*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>
- Registration for the Wikimedia Hackathon
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020/Register> in
Tirana (May 9-11) opened
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
call: getting started in Wikidata, labels, and aliases, 14 January.
Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/19mZWIe_x3IAgBrOmt_InhZofjoCNflW_enKQ76ATGWU/edit?usp=sharing>
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Report of Wiki Techstorm 2019 by Jsamwrites
<https://medium.com/@jsamwrites/wiki-techstorm-2019-a996d69c60a5>
- Aberdeen Plaques – Part Two: Visualisations, calculations, and
analysis using wikidata
<https://codethecity.org/2020/01/13/aberdeen-plaques-part-two/> by Ian
Watt <https://twitter.com/watty62/status/1216657514445647872>
- Overview of Wikidata gadgets and user scripts
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_Gadgets_slides_from_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group_Meetings_Dec2019.pdf>
- slides from LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Meetings
- *Wikipedia Rolls Out Our Research on Providing Semantic Information
for Mathematical Formulae
<https://dke.uni-wuppertal.de/en/news/view/artikel/2020/01/10/1558-wikipedia-rolls-out-our-research-on-providing-semantic-information-for-mathematical-formulae.html>*
- this feature uses Wikidata
Tool of the week
- Tabernacle <https://tools.wmflabs.org/tabernacle/#/> creates a tabular
view of a set of data items from a SPARQL query, PagePile list, or manual
list of items. You can select which languages and properties to display.
The tool lets you drag-and-drop statements from one item to another, and
manually add or edit statements without leaving the page. Tabernacle is
great for harmonizing a set of related items or identifying items that need
their labels and descriptions translated.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- You can test a new feature highlighting mismatched references
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatched_reference_notification_input>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: exonerated of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7781>, Commons category for
ship name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7782>, heading
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7787>, filename in archive
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7793>
- External identifiers: Russian PFL player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7780>, J-GLOBAL ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7783>, LaunchBox Games
Database developer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7784>, LaunchBox
Games Database game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7785>,
Époques ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7786>, openSUSE
package <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7788>,
Ten-Bruggencatenummer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7789>, DLE
RAE ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7790>, NTIS accession
number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7791>, PubAg ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7792>, Games Database
developer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7794>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Beta Masaheft ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Beta_Masaheft_ID>,
ordered by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ordered_by>,
university of the third age
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/university_of_the_third_age>,
period of lactation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/period_of_lactation>,
position
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/position>,
grape
variety
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/grape_variety>,
merged into
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/merged_into>,
distribution map of taxon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/distribution_map_of_taxon>
- External identifiers: Ogólnopolska Baza Kolejowa - stacja ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Og%C3%B3lnopolska_Baza_Kolejowa_-_stacja_ID>,
Livelib.ru person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Livelib.ru_person_ID>,
ScummVM wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ScummVM_wiki_ID>,
Instituto Moreira Salles ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Instituto_Moreira_Salles_ID>,
Arcade PCB database game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arcade_PCB_database_game_ID>,
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cambridge_Encyclopedia_of_Anthropology_ID>,
eu-football team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eu-football_team_ID>,
Museen in OÖ ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museen_in_O%C3%96_ID>,
Voetbal International player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Voetbal_International_player_ID>,
Museums in Salzburg (AT) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museums_in_Salzburg_(AT)_ID>,
C64.COM ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/C64.COM_ID>,
Museen in Burgenland (AT) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museen_in_Burgenland_(AT)_ID>,
FlashScore.com team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FlashScore.com_team_ID>,
Soccerdonna team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerdonna_team_ID>,
c64games.de ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/c64games.de_ID>,
Museums in Austria Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museums_in_Austria_Code>,
Canmore thesaurus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Canmore_thesaurus_ID>,
The Cutting Room Floor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Cutting_Room_Floor_ID>,
NPDRIM record ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NPDRIM_record_ID>,
EFIS person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EFIS_person_ID>,
coinop.org game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/coinop.org_game_ID>,
EFIS film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EFIS_film_ID>,
EFIS filmmaker ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EFIS_filmmaker_ID>,
EFIS film festival ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EFIS_film_festival_ID>,
WeChangEd ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WeChangEd_ID>,
marterl.at ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/marterl.at_ID>
- Query examples:
- Locations depicted on album covers <https://w.wiki/F2h>
- Forts and heritage-scheduled sections of the Antonine Wall in
Scotland <https://w.wiki/F9m> (source
<https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1214692311558479874>)
- Number of Lexemes including recordings from Lingua Libre by language
<https://w.wiki/FRz> (source
<https://twitter.com/belett/status/1215586598294892544>)
Development
- More work on finishing the migration of wb_terms table
- Don’t check constraints on “Wikidata property example for media”
statements (phab:T227865 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227865>)
- Warn users that they're not logged-in before performing restore or
undo (phab:T234430 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234430>, thanks
to Matěj Suchánek)
- Remove edit link from Special:NewPages if page is not directly
editable (phab:T240561 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240561>,
thanks to Matěj Suchánek)
- Introduce MwEraParser and improve i18n of dates BCE (phab:T140541
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140541>, thanks to Matěj Suchánek)
- Bridge: show error dialog if the user isn't allowed to edit Wikidata (
phab:T235154 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235154>)
- Bridge: ask the user if the change is a fix or an update (phab:T237333
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T237333>)
- Enabled tainted references on
test.wikidata.org
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.