*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New request for comments: Adopt Help:SitelinksToRedirects as policy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Adopt_Help:SitelinksToRedirects_as_policy
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: live SPARQL queries https://www.twitch.tv/belett on Twitch and in French by Vigneron, December 15 at 18:00 CET - Past: Meta:WikiConference North America/2020 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_North_America/2020 - Past: Localization and structuring of open data-Zhu Tinghong-Wikidata Community of Local Studies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10jWyh-Ca84 - MOPCON 2020 (replay), YouTube - Past: SMWCon 2020/Day 2 - "Wikidata Walkabout" by Yaron Koren (replay), YouTube - Past: Wikidata Lab XXVI: Structured citations module on Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2AiaRHVesjQYv3pbq5qpdQ (replay), YouTube
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Building the SWIB20 participants map https://zbw.eu/labs/en/blog/building-the-swib20-participants-map - combining Wikidata with custom data points via a federated query (ZBW Labs). - Introducing the Mapping the Scottish Reformation Website http://mappingthescottishreformation.org/announcements/launch/ - A new Wikidata-driven website to explore the Scottish Reformation. - Introduction to Querying Wikidata Knowledge Graph using SPARQL https://jsamwrites.medium.com/introduction-to-querying-wikidata-knowledge-graph-using-sparql-e1e15fab4699 by John Samuel - Video: LIVE Wikidata editing #25 - climate change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmzEk8uYSf4, YouTube - Video: How to take data from OpenRefine to Wikidata through QuickStatements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5FbsUb6Nek, YouTube - Video: Editing Wikidata live - casual session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0vGW2vYryU by Jan Ainali, YouTube
Tool of the week
- datao.net http://search.datao.net/?q=david+gilmour&resource=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2FQ5234146&endpoint=https%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql&namedgraph=&interests=2096143746082&classgraph=90963820290576 is a visual tool for querying and exposing Wikidata easily.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The Coolest Tool Award 2020 featured some Wikidata tools: Lingua Libre https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60024037 won in the category “Diversity”; Listeria https://listeria.toolforge.org/, Lexeme Forms https://lexeme-forms.toolforge.org/ and Entity Explosion https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98398855 got honorable mentions. Congratulations! - Complex constraint check for recency of value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Property_constraints_portal/Recency - The voting phase of the Community Wishlist Survey 2021 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2021 is open until December 21st. You can vote on as many wishes as you want. There's a separate category for Wikidata https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2021/Wikidata . - Template:Notebook Given name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Notebook_Given_name is a new template which gives for each given name a list of useful SPARQL queries. The template can be used on the talk page of given names. See Alexandre (Q16002466) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Talk:Q16002466 for an example. Comments are Contributions are welcome. - The next Wikibase live session https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Meetings/December_2020 is 16:00 UTC on Thursday 17 December 2020 (Add to calendar) https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NnM5bWhxYTA5cmg1czMxNDY4NW9idm1pNzAgY183MXZ0MTdhNXFtbTFnYXFlNm1wdjNpYW9kc0Bn&tmsrc=c_71vt17a5qmm1gaqe6mpv3iaods%40group.calendar.google.com. We will have a few people share out about their project in the first half of the call and then continue our conversation from the last session about what will be a better platform for community discussions. Everyone is welcome to attend!
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: category for the view from the item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8933, mailing list archive https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8934, word lookup https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8942, inappropriate property for this type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8952, compatible with https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8956 - External identifiers: Church of Jesus Christ missionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8930, Encyklopedie mostů v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8931, Czech Gymnastics athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8932, Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8935, CollEx-Persée ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8936, theses.cz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8937, Google Play developer slug https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8939, AppGallery app ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8940, The Galileo Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8941, Artfacts ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8943, Biblioteca Marciana owner ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8944, Museo Galileo biography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8945, National Galleries of Scotland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8946, Museo Galileo authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8947, Bavarian State Painting Collections artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8948, Delft municipal monument ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8949, Dizionario degli artisti ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8950, Order of Canada recipient ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8951, Students of Prague Universities ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8953, vets.cz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8954, Chapels of southern Bohemia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8955, GS1 GPC brick code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8957 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: insufficiently precise value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/insufficiently_precise_value, OpenReview.net group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenReview.net_group_ID, OpenReview.net submission ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenReview.net_submission_ID, OpenReview.net profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenReview.net_profile_ID, applies when property is used https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applies_when_property_is_used, River Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/River_Code, Wikimedian in Residence https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikimedian_in_Residence, Commons compatible image available at URL (non-artwork) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Commons_compatible_image_available_at_URL_(non-artwork), number of at bats https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_at_bats, runs batted in https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/runs_batted_in, stolen bases https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/stolen_bases, subdivision monétaire https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/subdivision_mon%C3%A9taire - External identifiers: PBA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PBA_ID, Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medieval_Manuscripts_in_Oxford_Libraries_IDs, LFH staff ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LFH_staff_ID, Cephalopod Ontology entity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cephalopod_Ontology_entity_ID, Fungal gross anatomy entity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fungal_gross_anatomy_entity_ID, Plant Ontology entity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Plant_Ontology_entity_ID, Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology entity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymenoptera_Anatomy_Ontology_entity_ID, DataTrek ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DataTrek_ID, DBLP publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBLP_publication_ID, PeriodO period ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PeriodO_period_ID, KANTO https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KANTO, CITWF title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CITWF_title_ID, CITWF person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CITWF_person_ID, identifiant de la Cinémathèque québécoise pour une personne https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_de_la_Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9coise_pour_une_personne, Encyclopedia Titanica ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_Titanica_ID, DzygaMDB film https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DzygaMDB_film, DzygaMDB person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DzygaMDB_person_ID, XXXBios female performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/XXXBios_female_performer_ID, XXXBios transgender performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/XXXBios_transgender_performer_ID, AVN movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AVN_movie_ID, Lichess Username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lichess_Username, Evil Angel movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Evil_Angel_movie_ID, Evil Angel video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Evil_Angel_video_ID - Query examples: - All stumbling stones in the city of Hannover https://w.wiki/pZo - (partial) list, timeline and gallery of successful ascents of Mount Everest (and few other summits) https://reasonator.toolforge.org/?q=Q104070264 - Web & social media URLs for UK Civic Societies https://w.wiki/qFU (Source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1337563387505602560) - Publication related to Research Institute of Text Analysis and Applications: no. of pages per author/year https://w.wiki/qEF, authors network https://w.wiki/qEH (Source https://twitter.com/espejolento/status/1337459979289149440) - Map of the ritual objects said to be used by accused witches in Scotland (colourcoded layer accessible on top right to see the list of objects) https://w.wiki/oH9 (Source https://twitter.com/emcandre/status/1337087720108273669) - Seats of the Parliament of England, and the first year we have a named person listed for them https://w.wiki/pkL (Source https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1336457097064689664) - Female race car drivers on Spanish Wikipedia https://w.wiki/pZw ( Source https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1336423828973563912) - Places of Geological Interest in Alamedilla https://w.wiki/qWY ( Source https://twitter.com/olea/status/1338431105993740288) - Number of Nature articles that were published on a Sunday in a given year https://w.wiki/pkg - Schema examples: - Schema for stumbling stones https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E206 - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
- Agriculture https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Agriculture
Development
- We spend the week doing some exploratory work for the next year. Among other things we looked into how to measure the number of constraint violations on an average Item and what we can learn from it.
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