*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: koavf 3
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/koavf_3>
(RfP scheduled to end after 8 July 2023 13:16 UTC)
- Closed request for adminship: Wolverène
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Wolver%C3%A8ne>
Welcome onboard \o/
- New requests for permissions/Bot: UrbanBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/UrbanBot>
(Task: UrbanBot's task is to mass-add English descriptions to items that
don't have one)
- Closed request for permissions/Bot: RomesfulImporterBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/RomesfulImporterBot>
(Task: Creating and updating Russian Lexemes by transferring information
from the Russian Wiktionary
<https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikt:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C:%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0>
)
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming
- The third iteration of the WikiWomenCamp will be hosted in New
Delhi, India, from the 20th to the 22nd of October 2023. Scholarship
applications are now open
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WWC2023/Scholarship>.
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working
Hour July 7, 2023: Let's collaborate to upgrade our community
infrastructure! We'll transfer notes and content from Google Docs to our
WikiProject subpages. We'll be practicing our Wiki markup skills and
learning to manage Wikidata Project pages Event page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours/2023-July-7_Wikidata_Working_Hour>
- Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #99, Breast milk
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=99> (Challenge
started on 2023-07-03 12:01:21)
- Past: The “Games & Literature” conference
<https://www.dla-marbach.de/kalender/detail/529/> took place June
28th-30th at German Literature Archive Marbach (Q1205813)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1205813>, several sessions mentioned
Wikidata (see for example Why we thought it was a good idea to build a
DACH games database <https://zenodo.org/record/8103375>).
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Videos
- EduWiki 2023 Wikidata for Education - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdsbh64LwhQ>
- EduWiki 2023 Wikidata in Secondary School Classrooms - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo_WIhA8btI>
- Notebooks
- Visualizing all Tour de France's yellow jersey wearers
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/all-tour-de-frances-yellow-jersey-wearers>.
See also, all notebooks about the Tour de France
<https://observablehq.com/tag/tourdefrance>.
Tool of the week
- m:User:Base/Scripts/HaveWikibaseLabelLowercased.js
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Base/Scripts/HaveWikibaseLabelLowercased.js>
- is a Userscript that adds an arrow next to the main label (page title)
which upon double click (a tap and a confirmation on touch devices)
automatically makes the label's first letter lowercase for the current
interface language. If there was already a matching alias it gets removed.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The WikidataCon 2023
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2023> call for
proposals is running until July 31st. If you have questions or need advice
before sending a program proposal, join the program team during one of the
office hour sessions (online or in Taiwan, in Chinese or in English). More
information
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikidataCon_2023#Wikidatacon_Calling_for_Proposals_Office_Hours_Wikidatacon_徵稿說明會!>
- Scholia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia> has a new
aspect dedicated to profiling WikiProjects, e.g.
toolforge:scholia/wikiproject/Q56241615
<https://iw.toolforge.org/scholia/wikiproject/Q56241615> for WikiProject
Invasion biology
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Invasion_biology>.
Using it revealed inconsistencies across WikiProjects in terms of which
properties they use (and how) to associate a page with a WikiProject, as
discussed here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProjects#Consistency_in_tagging_WikiProjects_via_P5008_and/_or_P6104>
.
- Introducing Wikibase World
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/Z73WCYFGNK6AOENKERGOYUCDQWWU433G/>.
The Wikibase registry has moved. Add an entry for your Wikibase if it's
accessible over the open internet.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes:
- first performance by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11849> (performer or
performing group for the first performance of a work)
- record of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11851>
(signal over time this object is a physical representation of)
- orchestration <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11862>
(the instruments used in a musical composition or arrangement
described
using score notation)
- type of document(s) held
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11868> (used to specify
the type of document(s) contained in an archival collection or
documentation file)
- External identifiers: French sports venue number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11840>, Challenges
billionaire ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11841>,
Intangible
cultural heritage ID by the Austrian UNESCO commission
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11842>, mosff.ru player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11843>, Austadiums ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11845>, Akadem organization
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11846>, Zeneszöveg.hu
international artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11847>, Azerbaijani National
Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11848>,
Encyclopedia.com
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11850>, QLIT ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11852>, Biographical
Dictionary of Foreign Kartvelologists of Georgia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11853>, Politique pappers
identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11854>,
altesdresden.de
object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11855>, BFM.ru
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11856>,
beachsoccer.com
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11857>, National
Science Foundation award
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11858>, BIBFRAME Hub ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11859>, elibrary.ru article
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11860>, Clavis
Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11861>, Radiomuseum company
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11863>, BSDB player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11865>, NBC Olympics athlete
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11866>, Law Insider Legal
Dictionary entry <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11867>, VMI
Historical Rosters Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11869>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes:
- elected on
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/elected_on>
(Date when a person was elected to a {{P|P39}}, in difference
to {{P|P580}}
(= {{Q|Q28530236}}). {{P|P2715}} cannot always be applied.)
- collage combines images
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/collage_combines_images>
(collage composed of images)
- Nigerian registered company (RC) id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nigerian_registered_company_(RC)_id>
(RC number (Registration Number), identifier assigned to a
business by the
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Nigeria)
- Cent cols
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cent_cols>
(A property to link Wikidata entries to the dedicated pages
of each pass by
the Cent Cols)
- Phonographic copyright
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Phonographic_copyright>
(identifier for phonographic copyright)
- External identifiers: myjewishitaly.it ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/myjewishitaly.it_ID>,
Rostocker Matrikelportal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rostocker_Matrikelportal_ID>,
Lemmy community identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lemmy_community_identifier>,
Mythoskop ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mythoskop_ID>,
Archivio digitale Fondo Edifici di Culto ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivio_digitale_Fondo_Edifici_di_Culto_ID>,
British Institute at Ankara person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Institute_at_Ankara_person_ID>,
British Institute at Ankara settlement ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Institute_at_Ankara_settlement_ID>,
LFG player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LFG_player_ID>,
Flashpoint database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flashpoint_database_ID>,
Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woordenlijst_Nederlandse_Taal>,
World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Geographical_Scheme_for_Recording_Plant_Distributions_ID>,
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Istituto_Italiano_di_Tecnologia_author_ID>,
Wikibase World identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikibase_World_identifier>,
Biblioteca centrale Cappuccini authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_centrale_Cappuccini_authority_ID>,
National Library of Colombia authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Library_of_Colombia_authority_ID>,
CNR ExploRA author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNR_ExploRA_author_ID>
- Query examples:
- Subject areas of journals that have published papers about the
replication crisis <https://w.wiki/6tP5> (by User:Zeromonk and
User:MartinPoulter)
- Count of games published in ROM format per platform per year,
1995-1997 <https://w.wiki/6x5L> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Properly_formatted_years_as_x-axis_for_a_bar_chart>
)
- Countries with similar populations <https://w.wiki/6x5p>
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- WikiProject Conflation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Conflation> aims
to identify and untangle conflated items.
- WikiProject Scotland's Accused Witches
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Scotland%27s_Accused_Witches>
aims at producing structured data documenting witchhunts, and prosecuted
Scotland's accused witches on Wikidata using the University of
Edinburgh's
landmark Survey of Scottish Witchcraft database (1563 to 1736).
Development
- Wikibase REST API:
- We finished the GetProperty endpoint with fields filter and
Conditional headers (phab:T338141
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T338141>, phab:T338138
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T338138>)
- We started working on the endpoints for reading statement data of
Properties (both a single statement, and a list of all of a Property’s
statement) (phab:T339356 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T339356>),
phab:T338383 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T338383>)
- Ontology issue survey: We put together an overview of solutions for
the various types of issues and will share them this week.
- mul language code: We are continuing to work through the language
fallback issues that were uncovered.
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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