*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - ChineseWikiClubBot, 1 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ChineseWikiClubBot,_1 - Auto Prod Bot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Auto_Prod_Bot
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - The Data Reuse Days will bring together Wikidata editors and data reusers on March 14-24 - we're currently building the schedule. Join us and discover many cool projects! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Events/Data_Reuse_Days_2022#Template_for_session_proposal - The next Wikibase live session https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2022.02.24 is 16:00 UTC on Thursday 24th February 2022 (17:00 Berlin time). What are you working on around Wikibase? You're welcome to come and share your project with the community. - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call: Huda Khan and Astrid Usong on their Linked Data for Production 3 (LD4P3) grant work to use Wikidata in knowledge panels in Cornell’s library catalog Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GxDv9U-TUZgHkOF6I2yAEtdq3REqq90DvakAw-rs25Y/edit?usp=sharing - 2022-02-22 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1645549233) - Hands-on introduction to Wikidata with The Digital Scholarship Group at the Northeastern University Library's Edit-a-Thon! https://twitter.com/NortheasternLib/status/1493955687570984963 Theme: Boston public art and artists. February 23, 2022 Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern time - OpenRefine and Structured Data on Commons: community meetup https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine/Community_meetup_22_February_2022 - Tuesday, February 22, at 15:00-17:00 UTC (check the time in your timezone https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1645542013). - Live on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/belett and in French by Vigneron, February 22 at 19:00 CET (UTC+1) - Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #30, Trains https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=30 - Past: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #71 #MelFest - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wjjHjsPeI
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives & Wikidata: Plans Become Projects https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2022/02/17/wikidata-projects/ - Papers: "COVID-19 Claim Radar: A Structured Claim Extraction and Tracking System https://gangiswag.github.io/data/ACL2022_Demo__COVID_Claim_Radar.pdf" using Wikidata - Videos: Wikidata Lab XXXII: Querying Wikidata (in Spanish) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYz61-_gWko
Tool of the week
- Wikidata:Tools/asseeibot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/asseeibot - is a tool made by User:So9q https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:So9q to improve the scientific articles in Wikidata. Source code on GitHub under GPLv3+ https://github.com/dpriskorn/asseeibot - Coinherbarium.com https://coinherbarium.com/ - coins depicting plants; powered by Wikidata
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- 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 !
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: number of lanes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10367, computational complexity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10374 - External identifiers: 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, Gardens Navigator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10366, Tagoo video game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10368, Lingua Libre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10369, Labyrinth database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10370, A9VG game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10371, Offizielle Deutsche Charts composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10372, Mnemosine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10373, Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10375, ScienceDirect topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10376, RCN https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10377, CHY Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10378, dailytelefrag.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10379 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: 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, quality has state https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/quality_has_state, beforehand-afterward owned by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/beforehand-afterward_owned_by, Number of units https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_units, created during https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/created_during, award recipient https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/award_recipient, medical indication https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/medical_indication - External identifiers: 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, PegiPegi Hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PegiPegi_Hotel_ID, YouTube Topic channel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YouTube_Topic_channel_ID, YouTube Official Artist Channel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YouTube_Official_Artist_Channel_ID, GoFood restaurant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GoFood_restaurant_ID, traveloka restaurant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/traveloka_restaurant_ID, Urban Electric Transit model ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Urban_Electric_Transit_model_ID, HiSCoD https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HiSCoD, Databazeknih.cz Book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Databazeknih.cz_Book_ID, Databazeknih.cz Author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Databazeknih.cz_Author_ID, Renacyt ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Renacyt_ID, CBDB.cz Book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CBDB.cz_Book_ID, CBDB.cz Author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CBDB.cz_Author_ID, Gab ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gab_ID, Drammen byleksikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Drammen_byleksikon_ID, NLI topic id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLI_topic_id, Via Rail station code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Via_Rail_station_code, GBIF occurrence ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GBIF_occurrence_ID, MakeMyTrip Hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MakeMyTrip_Hotel_ID, Culture.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Culture.ru_person_ID, Pamyat Naroda ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pamyat_Naroda_ID, Encyclopedia of Russian avant-garde ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Russian_avant-garde_ID, Bayerischer Denkmal-Atlas Objekt-ID (Ensemble) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bayerischer_Denkmal-Atlas_Objekt-ID_(Ensemble), Encyclopedia of Russian America ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Russian_America_ID, HockeySlovakia.sk player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HockeySlovakia.sk_player_ID, Berlin Street ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Berlin_Street_ID, Yarkipedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yarkipedia_ID, parliament.uk member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/parliament.uk_member_ID - Query examples: - Frequency of letters in five-letter words in Wikidata lexeme forms https://w.wiki/4rJJ (source https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1494252101517647873) - Visualization of the Prime/Ulam Spiral using natural numbers and primes stored in Wikidata https://w.wiki/4qRG (source https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1493569346068787202) - Monuments that are named after somebody without being connected to them by any other property https://w.wiki/4rCE (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1493311947554623496) - Places named after Valentine's Day (Saint Valentine) https://w.wiki/4q9Y (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1493200775706730501) - Gold medal winners in the Olympic Games by age https://w.wiki/4pnQ (source https://twitter.com/Jan_Ainali/status/1492628927919099912) - Top 20 languages in number of lexemes in Wikidata and percentage of lexemes with at least one external id https://w.wiki/4rGf (source https://twitter.com/envlh/status/1494696941145497601) - Count of PropertyLabels for lakes in the UK https://w.wiki/4rXn ( source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1495026569533964288) - Moons of solar system planets and what they are names for https://w.wiki/4rdW (source https://twitter.com/infovarius/status/1495147418555502597) - Top 20 languages in number of Lexemes in Wikidata and percentage of Lexemes with at least one external ID https://w.wiki/4rGf (source https://twitter.com/envlh/status/1494696941145497601)
Development
- We started coding on the Wikibase Rest API based on the proposal we published a while ago https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API_feedback_round. - We are continuing to work on the new Special:NewLexeme page. The first input fields are in place but not pretty or usable yet.
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