*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>
- Past: Wikidata et Wiktionnaire
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_francophone/2019/Programme/Wikidata_et_Wiktionnaire_:_retour_sur_un_%C3%A9chec_annonc%C3%A9>
session at the French-speaking WikiConvention by Pamputt
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pamputt> (slides
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_et_Wiktionnaire_-_retour_sur_un_%C3%A9chec_annonc%C3%A9_Wikiconvention2019.pdf>
)
- Upcoming: WikidataWednesday in Vienna
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Vienna/WikidataWednesday>,
September 18th
- Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in Paris
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris>, September 20th
- Upcoming: #4 Wikidata tea party/第4回 ウィキデータ茶話会
<https://www.facebook.com/events/2456357704647897/>, 20 Sep 2019 in
Tokyo, Japan
- Upcoming: Wikibase Workshop/ウィキベースワークショップ
<https://peatix.com/event/1301388/>, 28 Sep 2019 in Tokyo, Japan
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Wikidata gets wordier
<https://magazine.multilingual.com/previewissue/sept-oct-2019/wikidata-gets-wordier/>,
by Christian Lieske and Felix Sasaki on Multilingual
- *Non-Parametric Class Completeness Estimators for Collaborative
Knowledge Graphs -- The Case of Wikidata
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.01109.pdf>* - Michael Luggen, , et al.
Tool of the week
- Hauki <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Vesihiisi/Hauki> lets you
browse existing Lexemes, add Senses to them, and easily create new Lexemes
for common languages and lexical categories.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- мир (L99999) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L99999> (peace), мир
(100000) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L100000> (world/earth)
and L166666 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L166666> were created
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: cumulative elevation gain
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7297>, climbing route
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7309>
- External identifiers: Lower Austrian Museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7296>, Auckland Museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7298>, MUBI film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7299>, MUBI person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7300>, Al-Jazeera topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7301>, Digital Giza ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7302>, Grammy Awards artist
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7303>, Highland Historic
Environment Record ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7304>, Online
PWN Encyclopedia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7305>,
Downdetector
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7306>, TOP500 System ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7307>, National Wildlife
Refuge Trails ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7308>, Maine
Trail Finder ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7310>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Masters Thesis
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Masters_Thesis>,
OFLC classification (New Zealand)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OFLC_classification_(New_Zealand)>,
worn by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/worn_by>,
station
type, interchange, status, first, last and so on
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/station_type,_interchange,_status,_first,_last_and_so_on>,
front and backside
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/front_and_backside>
- External identifiers: Archnet Site ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archnet_Site_ID>,
Trail Finder ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trail_Finder_ID>,
ExplorePaTrails ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ExplorePaTrails_ID>,
code DANE
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_DANE>,
ICD-11
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICD-11>, SMHI
drainage basin ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SMHI_drainage_basin_ID>,
Letteraturaitaliana.net author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Letteraturaitaliana.net_author_ID>,
NMM artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMM_artist_ID>,
Pathway Ontology ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pathway_Ontology_ID>,
Mixer game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mixer_game_ID>,
Vudu video ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vudu_video_ID>
- Query examples:
- Number of times a Wikidata item for Carl von Linnaeus was created
<https://w.wiki/8Tb>
- Picture of species were the author(s) of the first scientific
description is in WD and connected to Uppsala University Alvin database
<https://w.wiki/8TM>
- same query but where we miss a picture in Wikidata
<https://w.wiki/8TQ>
- Twins with different places of birth <https://w.wiki/8TX> (source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1172905478902505472>)
- Places in Scottish local government areas <https://w.wiki/8TY> (
source <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1172506297985654784>)
- Libraries in Austria <https://w.wiki/8Ta> (source
<https://twitter.com/LibrErli/status/1171748646980902912>)
- Schema examples:
- space probe <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E119>
- Tsunami <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E115>
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Textile arts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Textile_arts>, Dark
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Dark>
Development
- Started working on two new projects: improving the resource loader
module <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/4268> and tainted
references <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/4242>
- Wikidata Bridge: save the Wikidata edit when submitting (phab:T226999
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226999>)
- Show the label for the Property instead of the id (phab:T227759
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227759>)
- Warn user about blank edit summary on EntitySchema (phab:T230399
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230399>)
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
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Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.