*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - CJMbot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/CJMbot (CJMbot lets users upload a CSV file in a certain format. The data inside this file is then validated and processed. New items wil be created based on the data in the CSV file and existing items wil updated by adding statements and references). - RPI2026F1Bot 5 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/RPI2026F1Bot_5 Task/s: Import dependency and version data from PyPi
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikibase Working Hour February 13, 2023. The February Working Hour will feature a presentation by Steve Baskauf on using VanderBot with Wikibase: The Wikibase API provides a mechanism for programmatic control of uploads, and its behavior is consistent across instances (Wikidata, Structured Data in Commons, and those that are established privately). In this session, Steve will discuss basic interactions with the API and demonstrate using the VanderBot Python application to rapidly upload tabular data to a wikibase.cloud instance. After performing a mass deletion, Steve will conclude by describing how he's used the Wikibase API to facilitate addition of structured data to Commons. Registration link https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrdO-prTsvGtVEblXS0d_eM_1lwyS-LsOT - Strategically Using Production Photos to Increase Your Online Discoverability https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/event/production-photos-online-discoverability/, February 22 and 24, 2023. This two-part workshop presented by CAPACOA will explain how to upload performing arts production photos to Wikimedia Commons and how to document credits in Wikidata. - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #80, Work https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=80
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs - Social reproduction in the French cinema: evidence from Wikidata https://observablehq.com/@pac02/social-reproduction-cinema: Observable notebook which explores social reproduction by occupation in France. - Data analytics for your list of created articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-02-04/Tips_and_tricks in *The Signpost*, February 4, 2023 - DigAMus goes Wikidata https://digamus-award.de/digamus-goes-wikidata/ - Papers - Transformer Based Geocoding https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.01170.pdf - Videos - LIVE Wikidata editing #105 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1n5CeYxHb4 - Demo of the Wikibase Export extension - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBdzDcYChOI - FOSDEM 2023 - Tools for linking Wikidata and OpenStreetMap https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/wikidata_openstreetmap/ (Software for adding links between open data projects) - Public Transport Data in KDE Itinerary https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/rot_kitinerary/ (Querying realtime journey data and dissecting ticket barcodes) - observablehq - Social reproduction in the French cinema: evidence from Wikidata https://observablehq.com/@pac02/social-reproduction-cinema - other - Wikipedias in the languages of Russia/Wikidata https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedias_in_the_languages_of_Russia/Wikidata
Tool of the week
- User:So9q/openalex-search-link-on-lexemes.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:So9q/openalex-search-link-on-lexemes.js is a userscript that adds a link to Ordia in the Tools section on items.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata Graph Builder https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/ released a major update, introducing new layouts and visualization ideas. You can read the full changelog here https://github.com/AngryLoki/wikidata-graph-builder/releases/tag/v2.0.0 . - The new Service Level Objective for the Wikidata Query Service has been implemented: the current aim is to maintain a 95% uptime based on a 90 day rolling window. You can read the full announcement here https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/YECTQKX4OIPACDOWXEYNMBKRNKMH4YBK/ . - Observablehq.com recently introduced a system of tags. Anyone authoring a notebook using data from Wikidata can add the #Wikidata tag: https://observablehq.com/tag/wikidata?filter=recent. - a.gup.pe provides group features for Mastodon. @wikidata@a.gup.pe https://a.gup.pe/u/Wikidata is a group about Wikidata in general. @querywikidata@a.gup.pe https://a.gup.pe/u/querywikidata is a group about Wikidata queries. Anyone can join those groups simply by following them in Mastodon. Anyone can share a message with all members of those groups by mentioning them in a publication in Mastodon or any other application of the Fediverse. - The hashtag #Wikidata can be used to tag all publications related to Wikidata in Mastodon. Anyone can find recent publications using this tag using the search feature: https://wikis.world/tags/Wikidata. - @wikidata@wikis.world https://wikis.world/@wikidata is the official Mastodon account of the Wikidata project. - You can now vote for your favorite proposals on the Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Wikidata https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2023/Wikidata. The voting phase is open until February 24th.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: said to be the same as (lexeme) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11577 (some source considers this lexeme to be the same lexeme or a spelling variant of another lexeme) - External identifiers: Base de Dados de Livros de Fotografia profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11570 (identifier for each Brazilian educational institution), federal identifier of street https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11571, DOSBox Compatibility ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11572, Internet Game Database franchise ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11573, Professional shogi player number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11574, Bosworth-Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11575, Norwegian war prisoner detention camp ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11576, Qobuz artist numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11578, Sindhi English Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11580, Dicio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11581, Dicionário Aulete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11582, GLANSIS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11583, Léxico ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11584, ESPN.com tennis player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11585, Encyclopedia of Italian ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11586, Iowa legislator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11587, Rate Your Music film genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11588 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Zoning symbol https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zoning_symbol (planing zone of the municipality/region/state that applies to the subject), INEP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/INEP_ID, CulturaEduca ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CulturaEduca_ID (identifier for each Brazilian educational institution), Manantiales y Fuentes de Andalucia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Manantiales_y_Fuentes_de_Andalucia (id for Springs and Fountains of Andalucía) - External identifiers: Hultschiner Soldaten ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hultschiner_Soldaten_ID, STS program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/STS_program_ID, SACEM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SACEM_ID, IATE entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IATE_entry_ID, Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Epigraphik-Datenbank_Clauss_/_Slaby_ID, IRIS UNIPD author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIPD_author_ID - Query examples: - Number of literary works (Q7725634) by language (P407) in descending order https://w.wiki/6KkX (source https://twitter.com/WikiLibCon/status/1624165968913256455) - Humans that have a 'relationship' with University of Leeds https://w.wiki/6K6Q (source https://twitter.com/OpenResLeeds/status/1623071317724483586) - Railway stations named after literary works https://w.wiki/6Kjj ( source https://wikis.world/@edward@octodon.social/109841932671909889 ) - Week 6, 2023: Top album languages found on Wikidata right now https://w.wiki/5Pbw (source https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/109845158308970797) - Free software grouped by programming language and instance of https://w.wiki/6Ku8 (source https://t.me/c/1224298920/103579)
Development
- [Significant change] Heads-up: Upcoming fixes for date parsing https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/7IBCKU5NENLSQWAI2OJZUX4O6WBN5CPE/ - Thank you Matej for moving this forward! - REST API: - Went over the feedback on the first release and deciding on the next routes to add - Added a new endpoint for getting descriptions (phab:T327881 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327881) - Worked on throwing exceptions when something goes wrong (validation failed, Item not found, etc.) instead of returning an error response object (phab:T327527 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327527) - Entity Schemas: Finished the technical exploration that will unblock the next steps for actual development - Query Service: Changed URLs with URL-encoded characters to be shown un-encoded for better line-breaks and readability (phab:T327514 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327514) - Query Builder: - Adding support for a few additional datatypes (phab:T328528 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328528) - Adding a basic language selector to make it easier to switch the language of the page (phab:T328764 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328764) - Constraint checks: Working on showing constraint clarification messages to make it easier to understand how to fix a violation on a statement (T219037 https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=T219037&action=edit&redlink=1 ) - Search: Exploring design options for how to make it easier to search for entities other than Items (phab:T327507 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327507)
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