*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - ListedBuildingsUKBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ListedBuildingsUKBot. Task/s: Add wikidata site links to appropriate wiki commons category pages for listed buildings with matching ID numbers. I've identified about 1000 entities that can be updated. e.g. [1] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26317428 should have a wiki commons link to [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Outhouse_to_Northeast_of_Red_House,_Bexleyheath since they both refer to [3] https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064204.
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - Live editing session on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/belett, in French, by Vigneron, July 5 at 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) - Wikidata Data Quality Days https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Quality_Days_2022, online, on July 8-10 - Invitation to Wikimedia Research Office Hours July 5, 2022 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/HN45PNQICAMLUR3XDWOSKSPS7RIPR5G3/ - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #48, Human rights https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=48 - Past - Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference, 1-2 July 2022 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022. See Videos pool https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022/Videos_pool (replay).
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Videos - Making Wiki work for Wales - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_BxfkX1fCI - Session on Wikibase - Wikimedia Deutschland and Wikipedians of Goa User Group (WGUG) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE-ZXnTOG7M - Scribe: Wikidata-powered keyboard app for second language learners - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GpFN0gGmy4 - Linking OpenStreetMap and Wikidata A semi automated, user assisted editing tool - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fXeAlvbNgE - Wikidata MOOC (in French) by Wikimedia France - 19 videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoCicXrwO5jBxxXXvSpDANw/videos - Wikidata Tutorials (in German) by OpenGLAM Switzerland - 7 videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-p5ybeTV84QYvX1B3xxZynfFWboOPDGy - Report - User:LennardHofmann/GSoC 2022/Report 2 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LennardHofmann/GSoC_2022/Report_2 - rewriting the WikiCommons and Wikidata Infobox in Lua
Tool of the week
- User:Lectrician1/AddStatement.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lectrician1/AddStatement.js is a userscript that can add values to properties that already exist on an item and new statements.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikimedia Deutschland will be joining forces with the Igbo Wikimedians User Group and Wikimedia Indonesia to advance the technical capacities of the movement around Wikidata https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/IPRW3TAAZK3DPVGN5JKGVJRVPBUJDQNE/. The goal of this collaboration is "to make our software more usable by cultures underrepresented in technology, people of the Global South and speakers of minority languages". - Job openings in the software development team at Wikimedia Deutschland - Junior Product Manager Wikidata https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/19886514?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic&l=en - *"In this role you will be part of a cross-functional team, and be the product manager of product initiatives for Wikidata, the largest knowledge base of free and open data in the world."* - Product Manager Wikibase Suite https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/19887130/Product-Manager-Wikibase-Suite-m-f-d-?jobDbPVId=50403840&l=de - In this role *"you will be part of an interdisciplinary team and the product team, and work closely with a broad variety of stakeholders in the Wikibase Ecosystem."*
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: Survey of Scottish Witchcraft - Case ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10838, Russia.travel object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10839, Yamaha Artists ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10840, ifwizz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10841, IRFA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10842, DeSmog ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10843, Teresianum authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10844, AdoroCinema series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10845, CEU author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10846, Anime Characters Database tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10847, Beamish peerage database peerage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10848, Beamish peerage database person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10849, Kultboy video game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10850 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Gitee username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gitee_username, Punjabi tone https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Punjabi_tone, spoken by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/spoken_by, recordist https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/recordist, part of molecular family https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/part_of_molecular_family, official definition https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/official_definition - External identifiers: Anghami artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anghami_artist_ID, Boomplay artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Boomplay_artist_ID, Hamburger Professorinnen- und Professorenkatalog ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hamburger_Professorinnen-_und_Professorenkatalog_ID, MUSE publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MUSE_publisher_ID, EU Knowledge Graph ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EU_Knowledge_Graph_ID, Kazakhstan.travel tourist spot ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kazakhstan.travel_tourist_spot_ID, identifiant organisation Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_organisation_Haute_Autorit%C3%A9_pour_la_transparence_de_la_vie_publique, Bibale ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bibale_ID, SZ topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SZ_topic_ID, IRIS UNIMOL author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIMOL_author_ID - Query examples: - Number of albums in Wikidata by language, in descending order https://w.wiki/5Pbw (source https://twitter.com/exmusica/status/1543663049491578881) - Occupation about musicians in Wales https://w.wiki/5LNG (source https://twitter.com/MusicNLW/status/1543846567387578369) - Map of tram depots in France https://w.wiki/5NH8 - Mountains higher than 2,500 meters in France https://w.wiki/5P8C ( source https://twitter.com/WikidataThreads/status/1543124319349477376) - List of all Tour de France's stage winners by nationality from 1903 to 2022 https://w.wiki/5P7u (source https://twitter.com/WikidataThreads/status/1543119052951912449) - French rugby teams according to the year of creation https://w.wiki/5NvF (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1542849367660548097) - French members of parliament that were on the same legislature and are or have been married https://w.wiki/5NKA (source https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1542173666162647040) - Number of countries on Wikidata where at least one pride parade has been held https://w.wiki/5PH4 (source https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1543275391028236288) - Football players whose birthday is today (different every day) https://w.wiki/5Ne9 (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1542556581753126913)
Development
- Lexicographical data: - We have finished most of the development on the new Special:NewLexeme page. You can try it at https://wikidata.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:NewLexemeAlpha. We will make this available on Wikidata for testing with real-world data on July 14th. - We are continuing to work on the new search profile for languages to make setting the language of a new Lexeme easier (phab:T307869 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T307869) - REST API: We are putting finishing touches on the first version of the API route to add statements to an Item. It is still lacking support for automated edit summaries. - We are working on word-level diffs to make it easier to see what changed in an edit (phab:T303317 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T303317) - We are investigating the issue of labels not being shown after some merges (phab:T309445 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T309445)
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