Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: EnvlhBot 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/EnvlhBot_2 - Closed request for permissions/Bot: Dexbot 15 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Dexbot_15 - New request for comments: Population data model https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Population_data_model
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - Live on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/belett and in French by Vigneron, February 15 at 19:00 CET (UTC+1) - Wikidata Lab XXXII: Querying Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYz61-_gWko February 17, 5:00 PM - LIVE Wikidata editing #71 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wjjHjsPeI, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3173143136304175/, February 19 at 19:00 UTC - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #96 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#96, February 20 at 13.00 UTC - Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #29, Love https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=29 - Past: LIVE Wikidata editing #70 #Beijing2022 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUJjCnL72ak
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Historical people and modern collections: a Wikidata exploration https://medium.com/wiki-playtime/historical-people-and-modern-collections-a-wikidata-exploration-8f361b4ead78 - Wikidata in Stardog https://www.stardog.com/labs/blog/wikidata-in-stardog/ - Does your birthplace affect your probability to have your Wikipedia biography ? some evidence from people born in France. https://observablehq.com/@pac02/births-department-wikipedia - Videos - Wikidata Tutorial (in German): add qualifiers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6NMqyuq7bE, coordinates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUv3k_hFNqE & address https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbwYTdDjgEk - PADE Workshop: Wikidata – Linked, Open Data - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxjpn9wtLPg - OpenGLAM Valentine's Day School: Intro to Wikidata (in Finish) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5oTOCKfDsA - Workshop on adding intangible heritage community data and images on Wikidata/Wikimedia - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4UOGnm123k - Hands On: SPARQL Query Dbpedia Wikidata Python - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAqlDLCU1Gg
Tool of the week
- Equal Street Names https://equalstreetnames.org/ is a map visualizing the streetnames of a city by gender.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- New development plan for Wikidata and Wikibase for Q1 2022 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/ZXIBB4X4I2H4YFMZLX4AD6CPDAO6QPLU/
- Krbot's constraint reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Constraint_violations are now generally updated daily, after code optimizations and hardware upgrades. - Call for Mentors: Wiki Mentor Africa https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiki_Mentor_Africa is a mentorship project for tool creators/contributors. Interested to become a mentor (experienced tool creators/contributors), please visit this page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiki_Mentor_Africa/Mentor%27s_Room ! - Wikidata ESR https://github.com/cpesr/WikidataESR is a tool to visualize evolutions of universities and schools, such as creations, mergers, deletions and relations. Feedback and help to develop this project further is requested.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: semantic gender https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10339, original catalog description https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10358 - External identifiers: doollee.com play ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10335, doollee.com play publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10336, doollee.com playwright ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10337, Dico en ligne Le Robert ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10338, Inventaire national du Patrimoine culturel immatériel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10340, Réseau documents d'artistes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10341, Linguistic Atlas of Late Mediaeval English ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10342, Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10343, Viki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10344, Clavis Apocryphorum Novi Testamenti ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10345, Clavis Apocryphorum Veteris Testamenti ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10346, World Economic Forum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10347, USgamer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10348, Podvig Naroda ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10349, Vesti.ru dossier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10350, Turin University student ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10351, Naver TV ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10352, AusGamers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10353, PlayGround.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10354, Maritimt Magasin ship ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10355, TV3 show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10356, TV3 video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10357, IRIS UNIGE author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10359, nzs.si player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10360, UKÄ classification of science topics 2016 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10361, Lib.ru author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10362, Hessian Literature Council author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10363, Finnish real property ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10364, GoodGame.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10365 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Computational complexity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Computational_complexity, audio contains https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/audio_contains, identifies https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifies, Cadastral areas https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cadastral_areas, video depicts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/video_depicts, YouTube video https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YouTube_video, cadastral plot reference https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cadastral_plot_reference, Finisher https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Finisher, trainiert von https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/trainiert_von, identifier values as https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifier_values_as, YouTube video or playlist privacy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YouTube_video_or_playlist_privacy, debut date https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/debut_date - External identifiers: Strongman Archives athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Strongman_Archives_athlete_ID, TVSA actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TVSA_actor_ID, vc.ru company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vc.ru_company_ID, Change.org decision maker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Change.org_decision_maker_ID, INPA nature reserve id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/INPA_nature_reserve_id, Basketball Bundesliga UUID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Basketball_Bundesliga_UUID, Roskomnadzor media license number 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Roskomnadzor_media_license_number_2, Viciebsk Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Viciebsk_Encyclopedia_ID, Dumbarton Oaks object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dumbarton_Oaks_object_ID, Transilien ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Transilien_ID, Cybersport.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cybersport.ru_ID, JeuxActu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JeuxActu_ID, Linked Open Data Taiwan @ Library Name Authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linked_Open_Data_Taiwan_@_Library_Name_Authority_ID, Linked Open Data Taiwan @ Library Classification Authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linked_Open_Data_Taiwan_@_Library_Classification_Authority_ID, Linked Open Data Taiwan @ Library Subject Terms Authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linked_Open_Data_Taiwan_@_Library_Subject_Terms_Authority_ID, St. Sergius Institute authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/St._Sergius_Institute_authority_ID, ICQ user ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICQ_user_ID, previous property definition https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/previous_property_definition, State Heraldic Register of the Russian Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/State_Heraldic_Register_of_the_Russian_Federation_ID, Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Boris_Yeltsin_Presidential_Library_ID, ScienceDirect topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ScienceDirect_topic_ID, VK Music ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VK_Music_ID, Biographisches Portal der Rabbiner ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographisches_Portal_der_Rabbiner_ID, Künstlerdatenbank ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/K%C3%BCnstlerdatenbank_ID, BelTA dossier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BelTA_dossier_ID, Spotify user ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spotify_user_ID, NTSF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NTSF_ID, BritBox ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BritBox_ID, KLADR ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KLADR_ID, Springer Nature Subjects Taxonomy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Springer_Nature_Subjects_Taxonomy, PLOS Thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PLOS_Thesaurus_ID, traveloka hotel id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/traveloka_hotel_id, tiket com hotel id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tiket_com_hotel_id, trip.com Hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/trip.com_Hotel_ID, VerbaAlpina ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VerbaAlpina_ID - Query examples: - Tram bridges in France https://w.wiki/4oc3 - Polish Righteous Among the Nations https://w.wiki/4ovS - Launch date, logo of social media services https://w.wiki/4oxe ( source https://twitter.com/wikidataid/status/1491366263880355841) - Oscar winners from 1929 https://w.wiki/4p35 (source https://twitter.com/Mcx83/status/1491068804704923656) - Images of biologists by height https://w.wiki/4pKw (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1491852186036449280) - Biggest coins outside the U.S. https://w.wiki/4p6w (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1491510965388599300)
Development
- Continuing work on the basics of the new Special:NewLexeme page. Nothing to see yet though. - Fixed a bug where sitelinks where added for wikis that shouldn't get them. (phab:T301247 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T301247)
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