*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2024-03-18.* Contents
- 1 Discussions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_03_18#Discussions - 2 Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_03_18#Events - 3 Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_03_18#Press,_articles,_blog_posts,_videos - 4 Tool of the week https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_03_18#Tool_of_the_week - 5 Newest properties and property proposals to review https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_03_18#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review - 6 Did you know? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_03_18#Did_you_know? - 7 Development https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_03_18#Development - 8 Weekly Tasks https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_03_18#Weekly_Tasks
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: KonstantinaG07 3 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator#KonstantinaG07_3 (RfP scheduled to end after 20 March 2024 17:37 UTC) - Closed request for adminship: Zafer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Zafer Adminship granted, welcome Zafer! - New requests for permissions/Bot: - PagesBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/PagesBot - Task: Adds no. of pages statements based on page(s) on items of type: scholarly article. Then adds a reference with based on heuristic equal to inferred from page(s). - Wicci'o'Bot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Wicci%27o%27Bot - Task: Import identifiers of new properties created for *TheTVDB* (Q15616250), *nientepopcorn* (Q123434360) (and more properties I plan to request to be added shortly) inherent in the film and TV industry, using *IMDb ID* (P345) as source. - Closed request for comments: Duplicate Refs, Data Model and UI https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Duplicate_References_Data_Model_and_UI - (RfC closed 15 March 2024 18:57 UTC). The Community showed support for the proposal to change data model and UI for duplicated references. A Phabricator ticket has been opened: T360224 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T360224
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call March 19, 2024: Please join us on March 19 for a community discussion about how GLAM professionals can incorporate Wikidata/linked data into their work week. Bring your success stories about institutional buy-in and how you’ve communicated the value of linked data to managers and colleagues. We hope to share some strategies that you can take back and use in your own workplace. This will be a followup of sorts to our call last May, and you can review some of what we talked about then, plus slides from our survey here: Notes from May 30, 2023 Meeting on Advocacy for Wikidata & Linked Data in Libraries.Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M9DPW2wt_4B7wO7RkEIOmJSEUk-4w5A0gBXBu15Eukk/edit?usp=sharing - Wiki Workshop 2024 - Announcing a new track and a Call for Proposals https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/47WH7UVUGJWI5FEZV72QNPKSN7RKQN37/ - Submit your contributions by April 29, 2024 (23:59 AoE)
- WikiCon Aotearoa - Auckland 2024 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCon_Aotearoa/Auckland_2024 - The New Zealand WikiCon has a couple of events introducing and workshopping Wikidata: - Saturday 23 March 2024, 11:15 NZT - Intro to Wikidata / 13:00 NZT - Beginner's OpenRefine Workshop - Sunday 24 March 2024, 11:00 NZT - Presentation: Breathing life into the Women's Archive through Wikidata
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs - Making the Colombian public domain visible in Wikidata https://co.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dominio_p%C3%BAblico results from WM Colombia are now published. - Papers - Connecting Local Archive Data to Wikidata: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2851&context=jeal Focusing on the Archives of National Debt Redemption Movement. By Yun, J., & Oh, S.G. Documents the findings of connecting Wikidata with the Korean NDRM. - Narrating Queer History with Wikidata https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narrating_Queer_History_-_Queer_Data_Days_2024,_Presentation_by_John_Samuel.pdf, Queer Data Days 2024 (UCL Department of Information Studies), Presentation by John Samuel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jsamwrites. - Videos - WikiClub 3L https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy65JhvpPYE (French) - learn how to create a Wikidata file and an Infobox with Simon Villeneuve. - Making Colombian public domain data visible on Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z87_htC_qXU (Spanish) - Presents the methodology and findings of analysis of data in the public domain of part of the collections of the National Library of Colombia. Part of the Conector.red project) https://conector.red - Wikidata Lab: Dear Diary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmxtbPnj-os (Portugese) - Aims to share resources and capabilities for integration of Wikidata with other free knowledge projects, in particular the Querido Diário project, from Open Knowledge Brasil. Hosted by Porto, É. & Giulio Carvalho, G. - Notebooks - The media directory https://observablehq.com/@pac02/media-directory a Wikidata-driven media directory by country
Tool of the week
- ORCID Scraper https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Wikidata_Orcid_Scraper - helps users get DOIs from orcid.org for a specific author and curate them using Scholia. It gives users an overview of which DOIs are missing and helps them easily import missing articles one by one.
Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties and property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - form decomposition https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12527 (decomposition of a word) - External identifiers: TNHR&CE temple ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12528, DLE entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12529, Malaysia company new number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12530, GARAE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12531, Oyez Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12532, Gematsu event ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12533, Singapore Infopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12534, OSL ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12535, Combine OverWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12536, EJAtlas ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12537, Galician Authors in the BUSC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12538, Premier League player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12539, Ludzie Nauki ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12541, WhatsApp channel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12542, Portal Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12543 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - document keywords https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/document_keywords (Keywords associated with the text found in <code><meta name="keywords"></code> of an HTML document.) - height of letters https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/height_of_letters (height of the letters of an inscription) - Media modality https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Media_modality (Lists which media modalities are present, particularly in multimodal creative works such as electronic literature.) - official gazette https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/official_gazette (periodical publication authorised to publish public or legal notices for that administrative entity or governmental institution) - External identifiers: SNS Info Saúde https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SNS_Info_Sa%C3%BAde, Zentrum für Dramatik ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zentrum_f%C3%BCr_Dramatik_ID, RatingGraph TV show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RatingGraph_TV_show_ID, Michigan Historical Marker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Michigan_Historical_Marker_ID, RERO+ ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RERO%2B_ID, Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopaedia_of_the_Qur%27%C4%81n_entry, Doom Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Doom_Wiki_ID, Instagram account numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Instagram_account_numeric_ID, ECF rating code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ECF_rating_code, CalPhotos taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CalPhotos_taxon_ID, Traineras rower ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Traineras_rower_ID, Traineras club ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Traineras_club_ID, Traineras competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Traineras_competition_ID, Peertube Channel Address https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Peertube_Channel_Address - Deleted properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion:
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview! Did you know?
- Query examples: - exploratory query to find new items https://w.wiki/7rGo for the WikiProject: Polish Socialist Party - SPARQL query examples for the Nobel Prize https://www.nobelprize.org/about/linked-data-examples/ - Exploring Wikidata Items for people born in the Basque country https://w.wiki/9QEp - Birthplace of Colombians in the Public Domain https://w.wiki/97bM - Relationship between Institutions, Works and Persons in the Colombian Public Domain https://w.wiki/9JbQ - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Polish Socialist Party https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Polish_Socialist_Party - aims to document and enrich data and items (Leadership, sports clubs, commemorated buildings, art, publications etc.) that are connected with the Polish Socialist party. - WikiProject Highlights: - RfC: Slowking4 (2) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Global_ban_for_Slowking4_(2) - Comments are required on actions against the named editor.
- Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Language statistics for Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mr._Ibrahem/Language_statistics_for_items - Number of labels, descriptions and aliases for items per language (2024-03-18). - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Mahatma Gandhi https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001 - The "Great Soul", lawyer, political ethicist and leader of the non-violent resistance to end Imperial British occupation of India. - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: Jak https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L6573 - (Polish) The noble *Bos mutus* or Yak.
Development
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.
Weekly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review . - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? . - Participate in this week's Lexeme challenge https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php: Cooking (Challenge started 2024-03-11 12:01:23) - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? in one or two sentences. - 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
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