*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
- Introduction workshop about Wikidata for employees of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB, national library of the Netherlands), to make them more familiar and self-reliant with Wikidata - 6 June 2023, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, The Netherlands - Slides (in Dutch) on Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wegwijzer_in_Wikidata,_Introductiecurus_Wikidata_-_Koninklijke_Bibliotheek,_6_juni_2023.pdf .
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hour June 5, 2023: In collaboration with the Black Bibliography Project, we will be adding metadata for undescribed or under-described African-American women authors listed in The Pen Is Ours: a Listing of Writings by and about African-American Women before 1910, compiled by Jean Fagan Yellin and Cynthia D. Bond.Event page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours/2023-June-5_Wikidata_Working_Hour
- Registration has opened for the workshop on mathematical research data https://www.mis.mpg.de/calendar/conferences/2023/mardimeetsis.html taking place on 9-11 October 2023 in Leipzig. Talks, demos and lightning talks can be suggested, including Wikidata-related ones.
Tool of the week
- IdentifierInput https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:1Veertje/identifierInput makes it easier to add identifier properties by letting you put in the full url and then stripping it down to just the identifier for you.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - alternate universe counterpart https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11799 (this fictional character/entity is an alternate universe counterpart of the subject) - visited by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11801 (organisms attracted by this plant taxon and reported to visit it) - Mastodon instance URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11810 (the mastodon instance of/about the subject) - beforehand owned by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11811 (person or institution that owned the subject just before stated event. Meant to be used as qualifier of "significant event (P793)" for events like sales, auctions, gifts, etc) - afterward owned by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11812 (person or institution that owned the subject after stated event. Meant to be used as qualifier of "significant event (P793)" for events like sales, auctions, gifts, etc) - solubility product constant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11813 (equilibrium constant for a sparingly soluble solid chemical substance dissolved in an aqueous solution) - funded by grant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11814 (title or name of the grant funding this item) - External identifiers: stats.fm artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11800, Zeno.org ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11802, World Arachnid Catalog ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11803, Springs and Fountains of Andalucía ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11804, TMDb collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11805, TMDB company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11806, WGA work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11807, Peacock ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11815 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - Type of musical notation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Type_of_musical_notation (system of musical notation used on a given music source or composition) - External identifiers: Identifiant "Politique pappers" https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_%22Politique_pappers%22 , Svenska Akademiens ordlista ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Svenska_Akademiens_ordlista_ID , Holarse https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Holarse, wiki.ubuntuusers.de article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/wiki.ubuntuusers.de_article_ID , Marsilio Editori author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Marsilio_Editori_author_ID , LiteraturPort autorenlexikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LiteraturPort_autorenlexikon_ID , Kialo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kialo_ID, PremiershipRugby.com player ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PremiershipRugby.com_player_ID_(new) , PesticideInfo chemical ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PesticideInfo_chemical_ID , Ukrainian Cultural Heritage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ukrainian_Cultural_Heritage_ID , Image Duplicator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Image_Duplicator_ID , Saugoma.lt area ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Saugoma.lt_area_ID , Lithuanian protected object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lithuanian_protected_object_ID , Saugoma.lt object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Saugoma.lt_object_ID , Musées Occitanie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mus%C3%A9es_Occitanie_ID - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects : WikiProject Aikido https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Aikido - Newest database reports: - External identifier completeness https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/External_identifier_completeness - External identifier property use completeness.
Development
- Wikibase REST API: We finished the new endpoint for patching labels ( phab:T332739 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332739). We also started work on the new endpoint for retrieving Property data ( phab:T337720 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T337720) - Client wikis: We drastically reduced the size of a ResourceLoader module that’s loaded on most Wikipedia page views (phab:334682 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/334682) - Language code: With awesome help from Nikki, we improved documentation for how to add language codes to Wikibase/Wikidata (phab:T335857 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T335857) - EntitySchemas: We are getting the new datatype ready for testing.
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