*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - Bean49Bot 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Bean49Bot_2. Task/s: Adding statements to plwikisource items with no statements. - RPI2026F1Bot 4 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/RPI2026F1Bot_4. Task/s: Reconstruct npm dependencies. - Closed request for permissions/Bot: - RKBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/RKBot (approved). Task/s: Create Wikidata items for "Kulturdenkmal in Hamburg" (heritage monument in Hamburg - Q28661501 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28661501) from the official list "Denkmalliste Hamburg" (P1822 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1822 is the identifier for this list) published as http://static.hamburg.de/fhh/opendata/kb/DenkmallisteHamburg.xml. - Andriy.vBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Andriy.vBot (approved). Task/s: I need to connect a lot of pages (more than 10 thousand) about russian villages that were created with interwiki links in ukwiki.
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 call January 10, 2023: Egon Willighagen will be introducing us to SARS-CoV-2 queries, a well-documented series of Wikidata queries around the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the pandemic. This work contributes to Wikiproject COVID-19 and documentation is currently available in Japanese, Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s5_2K1AZMN9DMRfBrMQpgAY6LPwEkXNfqf8tBNKAcnc/edit - Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—January 11, 2023 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/3632V3C5FT2IZK2OAPEYSXDKA4FEX6AN/. Time: 16:00-17:00 UTC / 08:00 PDT / 11:00 EDT / 17:00 CET - The full version of View it! Tool https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/View_it!_Tool is out! The new user script uses structured data to display related media in any Wikimedia content pages—including Wikidata items—in an on-wiki image panel or gallery view. Please join the public launch and demo of the full version of this new tool on Thursday, January 12th, 5:00 UTC via Zoom (Meeting ID: 160 454 5329) to learn more and discuss forthcoming editing features. - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours will take place on Wednesday, 17:00 UTC on Wednesday, 18th January 2023 (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata Telegram group https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg. The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase. - About 2 months left to register for the first digital@IANLS workshop: Learn the basics of Wikidata and how to use it in your Neo-Latin research. Event is online, free, and open to all. More info on event and registration https://ianls.com/news/digitalianls-wikidata-workshop/. - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #75, Tools https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=75
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Videos - Editor uses Wikidata to find new uses for existing drugs and speed up approval process for new treatments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HW6YxXRL18 - Early Demo of Wikibase Export https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqCuy1Cu4PY by Renat Shigapov and Professional Wiki https://professional.wiki/ - Papers - "Is GPT-3 a Good Data Annotator? https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.10450.pdf" with experiments based on Wikidata - guided generation of labeled data. - Slides - Elena Simperl's keynote summary on Wikidata and knowledge engineering research. https://www.slideshare.net/elenasimperl/what-wikidata-teaches-us-about-knowledge-engineering-255169162
Tool of the week
- Web Hub https://hub.toolforge.org/ allows users to navigate between origin and destination on the web using information from Wikidata, primarily on Wikimedia sites.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Digital Dictionary of the German Language https://www.dwds.de/ completed their first iteration of Lexicographical data donation to Wikidata. The number of German lexemes increased accordingly by 185000 https://twitter.com/dwds_de/status/1610993896061915138.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: travel advisory category https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11463, model lexeme https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11464, does not use https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11484 - External identifiers: NIP https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11429, UniProt disease ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11430, DBpia journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11431, Garuda journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11432, Hungarian Film Archive person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11433, ComingSoon.it person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11434, DBpia publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11436, Disused stations ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11437, MQWW poet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11438, Nîmes cemeteries ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11439, REGON ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11440, Shōsetsuka ni Narō user ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11441, Sinta journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11442, Sinta author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11443, SMA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11444, Spiritains ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11445, Strazha ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11446, Tabelog restaurant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11447, TV Maze person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11449, utas.hu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11451, VG-lista album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11452, Afisha person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11454, Catalogo storico ragionato degli scrittori sardi dal IV al XXI secolo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11455, Macmillan Dictionary entry (British English) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11456, Macmillan Dictionary entry (American English) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11457, Wyndham hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11458, VideoGameGeek series/franchise ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11459, Plex GUID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11460, Digital Hanja Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11461, Africultures structure ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11462, Military Historical Archive exile army member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11465, The Israeli Opera (English) person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11466, J.League referee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11467, PodLink ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11468, VG-lista song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11469, Webtoon creator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11470, WikiRate company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11471, Yahoo! Japan News publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11472, Concepticon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11473, Ès lettres ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11474, Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11475, eBookJapan books ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11476, STEDT ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11477, Matrix room https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11478, British Music Collection score ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11479, Nişanyan Sözlük lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11480, Green's Dictionary of Slang ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11481, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11482, Anadolu Agency infographic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11483, Infopédia entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11485 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: change of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/change_of, salary level https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/salary_level, applies to property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applies_to_property, protected entity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/protected_entity, Wikidata property example for qualifiers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikidata_property_example_for_qualifiers - External identifiers: Britannica Kids kids level article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Britannica_Kids_kids_level_article_ID, Britannica Kids students level article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Britannica_Kids_students_level_article_ID, Britannica Kids scholars level article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Britannica_Kids_scholars_level_article_ID, Online Aboriginal Language Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Online_Aboriginal_Language_Dictionary_ID, International Encoded Han Character and Variants Database character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Encoded_Han_Character_and_Variants_Database_character_ID, A Comparative Study of Modern Chinese and Cantonese ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_Comparative_Study_of_Modern_Chinese_and_Cantonese_ID, J-STAGE journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/J-STAGE_journal_ID, Sens critique contributor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sens_critique_contributor_ID, PlaymakerStats.com competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PlaymakerStats.com_competition_ID, The Homicide Report person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Homicide_Report_person_ID, Film.ru serial ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Film.ru_serial_ID, identifiant SFMTA https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_SFMTA, California Birth Index person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/California_Birth_Index_person_ID, esid https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/esid, The Counted person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Counted_person_ID, Russiancinema.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russiancinema.ru_person_ID, Roblox experience ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Roblox_experience_ID - Query examples: - Pairs of opposites https://w.wiki/6CtY (source https://twitter.com/kausch/status/1611887564147019776) - Ratio of paintings at the Museum of Brittany https://w.wiki/6CC6 ( source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1611309770639548417) - Top album languages found on Wikidata right now https://w.wiki/5Pbw (2023.01.08) (source https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/109649586595705547) - Cheeses named after towns https://w.wiki/6CBD (source https://wikis.world/@envlh/109641586784479794)
Development
- REST API https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API: Preparing the first release to test.wikidata.org on January 17th and to Wikidata on January 24th - Entity Schemas https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Schemas: Continuing to investigate and prototype technical approaches for version 2 - Mismatch Finder https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder: Working on giving mismatch providers access to the reviews of the mismatches they uploaded (phab:T304794 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T304794) - Investigated how to best do language switching for the Query Builder and Mismatch Finder. So far they only support it by specifying the language via a URL parameter and not yet via the UI (phab:T324653 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T324653) - Query Service: - Lexeme IDs now have tooltips so you can see the Lemma in the SPARQL code, similar as for Items and Properties (phab:T255245 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255245) - Fixed a bug where the y-axis label on a graph were misaligned and hard to read (phab:T325808 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325808 ) - Lexicographical data: - Statements linking to a Sense now also show the language of the Lexeme to make it easier to see for example which language a translation statement refers to (phab:T207392 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207392) - Fixed a bug in the language dropdown on Special:NewLexeme ( phab:T324743 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T324743) - The Lemma of a Lexeme is now shown in the title of the revision history of the Lexeme as well (phab:T312660 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T312660) - Vector 2022 theme: worked on making the search on Wikidata work in this new theme. You can test it on test.wikidata.org now and next week on Wikidata. (phab:T316093 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T316093) - mul language code: - Continued investigation around how to handle language fallbacks on mobile, which is a blocker for adding this language code (phab:T323098 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323098) - Preventing the addition of descriptions for mul (phab:T313027 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313027) - Constraint violations: Working on also showing them to non-logged in users (phab:T272132 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272132)
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