*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>
- Join the global m:WikiForHumanRights
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights> Campaign by
participating with WikiProject Human rights
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Human_rights>. The
campaigns is focused on increasing coverage of human rights topics on
Wikimedia projects through January 30.
- Upcoming: Online editathon in Swedish
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon>
1 December
- Past: ProWD <http://prowd.id/>, a tool for PROfiling the
multi-dimensional completeness of WikiData, was presented at the K-CAP
2019 conference <https://dblp.org/db/conf/kcap/kcap2019.html> on Nov 21,
2019 in Marina del Rey, USA. Using ProWD, one may compare, for example, the
completeness of computer scientists by nationality and sex
<http://prowd.id/#/profile/compare/68>. The slides are available by
clicking this link
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12aMPGVjUa8w1E8ckb_ErR8dEABEWrurKQMlelmjvbHw/edit?usp=sharing>.
The ProWD developers are welcoming any feedback!
- Past: WikiTechStorm in Amsterdam. See the videos of the sessions
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Techstorm#Live_streams>, including
a lot of Wikidata-related introductions
- Past: Wikidata Zurich Hackathon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich_Hackathon2019%7C>
- Past: Wikimedia Tech Talk: Wikidata, behind the curtain
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWqKyC7gt0s>, by Ladsgroup
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Die Datenlaube <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61943025> launched
diedatenlaube.github.io - a collection of blog posts, links and scripts
around "wikidatafying" the big German Wikisource project Die Gartenlaube
<https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Die_Gartenlaube> (in German).
Tool of the week
- Cradle <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/cradle/#/> enables
editors to create a new item by completing a form. You can create a new
form on the Cradle <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Cradle> help
page. Cradle forms can be used as templates to ensure that similar new
items are structured the same way. This can be especially helpful for
specific WikiProjects or datathons, and is a great timesaver if you are
creating many similar items by hand.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- 570k VIAF identifiers <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P214>
have been added to Wikidata items in an effort of synchronisation between
the two databases, thanks to Bargioni. In order to report errors in
VIAF an apposite
page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Authority_control/VIAF_errors>
has been created. More information here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P214#Recent_synchronisation>
.
- Query Service lag now affects maxlag. You may need to retry/reset
error multiple times when you run QuickStatement or OpenRefine in busy
hours.
- Wikidata now documented more than six million
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Search/haswbstatement:P31%3DQ5>
people, more than the number of articles in English Wikipedia
- New documentation page: Wikidata:Map data
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Map_data>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: Wikimedia page-version URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7569>, IFCO rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7573>, IAST transliteration
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7581>, Wildlife Protection
Act 1972 (India) schedule
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7582>, age estimated by a
dating method <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7584>, effective
date <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7588>, date of assent
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7589>, ascending scale
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7598>, descending scale
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7599>, primary note
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7600>, secondary note
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7601>, CITES Appendix
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7603>, supervisor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7604>, Hunterian
transliteration <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7605>
- External identifiers: CBSE Affiliation No.
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7568>, OGDB company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7570>, Memorial Book
Bundesarchiv ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7571>, Digital
Corpus of Sanskrit ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7572>, Swedish
Royal Theater Archive <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7574>, Sri
Granth Punjabi word ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7575>,
Broadcast Radio Bearer URI
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7576>, Czech city district ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7577>, DUC ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7578>, Prague administrative
district ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7579>,
AboutTheArtists
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7580>, fyyd
podcast ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7583>, NinDB game
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7585>, Cinepub person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7586>, eFloraSA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7587>, eBay username
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7590>, VideoGameGeek game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7591>, VideoGameGeek
platform ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7592>, CinePT
film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7593>, CinePT person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7594>, Disney+ movie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7595>, Disney+ series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7596>, Lutris game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7597>, Ratingraph MALE
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7602>, Czech
municipality ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7606>,
WikiTreeCategories <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7607>,
P7608 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7608>, SHARE Catalogue
work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7609>, Taiwan Cinema
company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7610>, Taiwan
Cinema Film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7611>, Taiwan
Cinema person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7612>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: amends
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/amends>,
syndicate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/syndicate>,
corporate
domicile
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/corporate_domicile>,
Latvian transcription
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Latvian_transcription>,
implies
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/implies>,
stargate-wiki.de
article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/stargate-wiki.de_article_ID>
- External identifiers: SciProfiles ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SciProfiles_ID>,
Scilit journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scilit_journal_ID>,
YVNG ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YVNG_ID>,
TheGamesDB
game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheGamesDB_game_ID>,
VLR ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VLR_ID>,
Archives
Portal Europe ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archives_Portal_Europe_ID>,
Church Heritage Cymru ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Church_Heritage_Cymru_ID>,
NVE Powerplant ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NVE_Powerplant_ID>,
TheGamesDB platform ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheGamesDB_platform_ID>,
Artsdata ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artsdata_ID>,
WPI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WPI_ID>,
TheGamesDB
developer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheGamesDB_developer_ID>,
MPPDA Digital Archive person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MPPDA_Digital_Archive_person_ID>,
MPPDA Digital Archive film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MPPDA_Digital_Archive_film_ID>,
MPPDA Digital Archive organisation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MPPDA_Digital_Archive_organisation_ID>,
Dictionary of Scottish Architects building ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary_of_Scottish_Architects_building_ID>,
Czech municipality with authorized municipal office ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Czech_municipality_with_authorized_municipal_office_ID>,
Czech municipality with expanded powers ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Czech_municipality_with_expanded_powers_ID>,
IDU theatre ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IDU_theatre_ID>,
Scienza a due voci ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scienza_a_due_voci_ID>,
TheGamesDB publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheGamesDB_publisher_ID>,
OverDrive publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OverDrive_publisher_ID>,
RomanianActors person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RomanianActors_person_ID>,
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Cleveland_History_ID>,
Cochrane concept ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cochrane_concept_ID>,
Vectrex Game Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vectrex_Game_Database_ID>,
OverDrive creator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OverDrive_creator_ID>,
OverDrive series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OverDrive_series_ID>,
Hoopla series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hoopla_series_ID>,
Speiderhistorisk leksikon article
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Speiderhistorisk_leksikon_article>,
super-famicom.jp ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/super-famicom.jp_ID>,
Arolsen ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arolsen_ID>,
Doctrine court decision ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Doctrine_court_decision_ID>,
Juricaf decision ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Juricaf_decision_ID>,
Riksdagen person guid
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Riksdagen_person_guid>,
Places of Worship in Scotland ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Places_of_Worship_in_Scotland_ID>,
Museum of Family History ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museum_of_Family_History_ID>,
MovieGe person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MovieGe_person_ID>,
GameFAQs credit ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GameFAQs_credit_ID>,
IMovies person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IMovies_person_ID>,
Ratingraph FEMALE person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ratingraph_FEMALE_person_ID>,
Scilit publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scilit_publication_ID>,
FMV World ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FMV_World_ID>
- Query examples:
- Paintings of people with cats <https://w.wiki/Cno> (source
<https://twitter.com/mmmenno/status/1197074711970271232>)
- Number of English Lexemes in Wikidata by first letter
<https://w.wiki/Cnp> (source
<https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1199266895792398337>)
- Tree map of 1990s National Film Award winners, sorted by specific
award <https://w.wiki/Cnq> (source
<https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1198488920645885952>)
- Map of world's disputed areas <https://w.wiki/CYU> (source
<https://twitter.com/planemad/status/1198058657767972864>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
WikiProject Human Rights
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Human_Rights>
- Newest database reports: poems by Emily Dickinson
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lists/poems_by_Emily_Dickinson>
Development
- Add Wikidata query service lag to Wikidata maxlag (phab:T221774
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221774>)
- More work on tainted references and getting the feature ready to be
tested
- Fix a bug with Wikibase test builds (phab:T238575
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238575>)
- More work on improving the edit summaries (phab:T224013
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224013>)
- Bridge: Viewing existing references (phab:T233397
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T233397>)
- Preserving native behavior on key+click (phab:T234060
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234060>)
- Speeding up initialization, by attaching link listeners sooner (
phab:T235765 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235765>) and reducing
the size of the init module (phab:T235771
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235771>)
- Recording metrics for bridge opening performance (phab:T237368
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T237368>)
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
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.