*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: APSbot 4 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/APSbot_4: Task/s: Regularly create organizations from the Research Organization Registry (ROR - https://ror.org/) that are missing in Wikidata.
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Linked_Data_for_Production#LD4-Wikidata_Affinity_Group call: Adam Schiff (University of Washington), Tyler Rogers (San Diego State University), Julia Gilmore (University of Toronto) on documenting buildings on academic campuses. Agenda with call link https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hSlr8GTlk_Q-bE5n1oCxXBncuCPHnqESWMR0oQcuGYA/edit, April 5. - Wikimedia Research Office Hours April 5, 2022 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/AWS4SV3TQUS4CZMOB6YH3ML5AIZ6WOEZ/ - Wikidata items about theatre and dance productions https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/event/atelier-pratique-wikidata-produire-un-element-wikidata-relie-aux-productions-en-danse-ou-en-theatre/, April 6 (in French). The same workshop will be offered in English https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/wikidata-workshops-season-2/ on May 4. - Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—April 6th, 2022. Date: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 Time: 15:00-16:00 GMT / 08:00-09:00 PDT / 11:00-12:00 EDT / 16:00-17:00 WAT / 17:00-18:00 CEST Etherpad https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours - Art+Feminism Community Hours. Theme: Add your Event Data to Wikidata https://artandfeminism.org/panel/community-hours-af-event-metrics/. April 9 at 2pm UTC! - Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #36, Family https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=36 - Past: Wikibase live session (March 2022) log https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2022.03.31
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Property exploration: How do I learn more about properties on Wikidata? https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/03/30/property-exploration-how-do-i-learn-more-about-properties-on-wikidata/ - UCSC Ph.D. students dive deep into engineering open-domain dialogue AI with the support of industry partners https://news.ucsc.edu/2022/03/nlp-liveperson-fellowships.html. "...*aims to develop a better system for entity linking, the connection of entities like “Lebron James” or “the Earth” to their various meanings in an existing database of knowledge – in this case, Wikidata*..." - Highlighting linked data projects https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2022/03/highlighting-linked-data-projects/. "...*Cornell University Library, Stanford Libraries, and the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa are engaging in the grant-funded Linked Data for Production project. Broadly, the project uses linked data to show patrons information from outside sources (such as Wikidata) and build longer, more nuanced links between resources* ". - Videos - The Share-VDE project and its relationship with Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVpHdphLvCU - Create a Wikidata page from scratch (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHed6VZBVFI - Clinical Trials, Wikidata and Systems Biology (in Portuguese) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYr0PGCW0M - New WikidataCon 2021 videos uploaded on YouTube - Your favorite interface gadgets on Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK5rwhvDj_8 - Wikidata Query Service scaling challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nZxY4r5KQs - Decolonizing Wikidata: Q&A session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlUfGhPblGo - Wikidata et l’écosystème de données ouvertes liées pour les arts de la scène https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDZpdfbFVpk (in French) - Respectfully representing Indigenous knowledge in Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaPEb_LMHKk - Other - FAIR cookbook's recipe "How to Register a Dataset with Wikidata https://faircookbook.elixir-europe.org/content/recipes/findability/registeringDatasets " - OpenRefine will soon hold its two-yearly survey again. Who wants to help translate the survey to their language https://groups.google.com/g/openrefine/c/cBO2EWsCkME? It will take around 45 minutes. There are already translations underway in Spanish and Dutch. Contact User:SFauconnier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:SFauconnier if you want to help!
Tool of the week
- Kyrksok.se is an app about Swedish churches based on Wikidata. - QAnswer https://wikimedia.qanswer.ai/ is a question answering system based on Wikidata and other projects. *Who was the first to create liquid helium?* Try it! https://wikimedia.qanswer.ai/qa/full?question=who+was+the+first+to+create+liquid+helium&lang=en&kb=wikidata%2Cwikipedia&user=open
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata Query Service scaling update, March 2022 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS-scaling-update-mar-2022#Wikidata_Query_Service_scaling_update,_March_2022 is now available. - WDQS backend alternatives paper https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_alternatives with shortlist of options have been published.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: cantilever sign https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10544, supports qualifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10551, APE code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10564 - External identifiers: Australian Reptile Online Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10534, RSPA modern authors ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10535, RSPA ancient authors ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10536, 1905.com film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10537, Leafsnap ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10538, ImagesDéfense ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10539, TASS Encyclopedia person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10540, TASS Encyclopedia country ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10541, TASS Encyclopedia tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10542, WIPO Pearl term ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10543, Arizona State Legislators: Then & Now ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10545, db.narb.by ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10546, Kayak hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10547, Melon music video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10548, Evil Angel movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10549, ACE Repertory publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10550, World of Waterfalls ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10552, IxTheo authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10553, BillionGraves grave ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10554, eSbírky institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10555, Enciclopedia del Novecento ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10556, Zotero ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10557, My World@Mail.Ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10558, KSH code (historical) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10559, traveloka activities ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10560, Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10561, SPLC group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10562, GuideStar India Organisations-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10563, Encyclopedia of China ID (Third Edition) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10565, tiket to-do ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10566 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: oeconym https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/oeconym, ISCED Attainment https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISCED_Attainment, Per capita income https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Per_capita_income - External identifiers: Invasive.org species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Invasive.org_species_ID, ihg Hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ihg_Hotel_ID, Monoskop article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Monoskop_article_ID, Le Monde journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Monde_journalist_ID, Libération journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lib%C3%A9ration_journalist_ID, Le Parisien journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Parisien_journalist_ID, Les Échos journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Les_%C3%89chos_journalist_ID, L'Humanité journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%27Humanit%C3%A9_journalist_ID, L'Opinion journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%27Opinion_journalist_ID, Le Figaro journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Figaro_journalist_ID, Présent author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pr%C3%A9sent_author_ID, Aldiwan poet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aldiwan_poet_ID, Aldiwan poem ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aldiwan_poem_ID, International Jewish Cemetery Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Jewish_Cemetery_Project_ID, AccessScience ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AccessScience_ID, IPU Chamber ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IPU_Chamber_ID, COL taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/COL_taxon_ID, deckenmalerei.eu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/deckenmalerei.eu_ID, C-SPAN Person Numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/C-SPAN_Person_Numeric_ID, SRSLY person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SRSLY_person_ID, 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature Bio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/100_Years_of_Alaska%27s_Legislature_Bio_ID, Indiana State Historical Marker Program numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indiana_State_Historical_Marker_Program_numeric_ID, Beatport track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Beatport_track_ID, EIA plant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EIA_plant_ID, EIA utility ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EIA_utility_ID, Speleologi del passato ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Speleologi_del_passato_ID, HuijiWiki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HuijiWiki_article_ID, Encyclopedia of Cacti species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Cacti_species_ID - Query examples: - Long swedish / german nouns in Wikidata https://w.wiki/4zhs ( source https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1508444534216310786) - Texts which have Wikisource links in English and French https://w.wiki/4$Gg (source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1509547358366883841)
Development
- Lexicographical data: Continued work on the new Special:NewLexeme page and focused on displaying sensible error messages if an error occurs during Lexeme creation. We're also working on adding a dropdown for the language variant. - REST API: Continued work on conditional requests and authorization - Made use of the new fields added in the wbsearchentities API and added language information to the markup of entity searches that you see when editing a statement or searching with the little searchbox at the top of the page on Wikidata. Now these search results should make a bit more sense to people who use screen readers.
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