*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: Ameisenigel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Ameisenigel, welcome! - New request for comments: Automated Manipulation and Calculation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Automated_Manipulation_and_Calculation
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on Wednesday, January 19th 2022 at 17:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata Telegram group https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg. - Next Wikidata Bug Triage Hour https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/5VZUWNMOY52KEIV77BBPWYV4OHDR5FFJ/ on January 13th at 18:00 Central Europe Time (17:00 UTC/GMT), in this Jitsi room https://meet.jit.si/WikidataBugTriageHour. *This edition will be an open discussion without a specific theme: you can bring 1-2 Phabricator tickets that you really care about, and we will look at them together and see how we can add relevant information and triage them.* - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call: Review Wikimedia Foundation’s Linked Open Data Strategy 2021 and community discussion. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AlxXVpr5OlRChdKnxyoPCIzqwiiIBoEEuClsE8Mbdok/edit?usp=sharing, January 11th. https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1641920436 - Upcoming Search Platform Office Hours https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/G4JTQNFZZ35GBB3MJ6IROZNBV2II4UWG/. Date: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022. Time: 16:00-17:00 GMT / 08:00-09:00 PST / 11:00-12:00 EST / 17:00-18:00 CET & WAT - SPARQL queries live on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/belett and in French by Vigneron, January 12 at 19:00 CEST (exceptionally on Wednesday) - The ceremony of the 2021 Wikimedia Coolest Tool Award https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Coolest_Tool_Award will take place virtually on Friday 14 January 2022, 17:00 UTC https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1642179615. This award is highlighting software tools that have been nominated by contributors to the Wikimedia projects. The ceremony will be a nice moment to show appreciation to our tool developers and maybe discover new tools! Read more about the livestream and the discussion channels. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Coolest_Tool_Award - LIVE Wikidata editing #66 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8AjBrwsv-k, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3147332458885243/, January 15 at 19:00 UTC - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #92 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#92, January 16 at 13.00 UTC - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #24, Antonyms https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=24 - Creating, maintaining and updating Shape Expressions as EntitySchemas in the Wikimedia ecosystem https://www.validatingrdf.com/tutorial/swat4hcls22/#schedule. International SWAT4HCLS Conference. 10 - 13 Jan 2022. Register http://www.swat4ls.org/workshops/leiden2022/registration/!
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - An introduction to Observable for Wikidata users https://observablehq.com/@pac02/an-introduction-to-observable-for-wikidata-users - 10 useful things about Wikidata & SPARQL that I wish I knew earlier https://alexasteinbruck.medium.com/10-useful-things-about-wikidata-sparql-that-i-wish-i-knew-earlier-b0e0ef63c598 - Videos - Introduction to the interwiki links between Wikidata and Wikipedia (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XvPGLI5RMI - Exploring Wikipedia infobox from Wikidata (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErEKEIwBkA - WIkimedia CEE Online Meeting 2021 - Implementing Wikidata in Educational Institutions — CEE Challenges and Opportunities - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ie3Pgs6paM - Add your country to the Wikidata Govdirectory - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZZ6ShNvJ2U - Wikidata automatization and integration with web resources - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ghEPqo2Yjc
Tool of the week
- OneZoom https://www.onezoom.org "tree of life explorer" is an interactive map of the evolutionary links between all living things known to science using Wikidata.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The Celtic Knot Conference (dedicated to underserved languages on the Wikimedia project, with a strong focus on Wikidata and lexicographical data) will take place online in 2022. You can help the organizers with giving input on topics you'd like to see at the conference. Feel free to fill in the survey https://wolke.wikimedia.de/apps/forms/yrnHWyBZCY4TWjag before January 17. - The page Wikidata:WikiProject Duplicates/Wikipedia mergers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Duplicates/Wikipedia_mergers has been created, in order to facilitate users when they find duplicate articles in a Wikipedia whose language is unfamiliar to them: - if you want to declare that you are available for merging duplicate articles in one or more given Wikipedias, please add your name to this page - if you want to find some user able to merge articles in a certain Wikipedia, you can see if there are already available users for that Wikipedia and contact them directly - New open positions at Wikimedia Deutschland (Wikidata/Wikibase teams) - Product Manager Wikibase Suite https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/14652423/Product-Manager-Wikibase-Suite-m-f-d-/?jobDbPVId=38096098&l=en - Working student in International Software Collaboration https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/14686283/Werkstudent-in-International-Software-Collaboration/?jobDbPVId=38177173&l=en - Post WikidataCon 2021 - Documentation of the WikidataCon 2021 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_remote_event_participation/Documentation/WikidataCon_2021 presenting the key tools and lessons learned from the organizing team - Results of the WikidataCon 2021 participants survey https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikidataCon_2021_Survey_report.pdf - Video recordings of the WikidataCon 2021 are currently being uploaded https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Documentation/List_of_sessions
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: official shop URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10225, facilitates flow of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10228, next level in hierarchy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10229, is an individual of taxon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10241, reference image https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10253, associated cadastral district https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10254 - External identifiers: Regroupement québécois de la danse (RQD) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10224, Archivio Storico dell'Università degli Studi di Cagliari person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10226, National Library of Ireland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10227, Viber group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10230, WikiStrinda ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10231, Volgograd Oblast address register https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10232, NER portfolio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10233, Der Spiegel topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10234, LocalWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10235, Initiale ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10236, Joconde representation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10237, Biografisches Handbuch – Todesopfer der Grenzregime am Eisernen Vorhang ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10238, Filmovamista.cz film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10239, Arthive person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10240, Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10242, NatureServe Explorer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10243, NT Place Names Register ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10244, MedlinePlus drug identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10245, MedlinePlus supplement identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10246, eurasian-defence.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10247, everyeye.it ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10248, Triple J Unearthed artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10249, Parque de la Memoria ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10250, Bokselskap.no ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10251, Digital Mechanism and Gear Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10252 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: TV3 programme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV3_programme_ID, Chief/Naa/Traditional ruler https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chief/Naa/Traditional_ruler, results in quality https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/results_in_quality, official jobs URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/official_jobs_URL, relative https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/relative, director of publication https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/director_of_publication, Business valuation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Business_valuation, 議案番号 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%E8%AD%B0%E6%A1%88%E7%95%AA%E5%8F%B7 - External identifiers: Washington Native Plant Society Plant Directory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Washington_Native_Plant_Society_Plant_Directory_ID, TVFPlay series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TVFPlay_series_ID, UKÄ standard classification of Swedish science topics 2016 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UK%C3%84_standard_classification_of_Swedish_science_topics_2016, New York Flora Atlas ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/New_York_Flora_Atlas_ID, UKÄ standard classification of Swedish science topics 2011 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UK%C3%84_standard_classification_of_Swedish_science_topics_2011, NLC FL Sys. No. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLC_FL_Sys._No., Senators of Spain (1834-1923) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Senators_of_Spain_(1834-1923), Finnish real property ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Finnish_real_property_ID, TV3 video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV3_video_ID, OpenAlex ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenAlex_ID, IRIS Sardinia IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Sardinia_IDs, CineCartaz https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CineCartaz, identifiant Inventaire national du Patrimoine culturel immatériel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Inventaire_national_du_Patrimoine_culturel_immat%C3%A9riel, Numista type number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Numista_type_number, Indeed company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indeed_company_ID, DFG Science Classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DFG_Science_Classification, SPLC group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SPLC_group_ID, AMS Glossary of Meteorology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AMS_Glossary_of_Meteorology_ID, EtymWb lemma ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EtymWb_lemma_ID, Wörterbuch der Präpositionen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/W%C3%B6rterbuch_der_Pr%C3%A4positionen_ID, archive-ouverte Unige ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/archive-ouverte_Unige_ID, Catalogo Generale dei Beni Culturali work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Catalogo_Generale_dei_Beni_Culturali_work_ID, rus.team person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/rus.team_person_ID, Hessian Literature Council author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hessian_Literature_Council_author_ID, Bergen byleksikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bergen_byleksikon_ID, CNGAL Entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNGAL_Entry_ID - Query examples: - Authors without field of work but with topic-tagged publications https://w.wiki/4er9 - Compound first names starting with "John" (and the number of uses on Wikidata) https://w.wiki/4eQL (Source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1479195688680497156) - Presidents of Brazil with the most awards https://w.wiki/4ePw ( Source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1479181335428218880) - Locations of parishes across Scotland https://w.wiki/4eM6 (Source https://twitter.com/MappingScotsRef/status/1479113657866854408) - Map of where Roman Catholic Popes were born https://w.wiki/4f5a ( Source https://twitter.com/LArtour/status/1478632665465167872) - Birth place of people who are described in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Great Russian Encyclopedia, the Great Catalan Encyclopedia and the Store Norske Leksikon https://w.wiki/4dvS (Source https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1478434721105428481) - Various kinds of New Year's celebrations in the world https://w.wiki/4dYp (Source https://twitter.com/wikidataid/status/1478331625695899650) - World map of recent censuses known at Wikidata for each decade https://w.wiki/4fKM (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P8701#World_map_of_recent_censuses_known_at_Wikidata_for_each_decade) select decade on the right side - Non-English labels for a set of objects, with the names of the languages https://w.wiki/4fL9 (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter/queries/khalili#Non_English_labels_for_Khalili_Collections_items )
Development
- Getting the Wikidata:Mismatch Finder https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder ready for release. Focusing on adding statistics. - Fixed an issue where statement editing was broken in some older browser (phab:T298001 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298001) - Made it so that grammatical features on a Form of a Lexeme can be ordered consistently across all Lexemes (phab:T232557 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232557) - Working on an issue where changes from Wikidata don't get sent to the other wikis for the initial adding of the sitelink to an Item ( phab:T233520 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T233520)
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.
Looking back at 2021
- Developments rolled out in 2021: - New updater for the Wikidata Query Service to help it keep up with the large number of edits on Wikidata - Query Builder https://query.wikidata.org/querybuilder to make it easier for people to create SPARQL queries without having to know SPARQL - Item Quality Evaluator https://item-quality-evaluator.toolforge.org to make it easy to find the highest and lowest quality Items in a topic area - Constraints Violations Checker https://github.com/wmde/wikidata-constraints-violation-checker is a small command-line tool that gives constraint violation statistics for a set of Items to make it easier to find the Items that need more work - Curious Facts https://wikidata-analytics.wmcloud.org/app/CuriousFacts finds anomalies in the data in Wikidata and offers them up for review and amusement - Wikidata Map https://wmde.github.io/wikidata-map/dist/index.html to see the distribution of Wikidata's Items across the world and the connections between them - Current Events https://wikidata-analytics.wmcloud.org/app/CurrentEvents to make it easy to see what's currently a hot topic in the world and being edited a lot on Wikidata - New entities in 2021: - Items Q104595000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104595000 (approx.) to Q110342868 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110342868 - Properties P9003 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9003 to P10223 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10223 - Lexemes L400170 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L400170 (approx.) to L625164 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L625164
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