*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - AddLetterboxdFilmIdBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/AddLetterboxdFilmIdBot (Task: Adding Letterboxd Film ID (P6127) statements to items which already have a TMDB Film ID (P4947)) - Closed request for permissions/Bot: - Kristbaumbot 1 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Kristbaumbot_1 (Task: Add identifiers from Wörterbuchnetz https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29310412 to German lexemes) - New request for comments: - Creating properties which link to an archived website https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Creating_properties_which_link_to_an_archived_website
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hour April 24, 2023: Would you like to know how to join and use Telegram? Two regular Wikidata Telegram users will provide an introduction to Telegram and its available Wikidata channels. They will discuss how they use it, how it can provide help with Wikidata work, and how it can facilitate connections with other Wikidata users Event page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours/2023-April-24_Wikidata_Working_Hour - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #89, Ear https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=89 - Past - Wikidata+Wikibase office hour session log: Telegram office hour 2023-04-19 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Telegram_office_hour_2023-04-19
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs - How to put an end to best book lists once and for all https://theconversation.com/como-acabar-de-una-vez-por-todas-con-las-listas-de-los-mejores-libros-203353 - Papers - Documenter l'histoire queer sur Wikidata https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Documenter_l_histoire_queer_sur_Wikidata/22683094 (Documenting Queer History on Wikidata - French), John Samuel, Panel: Queer Data : les plateformes numériques d'archives, Collectif Archives LGBTQI+ https://archiveslgbtqi.fr/, Paris, 23 April 2023 - Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12964 - Videos - Using PetScan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKedzP_0dKo and Wikidata Terminator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVmd8zf3eOA, Mooré Wikimedia Community (in Mooré) - Wikidata Atlas: Putting Wikidata on the Map https://aidanhogan.com/docs/wikidata-atlas-map.pdf - Notebooks - Probability of having notable parents by occupation and gender https://observablehq.com/@pac02/notable-parents-by-occupation-and-gender - Living with Machines: Toponym recognition and resolution — input and output exploration https://observablehq.com/d/e972c5d37e683a4c - Twitter thread - Average number of words in Wall Street Journal articles by author gender https://twitter.com/deans_/status/1650165009538854914
Tool of the week
- User:Nikki/colour icons.css https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/colour_icons.css - is a Userscript to add colour to the editing icons. It uses green for add/save, yellow for edit, red for remove, orange for cancel and blue for help.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The Wikibase newbie docs https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/ZM7ZH3ZOBKKL5W6ASIYTPEVMG27E6OHT/ are here (to help to onboard new Wikibase users easier).
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - handled, mitigated, or managed by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11738 (approach or method that can be used to address an issue or problem) - holds diplomatic passport of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11747 (country of the diplomatic passport held by the person) - External identifiers: Dailymotion video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11731, Databáze sérií ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11732, Universo del corpo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11733, Enciclopedia delle scienze sociali ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11734, AML ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11735, AniList character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11736, Amarkosh ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11737, Moly.hu author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11739, Podcast Index ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11740, SINTA affiliation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11741, Hall of Light developer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11742, Hall of Light publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11743, Hall of Light artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11744, Kinoglaz person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11745, Michaelis ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11746, Kino1TV ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11748 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: KPU Plant Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KPU_Plant_Database_ID, SoccerPunter team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SoccerPunter_team_ID, HAL non-registered author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HAL_non-registered_author_ID, Master's degree Mon master ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Master%27s_degree_Mon_master_ID, Dizionario dei prodotti DOP e IGP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_dei_prodotti_DOP_e_IGP_ID - Query examples: - Administrative subdivisions with more than 10 million inhabitants https://w.wiki/5PyH (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1648358631824293889) - Rivers in France over 50 km long https://query-chest.toolforge.org/redirect/YeNigsat9sCeW28ukSEe8CIMcoE4MaO8uAEmcoamuuC (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1648355419209838592) - List of mental disorders https://w.wiki/6adB (source https://twitter.com/mrlogix/status/1646741265441239040) - Paintings once owned by Red Flag Names https://w.wiki/6cWa (source https://wikis.world/@openartdata@mastodon.art/110240752052220833) - Top album languages found on Wikidata right now https://w.wiki/6TNS (Week 16, 2023) (source https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/110241568444940777) - Place of birth of humans with Github username https://w.wiki/6br3 (source https://t.me/c/1224298920/106745)
Development
- REST API: We continued work on making it possible to create or replace a label, or a description in a given language (phab:T323813 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323813) - EntitySchemas: We continued working on the new datatype for linking to EntitySchemas. It is now available on beta in a very bare-bones version but not ready for wider testing yet. (phab:T332139 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332139) - Ontology issues: We are evaluating the results of the survey we ran earlier this year.
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