*Hello all, in Mohammed's absence, h**ere's your quick overview of what has
been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- A citation hunt program was organized for secondary school students at
IIS School in Dubai as part of the 74th Republic Day celebration of India.
16 students participated, with different mother tongues and from different
states of India living as expatriates in Dubai. The goal was to increase
references for Wikidata statements based on research. The students were
introduced to the importance of protecting India's history on the internet,
and were taught how to edit Wikipedia and Wikidata. They were given a
special event page on Wikidata with instructions and a list of Wikidata
items to add citations to, and they searched for references in their
textbooks and search engines to add to the Wikidata items.More details are
given here.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/Drafts/Wikidata_Citation_Hunt_Program_for_secondary_school_students,_Dubai>
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working
Hour January 30, 2023: The #1Lib1Ref campaign is afoot, so we will be
working on adding references to Wikidata statements. We'll have some data
for you to work with, but you're welcome to bring your own. We'll be mainly
working with adding webpages as sources, but if you want to get experience
using books or articles as sources, we recommend bringing some to the
session to use as references for Wikidata items you have identified. You
are, as always, welcome to bring your own project to work on Event page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours/2023-January-30_Wikidata_Working_Hour>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs
- Building a Life Sciences Knowledge Graph with a Data Lake
<https://www.databricks.com/blog/2023/01/26/building-life-sciences-knowledge-graph-data-lake.html>
(uses
Wikidata as a main source)
- Papers
- Systematic review of Wikidata in Digital Humanities projects
<https://academic.oup.com/dsh/advance-article/doi/10.1093/llc/fqac083/6964525?login=false#389800680>
- Videos
- Interoperable Europe: First workshop on Wikidata and Wikibase
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up-XH8KSfzI>
Tool of the week
-
theyrule.net is a website that helps to explore the boardroom
connections of the largest US companies.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- AfLIA's online course Wikidata is open
<https://web.aflia.net/aflia-wikidata-online-course-registration-now-open/?fbclid=IwAR0HLZwSO_eNtPNJY5sNGkqQ5xDu7SWBzkhTqSoe2pvsgawvYwtMSEZ3R_g>.
Participation is free for all librarians, museums, archives and other
information professionals in Africa. Call is open until 7th February 2023
(12 midnight GMT).
- LetsQuiz <https://letsquiz.com/> is a new website generating quizzes
using data from Wikidata.
- from WMF Wishathon: The Autosuggest linking Wikidata item after
creating an article
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2022/Wikidata/Autosuggest_linking_Wikidata_item_after_creating_an_article>
Wish
is complete and the work merged. It is available for testing in Beta, and
will be deployed to users with the first train of 2023 scheduled for this
week. Learn more about the gadget created at meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:AutosuggestSitelink>
- Building cool apps and services on top of Wikidata's data but running
into ontology issues? We'd love to hear from you in this survey
<https://wikimedia.sslsurvey.de/ontology-issues/> to make things better
for you.
- Status update on the 2022 Wikidata and Wikibase development plan
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development_plan/archive2022/status_updates>
- Development plan and activities for 2023 for Wikidata as a platform
and the Wikibase ecosystem
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development_plan>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: applies to use with property
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11527> (qualifier that
specifies that the statement refers to usage with the property)
- External identifiers: Dicionário Priberam ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11526>, NPB umpire ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11528>, Magazine Pocket
series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11529>,
addons.mozilla.org
user <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11530>, Packagist
username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11531>, Hackage
username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11532>, RubyGems
username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11533>, PyPI
username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11534>, Dictionary
of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11535>, Ushakov Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11536>, Glitchwave franchise
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11537>, Glitchwave game
company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11538>, Glitchwave
game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11539>, Glitchwave
platform ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11540>, Glitchwave
character ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11541>, Artlog
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11542>, pixiv
comic work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11543>, pixiv
comic product ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11544>, British
Music Collection composer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11545>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to
review:
- General datatypes: place of resident registration at death
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/place_of_resident_registration_at_death>
(the
place or administrative unit where the deceased person was registered as
having his or her residence at the time of their death), has instance
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_instance>
(thing(s)
which this subject describes or encompasses, inverse property of
P31), Norwegian
media rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Norwegian_media_rating>
(In
short, the Norwegian version of Denmark's Medierådet rating
(P5970), an age
rating system for motion pictures, video, internet and tv
content), iconically
alludes to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iconically_alludes_to>
(item
that is iconically represented in the execution of this lexeme), credits
URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/credits_URL>
(URL
of an official webpage with a list of credits and roles attributed to
various people, organizations or applications that contribute(d) to this
item's existence), alternate universe counterpart
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/alternate_universe_counterpart>
(this
fictional character/entity is an alternate universe counterpart of the
subject), number of penalty kicks scored
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_penalty_kicks_scored>
, precedes/follows various things
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/precedes/follows_various_things>
(this
lexeme form appears only when preceding another lexeme form with this
phonological feature)
- External identifiers: NCI Drug Dictionary entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NCI_Drug_Dictionary_entry>
, Professional shogi player number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Professional_shogi_player_number>
, Women's professional shogi player number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women%27s_professional_shogi_player_number>
, LPSA professional shogi player number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LPSA_professional_shogi_player_number>
, esid <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/esid>
, Real Academia de Doctores de España ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Real_Academia_de_Doctores_de_Espa%C3%B1a_ID>
, authors.gr ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/authors.gr_ID>
, GLANSIS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GLANSIS_ID>
, literatura.lv ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/literatura.lv_ID>
, Fallout Wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fallout_Wiki_ID>
, Base de Dados de Livros de Fotografia profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Base_de_Dados_de_Livros_de_Fotografia_profile_ID>
, Vintage Fashion Guild Labels
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vintage_Fashion_Guild_Labels>
, Enciclopedia dell'Italiano ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_dell%27Italiano_ID>
, Soprintendenza di Salerno e Avellino place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soprintendenza_di_Salerno_e_Avellino_place_ID>
, World Loanword Database word ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Loanword_Database_word_ID>
, numéro d'une installation sportive en France
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/num%C3%A9ro_d%27une_installation_sportive_en_France>
, Waddi Punjabi Lughat entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Waddi_Punjabi_Lughat_entry>
, Pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/P%C4%81ia-sadda-maha%E1%B9%87%E1%B9%87avo_entry>
, VMI Historical Rosters Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VMI_Historical_Rosters_Database_ID>
, Podbay show ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Podbay_show_ID>
, Walt Disney movie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Walt_Disney_movie_ID>
, The Counted person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Counted_person_ID>
, Panjab Digital Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Panjab_Digital_Library_ID>
, eTK ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eTK_ID>, eVK2
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eVK2_ID>
, Russiancinema.ru person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russiancinema.ru_person_ID>
, World Sailing sailor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Sailing_sailor_ID>
, Internet Game Database franchise ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Internet_Game_Database_franchise_ID>
, Mosfilm IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mosfilm_IDs>
, Warsaw Uprising insurgent ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Warsaw_Uprising_insurgent_ID>
, DOSBox Compatibility ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DOSBox_Compatibility_ID>
, HAA member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HAA_member_ID>
, Sindhi English Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sindhi_English_Dictionary_ID>
- Query examples:
- Modern descendants of the Achaemenes (Achaemenid dynasty of rulers
of Persia, 7th century BCE) <https://w.wiki/6GMf>
Development
- Wikibase REST API: The first version of the new API is released on
Wikidata now \o/ We'd love to hear your feedback on what to improve next
in the API
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:REST_API_feedback_round#The_Wikibase_REST_API_is_now_available_on_Wikidata_(January_2023)>
.
- Property Suggester: We updated the data for the Property Suggester so
suggestions for new statements to add to an Item should be more in line
with current Property usage on other similar Items again.
- Fixed an issue with Item deletions not showing up on Wikipedia and co
if they affect an article on that wiki (phab:T326082
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T326082>)
- Vector 2022: Made it possible to add a new sitelink on Wikipedia and
co in the new Vector 2022 language selector (phab:T310259
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T310259>)
- Lua: Working on two new Lua functions, getDescriptionByLang (
phab:T230839 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230839>) and getBadges (
phab:T305378 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T305378>)
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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement & Events Consultant
Contractor for Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.