*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Happy birthday, Wikidata!
- Today, on October 29th, it’s Wikidata’s 7th birthday. Time to reflect and celebrate and to look forward to see where we are going from here. Message from the Wikidata development team https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday - You can also write a birthday message https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday/Community_messages or add a present to the list https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday/Presents
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past: Several sessions at Wikidata goes Library https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Vienna/2019-10-18, Vienna, Vienna Public Library (Q1020347) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1020347 (18 October): - Wikidata is amazing https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_is_amazing_-_Wikidata_Goes_Libraries,_October_18_2019.pdf, talk by Jean-Fréd https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric - Uses of Wikidata and Wikibase in France https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20191018-Wikidata-Wien.pdf, talk by Nicolas Vigneron https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:VIGNERON - Using Wikidata for Video Game Research https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3515882, talk by Tracy Hoffmann - Wikidata based extended search queries https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_based_extended_search_queries_-_slides_2019-10-18.pdf, talk by Christian Erlinger (Q67173261) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67173261 - Past: WikidataCon 2019 in Berlin. You can see the videos of the sessions https://media.ccc.de/c/wikidatacon2019 and the list of slides and notes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Documentation, also from the program https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Program#Friday,_October_25th. Among them, here are few suggestions of sessions to watch: - Glimpse over Wikidata https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-3-glimpse_over_wikidata & Wikidata and languages https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-2-wikidata_and_languages (Lydia Pintscher) - Birthday presents demo https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-16-birthday_celebration_presents_demo (various people presenting new tools and features) - WikidataCon awards ceremony https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-17-wikidatacon_award_ceremony (Birgit Müller & Liam Wyatt) - New usages of Wikidata to support underserved language communities https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-1060-new_usages_of_wikidata_to_support_underserved_language_communities (Lucie-Aimée Kaffee) - Overview of the data import process https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-1035-data_import_process_overview (Navino Evans) - A lot of interesting tools and projects presented during the two https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-18-lightning_talks_1 lightning talks sessions https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-19-lightning_talks_2 - Upcoming: plenty of events taking place for Wikidata's seventh birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday! In London on 29th https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-birthday-party-in-london-tickets-76951807929, in Cape Town on 31st https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday/Cape_Town, a datathon organized in India https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_Seventh_Birthday, in Barcelona on November 13th https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquiprojecte:Dimecres_de_dataf%C3%ADlia_2019, etc.
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Analysis of Urban Information of Colombia on Wikidata https://figshare.com/articles/Analysis_of_Urban_Information_of_Colombia_on_Wikidata/10032185, 2nd CATAÏ Workshop http://www.catai.fr/catai2019/, Bogota, Colombia, 23-24 October 2019 (Preprint https://easychair.org/publications/preprint/DvhT) - Wikidata as a FAIR knowledge graph for the life sciences https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/799684v1.full (preprint in Biorxiv)
Tool of the week
- MachtSinn https://tools.wmflabs.org/machtsinn/ is a game to easily add Senses to Lexemes, based on suggestions from Items labels. It helps improving the data about languages in Wikidata.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Open request for oversight permission: -revi https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/-revi - OpenRefine 3.3 beta https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.3-beta was released - The Community Wishlist Survey 2020 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2020 from Wikimedia Foundation started. This year, it is focused on small projects and Wikidata-related wishes will not be included. - You can help expanding the list https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mix'n'match/Catalogues of databases, encyclopedias, etc. which could be added to Mix'n'match https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match. Can be used for property creation too.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: graph diameter https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7462, orientation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7469, URN formatter https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7470, iFixit Repairability Score https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7478, key col https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7479, variety of form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7481, source of file https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7482, grammatical aspect https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7486 - External identifiers: CanadaSoccer.com person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7459, FlashScore.com match ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7460, Publons journals/conferences ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7461, Eu-football.info coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7463, Genetics Home Reference Conditions ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7464, Soccerbase referee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7465, Edvard Munch's correspondance person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7466, Broadway Photographs person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7467, MOHW HospID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7468, iNaturalist place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7471, National Marine Biological Library authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7472, Neliti Journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7473, Online Cenotaph ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7474, dp.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7475, ifixit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7476, ICP license ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7477, Brazilian federal deputy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7480, CinemaRx person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7483, Kinematoscope - Film director https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7484, Kinematoscope - Writer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7485, Kinematoscope - Literary work https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7487, BDFutbol team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7488, Stathletics ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7489, teams.by team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7490 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: religion or world view https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/religion_or_world_view, Comorbidity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Comorbidity, CMF identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CMF_identifier, masculine form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/masculine_form, feminine form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/feminine_form, XML namespace https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/XML_namespace, Commons category for the interior of the item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Commons_category_for_the_interior_of_the_item, statement is regarded as spoiler for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/statement_is_regarded_as_spoiler_for, menu items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/menu_items - External identifiers: Austrian Parliament 1848 – 1918 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Austrian_Parliament_1848_%E2%80%93_1918_ID, Eu-football.info match ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eu-football.info_match_ID, playmarkerstats.com match ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/playmarkerstats.com_match_ID, Soccerway match ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerway_match_ID, Jeugdliteratuur ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jeugdliteratuur_ID, Fussballdaten.de team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fussballdaten.de_team_ID, Van Wijngaarden quarry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Van_Wijngaarden_quarry_ID, NZPCN ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NZPCN_ID, Women Film Pioneers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_Film_Pioneers_ID, ACL Anthology article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACL_Anthology_article_ID, Ovrtur Biography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ovrtur_Biography_ID, Golden ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Golden_ID, Ben Yehuda author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ben_Yehuda_author_ID, Estonian biographical database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Estonian_biographical_database_ID, startrek.com Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/startrek.com_Database_ID, Chinese Professional Baseball League player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Professional_Baseball_League_player_ID, Software Preservation Society game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Software_Preservation_Society_game_ID - Query examples: - Tree map of members of the 16th Lok Sabha, grouped by state represented https://w.wiki/AyX (source https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1189066836316475392) - Pictures of animals with female grammatical gender in German but male grammatical gender in French https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20pictures%20of%20animals%20with%20female%20grammatical%20gender%20in%20German%20but%20male%20grammatical%20gender%20in%20French%0A%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fanimal%20%3FdeLemmas%20%3FfrLemmas%20%3Fimage%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fanimal%20%28STRLANG%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FdeLemma%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2F%22%29%2C%20%22de%22%29%20AS%20%3FdeLemmas%29%20%28STRLANG%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FfrLemma%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2F%22%29%2C%20%22fr%22%29%20AS%20%3FfrLemmas%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fde%20dct%3Alanguage%20wd%3AQ188%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AlexicalCategory%20wd%3AQ1084%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Alemma%20%3FdeLemma%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP5185%20wd%3AQ1775415%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ontolex%3Asense%20%5B%20wdt%3AP5137%20%3Fanimal%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ffr%20dct%3Alanguage%20wd%3AQ150%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AlexicalCategory%20wd%3AQ1084%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Alemma%20%3FfrLemma%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP5185%20wd%3AQ499327%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ontolex%3Asense%20%5B%20wdt%3AP5137%20%3Fanimal%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fanimal%20wdt%3AP279%2B%20wd%3AQ729.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fanimal%0A%7D%20AS%20%25animals%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fanimal%20%3FanimalLabel%20%3FdeLemmas%20%3FfrLemmas%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25animals.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25animalsWithLabels%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25animalsWithLabels.%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%22haswbstatement%3AP180%3D%22%2C%20STRAFTER%28STR%28%3Fanimal%29%2C%20STR%28wd%3A%29%29%29%20AS%20%3Fsearch%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Amwapi%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aapi%20%22Search%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aendpoint%20%22commons.wikimedia.org%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Asrsearch%20%3Fsearch%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Asrnamespace%20%226%22%3B%20%23%20NS_FILE%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Asrlimit%20%22max%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftitle%20wikibase%3AapiOutput%20mwapi%3Atitle.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28IRI%28CONCAT%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%3AFilePath%2F%22%2C%20STRAFTER%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%22File%3A%22%29%29%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1188954285616353280 ) - Map of bus stops in Biscay https://w.wiki/AyZ (source https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1188529112320745472) - Tree graph of doctoral advisors going backward from Abhijit Banerjee https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0APREFIX%20gas%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigdata.com%2Frdf%2Fgas%23%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3FlinkTo%20WHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20gas%3Aservice%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aprogram%20gas%3AgasClass%20%22com.bigdata.rdf.graph.analytics.SSSP%22%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Ain%20wd%3AQ320578%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3AtraversalDirection%20%22Forward%22%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aout%20%3Fitem%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aout1%20%3Fdepth%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3AmaxIterations%2010%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3AlinkType%20wdt%3AP184%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP184%20%3FlinkTo%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7Bbd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%0A%23 (source https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1186892509114519553 )
Development
- Wikidata Bridge: Create progressive disabled version of save button ( phab:T235055 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235055) - Save original revision data in store (phab:T235052 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235052) - Add interface for tracking/logging (phab:T236233 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T236233) - Make app change button attributes depending on state of store ( phab:T235056 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235056) - More work on reducing the resource loader modules - More work on tainted references
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