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
- The *Wikidata track* of the LD4 conference on Linked Data in Libraries https://ld42020.sched.com/overview/type/Wikidata takes place on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July. Free, upon registration. - Seeking feedback on a possible *WikiCite https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite*@Wikidata's 8th Birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday online conference; and what content/format/timing preferences you have. Please respond to this short survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJOh9BtsLUprzv3fKXrEaeV1b6udadR0f8ax-WPYQ7oPJm2w/viewform?usp=sf_link. [Privacy policy: https://w.wiki/XfN] - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Liam Wyatt on WikiCite and its future plans, ways to get involved, and discussions that are happening in the community, 28 July. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wLjWB26YBc5uZE01o6_FmJXFN5BLPcS9t0sobasBmF8/edit - Past: Wikidata and Wikibase office hour with a focus on the Query Service, July 21st. Notes of the discussions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2020-07-21 - Upcoming video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #14, August 1 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2721331698151990/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RGlGntrkTw - Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #23 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#23, August 2
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Croiser des données avec OpenRefine https://blog.ash.bzh/fr/croiser-des-donnees-avec-openrefine/ by Ash_Crow (in French, how to match data from inside and outside Wikidata with Open Refine) - "OBA: An Ontology-Based Framework for Creating REST APIs for Knowledge Graphs https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.09206.pdf" - Library’s linked-data project gets new grant https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/07/librarys-linked-data-project-gets-new-grant. "Known as Linked Data for Production, the project is part of a long-term collaboration among Cornell University Library, Stanford Libraries and the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa. Through linked data, information about books and other items in library records will be enhanced by related information from external online sources". By Jose Beduya - Wikidata Training Workshop 1, by Canadian Arts Presenting Association - Part 1 - Introduction to Wikidata - YouTube (En https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d-xYZNkOfg, Fr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7pCNvm9up8&list=PL34GfsABc4xVq6CiwRL4DPjN2aKz86Yy0&index=1 ) - Part 2 - Usage of Wikidata - YouTube (En https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw91itUVRDM, Fr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCdw9QNaWRo&list=PL34GfsABc4xVq6CiwRL4DPjN2aKz86Yy0&index=2 ) - Part 3 - Components of a Wikidata item - YouTube (En https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWwXrA8SrAQ, Fr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0kLjMSzr1Q&list=PL34GfsABc4xVq6CiwRL4DPjN2aKz86Yy0&index=3 ) - Video: Wikidata Lab XXIV on relative digital positioning (in Portuguese). YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADJbiyjjh1g - Video: Women Writers in Review: Integrating special collections into Wikidata. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tluagd55k5k - Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - Entity Schemas and Shape Expressions (ShEx) Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3070432199671257/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM8kXuZM3lQ - Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #13 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3068304126550731/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__1jNt3K-6w
Tool of the week
- We would love suggestions for tools to include in this section of the weekly summary. Please add your suggestions directly under Status updates/Next#Backlog https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Status_updates/Next#Backlog after checking that the tool isn't already listed.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikimedia Commons Query Service https://wcqs-beta.wmflabs.org/ (WCQS) launches in Beta. This SPARQL endpoint for Structured Data on Commons can federate with Wikidata's Query Service. (Announcement & discussion https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-July/014154.html) - A new OpenRefine reconciliation service for Wikidata https://wikidata.reconci.link/ is available. Add it in OpenRefine with https://wikidata.reconci.link/en/api or by replacing en by any other Wikimedia language code.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: pertainym https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8471, BTI Governance Index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8476, BTI Status Index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8477, Ofsted inspection rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8480, distribution map of taxon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8485 - External identifiers: Wiki-Rennes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8467, Queensland Biota ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8468, Australian Weed ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8469, Encyclopedie berbere ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8472, Japanese magazine code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8473, Lobbywatch.ch ID of a member of parliament https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8474, IVS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8475, Svenska Akademiens Ordbok ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8478, National Registry of Exonerations Case ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8479, Described and Captioned Media Program producer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8481, Český hudební slovník osob a institucí ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8482, PM20 geo code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8483, PM20 subject code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8484, DATAtourisme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8486, OpenCritic critic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8487, ASCCEG 2019 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8488, SmallGroup ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8489, ANZSIC 2006 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8490, AHECC 2017 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8491 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: booking URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/booking_URL, member of lexicon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/member_of_lexicon, screen (display) resolution, in pixels https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/screen_(display)_resolution,_in_pixels, Size comparison diagram https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Size_comparison_diagram, Butcher tableau https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Butcher_tableau, related laws and regulations https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/related_laws_and_regulations, Water area https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Water_area - External identifiers: Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archive_Site_Trinity_College_Cambridge_ID, WISAARD ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WISAARD_ID, Jisho word id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jisho_word_id, UK Research and Innovation organisation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UK_Research_and_Innovation_organisation_ID, Opta football player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Opta_football_player_ID, Opta football team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Opta_football_team_ID, Opta football competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Opta_football_competition_ID, Power plant operating licence (Turkey) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Power_plant_operating_licence_(Turkey), Árvore de Interesse Público ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C3%81rvore_de_Interesse_P%C3%BAblico_ID, MinDat taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MinDat_taxon_ID, Dizionario Biografico dei Protestanti in Italia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_Biografico_dei_Protestanti_in_Italia_ID, Twitter topics numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Twitter_topics_numeric_ID, People Australia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/People_Australia_ID - Query examples: - People who have returned to being their country’s head of government after the longest gap https://w.wiki/XoZ (Source https://twitter.com/tmtm/status/1286924132219858944) - Number of MPs elected to the Swedish parliament for each election back to 1970 https://w.wiki/XpN (Source https://twitter.com/Jan_Ainali/status/1286997312439451648)
Development
- Changed the size of image previews to 1024 in the gallery view of the query service to avoid some images not loading sometimes ( phabricator:T258241 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T258241) - Added an actual space between the entity title and the name of the fallback language (if any), so that the fallback language isn't selected anymore when double-clicking the entity title for copying ( phabricator:T256857 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T256857) - Fixed the directionality of text pieces in placeholders that mix LTR and RTL (phabricator:T253812 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T253812) - Continued work on first pieces of design system to make coding new features easier in the future - Continued untangling the code of Wikibase Client and Wikibase Repo to make it easier to develop on them - Finished first piece of research on how to make it easier to access Wikidata's data for programmers - more work to be done - Preparing to start coding on the Query Builder to make it easier to create queries without having to know SPARQL - Finished running the scraper that gets potential new references for unreferenced statements and preparing it for publishing
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