*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Minorax
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Minorax>
(RfP scheduled to end after 19 March 2021 11:23 UTC)
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming: 30 Lexic-o-days
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/30_lexic-o-days_2021>,
events and projects around lexicographical data, from March 15th to April
14th. (full schedule, details and links here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/30_lexic-o-days_2021#Events>)
- March 15: Kickstart and open discussion about lexicographical data
- March 16: SPARQL queries about Lexemes (in French) with Vigneron
- March 17: Documentation Q&A with Dan Shick
- March 20: Live editing on Lexemes with Ainali and Abbe98
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Octg9GuHc>
- March 22: Bug triage hour about Lexemes with Lydia Pintscher
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #54
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#54>,
March 21
- Upcoming: Wikidata - The Linked Open Data Platform Everyone Can
Contribute To (Public talk) - Registration link
<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wikidata-the-linked-open-data-platform-everyone-can-contribute-to-tickets-142031683589>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- Internet Archive Scholar is launched
<https://blog.archive.org/2021/03/09/search-scholarly-materials-preserved-in-the-internet-archive/>
- Wikidata is thanked in the acknowledgements
- 10 basic but essential SPARQL queries for lexicographical data on
Wikidata
<https://sinaahmadi.github.io/posts/10-essential-sparql-queries-for-lexicographical-data-on-wikidata.html>
- Using Wikidata to model Aberdeen’s Industrial Heritage
<https://codethecity.org/2021/03/12/using-wikidata-aberdeens-heritage/>
- Carnegie Hall experienced a veritable rock explosion during its
1971-72 season, with 70 rock concerts between September 1971 and
June 1972
<https://carnegiehall.github.io/datalab/experiments/chdl-0011.html>
- Writing your own data to Wikidata using spreadsheets: Part 1
<http://baskauf.blogspot.com/2021/03/writing-your-own-data-to-wikidata-using.html>
- Videos
- OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taiwan Meetup Record - Odysee
<https://odysee.com/@WikidataTaiwan:c/2021-03-08-19-30-26:6>
- RDF data model of Wikidata - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uMjCCXqQcw>
- OpenRefine / SPARQL editing session with Saint-Raymond Museum in
Toulouse. By VIGNERON <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:VIGNERON> -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjDfbS4MhBI>
- LIVE Wikidata editing #35 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDMhcxCBA9o>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2907430509542107/>
- An initial look at the TopicTagger tool for Wikidata - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nTx-XpjtME>
Tool of the week
- User:Nikki/LexemeToggleSections.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/LexemeToggleSections.js>
script allows to expand/collapse the sections on lexeme pages.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Plant Humanities Lab <https://lab.plant-humanities.org/> is a website
you can use to explore the cultural histories of plants and their influence
on human societies.
- DX Lab Art Index <https://dxlab.sl.nsw.gov.au/art-index/> is an
interactive database of over 18,000 nineteenth century Australian Artworks
by over 2000 artists with links to Wikidata & compiled by volunteers over
10 years.
- The new WDQS Streaming Updater is live as of March 15, 2021 on a
pre-production test server for feedback. Available at
https://query-preview.wikidata.org/. Release details here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_WDQS_Streaming_Updater_now_available_on_pre-production_test_server_for_feedback>
.
- Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2021-March/014562.html>
- Call for Nominations! The research must be on, about, using data from,
and/or of importance to Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons or other
Wikimedia projects. Deadline to submit your nomination is no later than
2021-03-22.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: assessment outcome
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9259>, music transcriber
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9260>, subsidy
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9274>, inverse agonist of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9275>, gender equality index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9279>, transitivity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9295>, script style
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9302>
- External identifiers: Oklahoma's NRHP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9261>, ChemRxiv ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9262>, Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur Inventory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9263>, FFF
player ID (new scheme) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9264>,
Physics Magazine author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9265>, Ligue 1 player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9266>, ANPI person numeric ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9267>, Science Magazine
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9268>, Odnoklassniki
user numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9269>, ANSI/NISO
standard ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9270>, Kickstarter
username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9271>, DeCS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9272>, RePEc EconPapers ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9273>, Encyclopedia of
Ostrava History person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9276>,
LFChistory.net player
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9277>, Pandektis ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9278>, Museum of the Jewish
People at Beit Hatfutsot ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9280>, Encyclopedia of
Greater Philadelphia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9281>,
Catalogue of the Capitular Library of Verona author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9282>, AaRC film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9283>, GB1900 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9284>, Stadtlexikon
Karlsruhe ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9285>,
Encyclopaedia
Herder concept ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9286>, Cyprus
Bibliography ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9287>,
EncyclopediaPR
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9288>, Filmitalia person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9289>, TikTok music ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9290>, Eesti entsüklopeedia
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9291>, Encyclopédie du
patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9292>, AIATSIS Place
Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9293>, AIATSIS
Subject Thesaurus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9294>, Astro
Awani topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9296>, TapTap
application ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9297>,
Encyclopedia
of Plzeň person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9298>, OsobnostiRegionu.cz
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9299>, Terezín Memorial
Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9300>, National
Gallery of Art Library Bibliographic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9301>, svoyak.info player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9303>, Encyclopedia of
Melbourne ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9304>, Max
Movie person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9305>, EudraCT
trial ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9306>, Fancyclopedia
3 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9307>, operator licence
number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9308>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Cantonese romanisation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cantonese_romanisation>,
repairability
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/repairability>,
Gedong Kirtya classification
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gedong_Kirtya_classification>,
Valence
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Valence>, has
graphical element
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_graphical_element>,
Antarctic Specially Protected Area ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Antarctic_Specially_Protected_Area_ID>,
CBO Occupation Code (en) / Classificação Brasileira de Ocupações
(CBO) (pt)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CBO_Occupation_Code_(en)_/_Classifica%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Brasileira_de_Ocupa%C3%A7%C3%B5es_(CBO)_(pt)>,
Reason for unknown/no value
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Reason_for_unknown/no_value>,
generalization of/generalized by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/generalization_of/generalized_by>,
acronym
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/acronym>, Sales
of arms and military services
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sales_of_arms_and_military_services>,
formé en même temps que
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/form%C3%A9_en_m%C3%AAme_temps_que>,
Suggested fields
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Suggested_fields>
- External identifiers: AWB lemma ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AWB_lemma_ID>,
MWB lemma ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MWB_lemma_ID>,
MHDBDB lemma ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MHDBDB_lemma_ID>,
Woerterbuchnetz.de IDs for Middle High German
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woerterbuchnetz.de_IDs_for_Middle_High_German>,
Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%C3%ABtzebuerger_Online_Dictionnaire_ID>,
Woerterbuchnetz.de IDs for modern German
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woerterbuchnetz.de_IDs_for_modern_German>,
Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Das_wissenschaftliche_Bibellexikon_im_Internet_ID>,
SVKKL authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SVKKL_authority_ID>,
Demozoo Group ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Demozoo_Group_ID>,
GameSpot developer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GameSpot_developer_ID>,
Washington Place Names ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Washington_Place_Names_ID>,
PatER ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PatER_ID>,
Latin
Place Names ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Latin_Place_Names_ID>,
Enslaved ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enslaved_ID>,
Ávvir topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C3%81vvir_topic_ID>,
Salaborsa building ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Salaborsa_building_ID>,
storiaememoriadibologna ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/storiaememoriadibologna_ID>,
UniversalMusic France artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UniversalMusic_France_artist_ID>,
Oxford African American Studies Center ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oxford_African_American_Studies_Center_ID>,
La Fenice Theatre in Venice person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/La_Fenice_Theatre_in_Venice_person_ID>,
MeSH descriptor/qualifier ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MeSH_descriptor/qualifier_ID>,
Biblioteca Digital Curt Nimuendajú researcher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_Digital_Curt_Nimuendaj%C3%BA_researcher_ID>,
Fortalezas.org ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fortalezas.org_ID>,
Keratsini-Drapetsona libraries' catalogue authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Keratsini-Drapetsona_libraries%27_catalogue_authority_ID>,
France24 topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/France24_topic_ID>,
CNA topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNA_topic_ID>,
Portrait Archive ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Portrait_Archive_ID>,
athletics.lv athlete id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/athletics.lv_athlete_id>,
temples.ru ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/temples.ru_ID>
- Query examples:
- Latin American women who are activists and were born between
1900-1999 <https://w.wiki/34km> (ordered by the number of articles
written on Wikipedia) (Source
<https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1369057880159051776>)
- Transportation routes in Zurich named after women
<https://w.wiki/34yJ> (Source
<https://twitter.com/sharozwa/status/1369256516193239047>)
- Location of buildings designed by <https://w.wiki/34kF> Zaha Hadid
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47780> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1369835767007223811>)
- Proportion of Basque men / women in Donostialdea region
<https://w.wiki/35dE> (Source
<https://twitter.com/kepasarasola/status/1370287282222170114>)
- Count of the industry companies on Wikidata belong to
<https://w.wiki/35eP> (Source
<https://twitter.com/watty62/status/1370319664480460801>)
- Danish verbs-derived-from-non-verbs <https://w.wiki/35jV> (Source
<https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1370427333606309893>)
- Mountains of the Basque Country <https://w.wiki/JnF> (Source
<https://twitter.com/kepasarasola/status/1371469523723939842>)
Development
- Continued working on the Query Builder
<https://query-builder-test.toolforge.org/> and focused on querying for
quantity values (phab:T268942 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268942>),
handling special cases around sub classes for taxons and locations (
phab:T274634 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T274634>) adding
tooltips (phab:T275542 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T275542>) and
sharing a visual query (phab:T272887
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272887>)
- Making changes to how Cognate handles redirects on Wiktionary to make
more pages accessible through interwiki links (phab:T165061
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T165061>)
- Creating a dashboard to break down the number of editors by namespace (
phab:T275999 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T275999>)
- Finishing support for editing statements on Senses on Lexemes via
wbeditentity API module (phab:T199896
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199896>)
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>
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de