*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: - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on Wednesday, July 27th 2022 at 17:00 UTC (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.* - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call July 12, 2022: Houcemeddine Turki will speak on "Enriching and Validating Wikidata from Large Bibliographic Databases." This call will be part of the 2022 LD4 Conference on Linked Data, “Linking Global Knowledge.” While you can attend the call directly via the links below without registering for the conference, we encourage everyone to check out the full conference program and all the excellent sessions on Sched https://2022ld4conferenceonlinkedda.sched.com/ at Agenda https://2022ld4conferenceonlinkedda.sched.com/https://docs.google.com/document/d/19fWaod_qy2J5y6Mqjbnccen7nyb4nj6EnudCDouefQU/edit - 7/30 OpenStreetMap x Wikidata @ COSCUP 2022 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/COSCUP_2022 - 2022 LD4 Conference on Linked data https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/libraries@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/Z2UL7F4Y76VESAQY6JAXDPXXN7XWHXOP/. July 11th through July 15th, 2022 - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #49, Bastille day https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=49
- Past: - Presentation Integrating Wikibase into research workflows https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6807104 at the monthly Wikibase Stakeholders Group meeting on July 7 - Data Quality Days 2022 see outcomes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Quality_Days_2022/Outcomes. The recorded sessions will be published soon! - Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference, 1-2 July 2022 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022. See Videos pool https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022/Videos_pool (replay).
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - New quality checks in the Osmose QA tool for links from OpenStreetMap to Wikidata https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Geonick/diary/399523 - Wikidata used extensively in medieval hack weekend at the University of York https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mind-your-manors-hacking-like-its-1399/ (UK National Archives) - Working With Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons: Poetry Pamphlets and Lotus Sutra Manuscripts https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2022/06/working-with-wikidata-and-wikimedia-commons-poetry-pamphlets-and-lotus-sutra-manuscripts.html (British Library) - Wikidata at the Detroit Institute of Arts https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/07/07/wikidata-at-the-detroit-institute-of-arts/ - Papers - Wikidata and the bibliography of life https://peerj.com/articles/13712.pdf (Q112959127 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112959127) - Videos - Live editing: create a Lua template using Lexemes on Wiktionary, with Mahir256 (on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9ULQX9b5WI) - Adding wikidata to plaques on OpenStreetMap - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL1_47roRcw
Tool of the week
- User:Lectrician1/discographies.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lectrician1/discographies.js: Shows chronological data about artist's discographies on music albums and provides functions to add new items. - User:Xiplus/TwinkleGlobal https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Xiplus/TwinkleGlobal is a userscript that is used to combat cross-wiki spam or vandalism.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata now has more than 10 million items about humans. - Q113000000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113000000 was created. - Template:Item documentation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Item_documentation now includes Template:Generic queries for architects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_architects and Template:Generic queries for transport network https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_transport_network - Due to summer vacations and our current workloads the response times from the Wikidata communications team (Léa and Mohammed) to requests and queries may be delayed. We will resume full capacity by October.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: opus number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10855 - External identifiers: DeSmog ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10843, Teresianum authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10844, AdoroCinema series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10845, CEU author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10846, Anime Characters Database tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10847, Beamish peerage database peerage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10848, Beamish peerage database person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10849, Kultboy video game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10850, Kultboy platform ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10851, Kultboy controller ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10852, Kultboy magazine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10853, Kultboy company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10854, National Archives of Australia entity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10856, snookerscores.net player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10857, Truth Social username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10858, Material UI icon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10859, Yarkipedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10860, Springer Nature person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10861, Komoot ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10862, Springer Nature article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10863 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: official definition https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/official_definition, ce module ou cette infobox utilise la propriété https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ce_module_ou_cette_infobox_utilise_la_propri%C3%A9t%C3%A9, release artist https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/release_artist, Grammatical number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grammatical_number, Error-report URL or e-mail https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Error-report_URL_or_e-mail - External identifiers: Bibale ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bibale_ID, SZ topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SZ_topic_ID, IRIS UNIMOL author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIMOL_author_ID, Match TV people ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Match_TV_people_ID, Accademia dei Georgofili author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Accademia_dei_Georgofili_author_ID, 64 Parishes encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/64_Parishes_encyclopedia_ID, Applied Ecology Resources Document ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Applied_Ecology_Resources_Document_ID, Prophy author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Prophy_author_ID, International Baccalaureate school ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Baccalaureate_school_ID, Liquipedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Liquipedia_ID, Instagram post ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Instagram_post_ID, Mapping Museums ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mapping_Museums_ID - Query examples: - Current list of French departments https://w.wiki/5RNR ( documentation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Query/List_of_current_French_departments ) - Prime ministers of Japan whose manner of death is homicide https://w.wiki/5RAN (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1545351731495706626) - 1st level administrative subdivisions with more than 10 million inhabitants https://w.wiki/5PyH (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1543991969931722756) - List of globes and how many times they've been used https://w.wiki/5RTB
Development
- Data Quality Days https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Quality_Days_2022! - Making plans for improving EntitySchemas and integrate them more into editing and maintenance workflows - Implemented word-level diffs of labels, descriptions, aliases and sitelinks (phab:T303317 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T303317) - Continuing the investigation about labels not being shown after some merges (phab:T309445 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T309445) - Lexicographical data: - Continuing work on making it easier to pick the right language for a new Lexeme (phab:T298140 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298140 ) - Fixing a bug where `[object Object]` was shown in the gramatical feature field (phab:T239208 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T239208) - Fixing a number of places where labels for redirected Items were not shown even though the redirect target had labels (phab:T305032 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T305032) - REST API: - Finished the first version of the API route for creating statements on an Item (excluding autosummaries so far) - Started work on the API route for removing a statement from an Item
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
- Update the the description https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Translator_notice:_Please_update_description_of_"of_(P642)" of the "of" property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P642 in your language.
- 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