*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming: live SPARQL queries <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> on Twitch
and in French by Vigneron, November 17 at 18:00 CET
- Upcoming: SWIB20 (Semantic Web in Libraries) conference
<https://swib.org/>, multiple Wikidata-related presentations, free and
online, November 23-27
- Upcoming: Editathon (or "connection sprint") on parliamentarian
documents in Swedish
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden/Swedish_Riksdag_documents/Kopplingssprint>,
November 20
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Linked_Data_for_Production#LD4-Wikidata_Affinity_Group>
call: Dan Shick <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dan_Shick_(WMDE)>
on creating and managing community documentation, November 17. Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i_OONeNl7XZbo5un81bYHFx0wOp2ErSKYjGnfIHel9Y/edit?usp=sharing>
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #39
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#39>,
November 22
- Past: ELIXIR BioHackathon 2020
<https://github.com/elixir-europe/BioHackathon-projects-2020> updates:
- Project #13: >20 thousand PDB ligand identifiers added and new
formatter URL:
https://twitter.com/ESchymanski/status/1326875606177492993
- Project #33: Using wikidata query service in the taxon_mapper in Molseq
- connecting molecular (genbank) and specimen (GBIF) data app
<http://oxalis.br.fgov.be:8181>
- Project #35: Video: ELIXIR BioHackathon Europe 2020 Introduction to
ShEx/Entity Schemas <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEaa9zHSos>
with Wikidata starting at 18:00
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Upcoming: Wikidata Knowledge graph
<https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Krakow-Graph-Academy/events/274359758/>
(in Polish) by Zbyszko Papierski on Wednesday, 18 November 2020 6:45 pm to
9:30 pm GMT+1
- Video: A Linked and Open Bibliography for Aegean Glyptic in the Bronze
Age <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywsRcnlQ198> by Martina Trognitz,
recorded in April 2019
- Video: ELIXIR BioHackathon Europe 2020 Introduction to ShEx/Entity
Schemas <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEaa9zHSos>
- Video: Introduction to Gene Wiki
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ__UqgpDDk>
- Video: ISB Biocuration 2020 Online Workshop: Genewiki 2 Methodology -
Updating with bots <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abbeFWHdTaw>
- Video: An Introduction to Wikibase and Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vJrsUQIbV4>. Barbara Fischer and Sarah
Hartmann
- Video: LIVE Wikidata editing #24
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbnX2VSf4Hs>
- Video: Programming for Cultural Heritage: Using Python to retrieve
data from Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzfC3KFqmPs>
- Video: Wikipedia & Wikidata for Middle East Librarians
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOvlkAzCdrA>
- Video: OpenStreetMap & Wikidata using Sophox
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyT0Qy8H-dI&t=246s> - OpenStreetMap US
Connect 2020
- Video: Adding Pashas to Wikidata. 7 videos: Wikipedia to OpenRefine
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PflmQn_SFbg>, Standardizing dates
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFmEePPYY_Y>, Standardizing names in
OpenRefine <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fonr9Su4ZhQ>, Wikidata
reconciliation <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUgO8Tkhu6s>, Adding
additional data <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T30k1AzLc6Q>, Combining
Arabic and English Lists
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXlHWUhowxw>, Wikidata
Schema <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hty7PJRabQg>
- Blogpost: Introducing Mapping the Scottish Reformation: Clerics,
Manuscripts, and Open Data
<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2020/10/introducing-mapping-the-scottish-reformation-clerics-manuscripts-and-open-data/>.
*"Most of the individuals we have found are obviously relatively obscure
and have no item entry in Wikidata...As such, we have created around one
thousand new items over the last two months, all of which serve as a
framework to record the key parameters of a cleric’s career".*
Tool of the week
- ALEC <https://alec-demo.herokuapp.com/> (A List of Everything Cool) is
a tool to explore biodiversity content in Wikidata.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Join the upcoming #1Lib1Ref Wikipedia campaign
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2020-November/095862.html>
from January 15th to February 5th 2021 and improve Wikidata items by adding
references to statements.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: dedicated heritage entity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8786>, defining mutations
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8789>, digitised by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8791>, for color scheme
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8798>, parent (unspecified)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8810>
- External identifiers: MTMT journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8774>, Soccerway stadium ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8775>, IMVDb music video ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8776>, NCAA Statistics coach
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8777>, Docker Hub
repository <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8778>, USL League
One ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8779>, Portuguese
Football Federation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8780>,
ClassInd game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8782>, AAGM
people ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8783>, AAGM site ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8784>, AniDB tag ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8785>, UAF person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8787>, Dignity Memorial
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8788>, Opera
Online performer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8790>, Bioweb
Ecuador ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8792>, Decorati
onorificenze repubblica ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8793>, BBFC reference
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8794>, AlKindi ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8795>, FilmPolski press
collection ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8796>, French
Paralympic and Sports Committee athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8797>, Twitch tag ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8799>, European Film Awards
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8800>, MSRI institution ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8801>, MSRI person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8802>, stolpersteine-berlin.de
Stolperstein identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8803>,
stolpersteine-hamburg.de Stolperstein identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8804>, LIMIS person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8805>, NSDOK Stolperstein
identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8806>,
stolpersteine-bremen.de
Stolperstein identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8807>,
snublestein.no Stolperstein identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8808>, AIWARDS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8809>, Twitch team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8811>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: use as citation in Wikimedia page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/use_as_citation_in_Wikimedia_page>,
GitLab username
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GitLab_username>,
given name identical to this family name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/given_name_identical_to_this_family_name>,
population connectée
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/population_connect%C3%A9e>,
indexed in bibliographic review
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/indexed_in_bibliographic_review>,
ISDS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISDS_ID>,
inscription
image
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inscription_image>,
Wanfang article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wanfang_article_ID>,
CQVIP article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CQVIP_article_ID>,
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Canada>,
CIP data sheet
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CIP_data_sheet>
- External identifiers: IMMuB artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IMMuB_artist_ID>,
IAFD distributor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IAFD_distributor_ID>,
Swiss-Gym Male ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swiss-Gym_Male_ID>,
Swiss-Gym Female ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swiss-Gym_Female_ID>,
FISG person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FISG_person_ID>,
Ligue 1 player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ligue_1_player_ID>,
Ligue 2 player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ligue_2_player_ID>,
AAA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AAA_ID>, Museum
Day ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museum_Day_ID>,
TeachMe tutor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TeachMe_tutor_ID>,
ISOF place
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISOF_place>,
CRGPG ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CRGPG_ID>,
Visages
du diocèse d'Autun ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Visages_du_dioc%C3%A8se_d%27Autun_ID>,
Geneall ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geneall_ID>,
Namuwiki (2)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Namuwiki_(2)>,
Union des artistes ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Union_des_artistes_ID>,
Kinorium Movie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kinorium_Movie_ID>,
Kinorium Person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kinorium_Person_ID>,
Prêtres du diocèse de Quimper ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pr%C3%AAtres_du_dioc%C3%A8se_de_Quimper_ID>,
Union Catalog of Armenian Libraries authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Union_Catalog_of_Armenian_Libraries_authority_ID>,
Restaurant Guru Restaurant ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Restaurant_Guru_Restaurant_ID>,
Foodlocate Restaurant ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Foodlocate_Restaurant_ID>,
Musica Brasilis ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Musica_Brasilis_ID>,
IEV number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IEV_number>,
CONOR authority IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CONOR_authority_IDs>,
LibraryThing venue ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LibraryThing_venue_ID>,
BPI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BPI_ID>,
PromoDj
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PromoDj_ID>,
Salzburgwiki
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Salzburgwiki>,
Drizly Product ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Drizly_Product_ID>,
Baijiahao ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baijiahao_ID>,
ESPN men's college basketball team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ESPN_men%27s_college_basketball_team_ID>
- Query examples:
- Rivers and canals in the United Kingdom <https://w.wiki/mR9>.
- Map of images taken for the Wicipics photography campaign in Wales
<https://w.wiki/mPZ> (Source
<https://twitter.com/WICI_LLGC/status/1327251837452476416>)
- Number of people and terms of UK parties since the 1945 election
<https://w.wiki/mH8> (Source
<https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1327035156092366854>)
- UK MPs who have voluntarily resigned their seats and then come back
for a different seat in the same Parliament <https://w.wiki/mWQ> (
Source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1327590977180233728>)
- Media articles, public documents and academic references on
backward/cluster-focused contact tracing (including models)
<https://w.wiki/bo6> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Francis_Aln/status/1326983559769370625>)
- Date of birth of current French prefects and their sources
<https://w.wiki/mSf> (Source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1326864873838481408>)
- Protected heritage related to the Camino in the Basque Country
<https://w.wiki/6c3> (Source
<https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1326498097837600768>)
- Living 'notable' people with the given name "Karen" per 100k
per
country <https://w.wiki/m7Z> (Source
<https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1326634340449718273>)
- Paintings in the Suter Art Gallery <https://w.wiki/kzP> (Source
<https://twitter.com/SiobhanLeachman/status/1326301937998864385>)
- Chilean ministers who were not educated at any high school
<https://w.wiki/mSh> (Source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1326286864924471296>)
- Age of US presidents start and end time <https://w.wiki/kxm> (Source
<https://twitter.com/infovarius/status/1326184191688650752>)
- Map of Welsh Railways <https://w.wiki/kPz> (Source
<https://twitter.com/WIKI_NLW/status/1326081898179923968>)
- Connections of railways of the Netherlands <https://w.wiki/ktf> (
Source <https://twitter.com/janedarnell/status/1326093149450756096>)
- Distinct languages of Wikidata lexemes <https://w.wiki/mi7>. Top 5
are Russian-101144, English-69066, Latin-32106, Hebrew-28286 and
Basque-22904.(Source
<https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1328050792507592705>)
- Death place of all Basque people with known birthplace on
Wikipedia, by century <https://w.wiki/mf7>. Interactive map on
kepler.gl
<https://kepler.gl/demo/map/carto?mapId=91c00ff3-8d37-a26b-8ccc-8488a2665dba&owner=galder158&privateMap=false>
(Source <https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1327919565905379328>)
Development
- Added "Random lexeme" link under dedicated section for lexicographical
data in the Wikidata sidebar (phab:T205525
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T205525>). Thanks to Matěj Suchánek
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mat%C4%9Bj_Such%C3%A1nek>!
- Working on language/spelling variant selector bug on Special:NewItem
and Special:NewLexeme that makes it difficult to continue creating Items or
Lexemes (phab:T266638 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T266638>)
- Work on the Query Builder continues. We're focusing on making it
possible to query for all Items with a specific Property but any value next.
- Went over all the feedback we have received for the REST API
specification draft. Overall the feedback is positive and really useful. So
we will move ahead after thinking more about the remaining points that were
raised.
- Working on making changes to descriptions show up in the RecentChanges
feed and watchlists on Wikipedia and co as well even if they are not
explicitly used (phab:T191831 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191831>
)
- Fixed a problem adding statements with Properties of datatype
mathematical formula (phab:T266496
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T266496>)
- Kicked off our new effort to implement a predictable release cycle and
release infrastructure for Wikibase suite by creating a prototype build
workflow (phab:T267553 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267553>) and
prototype test workflow (phab:T267554
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267554>)
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>
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de