*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>
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