Weekly Summary #421 - Wikidata

22 Jun 2020


      *Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata
over the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Stanglavine
   https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Stanglavine_2
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language conference
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020 (remote,
   July 9-10): program & concept are published, registration is open
   - Upcoming: live OpenRefine introduction et demonstration
   https://www.twitch.tv/belett, by Vigneron
   https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:VIGNERON, on Twitch and in French,
   Tuesday June 16 at 20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
   - Past: Wikidata queries workshop
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWT_Indic_Workshop_Series_2020/Workshops#Writing_Wikidata_queries,
   June 21st, in the frame of the Small wiki toolkits–Indic workshop series
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- When Deno meets Wikidata
   https://medium.com/@jsamwrites/when-deno-meets-wikidata-302f8e5b6700
   (blog post)
   - Writing Wikidata Queries
   https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2020/06/21/writing-wikidata-queries-workshop-notes/
   (Workshop Notes)
   - Wikidata course at TAU: Hosting Denny Vrandečić. The future of
   Wikidata, Abstract Wikipedia WikiLambda - YouTube
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vYOpV-1ipU
Tool of the week
- The *currentDate* gadget
   https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets
   automatically adds the current date when using retrieved
   https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P813 in a reference.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- On Commons, c:Template:Wikidata Infobox
   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikidata_Infobox now has
   over 3 million uses; see c:Category:Uses of Wikidata Infobox
   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Uses_of_Wikidata_Infobox.
   - New page about the Bibliography of Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Bibliography_of_Wikidata –
   needs help on expanding the list.
   - Upcoming domain name migration on the Wikimedia Toolforge implies that
   OpenRefine users need to update their Wikidata reconciliation service to
   the new endpoint https://wdreconcile.toolforge.org/en/api which will
   be available by default in the upcoming release of OpenRefine (3.4).
   phab:T254172 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254172
   - Wikirecords https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikirecords - proposal
   for a Wikibase-based sister-project
Did you know?
- Newest properties
   https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties:
      - General datatypes: funder
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8324, intended subject of
      deprecated statement
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8327, Democracy
      Index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8328, principal
      investigator https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8329, file
      page offset https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8330, strike
      tone https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8331, applies to name
      of value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8338, entry
      receptor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8339, estimated
      value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8340, media franchise
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8345, Dewey Decimal
      Classification (works) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8359,
      Library of Congress Classification (edition)
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8360, Universal Decimal
      Classification (works) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8361,
      Regensburg Classification (works)
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8362, study type
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8363
      - External identifiers: Noovie person ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8314, NTB ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8315, sobory.ru ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8316, Philadelphia Museum
      of Art person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8317,
WorldFootball.net
      stadium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8318, National
      Football Teams.com match ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8319, EU-Football.info
      stadium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8320, Canadian
      Football League player ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8321, cadastral
      municipality number in Austria
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8322, Monasteries in the
      Netherlands until 1800 ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8323, Indonesian intangible
      cultural heritage
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8325, Australian
      Classification ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8326, Dansk
      litteraturs historie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8332,
      DLive game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8333, MuseScore
      artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8334, Uffizi
      artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8335, MNBAQ
      artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8336, Cimetières
      de France ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8337, Dansk
      Biografisk Leksikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8341,
      SIUSA archival fonds ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8342,
      Odeon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8343, WikiTrek ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8344, Nomor Pokok Wajib
      Pajak https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8346, Spotify
      songwriter ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8347, NVE
      Elvenett elvID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8348, Proleksis
      enciklopedija ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8349,
Singapore
      Infopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8350, vglist
      video game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8351, Veldkruus
      ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8352, BitterDB compound
      ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8354, Helsinki
      persistent building ID Ratu
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8355, SIUSA archive
      producer family ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8356, SIUSA
      archive producer organization ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8357, Museum of Family
      History ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8358, Deku Deals
      ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8364, Thesaurus
      Sozialwissenschaften ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8365
   - New property proposals
   https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal
   to review:
      - General datatypes: FIBA Hall of Fame
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FIBA_Hall_of_Fame,
      qualifier for this property
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/qualifier_for_this_property,
      Library and bibliographic classification
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Library_and_bibliographic_classification,
      gloss quote
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/gloss_quote,
      Vmusic.bg artist ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vmusic.bg_artist_ID,
      black-and-white photograph
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/black-and-white_photograph,
      Gujin Tushu Jicheng link
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gujin_Tushu_Jicheng_link,
      version control system
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/version_control_system,
      provisions
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/provisions,
      sleeping capacity
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sleeping_capacity,
      floor area
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/floor_area,
      Dowker-Thistlethwaite notation
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dowker-Thistlethwaite_notation,
      Encyclopedia Tatarica (tt) Online ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_Tatarica_(tt)_Online_ID,
      twin town sign
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/twin_town_sign,
      floor material
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/floor_material,
      Encyclopedia Tatarica (ru) Online ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_Tatarica_(ru)_Online_ID,
      intended background color
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/intended_background_color,
      is exception to constraint
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_exception_to_constraint,
      prohibits
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/prohibits,
      permits
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/permits,
      Kunya https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kunya,
      jour équivalent dans le calendrier correspondant
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/jour_%C3%A9quivalent_dans_le_calendrier_correspondant,
      context of death
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/context_of_death,
      inverse agonist of
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inverse_agonist_of,
      seatwidth
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/seatwidth,
external
      error
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/external_error,
      set in environment
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/set_in_environment
      - External identifiers: IDU person ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IDU_person_ID,
      SPOnG game ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SPOnG_game_ID,
      Bundesinventar der historischen Verkehrswege der Schweiz (IVS)
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bundesinventar_der_historischen_Verkehrswege_der_Schweiz_(IVS),
      Unique Property Reference Number
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Unique_Property_Reference_Number,
      Legacy.com newspaper ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Legacy.com_newspaper_ID,
      GCatholic person ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GCatholic_person_ID,
      Econlib ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Econlib_ID,
      Opera Online opera house ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Opera_Online_opera_house_ID,
      Opera Online performer ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Opera_Online_performer_ID,
      finalesrugby.fr ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/finalesrugby.fr_ID,
      Opera Online conductor ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Opera_Online_conductor_ID,
      PMSA ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PMSA_ID, duden
      id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/duden_id,
      KKBox track ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KKBox_track_ID,
      Rate Your Music album ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rate_Your_Music_album_ID,
      Offizielle Deutsche Charts album ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Offizielle_Deutsche_Charts_album_ID,
      locality number in Austria
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/locality_number_in_Austria,
      UNBIS Thesaurus ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UNBIS_Thesaurus_ID,
      Qobuz album ID 2
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qobuz_album_ID_2,
      AZLyrics.com song ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AZLyrics.com_song_ID,
      GCatholic diocese ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GCatholic_diocese_ID,
      BBFC ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BBFC_ID,
Criminological
      Thesaurus ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Criminological_Thesaurus_ID,
      FIPRESCI person ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FIPRESCI_person_ID,
      Web of Science ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Web_of_Science_ID,
      Crossref journal ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Crossref_journal_ID,
      KBpedia ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KBpedia_ID,
      QUDT quantity kind ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/QUDT_quantity_kind_ID,
      Utenlandske krigsgraver i Norge ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Utenlandske_krigsgraver_i_Norge_ID,
      BWFpara.tournamentsoftware.com player ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BWFpara.tournamentsoftware.com_player_ID,
      Directorio de Afrocubanas
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Directorio_de_Afrocubanas,
      Maitron des fusillés ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maitron_des_fusill%C3%A9s_ID,
      TheFreeDictionary medical term ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheFreeDictionary_medical_term_ID,
      Spanish Olympic Committee athlete ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spanish_Olympic_Committee_athlete_ID,
      Naturvårdsverket Amenity ID
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naturv%C3%A5rdsverket_Amenity_ID,
      Supreme Court of Sweden case number
      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Supreme_Court_of_Sweden_case_number
   - Query examples:
      - Apologies for both of the problematic queries ("MWAPI searches in
      wikidata about people described as slave traders by citizenship"
in Weekly
      Summary #419 and "Monuments named after/commemorating/depicting slave
      traders” in Weekly Summary #420). The "MWAPI searches in wikidata about
      people described as slave traders by citizenship” in #419 lists
any people
      with the word "slave" in a label, description or alias, among
them several
      people who are not slave traders. The "Monuments named
      after/commemorating/depicting slave traders” in #420 incorrectly
linked this
      query https://w.wiki/TUg for enslaved people instead of this query
      https://w.wiki/TUZ for slavetraders.
      - Ages of US presidents/vice-presidents: today, when leaving office,
      at death https://w.wiki/Ufc
      - The subway network of Stockholm https://w.wiki/UDF
      - Former footballers who have ever been an MP in the UK parliament
      https://w.wiki/UFK (Source
      https://twitter.com/tmtm/status/1272835222384623616)
      - Latin American Women Writers with a GND ID https://w.wiki/UXQ (
      Source https://twitter.com/espejolento/status/1273659553771479040)
      - Roads that are named after film directors https://w.wiki/Uf9 (
      Source https://twitter.com/1Veertje/status/1274260959578775552)
      - Wikidata Queries around the SARS-CoV-2 virus and pandemic
      https://egonw.github.io/SARS-CoV-2-Queries/
- Newest WikiProjects
   https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
   WikiProject Sweden
   https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden, WikiProject
   Ennegreciendo/Noircir Wikimedia
   https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ennegreciendo/Noircir_Wikimedia
Development
- Continue working on the infrastructure review, in order to address the
   most pressing infrastructure issues
   - Make the Wikibase.git code base PSR-4 compatible (phab:T172368
   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T172368)
   - Work on an overview of existing types of coupling in Wikibase between
   Repo and Client (phab:T254902 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254902
   )
   - More work on consistency of UX components
   - Handle failed requests to the federation source wiki when saving
   statements (phab:T254889 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254889)
   - Catch federated properties exceptions in getParserOutput and display
   error page (phab:T255010 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255010)
   - Improve the permissions for Blazegraph in wdqs docker image (
   phab:T237248 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T237248)
   - Create entitySources config for WMF production wikis (phab:T254315
   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254315)
   - Participate in fixing several incidents (phab:T255855
   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255855, phab:T255410
   https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255410)
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
-- 

Mohammed Sadat

*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de