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
</wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/Kostas20142>,
Esteban16 </wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/Esteban16>
Events </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
</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
</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) </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) </wiki/Q94759294>
- Die GND wikifizieren – Eine neue Plattform für die wachsende
GND-Community (Q95245582) </wiki/Q95245582>
- Normdaten-Mapping mit Cocoda (Q95245533) </wiki/Q95245533>
- Die Datenlaube: Neues Wissen und Daten aus alten Texten – Mit
Wikisource, Wikidata und mit Commons (Q95150422) </wiki/Q95150422>
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #14
</wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#14>, May 31
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
</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 </wiki/User:Husky> was demoed
at Wikimedia Hackathon 2020.
- New tool: script by Tohaomg </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
</wiki/Wikidata:How_to_create_Wikidata_Tours>
- Teaching notes for introducing people to Wikidataː
User:Einebillion/Teaching
notes </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
</wiki/Wikidata_talk:Automated_finding_references_input>.
- Gabriel </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 </wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: molecular model </wiki/Property:P8224>, is
metaclass for </wiki/Property:P8225>, lighting </wiki/Property:P8228>,
type of age limit </wiki/Property:P8241>, nominal share capital
</wiki/Property:P8247>, content partnership category
</wiki/Property:P8252>, field of training </wiki/Property:P8258>
- External identifiers: iDAI.chronontology ID
</wiki/Property:P8216>, iDAI.gazetteer
ID </wiki/Property:P8217>, Archaeology in Greece Online place ID
</wiki/Property:P8218>, ASUT ID </wiki/Property:P8219>, NMMA
antiquities ID </wiki/Property:P8220>, NMMA built heritage ID
</wiki/Property:P8221>, DB chgk </wiki/Property:P8222>, K-Scholar ID
</wiki/Property:P8223>, Wyoming SHPO ID </wiki/Property:P8226>, Lower
Austrian Castle ID </wiki/Property:P8227>, Co-Optimus ID
</wiki/Property:P8229>, Bookogs credit ID </wiki/Property:P8230>,
Wiener
Wohnen ID </wiki/Property:P8231>, Arkansas Register of Historic
Places ID </wiki/Property:P8232>, Augustins de l'Assomption ID
</wiki/Property:P8233>, LiederNet author ID
</wiki/Property:P8234>, LiederNet
composer ID </wiki/Property:P8235>, LiederNet song cycle ID
</wiki/Property:P8236>, LiederNet text ID
</wiki/Property:P8237>, Bibliography
of the History of Slovakia ID </wiki/Property:P8238>, MACRIS ID
</wiki/Property:P8239>, National Register Database, Louisiana ID
</wiki/Property:P8240>, Niden INE </wiki/Property:P8242>, 500 Queer
Scientists profile </wiki/Property:P8243>, Mediaqueer.ca Artist ID
</wiki/Property:P8244>, Mediaqueer.ca Movie ID </wiki/Property:P8245>,
Natural Atlas ID </wiki/Property:P8246>, Colon Classification
</wiki/Property:P8248>, MDAH's HRI ID </wiki/Property:P8249>, RI
National Register Search ID </wiki/Property:P8250>, CTHS author ID
</wiki/Property:P8251>, name-suggestion-index identifier
</wiki/Property:P8253>, PC Games Database.de company ID
</wiki/Property:P8254>, SNES central game ID
</wiki/Property:P8255>, Super
Mario Wiki ID </wiki/Property:P8256>, Wikilengua article
</wiki/Property:P8257>
- New property proposals
</wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review:
- General datatypes: US Fault ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/US_Fault_ID>, estimated value
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/estimated_value>, funder
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/funder>, principal investigator
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/principal_investigator>, contributed
to Wikimedia Commons by
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/contributed_to_Wikimedia_Commons_by>,
Theater poster
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Theater_poster>, transitive
over </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/transitive_over>, approval of
subject </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/approval_of_subject>, living
people protection class
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/living_people_protection_class>
- External identifiers: Monasteries in the Netherlands until 1800 ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Monasteries_in_the_Netherlands_until_1800_ID>,
Library classifications' IDs for topics
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Library_classifications%27_IDs_for_topics>,
Absolute Games game ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Absolute_Games_game_ID>, Absolute
Games person ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Absolute_Games_person_ID>, Absolute
Games developer and publisher IDs
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Absolute_Games_developer_and_publisher_IDs>,
ModelHub ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ModelHub_ID>, npm
package </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/npm_package>, AusStage
person ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AusStage_person_ID>, AusStage
venue ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AusStage_venue_ID>, AusStage
organization ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AusStage_organization_ID>, AusStage
work ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AusStage_work_ID>, Montreux
Jazz Festival song ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Montreux_Jazz_Festival_song_ID>,
Montreux
Jazz Festival person ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Montreux_Jazz_Festival_person_ID>,
motorsportstats.com
event ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/motorsportstats.com_event_ID>,
Veldkruus </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Veldkruus>, AustLit ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AustLit_ID>, AFL player ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AFL_player_ID>, Bioweb Ecuador ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bioweb_Ecuador_ID>, FilmPolski
press collection ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FilmPolski_press_collection_ID>, NTB
ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NTB_ID>, Odeon ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Odeon_ID>, Montreux Jazz Festival
concert ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Montreux_Jazz_Festival_concert_ID>,
Canadian
Football League player ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Canadian_Football_League_player_ID>,
cadastral municipality number in Austria
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cadastral_municipality_number_in_Austria>,
Britannica Kids </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Britannica_Kids>, Latin
texts IDs </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Latin_texts_IDs>, Medusa
NRHP ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medusa_NRHP_ID>, Noovie
person ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Noovie_person_ID>,
Artsdatabanken
ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artsdatabanken_ID>, ICTV taxnode
ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICTV_taxnode_ID>, LongTake
person ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LongTake_person_ID>, ESRB
video game ID
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ESRB_video_game_ID>, OnlyFans
ID </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
</wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: WikiProject
Schools </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
</wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>
- Contribute to a Showcase item
</wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items>.
- Help translate </wiki/Special:LanguageStats> or proofread the
interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
- Help merge identical items </wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across
Wikimedia projects.
- Help write the next summary! </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