*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Today: Edit tools for Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Powerek38/Wikiponiedzia%C5%82ek>,
on-line workshop in Polish, access link
<https://meet.google.com/qxo-cxno-vvb>, March 30, 17:00 GMT (7pm Warsaw
time)
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #7
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#7>,
April 5
- Upcoming: Wikidata for beginners
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_for_beginners>,
April 1
- Upcoming: Wiki Workshop <https://wikiworkshop.org/2020/>, researchers
forum (fully remote), on April 21. More information
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013914.html>,
registration
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2ctfYVIokWYsvUfxcdF-FNwrymgzpNZLh25EhU8JbvKp1tA/viewform>
- Upcoming: The Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020> will take
place fully remotely in July 2020. Call for submissions with remote formats
is open until April 30th.
- Upcoming: the Wikidata Wochenende
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Wochenende_Ulm_2020>
(previously in Ulm) will take place fully remote on June 12-14
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Video: How can Wikimedia projects help fight the pandemic
<https://vimeo.com/399597324>, by Susanna Ånäs
- *Investigating Software Usage in the Social Sciences: A Knowledge
Graph Approach
<https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Investigating-Software-Usage-in-the-Social-A-Graph-Schindler-Zapilko/1553ebb524a1716f7667b8d577b37f6a2ffb8e02?email_index=0-0-0>*
("we linked the entities of the knowledge graph to other knowledge bases
such as the Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph, the Software Ontology, and
Wikidata")
- *Wikidata Queries around the SARS-CoV-2 virus and pandemic
<https://egonw.github.io/SARS-CoV-2-Queries/>* (free eBook)
- Video: Live SPARQL editing in French by Vigneron
<https://www.twitch.tv/videos/577443863>
- Video: Live editing in English by Ainali and Abbe98: Youtube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgdn8gziCPo>, Twitch
<https://www.twitch.tv/videos/578473221>, Periscope
<https://www.pscp.tv/w/1vOxwoYWDPDxB>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/2787102894670857/>
Tool of the week
- IdentifierInput
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:1Veertje/identifierInput>: when
adding identifiers, it lets you paste the full URL, and extracts the ID part
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- About Wikidata dumps:
- No second XML dump in March
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-March/093207.html>
- RDF and JSON dumps generation is broken
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248612> (no new dump since March
11th, fix in progress)
- Wikidata knowledge imbalance dashboard - Alpha release
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013903.html>
- Internet Archive has launched a National Emergency Library
<https://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/>
and would like to work together with WikiCite
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013905.html>
- wb_terms migration: a temporary table has been created, the current
wb_terms table will be emptied on April 6th (more details
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Important_for_tool_maintainers:_last_steps_of_wb_terms_table_migration>
)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: generational suffix
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8017>, LiverTox likelihood
score <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8026>, size designation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8030>, perpetrator
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8031>, victim
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8032>
- External identifiers: IGCD game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8018>, Kickstarter project ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8019>, Gram.pl game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8020>, Kooora/Goalzz player
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8021>, RFI Musique artist
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8022>,
VideoGamer.com
game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8023>, Nobel
Laureate API ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8024>, VGMRips
system ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8025>, VGMRips
company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8027>, GameRevolution
game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8028>, PIV Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8029>, Movie Review Query
Engine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8033>, VcBA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8034>,
m3db.com film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8035>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Clinical_Trial_Registry_identifier>,
donated to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/donated_to>,
number of hospitalized cases
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_hospitalized_cases>,
number of home cases
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_home_cases>,
ARK formatter
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ARK_formatter>,
Filceolaire
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filceolaire>,
viability on surface
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/viability_on_surface>,
entry receptor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/entry_receptor>,
birth rate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/birth_rate>
- External identifiers: SAN archive producer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAN_archive_producer_ID>,
SAR ancestor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAR_ancestor_ID>,
National Catalog of Hospitals ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Catalog_of_Hospitals_ID>,
Pinakes copyist or possessor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pinakes_copyist_or_possessor_ID>,
Frankfurter Personenlexikon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Frankfurter_Personenlexikon_ID>,
Encyklopedia Solidarności ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyklopedia_Solidarno%C5%9Bci_ID>,
Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geschichtsquellen_des_deutschen_Mittelalters_author_ID>,
identifiant Geneastar
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Geneastar>,
Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geschichtsquellen_des_deutschen_Mittelalters_work_ID>,
Women of Scotland ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_of_Scotland_ID>,
Women of Scotland subject ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_of_Scotland_subject_ID>,
World Biographical Information System ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Biographical_Information_System_ID>,
COTREX trail ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/COTREX_trail_ID>,
Natural Atlas ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Natural_Atlas_ID>,
Apache Project ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Apache_Project_ID>,
Amazon Prime Video ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amazon_Prime_Video_ID>,
Archival Resource Key
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archival_Resource_Key>,
UM-BBD compound ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UM-BBD_compound_ID>,
BitterDB Compound ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BitterDB_Compound_ID>,
FooDB compound ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FooDB_compound_ID>,
ModelSEED compound ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ModelSEED_compound_ID>,
Hopital.fr ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hopital.fr_ID>,
BookBrainz publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BookBrainz_publisher_ID>,
Macdonald Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macdonald_Dictionary_ID>,
FHF hospital group ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FHF_hospital_group_ID>,
FHF establishment ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FHF_establishment_ID>,
Ameli ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ameli_ID>,
Pascal
et Francis ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pascal_et_Francis_ID>,
Retronews ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Retronews_ID>,
Elephind.com
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elephind.com>,
What Do They Know organisation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/What_Do_They_Know_organisation_ID>,
Papers Past
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Papers_Past>,
Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Internetowy_Polski_S%C5%82ownik_Biograficzny_ID>,
I-Revues ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/I-Revues_ID>,
BDSP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BDSP_ID>
- Query examples:
- People born more than a year after one of their parents
<https://w.wiki/LbG>
- UK MPs who were born after their father's death <https://w.wiki/Lbc>
(source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1244351531882893316>)
- National flags representing mountains <https://w.wiki/Lbe> (source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1244364986723577861>)
- Map of Umgebindehäuser (Upper Lusatian houses) <https://w.wiki/Lbf>
(source <https://twitter.com/saxorum/status/1243967738999169026>)
- Map of megaliths in Morbihan (Bretagne) <https://w.wiki/Lbh> (source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1242906385605591041>)
Development
- Fix an issue with the Wikidata dumps (phab:T248612
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248612>)
- Migrate to and read from new store for item terms (phab:T219123
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219123>)
- Create wb_terms_no_longer_updated to ease the transition to the new
tables
- Bridge: improve the rendering of references (phab:T238661
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238661>)
- More work on editing references (phab:T240333
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240333>)
- Continue setting up a test system to work on federated properties
- More research on suggesting references
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
- Create a scraper for Mix'n'match
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/> from the catalogue list.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mix%27n%27match/Catalogues>
- 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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
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