*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: Wikimedia hackathon in Prague https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019, that will include many Wikidata-related sessions and projects, May 17-19 - Upcoming: UGent Wikidata and Wikibase Workshop 2019 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/UGent_Wikidata_and_Wikibase_Workshop_2019, by Julie Birkholz, 3 - 5 July 2019 Ghent, Belgium - Upcoming: DC-2019 Hack Day on Wikidata, Wikibase, Application Profiles and FAIR data at DC19 in Seoul, South Korea http://dublincore.org/conferences/2019/hackday/ 23rd - 26th September 2019, Hackathon by Tom Baker and Andra Waagmeester - Upcoming: How does Wikimedia Solve the Problems of Biodiversity Informatics https://biodiversitynext.org/list-of-symposia-and-workshops/, Workshop in Leiden, the Netherlands, 20-25 October
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- How to use a Wikidata full json dump, requirements, steps and script https://akbaritabar.netlify.com/how_to_use_a_wikidata_dump, by Aliakbar Akbaritabar - New testing ground for Wikibase: A federal agency goes on an expedition in the Wiki universe https://blog.wikimedia.de/2019/05/09/new-testing-ground-for-wikibase-a-federal-agency-goes-on-an-expedition-in-the-wiki-universe/, by Barbara Fischer and Jens ohlig
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6733, number of polling stations https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6753 - External identifiers: VTB United League player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6732, Archaeology Data Service person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6734, Watercolour World artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6735, Drobné památky ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6736, grwar.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6737, Whitney Museum of American Art artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6738, Russia.tv actor profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6739, Justia Patents assignee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6740, Kinosozvezdie biography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6741, Musixmatch track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6742, LNB Coach id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6743, FragDenStaat public body ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6744, Orlando author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6745, Paměť národa ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6746, Recreation.gov campground ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6747, tads.org Unique Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6748, CanLII ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6749, CineChile filmmaker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6750, Heritage Gazetteer of Libya ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6751, RGALI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6752, OBIS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6754 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Xikao School ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Xikao_School_ID, Xikao Repertoire ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Xikao_Repertoire_ID, langue d'écriture https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/langue_d%27%C3%A9criture, nominalised item for this sense https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nominalised_item_for_this_sense, copyright clarification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/copyright_clarification, WMI Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WMI_Code, archevêque https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/archev%C3%AAque, langue liturgique https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/langue_liturgique, date d'élévation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/date_d%27%C3%A9l%C3%A9vation, province ecclésiastique https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_province_eccl%C3%A9siastique, diocèse suffragant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dioc%C3%A8se_suffragant, f-number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/f-number, paroisse https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/paroisse, prêtre https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/pr%C3%AAtre, religieux https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/religieux, religieuse https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/religieuse, diacre https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/diacre - External identifiers: Victoria and Albert Museum name ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_name_ID, Campendium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Campendium_ID, ROR ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ROR_ID, MEMORIA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MEMORIA_ID, Unified Social Credit Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Unified_Social_Credit_Identifier, Prazdne Domy architect ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Prazdne_Domy_architect_ID, Know Your Meme entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Know_Your_Meme_entry, Danskefilmstemmer.dk person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danskefilmstemmer.dk_person_ID, Harper's author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Harper%27s_author_ID, The Atlantic author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Atlantic_author_ID, Character entry on LGBT fans deserve better database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Character_entry_on_LGBT_fans_deserve_better_database, Igromania ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Igromania_ID, Pro-Football-Reference coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pro-Football-Reference_coach_ID, Keybase username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Keybase_username, RFGS person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RFGS_person_ID - Query examples: - Street signs in Rennes https://w.wiki/3uU (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Topic:Uzlbj6c1cys1h234) - Lines linking UK MPs' place of birth and their constituency with colour-coded layers for each political party https://w.wiki/3vZ ( source https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1126018749860130817) - Map of birthplaces for Members of Scottisch Parliament born outside Scotland https://w.wiki/3vb (source https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1127546598689525761) - Global map of dams and reservoirs https://w.wiki/3vc (source https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/1126834751460007937) - Lexemes language overlap tree map https://w.wiki/3ve (source https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1126576259805450240) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: WikiProject Limits of Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Limits_of_Wikidata
Development
- Finish renaming WikibaseSchema to EntitySchema - Investigate how to port Wikibase Selenium tests from Ruby to Node.js ( phab:T221638 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221638) - Include a clear two step process in shex simple tool (phab:T221612 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221612) - Fix the "edit visually" on the Query Service interface (phab:T222181 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222181) - More work on wb_terms redesign (see documentation on phab:T221764 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221764) - More work on mobile termbox - Investigate on a bug found on wbeditentity not removing all aliases ( phab:T203337 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203337) - Getting ready for the Wikimedia hackathon
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