*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>
- Upcoming:
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls>
call: Bionomia and maintaining Wikidata synchrony with David Shorthouse
(Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada). [1]
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zWRk6MXuCLFuddsK5vr-NxLluJWFTQk3YmQBGQfVTFg/edit?usp=sharing>,
Sep 21st.
- Lightning Talk: Wikidata in your Civic Tech project | Summit 2021 -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFVBxL9A9mw>
- Ongoing:
- The Creative Commons Global Summit
<https://summit.creativecommons.org/> and Hack4OpenGLAM hackathon
<https://summit.creativecommons.org/hack4openglam-2021/> take place
from September 20 until 24 (fully online). Several sessions and projects
are related to Wikidata and/or Wikibase (see schedule search
<https://ccglobalsummit2021.sched.com/?searchstring=Wikidata>).
- Past:
- Data Quality Days
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Quality_Days_2021>:
- Periodic editathons as a way to improve data quality on
Wikidata: an experiment in Italy - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozw8cwRgkLY>
- Bringing Czech authority files into 21st century: Integration
with Wikidata - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKqZTVisHC4>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Videos
- Mapping the Scottish Reformation - using Wikidata, Wikipedia's
sister project - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIlIOHovFrM>
- OpenSym 2021: WDProp: Web Application to Analyse Multilingual
Aspects of Wikidata Properties - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMyGdyyU0Kc>
- Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #53 (user scripts
and gadgets that can help you edit) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CntzXV0aJj8>
Tool of the week
- User:Inductiveload/scripts/ShowQsAndPs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Inductiveload/scripts/ShowQsAndPs>
shows the Q and P IDs on Items.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- OpenRefine <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/OpenRefine>
has started development of features for Structured Data on Wikimedia
Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine>. Sign up
here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/OpenRefine_and_SDC>
if you want to receive occasional updates on a Wikimedia talk page of your
choice.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: created for
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9883>, Candomblé nation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9887>, NZTCS conservation
status <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9888>, Mexican video
game rating category <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9895>
- External identifiers: INAPP author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9871>, TBDB ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9872>, Enciclopedia dello
Sport ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9873>, INAPP work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9874>, Fondation du
patrimoine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9875>, Endemia.nc
animal taxon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9876>,
Gry-Online
game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9877>, Encyclopaedia
of Islam (first edition) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9878>, Encyclopaedia of
Islam (third edition) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9879>, Festivaletteratura
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9880>, Every Noise
at Once ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9881>, Spotify
show episode ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9882>, Online
Begraafplaatsen cemetery ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9884>, Bing entity ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9885>, TermCymru ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9886>, NZTCS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9889>, Online
Begraafplaatsen person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9890>, UK Renewable Energy
Planning Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9891>, ICCD
ID - Santuari Cristiani <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9892>,
Naver Post member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9893>, Swedish
Food Agency food ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9894>, Dictionary
of Old Norse Prose ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9896>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: relevant date for copyright
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/relevant_date_for_copyright>,
issuing agency
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/issuing_agency>,
Hardy's Guide to Marine Gastropods ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hardy%27s_Guide_to_Marine_Gastropods_ID>,
main subject for
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/main_subject_for>,
type host taxon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/type_host_taxon>,
has thematic relation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_thematic_relation>,
location of lexeme usage
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/location_of_lexeme_usage>,
ODOT county code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ODOT_county_code>,
illustrative content
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/illustrative_content>
- External identifiers: e-Maapõu locality ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/e-Maap%C3%B5u_locality_ID>,
Grand dictionnaire terminologique ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grand_dictionnaire_terminologique_ID>,
Google Fonts ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Fonts_ID>,
Kallías
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kall%C3%ADas>,
Owler company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Owler_company_ID>,
Vietherb species ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vietherb_species_ID>,
Vietherb metabolite ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vietherb_metabolite_ID>,
Allrugby
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Allrugby>, SLSP
editions ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SLSP_editions_ID>,
Issuu ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Issuu_ID>, XXI
Secolo ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/XXI_Secolo_ID>,
Journées européennes du patrimoine ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Journ%C3%A9es_europ%C3%A9ennes_du_patrimoine_ID>,
Peoples.ru ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Peoples.ru_ID>,
musik-sammler.de artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/musik-sammler.de_artist_ID>,
HJP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HJP_ID>, NVE
reservoir ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NVE_reservoir_ID>,
Biografija.ru ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biografija.ru_ID>,
Madrean Discovery Expeditions Flora Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Madrean_Discovery_Expeditions_Flora_Database_ID>,
Madrean Discovery Expeditions Fauna Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Madrean_Discovery_Expeditions_Fauna_Database_ID>,
IRIS Tuscany IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Tuscany_IDs>,
Joshua Project people group ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Joshua_Project_people_group_ID>,
Flipboard ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flipboard_ID>,
Washington Rare Plant Field Guide (2021- Version) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Washington_Rare_Plant_Field_Guide_(2021-_Version)_ID>,
Gente di Tuscia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gente_di_Tuscia_ID>,
Poetsgate poem ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Poetsgate_poem_ID>,
AdoroCinema person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AdoroCinema_person_ID>,
Zenodo Communities ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zenodo_Communities_ID>,
National Union Catalog ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Union_Catalog_ID>
- Query examples:
- Biological taxa named after (metal (and other) music bands
<https://w.wiki/44Vs>
- Works by Dante Alighieri (1265 - September 13/14, 1321)
<https://w.wiki/44kq>
- Cumulative page views for candidates in Czech parliamentary
election 2021, split by party <https://w.wiki/44ts> (Source
<https://twitter.com/medi_cago/status/1437859890270195716>)
Development
- The new Streaming Updater for Wikidata Query Service will be in
production 18 Oct 2021
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_Streaming_Updater_for_Wikidata_Query_Service_in_production_18_Oct_2021>
- Working on changing the way sitelinks to Wikimedia Commons are created
from Item data; now using topic's main category (P910)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P910> and category related to
list (P1754) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1754> before Commons
category (P373) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P373> (T232927
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232927>)
- Continuing the work on the Mismatch Finder. This week we focused on
the remaining groundwork for showing the first mismatches for review.
- Continuing to work on improvements to the underlying system of how
edits are propagated from Wikidata to the other Wikimedia projects.
- Implemented two improvements for constraints: the “distinct values”
constraint type now supports the “separator” parameter (phab:T277855
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T277855>) and we no longer check
qualifiers on some unusual™ properties (phab:T235292
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235292>)
- Adding tags to some of the remaining UI edits that didn't get them yet
for edits on Lexemes (phab:T290950
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T290950>)
- Making it possible to add tags to some remaining Lexeme API modules (
phab:T290951 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T290951>)
- Fixed a bug in the Query Builder where it didn't show labels when
opening an existing visual query from a shared link (phab:T280684
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280684>)
- Made the Query Builder more visible in the Query Service UI (
phab:T280229 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280229>)
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*
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