*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
- Past: - Wikimedia Hackathon 2021 (replay) "Wikidata Live Querying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA9sLTEdcSo" by Lucas Werkmeister https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister - SPARQL #Wikidata Préfixes 1/2 (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ricJjl4WU - Upcoming: - Meta meeting https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Meetings/2021-06-09 of the Wikibase Community User Group, Wednesday, June 9, 16:00 UTC - LIVE Wikidata editing #46 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45BdQRcIek8, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2975545379397286/, June 12 at 18:00 UTC - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #66 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#66, June 13 - (Dutch) 16 june 2021, 15.00-16.30 CEST, "Universiteitsbibliotheek: Bijzondere Collecties zichtbaar en vindbaar maken in Wikidata", during "Digitaal Erfgoed @UM | zichtbaar, bruikbaar, houdbaar https://library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/digitaal-erfgoed-um-zichtbaar-bruikbaar-houdbaar/ "
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - "Wikidata and R: a perfect pair" https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/06/03/wikidata-and-r-a-perfect-pair/ by Evolution and evolvability https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Evolution_and_evolvability and Canley https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Canley. A *WikiCite* eScholarship. - "Brazil’s Laws: Modeling the Brazilian legislation in Wikidata https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/06/04/brazilian-laws-modeling-the-brazilian-legislation-in-wikidata/", by Ederporto https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ederporto. A WikiCite project grant project. - Papers - (Preprint) KGPool: Dynamic Knowledge Graph Context Selection for Relation Extraction https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.00459 (Wikidata dataset used in evaluation) - (Article) “Wikidata Projects in Times of COVID-19: IUPUI Libraries’ Engagement in Open Knowledge” https://www.infodocket.com/2021/06/06/article-wikidata-projects-in-times-of-covid-19-iupui-libraries-engagement-in-open-knowledge/ - (Presentation) Explore, Analyse and Translate Multilingual Wikidata Properties https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Explore_Analyse_and_Translate_Multilingual_Wikidata_Properties/14727561 by User:Jsamwrites https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jsamwrites at Contribuling https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ContribuLing/Program - Videos - Understanding data import into Wikidata via Quickstatements (in Portuguese) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbvtAqZqXeY - Workshop for "Cita" https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Zotero/Cita: a Wikidata addon for Zotero, hosted by Diegodlh https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Diegodlh - English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t7vMWNoi2M & en español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1admRZlWrkQ. A *WikiCite* grant project. - Wikidata: Municipalities of Romania + a map of places in Kuopio - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj8wQebsQno - Wikidata Editing training (in Tamil) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xSZCRI3Rc - Excursus: Wikidata Knowledge Graph - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvRqzlIrmTc
Tool of the week
- Wikidata Image Positions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister/Wikidata_Image_Positions is a tool to show and add relative position within image (P2677) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2677 qualifiers on depicts (P180) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P180 statements on Wikidata items as areas on the item’s image (P18) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P18.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: Badkartan.se ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9615, Eionet bathingWaterIdentifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9616, ifixit device ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9617, AlternativeTo software ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9618, Price One Penny author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9619, Nevada Women's History Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9620, Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9621, Price One Penny work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9622, Price One Penny library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9623, Price One Penny publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9624, Dizionario Biografico dell'Educazione (1800–2000) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9625, Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9626, Romanistenlexikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9627, composers.am person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9628, Armeniapedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9629, OpenCorporates register jurisdiction https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9630, armradioarchive.am person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9631, PANGO lineage code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9632, AZGS Document Repository ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9633, AADFI member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9634, electronic Essential Medicines List medicine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9635, Japan PlayStation Software Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9636, Erfgoedkaart ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9637, Romanian diplomatic mission ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9638, Foreign diplomatic mission in Romania ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9639, PAS member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9640, fondoambiente.it ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9641 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Range https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Range, not found in https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/not_found_in, LdiF person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LdiF_person_ID, board game mechanism https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/board_game_mechanism, Date of resignation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Date_of_resignation - External identifiers: DIP-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DIP-ID, Castforward ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Castforward_ID, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Istituto_Veneto_di_Scienze,_Lettere_ed_Arti_member_ID, EBAF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EBAF_ID, FCCOS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FCCOS_ID, Dutch Caribbean Species Register ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dutch_Caribbean_Species_Register_ID, TBDB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TBDB_ID, cirkev.cz bohoslužby ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cirkev.cz_bohoslu%C5%BEby_ID, Ropiky.net pillbox ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ropiky.net_pillbox_ID, GCD creator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GCD_creator_ID - Query examples: - Properties used to describe themselves https://w.wiki/3SnX ( Inspiration https://twitter.com/cthoyt/status/1401691538040651777) - Most common name in Germany by year of birth https://w.wiki/3Sxm ( Source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query/Archive/2021/03#Most_commons_name_in_Germany_by_year_of_birth ) - Famous (not French) people born in France https://w.wiki/3Sxu ( Source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query/Archive/2020/01#Famous_(not_french)_people_born_in_France )
Development
- You can now add a title to a query visualisation by adding #title:YourTitle to your SPARQL code (phab:T225883 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225883, example query with a title https://w.wiki/3RpY) - Added a new constraints type to indicate that a certain Property should only be used on Lexemes of a certain language (phab:T200689 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T200689) - Working on not checking the format constraints via SPARQL to take that load off the SPARQL endpoint and make it technically better (phab:T176312 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176312) - Working on making the API-Sandbox not suggest edits to real Items ( phab:T219215 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219215)
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