*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New request for permissions/Bot: - CJMBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/CJMbot - let users upload a CSV file in a certain format. The data inside is validated and processed, creating new items or updating existing items by adding statements and references. - MidLeadingBot_5 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/MidleadingBot_5 - create items for books in National Diet Library (Q477675) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477675. - Closed request for comments: Revamping Birth related properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Revamping_Birth_related_properties the use of P1545-Series ordinal https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1545 was recommended.
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Knowledge Graphs and large Language Models (KALLM) https://kallmworkshop.github.io/kallm2024 workshop in Bangkok, Thailand. Call for Papers (details) https://kallmworkshop.github.io/kallm2024/#callforpapers has begun (deadline May 10th) - WMF Community Wishathon is coming next month: March 15th-17th, 2024! https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/FTGDY33PRLGNXFLSH4ZVSJUYUHJW6Q5T/ Sign up by Wednesday, March 15th.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs - What does it take to become a Spotify artist? https://www.skoove.com/blog/top-spotify-artists-stats - Skoove blog uses Wikidata and other databases to put together an infographic. - WiLMa Updates, OpenRefine training, Biodiversity, and Librarians https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2024/Contents/WMF_GLAM_report (GLAM newsletter) - Love Data Week - My Kind of Data https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Love_Data_Week_-_My_Kind_of_Data by Ali Smith. Shared relevant links to learn about data equity and inclusion, disciplinary communities, and creating a kinder world through data. - Papers - Paying it forward: Crowdsourcing the harmonisation and linking of taxon names and biodiversity identifiers https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e114076 - with detailed discussion of curation of taxon-related information in Wikidata - Wikidata for Teaching Biology: Coloration in Felines https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revistaadbia/article/view/42375/44608 (Spanish) - a paper that showcases Wikidata as a learning tool for students through the use of properties and statements applied to biological entities can enhance students computational and informational skills, by Marín1 D. & Michán L. - LIS Journals' Lack of Participation in Wikidata Item Creation https://kula.uvic.ca/index.php/kula/article/view/247 by Willey, E. & Radovsky S., Vol. 7 No.1 (2024) of the Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies. - Videos - GLAM Wiki Conference 2023 - Uruguay - Wikisource and Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFD6zjAEl84 - when 2 cool kids play together. Session given by Bodhisattwa. - Wikidata + Education + Heritage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFD6zjAEl84 - hosted by Sailesh Patnaik (WMF) & Nat Hernández Clavijo (WMU) - Using Wikidata integration on Wikimedia projects to enhance GLAM-Wiki content sharing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMKyAECTwyw - hosted by Mike Peel (WMB/WMF volunteer) & João Peschanski (WMB) - Advancing Drinking Water Justice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRPW86e8N1A at the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Conference discusses how Wikidata and Wikibase Cloud can help address differences in data quality (at the 55:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRPW86e8N1A&t=3298s minute mark) - Mapping Graiguenamanagh Heritage Trail 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVmWy1N-NdY - shows how to create a Heritage walking trail and add subject:wikidata to plaques to OpenStreetMap - Notebooks - Au bord de l'eau https://observablehq.com/@pac02/au-bord-de-leau Mapping Wikidata's items next to a body of water using P206 property.
Tool of the week
- MediaWiki:Gadget-dataDrainer.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-dataDrainer.js - this userscript allows you to delete the data of an item. You can choose what you want to delete: labels and/or descriptions and/or aliases and or sitelinks.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- There is a new update https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update/February_2024_scaling_update relative to the experiment with splitting the Wikidata Query Service graph. A project page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_graph_split for the experiment has also been published. - WMDE is currently conducting a research on Knowledge Equity in Linked Open Data https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Knowledge_Equity_in_Linked_Open_Data_Research. The goal is to try to better understand how the use of Wikidata, Wikibase Suite, and Wikibase Cloud both support knowledge equity and create barriers to knowledge equity when people are contributing historically and structurally marginalized knowledge and perspectives. If you are interested in participating in this project, please fill out this survey https://greatquestion.co/wmde/4c3dr1vk!
Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties and property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - Environmental Performance Index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12417 (measure of understanding environmental performance and sustainability for 180 countries) - age of onset of sexual maturity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12432 (the point in time after which an individual attains the ability to reproduce sexually) - Beta Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12434 (representation of Ancient Greek as ASCII characters) - phonetic value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12436 (phonetic value of signs/characters) - civil rank https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12439 (non-military rank of a civil office holder in Russian Empire) - External identifiers: Dongqiudi.com team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12416, Nintendo eShop (Europe) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12418, Joseph Smith Papers person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12419, Il Nuovo De Mauro ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12420, Sundance Institute Archive film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12423, Sundance Institute Archive event ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12425, Sundance Institute Archive person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12426, notify.moe anime ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12427, Swetrails POI-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12428, UT.no ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12429, The StoryGraph author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12430, X place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12431, nixpkgs path https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12433, Shamela author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12435, PROSPEROPatches game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12437, ORBISPatches game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12438, Quake Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12440 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - is invariant under https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_invariant_under (subject is preserved by this process / function / group of transformation) - formatter URL for IIIF manifest https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/formatter_URL_for_IIIF_manifest (URL to generate IIIF manifest from specific ID) - location information URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/location_information_URL (URL of a web page providing information on the locations of stores or other physical locations of a brand or operator) - SMIRKS https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SMIRKS (A superset of "reaction SMILES" and a subset of "reaction SMARTS", is a line notation for specifying reaction transforms.) - appeals to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/appeals_to (court or other body that hears appeals from subject's decisions) - in service of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/in_service_of (qualifier, which must be used when a person is in the service of a settlement or institution through his position) - External identifiers: Spesalay Pashto (Dari/Persian Dictionary) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spesalay_Pashto_(Dari/Persian_Dictionary)_ID, government.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/government.ru_person_ID, Kremlin.ru glossary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kremlin.ru_glossary_ID, British Listed Buildings Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Listed_Buildings_Online_ID, Parsifal cluster ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parsifal_cluster_ID, Oskar Schindler Archive agent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oskar_Schindler_Archive_agent_ID, Souls Grown Deep ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Souls_Grown_Deep_ID, OHDSI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OHDSI_ID, identifiant Trismegistos d'une divinité https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Trismegistos_d%27une_divinit%C3%A9, Encyclopedia Sindhiana entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_Sindhiana_entry, Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_du_Moyen_Fran%C3%A7ais_(1330-1500)_ID, GNM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GNM_ID, AniSearch anime ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AniSearch_anime_ID, livechat.me anime ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/livechat.me_anime_ID, NACSIS-CAT library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NACSIS-CAT_library_ID, JAHIS Law Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JAHIS_Law_Database_ID, Texas Legislator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Texas_Legislator_ID, Company ID number (Slovenia) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Company_ID_number_(Slovenia), Weird Gloop article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Weird_Gloop_article_ID, nagrada.srs.kg person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nagrada.srs.kg_person_ID, who.ca-news.org person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/who.ca-news.org_person_ID, literatura.kg person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/literatura.kg_person_ID, 2nd German Basketball Bundesliga ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/2nd_German_Basketball_Bundesliga_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview! Did you know?
- Query examples: - Map of items next to the Seine https://w.wiki/96GT (source https://wikis.world/@pac2/111886782779009132) - 300 most followed Mastodon accounts https://w.wiki/99Mi (source https://wikis.world/@awinkler@openbiblio.social/111918438108085087) - Hospitals across Scotland https://w.wiki/99Jf (source https://wikis.world/@AllyD@mastodon.online/111917992381686031) - People educated at the University of Leeds with a Wikipedia article https://w.wiki/97N4 (source https://twitter.com/OpenResLeeds/status/1755612530800721927) - Compare lat/long of UK Parliament and Wikidata constituency records https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1755365004642017355 [federated query] (source https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1755365004642017355) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
- Library and Information Science https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Library_and_Information_Science - this new Wikiproject aims to identify and fill gaps in LIS-related content. If you are interested in the areas of librarianship, information studies, metadata and indexing; then please consider joining! - Political murders in the Weimar Republic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Political_murders_in_the_Weimar_Republic - Collect historic political murders in the Weimar Republic e.g. through historic newspaper articles or scientific articles. - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Humans with missing claims https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Humans_with_missing_claims - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Cactaceae (Q14560) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14560 - family of mostly succulent plants, adapted to dry environments - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: ग़रीब को कौड़ी अशरफ़ी है/غریب کو کوڑی اشرفی ہے (L656971) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L656971 Hindustani proverb that translates to "a farthing is a pound to one who is poor"
Development
- The new mul language code is now ready for beta testing. You can find out more at Help talk:Default values for labels and aliases https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help_talk:Default_values_for_labels_and_aliases#Beta_Test . - The graph split testing for the Wikidata Query Service has started. Please find more details in the "Other Noteworthy Stuff" section above. - IP Masking: We are continuing the work on adapting Wikibase for the upcoming IP Masking feature, so that IP addresses for non-logged-in users are no longer published. - Wikibase REST API: - We finished the route for getting and removing a sitelink from an Item (phab:T344039 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T344039, phab:T344685 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T344685) and we continue work on the one for adding/ replacing and modifying a sitelink on an Item (phab:T342987 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342987, phab:T342988 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342988) - We now handle of case sensitive statement IDs in GET, PUT, PATCH and DELETE requests as HTTP redirect (phab:T354261 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T354261) - We documented the differences in sitelink data structure between Wikibase REST API and Action API responses (phab:T355659 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T355659) - We fixed the bug where sitelink data did not include badges ( phab:T355293 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T355293)
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.
Weekly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review . - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? . - Participate in this week's Lexeme challenge https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php: - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? in one or two sentences. - 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