*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Pi admin bot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Pi_admin_bot (RfP scheduled to end after 20 April 2022 17:58 UTC) - Closed request for adminship: Stang https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Stang (successful) - New requests for permissions/Bot: - Stangbot 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Stangbot_2. Task/s: Insert electorate (P1831) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1831 and keep it updated on Brazilian municipalities and states items - AmeisenBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/AmeisenBot. Task/s: Label unsigned comments on talk pages
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call will be on Tuesday, April 19 at 11 AM Eastern US time https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1650380457: Martin Schibel will be speaking on Entitree https://www.entitree.com/. *Please note this is one hour earlier than the usual meeting time* Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1goa4wnVoUizfFguyVAlLCZzJkb544ecHSLWQA9uYw5k/edit# - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on Wednesday, April 20th 2022 at 17:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata Telegram group https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg. *The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.* - LD4 Wikibase Working Hour: Learn about Wikibase system exploration, data model development, and the road ahead for Digital Scriptorium. When: Thurs. 21 April 2022, 3PM Eastern US (time zone converter https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20220421T190000&p1=tz_et&p2=tz_ct&p3=tz_mt&p4=tz_pt&p5=tz_bst&p6=tz_cest&p7=tz_gmt). Where: Registration Link https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/nZRNbBy5RUyarmbXZEMRDQ,epCg_cl65k2w-KRqtDjQ6g,XaPSpNIe7kuPXqShLIu5Rw,2QcpRvBH60eIij192oVSZw,Cp8Hf52ENUW_wkyHubx_rw,8Mrm5Hwrqkuu0Ki34-GDFA?mode=read&tenantId=6c4d949d-b91c-4c45-9aae-66d76443110d - Register for Contribuling – Conference on minority languages and free participative software https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/YXJJYCMFEJWJAOR2A5IYDXTSQLKJ7X2F/. Conference date: April 22 - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #105 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#105, April 24th at 12.00 UTC
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - WeDigBio Transcription workflow https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQOi_12npwKgeDDUGllFyybNjvONfY5hdRJwnpvWBbVHWgBLIeFTbyv54KTqoAGC0UQ75-YLrA57tt3/pub "...blogpost...showing how I go from finding the name of a collector when transcribing labels to adding them to Wikidata & then linking them to their collections via Bionomia." - More Wikidata metrics on the Dashboard https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/04/07/more-wikidata-metrics-on-the-dashboard/ - Videos - Transfer bibliographic data from Zotero to Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snc0ifX9V7I - Art+Feminism community Hours: Add your event data to Wikidata! - YouTube (En https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMCpZtaEsWQ, Fr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5BwnzP-C9I) - other: - Decolonizing the Internet’s Structured Data – Summary Report https://whoseknowledge.org/resource/dti-structured-data-report/ by Whose Knowledge?
Tool of the week
- Bird O'Clock! https://bird-oclock.glitch.me is a tool based on Wikidata and other data sources that shows pictures and numbers from actual people counting actual birds in the actual world! - Tiago's Coin Herbarium https://coinherbarium.com is a coin collection depicting different plant information displayed via Wikidata SPARQL queries.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata and Wikibase 2022 development plan https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development_plan has been updated to include activity estimates for the second quarter (Q2). - There is a new hub page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update for the Wikidata Query Service scaling updates, to help you all stay updated. - Wikidata metrics are now easily accessible on the Dashboard. Here's an example Dashboard https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Yale_University/Dura-Europos_WD_edit-a-thon including a blog post above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2022_04_18#Press,_articles,_blog_posts,_videos detailing the process.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: taxonomic treatment https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10594, co-applicant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10601, applicant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10602, type of a register in Germany https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10604, notable role https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10606, athletics program https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10607, number of teachers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10610, has certification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10611, choreography for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10612, surrounds the enclave https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10613, has surface https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10614, per capita income https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10622, number of blood donors https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10623, official observer status in organisation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10624, web interface software https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10627, Martian coordinates https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10628, suggested data fields https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10629, medical indication https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10630, number of conferences https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10636, historic insurance number (building) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10637, pole positions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10640, place of disappearance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10642, code name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10643, reports to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10645, podium finishes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10648, number of likes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10649, number of dislikes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10650, number of comments https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10651, rack system https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10654, oeconym https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10655 - External identifiers: MangaDex title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10589, All.Rugby club ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10590, traveloka restaurant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10591, maPZS trails/locations ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10592, Kinowiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10593, marriott hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10595, Chuvash Encyclopedia person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10596, Chuvash Encyclopedia place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10597, Chuvash Encyclopedia topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10598, HarperCollins product ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10599, Atlas of Cultural Heritage Calabria cultural place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10600, XJustiz registration court ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10603, Atlante Beni Culturali Calabria item ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10605, FID performing arts ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10608, PLOS Thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10609, QQ Music album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10615, QQ Music song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10616, Beatport track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10617, Salzburger Literatur Netz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10618, Kramerius of Regional Library in Pardubice UUID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10619, Literatur Netz Oberösterreich ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10620, 1905.com star ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10621, OpaqueNamespace ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10625, deckenmalerei.eu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10626, ODOT county code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10631, OpenSanctions ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10632, CNGAL entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10633, USA Track & Field athlete ID (www.usatf.org) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10634, National Associations Register Number Spain https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10635, AperTO author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10638, IRIS UNIUPO author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10639, AlloCiné TV season ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10641, Library of Parliament of Canada riding ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10644, ARTEINFORMADO person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10646, Slovak Olympic athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10647, International Jewish Cemetery Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10652, Via Rail station code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10653, WikiApiary farm https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10656 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: name of victim https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/name_of_victim, Tracks featured in work https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tracks_featured_in_work, smb.museum digital ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/smb.museum_digital_ID, Unique image of unicode char https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Unique_image_of_unicode_char, Historic Oregon Newspapers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historic_Oregon_Newspapers_ID, Thai Romanization https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thai_Romanization, construction start https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/construction_start, construction end https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/construction_end - External identifiers: MINEDEX https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MINEDEX, Library of the Haskala ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Library_of_the_Haskala_ID, fanvue creator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fanvue_creator_ID, ACNP library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACNP_library_ID, lieferando restaurant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lieferando_restaurant_ID, Yarus feed ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yarus_feed_ID, Enciclopedia Colchagüina ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_Colchag%C3%BCina_ID, Winterthur Glossar ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Winterthur_Glossar_ID, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographical_Memoirs_of_Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society_ID, Personality Database work identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Personality_Database_work_identifier, Hmoegirlpedia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hmoegirlpedia, CNKI Institute ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNKI_Institute_ID, Peacock ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Peacock_ID, techradar review ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/techradar_review_ID - Query examples: - Birthplace of rappers https://w.wiki/549e (source https://twitter.com/giorgiouboldi/status/1515007330106159110) - Bubble chart of occupation of people linked to University of Clermont https://w.wiki/53iz (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1514207848598847493) - List of corporate archives, location, and address where available https://w.wiki/53gv (source https://twitter.com/beet_keeper/status/1514171569593106434) - French adventure video games https://w.wiki/53c9 (source https://twitter.com/JeanFred/status/1513955436269125635) - Women with the citizenship of a country and the most articles in other languages (including English) but without an article in French Wikipedia https://w.wiki/53UB (source https://twitter.com/symac/status/1513771911330869249) - Countries that are bigger (blue) or smaller (red) than all their neighbours https://ls.toolforge.org/p/106573325 (source https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1515774960966541325)
Development
- Lexicographical data: Worked on inferring the spelling variant from the language's Item on the new Special:NewLexeme page and started building a little help box on the special page to explain what lex. data is. - REST API: Getting closer to having a first version of the REST API that returns Item data.
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