*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - DL2204bot 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DL2204bot_2 - Task/s: Correct messy entries for scholarly articles of Uztaro. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. (Q12268801) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12268801 and Aldiri. Arkitektura eta abar (Q12253132) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12253132 journals, add 2020-2022 articles. - Kalliope 7.3 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Kalliope_7.3 - Task/s: Update User:Kalliope 7.3/List of bots https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Kalliope_7.3/List_of_bots every hour. - Closed request for permissions/Bot: - RPI2026F1Bot 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/RPI2026F1Bot_2 - Task/s: For all items that have an enwiki page that starts with Template:Taxonomy/, set instance of (P31) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P31 taxonomy template (Q115595777) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115595777.
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 December 13, 2022: Wikimedia Search Platform Team https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Search_Platform will be sharing updates on Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) and Blazegraph. For background, see Wikidata:SPARQL query service/WDQS backend update https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update. *Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1loXQkOQcF-nxxgsx6bn8b09iWznapQCpe2V2QlxchgU/edit?usp=sharing.* - The fourth edition of the Coolest Tool Award https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Coolest_Tool_Award will happen online on Friday 16 December 2022 at 17:00 UTC! The event will be live streamed on Youtube in the MediaWiki https://www.youtube.com/user/watchmediawiki channel. - Next Wikimedia Research Showcase - December 14 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/G6URAIYRGZODDGQWHFFUSL27TUK2J3RG/. "A year in review from the WMF Research team: Tying our work to the research community". - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #71, Qatar 2022 https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=71 - Past - Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—December 7, 2022 https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - MatchID enriched with Wiki links https://www.rfgenealogie.com/infos/matchid-s-enrichit-de-liens-wiki - Another successful Wikidata Project with UVA https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/12/08/another-successful-wikidata-project-with-uva/?fbclid=IwAR26qxlh2qxPmkxpa1LEslcKQejxrmOZymC6PlmSVPLDkcbO77u-eAstHCo - Papers - *The Research and Innovation track at SEMANTiCS 2023 EU welcomes papers...Abstract Submission Deadline: May 09, 2023 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/CR56NCXWNCEMEVZN2ZCKWQ2ZM2K75HCX/* - Computational Metabolomics: From Spectra to Knowledge (Dagstuhl Seminar 22181) (Q115647969) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115647969, with: - *3.7 Wikidata: empowering metabolomics research* - *3.14 CxSMILES: computation ready representation for compound classes* (about CXSMILES (P10718) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10718) - Videos - Wikidata as a tool to connect researchers, By Daniel Mietchen - short https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeT-8NnB4z, full talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeT-8NnB4zI - Using and Editing Wikidata - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTRpiY4Wpuc - Introduction to Wikidata and Wikibase for Libraries and Librarians (in Greek) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvZs1ztMYJs - Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #100 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMPdgiz_gPk - Tutorial for adding OSM data with the Wikidata tag and adding Wikidata items (in Indonesian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb4_thHMQnY - BNElab, contribution and reuse in Wikidata (in Guaani) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt1E9Jgd4r4
Tool of the week
- qualifier-constraint-usage.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lectrician1/qualifier-constraint-usage.js: Shows what properties this qualifier is a required and allowed qualifier on at the bottom of the qualifier page
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year - Call for Nominations. Submit your nominations by February 6, 2023 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/PATCEMCZWXAK7YREERJOL22TTJJOXK6E/ .
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: contact page URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11266, Nomenclature de tous les noms de rosiers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11267, press information URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11268, changeset https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11269, RomArchive person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11270, African American Visual Artists Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11271, Bureau of Meteorology location ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11272, Epigraphic Database Heidelberg ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11273, Dicionário de Gentílicos e Topónimos lemma ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11274, manchu.work lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11275, Professional Referee Organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11276, CIViC gene ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11277, Athletics Canada ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11278, is a number of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11279, Ma'agarim ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11280, Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11281, Tanzania Parliament member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11282, JCDb ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11283, Dictionnaire de l'Académie française ID (1st edition) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11284, Dictionnaire de l'Académie française ID (2nd edition) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11285, Dictionnaire de l'Académie française ID (3rd edition) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11286, Dictionnaire de l'Académie française ID (4th edition) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11287, Dictionnaire de l'Académie française ID (5th edition) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11288, Dictionnaire de l'Académie française ID (6th edition) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11289, Dictionnaire de l'Académie française ID (7th edition) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11290, Dictionnaire de l'Académie française ID (8th edition) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11291, man page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11292, Amazon.com browse node https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11293, TV Maze episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11294, International Computer Game Collection work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11295, Cultural Good of Croatia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11296, JLect entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11297, Open Korean Knowledge Dictionary sense ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11298, Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) Greek Inscriptions ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11299 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: number of penalty kicks scored https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_penalty_kicks_scored, Play:Right series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Play:Right_series_ID, OWID identifiers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OWID_identifiers, Wikidata property example statement ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikidata_property_example_statement_ID, Mangadex IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mangadex_IDs, WSJ article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WSJ_article_ID, maturity level https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/maturity_level, official list URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/official_list_URL, thumbnail sharpness https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/thumbnail_sharpness, Play:Right company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Play:Right_company_ID, IRIS Apulia IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Apulia_IDs, Geograph Germany image ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geograph_Germany_image_ID, Spiritains ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spiritains_ID, Play:Right class ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Play:Right_class_ID, VMI Historical Rosters Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VMI_Historical_Rosters_Database_ID, INKR title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/INKR_title_ID, Kitsu IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kitsu_IDs, Game-Rave ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Game-Rave_ID, Anime-Planet IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anime-Planet_IDs, has value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_value, ComicWalker content ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ComicWalker_content_ID, STEDT ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/STEDT_ID, Middle English Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Middle_English_Dictionary_ID, Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary_of_Variant_Chinese_Characters_ID, Adventure's Planet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Adventure%27s_Planet_ID, value of property identifies https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/value_of_property_identifies, not https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/not, frame rate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/frame_rate, Copernicus EMS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Copernicus_EMS_ID, Sega-Saturn.net ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sega-Saturn.net_ID, PLDB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PLDB_ID, ArchWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ArchWiki_ID, has right https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_right, (not) officially recognized by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/(not)_officially_recognized_by, Famicom World ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Famicom_World_ID, property describes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/property_describes - Query examples: - Person(s) after whom both a warship and a microarchitecture are named https://w.wiki/66bL (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1601295039509909504) - Institutions that have contributed to all #vBIB conferences so far https://w.wiki/5wVo (source https://twitter.com/BenjaminFlaemig/status/1600565983994839041) - Composers by country of birth and edition https://w.wiki/64xE ( source https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1599693324805283840) - Mountains in Iceland with no Cebuano Wikipedia sitelink https://w.wiki/66km (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Mountains_in_Iceland ) - Universities that have an associated Mastodon account https://w.wiki/65$4 (source https://wikis.world/@watty62@mstdn.social/109483441862156790) - Most frequently occurring titles found on audio tracks https://w.wiki/3jvn (source https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/109479209001064838)
Development
- REST API: - We would love to have some feedback on the JSON format for the REST API https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:REST_API_feedback_round#Feedback_on_the_JSON_format - Planning the final pieces that still need doing before the first release - Vektor 2022: Finished work on making Vector’s new Search work with Wikidata. The changes roll out for testing on test.wikidata.org next week (phab:T275251 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T275251) - Query Service: - Getting a link to the query is now possible in the same place as getting a link to the result of the query (phab:T324218 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T324218) - Removed the gif that showed on hover over the button that advertises the Query Builder to make it less annoying (phab:T296135 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T296135) - Added wikibase:identifiers to the autocomplete feature (phab:T302057 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T302057) - Adjusted the layout of the Query Builder header to be more in line with other application (phab:T288939 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T288939) - Constraint violations: When a language name is mentioned in the constraint it will now show the name of the language in the interface language instead of the language itself to make it easier to understand ( phab:T316936 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T316936)
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