*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: Improved instructions for translation admin
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Improved_instructions_for_translation_admin>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Current: Wikimania in Stockholm and hackathon, August 14 to 18. Check
out the list of all Wikidata-related events
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2019>. Each session
page should include notes, slides and streaming if available.
Tool of the week
- *In this new section, you can share your favourite tool with the other
Wikidata users. You can add some suggestions here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Status_updates/Next#Tool_of_the_week_section>.*
- NameGuzzler
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jitrixis/nameGuzzler.js> allows you
to automatically add an identical label or alias into many languages (for
example, the name of a person or a place). You can define your own custom
list of languages that you want to add.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- There is now a Wikiquote page for Wikidata
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikidata>
- ISA <https://tools.wmflabs.org/isa/> is a new tool to easily add
structured data to Commons files, including from mobile
- You can help improve the vandalism detection by completing a set of
labels for ORES <https://labels.wmflabs.org/ui/wikidatawiki>
- QuickStatements <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:QuickStatements>
won the Coolest Tool Award
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award>, category
"editor",
during the first ceremony at Wikimania 2019
- New Wikidata-related projects developed during the Wikimania
hackathon:
- Documentation translation sprint
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227581>: several people
translated Wikidata help pages in their own language. Feel free
to continue
the efforts to make Wikidata more accessible!
- Item creation helpers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ash_Crow/creation-helpers> helps
create similar items, and link them together, with a simple form. Example
with skating competitions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ash_Crow/skating-competitions-creation-helper.js>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: manner of inhumane treatment
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7160>, cases consolidated
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7162>, typically sells
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7163>, noun class
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7165>, does not have effect
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7167>, substitute
director/manager <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7169>, school
class <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7174>
- External identifiers: Empik author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7154>, WP Muzyka artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7155>, Interia Muzyka artist
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7156>, The Top Tens ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7157>, merlin.pl author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7158>, Plus Music artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7159>, Kinsky–Halm Catalogue
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7161>, Raptekster.dk ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7164>, Acharts.co song ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7166>, FGrHist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7168>, register of real
estate NKP <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7170>, Hacker
News User ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7171>,
shmup.com
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7172>, TA2 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7173>,
Gaana.com album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7175>, XING profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7176>, Cinestaan film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7177>, Cinestaan person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7178>, job ID in *Service
d'Information sur les Etudes et les Professions*
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7179>,
Planespotters.net
aircraft ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7180>, PLIA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7181>, IBP 4-letter bird
species alpha code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7182>, EPW
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7183>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: graph radius
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/graph_radius>,
Belgian Species List ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Belgian_Species_List_ID>,
amino acid (start, end) position
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/amino_acid_(start,_end)_position>,
ordeal by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ordeal_by>,
protected
region scheme
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/protected_region_scheme>,
image revision-id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_revision-id>,
region within image
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/region_within_image>,
access restriction status
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/access_restriction_status>,
georeferencing data
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/georeferencing_data>,
number of processor threads
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_processor_threads>,
part number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/part_number>,
CPUID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CPUID>,
based on tabular data
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/based_on_tabular_data>,
Siddham script name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Siddham_script_name>,
Number of active electronic terminals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_active_electronic_terminals>
- External identifiers: OpenWeatherMap city ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenWeatherMap_city_ID>,
Scribd Publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scribd_Publication_ID>,
moly.hu azonosító
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/moly.hu_azonos%C3%ADt%C3%B3>,
Hungarian Movie Database film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hungarian_Movie_Database_film_ID>,
Lyrics007 artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lyrics007_artist_ID>,
jog.fm artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/jog.fm_artist_ID>,
Hype Machine artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hype_Machine_artist_ID>,
Liber Liber author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Liber_Liber_author_ID>,
Dizionario biografico dei Friulani ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_biografico_dei_Friulani_ID>,
Just Hear It artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Just_Hear_It_artist_ID>,
Lyrics Translations artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lyrics_Translations_artist_ID>,
LINE BLOG user ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LINE_BLOG_user_ID>,
Digitalt Museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digitalt_Museum_ID>,
MTV UK artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTV_UK_artist_ID>,
MTV Germany artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTV_Germany_artist_ID>,
MTV Polska artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTV_Polska_artist_ID>,
Vox FM artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vox_FM_artist_ID>,
Allcinema person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Allcinema_person_ID>,
Eiga.com person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eiga.com_person_ID>,
Eiga.com movie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eiga.com_movie_ID>,
GoodRx
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GoodRx>, BEACON
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BEACON_ID>
- Query examples:
- Books in Bengali Wikisource that are validated <https://w.wiki/7EW>
(source
<https://twitter.com/GerardMeijssen/status/1162015688111865856>)
- Flightless birds of New Zealand <https://w.wiki/7ET> (source
<https://twitter.com/andrawaag/status/1163069740270727168>)
- Islands in Germany <https://w.wiki/7EX> (source
<https://twitter.com/BerndWMDE/status/1160920192484040707>)
- Clandestine center of detention and torture in Chile, Uruguay, and
Argentina <https://w.wiki/7EZ> (source
<https://twitter.com/OpenGLAM/status/1159901359392600065>)
- Same-sex married couples where neither partner has a sexual
orientation <https://w.wiki/7Eb> (source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1163072396930232320>)
- Schema examples:
- Danish numerals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E65>
- Danish hyphenation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E68>
Development
- Fix an issue with the pop up of Wikidata Tours (phab:T223999
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223999>)
- Call WikibaseLexeme API with baserevid parameter from the UI (
phab:T217245 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217245>)
- Fix a bug with CheckConstraintsJob (phab:T227450
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227450>)
- Fix a bug with wbgetentities when getting Lexeme subentities (
phab:T223995 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223995>)
- Add editing widget/input to client edit modal: (phab:T226998
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226998>)
- Add tags parameter to Wikibase APIs that edit entities: (phab:T229917
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229917>)
- More work on the the production Termbox service
- tidying up our browser test suite (phab:T229910
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229910>)
- adding browser tests for basic editing (phab:T230187
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230187>)
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>
- Suggested and open tasks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks>
!
- 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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.