*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* 🧵Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - DwdsBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DwdsBot - Task/s: The bot imports lexeme data (lemmas, forms, morphological information) from the Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (DWDS) (Q1225026) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1225026. - RobertgarrigosBOT https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/RobertgarrigosBOT - Task/s: I'm using Openrefine to edit items related to Wikidata:Wikiproject_Lieder https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiproject_Lieder, beginning by adding the new subclass lyrico-musical work (Q114586269) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114586269 to the actual lieder in WD. I hope to gain some experience before going with further edits. - Josh404Bot 4 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Josh404Bot_4 - Task/s: Add review score (P444) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P444 for video game (Q7889) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7889 items that have an OpenCritic ID (P2864) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2864 with data from the OpenCritic (Q21039459) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21039459 API. - BorkedBot 8 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/BorkedBot_8 - Update official website (P856) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P856 to HTTPS when appropriate
🎊 Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed Wednesday, October 19, at 9:30 AM PST/16:30 UTC https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1666197004. This month's presentation is a panel discussion celebrating Wikidata's 10th birthday and featuring Lydia Pintscher https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18016466. - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call October 18th: session where community members can share their favorite Wikidata gadgets, user scripts, or SPARQL queries Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QQn1jS89TWGiLcXOpbRGXCcDVxWKSgEqg6Pj8zXxt9w/edit?usp=sharing - Wikimedia Norge: Wikidata celebrates 10 years, and it is marked both in Oslo and in Bergen https://www.wikimedia.no/events/event/wikidata-10-ar/. Time: 12:00–16:00 Wikimedia Norway's Oslo office - Learn Wikidata and celebrate #WikidataBirthday in Sydney! (An introduction to wikidata: how worlds of wikimedia link). Saturday 22 October from 11am to 2pm. Sign up https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/an-introduction-to-wikidata-how-worlds-of-wikimedia-link . - Ongoing - Filmi music datathon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/India/Filmi_music_datathon to add and improve data about songs used in Indian movies. − until October 28th. Participate https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikidata_Tenth_Birthday/Filmi_Music_datathon?enroll= - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #63, Vehicles https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=63
✍🏿 Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - #WikidataBirthday https://twitter.com/hashtag/WikidataBirthday?src=hashtag_click: A series of blog posts written by Sannita (A) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Sannita highlighting the amazing work of the Wikidata community - 10 Years of Wikidata Part 3 https://blog.wikimedia.de/2022/10/11/wikidata-tools-the-story-of-a-crafty-community/ - Adding Jaxsta - the Australian database of international songwriting credits - to Wikidata https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Adding_Jaxsta_-_the_Australian_database_of_international_songwriting_credits_-_to_Wikidata (How we're using Mix'n'match to add Jaxsta profiles to Wikidata) - Papers - The disambiguation of people names in biological collections https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/86089/ - Wikidata, ORCiD and Bionomia - Videos - LIVE Wikidata editing #94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNFpNb6Y5_g - Dagbani Wikipedia Saha Episode 10: Adding references to Wikidata items https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_72SEsCpZ0M - Qichwabase as a Wikibase instance - Wikibase as a core technology to support a harmonization process of the Quechua language and knowledge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3slzBnISPAk - Dataviz - Career of Nobel laureates in literature https://observablehq.com/@pac02/career-of-nobel-laureates-in-literature - Actress-singers and actor-singers careers in dataviz https://observablehq.com/@pac02/actress-singers-and-actor-singers-v2 - Twitter threads - 10 things you didn't know about Wikidata https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1581926903966879746 (Curious about some of the more quirky things around Wikidata? Let's have a look!) - 10 Queries that teach you something about the world https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1580864600756539394. - 10 great website and apps and built on top of Wikidata https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1579496646718943233
🧰 Tool of the week
- New Wikidata game - match new Wikipedia articles and categories with Wikidata items https://wikidata-game.toolforge.org/distributed/#game=82&opt=%7B%22type%22%3A%22all%22%7D !
✨ Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Outreachy Round 25–projects finalized & contribution period begins! https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/XADVMH3C4JPLCOYHNEAXQT3F7J64ZV35/ - The Welsh Government's new mapping platform Data Map Wales (for publishing public geo data) now has an optional base layer entirely in Welsh https://nation.cymru/news/users-of-digital-mapping-platform-can-now-visualise-wales-entirely-in-cymraeg/. This is largely based on OSM data with additional place names from Wikidata. - The Wikimania 2023 Organizing Team is looking for your suggestions on the first in-person #Wikimania in 4 years or on virtual/hybrid setup next year https://twitter.com/Wikimania/status/1581112480931057664. - Job opening - Software Engineer (Wikibase Product Platform) (m/f/d) https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/23780732/Software-Engineer-Wikibase-Product-Platform-m-f-d-/?jobDbPVId=59760256&l=en - Wikimedia Deutschland
🤔 Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: model image https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11101, annotator https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11105, alphabetical index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11106, recorded participant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11108 - External identifiers: Boomplay artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11090, Scottish Buildings at Risk ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11091, Nebraska Invasive Species Program species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11092, TUBITAK Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11093, Chess Federation of Canada ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11094, USGS Thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11095, LINCS small molecule ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11096, National Library of Indonesia Control Headings ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11097, Tas Parliament member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11098, VocaDB album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11099, VocaDB track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11100, JioSaavn album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11102, British Athletics ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11103, IAHR member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11104, SR-Archiv person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11107, Onestop ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11109, CMA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11110, Female Physicians in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11111, NASA International Space Station experiment ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11112, NASA International Space Station facility ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11113, Illinois Plants ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11114, IRIS UNIBAS author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11115, Yarus feed ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11116 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Cultural identity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cultural_identity, Android application ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Android_application_ID, collection items at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/collection_items_at, pin out https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/pin_out, abbreviation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/abbreviation, store number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/store_number, said to be the same as (lexeme) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/said_to_be_the_same_as_(lexeme), has reply https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_reply, Stamp perforation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stamp_perforation, Kanseki Repository work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kanseki_Repository_work_ID, solved by algorithm https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/solved_by_algorithm - External identifiers: Epson Tour player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Epson_Tour_player_ID, HomeComputer Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HomeComputer_Museum_ID, EPA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EPA_ID, sinta kemdikbud Author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sinta_kemdikbud_Author_ID, Sogou Baike ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sogou_Baike_ID, The Athletic player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Athletic_player_ID, The Athletic team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Athletic_team_ID, Reddit topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Reddit_topic_ID, CIViC gene ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CIViC_gene_ID, Assomptionnistes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Assomptionnistes_ID, identifiant Croix et Calvaires de Bretagne https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Croix_et_Calvaires_de_Bretagne, Cannabis Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cannabis_Database_ID, WPGA Tour Australasia player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WPGA_Tour_Australasia_player_ID, IDG IT-ord ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IDG_IT-ord_ID, OMED ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OMED_ID, MMB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MMB_ID, Dimitri and Aliki Perrotis Central Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dimitri_and_Aliki_Perrotis_Central_Library_ID, ESPN.com tennis player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ESPN.com_tennis_player_ID, MSVF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MSVF_ID, UOM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UOM_ID, Central Library of Volos ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Central_Library_of_Volos_ID, Voroklini Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Voroklini_Library_ID, Miraheze article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Miraheze_article_ID, Pakistan Sign Language Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pakistan_Sign_Language_Dictionary_ID, Hungarian Film Archive person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hungarian_Film_Archive_person_ID, Municipal Library of Volos ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Municipal_Library_of_Volos_ID, Levadia Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Levadia_Library_ID - Query examples: - Bands that have had more members than the Sugababes https://w.wiki/5oDA (source https://twitter.com/philbgorman/status/1579511828019023873) - Average age difference from one's spouse, by profession, (for men https://w.wiki/5piK) and (women https://w.wiki/5piJ) (source https://twitter.com/medi_cago/status/1581628935733129217) - How long has each UK chancellor been in office? https://w.wiki/5pP4 (source https://twitter.com/watty62/status/1580953625991389185) - Streets of Paris that meet https://w.wiki/5otq (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1580639282405863424) - Players in the FIFA World Cup 2022 Sticker Album with most years in the national team https://w.wiki/5oJy (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1579599340829822976)
🧑🏿💻 Development
- REST API: - Finished work on handling conditional HTTP request headers (If-Match, If-None-Match, etc) - Working on providing more clear error reports to PATCH route errors - Mismatch Finder: Implementing a new random mismatch feature ( phab:T302289 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T302289) - The text in the namespace tabs for Lexeme: and EntitySchema: pages can now be easily translated (phab:T316770 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T316770) - thanks Amir! - Made the Wikibase error message "Malformed input" more meaningful ( phab:T304943 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T304943) - Continued working on the deployment of a patch to improve the Query Service lag integration in MediaWiki API's maxlag (phab:T315423 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T315423) - Fixed a bug where the Kartographer map preview is erroneously closed, when clicking on zoom actions (+/-) (phab:T303103 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T303103) - Still working on fixing a mobile termbox issue related to the "mul" language code (phab:T318137 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T318137) - Added ircs as an allowed protocol for the URL datatype (phab:T320643 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T320643) - thanks Lectrician1!
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