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
call: New co-facilitator introductions and tools for editathons, 14 July.
Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sxv0tbESnZVOqyPvLMMbcnxEObfngKmtq7phQXhigKw/edit?usp=sharing>
- Upcoming video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #12,
18 July Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3051148598266284/>,
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Btvs8POzUk>
- Past: Celtic Knot Wikimedia language conference
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020>, online,
July 9-10. Videos, documentation and slides of sessions are accessible from
the program page.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Using OpenRefine with Wikidata for the first time
<https://addshore.com/2020/07/using-openrefine-with-wikidata-for-the-first-time/>,
by Addshore
- Using Wikidata in Mathematica and Wolfram
<https://blog.wolfram.com/2020/07/09/accessing-the-world-with-the-wolfram-language-external-identifiers-and-wikidata/>,
by Toni Schindler
- Fostering the presence of museums on Wikipedia and Wikidata
<http://icom.museum/en/news/imd2020-fostering-the-presence-of-museums-on-wikipedia-and-wikidata/>,
by Debora Lopomo
- Extending the Met’s reach with Wikidata
<https://wikiedu.org/blog/2020/07/07/extending-the-mets-reach-with-wikidata/>,
by Jennie Choi
- Wikidata-related videos from the Celtic Knot Conference:
- Wikidata and how you can use it to support minority languages
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfhkk4qdkTE> (Mohammed Sadat)
- Wikidata-powered infoboxes
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk9AdUIzeeA?t=221> (Pau Cabot)
- Hands-on Wikidata and lexicographical data
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDM5QJAJzNc> (Nicolas Vigneron and
Léa Lacroix)
- FAIR linguistic data thanks to norm data – Wikidata as part of the
research project VerbaAlpina
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ROTQ9N_8w> (Christina Mutter)
- Sámi placenames on Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L5uoMiJoA4> (Jon Harald Søby)
- Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - Wikidata editing #11 Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3043539535693857/>,
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzqX5iTfzb4>
- Video: Introducing the Wikidata powered Dictionary of Welsh Biography
timeline (Jason Evans), YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6uMVRVji-U>
- Video: Diving into Wikidata workshop (Will Kent), YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f756VlWN360>
- Video: Linked data for libraries with Wikibase, Infrastructure track
(Jens Ohlig), YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVmxpaB-Th4>
Tool of the week
- DragNDrop.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yarl/DragNDrop.js>
makes it possible to show a Wikipedia article and drag items to Wikidata.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- GQIS can now render results from a Wikidata SPARQL query with a new
plugin <https://twitter.com/AlbinPCLarsson/status/1280007567859576832>.
- New feature in *V for Wikipedia* that uses Wikidata identifiers to
direct users to their favorite streaming app
<https://twitter.com/frankrausch/status/1281291081452306434>.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: Dowker-Thistlethwaite name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8416>
- External identifiers: AlloCiné theater ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8414>, Maniadb artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8415>, Group Properties wiki
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8417>, Oberwolfach
mathematician ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8418>, Archive
Of Our Own tag <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8419>, GameBanana
video game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8420>, Spanish
Olympic Committee athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8421>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Image link
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Image_link>,
numeric ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/numeric_ID>,
peak bagging classification
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/peak_bagging_classification>,
vanDerWaalsConstantA
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vanDerWaalsConstantA>,
vanDerWaalsConstantB
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vanDerWaalsConstantB>,
road name formatter
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/road_name_formatter>,
road number formatter
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/road_number_formatter>,
Medical Service
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medical_Service>,
Ofsted inspection rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ofsted_inspection_rating>,
OpenStreetMap numeric user ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenStreetMap_numeric_user_ID>,
traffic sign template image
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/traffic_sign_template_image>,
Vietnamese middle name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vietnamese_middle_name>
- External identifiers: Wiki Loves Earth Ukraine identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wiki_Loves_Earth_Ukraine_identifier>,
OHM Relation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OHM_Relation_ID>,
Filmstarts title ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmstarts_title_ID>,
UK Research and Innovation person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UK_Research_and_Innovation_person_ID>,
SmallGroup ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SmallGroup_ID>,
Personendatenbank Germania Sacra ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Personendatenbank_Germania_Sacra_ID>,
SAH Archipedia building ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAH_Archipedia_building_ID>,
SAH Archipedia architect ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAH_Archipedia_architect_ID>,
Our Campaigns candidate ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Our_Campaigns_candidate_ID>,
VPE railway line ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VPE_railway_line_ID>,
Churches in Limburg
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Churches_in_Limburg>,
The Draft Review ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Draft_Review_ID>,
ANZSCO 2013 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANZSCO_2013_ID>,
ANZSOC ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANZSOC_ID>,
ASCRG
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASCRG_ID>,
Encyclopédie berbère
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclop%C3%A9die_berb%C3%A8re>,
雑誌コード
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%E9%9B%91%E8%AA%8C%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89>,
OpenStreetMap user name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenStreetMap_user_name>,
National Registry of Exonerations Case ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Registry_of_Exonerations_Case_ID>,
Svenska Akademiens Ordbok ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Svenska_Akademiens_Ordbok_ID>,
QLD Biota ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/QLD_Biota_ID>,
Australian Weed ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Weed_ID>
- Query examples:
- Illustrated Basque word of the day for children <https://w.wiki/WMN>
- Oldest UK MPs at the time of election <https://w.wiki/WRB> (Source
<https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1280844765135802369>)
- Map of archives in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/Wg3> (Source
<https://twitter.com/M_Gasser/status/1281989283302301696>)
Development
- Continued building out documentation for Federated Properties (
phabricator:T255651 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255651>) and
making interface improvements to the first stage of the feature (incl.
phabricator:T246886 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246886>, changes
to special pages that interact with both Items/Properties, and
phabricator:T255581 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255581>, changes
to Special:ListDataTypes when federation is enabled)
- More work on the consistent design system
- More work on decoupling the different Wikibase extensions from each
other to make development easier
- Finalizing research and interviews to better understand what could be
improved in the way developers access Wikidata's data (APIs, SPARQL)
- Testing the first prototype of the Simple Query Builder
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Improve_the_workflows_for_queries_and_lists/Simple_query_Builder>
with some editors to get final input before coding starts
- Sorting of language links on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia
projects was broken (presumably by a change in MediaWiki core). A fix is
being worked on. (phabricator:T257625
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257625>)
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*
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de