*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: Should we create new properties for beaches?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Should_we_create_new_properties_for_beaches%3F>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming: Wikidata office hour, April 7th at 18:00 UTC+2, on the Wikidata
Telegram channel <https://t.me/joinchat/AZriqUj5UagVMHXYzfZFvA>
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
call: Google Sheets add-on, Author Disambiguator Tool, 07 April. Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z5ZUDrHs9qvhvAAAHXWIg9Od5z_p2YdzWlwp4VPkcqw/edit?usp=sharing>
- Upcoming: live SPARQL queries in French by Vigneron
<https://twitter.com/belett/status/1247158243983413250>, April 8 at
20:00 CEST
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #8
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#8>,
April 12
- Upcoming: Wikidata for Beginners
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dienstag/Sprints/Sprint46> (German,
Remoted via Zoom), May 3
- Ongoing: WikiGap Challenge
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Challenge> until April 8th
- Ongoing: covid-19 virtual biohackathon
<https://github.com/virtual-biohackathons/covid-19-bh20/wiki/Wikidata>
until April 11th. Information on how to participate
<https://github.com/virtual-biohackathons/covid-19-bh20/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>.
Instructions to participate are on the github wiki
<https://github.com/virtual-biohackathons/covid-19-bh20/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>
and join #wikidata room. Several Wikidata-related topics are currently
presented, such as: COVID-19 Global Dashboard, sync the ICTV Virus
classification and Nomenclature with Wikidata, federate between Wikidata
and NextProt, use wikibase to align between (
bio)schema.org and Wikidata.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Signpost special report: Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and
why it matters
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-03-29/Special_report>
— with mentions of COVID-related Wikidata activities
- Denny Vrandecic published a proposal that suggests some extensions to
Wikidata <http://simia.net/download/multilingualwikipedia.pdf>, and also
a wholly new project, Wikilambda.
- ScienceGuide's The COVID-19 pandemic stresses the societal importance
of open science
<https://www.scienceguide.nl/2020/04/dire-times-of-covid-19-stress-the-societal-importance-of-open-science/>
mentions WikiProject COVID-19
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_COVID-19>
- SPARC*Europe mentions the WikiProject COVID-19
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_COVID-19> in Overnight,
COVID-19 heightens the need for Open Science
<https://sparceurope.org/overnight-covid-19-heightens-the-need-for-open-science/>
post
- Video: Live SPARQL queries in English
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWsEm7hldxQ> by WikidataFacts
- Video: Live SPARQL queries in French
<https://www.twitch.tv/videos/582313432> by Vigneron
Tool of the week
- Scholia <https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia> highlights the scholarly
data in Wikidata, including scholarly works, projects, topics, and
individual researchers, including their relationships and statistics. It
encourages further enrichment of Wikidata through links on the "missing"
pages.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- New tool: ShExStatements
<https://github.com/johnsamuelwrites/ShExStatements> to generate Shape
Expressions from CSV (more details
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013920.html>)
- Job opportunity: Science Museum, London. Research Developer
<https://ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID%3D8610145IXB&WVID=7271880URt>,
"using computational techniques to create links between the SMG collection
and Wikidata at scale" (deadline: 19 April).
- New tool: Wikidata Complete <https://wikidatacomplete.org/> uses
machine learning algorithms to read Wikipedia, identify facts and import
them into Wikidata after manual check (blog post
<https://www.qanswer.eu/blog/2020/04/06>)
-
schema.org announced an extension to allow for special announcements
with regards to COVID-19. The way to identify the topic as per the example?
By using the Wikidata Q-Identifier, Q81068910
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81068910>: Structured data for special
announcements
<https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/special-announcements>
- Interactive map <https://tools.wmflabs.org/map/> showing the spread of
COVID-19, updated daily with data from Wikidata.
- wb_terms table will be emptied today
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#wb_terms_table_will_be_empty_today>
- Your feedback is welcome on two projects to improve the queries and
lists workflows
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Improve_the_workflows_for_queries_and_lists>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: organized response related to outbreak
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8045>, Latvian transcription
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8046>, country of registry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8047>, number of
hospitalized cases <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8049>, ARK
formatter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8054>, symbol of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8058>
- External identifiers:
m3db.com person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8036>, Filmfront person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8037>, SIUSA archive
conservator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8038>, National
Register of Historic Monuments in Bosnia and Herzegovina ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8039>, RPGamer game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8040>, DR music artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8041>, PC Games Database.de
game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8042>, ELAR ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8043>, Frankfurter
Personenlexikon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8044>, Women
of Scotland memorial ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8048>,
Women of Scotland subject ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8050>, Geschichtsquellen des
deutschen Mittelalters author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8051>, MusicBrainz genre ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8052>, Latvian unified
registration number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8053>, Amazon
Prime Video ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8055>, VGMRips
composer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8056>, Apache
Project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8057>,
coinop.org
game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8059>, Glassdoor
company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8060>, AGROVOC ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8061>, Ameli ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8062>, BookBrainz publisher
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8063>, Chinese Clinical
Trial Registry identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8064>, CIRIS author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8065>, Colecovision Addict ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8066>, Macdonald Dictionary
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8067>, ToposText place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8068>, ToposText person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8069>, ToposText work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8070>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: located in the statistical territorial entity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/located_in_the_statistical_territorial_entity>,
formatter for periodical
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/formatter_for_periodical>,
CSS Color name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CSS_Color_name>
- External identifiers: JournalTOCs ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JournalTOCs_ID>,
EZB ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EZB_ID>, MUSE
article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MUSE_article_ID>,
Paperity journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Paperity_journal_ID>,
Paperity article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Paperity_article_ID>,
Flora del Cono Sur Darwinion
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flora_del_Cono_Sur_Darwinion>,
MxM xref
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MxM_xref>,
Biographical
Dictionary of Architects in Canada ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographical_Dictionary_of_Architects_in_Canada_ID>,
TED speaker numeric ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TED_speaker_numeric_ID>,
Sejm-Wielki.pl profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sejm-Wielki.pl_profile_ID>
- Query examples:
- Country-level citation graph for #COVID19
<https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20target%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2FQ84263196%3E%20%23%20Replace%20Q84263196%20%28COVID-19%29with%20Wikidata%20ID%20of%20your%20concept%20of%20interest%2C%20e.g.%20Q202864%20%28Zika%20virus%29%20%0A%0A%23%20%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcited_country%20%3Fcited_countryLabel%20%3Fcited_flag%20%3Fciting_country%20%3Fciting_countryLabel%20%3Fciting_flag%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcited_country%20%3Fciting_country%20%28COUNT%28%3Fciting_country%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fciting_work%20wdt%3AP50%20%3Fciting_author%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fciting_work%20wdt%3AP921%20target%3A%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcited_work%20wdt%3AP921%20target%3A%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fciting_work%20wdt%3AP2860%20%3Fcited_work%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcited_work%20wdt%3AP50%20%3Fcited_author%20.%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fciting_work%20%21%3D%20%3Fcited_work%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fciting_work%20wdt%3AP50%20%3Fauthor%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fciting_work%20wdt%3AP2860%20%3Fcited_work%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcited_work%20%20wdt%3AP50%20%3Fauthor%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fciting_author%20%28wdt%3AP108%7Cwdt%3AP1416%29%20%3Fciting_organization%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcited_author%20%28wdt%3AP108%7Cwdt%3AP1416%29%20%3Fcited_organization%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcited_organization%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcited_country.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fciting_organization%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fciting_country.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fciting_country%20%21%3D%20%3Fcited_country%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcited_country%20%3Fciting_country%0A%20%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0A%20%20LIMIT%2030%20%23%20Adjust%20number%20of%20connections%20to%20display%0A%7D%20AS%20%25results%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25results%0A%20%20%3Fcited_country%20wdt%3AP163%20%2F%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fcited_flag%20.%20%0A%20%20%3Fciting_country%20wdt%3AP163%20%2F%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fciting_flag%20.%20%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%7D%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/1247135448042004480>)
- Movies from artfilm.ch in free access <https://w.wiki/M8X> (source
<https://twitter.com/b3d2c/status/1246907777278246918>)
- Topic co-occurrence graph in the SARS-CoV-2 & #COVID19 literature
<https://w.wiki/MBY> (source
<https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1246864522423365634>)
- Fibulas in Musée Saint-Raymond with date, material, location of
discovery <https://w.wiki/MBH>
Development
- Working on a first prototype for automated finding references (board
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/wikidata_-_reference_treasure_hunt>
)
- Bridge: improve rendering of references (phab:T238661
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238661>)
- Only send incremental changes through the API (phab:T230343
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230343>)
- Adding a screen allowing people to go edit the references on Wikidata (
phab:T240333 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240333>)
- Reducing the size of the extra Javascript that the user has to
download for Bridge (phab:T228857
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228857>)
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>
--
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
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.