*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Dr.üsenfieber
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Dr.%C3%BCsenfieber>
- RfP scheduled to end after 24 February 2021 14:19 (UTC)
- New request for comments: P155/P156 as qualifiers only, rather than as
main statements
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/P155/P156_as_qualifiers_only,_rather_than_as_main_statements>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past: Wikidata bug triage hour about Lexemes. Notes available here
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataBugTriageHour>
- Past: Online Talk Show on Fri, Feb 19, 2021, by Wikimedia Indonesia
and Fariz Darari - Take a peek into the data warehouse of Wikimedia
projects (= Wikidata): Youtube link
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tekLS0UCoeM>
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls>
call: Adding bibliographic data to Wikidata with Jason Evans, Wikimedian in
residence at the Wales National Library, Tuesday, February 23rd.[1]
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IV6TK6JE5tHKO2fga801HnKFBQNQcwN-j58dhDTVtE8/edit#>
- Upcoming video: LIVE Wikidata editing #33 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPQTRMiYYf4>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2897172903901201/>,
February 27
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #51
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#51>,
February 28
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogpost: Wikidata and the sum of all video games − 2020 edition
<https://commonists.wordpress.com/2021/02/21/wikidata-and-the-sum-of-all-video-games-%e2%88%92-2020-edition/>
- Video: Basic tutorial on how to annotate an article with Wikidata tags
for the ANN project - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFKAWNYbBDk>
- Video: The Wikidata community: tools to communicate, ask for help,
exchange ideas and opinions (in Italian) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZyzWZKoMI>
- Video: REfB (Reference Bot): Adding new references to WikiData
statements by Houcemeddine Turki
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Csisc> - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4gJEwB2EkY>
- Video: Wikidata editing #32 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlxsQQPfrqU>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2892173044401187/>
- Video: Knowledge graphs lecture - RDF, Wikidata, SHACL, ShEx (in
Russian) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOvProRbG0Q>
- Podcast: Adam Shorland <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore> talks
about Wikidata and Wikibase on Between The Brackets Mediawiki podcast
<https://betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com/episode-80-adam-shorlandtalks>.
Tool of the week
- LexemeForms-SearchPage
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/LexemeForms-SearchPage.js>
adds links on the search results page for creating new lexemes
using the Lexeme
Forms tool <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_Lexeme_Forms>
based on the languages in your Babel box.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Vglist <https://vglist.co/> is a video game library tracking web app
that is mostly based on Wikidata.
- WMF Board of Trustees - Call for feedback: Community Board seats: Meetings
with the Wikidata community on Feb 24 and Mar 3
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Conversations/Wikidata>
.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: coordinates of depicted place
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9149>, thesis committee
member <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9161>, number of at
bats <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9180>
- External identifiers: IPHAE ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9142>, Play:Right ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9143>, National Portrait
Gallery (London) artwork ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9144>, Xinjiang Data Project
identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9145>, CITWF
title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9146>, Union
Catalog of Armenian Continuing Resources ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9147>, Saxony-Anhalt
cultural heritage object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9148>, FloGrappling ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9150>, Can I use feature ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9151>,
CollectieGelderland-creator-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9152>, VAi building ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9153>, Heritage Information
System ID in the database of cultural heritage in Austria
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9154>, Joods Monument ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9155>, Lumni person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9156>, Open Tree of Life ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9157>, Wurdboek fan de
Fryske taal GTB ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9158>, People
Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9159>, Biographical
Dictionary of the Czech Lands ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9160>, EMS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9162>, Spletni biografski
leksikon znanih Primorcev in Primork ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9163>, Svenska Institutet i
Rom ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9164>, Lexikon
Literatur in Tirol ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9165>, Curling.fi
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9166>, De Lakenhal
artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9167>,
Hauts-de-France
Inventory identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9168>, Tree
of Life contributor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9169>,
Taiwan River Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9170>, RILM
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9171>, playDB artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9172>, Rate Your Music genre
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9173>, XXXBios
transgender performer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9174>, Centre-Val de Loire
Inventory identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9175>, Occitanie
Inventory identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9176>, playDB
play ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9177>, Biblioteca
Franco Serantini ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9178>, Biblioteca
Iglesia Nacional Española en Roma ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9179>, Germanistenverzeichnis
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9181>,
uta-net.com song ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9182>,
uta-net.com artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9183>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: sensors
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sensors>,
Applying
institution
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Applying_institution>,
FAQ url
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FAQ_url>,
digital
distribution platform
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/digital_distribution_platform>,
Bandcamp Tag
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bandcamp_Tag>,
Anzahl der Staffeln
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anzahl_der_Staffeln>,
PDDikti ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PDDikti_ID>,
template applies category
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/template_applies_category>,
workers represented by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/workers_represented_by>,
alt text
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/alt_text>,
demographics
of topic
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/demographics_of_topic>
- External identifiers: AaRC title ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AaRC_title_ID>,
Dizionario biografico online degli anarchici italiani ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_biografico_online_degli_anarchici_italiani_ID>,
JedeSchule.de ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JedeSchule.de_ID>,
bashenc.online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bashenc.online_ID>,
Svoya Igra television player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Svoya_Igra_television_player_ID>,
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wisconsin_Architecture_and_History_Inventory_ID>,
TaDiRAH ID (2)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TaDiRAH_ID_(2)>,
Oklahoma's NRHP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oklahoma%27s_NRHP_ID>,
Sauvons nos tombes cemetery ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sauvons_nos_tombes_cemetery_ID>,
Discogs genre ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Discogs_genre_ID>,
Sauvons nos tombes person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sauvons_nos_tombes_person_ID>,
Odnoklassniki user numeric ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Odnoklassniki_user_numeric_ID>,
CPC-PR ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CPC-PR_ID>,
Obituaries
Australia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Obituaries_Australia_ID>,
Indigenous Australia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indigenous_Australia_ID>,
Women Australia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_Australia_ID>,
AIATSIS Subject Thesaurus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AIATSIS_Subject_Thesaurus_ID>,
Biografisches Handbuch – Todesopfer der Grenzregime am Eisernen
Vorhang ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biografisches_Handbuch_%E2%80%93_Todesopfer_der_Grenzregime_am_Eisernen_Vorhang_ID>,
Filmitalia film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmitalia_film_ID>,
Filmitalia person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmitalia_person_ID>,
Resident Advisor Venue ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Resident_Advisor_Venue_ID>,
GB1900 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GB1900_ID>,
AIATSIS
Place Thesaurus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AIATSIS_Place_Thesaurus_ID>,
Mixcloud ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mixcloud_ID>,
Labour Australia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Labour_Australia_ID>,
Mexicana Repositorio
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mexicana_Repositorio>,
Science Magazine author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Science_Magazine_author_ID>,
Everipedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Everipedia_ID>,
ARAE ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ARAE_ID>,
Archivo
Linz de la Transición Española ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivo_Linz_de_la_Transici%C3%B3n_Espa%C3%B1ola_ID>,
Museo Nacional de la Estampa ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museo_Nacional_de_la_Estampa_ID>,
NParks Flora & Fauna Web ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NParks_Flora_%26_Fauna_Web_ID>,
identifiant inventaire Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_inventaire_Bourgogne-Franche-Comt%C3%A9>,
identifiant inventaire Île-de-France
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_inventaire_%C3%8Ele-de-France>,
identifiant inventaire Normandie
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_inventaire_Normandie>,
identifiant inventaire Pays de la Loire
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_inventaire_Pays_de_la_Loire>,
identifiant inventaire Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_inventaire_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur>,
Diccionari de la traducció catalana ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Diccionari_de_la_traducci%C3%B3_catalana_ID>
- Query examples:
- List of vegan restaurants <https://w.wiki/zdd>
- List of food that are iconic to particular countries
<https://w.wiki/$fK> (Source
<https://twitter.com/KarlXOblique/status/1363054210900762627>)
- Map of monuments in Lower Saxony, Germany <https://w.wiki/zyH> (
Source <https://w.wiki/zyC>)
- Map of former plantations in Surinam <https://w.wiki/$aX> (Source)
<https://twitter.com/hayify/status/1363075272447324161>
- Map of Wats in Thailand <https://w.wiki/fP7> - (Source
<https://twitter.com/MaewNam/status/1362020624487612417>)
- Localities in Mexico and contain 𝐒𝐚n in their name
<https://w.wiki/zZd> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1361796008305393665>)
- Female mycologists born pre-1900, sorted by number of sitelinks
<https://w.wiki/zm6> (Source
<https://twitter.com/SiobhanLeachman/status/1361727131030413312>)
- Women scientists who were born between the year 1500 and 1900
<https://w.wiki/zd2> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1363307817696776192>)
Development
- Fixed wrongly encoded HTML in some messages in the Wikidata Bridge (
phab:T272350 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272350>)
- Working on showing all languages in the language suggester for
monolingual text Properties (phab:T124758
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124758>)
- Fixed an issue with spaces in external identifier URLs being replaced
by "+" (phab:T271126 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T271126>)
- Added a rate limit for creating Item IDs, which should help with
decreasing the number of skipped Q-IDs (phab:T272032
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272032>)
- Fixed an issue where whitespace was stripped while typing when editing
Lexemes (phab:T250550 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T250550>)
- Fixing the case where you cannot easily edit negative quantities after
saving (phab:T274129 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T274129>)
- Working on making it possible to query for quantity values in the
Query Builder (phab:T268942 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268942>)
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>
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de