*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Ikkingjinnammebetinke https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Ikkingjinnammebetinke (RfP scheduled to end after 7 March 2022 13:33 UTC) - New request for comments: Creating items for videos at online video platforms that are representation of notable items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Creating_items_for_videos_at_online_video_platforms_that_are_representation_of_notable_items - Other: Qualifiers for given names and surnames https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Names#Qualifiers_for_given_names_and_surnames_-_establish_a_guideline
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: - Live on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/belett and in French by Vigneron, March 1st at 19:00 CET (UTC+1) - Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—March 2nd, 2022 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/E24DSO4EWQ7623P2K5LFCMPZBX4H4P7Z/. Time: 16:00-17:00 GMT / 08:00-09:00 PST / 11:00-12:00 EST / 17:00-18:00 CET & WAT - LIVE Wikidata editing #73 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHJwelcuaT0, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3184194285199060/, March 5th at 19:00 UTC - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #98 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#98, March 6th at 13.00 UTC - Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #31, War https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=31 - Past: - Wikibase Live session, February 2022 - log https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Meetings/2022-02-24 - LIVE Wikidata editing #72 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ih66iICrU
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Papers: Wikidata as a Tool for Mapping Investment in Open Infrastructure: An Exploratory Study https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6036284 - Videos - Mismatches Finder tool: Quick introduction to and demo of how the tool works https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mismatch_Finder_intro.webm - Using a Custom Wikibase as a File Format Registry with Siegfried https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNaiTDH5wXc - Create a Wikidata Query - example using Shipwrecks data https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua5tUfZUDuY - Map Wikidata in an R Shiny App - example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pasM4WkfM4A - Bring Wikidata into Power BI using a simple R script - example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY28hpjWvhc - Using QuickStatements to load tabular data and the Wikidata Edit Framework https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMijtlyGGO4 (in Italian)
Tool of the week
- User:Guergana Tzatchkova (WMDE)/MismatchFinderWidget.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Guergana_Tzatchkova_(WMDE)/MismatchFinderWidget.js is a user script to show a notification on an Item if the Mismatch Finder has an unreviewed mismatch for it.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Mismatch Finder https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/EFBUVNLUSX7V5ZOQZD5SWKDWSWJU23ER/, the tool that lets you review mismatches between the data in Wikidata and other databases, is now ready to be used for checking potential mismatches and uploading lists of new potential mismatches. - February 2022 WDQS scaling update now available: SPARQL query service/WDQS scaling update feb 2022 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS-scaling-update-feb-2022 - Job opening: The Search Platform team is looking for someone to maintain and develop WDQS. Apply here https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3975337! - Job opening: Museum of Natural History Berlin (Q233098) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233098 is looking for someone for project- and data management especially for Wikidata related stuff about the museums collections Job Description (German) https://jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/17300b246428c9403602628eb5937f770c4c29a2
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: computational complexity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10374 - External identifiers: Offizielle Deutsche Charts composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10372, Mnemosine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10373, Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10375, ScienceDirect topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10376, Irish Registered Charity Number (RCN) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10377, CHY Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10378, dailytelefrag.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10379, Springer Nature Subjects Taxonomy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10380, VerbaAlpina ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10381, Prosopographia Imperii Romani online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10382, Game World Navigator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10383, Bugs! track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10384, Vsemirnaya Istoriya Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10385, Databazeknih.cz book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10386, Databazeknih.cz author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10387, MakeMyTrip hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10388, Urban Electric Transit model ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10389, GameGuru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10390, 100-Year Guide to Hebrew Theatre person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10391, INPA park ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10392, Riot Pixels game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10393 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: created during https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/created_during, award recipient https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/award_recipient, medical indication https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/medical_indication, Moscow Street ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moscow_Street_ID, Moscow area ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moscow_area_ID, eingesetzter Sportler https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eingesetzter_Sportler - External identifiers: NLI topic id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLI_topic_id, Via Rail station code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Via_Rail_station_code, GBIF occurrence ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GBIF_occurrence_ID, Culture.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Culture.ru_person_ID, Pamyat Naroda ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pamyat_Naroda_ID, Encyclopedia of Russian avant-garde ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Russian_avant-garde_ID, Bayerischer Denkmal-Atlas Objekt-ID (Ensemble) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bayerischer_Denkmal-Atlas_Objekt-ID_(Ensemble), Encyclopedia of Russian America ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Russian_America_ID, HockeySlovakia.sk player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HockeySlovakia.sk_player_ID, Berlin Street ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Berlin_Street_ID, Yarkipedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yarkipedia_ID, parliament.uk member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/parliament.uk_member_ID, reddoorz hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reddoorz_hotel_ID, symogih.org ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/symogih.org_ID, CNKI Author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNKI_Author_ID, Encyclopedia of Database Systems ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Database_Systems_ID, Portable Antiquities Scheme object type identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Portable_Antiquities_Scheme_object_type_identifier, Spanish National Associations Register Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spanish_National_Associations_Register_Number, Michigan Legislative Bio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Michigan_Legislative_Bio_ID, RODI-DB player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RODI-DB_player_ID, Historische Topographie des Kulturerbes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historische_Topographie_des_Kulturerbes_ID, Refuge.tokyo video game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Refuge.tokyo_video_game_ID, MovieMeter series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MovieMeter_series_ID, Kayak Hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kayak_Hotel_ID, Linked Open Data Taiwan @ Library Subject Terms Authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linked_Open_Data_Taiwan_@_Library_Subject_Terms_Authority_ID, hostelworld hostel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/hostelworld_hostel_ID, Discover Moscow ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Discover_Moscow_ID, Game Informer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Game_Informer_ID, Vedomosti company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vedomosti_company_ID, USP Production Repository ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USP_Production_Repository_ID, Dansk Navneleksikon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dansk_Navneleksikon, Femiwiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Femiwiki_ID - Query examples: - Number of edits by user on French lexemes https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/62645 (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data/Documentation/Languages/fr ) - Languages in Indonesia with their status according to UNESCO https://w.wiki/4sFe (source https://twitter.com/wikimediaid/status/1496081428894961668) - Successful coups and attempts in Africa https://w.wiki/4top ( source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Optimization_request:_African_coups_and_attempts ) - New York Times journalists that are alive https://w.wiki/4tot ( source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query/Archive/2022/02#Need_help_to_search_for_New_York_Times_journalists_that_are_alive ) - Ukrainian coins and banknotes https://w.wiki/4tJB (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1497556158080589824) - Types of quartz https://w.wiki/4sPi (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1496170519670005767) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: WikiProject Chemistry/Natural products https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Chemistry/Natural_products
Development
- Lexicographical data: work is continuing on the new Special:NewLexeme page. We are working on the basic input fields and permission handling. - Mismatch Finder: Released the tool and working through feedback now and getting additional mismatches from organizations using our data. - REST API: Starting to build the initial Wikibase REST API. We are starting with the endpoint to read Item data first. - Data Reuse Days: Continuing event preparation - Published new security release updates for Wikibase suite wmde.6 (1.35) https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/AAGRA4FQQQK7T63AU3VE62NADSGQVUGH/
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