*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>
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