*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New request for comments: Signed Statements (T138708) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Signed_Statements_(T138708)
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Ongoing: 30 Lexic-o-days https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/30_lexic-o-days_2021, events and projects around lexicographical data, continues until April 14th. (full schedule, details and links here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/30_lexic-o-days_2021#Events)
- March 22: Bug triage hour about Lexemes with Lydia Pintscher - March 23: SPARQL querying for Lexemes with Vigneron - March 24: Open discussion in French about Lexemes - March 25: Documentation Q&A with Dan Shick - March 27: Lingua Libre, how you can record words in your language and use them on Wikidata, with Poslovitch - Upcoming: The next Wikibase live session https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Meetings/2021_03 is 16:00 UTC on Thursday 25 March 2021 https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1616688029 (Add to calendar) https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NzByaHE1YnJmbml0aGF2MjJwbTE5N3NsOGFfMjAyMTAzMjVUMTYwMDAwWiBjXzcxdnQxN2E1cW1tMWdhcWU2bXB2M2lhb2RzQGc&tmsrc=c_71vt17a5qmm1gaqe6mpv3iaods%40group.calendar.google.com&scp=ALL. This month we will have a team member from Enslaved.org talk to us briefly about how they are using Linked Open Data (LOD) with the help of Wikibase (Because of technical challenges they couldn't join us last time). Everyone is welcome to attend the call. - Upcoming: The Arctic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Knot_Conference_2021/Call_for_submissions is taking place remotely on June 24-25, and focusing on indigenous and underrepresented languages on the Wikimedia projects. The call for submissions is now open until April 15th, if you want to present something related to Wikidata and languages, feel free to apply https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Knot_Conference_2021/Call_for_submissions . - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls call: Members of the EthicsLD Group will be leading a discussion on ethics in linked data, Tuesday, March 23rd.[1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/131xlOiWyTLb43Gn30Z7_y9D303GlWwuuaebF_CW6xUQ/edit# - Upcoming: LIVE Wikidata editing #37 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN0gPe9GhFk, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2918162901802201/, March 27 - Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #55 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#55, March 28
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Papers - Intercessory Rote Prayer, Life Longevity and the Mortality of Roman Catholic Bishops: An Exploratory Study https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-021-01214-9 (Using Wikidata to study whether prayers have an effect) - Videos - Wikidata Taiwan @ g0v tw hackath43n - Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRhjZm7HXvA - Live editing lexemes YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Octg9GuHc, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2913027562315735/ - Live editing lexemes (in French) by VIGNERON https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:VIGNERONh - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8D_qUNWYx0 - Wikidata international women's rights day SPARQL queries (in French) by VIGNERON https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:VIGNERONh - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8-IA7mNAdo - Introduction to Wikidata by Peteforsyth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peteforsyth - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7ZE3tDotMk
Tool of the week
- Sparql_rc https://wikidata-todo.toolforge.org/sparql_rc.php? is a recent changes feed that only shows you changes in an area of Wikidata you care about. It now also supports Lexemes.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata Lexeme Forms now supports Portuguese nouns - masculine https://lexeme-forms.toolforge.org/template/portuguese-noun-masculine/ - feminine https://lexeme-forms.toolforge.org/template/portuguese-noun-feminine/ - erinnerungshort.de/kap/ is a data and photo research project and map visualization tool with federated license query from Structured Commons, by Raymond https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Raymond and Elya https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Elya. - ~7500 person items have been enriched with the new property GEPRIS person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4872 (P4872), imported from a high quality dataset from the Q707283 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707283.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: pHash checksum https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9310, Jyutping transliteration https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9311, Yale romanization https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9313, Cantonese Pinyin https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9317, Cantonese Transliteration Scheme transliteration https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9323, Gedong Kirtya Classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9325, has graphical element https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9344 - External identifiers: TaDiRAH ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9309, AWB lemma ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9312, Latin Place Names ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9314, Enslaved person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9315, MyMusic artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9316, Ávvir topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9318, Dark Horse creator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9319, ComiXology publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9320, Inforegister ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9321, SVKKL authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9322, BiographySampo person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9324, PatER ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9326, Cartigli di Bologna ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9327, Universal Music France artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9328, Svoya Igra television player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9329, Washington Place Names ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9330, Storiaememoriadibologna ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9331, Oxford African American Studies Center ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9332, LFH staff ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9333, Cephalopod Ontology entity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9334, Archives West finding aid ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9335, Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9336, Keratsini-Drapetsona libraries' catalogue authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9337, NFL.com ID (new scheme) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9338, Bavarian Monument Map object ID (architectural monument) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9339, MeSH descriptor/qualifier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9340, MeSH qualifier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9341, Bavarian Monument Map Object-ID (ground monument) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9342, temples.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9343 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: zugeschrieben https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/zugeschrieben, IMDb rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IMDb_rating, death rate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/death_rate, trade union membership rate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/trade_union_membership_rate, identifier shared with lexeme https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifier_shared_with_lexeme, introduced on https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/introduced_on, instances are former instances of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/instances_are_former_instances_of, presentation template https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/presentation_template, voted on by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/voted_on_by, has supplier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_supplier, キロ程 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AD%E7%A8%8B - External identifiers: Slovník českých filosofů ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slovn%C3%ADk_%C4%8Desk%C3%BDch_filosof%C5%AF_ID, Encyklopedie migrace ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyklopedie_migrace_ID, Encyclopedia of Migration ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Migration_ID, Tacoma Local History & Biography Index ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tacoma_Local_History_%26_Biography_Index_ID, Tacoma-Pierce County Buildings Index ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tacoma-Pierce_County_Buildings_Index_ID, Tacoma-Pierce County Obituary Index ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tacoma-Pierce_County_Obituary_Index_ID, Rombase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rombase_ID, Stalker author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stalker_author_ID, ODLIS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ODLIS_ID, Enslaved place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enslaved_place_ID, CAOI person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CAOI_person_ID, IBSF-Wettbewerbs-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IBSF-Wettbewerbs-ID, FranceArchives agent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FranceArchives_agent_ID, Pango lineage code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pango_lineage_code, Ministry of Education New Zealand school ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ministry_of_Education_New_Zealand_school_ID, Place Names NI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Place_Names_NI_ID, NMRShiftDB Structure ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMRShiftDB_Structure_ID, Modernist Commons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Modernist_Commons_ID, Megale Kypriake Enkyklopaideia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Megale_Kypriake_Enkyklopaideia_ID, Encyclopédie de l’humanisme méditerranéen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclop%C3%A9die_de_l%E2%80%99humanisme_m%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9en_ID, Sociologické encyklopedie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sociologick%C3%A9_encyklopedie_ID, Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Government_of_Canada_Core_Subject_Thesaurus_ID, Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Th%C3%A9saurus_des_sujets_de_base_du_gouvernement_du_Canada_ID, Routes & Places ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Routes_%26_Places_ID, Rekhta Author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rekhta_Author_ID, Rekhta Book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rekhta_Book_ID, National Database of Laws and Regulations ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Database_of_Laws_and_Regulations_ID, Humanitāro zinātņu virtuālā enciklopēdija person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Humanit%C4%81ro_zin%C4%81t%C5%86u_virtu%C4%81l%C4%81_enciklop%C4%93dija_person_ID, Humanitāro zinātņu virtuālā enciklopēdija concept ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Humanit%C4%81ro_zin%C4%81t%C5%86u_virtu%C4%81l%C4%81_enciklop%C4%93dija_concept_ID - Query examples: - Railway junctions in Scotland https://w.wiki/37Mw (Source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1372929529778483201) - Maps of Y-shaped subway lines https://w.wiki/376e (Source https://twitter.com/FeuFollet_/status/1372793598983344136) - Map of the hometown of Real Sociedad https://w.wiki/37K7 / Athletic Club https://w.wiki/37K6 players (Source https://twitter.com/theklanB/status/1373237800150126592) - Count of type of things with IIIF links known to Wikidata https://w.wiki/37Cw (Source https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/1372951885393621006) - Successful candidates during 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly in each constituencies https://w.wiki/373D (Source https://twitter.com/wikidata_ml/status/1372642955677245440) - COVID-19 external Identifier URLs in Wikidata https://w.wiki/36ss (Source https://twitter.com/photomediathink/status/1372377649599942659) - Public spaces whose names are of women https://w.wiki/34m6 (Source https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1372018811570900992) - Place of birth of females with biography articles on Basque Wikipedia https://w.wiki/37NJ (Source https://twitter.com/theklanB/status/1371573551854145536) - Map of places in iNaturalist https://w.wiki/37T2 (Source https://w.wiki/37Sx) - Number of elements of scientists by nationality https://w.wiki/36aQ (Source https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1373787454117965824)
Development
- Work on the first version of the Query Builder https://query-builder-test.toolforge.org/ is nearing its end. Doing remaining work on querying for quantities, dates and ranges as well as polishing and bug fixing. - Made Cognate work correctly for redirects on Wiktionary (phab:T165061 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T165061) - Fixed an issue where the termbox on Item pages used the wrong list of languages on the mobile version (phab:T275611 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T275611) - Cleaned up deleted Items from the term store database table ( phab:T263730 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263730) - Got feedback on the initial click-dummies for checking Wikidata's data against other databases to find mismatches
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