*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - ForgesBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ForgesBot (Task: Add licensing information to software forges entries in accordance to what is found in the corresponding Wikipedia page. It is used as a helper in the context of the Forges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forges project) - BEANS Bot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/BEANS_Bot (Task: Use protocol (P2700) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2700 instead of of (P642) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P642 to specify the protocol used in port (P1641) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1641 statements.) - Closed request for permissions/Bot: - AddLetterboxdFilmIdBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/AddLetterboxdFilmIdBot (Task: Adding Letterboxd Film ID (P6127) statements to items which already have a TMDB Film ID (P4947))
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming events - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call May 2, 2023: Fudie Zhao will be presenting on Wikidata in Digital Humanities projects. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tTX5c4tBDdUM2mrIv4yT45l3vJC7bFesddR_U8c_qvI/edit#heading=h.4g1blwfiu9jc - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #90, Sewing https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=90 - Past - Wikibase Live session https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2023.04.27 (April 2023)
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs - Creating Map Visualizations with Wikidata and Python https://itnext.io/extracting-data-from-wikidata-using-sparql-and-python-59e0037996f, 24 April 2023, Jelle Vankerkvoorde - Videos - Open data and Wikidata: revolutionizing scientific research (in Spanish) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJAD0T8vkpo - Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #109 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98ezz3fL7MA - Using MixandMatch gadget - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN-_O-odEVc - Back having fun with lexemes! by Mahir256 - Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1805958491 - EMWCon Spring 2023 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2023 -YouTube - Synchronizing your own MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki content with Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwqF9GYQJLU - Reasons not to use Wikibase (and reasons to do so) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO_Oi7QhKlE - Workshops - Aligning Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry ontologies with Wikidata https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Obo_Wikidata_at_Biocuration_2023.pdf Workshop at 16th Annual International Biocuration Conference (2023) (Q111430238) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111430238 - Tools for linking Wikidata and OpenStreetMap https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foss-north_2023_-_Tools_for_linking_Wikidata_and_OpenStreetMap.pdf - Wikimentor Africa workshop - Learn how to report bugs, make feature requests and manage your tasks https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimentor_Africa_workshop_-_Learn_how_to_report_bugs,_make_feature_requests_and_manage_your_tasks.pdf
Tool of the week
- Twitter Wikipedia Badge https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitter-wikipedia-badge/dlkpigaliodpkkhcfhhohnldpbooglnn - is a Chrome extension for verifying a Twitter username using Wikidata. ( code https://github.com/irony/verified-by-wikipedia, Tweet https://twitter.com/Landgren/status/1649185915644829698)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- WeChangEd https://www.wechanged.ugent.be/ is an ERC-funded research project and online database by Ghent University, about women editors in Europe. The database shows stories about women editors and their publications, and is powered by Wikidata and Sciencestories.io https://www.sciencestories.io/.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: Channel One Russia Worldwide program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11749, LSJ Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11750, Wastewater treatment plant in France ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11753, Musées Grand Est ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11754, INSPIRE-HEP literature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11755, Musée Fabre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11756, Arabic Ontology form ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11757, WPGA Tour Australasia player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11758, Technic Platform modpack ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11759, Tatoeba sentence ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11760, Quranic Arabic Corpus root id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11761 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: Wood Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wood_Database_ID, Akadem organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Akadem_organization_ID, mosff.ru player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mosff.ru_player_ID, BSRussia.com team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BSRussia.com_team_ID, Diritto on line ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Diritto_on_line_ID, Soprintendenza Speciale di Roma place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soprintendenza_Speciale_di_Roma_place_ID, BSWW player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BSWW_player_ID - Query examples: - Map of where the presidents of BCALA were educated https://w.wiki/6dNF (source https://twitter.com/violetbfox/status/1650956447000272896) - Number of Wikipedia sitelinks for Art Looting Investigation https://w.wiki/6ej2 (source https://twitter.com/OpenLinkArtData/status/1651090988021043200) - Family relationships of New Zealand MPs https://query-chest.toolforge.org/redirect/H1B0RMTBrcwwOKeiyYA8kMyo8aQiu2MQkqSuu6U6EuW (source https://twitter.com/KnitMeAThneed/status/1653248464497836038 ) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: WikiProject Piano Rolls https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Piano_Rolls
Development
- EntitySchemas: We are still working on the new datatype to link to EntitySchemas in statements. (phab:T214884 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214884) - Wikibase REST API: We're fixing several smaller issues like phab:T335578 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T335578 and phab:T335581 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T335581.
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