*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New request for comments: Unifying GO activities and enzyme articles https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Unifying_GO_activities_and_enzyme_articles
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: ld4-Wikidata Affinity Group call https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-June/013167.html on June 18th - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in Paris https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris, France, on June 21st - Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in Wellington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington_7, New Zealand, on June 22nd
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- *EventKG - the Hub of Event Knowledge on the Web - and Biographical Timeline Generation https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.08794.pdf* - Simon Gottschalk, Elena Demidova (in ArXiv) - *Assessing The Factual Accuracy of Generated Text https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.13322.pdf* Ben Goodrich, et al. (in ArXiv) - *Enriching Bibliographic Data by Combining String Matching and the Wikidata Knowledge Graph to Improve the Measurement of International Research Collaboration https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1905/1905.13226.pdf* Xuan Nguyen, et al. (in ArXiv) - Treasured Manuscript collection gets the Wikidata Treatment https://blog.library.wales/treasured-manuscript-collection-gets-the-wikidata-treatment/, on the National Library of Wales' blog - On the road to joint embedding with Wikidata lexemes? https://finnaarupnielsen.wordpress.com/2019/06/13/on-the-road-to-joint-embedding-with-wikidata-lexemes/ by Finn Årup Nielsen - Wikipedia and Wikidata user contributions https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_Peace/Europride_Vienna_2019/Results as part of Wikipedia for Peace at Europride Vienna 2019 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_Peace/Europride_Vienna_2019
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata-Toolkit 0.10.0 https://github.com/Wikidata/Wikidata-Toolkit/releases/tag/v0.10.0 was released - New Grafana board: number of edits per namespace https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000170/wikidata-edits?refresh=1m&orgId=1&panelId=13&fullscreen
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: title in HTML https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6833, title in LaTeX https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6835, student organization of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6840, emergency services https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6855, average speed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6856 - External identifiers: Pro Football Reference coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6836, Keybase username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6837, Elhuyar Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6838, TV Tropes identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6839, ITF tournament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6841, Campendium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6842, Malaysia company number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6843, abART person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6844, abART document ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6845, abART exhibition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6846, abART group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6847, abART institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6848, DR.dk topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6849, ABA League ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6850, Biographical Dictionary Of Iowa ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6851, CCDC Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6852, Coco Game List ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6853, Dimensions grant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6854 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: text of verse https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/text_of_verse, literary motif https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/literary_motif, scribe.amanuensis or copyist.illuminator https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/scribe.amanuensis_or_copyist.illuminator, distribution format https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/distribution_format, phosphorylates https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/phosphorylates, RogerEbert.com film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RogerEbert.com_film_ID, literacy rate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/literacy_rate, Retrosheets ID https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Property_proposal/Retrosheets_ID&action=edit&redlink=1 - External identifiers: 7digital United Kingdom artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/7digital_United_Kingdom_artist_ID, Metacritic person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Metacritic_person_ID, Nacionālā enciklopēdija https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nacion%C4%81l%C4%81_enciklop%C4%93dija, IMVDb artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IMVDb_artist_ID, Offizielle Deutsche Charts artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Offizielle_Deutsche_Charts_artist_ID, Charts in France artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Charts_in_France_artist_ID, VG-lista artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VG-lista_artist_ID, Beatport artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Beatport_artist_ID, Djshop artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Djshop_artist_ID, Gaana.com artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gaana.com_artist_ID, Juno Download artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Juno_Download_artist_ID, Moov artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moov_artist_ID, Murfie artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Murfie_artist_ID, Napster artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Napster_artist_ID, Qobuz artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qobuz_artist_ID, YouTube Music channel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YouTube_Music_channel_ID, Bebo profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bebo_profile_ID, Steam profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Steam_profile_ID, Pandora artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pandora_artist_ID, SNBP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SNBP_ID, Fundamental.org Baptist Church ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fundamental.org_Baptist_Church_ID, EMIS codes for Pakistani provinces https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EMIS_codes_for_Pakistani_provinces, RIAA artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RIAA_artist_ID, Gambay ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gambay_ID, Facebook Gaming game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Facebook_Gaming_game_ID, Cameo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cameo_ID, Amburger database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amburger_database_ID, BVLarramendi https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BVLarramendi, Equipboard artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Equipboard_artist_ID - Query examples: - Table of counts of distinct MPs, legislative terms and per constituency P39s for UK parliamentary constituencies, with links to per constituency reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_British_Politicians/MP_terms_by_constituency (source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1138975389152415745) - Reverse taxon names of 100 mosquitoes https://w.wiki/4tr (source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1139098520982499329) - Five-letter words beginning with "f", from wikidata's lexeme collection https://w.wiki/4wm (source https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Request_a_query&oldid=961363362#Five-letter_words_beginning_with_%22f%22 ) - Péniches in Lyon https://w.wiki/4yy - Lexemes ordered according to compound parts https://w.wiki/4$y ( source https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1140279480042360832) - Airports named after a person, color-coded by gender https://w.wiki/4$z (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/977329156257038336) - Timeline of the Chief Mousers of 10 Downing Street, with photographs when available https://w.wiki/52Q - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: European Colonialism https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_European_Colonialism
Development
- Grafana now tracks the number of edits per namespace https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000170/wikidata-edits?refresh=1m&orgId=1&panelId=13&fullscreen (phab:T218901 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218901) and the EntitySchemas on the entity by type board https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000167/wikidata-datamodel?refresh=30m&orgId=1&panelId=3&fullscreen (phab:T216835 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216835) - Fixed a bug Special:MobileDiff for an EntitySchema Revision ( phab:T224545 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224545) - Make possible to edit items via wbeditentity when they have same label and description, if the edit is about making them different (phab:T222621 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222621) - Fix a bug on ArticlePlaceholder hook on SpecialSearch (phab:T207235 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207235) - Add CC0 License overlay popup on termbox editing (phab:T221835 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221835) - More maintainance on the WDCM dashboards T214586 (phab:T217997 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217997) - Maintain the WDCM Biases Dashboard to make it fully client-side dependent
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