*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: - WikidataCon is happening this week! Don’t forget to register if you want to attend https://pretix.eu/WDCon21/WDCon21/! - ISKO UK Hands-on Meetup - Introduction to Wikibase https://www.iskouk.org/event-4540936 (register on meetup https://www.meetup.com/Knowledge-Organisation-London/events/281627829/ ) - WikidataCon Bioblitz (During WikidataCon) https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/wikidatacon-2021-bioblitz - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #13, Death https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=13 - Past: - Wikidata+Wikibase office hour log https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2021-10-20 (2021-10-20) - Wikiarabia Algeria 2021: Wikibase Presentation - Mohammed Sadat Abdulai and Georgina Burnett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBZrF3gLyZM - Talk at Wikidata Workshop 2021 - Mathematics In Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT9IhM9phwk - LibreOffice Conference 2021 - Enhancing a spellcheck dictionary by Wikidata Lexemes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P3C2KjN9hE - LIVE Wikidata editing #58 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3tBIgP8XKo, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3080639182221238/ - Wikipedia Weekly Network: Wikipedia podcast section #152 - Wikidata + Wikipedia: fact templates (in Swedish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlGIR7d3gOg - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #84 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#84
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - The Buggregator http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=658 - AutoDesc Reloaded http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=662 by Magnus Manske - Awesome Wikidata notebooks https://observablehq.com/@pac02/awesome-wikidata-notebooks - Close to the Edge - Graph Databases through 1970s Prog Rock https://grant592.github.io/prog-neo4j/ - Videos - How to upload Australian Faunal Directory IDs to Wikidata using OpenRefine. Part I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvMNjq16M38, Part II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC0RH-KtHVI, Part III https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27_j9N5n-vs, Part IV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9k0ZTYTVG4 - PhysWikiQuiz - a Physics Formula Question Generation and Test Engine using Wikidata in Education - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OZ0G5zEp2w - Timelapse of churches in the Americas (Wikidata, QGIS) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szhPNjpnoM8 - UseAsRef 2.0 - adding references using external IDs and other statements on Wikidata - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3KhBOFAzFk - Addressing the gender gap - Wikidata and SPARQL queries (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOTfjNIpfIk - Understanding Wikidata: a free and open knowledge base (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY1ntfqsN84 - WikidataTutorial: Learn how to edit / create items on Wikidata (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFGXe4tKl-E - Linked Data and Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eePi4E78SIg
Tool of the week
- User:Bargioni/UseAsRef https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Bargioni/UseAsRef has now a 2.0 version, allowing to use as references not only external IDs but also some other properties (P1343 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1343, P973 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P973, P8214 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8214 etc.)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- QID ("Initialism of Q-identifier, a unique identifier for an item in Wikidata. [from 2012]") now has an entry in Wiktionary https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/QID - The 3rd edition of the Coolest Tool Award https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award is looking for nominations (see announcement on wikimedia-l https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/DDNP7CZWF74CUCD7SC6S452KGMNMOAPN/). Please submit your favorite tools by October 27th. The awarded projects will be announced and showcased in a virtual ceremony in December.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: stylized name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9989, record number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9994, excitation energy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9998 - External identifiers: Bat Sheva Archive ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9988, Literature.com book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9990, Literature.com ebook ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9991, CantoDict word ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9992, CantoDict character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9993, MYmovies person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9995, Chi era Costui plaque ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9996, Bowers acronym https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9997, Turkish Cinema Archive Database person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9999, Research Vocabularies Australia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10000, Austrian Football Association player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10001, Dewan Negara ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10002, Arachne.org.au ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10003, Dewan Rakyat ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10004, Remontees-mecaniques.net ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10005, AllSides ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10006, Birdata ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10007, Geographical Names Board of NSW geoname ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10008, IRIS GSSI author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10009, IRIS IUSS author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10010, SISSA Digital Library author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10011, NSW Parliament member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10012, SNSF person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10013, FFCAM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10014 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Conway polyhedron notation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Conway_polyhedron_notation, Nombre de voies routières https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nombre_de_voies_routi%C3%A8res, Museu da Pessoa Story https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museu_da_Pessoa_Story, Official forum https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Official_forum, Properties for legislation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Properties_for_legislation, Stack Exchange user ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stack_Exchange_user_ID - External identifiers: Toolhub ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Toolhub_ID, Spotify user ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spotify_user_ID, Dizionario di Medicina ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_di_Medicina_ID, Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_delle_Scienze_Fisiche_ID, ORIAS number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ORIAS_number, Meetup group id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Meetup_group_id, UAE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UAE_ID, Tennis Abstract player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tennis_Abstract_player_ID, Museu da Pessoa person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museu_da_Pessoa_person_ID, SoccerPunter player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SoccerPunter_player_ID, allplayers.in.ua player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/allplayers.in.ua_player_ID, pfl.uz player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/pfl.uz_player_ID, ua-football.com player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ua-football.com_player_ID, Offshore leaks database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Offshore_leaks_database_ID, Snob.ru author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Snob.ru_author_ID, TASS Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TASS_Encyclopedia_ID, Corporate Identification Number (CIN) in India https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Corporate_Identification_Number_(CIN)_in_India, DFIH financier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DFIH_financier_ID, DFIH business ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DFIH_business_ID, Chuvash Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chuvash_Encyclopedia_ID, Kola Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kola_Encyclopedia_ID, IndexCat ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IndexCat_ID, Lithuanian Heritage Registry code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lithuanian_Heritage_Registry_code, Penza Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Penza_Encyclopedia_ID, SEKO-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SEKO-ID, Musées Nationaux Récupération ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mus%C3%A9es_Nationaux_R%C3%A9cup%C3%A9ration_ID, Women in the Legislature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_in_the_Legislature_ID, Dissernet person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dissernet_person_ID, Dissernet institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dissernet_institution_ID, Dissernet journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dissernet_journal_ID, Enciclopedia di Roma person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_di_Roma_person_ID, Vokrug.tv show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vokrug.tv_show_ID - Query examples: - Map of mosques https://w.wiki/4GAU (Source https://twitter.com/LArtour/status/1451221910759563271) - Documents from the Boyer collection by decades https://w.wiki/4FsR, subjects most represented https://w.wiki/4Ec3 (Source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1451199703308128267) - Pronouns of people in different languages https://w.wiki/HuG ( Source https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1450877143374868495) - Twitter accounts of libraries in Switzerland https://w.wiki/4FRK ( Source https://twitter.com/LibrErli/status/1450761240058421255) - Images of cell types in Wikidata https://w.wiki/4F6e (Source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1450483958114885640) - Map of the place of death of people born in Puy-de-Dôme https://w.wiki/4F4E (Source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1450446343781195779) - Graph of NFDI consortia with their fields of work https://w.wiki/4HAq, the map of (co-)applicants https://w.wiki/4HAw, (Source https://twitter.com/_shigapov/status/1452562986946678786) - Places where people in South-America work who published on Wikidata https://w.wiki/4GTx (Source https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1451837907258462208) - Rail link between Narvik and Singapore https://w.wiki/4Fx5 (Source https://twitter.com/LibrErli/status/1451528085833195546)
Development
- The new WDQS Streaming Updater now fully shipped to production. This will help the Query Service better deal with the amount of edits happening on Wikidata. (more information https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/NXBOCI3WKTZBB6RB2GYWBBH2BFH3NBT6/ ) - Mismatch Finder https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder: Continuing work on the results page where mismatches are shown for review. We are focusing on showing all necessary information for a mismatch to make a good determination if it is a mismatch in Wikidata, the external source or neither. - Finishing the work on the new change dispatching system that improves how Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects are notified about edits happening on Wikidata that affect them. Currently tying up some lose ends. - Preparing for WikidataCon.
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