*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Stang https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Stang (RfP scheduled to end after 14 April 2022 12:18 UTC) - New requests for permissions/Bot: - Botcrux 10 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Botcrux_10. Task/s: Change publication date (P577) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P577 of scientific articles from "1 January YYYY" to just "YYYY". - Pi bot 25 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Pi_bot_25. Task/s: Wikidata:Properties for deletion https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion maintenance
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #104 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#104, April 17th at 12.00 UTC - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on Wednesday, April 20th 2022 at 17:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata Telegram group https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg. *The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.* - April 26, Ghent, Belgium: public OpenRefine data cleaning workshop and meet&greet with the OpenRefine team https://meemoo.be/nl/vormingen-en-events/openrefine-community-workshop-datacleaning-andere-functionaliteiten-en-meet-the-team, including preview of Structured Data on Commons functionalities. Physical event, free, sign up via this link https://meemoo.be/nl/vormingen-en-events/openrefine-community-workshop-datacleaning-andere-functionaliteiten-en-meet-the-team . - Wiki Workshop 2022 - Registration open! https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/MPQZ4EZW6FXZVZAX6QO7BAVJVDUGOT2N/ The event is virtually held on April 25, 12:00-18:30 UTC - April 22nd - 24th, from Wiki Mentor Africa https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiki_Mentor_Africa, A three days workshop on *Linking biodiversity data through wikidata using Webaps and jupyter notebooks* to attend, register here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddFNRkARWa12ICRBuel9zbYMQsL4fUsiNA7ndMwcJSVp8xJg/viewform?usp=sf_link%7C - May 5th: Wikidata Bug Triage Hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Wikidata_bug_triage_hour, open discussion. Come with your favorite Phabricator task and we will improve its description together. - DigAMus goes Wikidata workshop: make digital projects in museums visible and findable. April 29, 3-5 p.m. TIB Open Science Lab. Register here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Zv_SEwAM0EV760fTRr7PYT5y5kscnhC_yQZ2mvABG5Q/edit . - Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #37, Numbers https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=37
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - Smithsonian Libraries and Archives & Wikidata: Chinese Ancestor Portrait Project https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2022/03/30/smithsonian-libraries-and-archives-wikidata-chinese-ancestor-portrait-project/#.YksQHXVByV5 - Browsing FactGrid with the FactGrid Viewer https://blog.factgrid.de/archives/2684 - Papers - A formalization of one of the main claims of “Cortex reorganization of Xenopus laevis eggs in strong static magnetic fields” by Mietchen et al. 2005 https://content.iospress.com/articles/data-science/ds210040 (uses Wikidata identifiers for statements) - A formalization of one of the main claims of “Creative Commons licenses and the non-commercial condition: Implications for the re-use of biodiversity information” by Hagedorn et al. 2011 https://doi.org/10.3233/DS-210044 (uses Wikidata identifiers for statements) - Videos - Wikidata Query Service Tutorial in Tunisian by Houcemeddine Turki https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Csisc (WikiConference RU 2021 - Part 1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiConference_RU_-_Wikidata_Query_Service_Tutorial_in_Tunisian_-_Part_1.webm, Part 2 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiConference_RU_-_Wikidata_Query_Service_Tutorial_in_Tunisian_-_Part_2.webm ) - Live Coding - PyORCIDAtor, integrating ORCID with Wikidata - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc6jQnp4gZg - How to add location coordinates to Wikidata Items (in Dagbani) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohtVF4Et7-g - Bundestag + Wikidata = Open Parliament TV (in German) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkdyr6N5E2E
Tool of the week
- Glitter https://lvaudor.github.io/glitter/articles/glitter_for_Wikidata.html another R package to write SPARQL queries and query Wikidata and other SPARQL endpoints. This package provides a domain specific language to write queries directly from R. - Conzept https://conze.pt/explore?l=en# is a topic-exploration tool based on Wikidata and other information sources.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The Wikidata MOOC https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:MOOC (online course) has been developed by Wikimedia France, involving several French-speaking Wikidata editors. The first version of the course will start on April 26 (in French only - registration here https://www.wikimedia.fr/les-inscriptions-au-mooc-wikidata-sont-ouvertes/ ) - OpenRefine is running a short survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAfFLkcehxcbvWpjb5xPywOGsT1Djmp82k4wh81q14NDKVGA/viewform to learn about user needs and expectations for the new Structured Data on Commons extension for OpenRefine https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine, which is in the process of being developed. If you upload files to Wikimedia Commons and/or edit structured data there, please help by filling in the survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAfFLkcehxcbvWpjb5xPywOGsT1Djmp82k4wh81q14NDKVGA/viewform ! - Wikibase cloud update (April) https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibase-cloud@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/3M2TXQYQTC5IODN6NO2G6UWE7DMGNCJT/: the closed beta of Wikibase.cloud is planned to start in mid-April. If you want to apply for closed beta access, please register with this form https://lime.wikimedia.de/index.php/717538.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: APE code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10564, maintains linking to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10568, academic calendar type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10588, taxonomic treatment https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10594, co-applicant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10601, applicant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10602, P10604 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10604, notable role https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10606 - External identifiers: traveloka activities ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10560, Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10561, SPLC group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10562, GuideStar India Organisations ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10563, Encyclopedia of China ID (Third Edition) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10565, tiket to-do ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10566, Speleologi del passato ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10567, L'Humanité journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10569, L'Opinion journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10570, Le Monde journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10571, Le Figaro journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10572, Le Parisien journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10573, Les Échos journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10574, Libération journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10575, Intesa Sanpaolo Historical Archive Map ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10576, Monoskop article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10577, IDU foreign theatre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10578, IDU theatre building ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10579, IDU theatrical ensemble ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10580, Cameroun COG https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10581, Author ID from the Modern Discussion website https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10582, SRSLY person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10583, FAOTERM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10584, Catalogue of Life ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10585, Trovo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10586, IFPI GTIN https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10587, MangaDex title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10589, All.Rugby club ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10590, traveloka restaurant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10591, maPZS trails/locations ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10592, Kinowiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10593, marriott hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10595, Chuvash Encyclopedia person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10596, Chuvash Encyclopedia place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10597, Chuvash Encyclopedia topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10598, HarperCollins product ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10599, Atlas of Cultural Heritage Calabria cultural place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10600, XJustiz registration court ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10603, Atlante Beni Culturali Calabria item ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10605 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: является автором художественной выставки https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D1%85%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B8, shoe color https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/shoe_color, government debt-to-GDP ratio https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/government_debt-to-GDP_ratio, National Historical Museums of Sweden object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Historical_Museums_of_Sweden_object_ID, class of property value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/class_of_property_value, has group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_group, name of victim https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/name_of_victim, Tracks featured in work https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tracks_featured_in_work, smb.museum digital ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/smb.museum_digital_ID - External identifiers: HuijiWiki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HuijiWiki_article_ID, Encyclopedia of Cacti species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Cacti_species_ID, bebyggelseområdeskod i Sverige https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bebyggelseomr%C3%A5deskod_i_Sverige, Israeli Opera site person id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Israeli_Opera_site_person_id, FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FISH_Archaeological_Objects_Thesaurus_Identifier, Musik und Gender im Internet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Musik_und_Gender_im_Internet_ID, IRIS Piedmont IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Piedmont_IDs, Slovak Olympic athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slovak_Olympic_athlete_ID, MINEDEX https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MINEDEX, Library of the Haskala ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Library_of_the_Haskala_ID - Query examples: - Most popular Chess openings (by number of sitelinks) https://w.wiki/522E (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1510726581362245632) - Random set of popular ("having more than 20 site links") items https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Fsitelinks%0AWITH%0A%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fsitelinks%0A%20%20WHERE%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%23Minimum%20sitelinks%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3Fsitelinks.%0A%20%20%20%20hint%3APrior%20hint%3ArangeSafe%20true.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fsitelinks%20%3E%2020%20%29%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%23Random%20stuff%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20BIND%28RAND%28%29%20AS%20%3Frandom%29%20.%20%23%20Using%20this%20makes%20it%20not%20random%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28SHA512%28CONCAT%28STR%28RAND%28%29%29%2C%20STR%28%3Fitem%29%29%29%20AS%20%3Frandom%29%20%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Frandom%0A%20%20LIMIT%201000%0A%7D%20AS%20%25subquery1%0AWITH%0A%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fsitelinks%0A%20%20WHERE%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25subquery1%0A%0A%20%20%20%20%23Filters%20to%20remove%20undesired%20entries%20%28templates%2C%20categories%2C%20...%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11266439%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ97950663%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ4167836%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ59541917%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ14204246%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ19842659%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP373%20%3FcommonsCategory%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP301%20%3FcategoryMainTopic%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ15184295%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1423%20%3FtemplateHasTopic%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP910%20%3FtopicMainCategory%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ20010800%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP360%20%3FisAListOf%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ108783631%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11753321%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP4224%20%3FcategoryContains%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP971%20%3FcategoryCombinesTopics%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ97303168%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ59259626%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ110010043%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1474116%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ15647814%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ19887878%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ107344376%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ36330215%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ14296%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ42032%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2370%20%3FconversionToSIUnit%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ4167410%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%23FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3Aaaa%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20LIMIT%20100%0A%7D%20AS%20%25subquery2%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25subquery2%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Query_a_random_set_of_popular_entries ) - Wikimedia affiliates on social media https://w.wiki/53Ac (source https://twitter.com/Jan_Ainali/status/1513117317982474243) - Listed viaducts in the UK https://w.wiki/534V (source https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1512909616421777420) - Pages linked to the University of Clermont according to the number of articles on Wikimedia projects https://w.wiki/53LW (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1513493874257313796) - Which languages share a word for the same thing (visualized as a tree map). e.g. planet https://w.wiki/53M4 (source https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/1513194921183772672)
Development
- Lexicographical data: Continued work on the new Special:NewLexeme page. We worked on displaying error messages and inferring the spelling variant from the language. We also looked into the non-JavaScript version of the page. - REST API: Worked on conditional requests (do not return data the client already has) and authorization.
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