Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Tomodachi94
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Tomodachi94>
(RfP scheduled to end after 21 July 2023 05:02 UTC)
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- Peuc bot 3
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Peuc_bot_3>
(Task: One-time import of a database of Québec written literary works)
- MajavahBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/MajavahBot>
(Task: Import version and metadata information for Python libraries from
PyPI <https://pypi.org/>)
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming: The 4th Wikidata Workshop. (Extended deadline)! Papers are
due on Thursday, 27 July 2023
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/MNSAJ5XLNLF6XBCYGB3CYHB72O6XVQGL/>
- Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #101, Archives
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=101> (Challenge
started on 2023-07-17 12:01:18
- Past: Wikidata and Wikibase Q3 office hour session log:
Wikidata:Events/Telegram
office hour 2023-07-12
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Telegram_office_hour_2023-07-12>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs
- Issue 01: Who Builds The Internet?
<https://www.bylinebyline.com/articles/internets-architects-wikipedia-wikimedia-editors#:~:text=the%20internet%20itself.-,KALLI%20MATHIOS,-Can%20you%20describe>
- Are the children of celebrities over-represented in French cinema?
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-07-17/In_focus>
in *The Signpost
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost>*, July
17, 2023
- The humble guide to building an asset library
<https://beforesandafters.com/2023/07/11/the-humble-guide-to-building-an-asset-library/>
- Papers
- OpenFact: Factuality Enhanced Open Knowledge Extraction
<https://direct.mit.edu/tacl/article/doi/10.1162/tacl_a_00569/116618>
- "Psychiq and Wwwyzzerdd: Wikidata completion using Wikipedia"
<https://figshare.com/s/a1ed9cdbd917c923b884> (browser extension to
import information from Wikipedia, assisted by a
DistilBERT-based ML model
to predict Wikidata statements for instance and subclass)
- A universal literary canon based on multilingual encyclopedic data:
proposal for a measurement method of literary works using
quantitative data
obtained from Wikidata and Wikipedia
<https://redc.revistas.csic.es/index.php/redc/article/view/1519/2297>
- Videos
- Live Q & A with Denny Vrandečić - on Wikidata, Abstract Wikipedia
and GenAi - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Aw9fkPyoM>
- Constructing ethnic language links to open data? Status of Sediq
usage on Wikidata (in Chinese) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8FYhm9OI1c>
- LD4 conference (YouTube)
- Linked data via Vivaldi: A musical journey from Wikidata to the
library catalog <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFl28pCkoHs>
- Wikidata Sprint in UNLV Special Collections Highlighting LGBTQ+
Las Vegas <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPgGq1yNM1Q>
- Linking Us Together: Applications of Wikidata in Saving
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CiFIIZSCxo>
- WikiframeVG: A SPARQL Template-based Wikiframe for Wikidata
Graph Exploration <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYoD6-aw80M>
- Wikidata and the sum of all video games: putting the "linked" in
video game metadata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvrxTh8xfdY>
- How do you model my gender? Studying gender representation in
the Wikidata knowledge base
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X70oWw3sXk8>
Tool of the week
- Wikidata Recent Changes API <https://wdrc.toolforge.org/> (simple
front-end to the actual API) lets you query Wikidata edits by either
properties, or labels/aliases/descriptions/sitelinks. You can retrieve any
changes, or specify added/changed/removed. Current lag to Wikidata: 1
seconds. (blog <http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=665>)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes:
- autosuggest value <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11889>
(qualifier for P1963 that suggests which values should be
autosuggested to
the user that uses the property for items that are instances
of the subject)
- External identifiers: The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11870>, ComingSoon.it TV
series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11871>, ComingSoon.it
TV program ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11872>,
parliament.bg
MP ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11873>, Archivio
digitale Fondo Edifici di Culto ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11874>, Flashpoint database
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11875>,
Choisirleservicepublic.gouv.fr
organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11876>,
Gameswelt
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11877>, Vélo'v station ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11878>, Lithuanian protected
object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11879>, Saugoma.lt
area ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11880>, Saugoma.lt
object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11881>,
Alienor.org
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11882>, Musées Occitanie
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11883>, Trésors de Nice ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11884>, Image Duplicator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11885>, CNR ExploRA author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11886>, ECLI court code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11887>, Romanian river code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11888>, German University
Collections person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11890>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes:
- verdict
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/verdict>
(decision made at the end of a trial by the judge or jury)
- Founder of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Founder_of>
()
- underlying structure
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/underlying_structure>
(an instance of the subject becomes an instance of the object
if some of
its data are lost)
- timetable
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/timetable>
()
- Canadian Archival Information Network authority record
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Canadian_Archival_Information_Network_authority_record>
()
- External identifiers: BDFutbol manager ID 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BDFutbol_manager_ID_2>,
GSA player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GSA_player_ID>,
DigiListan artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DigiListan_artist_ID>,
FSHF player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FSHF_player_ID>,
WWGR player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WWGR_player_ID>,
Threads username
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Threads_username>,
ProQuest publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ProQuest_publication_ID>,
Lift Up profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lift_Up_profile_ID>,
Internet Broadway Database touring theatre ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Internet_Broadway_Database_touring_theatre_ID>,
Ligue nationale de rugby ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ligue_nationale_de_rugby_ID>,
Musée critique de la Sorbonne ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mus%C3%A9e_critique_de_la_Sorbonne_ID>,
FantLab translator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FantLab_translator_ID>,
The Literary Encyclopedia work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Literary_Encyclopedia_work_ID>,
Acclaimed Music album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Acclaimed_Music_album_ID>,
Hugging Face user or organization ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hugging_Face_user_or_organization_ID>,
Friedländer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Friedl%C3%A4nder_ID>,
IMDb keyword
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IMDb_keyword>
- Query examples:
- List of data journals at Wikidata <https://w.wiki/6$vi> (source
<https://twitter.com/_shigapov/status/1678780961214050306>)
- Week 28, 2023: Top album languages found on Wikidata right now
<https://w.wiki/6TNS> (source
<https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/110718631093218142>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- WikiProject Antiquity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Antiquity> (aims
to gather all contributors working in an aspect or another of Antiquity)
- WikiProject Lodging
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Lodging> (aims at
creating, improving, and organizing Wikidata items related to
lodging, such
as hotels, motels, inns, guest houses and lodging-related topics)
Development
- Vector 2022 skin: We finished working on removing the strange bolding
pattern of the Search Results on Wikidata. Should be rolled out in the next
train (phab:T327510 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327510>)
- EntitySchemas: We are working on showing the Label of EntitySchema in
Statements and Special pages (phab:T339924
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T339924>)
- Mismatch Finder: We are working on adding the Language Selector to the
Mismatch Finder (phab:T328149 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328149>
)
- mul: We trying out changing how placeholders in Wikibase termboxes
work: They’ll soon start falling back across the fallback chain of the
language until they hit mul (phab:T340832
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T340832>)
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>
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