*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
- Past: OpenAlt 2020 Conference (replay) - Wikidata: how to get involved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH2n2UFr40U (in Czech) - Lexemes on Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1kQJs4Y1tg (in Czech)
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Video: HGAPS Speaker Series by Thomas Shafee - Wikidata Overview: how you can use it to improve the overall knowledge base of the Internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN_mRmP8tJs - Wikidata Walkthrough: hands-on editing experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQEWrd_dz68 - Wikidata for Bat Collectors, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYvoXKBSGA8
Tool of the week
- *Wikidata Live* is a real-time visual dashboard for Wikidata edits; paper http://fabriziorlandi.net/pdf/2020/ISWC2020-VOILA_Real_Time_WikiData.pdf, interface https://isobelm.github.io/Software-Engineering/#/ (visualizes recent changes to Wikidata in quasi real time).
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Complex constraint about labels' language https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Property_constraints_portal/Label_language
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: National Library at Kolkata romanization https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8963, URL match pattern https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8966, URL match replacement value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8967 - External identifiers: ClassInd audiovisual work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8958, Georgia Museum of Art ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8959, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8960, tribunsdelaplebe.fr ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8961, PBA artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8962, OpenReview.net profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8964, OpenReview.net group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8965, OpenReview.net submission ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8968 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: applicable "stated in" value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applicable_%22stated_in%22_value, WMF hosted image that could be moved to Commons https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WMF_hosted_image_that_could_be_moved_to_Commons, Category for the view of the item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Category_for_the_view_of_the_item, OSM object https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OSM_object, property related to this topic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/property_related_to_this_topic, personality traits https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/personality_traits, graph girth https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/graph_girth, ALA-LC romanization https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ALA-LC_romanization - External identifiers: SAPA https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAPA, Manus Online author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Manus_Online_author_ID, Mapy.cz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mapy.cz_ID, CollectieGelderland-creator-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CollectieGelderland-creator-ID, SVTplay identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SVTplay_identifier, identifiant Mediafilm https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Mediafilm, IFLA form of music ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IFLA_form_of_music_ID, IFLA key of musical work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IFLA_key_of_musical_work_ID, IFLA mode of musical work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IFLA_mode_of_musical_work_ID, RDA support type ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RDA_support_type_ID, SLAM artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SLAM_artwork_ID, Kunstmuseum Basel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kunstmuseum_Basel_ID, NPG ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NPG_ID, jeuxvideo.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/jeuxvideo.com_ID, Dizionario bio-bibliografico dei bibliotecari italiani del XX secolo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_bio-bibliografico_dei_bibliotecari_italiani_del_XX_secolo_ID, Google Podcasts show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Podcasts_show_ID, Royal Museums Greenwich ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Royal_Museums_Greenwich_ID, PIAC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PIAC_ID, Castbox show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Castbox_show_ID, Stitcher show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stitcher_show_ID, Pocket Casts show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Casts_show_ID, Podcast Addict show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Podcast_Addict_show_ID, Radio.com Podcasts show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Radio.com_Podcasts_show_ID - Deleted properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion: street address (P969) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_deletions/Archive/2019/Properties/1#P969 - Query examples: - Tex-Mex singers https://w.wiki/qpc (Source https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1339667100433059841) - Map of images from Wicipics project (photography campaign in Wales) https://w.wiki/mPZ (Source https://twitter.com/WICI_LLGC/status/1339242270873313282) - Vito Russo Test in Wikidata https://w.wiki/rNb - Distinct dialects of Wikidata lexemes https://w.wiki/rTz (Source https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1340973195827048451) - Patronage of rapid-transit transportation https://w.wiki/qtH ( Source https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1340437955916288001) - People who played Julius Caesar, and what "version" of him they played https://w.wiki/r6c - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Media Representation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Media_Representation - Newest database reports: Reports on Italian given names https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Names/reports/given_names/Italian
Development
- Continuing to work on the query builder. It can now have more than one query conditions. One of the next steps is making it possible to query for Item values. You can follow along on the demo system https://query-builder-test.toolforge.org/. - Finished working on the problem of values of Statements that link to Forms and Senses not having language attributes associated with them in the HTML code (phab:T267023) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267023) - Fixed language selectors covering other input fields when using keyboard navigation for Special:NewItem and Special:NewLexeme ( phab:T266638 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T266638) - Fixed language fallback indicators sometimes still shown for variant fallbacks (phab:T267502 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267502) - Working on whitespace stripped while typing when editing lexemes ( phab:T250550 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T250550)
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
- Help add human (Q5) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5 to properties that currently don't have it https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Property_constraints_portal/Property_Scope_Constraint/Properties_without_property_scope_constraint . - 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 untangle items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yupik/Detanglement that refer to different concepts. - Help write the next summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next