*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>
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Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement & Events Consultant
Contractor for Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.