*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - GretaHeng18bot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/GretaHeng18bot - Pi bot 24 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Pi_bot_24 - SchoolBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/IndoBot - companyBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/companyBot
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - Talk to the Search Platform Team about anything related to Wikimedia search, Wikidata Query Service, Wikimedia Commons Query Service, etc.! February 2nd, 2022. Etherpad https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours. - LIVE Wikidata editing #69 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbltj1x8L2E, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3162728574012298/, February 5 at 19:00 UTC - Wikimedia Research February Office Hours https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/R3UTAWBHZ74SPCOPVR57U6MEQCXWP64R/ Wednesday, 2022-02-02 at 00:00-1:00 UTC (16:00 PT 02-01 /19:00 ET 02-01 / 1:00 CET 02-02 https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1643760056). - Data Reuse Days https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Reuse_Days_2022 will take place on March 14-24, highlighing applications and tools using Wikidata's data. You can already propose a session https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Events/Data_Reuse_Days_2022 . - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #27, Numbers (1/n) https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=27 - Past: - Editing with OpenRefine live on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/belett and in French by Vigneron - Wikibase Live Session (2022.01.27 https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2022.01.27)
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Press - "Massive open index of scholarly papers launches https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00138-y" - called OpenAlex, it draws its data from sources including Wikidata - Blogs - OpenSanctions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110087116 is integrating persons of interest from Wikidata https://www.opensanctions.org/articles/2022-01-25-wikidata/ - Celebrating the 2,000 featured articles milestone in Wikipedia in French https://observablehq.com/@pac02/celebrating-the-2-000-featured-articles-milestone-in-wikip: Using the Wikipedia Categorymembers API through a SPARQL query to get all articles featured in category "Article de qualité" and compute statistics. - Smithsonian Libraries and Archives & Wikidata: Using Linked Open Data to Connect Smithsonian Information https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2022/01/19/smithsonian-libraries-and-archives-wikidata-using-linked-open-data-to-connect-smithsonian-information/#.Yfbd4lvMKV6 - The origin of the gender gap https://voxeu.org/article/origin-gender-gap - Videos - Wikidata as a Modality for Accessible Clinical Research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PqgTtnciyg - Working with Siegfried, Wikidata, and Wikibase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDppa_5RfwI
Tool of the week
- Basque version of Wordle using Wikidata's lexicographic data. Check it out https://wordle.talaios.coop!
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- WDQS scaling update for Jan 2022 available here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS-scaling-update-jan-2022. *We will be trying to do monthly updates starting this month.*
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: category for honorary citizens of entity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10280, podcast logo URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10286, hotel rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10290, dpi for original size https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10300, director of publication https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10308, official jobs URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10311 - External identifiers: TVFPlay series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10279, Orthodoxie.com topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10281, Slangopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10282, OpenAlex ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10283, iCSO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10284, Indeed company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10285, DFG Science Classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10287, Muz-TV ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10288, Podchaser numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10289, Wikisimpsons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10291, Wörterbuch der Präpositionen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10292, Tretyakov Gallery work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10293, Grand Duchy of Lithuania encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10294, Amazon podcast ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10295, Habr company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10296, Google Arts & Culture entity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10297, Sceneweb artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10298, Leopoldina member web site ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10299, German Lobbyregister ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10301, Film.ru actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10302, Film.ru film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10303, Apple Podcasts podcast episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10304, StarHit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10305, North Data ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10306, CYT/CCS https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10307, LKI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10309, Unified book number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10310 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: has member https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_member, register in Germany https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/register_in_Germany, dailytelefrag.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dailytelefrag.ru_ID, time in the pouch https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/time_in_the_pouch, semantic gender https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/semantic_gender, Game World Navigator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Game_World_Navigator_ID - External identifiers: Mnemosine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mnemosine_ID, World Economic Forum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Economic_Forum_ID, CHY Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CHY_Number, OpenSanctions ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenSanctions_ID, identifiant Les Archives du spectacle (organisme) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Les_Archives_du_spectacle_(organisme), Japanese Canadian Artists Directory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japanese_Canadian_Artists_Directory_ID, histrf.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/histrf.ru_person_ID, Vsemirnaya Istoriya Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vsemirnaya_Istoriya_Encyclopedia_ID, Kaspersky Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kaspersky_Encyclopedia_ID, Chgk person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chgk_person_ID, Latvijas ūdenstilpju klasifikatora kods https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Latvijas_%C5%ABdenstilpju_klasifikatora_kods, RCN (Irish Registered Charity Number) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RCN_(Irish_Registered_Charity_Number), RBC company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RBC_company_ID, OpenStates ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenStates_ID, NetEase Music Artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NetEase_Music_Artist_ID, QQ Music Singer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/QQ_Music_Singer_ID, Euro NCAP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Euro_NCAP_ID, PlayGround.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PlayGround.ru_ID, Viki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Viki_ID, Absolute Games developer and publisher IDs 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Absolute_Games_developer_and_publisher_IDs_2 - Query examples: - US states with the most punk bands https://w.wiki/4jbt (source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1485908042436726790) - List of Ghanaian scientists by citation count https://w.wiki/4jSi (source https://twitter.com/WikidataGhana/status/1485657254305148928 ) - Actresses who have played Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice, with type of production https://w.wiki/4krb (source https://twitter.com/lirazelf/status/1487037560006320129) - MPs with identified mythical ancestors https://w.wiki/4mEx - Items with "language of work or name = Toki Pona" as qualifier https://w.wiki/4mE$ - Timeline of 1st women practising a given sports discipline https://w.wiki/4mG8 (source https://twitter.com/medi_cago/status/1487549749830078471) - Water boards in the Netherlands https://w.wiki/4mFy (source https://twitter.com/Jan_Ainali/status/1487538209932328967) - Birthplaces of US Presidents https://w.wiki/4mWE, Russian emperors https://w.wiki/4mWH, Roman emperors https://w.wiki/4mWJ (source https://twitter.com/LArtour/status/1487342003696328704) - Age of the actress when she played "Elizabeth Bennet" https://w.wiki/4ksg (source) https://twitter.com/belett/status/1487052603129278467 - People with dates of birth and death on January 1st (day precision dates) https://w.wiki/4mWd (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P570#Queries) - More than 500 lexemes in Breton now have at least one sense https://w.wiki/4mXQ (source https://twitter.com/envlh/status/1487909849652514824)
Development
- Continuing work on adding the mul language code for labels, descriptions and aliases. (phab:T297393 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297393) - Enabled statement usage tracking for Cebuano, Armenian and Warai Warai to ensure fine-grained notifications about edits on Wikidata on those Wikipedias (phab:T296383 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296383, phab:T296382 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296382, phab:T296384 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296384) - Continuing work on fixing a bug where Wikidata changes do not get sent to Wikipedia and co for the first sitelink adding leading to missing information in the page_props table (phab:T233520 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T233520) - Continuing work on making sure the Wikidata search box works with the new Vector skin improvements (phab:T296202 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296202) - Mismatch Finder: Debugging some issues with the first files we got with mismatches that we can load into the Mismatch Finder
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