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>
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
call: Rob Fernandez (Wikimedia District of Columbia) on Listeria, a tool
that uses SPARQL queries to define a list, and provides a bot that will
update a wiki page containing that list if the results of that SPARQL query
change, all based on Wikidata, 08 September. Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GeKcUNdoWKwKz0T-bxR6GG6EM8FLzEHuvv9aOIYLZZ8/edit?usp=sharing>
- Upcoming: live SPARQL queries <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> on Twitch
and in French by Vigneron, September 8 at 18:00 CEST
- Upcoming video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #19
Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2757430611208765/>,
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qI8aF77r7A>, September 10
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #29
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#29>,
September 13
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Semantic Wikibase has been released
<https://professional.wiki/en/news/semantic-wikibase-released> by
Professional.Wiki <https://professional.wiki/> (Demo video
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovZl_ZoGkc0>)
- Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #18, workflows
for SPARQL queries and QuickStatements Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2751141135171046/>,
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NgCzu2lX9w>
- OpenRefine 3.4 <https://openrefine.org/download.html> was released
- How can I get data on all the dams in the world? Use Wikidata
<https://addshore.com/2020/09/wikidata-dams/>. By Addshore
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore>
- Wikidata Training Workshop 2, by Canadian Arts Presenting Association
- YouTube
- Contributing to Wikidata - (Parts 1
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBLGtfB5PZQ>, 2
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTFXPMX-JPI>, 3
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kroUL7DJOPs> & 4
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdndwyFgLPY>)
- Contributing to Wikidata (in French) - (Parts 1
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3bb_5hQIqI>, 2
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cszeXU2pEXU&t=189s>, 3
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGoUDc-VeCI> & 4
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYjAUJCgUCA>)
- Video: How to use QuickStatements - a tool to bulk upload data onto
Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql7gC91eWss>. By Dr Sara Thomas
Tool of the week
-
wmdeanalytics.wmflabs.org/WD_percentUsageDashboard is a dashboard that
measures Wikidata's usage and coverage on Wikimedia Foundation projects.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Entity Explosion
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Entity_Explosion>, the browser
add-on for Chrome
<https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/entity-explosion/bbcffeclligkmfiocanodamdjclgejcn>
is now also available for Firefox
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/entity-explosion/>. When
the user visits a web page, it displays data from Wikidata, about the
subject of that page.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: none
- External identifiers: LSG local body code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8573>, NYARC Discovery ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8574>, Encyclopaedia of
Architects, Vienna 1770–1945 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8575>, Hrvatska tehnička
enciklopedija ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8576>, ICP
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8577>, TracesOfWar
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8578>, Firefox
add-on ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8579>, NHK
Archives Portal person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8580>, Hrvatski biografski
leksikon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8581>, InciWeb ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8582>, YUAG ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8583>, Wikipedia Library
partner ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8584>, FIPRESCI
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8585>, Anais do
Museu Paulista article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8586>, Legacies of British
Slave-ownership place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8587>, Wisconsin Historical
Society NRHP ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8588>,
Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8589>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: applies to form or aspect
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applies_to_form_or_aspect>,
blocked on the territory of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/blocked_on_the_territory_of>,
Liturgical category
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Liturgical_category>,
Flickr image URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flickr_image_URL>,
turning radius
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/turning_radius>,
number of reboots
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_reboots>,
financials URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/financials_URL>,
SI base units
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SI_base_units>,
rank insignia2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/rank_insignia2>
- External identifiers: Syro-Malabar Church Parish ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Syro-Malabar_Church_Parish_ID>,
Database of Umgebinde houses in Bohemian Switzerland ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Database_of_Umgebinde_houses_in_Bohemian_Switzerland_ID>,
Re-Member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Re-Member_ID>,
DIL ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DIL_ID>, Naver
Vibe Artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naver_Vibe_Artist_ID>,
American Battlefield Trust battlefield ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/American_Battlefield_Trust_battlefield_ID>,
American Battlefield Trust person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/American_Battlefield_Trust_person_ID>,
L'Officiel des spectacles ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%27Officiel_des_spectacles_ID>,
VA facility ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VA_facility_ID>,
Hikr Waypoint ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hikr_Waypoint_ID>,
tvmaze ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tvmaze_ID>,
Thomas
Jefferson Encyclopedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thomas_Jefferson_Encyclopedia_ID>,
Danish educational institution number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danish_educational_institution_number>,
Past Fellow of the Royal Society ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Past_Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_ID>,
photoLondon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/photoLondon_ID>,
uta-net.com song ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/uta-net.com_song_ID>,
Historic Montana ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historic_Montana_ID>,
KHRI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KHRI_ID>,
Seattle
Art Museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Seattle_Art_Museum_ID>,
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art artwork ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nelson-Atkins_Museum_of_Art_artwork_ID>
- Query examples:
- Map of companies developing/manufacturing a COVID-19 vaccine
candidate that is at least in a phase 1 clinical trial
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_COVID-19/Queries#Map_of_organisations/companies_developing/manufacturing_a_vaccine_in_trials>
- A table of the 100 highest fees charged for using various kinds of
facilities, normalized to United States dollars
<https://sophox.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3Fosm%20%3Famount%20%3Fiso4217%20%3FamountUSD%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Query%20Wikidata%20for%0A%20%20SERVICE%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql%3E%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20Currencies%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcurrency%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ8142%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Their%20ISO%204217%20codes%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP498%20%3Fiso4217%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Their%20exchange%20rate%20statements%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP2284%20%3FrateStatement.%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Preferred%20statement%20about%20a%20USD%20exchange%20rate%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FrateStatement%20wikibase%3Arank%20wikibase%3APreferredRank%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20psv%3AP2284%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FpreferredConversion%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ4917%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Normal%20statement%20about%20a%20USD%20exchange%20rate%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FrateStatement%20wikibase%3Arank%20wikibase%3ANormalRank%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20psv%3AP2284%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FnormalConversion%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ4917%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20Normally%20a%20triple%20would%20use%20the%20preferred%20statement%20if%20available%2C%20falling%20back%20to%20a%20normal%20statement%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20However%2C%20we%20have%20to%20do%20the%20fallback%20manually%20because%20we%20got%20the%20raw%20statements%20in%20order%20to%20filter%20by%20qualifier%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28COALESCE%28%3FpreferredConversion%2C%20%3FnormalConversion%29%20AS%20%3Fconversion%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20BOUND%28%3Fconversion%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Query%20OpenStreetMap%20for%20prices%20of%20services%0A%20%20%3Fosm%20osmt%3Acharge%20%3Fcharge.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Only%20flat%20fees%2C%20since%20rates%20by%20time%20are%20difficult%20to%20compare%20across%20service%20types%0A%20%20FILTER%20REGEX%28%3Fcharge%2C%20%22%5E%5B0-9%5D%2B%28%3F%3A%5C%5C.%5B0-9%5D%2B%29%3F%20%5BA-Z%5D%7B3%7D%24%22%29%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Parse%20the%20price%20and%20convert%20it%20from%20the%20local%20currency%20to%20USD%0A%20%20BIND%28xsd%3Adecimal%28STRBEFORE%28%3Fcharge%2C%20%22%20%22%29%29%20AS%20%3Famount%29%0A%20%20BIND%28STRAFTER%28%3Fcharge%2C%20%22%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fiso4217%29%0A%20%20BIND%28%3Famount%20%2A%20%3Fconversion%20AS%20%3FamountUSD%29%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3FamountUSD%29%0ALIMIT%20100>
- OSM/Wikidata query
- Youngest age of UK MPs leaving office since 1900
<https://w.wiki/bMb> (Source
<https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1302361637626806276>)
- Longest time UK MPs lived after leaving office since 1900
<https://w.wiki/bMi> (Source
<https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1302361637626806276>)
- British cabinet members with past military service
<https://w.wiki/bSp> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1301939025121554432>)
- Earliest written record of 10 largest Czech cities
<https://w.wiki/bAf> (Source
<https://twitter.com/medi_cago/status/1301424491747258368>)
- Churches dedicated to Czech patron St. Wenceslas (blue) and
Moravian patrons St. Cyril and Methodeus (orange) <https://w.wiki/b7P>
(Source <https://twitter.com/medi_cago/status/1301179041840599040>)
- German municipality names ending with -in, -ing, -heim
<https://w.wiki/bSg> (Source
<https://twitter.com/austrianmaps/status/1302707949362651136>)
Development
- Added Wikidata support to Japanese Wikivoyage. phab:T261451
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261451>
- Investigating the nature of our training outliers to improve the way
ORES automatically scores the quality of an Item.
- Working on error that sometimes causes Wikidata UI to report 2 error
messages when saving a sitelink in an item. phab:T260869
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260869>
- Completed various investigations to make an informed decision on the
output format of WikibaseManifest files (automated configuration detection
for toolbuilders) phab:T261285
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261285>
- Completed various bug fixes and wrap-up tasks to conclude the major
engineering work on the Federated Properties
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/4604/> project
- More work on Item Quality Scoring and Federated Properties
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