*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - Bean49Bot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Bean49Bot - Task/s: Update population of Hungarian municipalities. - BjoeBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/BjoeBot - Task/s: Make sure all map data modules have an item and instance of (P31) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P31 of map data module (Q18711811) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711811.
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - You can now register for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2023, taking place on May 19-21 in Athens, Greece. You can also apply for a scholarship until January 14th. More information: Wikimedia Hackathon 2023/Participate https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023/Participate - digital@IANLS: online Wikidata workshop for Neo-Latinists in February 2023 https://dnls.hypotheses.org/110 - Call for Papers on Linked Open Data on Journal BiD https://bid.ub.edu/en/call-for-papers: Deadline: Sun, 04/09/2023. Some of the ideas and issues to be included in this issue: Creation and exploitation of knowledge graphs, Information services based on linked open data and knowledge graphs, Artificial intelligence and linked open data, Textual corpora and linked open data, Textual corpora and knowledge graphs, Application of bots in linked open data, Application of bots in knowledge graphs, Linked open data and diversity of genres, Graphs of knowledge and diversity of genres, FAIR and linked open data, FAIR and knowledge graphs, Ontologies and linked open data, Ontologies and knowledge graphs, Application of ontologies in information services. - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #72, Rooms 2022 https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=72
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Fork of User-level gender statistics for Wikipedia https://observablehq.com/d/3acabdddd2da70e5 - Reconciling a Mix’n’Match catalog to Wikidata via Google Sheets https://pointstodots.wordpress.com/2022/12/19/reconciling-a-mixnmatch-catalog-to-wikidata-via-google-sheets/ - Celebrating the Wikipedia and Wikidata Birthday in school https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/October_2022/Celebrating_the_Wikipedia_and_Wikidata_Birthday_in_school - Papers - Towards a Roadmap for Advancing the Catalogue of the World’s Natural History Collections https://riojournal.com/article/98593/ - Videos - LIVE Wikidata editing #101 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX-a_XE7Ciw - LOD as a way of thinking in the era of digital humanities - a preliminary study on Wikidata/Wikibase practice (in Chinease) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qebl1K5JM4c - ESEAP 2022 - Wikidata workshop: Intro to Wikidata, Identifiers & Entity Explosion, OpenRefine & Biota - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t66i3ztg-1E - What is the Wikidata database, how to contribute, how to write queries in SPARQL by Valerio Bozzolan (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMXs7VAomHg - Tools for linking Wikidata and OpenStreetMap by Edward Betts - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQHch1NPI6w - How to create a wikidata entry for a journalist - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By8Rg4i9e5U - LOD is the future - Wikibase application of Rhizome, an independent digital art agency in New York (in Chinese) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugCvx5QzgtM - Coolest Tool Award 2022 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ_dcFFIZ5w
Tool of the week
- Wikidata Atlas https://wdatlas.dcc.uchile.cl/ is a system allows the user to search for different types of entities (with geo-coordinates) on Wikidata and visualize them on a world map. (Feedback is very welcome to help evaluate and improve the tool.) - Check out a similar tool: wiki-atlas http://www.wiki-atlas.org/
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd got an update where it now will try to predict good statements to add to Wikidata from Wikipedia articles. - Writing SPARQL queries can be very challenging. You can find inspiration by browsing and searching in this dataset of 2,400 queries collected from Wikidata https://observablehq.com/@pac02/hello-sparql-queries-dataset. (source https://wikis.world/@pac2@vis.social/109515022463601973) - The French Wikipedia now uses a Wikidata-based list for the pages on specific dates, without relying on ListeriaBot. Who was born on a December 19th and has an article in French? You now can have the answer thanks to a Wikidata query by going to the page 1er décembre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:1er_d%C3%A9cembre on frwiki and clicking on the infobox link "Naissances du jour". This is a link to a Wikidata list provided by the query service. The query is generated by the template fr:Modèle:Naissances un jour du mois https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Naissances_un_jour_du_mois. This follows another such template used to find all persons with a certain surname on frwiki, used on all surnames pages and on some disambiguation pages, fr:Modèle:Liste des personnes ou_personnages par prénom https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Liste_des_personnes_ou_personnages_par_pr%C3%A9nom. For the surname Victor (Q539581) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539581 (view with Reasonator https://reasonator.toolforge.org/?q=Q539581&lang=en, SQID https://sqid.toolforge.org/#/view?id=Q539581&lang=en) this generates on the page w:fr:Victor_(prénom) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:Victor_(pr%C3%A9nom) a query such as this one https://w.wiki/66zW. - Wikidata now has more than 100,000,000 items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#100,000,000_items! Exactly which item was the 100 millionth is unknown as of writing, but there are some clues for anyone who wants to dig into it. - Survey: What are your most important Wikimedia content partnerships tools in 2022? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZc_Ius2gHvbslH8VrE0LHJABPfT9kF7RMxUqOVo31g7Er-g/viewform Closes on January 8, 2023. - Community Wishlist Survey 2023 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Community_Wishlist_Survey_2023_opens_in_January opens in January until Monday, Feb 6, 2023 - There is a new website to collect contact information for heritage organizations in Georgia https://ganch.auctr.edu/ for the purpose of disaster response with the data coming from Wikidata. - Wikibase 1.38 release is delayed until January 2023 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/LJ2H7N7PG7T5R7S5ILOPI66W5TSCKZLJ/ - Job opportunities - Postdoc, PhDs, and technician opportunities related to Wikibase project at University of Groningen https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/QWLQUGSHQJ63NY423A64QLCEQDLCE74U/
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: *This section is currently empty due to technical issues with the bot responsible for filling it. If you are interested in keeping track of new properties on Wikidata, you can check the property proposal page for updates.* - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: RPG Site game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RPG_Site_game_ID ,member of tribe https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/member_of_tribe, numéro d'une installation sportive en France https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/num%C3%A9ro_d%27une_installation_sportive_en_France, Macmillan Dictionary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macmillan_Dictionary_entry, Macmillan Dictionary entry (American English) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macmillan_Dictionary_entry_(American_English), Panjab Digital Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Panjab_Digital_Library_ID, Oh!FM-7 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oh!FM-7_ID, Pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/P%C4%81ia-sadda-maha%E1%B9%87%E1%B9%87avo_entry, model lexeme https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/model_lexeme, format string https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/format_string, travel advisory category https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/travel_advisory_category, location URL match pattern https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/location_URL_match_pattern, Tabelog restaurant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tabelog_restaurant_ID, service options https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/service_options, RetroAchievements ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RetroAchievements_ID, statut administratif https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/statut_administratif, Waddi Punjabi Lughat entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Waddi_Punjabi_Lughat_entry, relative statement frequency https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/relative_statement_frequency, Mertens-Pack Number (MP3) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mertens-Pack_Number_(MP3), Nintendo-Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nintendo-Online_ID, does not use https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/does_not_use, is not part of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_not_part_of, object is https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/object_is, Nintendo World Report ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nintendo_World_Report_ID, eTK ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eTK_ID, eVK2 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eVK2_ID, ntower ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ntower_ID, Anadolu Agency infographic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anadolu_Agency_infographic_ID, digital equivalent of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/digital_equivalent_of, property describes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/property_describes, Computer Science Ontology topic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Computer_Science_Ontology_topic, BookWalker series ID (global version) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BookWalker_series_ID_(global_version), Le Grenier du Mac ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Grenier_du_Mac_ID, Fascist Latin Texts author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fascist_Latin_Texts_author_ID - Query examples: - Football skills! https://w.wiki/66$b (source https://wikis.world/@lubianat@scholar.social/109508294356441566) - Concepts with more individuals having Mastodon IDs https://w.wiki/6883 (source https://wikis.world/@danielhz@mastodon.social/109524785482708093) - Mastodon follower/subscriber figures https://w.wiki/688Z (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#List_social_media_followers_(P8687)_regardless_of_value,_with_qualifier_Mastodon_address_(P4033)_regardless_of_value ) - Lexeme senses which are described in Jaehoon Yeon and Lucien Brown's Comprehensive Grammar of Korean https://w.wiki/67En (source https://t.me/c/1325756915/22580)
Development
- REST API: We are getting ready for a release in January and would really love more people to test the current state on beta. You can find details for testing at Wikidata:REST API feedback round https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API_feedback_round. - Vector 2022 search: We have worked on making the new search in the Vector 2022 skin work for Wikidata. You can now test it on test.wikidata.org and soon on Wikidata. - Query Service: - Removed the SVG download options for result views where SVG downloads are not supported, such as Map (phab:T311594 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T311594) - Fixed the indentation of autocompletion suggestions (phab:T291695 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T291695) - Fixed downloading query results in the Query Builder (phab:T323451 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323451) - Lexicographical data: - Working on showing the Lexeme lemmas when you look at a Lexeme’s history (phab:T312660 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T312660) - Fixing a keyboard navigation issue in the lookups on Special:NewLexeme (phab:T324743 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T324743) - mul language code: - Continuing to investigate how to implement language fallbacks on mobile termbox (phab:T323098 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323098) - Investigating how to disallow `mul` descriptions (phab:T313027 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313027) - Improving and harmonizing the footers in the Query Builder ( phab:T324356 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T324356) and Mismatch Finder (phab:T324366 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T324366) - Preparing for showing constraint violations to visitors who aren’t logged in (phab:T272132 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272132)
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