*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group Wikidata Working Hour September 12, 2022: Sixth session of our summer/fall project working with diverse children's book metadata. We'll be creating items for books (works and editions) in Wikidata. You are, as always, welcome to bring your own data to work on. All sessions in our project series will be recorded for those who cannot attend. Links will be added to the event page when available. Event page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours/Wikidata_Working_Hour_Summer-Fall_Project_2022/2022-September-12_Wikidata_Working_Hour - Webinar: Querying Wikidata: All the Knowledge in the World https://www.dublincore.org/webinars/2022/09-15_querying-wikidata/. Sep 15, 2022 5:00 PM Central European Summer Time - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #58, City https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=58
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Videos - Introducing Knowledge Graphs featuring Elena Simperl - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZBm7M0HGzw - LIVE Wikidata editing #89 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMYiVyIXDrg - Wikidata Tutorials by OpenGLAM Switzerland - Adding the address of an institution (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpxnsesmk_w - Dataviz - All Tour de France's stage winners from 1903 to today https://observablehq.com/@pac02/all-tour-de-frances-stage-winners-by-country-of-citizenship - All Vuelta's stage winners by country of citizenship https://observablehq.com/@pac02/all-vueltas-stage-winners-by-country-of-citizenship
Tool of the week
- View it! Tool https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/View_it!_Tool - (based on Wikidata) allows viewing a multitude of images that depicts a given topic on Wikipedia.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- You can send a contribution to Wikidata's 10th birthday celebration video https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Celebration_video until Sunday, September 18th. - Job opening: - Community Relations Specialist (contractor) at Wikimedia Foundation https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/4514193?gh_src=1847507c1us // Commons and Wikidata
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: Kloster- und Ordenslexikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11042, Hesperomys taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11043, Colorado Plant Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11044, Digital Foundry game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11045, IGDB game engine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11046, Odnoklassniki artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11047, ZineWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11048, Disney+ Hotstar ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11049, Odnoklassniki album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11050, Mindat.org Glossary of Mineralogical Terms ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11051 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Transcribed by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Transcribed_by, annotator https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/annotator, SHAARD-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SHAARD-ID, associated locality https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/associated_locality, cadastral municipality name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cadastral_municipality_name, NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NARA_File_Format_Preservation_Plan_ID, reduces https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reduces - External identifiers: National Library of Indonesia Control Headings https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Library_of_Indonesia_Control_Headings, ROSSIO Infrastructure ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ROSSIO_Infrastructure_ID, MTV Germany music video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTV_Germany_music_video_ID, fedpress.ru persons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fedpress.ru_persons_ID, epsd2 identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/epsd2_identifier, Naver game lounge ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naver_game_lounge_ID, SR-Archiv band ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SR-Archiv_band_ID, SR-Archiv company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SR-Archiv_company_ID, SR-Archiv record ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SR-Archiv_record_ID, SR-Archiv person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SR-Archiv_person_ID, SR-Archiv print media ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SR-Archiv_print_media_ID, BIBFRAME Hub ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BIBFRAME_Hub_ID, eGardenGo plant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eGardenGo_plant_ID, IAHR member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IAHR_member_ID, FrameNet frame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FrameNet_frame_ID, FrameNet Lexical Unit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FrameNet_Lexical_Unit_ID, IRIS Calabria IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Calabria_IDs, legislation.govt.nz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/legislation.govt.nz_ID, Nintendo Switch title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nintendo_Switch_title_ID, Chess.com player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chess.com_player_ID, Chrome Platform Status feature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chrome_Platform_Status_feature_ID, Wörterbuch zur Verbvalenz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/W%C3%B6rterbuch_zur_Verbvalenz_ID - Query examples: - Language Wikipedias having biographies on recent UK Prime Ministers https://w.wiki/5fgZ - (source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1566958038472343552) - Has Wikidata been updated to show replacement UK ministers post the Great Boris Resignation of July 2022? https://w.wiki/5fpG - (source https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1567140611194605574) - Map of Global Administrative Areas (GADM) with links to Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) datasets https://w.wiki/5gpX (source https://w.wiki/5gpW) - Places of birth of heads of the city of Riga 1890-2022 https://w.wiki/5h2u (source https://twitter.com/LArtour/status/1568520957450649600) - Things named after Queen Elizabeth II https://w.wiki/5gJs (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1567936306667487233) - Essential Open-Source Software funded by CZI Science https://w.wiki/5fvF (source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1567261931530080256)
Development
- REST API: Continued work on the endpoint for changing a statement ( phab:T306934 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306934) - Lexicographical data: Made sure that the new Lexeme creation page also is shown in older browsers (phab:T311157 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T311157), which was one of the last remaining issues before we can switch out the existing page (phab:T307866 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T307866) - Continued work on enabling sitelinks for redirects under certain conditions (phab:T278962 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T278962) - Spend a few days with people from Wikimedia Indonesia to discuss our partnership https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Software_Collaboration_for_Wikidata
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