*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: July 3rd: UGent Wikidata and Wikibase Workshop 2019
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/UGent_Wikidata_and_Wikibase_Workshop_2019#Programme>
- Upcoming: OSM TW x Wikidata TW Meetup, June 3rd, Taipei, Taiwan - Facebook
event <https://www.facebook.com/events/419053822210609>
- Upcoming: Wikidata Lab XVII
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XVII>
in São Paulo, Brazil, July 11th
- Upcoming: Inventaire & OpenData Week 2019
<https://wiki.inventaire.io/wiki/Inventaire-OpenData-Week-2019> in
Wurzen, Germany, July 18th-25th
- State of the Map 2019 <https://2019.stateofthemap.org/>: early bird
tickets are available until July 7th. The program will include a
Wikidata workshop <https://2019.stateofthemap.org/program/>
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Placing EveryPolitician on hold
<https://www.mysociety.org/2019/06/26/placing-everypolitician-on-hold/>
by MySociety ("it's clear that Wikidata should be the natural global home
for this type of data")
- Celebrity Profiling
<https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b637/63015ff6659fb755a4a3ec72bb0353cf7300.pdf?_ga=2.6261939.140871088.1561579037-708203100.1559741642>
by Matti Wiegmann et al.,
- Published in ArXiv:
- DocRED: A Large-Scale Document-Level Relation Extraction Dataset
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.06127.pdf> by Yuan Yao et al.
- ConTrOn: Continuously Trained Ontology based on Technical Data
Sheets and Wikidata <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.06752.pdf> by Kobkaew
Opasjumruskit et al.
- Wikidata as opportunity for special collections: the 20th Century
Press Archives use case
<https://www.slideshare.net/jneubert/wikidata-as-opportunity-for-special-collections-the-20th-century-press-archives-use-case>.
Presentation at LIBER 2019 (LOD working group of the Association of
European Research Libraries), by Joachim Neubert
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jneubert>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The Wikibase community Telegram group has been recreated, here's the
invitation link <https://t.me/joinchat/HGjGexZ9NE7BwpXzMsoDLA>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: LilyPond notation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6883>, target muscle
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6884>, historical region
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6885>, writing language
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6886>, match interval
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6887>, microarchitecture
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6889>, literacy rate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6897>, era name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6902>, seconded by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6938>, moved by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6939>
- External identifiers: MELPA package ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6888>, Nchdb asset ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6890>, National Film Board
of Canada director identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6891>,
Fundamental.org
Baptist Church ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6892>, Offizielle
Deutsche Charts artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6893>, Beatport artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6894>, Bangladesh
administrative division code (2017-)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6895>, Djshop artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6896>, NeoGeoSoft ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6898>, New York City
Neighborhood Tabulation area ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6899>, NicoNicoPedia
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6900>, NooSFere edition ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6901>, ArtBrokerage artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6903>, ATRF ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6904>, Bebo profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6905>, National Library of
Aruba ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6906>, BVLarramendi
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6907>, Cameo ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6908>, Charts in France
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6909>, CIN ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6910>, Dutch Charts artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6911>, Equipboard artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6912>, Facebook Gaming game
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6913>,
Gaana.com artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6914>, Gambay ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6915>, Heritage Gazetteer of
Cyprus <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6916>, Historical
Archives of the European Union ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6917>, hitparade.ch artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6918>, Indian gallantry
awardee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6919>, Juno
Download artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6920>, MangaSeek
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6921>, Metro topic
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6922>, Moov artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6923>, Murfie artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6924>, Musicalics composer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6925>, Nederlandse Top 40
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6926>, NME artist
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6927>, PCE Daisakusen ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6928>, CUT code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6929>, Pro Football Hall of
Fame ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6930>, Repology
project name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6931>,
Rogerebert.com
film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6932>, SA Flora ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6933>, Syriac Biographical
Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6934>, The DJ
List artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6935>, Who's
Who of American Comic Books ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6936>, SNBP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6937>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: double major
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/double_major>,
Poster
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Poster>,
Throwing
handedness
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Throwing_handedness>,
Batting handedness
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Batting_handedness>,
Institut-ID in der Unternehmensdatenbank der BaFin
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Institut-ID_in_der_Unternehmensdatenbank_der_BaFin>,
Wolfram Language unit code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wolfram_Language_unit_code>,
National Transportation Safety Board report
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Transportation_Safety_Board_report>,
enemy of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/enemy_of>, PHI
Latin Texts author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PHI_Latin_Texts_author_ID>,
default description for instances
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/default_description_for_instances>
- External identifiers: ACNP journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACNP_journal_ID>,
Personnel de l'administration préfectorale ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Personnel_de_l%27administration_pr%C3%A9fectorale_ID>,
Bursa Malaysia stock code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bursa_Malaysia_stock_code>,
etrain.info station ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/etrain.info_station_ID>,
Rupa Publications author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rupa_Publications_author_ID>,
Pro Kabaddi League player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pro_Kabaddi_League_player_ID>,
OYO Hotel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OYO_Hotel_ID>,
Anime Characters Database
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anime_Characters_Database>,
IMFDB work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IMFDB_work_ID>,
Australian Faunal Directory publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Faunal_Directory_publication_ID>,
Ident.Nr.
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ident.Nr.>,
Sverigetopplistan
artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sverigetopplistan_artist_ID>,
Musiikkituottajat artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Musiikkituottajat_artist_ID>,
Radio Courtoisie show ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Radio_Courtoisie_show_ID>,
Biyografya ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biyografya_ID>
- Query examples:
- Nouns without grammatical gender in a chosen language
<https://w.wiki/5VP> (source
<https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1144863672336039936>)
- Current UK Members of Parliament ranked by number of Wikimedia
sitelinks <https://w.wiki/5VR> (source
<https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1144722074386280453>)
- Architectural drawings depicting cathedrals in France
<https://w.wiki/5VS> (source
<https://twitter.com/daieuxdailleurs/status/1144604075004256256>)
- Music bands named after Tolkien's universe, by genre
<https://w.wiki/5VT> (source
<https://twitter.com/sukkoria/status/1142149043398893569>)
- Newest database reports: education by country
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Education/education_by_country_or_region>
Development
- More work on preparing the technical setup for Wikidata Bridge
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/4074> development
- Implement Feature Flag for Wikidata Bridge (phab:T225935
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225935>)
- Discuss the best way to connect template parameter to corresponding
Wikidata property (phab:T224832
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224832>)
- Improve the documentation for Wikibase sites setup (phab:T218282
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218282>)
- Prepare the last steps for reading from new term store implementation (
phab:T225603 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225603>) according to
the migration plan (phab:T221765
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221765>)
- Fixed a bug and reduced significantly the amount of addUsagesForPage
jobs in our jobs queue (phab:T205045
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T205045>)
- Removed feature flag for the bugfix for wbeditentity setting aliases
to empty array (phab:T223305 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223305>)
- Decreased EntityUsageTable addUsage batch size to 100 (phab:T225500
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225500>)
- Configured query service lag for Wikidata maxlag (phab:T222193
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222193>)
- Helped fixing an issue with moving files on Commons (phab:T226672
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226672>)
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>
- Suggested and open tasks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks>
!
- 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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.