*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: Split identifier into KEGG Drug Identifier,
KEGG Compound Identifier, etc?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P665>
- Closed request for comments: Clarifying rights and responsibilities of
Property Creators
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Clarifying_rights_and_responsibilities_of_Property_Creators>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past: 26 November 2018: Adding your own stuff to Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/SWIB_2018>. Workshop at
SWIB18 <http://swib.org/swib18/>, Bonn, Germany
- Past: 04 December 2018: Chancen und Risiken einer komplementären
Nutzung von GND und Wikidata
<https://www.slideshare.net/jneubert/chancen-und-herausforderungen-einer-komplementren-nutzung-von-gnd-und-wikidata>.
Präsentation auf der GNDCon
<https://wiki.dnb.de/display/GNDCON2018/GNDCon+2018> in Frankfurt Main,
Germany
- Past: 11–12 December 2018 in Namburu, India: Wiki Advanced Training
2018
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/VVIT_Wiki_Advanced_Training_2018>
(with special focus on Wikidata) by Asaf Bartov
- Upcoming: 35th Chaos Communication Congress, December 27-30,
Leipzig. There
will be Wikidata staff and volunteers and Wikidata-related sessions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:35C3>
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- 6 "inside-out" activities librarians are doing
<http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/2018/12/6-inside-out-activities-librarians-are.html>
— numbers 4 and 5 involve Wikidata
- From the "Annalen der Pharmacie" to the "European Journal of Organic
Chemistry"
<https://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2018/12/from-annalen-der-pharmacie-to-european.html>
about using Wikidata for capturing (some of) the history of chemistry
- Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons
<https://pro.europeana.eu/page/issue-10-innovation-agenda#structured-data-on-commons>,
by Sandra Fauconnier, in *EuropeanaTech 10 Insight Issue 10: Innovation
Agenda*
- Many faces of Wikibase: Lingua Libre makes languages audible
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/12/14/many-faces-of-wikibase-lingua-libre-makes-%CB%88laengw%C9%99%CA%A4%C9%99z-audible/>,
by Jens Ohlig (also available in German
<https://blog.wikimedia.de/2018/12/14/many-faces-of-wikibase-lingua-libre-macht-%cb%88%ca%83p%ca%81a%cb%90x%c9%99-hoerbar/>
)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Call for contribution for the WikiWorkshop
<http://wikiworkshop.org/2019/>, forum bringing together researchers
exploring all aspects of the Wikimedia projects, held in May 2019 in San
Francisco, is now open until January 31st
- Research questionnaire
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_h3LPcPgM2V3W5tNdRdWjw3ayRUq73nD0HyhVz07SKwE0Hw/viewform?usp=sf_link>
about Wikidata as a learning platform by Shani Evenstein
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Esh77> as part of her PhD research.
- Interactive map of the Sibthorp & Bauer Expedition
<http://glam-discovery.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/botany/>, produced by the
Bodleian Libraries, powered by Wikidata
- Scholia's "missing" pages (example
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia/topic/Q12156/missing>) now link to
the new Author Disambiguator
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/author-disambiguator/?doit=Look+for+author&name=N%20Nakagawa>
tool, and a Listeria list
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData/Wikidata_lists/Famous_people_with_unidentified_co-authors>
is available to help prioritize co-author disambiguation for authors with
sitelinks.
- Draft of behavior norms policy
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Behavior_norms>, feel free to
leave comments
- Wikimedia hackathon in Prague: apply for a scholarship until January
4th
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019/Register_and_Attend>
- Discuss if you can edit your own item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Editing_your_own_item>,
and vote here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Autobiography#Final_version>
on the proposed policy
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Autobiography>.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: real estate developer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6237>, collection creator
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6241>, digital
representation of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6243>, specific
age inside fictional universe
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6249>, catchphrase
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6251>, subject lexeme
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6254>, right ascension
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6257>, declination
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6258>, epoch
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6259>, galactic longitude
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6260>, galactic latitude
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6261>
- External identifiers: ARLLFB member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6226>, Flora of Wisconsin ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6227>, RegiowikiAT identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6228>, Discord Store game SKU
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6229>, Bavarian protected
area ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6230>, BDEL ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6231>, Danske Taler speaker
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6232>, Place Names
Register ID (Estonia)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6233>, Biographie
nationale de Belgique ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6234>, ARB person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6235>, Monument aux morts ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6238>, IEC commemorative
monument of Catalonia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6239>, MMLO
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6240>, Meteorological
Service of Canada climate site ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6242>, Volksbund ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6244>, PomBase systematic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6245>, Paris Musées work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6246>, LEGO design ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6247>, LEGO element ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6248>, iTunes music movie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6250>, BSRussia player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6252>, Beachsoccer.ru person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6253>, SinemaTürk person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6255>, SinemaTürk film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6256>, Wikia article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6262>, MinDat mineral ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6263>, Harvard Index of
Botanists ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6264>, MinDat
Locality ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6265>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Garzanti Linguistica
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Garzanti_Linguistica>,
Buried in this place
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Buried_in_this_place>,
specific rotation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/specific_rotation>,
Data interval
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Data_interval>,
Minimum wage
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Minimum_wage>,
Danmarks svampeatlas ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danmarks_svampeatlas_ID>,
friend of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/friend_of>,
copyright
representative
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/copyright_representative>,
rights statement
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/rights_statement>,
co-director
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/co-director>,
Berliner Schutzgebiets-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Berliner_Schutzgebiets-ID>,
preparation instructions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/preparation_instructions>
- External identifiers: SVT Open archive
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SVT_Open_archive>,
Hymnary.org page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary.org_page>,
Anbytarforum
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anbytarforum>,
Multiplayer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Multiplayer_ID>,
Amazon Music artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amazon_Music_artist_ID>,
Parliament of South Africa ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parliament_of_South_Africa_ID>,
Objectif Gard topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Objectif_Gard_topic_ID>,
Epic Games Store ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Epic_Games_Store_ID>,
Hymnary author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary_author_ID>,
IPPDH ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IPPDH_ID>,
French
Academy of Sciences member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/French_Academy_of_Sciences_member_ID>,
OTRS ticket number 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OTRS_ticket_number_2>,
MNopedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MNopedia_ID>,
NCpedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NCpedia_ID>,
ICCD IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICCD_IDs>,
Weeds
in Ontario ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Weeds_in_Ontario_ID>,
AllMusic performance ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AllMusic_performance_ID>,
bbcmicro.co.uk identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bbcmicro.co.uk_identifier>,
YSA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YSA_ID>
- Query examples:
- (UK) Ambassador by country list
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_British_Politicians/ambassadors/ambassador_by_country_list>
- Listeria report which writes 240 by-country reports on UK Ambassadors -
h/t NavinoEvans <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:NavinoEvans> for
the approach
- Presidents of the United States ranked by the number of species
named after them
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0A%23species%20named%20after%20US%20presidents%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fpres%20%3FpresLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP225%20%3FtaxonName.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ7432.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fpres.%0A%20%20%3Fpres%20wdt%3AP39%20wd%3AQ11696.%0A%20%20%3Fpres%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1075288060793741312>)
- Communes of France whose name starts with "Saint"
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3Flabel%20%3Fcoord%20%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ142%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ484170.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FlabelWithLanguage.%0A%20%20FILTER%28CONTAINS%28LCASE%28STR%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%29%2C%20%22saint%22%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%0A%20%20BIND%28STR%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%20AS%20%3Flabel%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/GromNaN/status/1074668877387366405>)
- Italian toponyms with suffixes of Celtic origin (-ago, -ate, -asco)
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23Toponyms%20of%20Celtic%20origin%20in%20Italy%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3Flabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ38.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ747074.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FlabelWithLanguage.%0A%20%20BIND(STR(%3FlabelWithLanguage)%20AS%20%3Flabel)%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22it%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER(STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22ago%22)%20%7C%7C%20STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22ate%22)%20%7C%7C%20STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22asco%22))%0A%20%20FILTER((LANG(%3FlabelWithLanguage))%20%3D%20%22it%22)%20%0A%20%20BIND(%0A%20%20%20%20IF(STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22ago%22)%2C%20%22CC3333%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20IF(STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22ate%22)%2C%20%2233AACC%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20IF(STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22asco%22)%2C%20%22AA33CC%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%22%22)))%20AS%20%3Frgb).%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1074523595924074496>)
- List of ABBA songs in A major
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP826%20wd%3AQ277793%3B%20%23%20tonality%3A%20A%20major%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fwdt%20%5B%20wdt%3AP463%3F%20wd%3AQ18233%20%5D.%20%23%20linked%20via%20any%20property%20%28since%20I%20don%E2%80%99t%20know%20if%20it%20should%20be%20%E2%80%9Ccomposer%E2%80%9D%2C%20%E2%80%9Cperformer%E2%80%9D%20or%20something%20else%29%20to%20ABBA%20or%20one%20of%20its%20members%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1074839418182209536>
)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Wikidata:WikiProject Policies
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Policies>
- Newest database reports: Nicolas Cage filmography
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/Filmography/Nicolas_Cage>
- expanded list of Christmas films
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/lists/films_by_genre/Christmas_films>
Development
- Test that the issue with blocked users will not happen anymore (
phab:T211120 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211120>)
- Finish up on showing Language and Language codes when editing glosses (
phab:T209931 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209931>)
- Work towards having QualityContraints on Beta (phab:T209957
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209957>)
- Work on tracking usage of Wikibase Lua Functions (phab:T191416
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191416>)
- Some more work on string length limits (phab:T154660
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154660>)
- Work on some Wikidata toolkit improvements (phab:T209399
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209399>)
- Fix some errors happening in production (phab:T208924
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208924>)
- More under-the-hood work for the termbox on mobile
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.