*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: - Emu https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Emu (RfP scheduled to end after 13 July 2021 11:49 UTC) - -akko https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/-akko (RfP scheduled to end after 16 July 2021 06:31 UTC) - Closed request for adminship: - Allenwang6212a https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Allenwang6212a (unsuccessful)
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past: - LIBER 2021 - Panel Discussion: Why use Wikidata or not - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4UCFJyGzfo - SPARQL Wikidata divers. Session of Tuesday, June 29 (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUkCaMucdYQ - SPARQL Wikidata Wikisource. Tuesday, July 6 session (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36cyIt9WPgc - Upcoming: - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on Wednesday 28th July 2021 at 16:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata Telegram group https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg. This month we will also be having a guest presentation about Toolhub https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub by Srishti Sethi from the Wikimedia Foundation. - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Carlo Bianchini (University of Pavia), Stefano Bargioni (Pontifical University Santa Croce (Rome)), and Camillo Carlo Pellizzari di San Girolamo (University of Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore) will discuss their recent project and article “Beyond VIAF: Wikidata as a Complementary Tool for Authority Control in Libraries”.; [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UXzBo0UH4i8qs4RNG02b4uoE4fG09BlY5OJi7UD-BVU/edit, July 13th. - Upcoming Search Platform Office Hours—July 14th, 2021 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/XJ3TLDYCJYZ7HL436I2LQBVWUOI52AGI/. Come and ask anything related to Wikimedia search, Wikidata Query Service, Wikimedia Commons Query Service, etc.! - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #71 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#71, July 18
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Improving Wikidata-Wikisource Integration https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/07/improving-wikidata-wikisource-integration/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter, July 7, 2021 by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga - A first look at Wikidata through Github Copilot https://addshore.com/2021/07/a-first-look-at-wikidata-through-github-copilot/ by Addshore https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore - Papers - A Study of the Quality of Wikidata (Q107425133) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107425133, by Kartik Shenoy et al, published 1 July 2021, explores the use of three indicators - deleted statements that are not replaced; deprecated statements; and constraint violations - as a framework for evaluating data quality. - Videos - Introduction to OpenRefine for batch Wikidata editing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmEBQ6G_Huw (YouTube, ca. 1 hr 40 min) by Spinster https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Spinster. Recording of a training for the Wiki World Heritage User Group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_World_Heritage_User_Group. - Editing Wikidata items about Ghanaian parliamentarians (Global Open Initiative Foundation https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Open_Initiative workshop) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3KOEMLgz2s - Editing Lexicographical data in Dagbani (ʒiɛɣu https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L578335) (Dagbani Wikimedians User Group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dagbani_Wikimedians_User_Group workshop) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tATyBFvR6c0 - Wikidata Workshop by Juan Antonio Pastor at the University of Murcia (in Spanish) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fwXqYlyjPc
Tool of the week
- Schafe vorm Fenster https://schafe-vorm-fenster.de/ is a project to build up a calendar for rural villages in Vorpommern-Greifswald using Wikidata to get images and short descriptions for the villages. (See example https://twitter.com/schafeamfenster/status/1412655207432048641)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata now has over 9,000 Properties! https://twitter.com/WikidataMeter/status/1412980136429903875 You can see the development over the past 5 years and which datatype is represented the most here https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000167/wikidata-datamodel?viewPanel=6&orgId=1&refresh=30m&from=now-5y&to=now . - Wikimedia Deutschland to receive a grant from Arcadia to work on minority languages https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/XTH4TUR34NQ57DC73HP6XB3NU6FO6CH7/ - The Wikidata development has a new space to receive bug reports and feature requests: Wikidata:Report a technical problem https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Report_a_technical_problem. You may also continue to report issues to Wikidata:Contact the development team https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contact_the_development_team but until the end of July when the page will be permanently protected and archived. - OpenRefine has two Junior Developer job openings (paid contractor positions; part-time, fully remote) for building Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons functionality 1. Junior Developer - Wikimedia Development https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/07/07/Wikimedia-Commons-reconciliation-batch-developer.html (6 months, from September 2021 till February 2022) 2. Junior Developer - OpenRefine Development https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/07/07/OpenRefine-SDC-developer.html (8 months, from November 2021 till June 2022) - For 2021 WMF Board of Trustees election https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021, there are 20 candidates https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Candidate_Table. Community members can know and participate in the campaign activities https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021#Campaign_Activities here.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: taxon range https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9714, image of entrance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9721, replacement value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9729, announced at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9731 - External identifiers: Monumental Trees ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9704, Bauforschung Baden-Württemberg Objekt-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9705, Director Identification Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9706, GCD creator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9707, Handzone player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9708, Games und Erinnerungskultur Datenbank ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9709, Lexikon Westfälischer Autorinnen und Autoren person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9710, cIMeC.Ro museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9711, Research Resource Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9712, Swedish National Archive agent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9713, Room of Names ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9715, Native Land territory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9716, Native Land language ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9717, eishockey.info player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9718, HockeyLive player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9719, fotoCH photographer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9720, UFC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9722, 20th Century Chinese Biographical Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9723, FightMatrix ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9724, EBIDAT ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9725, Bellator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9726, WTA-Trainer-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9727, Tapology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9728, Chidlovski.Com USSR national ice hockey team player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9730 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: URL for citizen's initiatives https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/URL_for_citizen%27s_initiatives, incubator https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/incubator, project state https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/project_state, edition-version https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/edition-version, Città e Cattedrali ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Citt%C3%A0_e_Cattedrali_ID, release of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/release_of, translation of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/translation_of, match event https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/match_event, Igromania series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Igromania_series_ID, alternative title https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/alternative_title, Classification of the Functions of Government https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Classification_of_the_Functions_of_Government - External identifiers: WMO code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WMO_code, Enciclopedia Dantesca ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_Dantesca_ID, FINA Athlete ID 2021 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FINA_Athlete_ID_2021, IFPNI author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IFPNI_author_ID, Steam Greenlight ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Steam_Greenlight_ID, Adventure Corner ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Adventure_Corner_ID, Pladias ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pladias_ID, código centro docente CEICE https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_c%C3%B3digo_centro_docente_CEICE, Media Bias/Fact Check ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Media_Bias/Fact_Check_ID, abART term ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/abART_term_ID, US-Ski-&-Snowboard-Athleten-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/US-Ski-%26-Snowboard-Athleten-ID, Freeview Australia show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Freeview_Australia_show_ID, Kartridge game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kartridge_game_ID - Query examples: - Subclasses of Q732577 'publication' found by the Gather, Apply & Scatter service https://w.wiki/3bti (source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1412705102004162560) - Places more or less on Papa Stour https://w.wiki/3cJe (using P1332-P1335 to constrain a wikibase:around search) - Map of Sweden's outdoor gyms https://w.wiki/3ZYM (Source https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1413789042857193472) - Newest database reports: language names in Dutch (Wikidata, Wikipedia and MediaWiki) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Wikimedia_language_codes/lists/all/in_nl
Development
- Mismatch Finder (a tool to review mismatches between Wikidata and other databases): We continued initial development of the store part of the tool. We focused on the upload of new mismatches. (phab:project/view/5422 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5422) - Discussion on how do describe the types of mismatches reviewed in Mismatch Finder (phab:T285849 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285849 ) - We introduced a magic word that can be used to exclude a page from Special:UnconnectedPages on Wikipedia and co. This will make the special page more useful to find pages on Wikipedia and co that should be added to an Item on Wikidata as sitelinks. (phab:T97577 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97577). - We reduced the number of Wikidata edits that show up in the watchlist and recent changes of Wikipedia and co by not triggering entries for a number of Wikidata edits that do not influence the article (phab:T286193 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T286193) - Property Suggester: We are reviewing patches by a student working on an improved Property Suggester. - Working on improving how deprecated statements are handled when checking “type” and “value type” constraints" (phab:T170401 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170401) - Working on fixing a bug where the entity suggestions are opened when a valid value is already selected (phab:T285102 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285102) - Wikidata-Wikibase federation (Federation v2): We investigated How to refer to entities that have the same IDs as the source wikibase entities https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284913. You can read the ADR https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase/+/refs/heads/master/docs/adr/0019-federated-properties-prefix-ids-via-uris.md here
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