*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>
- Past: Wikidata workshop, May 27th at UIN Maliki, Malang, Indonesia (in
collaboration with Faculty of Computer Science, UI) - Slideset link
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dBBFnUr1uuoMlhy_bLVSWXwXsocFN2RO/view>
- Press release
<http://library.uin-malang.ac.id/news/2019/05/28/perpustakaan-pusat-uin-malang-bersama-wikimedia-indonesia-dan-fasilkom-ui-selenggarakan-lokakarya-wikidata/>
- Past: OSM x Wikidata workshop
<https://www.facebook.com/events/419053822210609>, June 3rd, Taipei,
Taiwan
- Upcoming: Wikidata Days 2019
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Portugal/Wikidata_Days_2019>,
June 7-8th in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Upcoming: Wikidata Lab XVI
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XVI>,
June 13th in São Paulo, Brazil
- Upcoming: Wikidata Edit-a-thon during Atla 2019
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Atla/2019-06-13>, June
13th, Vancouver, Canada
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogpost by
RightStatements.org
<https://rightsstatements.org/en/2019/05/rightsstatements-in-wikidata.html>
- a system of standardised interoperable rights and reuse information for
GLAMs - describing the role and importance of the property RightsStatement
status according to source website (P6426)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6426>.
- Welcome Japan Search to the web of Linked Open Data
<http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2019/05/30/welcome-japan-search-to-the-web-of-linked-open-data/>
by Martin Poulter, Bodleian Digital Library
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Shape expressions are now live on Wikidata
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-May/013072.html>
- At WikiWoordenboek (Dutch wiktionary) a project titled Widawiwo
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nl:WikiWoordenboek:Widawiwo> has begun
to explore how the maximal mutual benefit of *Wi*ki*da*ta and
*Wi*ki*Wo*ordenboek
can be achieved.
- Hauki <https://tools.wmflabs.org/hauki/> is a new tool by
User:Vesihiisi <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Vesihiisi> to browse
lexicographical data <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Vesihiisi/Hauki>
.
- Wikidata trainings & online courses for librarians by WikiEdu
<https://wikiedu.org/wikidata/>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: ISO speed
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6789>, f-number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6790>, WMI Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6793>, minimum wage
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6794>, UPA transcription
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6798>
- External identifiers:
speedrun.com game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6783>, Harper's author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6784>, Pakistan Railways
station code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6785>, National
Library of Wales Catalogue ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6786>, Arachne building ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6787>, Messes.info Catholic
parish ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6788>, The
Atlantic author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6791>, Find
NZ Artists ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6792>, Unified
Social Credit Identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6795>, OSZMI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6796>, MSX Games World ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6797>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: motif represents
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/motif_represents>,
Shape Expression for class
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Shape_Expression_for_class>,
Album Academicum-identificatiecode
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Album_Academicum-identificatiecode>,
gender educated
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/gender_educated>,
ABA League ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ABA_League_ID>,
start grade
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/start_grade>,
end grade
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/end_grade>,
digilibLT
author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/digilibLT_author_ID>,
IntraText author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IntraText_author_ID>,
in defining formula
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/in_defining_formula>,
PHI Latin Texts author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PHI_Latin_Texts_author_ID>,
associated shape
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/associated_shape>,
comparison image
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/comparison_image>,
emergency services
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/emergency_services>,
Married by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Married_by>
- External identifiers: Rugby League Project ID (general)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rugby_League_Project_ID_(general)>,
Hungarian National Namespace
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hungarian_National_Namespace>,
Pakistan EMIS code(s)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pakistan_EMIS_code(s)>,
CCDC Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CCDC_Number>,
swMATH work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/swMATH_work_ID>,
Czech parliament ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Czech_parliament_ID>,
Tainacan MAI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tainacan_MAI_ID>,
Biographical Dictionary Of Iowa ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographical_Dictionary_Of_Iowa_ID>,
Pro Football Hall of Fame ID (new)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_ID_(new)>,
euroleague.net coach ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/euroleague.net_coach_ID>,
eurobasket.com coach ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eurobasket.com_coach_ID>,
Who's Who of American Comic Books
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Who%27s_Who_of_American_Comic_Books>,
PCE Daisakusen ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PCE_Daisakusen_ID>,
Musixmatch artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Musixmatch_artist_ID>,
eBiodiversity ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eBiodiversity_ID>
- Query examples:
- Gay parades in Italy in 2019 <https://w.wiki/4ZN>
- Map of communes of the French area "Ille-et-Vilaine" which share
borders <https://w.wiki/4Zq> (source
<https://twitter.com/belett/status/1134931092782419968>)
- Connections between the subject and printing location of Welsh
landscape prints <https://w.wiki/4Zs> (source
<https://twitter.com/WIKI_NLW/status/1134583072308023297>)
- Dunes in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/4Zu> (source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1133450861450092546>)
- Co-author network of Journal of Cheminformatics authors
<https://w.wiki/4Zv> (source
<https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1134021060079345664>)
- Map of archives in the world <https://w.wiki/4Zx> (source
<https://twitter.com/daieuxdailleurs/status/1134104178823979008>)
- Newest database reports: frequent first names in Spain
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Spain/lists/first_name>
Development
- Specify license of mediawiki/Wikibase/WikibaseLexeme ontology (
phab:T216842 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216842>)
- Enable bugfix on beta for wbeditentity setting aliases to empty array (
phab:T223300 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223300>)
- Use correct validator in alias changeop and provide error messages if
alias is too short (phab:T223311
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223311>)
- More work on the use of special pages Special:SetAliases and
Special:SetLabelDescriptionAliases with aliases containing | character (
phab:T223270 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223270>)
- Add Wikidata query service lag to Wikidata maxlag (phab:T221774
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221774>)
- Fix BadMethodCallException wbgetentities when getting Lexeme
subentities (forms, senses) (phab:T223995
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223995>)
- Scale the machine learning components of the WDCM system w. {text2vec}
WarpLDA implementation (phab:T203366
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203366>)
- Inspect strange behavior of the WD_percentUsageDashboard (phab:T217994
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217994>)
- WDCM dashboards maintenance: eliminating the need to use the
wdcm.maintable in Hive, WDCM Geo is now independent of it (with its update
engine running Spark instead) and re-designed to match the WDCM standards (
phab:T217994 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217994>, phab:T214586
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214586>, phab:T217997
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217997>)
- Further preparations for the Wikidata Languages Landscape project (
phab:T221965 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221965>)
- More progress in order to get the mobile service deployed
- Adding an IP edit warning popup for mobile termbox (phab:T221831
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221831>)
- Allowing users to ignore this popup permanently (phab:T221833
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221833>)
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>
- Suggested and open tasks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks>
!
- 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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
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Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.