*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - PangolinBot 1 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/PangolinBot_1. Task/s: Automatically adds author information to Wikidata scholarly articles (items where instance of (P31) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P31 = scholarly article (Q13442814) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13442814) that have missing author information. Currently works for articles with the following references: PubMed ID (P698) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P698, PMCID (P932) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P932, Dimensions Publication ID (P6179) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6179, ADS bibcode (P819) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P819. Part of Outreachy Round 24. - BboberBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/BboberBot. Task/s: The "robot" will browse the latest VIAF Dump, select the lines with a Idref (P269) and a Qitem, and add a P269 when it doesn't already exist in Wikidata. - ADSBot English Paper https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ADSBot_English_Paper. Task/s: Importing scholarly articles from ADS database to Wikidata, by creating Wikidata Item of a scholarly article (optionally author items) and adding statements and statements-related properties to the item. Part of Outreachy Round 24. - ADSBot English Statement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ADSBot_English_Statement. Task/s: Adding missing statements and statement-related properties to existing scholarly articles on Wikidata from the ADS database. Part of Outreachy Round 24. - New request for comments: - Documented and featured SPARQL queries https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Documented_and_featured_SPARQL_queries
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on Wednesday, July 27th 2022 at 17:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata Telegram group https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg. *The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.* - [Small wiki toolkits] [Upcoming bots & scripts workshop. "How to maintain bots" is coming up on Friday, July 29th, 16:00 UTC https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/BEENRNTJPGHLJ2MXQI6XTQDVEJR7KYHM/ - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call July 26, 2022: Clair Kronk, Crystal Clements, and Alex Jung will be providing an update to Wikidata/gender discussions from the February 8 call with a focus on pronouns. Clair will introduce us to LGBTdb, a Wikibase instance created for and by LGBTQIA+ people from which we draw insight in Wikidata-related discussions. We also hope to discuss current pain points and share action items for future collaboration. Input from community members who are familiar with lexicographical data would be greatly appreciated. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fHqlQ9l0nriMkrZRFW7Wd1k53DZsvgxstzyxlhgbDq0/edit?usp=sharing - Wikimedia Indonesia Wikidata meetup. 1300 WIB, July 30, 2022 https://twitter.com/wikidataid/status/1550011035112710144. - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #51, Plants https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=51
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Papers - The Lay of the Land: Data Visualizations of the Language Data and Domains of Wikidata (Q113181609) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113181609 - Videos - Wikibase Ecosystem taking Wikidata further, by Lydia Pintscher https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:LydiaPintscher - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl83YPGva7s - Teaching Wikidata Editing Practices II (in Chinese) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh6xXXdq5Uw
Tool of the week
- User:Magnus Manske/referee.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/referee.js - is a userscript that automatically checks external IDs and URLs of a Wikidata item as potential references, and adds them with a single click.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata and Wikibase 2022 development plan https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development_plan has been updated to include activity estimates for the third quarter (Q3). - Fellowship: Wikipedian-in-Residence (WiR) fellowships to improve climate info in African languages on Wikipedia and Wikidata. https://medium.com/wanadata-africa/wikipedian-in-residence-wir-fellowships-to-help-fight-climate-denialism-in-africa-1380dd849ad7 - T66503 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66503: It is now possible to import dates from templates to Wikidata using Pywikibot's harvest_template.py https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/harvest_template.py script. - Number of wikidata-powered infoboxes on Commons now exceeds 4 million https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Uses_of_Wikidata_Infobox - OpenRefine 3.6.0 https://openrefine.org/ was released. It adds support for editing structured data on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine, features more configurable statement deduplication during upload, as well as the ability to delete statements. Head to the release page https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.6.0 for a changelog and download links.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: Accademia dei Georgofili author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10870, Delaware Division of Corporations file number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10871, Palmares Cultural Foundation process number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10872, Mapping Museums ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10873, gov.uk person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10874, Kazakhstan.travel tourist spot ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10875, CVX vaccine code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10876, Applied Ecology Resources document ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10877, ClimateCultures Directory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10878, Hamburger Professorinnen- und Professorenkatalog ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10879, Catalogus Professorum (TU Berlin) person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10880, Kieler Gelehrtenverzeichnis ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10881, Met constituent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10882, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10883 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: chirality https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/chirality, UAE Street Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UAE_Street_Code, field of this award https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/field_of_this_award, Anghami album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anghami_album_ID, Model image https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Model_image, fishery for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fishery_for - External identifiers: Bilbaopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bilbaopedia_ID, Disney+ Hotstar ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Disney%2B_Hotstar_ID, IndExs Exsiccata ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IndExs_Exsiccata_ID, Objekt-ID für Kulturgut in Liechtenstein https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Objekt-ID_f%C3%BCr_Kulturgut_in_Liechtenstein, AIPD member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AIPD_member_ID, SecondHandSongs release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SecondHandSongs_release_ID, Walther, Initia carminum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Walther,_Initia_carminum_ID, Initia carminum Latinorum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Initia_carminum_Latinorum_ID, Repertorium hymnologicum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Repertorium_hymnologicum_ID, national-football-teams.com coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/national-football-teams.com_coach_ID, playmakerstats.com stadium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/playmakerstats.com_stadium_ID, sambafoot team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sambafoot_team_ID, lila linked latin uri https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lila_linked_latin_uri, Archivio della ceramica person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivio_della_ceramica_person_ID, TUBITAK Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TUBITAK_Sosyal_Bilimler_Ansiklopedisi_ID, elibrary.ru journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/elibrary.ru_journal_ID, IRIS private universities (1) IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_private_universities_(1)_IDs, Arabic Ontology Lemma ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arabic_Ontology_Lemma_ID, Merchbar electronic dance music artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Merchbar_electronic_dance_music_artist_ID, JioSaavn album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JioSaavn_album_ID, JioSaavn Artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JioSaavn_Artist_ID, Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Revised_Mandarin_Chinese_Dictionary_ID, AEDA subject keyword ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AEDA_subject_keyword_ID, AEDA geographic keyword ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AEDA_geographic_keyword_ID, AEDA taxonomic keyword ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AEDA_taxonomic_keyword_ID, Rare Plant Fact Sheets ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rare_Plant_Fact_Sheets_ID, 100.histrf.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/100.histrf.ru_ID, elibrary.ru publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/elibrary.ru_publisher_ID, Livelib.ru publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Livelib.ru_publisher_ID, YAPPY profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YAPPY_profile_ID - Query examples: - Map of driverless rapid transit railway lines worldwide https://w.wiki/5UxU - An example of finding problematic references https://w.wiki/5V7o - Papers by University of Leeds researchers that might have figures suitable for Wikimedia Commons (with a CC-BY or CC-BY-SA licence, with full text online) https://w.wiki/5Vvw - People born on rivers https://w.wiki/5Udf (source https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1549684778579935235) - Humans with "native language" "German" https://w.wiki/5VLM
Development
- Lexicographical data: We went over all the feedback we received for teh testing of the new Special:NewLexeme page and started addressing it and fixing the uncovered issues. One issue already fixed is a bug that prevented it from working on mobile view. (phab:T313116 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313116) - Mismatch Finder: investigated how we can make it work for mismatches in qualifiers instead of the main statement (phab:T313467 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313467) - REST API: Continued working on making it possible to replace and remove a statement of an Item - We enabled the profile parameter to the wbsearchentities API on Test Wikidata (phab:T307869 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T307869) - We continued making Wikibase resolve redirects when showing Item labels and descriptions in more places (phab:T312223 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T312223)
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