*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: MSGJ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/MSGJ (Successful). Welcome onboard \o/
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - The next Wikibase live session https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2022.01.27 is 16:00 UTC on Thursday 27th January 2022 (17:00 Berlin time). What are you working on around Wikibase? You're welcome to come and share your project with the community. - Editing with OpenRefine live on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/belett and in French by Vigneron, January 25 at 19:00 CET (UTC+1) - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call: Professor Pascal Martinolli speaking on tabletop role-playing game citations practices and Wikidata, January 25th https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PF2DVZXEx5Z1Mxwl0N2JOqe2RwpopDJMTMaCd3PVuSw/edit# . - LIVE Wikidata editing #68 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_FPieB6So4, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3157394024545753/, January 29 at 19:00 UTC - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #94 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#93, January 30 at 13.00 UTC - Online workshop https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data/Documentation/Languages/br in French about Breton lexicographical data, by Envlh and Vigneron, January 30 at 15:00 CET (UTC+1) - On Tuesday, February 22, the OpenRefine team hosts a community meetup to present current and future work on Structured Data on Commons support in OpenRefine https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine/Community_meetup_22_February_2022 . - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #26, Bees https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=26 - #1Lib1Ref campaign runs runs from January 15th to February 5th. Contribute by creating Wikidata items for texts and authors on Wikisource https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Participate#Creating_Wikidata_items_related_to_works_on_Wikisource . - Past: - Wikidata/Wikibase office hour (2022-01-19 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2022-01-19 )
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - The CIA lost track of who runs the UK, so I picked up the slack https://www.opensanctions.org/articles/2022-01-18-peppercat/ featured on Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29976576 - Solving Wordle, Sutom, and al. with SPARQL queries on Wikidata https://www.lehir.net/solving-wordle-sutom-and-al-with-sparql-queries-on-wikidata/ - Wikitrivia is a web game that challenges your knowledge of historical dates https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2022/1/17/22888461/wikitrivia-web-game-timeline-wikidata-events-fixing-data - Wikitrivia, the viral game that tests how much you know about history https://www.infobae.com/america/tecno/2022/01/19/wikitrivia-el-juego-viral-que-pone-a-prueba-cuanto-sabe-de-historia/ (in Spanish) - 100 Women in Science in Smithsonian History https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-libraries-and-archives/2022/01/18/100-women-in-science-in-smithsonian-history/ - Papers - Wikidata: a new perspective towards universal bibliographic control https://www.jlis.it/index.php/jlis/article/view/439 - Wikidata for Digital Preservationists: New DPC Technology Watch Guidance Note now available on general release https://www.dpconline.org/news/twgn-wikidata-gen
- Videos - [WORKSHOP] Wikidata and libraries: tools for information managers (in Spanish) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hobjhuWDOAY
Tool of the week
- Comparator https://observablehq.com/@pac02/comparator-compare-named-entities-cited-in-two-wikipedia-a compare the list of cited entities across two different wikipedia articles using Wikidata and SPARQL
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata Lexemes forms: - Now supports the Odia language https://twitter.com/LucasWerkmeistr/status/1482780512712335360 - Substantially expanded template for Spanish verbs https://lexeme-forms.toolforge.org/template/spanish-verb/ - How many triples are added when certain edits are made? ... User:Mahir256/Triples https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mahir256/Triples
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: admission yield rate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10263, Corruption Perceptions Index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10273, category for honorary citizens of entity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10280, podcast image url https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10286 - External identifiers: AMS Glossary of Meteorology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10260, EtymWb lemma ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10261, Offizielle Deutsche Charts album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10262, ARCHER ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10264, Senators of Spain (1834-1923) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10265, AdoroCinema person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10266, Kinofilms.ua film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10267, Kinofilms.ua actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10268, kino-teatr.ru film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10269, Hermitage Museum work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10270, Engineer's Line Reference https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10271, Archive ouverte UNIGE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10272, Union of Bulgarian Composers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10274, AsianWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10275, ENEA-IRIS Open Archive author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10276, METRICA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10277, Encyclopedia of Russian Jewry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10278, TVFPlay series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10279, Orthodoxie.com topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10281, Slangopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10282, OpenAlex ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10283, iCSO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10284, Indeed company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10285 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: LinkedIn showcase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LinkedIn_showcase_ID, religious community https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/religious_community, subpopulation 3 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/subpopulation_3, type of register https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/type_of_register, identifier in a register https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifier_in_a_register, phrase in hiero markup https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/phrase_in_hiero_markup - External identifiers: Vesti.ru dossier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vesti.ru_dossier_ID, Catalogue of Life ID 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Catalogue_of_Life_ID_2, XJustiz registration court ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/XJustiz_registration_court_ID, Wikisimpsons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikisimpsons_ID, Réseau documents d'artistes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/R%C3%A9seau_documents_d%27artistes_ID, Millattashlar ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Millattashlar_ID, Transphoto city ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Transphoto_city_ID, Grand Duchy of Lithuania Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania_Encyclopedia_ID, Archivio Biografico Comunale (Palermo) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivio_Biografico_Comunale_(Palermo)_ID, Sceneweb artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sceneweb_artist_ID, Index to Organism Names ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Index_to_Organism_Names_ID, Leopoldina member web site ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Leopoldina_member_web_site_ID, Dico en ligne Le Robert ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dico_en_ligne_Le_Robert_ID, LastDodo-area-id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LastDodo-area-id, SberZvuk ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SberZvuk_ID, North Data company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/North_Data_company_ID, Gardens Navigator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gardens_Navigator_ID, SAHRA heritage objects ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAHRA_heritage_objects_ID, ezeri.lv ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ezeri.lv_ID, SAHA player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAHA_player_ID, norsk fangeregister fangeleir ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/norsk_fangeregister_fangeleir_ID, Mnemosine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mnemosine_ID, World Economic Forum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Economic_Forum_ID, Apple Podcasts podcast episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Apple_Podcasts_podcast_episode_ID - Query examples: - Map of tramways in France https://w.wiki/4j6Z - Map of categories for honorary citizens https://w.wiki/4j5D ( source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P10280) - Map of the Medieval universities and its founding date https://w.wiki/4hr5 (source https://twitter.com/larswillighagen/status/1483586097166888964) - Camps/subcamps within a 20km radius of your location https://w.wiki/4jKL (source https://twitter.com/SPARQLCRMSUPPE/status/1485529805676240900) - Taxa found at Fazenda Tamanduá https://w.wiki/4iin (Sertão of Paraíba - Brazil) (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1484630713722937346) - Birthplace of Rabbis https://w.wiki/4hwA (source https://twitter.com/sharozwa/status/1483731259985694722) - Italian parliamentarians and ministers aged between 50 and 80 https://w.wiki/4haR (source https://twitter.com/nemobis/status/1483217197858279429) - Female Irish scientists in Wikidata without a Wikipedia article https://w.wiki/4hZB (source https://twitter.com/Jan_Ainali/status/1483168128632827910) - Places in the Hautes-Alpes that are the subject of an article on Wikipedia in at least 10 languages https://w.wiki/4hoz (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1483533204090990599)
Development
- Enabling usage tracking specifically for statements on Waray, Armenian and Cebuano Wikipedias (phab:T296383 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296383, phab:T296382 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296382, phab:T296384 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296384) - Implementing basic version of mul language code and deploying it to Test Wikidata (phab:T297393 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297393) - Preparing an event centered on reusing Wikidata's data - Mismatch Finder: Been in touch with people who can potentially provide the first mismatches to load into the new tool for the launch. Finalized the statistics part.
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