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*Stryn*
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On Mon, 25 May 2020 at 18:17, Mohammed Sadat Abdulai <
mohammed.sadat_ext(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
Here's your quick overview of what has been
happening around Wikidata over
the last week.
Wikidata:Status updates/2020 05 25 - Wikidata
Discussions
- Open requests for Oversight: Kostas20142
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/Kostas20142>,
Esteban16
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/Esteban16>
Events <http:///wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past: WikidataLab XXXIII: Wiki-Education and Data Literacy with
Shani Evenstein on May 21st. The training in English was organized by Wiki
Movement Brazil User Group. (replay
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zbQ4ZtHZ20>)
- Past: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #6 (YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGZ-hUR9aMc>)
- Past: Art+Feminism virtual Wikidata editathon by Global Open
Initiative <http:///wiki/Q61919063> on May 19. (Video) Part 1
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GOIF_Art%2BFeminism_Virtual_Event_Recording.webm>,
Part 2
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GOIF_Art%2BFeminism_Virtual_Event_Recording_2.webm>
- Upcoming: Wikidata Wochenende
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Wochenende_Ulm_2020>, event
dedicated to the German-speaking Wikidata community, will take place fully
remote on June 12-14. If you're interested, don't forget to register.
We're
looking for speakers to give introductions to Wikidata & tools.
- Upcoming #vBIB20 (Q94495218) <http:///wiki/Q94495218> the first
fully remote German library conference: May 26-28. Metadata about all
presentations are already stored in Wikidata: Query
<https://w.wiki/RgZ>. Some sessions and presentations are related to
Wikidata or other Wikiprojects:
- WikiLunch (Q94759294) <http:///wiki/Q94759294>
- Die GND wikifizieren – Eine neue Plattform für die wachsende
GND-Community (Q95245582) <http:///wiki/Q95245582>
- Normdaten-Mapping mit Cocoda (Q95245533) <http:///wiki/Q95245533>
- Die Datenlaube: Neues Wissen und Daten aus alten Texten – Mit
Wikisource, Wikidata und mit Commons (Q95150422)
<http:///wiki/Q95150422>
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #14, May 31
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<http:///wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- *The Missing Path: Diagnosing Incompleteness in Linked Data
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.08101.pdf>* ("We describe our iterative
design process and evaluation with Wikidata contributors")
- *EURECOM at the SemStats 2019 Challenge
<https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/da49/7a12818a021a89fedf781678811f16ae7249.pdf>*
("we study the coverage of [the official database of French enterprises] in
Wikidata")
- *Enriching Knowledge Bases with Interesting Negative Statements
<https://openreview.net/forum?id=pSLmyZKaS>* ("we argue for the
importance of negative information on knowledge bases, and present two
methods to mine it")
- Video: Editing Wikidata: File Candidates tool and World heritage of
Visby - Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGZ-hUR9aMc>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/2918977231483422/>
Tool of the week
- If you're looking for even more tools, the Tools Directory
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/directory/> indexes over 130 Wikidata
tools.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- New tool: Structured Search <https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/sdsearch/>,
a tool allowing you to search through Wikimedia Commons using structured
data, is now live. This tool by Hay Kranen <http:///wiki/User:Husky>
was demoed at Wikimedia Hackathon 2020.
- New tool: script by Tohaomg
<http:///wiki/User:Tohaomg/rearrange_values.js> to easily rearrange
the order of values for statements in Wikidata (to be added to your
common.js page)
- New documentation page: Wikidata:How to create Wikidata Tours
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:How_to_create_Wikidata_Tours>
- Teaching notes for introducing people to Wikidataː User:Einebillion/Teaching
notes <http:///wiki/User:Einebillion/Teaching_notes>
- The Wikidata development team created a distributed Wikidata game
called Reference hunt!
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/distributed/#game=73>. With
this game, you get a suggestion of an Item and a reference based on
structured data from an external website. Try it and leave us feedback
<http:///wiki/Wikidata_talk:Automated_finding_references_input>.
- Gabriel <http:///wiki/User:Gabrielchl>, an intern at the Google
Summer of Code is developing a tool
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T251111> to assist users in
verifying (structured) data of media on commons. If you want to help, feel
free to fill out this questionnaire
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbNdJdQYN1yBvEeKne48eWDU6SBsdlUfNBAmZyvUEBkCR1Gg/viewform?usp=sf_link>
.
Did you know?
- Newest properties <http:///wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: molecular model <http:///wiki/Property:P8224>, is
metaclass for <http:///wiki/Property:P8225>, lighting
<http:///wiki/Property:P8228>, type of age limit
<http:///wiki/Property:P8241>, nominal share capital
<http:///wiki/Property:P8247>, content partnership category
<http:///wiki/Property:P8252>, field of training
<http:///wiki/Property:P8258>
- External identifiers: iDAI.chronontology ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8216>, iDAI.gazetteer ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8217>, Archaeology in Greece Online place ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8218>, ASUT ID <http:///wiki/Property:P8219>,
NMMA antiquities ID <http:///wiki/Property:P8220>, NMMA built
heritage ID <http:///wiki/Property:P8221>, DB chgk
<http:///wiki/Property:P8222>, K-Scholar ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8223>, Wyoming SHPO ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8226>, Lower Austrian Castle ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8227>, Co-Optimus ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8229>, Bookogs credit ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8230>, Wiener Wohnen ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8231>, Arkansas Register of Historic Places
ID <http:///wiki/Property:P8232>, Augustins de l'Assomption ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8233>, LiederNet author ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8234>, LiederNet composer ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8235>, LiederNet song cycle ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8236>, LiederNet text ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8237>, Bibliography of the History of
Slovakia ID <http:///wiki/Property:P8238>, MACRIS ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8239>, National Register Database,
Louisiana ID <http:///wiki/Property:P8240>, Niden INE
<http:///wiki/Property:P8242>, 500 Queer Scientists profile
<http:///wiki/Property:P8243>, Mediaqueer.ca Artist ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8244>, Mediaqueer.ca Movie ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8245>, Natural Atlas ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8246>, Colon Classification
<http:///wiki/Property:P8248>, MDAH's HRI ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8249>, RI National Register Search ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8250>, CTHS author ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8251>, name-suggestion-index identifier
<http:///wiki/Property:P8253>, PC Games Database.de company ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8254>, SNES central game ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8255>, Super Mario Wiki ID
<http:///wiki/Property:P8256>, Wikilengua article
<http:///wiki/Property:P8257>
- New property proposals
<http:///wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to
review:
- General datatypes: US Fault ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/US_Fault_ID>, estimated
value <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/estimated_value>,
funder <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/funder>, principal
investigator
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/principal_investigator>,
contributed
to Wikimedia Commons by
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/contributed_to_Wikimedia_Commons_by>,
Theater poster
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Theater_poster>, transitive
over <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/transitive_over>, approval
of subject
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/approval_of_subject>, living
people protection class
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/living_people_protection_class>
- External identifiers: Monasteries in the Netherlands until 1800 ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Monasteries_in_the_Netherlands_until_1800_ID>,
Library classifications' IDs for topics
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Library_classifications%27_IDs_for_topics>,
Absolute Games game ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Absolute_Games_game_ID>, Absolute
Games person ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Absolute_Games_person_ID>, Absolute
Games developer and publisher IDs
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Absolute_Games_developer_and_publisher_IDs>,
ModelHub ID <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ModelHub_ID>, npm
package <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/npm_package>, AusStage
person ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AusStage_person_ID>, AusStage
venue ID <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AusStage_venue_ID>,
AusStage organization ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AusStage_organization_ID>, AusStage
work ID <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AusStage_work_ID>, Montreux
Jazz Festival song ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Montreux_Jazz_Festival_song_ID>,
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Montreux_Jazz_Festival_person_ID>,
motorsportstats.com event ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/motorsportstats.com_event_ID>,
Veldkruus <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Veldkruus>, AustLit
ID <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AustLit_ID>, AFL player
ID <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AFL_player_ID>, Bioweb
Ecuador ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bioweb_Ecuador_ID>, FilmPolski
press collection ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FilmPolski_press_collection_ID>,
NTB ID <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NTB_ID>, Odeon ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Odeon_ID>, Montreux Jazz
Festival concert ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Montreux_Jazz_Festival_concert_ID>,
Canadian Football League player ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Canadian_Football_League_player_ID>,
cadastral municipality number in Austria
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cadastral_municipality_number_in_Austria>,
Britannica Kids
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Britannica_Kids>, Latin
texts IDs <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Latin_texts_IDs>,
Medusa NRHP ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medusa_NRHP_ID>, Noovie
person ID <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Noovie_person_ID>,
Artsdatabanken ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artsdatabanken_ID>, ICTV
taxnode ID <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICTV_taxnode_ID>,
LongTake person ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LongTake_person_ID>, ESRB
video game ID
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ESRB_video_game_ID>, OnlyFans
ID <http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OnlyFans_ID>
- Query examples:
- Famous mathematicians related to famous actors
<https://w.wiki/RgU> (Source
<https://twitter.com/jdan/status/1262392642094206981>)
- West Highlands of Scotland rail line connections
<https://w.wiki/R8C> (Source
<https://twitter.com/watty62/status/1262409993476857858>)
- Universities ranked by PageRank on English Wikipedia
<https://w.wiki/RAp> (Source
<https://twitter.com/dhum1920g2/status/1262416272014233602>)
- Interactive, zoomable tree map of second level administrative
regions of the world <https://w.wiki/RJu> (Source
<https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/1262923616561188864>)
- Number of alphabets which use this letter <https://w.wiki/RMi> (
Source <https://twitter.com/infovarius/status/1263109804794445825>)
- Metabolites and the species where they are found in
<https://w.wiki/RSQ> (Source
<https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1263446605786644486>)
- Items in the United Kingdom with coordinate location (P625) on or
near 1 degree 50 west <https://w.wiki/RYW> (Source
<https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1263804330122993664>)
- Map of Tunisian museums <https://w.wiki/RYx> (Source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataEcho/status/1263821809780056065>)
- Map of pairs of homonymous French municipalities linked by a
colored line according to the distance <https://w.wiki/Ram> (Source
<https://twitter.com/belett/status/1263913633165254663>)
- Women botanists or botanical collectors with a birth date prior
to 1900 <https://w.wiki/RdH> (Source
<https://twitter.com/tobyhudson/status/1264139156940156928>)
- vBIB20 lectures in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/RgZ> (Source
<https://twitter.com/LibrErli/status/1264320947580030978>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<http:///wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: WikiProject
Schools <http:///wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Schools>
Development
- Federated properties: Linking to the source wiki immediately after
saving a statement (phab:T251776
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T251776>)
- Properly display federated properties on a local item's Revision
History page (phab:T249836 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249836>)
- Documentation for federated properties (phab:T252991
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252991>, phab:T252861
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252861>)
- Last steps of getting the distributed game "Reference hunt" ready
- Wikidata Bridge: more work on error messages
- Track errors people encounter when using the Bridge (phab:T252683
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252683>)
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
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>
- Contribute to a Showcase item
<http:///wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items>.
- Help translate <http:///wiki/Special:LanguageStats> or proofread the
interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
- Help merge identical items <http:///wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge>
across Wikimedia projects.
- Help write the next summary!
<http:///wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
--
Mohammed Sadat Abdulai
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
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