Gallery with artist and gender
<https://w.wiki/QLR> (Source
<https://twitter.com/janedarnell/status/1259030507838476288>)
- Nearby table tennis tables to public spaces for the Wiki Explorer
Android application <https://w.wiki/Q3p> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Jokrates/status/1257940691931533312>)
- Map of Ramsar sites in France <https://w.wiki/PzE> (Source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1257736872891121665>)
- Highest software version numbers recorded on Wikidata
<https://w.wiki/QXK> (Source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1257385647490379781>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Speed skating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Speed_skating>,
Witches <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Witches>
Development
- Display statements with federated properties (phab:T246606
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246606>)
- Federated properties: fix a bug that caused some properties to not
appear in search results (phab:T252024
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252024>)
- Wikidata Bridge: more work on error messages
- Prevent Wikibase schema updaters to modify database directly (
phab:T249598 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249598>)
- Write a technical RFC about site-wide edit rate limiting (phab:T247459
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247459>)
- Fix an issue on Wikibase: property names are missing when rendering (
phab:T247196 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247196>)
- More work on automated references
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/4760/query/all/>
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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.