*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: WikiCite Monthly Meeting, online on 28 March 2023 at 16:00 UTC. Information and notes https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wikicite-monthly-2023-03
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs - In this week's update by the Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions team https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2023-03-15, they are asking where the right place to store and maintain Abstract Wikipedia should be. All of the options involve Wikidata to some extent, some more, some less. If the content of Abstract Wikipedia is hosted on Wikidata, that would lead to an increased scope for the Wikidata community (and likely more contributors joining). But that is a decision the Wikidata community needs to be involved in as well. (Also, if you are interested, the Abstract Wikipedia updates https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates might be worth to follow.) - Papers - *Investigating the potential of the semantic web for education: Exploring Wikidata as a learning platform https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-023-11664-1* - Videos - Notebooks - Country diversity of external links domain names in Wikipedia in French https://observablehq.com/@pac02/country-diversity-of-external-links-in-wikipedia-in-fre an analysis of all domain names in Wikipedia in French by country associated to the website.
Tool of the week
- User:BrokenSegue/shorten.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:BrokenSegue/shorten.js makes statements boxes for a particular property scrollable if it is too tall.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- A new Wikidata Query Service scaling update has been published https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update/March_2023_scaling_update. It outlines the WDQS current state and summarizes the suggestions with the most impact we’re exploring now, with a few in-progress.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: STS program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11644, Electronic library encyclopedia.com.ua https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11645, Deutsche Synchronkartei person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11646, A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11647, Syoboi Calendar series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11648, Malaysia Federal Legislation act ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11649, Moscow University Herbarium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11650, Digital Daijisen ID (goo dictionary) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11651, Pakistan Sign Language Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11652 , IRIS UNICAMPUS author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11653, IRIS UNIECAMPUS author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11654, IRISanRaf author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11655, Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11656, NTV program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11657, Faber Music music ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11658, Faber Music composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11659, Boosey & Hawkes music ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11660, Wise Music Classical work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11661, IATE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11662, Jewish English Lexicon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11663, Wise Music Classical composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11664, Rate Your Music work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11665, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate field ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11666, Epson Tour player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11667, Digital Bhashakosha page number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11668, PlaymakerStats.com competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11669, Electrodoc person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11670, Archivarta ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11671, CassiOpeA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11672, IRIS UNIROMA2 author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11673, IRIS UNIROMA3 author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11674, Sjøhistorie ship ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11675, electrocd artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11676, köztérkép ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11677, ForPost person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11678, Crimean virtual necropolis persons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11679 , eTK ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11680, eVK2 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11681, Ivi title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11682, Ivi person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11683, Saint Petersburg Conservatory person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11684 , Hungarian National Namespace organisation ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11685 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - system requirements https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/system_requirements (system requirements for video game or software) - External identifiers: Brazzers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brazzers_ID , Universo del corpo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Universo_del_corpo_ID , Zeneszöveg.hu international artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zenesz%C3%B6veg.hu_international_artist_ID , Tekstowo.pl artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tekstowo.pl_artist_ID , Tekściory artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tek%C5%9Bciory_artist_ID , Merchbar electronic dance music artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Merchbar_electronic_dance_music_artist_ID , BSDB player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BSDB_player_ID , The Athletic team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Athletic_team_ID , The Athletic player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Athletic_player_ID , GSAFD ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GSAFD_ID, Feminae ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Feminae_ID , IFTTT service ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IFTTT_service_ID , stock keeping unit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/stock_keeping_unit , Federiciana ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Federiciana_ID , LIBRA Unine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LIBRA_Unine_ID - Query examples: - Lexeme with a Sense related to a geolocated Item https://w.wiki/6Tzi (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1635661616074182658) - Highest TV seasons numbers https://w.wiki/6Tzk (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1636152283590275079)
Development
- EntitySchemas: We are preparing for adding a new datatype and other changes by improving tests, documentation, etc. - Date input: We did a bug triage hour around issues with date parsing and improved it for Japanese dates (phab:T214002 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214002) - Ontology issues: We started evaluating the survey responses for the survey about different types of ontology issues reusers are facing. More work is needed before we have results. - REST API: We finished work on including the URL of an article in sitelink data (phab:T330252 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T330252) as well as providing all aliases of an Item (phab:T327882 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327882)
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