*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: Fralambert
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Fralambert>, Kostas20142
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Kostas20142>, welcome on board!
- New request for comments: Restrictions on making items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Restrictions_on_making_items>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- WikiGap Challenge <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Challenge>,
online editing challenge to improve the coverage of women on Wikipedia and
Wikidata, from March 8th to April 8th
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- *Knowledge Graphs on the Web -- an Overview
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.00719.pdf>* - Nicolas Heist, et al.
- Some issues with this paper's reporting of Wikidata are identified
in this Twitter thread
<https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1235261045998002177>
- The List Revolution: Creating dynamic lists using linked data
<https://space.wmflabs.org/2020/03/04/lists-in-the-wikimedia-movement-part-3-the-list-revolution-creating-dynamic-lists-using-linked-data/>,
by Alex Stinson
Tool of the week
- wikibase-cli <https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli> (Q87194660
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87194660>) now (>= v9.2.0) has a batch
mode
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/blob/master/docs/write_operations.md#batch-mode>,
and EditGroups support
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/blob/master/docs/write_operations.md#edit-group>
(auto-activated for batch edits targeting Wikidata): ready to make some
mass edit, and open for feedback
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/issues>!
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The WikidataCon 2019 grant report
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Wikidata_Con_2019/Report>
has been published
- EqualStreetNames.Brussels <https://equalstreetnames.brussels/> shows
streets in Brussels named after men and women, visualized with data from
OpenStreetMap and Wikidata
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: none
- External identifiers: The Washington Post contributor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7943>, DoME artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7944>, ArchiWebture ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7945>, Museu de Memes ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7946>, WeChangEd ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7947>, GreatSchools ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7948>, Czech War Graves
Register <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7949>, Marvel
Comics creators ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7950>, DC
Comics talent ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7951>, The
First Amendment Encyclopedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7952>, Indiegogo project ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7953>, RealGM basketball
coach ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7954>, Global Music
Rights work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7955>, SESAC
work number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7956>, Directory
of Maîtres d'art <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7957>, Chicago
Landmarks ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7958>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: SIUSA archive conservator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SIUSA_archive_conservator_ID>,
ToposText IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ToposText_IDs>,
content partnership category
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/content_partnership_category>,
eligible award recipient
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eligible_award_recipient>,
NetBSD package
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NetBSD_package>,
OpenBSD port
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenBSD_port>,
Number of recoveries
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_recoveries>,
footedness
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/footedness>,
HTML autocomplete attribute
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HTML_autocomplete_attribute>,
SoloTutes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SoloTutes>, see
talk page discussion at
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/see_talk_page_discussion_at>
- External identifiers: BC Register of Historic Places ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BC_Register_of_Historic_Places_ID>,
Encyclopédie sur le développement des jeunes enfants ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclop%C3%A9die_sur_le_d%C3%A9veloppement_des_jeunes_enfants_ID>,
RFI Musique ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RFI_Musique_ID>,
Moravian Lives
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moravian_Lives>,
EL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EL>,
Dictionnaire
des femmes de l’ancienne France ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_des_femmes_de_l%E2%80%99ancienne_France_ID>,
Google Scholar case ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Scholar_case_ID>,
TaDiRAH ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TaDiRAH_ID>,
Movie Review Query Engine ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Movie_Review_Query_Engine_ID>,
SkiMo Stats ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SkiMo_Stats_ID>
- Query examples:
- Subjects and panelists of the BBC radio programme *In Our Time*
<https://w.wiki/JzU> (source
<https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1236720206485114882>)
- People affected by COVID-19 <https://w.wiki/JzZ>
- Map of hillforts in the UK <https://w.wiki/K4A> (source
<https://twitter.com/jnicho02/status/1235184841139859456>)
- Images for language items <https://w.wiki/K4C> (source
<https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1234564431625019392>)
Development
- Querying the URL datatype with haswbstatement is now possible (
phab:T243693 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T243693>). It will take
two to three months before URLs are indexed for all Wikidata items.
- Wikidata Bridge: more style fixes, preparing a prototype to show how
we will display references
- Fixing various production errors
- Monitoring the run of wb_terms migration
- Fixing an issue with the Commons files search field (phab:T196165
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196165>)
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
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
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Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.