*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Comment
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:ChristianKl/Draft:ProposeDeletion>
on a proposal for proposed deletion system
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:ChristianKl/Draft:ProposeDeletion>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming: Wikidata Lab XXVI: Structured citations module on Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XXVI>,
presented in English by Mike Peel
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel> (Wiki Movimento Brasil
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Movimento_Brasil>). The event is
supported by a WikiCite e-scholarship
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicite/e-scholarship/Mike_Peel_(Cite_Q_improvements)>.
December 8th 17:00 UTC (14:00 BRT), via YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2AiaRHVesjQYv3pbq5qpdQ>.
- Upcoming: live SPARQL queries <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> on Twitch
and in French by Vigneron, December 8 at 18:00 CET
- Upcoming: Wikimedia 2020 Coolest Tool Award Ceremony, December 11th at
17:00 GMT (details
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award#Coolest_Tool_Award_2020>
)
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #42
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#42>,
December 13
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- A massive new effort to name millions sold into bondage during the
transatlantic slave trade
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/12/01/slavery-database-family-genealogy/>.
The Washington Post writes about
enslaved.org, a Wikibase instance run
at Michigan State University, that collects and creates Linked Open Data
about the transatlantic slave trade. (Source
<https://twitter.com/johl/status/1334548022244614148>)
- Video: Introduction to Wikidata by and with Alicia Fagerving from
Wikipedia Day 2020 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV2tjuYLEyc>
- Video: How to use Wikidata Mix'n'match tool
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE9ZvwYCNnQ> - YouTube
- Video: Semantic Web in Libraries 2020 (replay)
- Linking K10plus library union catalog with Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNI6ty4gpDw>
- Building Wikidata One Branch of Knowledge at a Time
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tzlOeDBG9c>
Tool of the week
- User:Zvpunry/EntitySchemaHighlighter.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Zvpunry/EntitySchemaHighlighter.js>
user script highlights the entities in the content of a Schema and shows
information when hovering the link.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- We now have a central repository for wikibase-cli templates
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli-template-collection>, with the
aim to document best practices, offer general purpose request/create/edit
templates, but also offer more niche templates as examples of what's
possible: contributions and template requests welcome!
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: identity element
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8864>, mathematical inverse
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8865>, has operator
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8866>, has marker
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8872>, Hong Kong film rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8874>, indexed in
bibliographic review
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8875>, number
of taxpayers <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8876>, ITRANS
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8881>, complementary property
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8882>, number of
points/goals attempted <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8884>,
water area <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8887>, MTRCB
rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8889>, power
consumption index <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8890>, heating
energy consumption index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8891>, road name formatter
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8898>, ELSPA rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8901>, kunya
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8927>, religion or world view
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8929>
- External identifiers: FINA Wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8861>, Foodlocate restaurant
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8862>, Qobuz label ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8863>, AAA campground ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8867>, AAA hotel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8868>, AAA restaurant ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8869>, Hyperion Records
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8870>, Southwest
Harbor Public Library item ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8871>, DriveThruComics
numeric publisher identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8873>, Fellow of the Royal
Society of Canada ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8877>, HLTV
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8878>, Kinorium
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8879>, AstroGen ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8880>, BBC sound effects
asset ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8883>, Namuwiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8885>, CIP data sheet
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8886>, AniDB episode ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8888>, edition humboldt
digital Flora ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8892>, Sistema
de Información Legislativa ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8893>, BG EIK
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8894>, All the Tropes
identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8895>, Concise
Literary Encyclopedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8896>, Reliwiki page ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8897>, Arken ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8899>, HuijiWiki Wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8900>, Archives at Yale
names ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8902>, HAL journal
id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8903>, Parler username
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8904>, Museo del Prado ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8905>, National Gallery of
Ireland ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8906>, Auckland
Art Gallery artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8907>,
CINE21 film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8908>, National
Gallery of Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8909>,
Fitzwilliam Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8910>,
Sonneveld-index <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8911>, Kicker.de
player ID (actual scheme)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8912>, NSSDCA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8913>, ZOBODAT person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8914>, ZOBODAT taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8915>, DIA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8916>, SKD ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8917>, Max Movie film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8918>, Gab username
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8919>, Movist film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8920>, KOBIS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8921>, Amsterdam Museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8922>, SMB-digital ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8923>, State Catalogue of
the Museum Fund of Russia artwork ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8924>, CQVIP article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8925>, DBLP conference ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8926>, Filmstriben film-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8928>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: cites work string
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cites_work_string>,
artistic director
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/artistic_director>,
MDJF ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MDJF_ID>,
Coordinates
of depicted place
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coordinates_of_depicted_place>,
first family name in Portuguese name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/first_family_name_in_Portuguese_name>,
propriétés à éviter
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/propri%C3%A9t%C3%A9s_%C3%A0_%C3%A9viter>,
Commons category for the view from the item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Commons_category_for_the_view_from_the_item>,
Mailing List
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mailing_List>,
curid <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/curid>,
provides HTML microdata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/provides_HTML_microdata>,
provides JSON-LD data
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/provides_JSON-LD_data>,
archaeological site of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/archaeological_site_of>,
does not have cause
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/does_not_have_cause>,
conductor for
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/conductor_for>,
reason for normal rank
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reason_for_normal_rank>,
value is one of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/value_is_one_of>,
tribunsdelaplebe.fr ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tribunsdelaplebe.fr_ID>,
lineage marker
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lineage_marker>,
has surface
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_surface>,
DBLP journal id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBLP_journal_id>
- External identifiers: U.S. Masters Swimming ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/U.S._Masters_Swimming_ID>,
Artfacts ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artfacts_ID>,
Order of Canada ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Order_of_Canada_ID>,
AppGallery app ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AppGallery_app_ID>,
Czech Gymnastics athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Czech_Gymnastics_athlete_ID>,
Students of Prague Universities ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Students_of_Prague_Universities_ID>,
theses.cz ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/theses.cz_ID>,
Encyklopedie mostů v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyklopedie_most%C5%AF_v_%C4%8Cech%C3%A1ch,_na_Morav%C4%9B_a_ve_Slezsku_ID>,
CollEx-Persée ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CollEx-Pers%C3%A9e_ID>,
The Galileo Project ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Galileo_Project_ID>,
Dizionario degli artisti ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_degli_artisti_ID>,
Museo Galileo biography ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museo_Galileo_biography_ID>,
Museo Galileo authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museo_Galileo_authority_ID>,
Biblioteca Marciana owner ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_Marciana_owner_ID>,
Chinese Painting Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Painting_Database_ID>,
National Galleries of Scotland ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Galleries_of_Scotland_ID>,
Bavarian State Painting Collections ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bavarian_State_Painting_Collections_ID>,
Chapels of southern Bohemia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chapels_of_southern_Bohemia_ID>,
Kunsthistorisches Museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kunsthistorisches_Museum_ID>,
Max-Movie-Personen-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Max-Movie-Personen-ID>,
CINE21 person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CINE21_person_ID>,
Georgia Museum of Art ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgia_Museum_of_Art_ID>,
Basic Formal Ontology ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Basic_Formal_Ontology_ID>,
Fichier des décès ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fichier_des_d%C3%A9c%C3%A8s_ID>
- Query examples:
- Russian cuisine <https://w.wiki/pZJ>
- Belgian artists that rise to the public domain in 2021
<https://w.wiki/p93> (Source
<https://twitter.com/JolanWuyts/status/1334423740915052545>)
- Asian food made from noodles <https://w.wiki/ocs> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1333977873649168384>)
- Bubble diagram by wiki page numbers in each language on objects
kept at the Bardo National Museum (note: Commons is counted as English)
<https://w.wiki/oxF> (Source
<https://twitter.com/belett/status/1333842773498335234>)
- Amusement parks around the world <https://w.wiki/pH5> (Source
<https://twitter.com/aboutgeo/status/1333761407498727424>)
- Schema examples: Video game
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E272>
Development
- Simple Query Builder development continues. We worked on combining
different query conditions as well as internationalisation.
- Making the precision translatable in geocoordinate and date inputs (
phab:T269102 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269102>)
- Changes to descriptions in a specific language now show up on
watchlist and recent changes on the Wikipedia and co for that language (
phab:T191831 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191831>)
- Finished working on the problem of incorrectly-escaped label being
included in a link to Special:NewItem if there are no search results (
phab:T263258 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263258>)
- Investigating why we're currently skipping a significant number of
Item IDs (phab:T268625 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268625>)
- Wikibase Release Strategy/Infrastructure: We have decided where to
host future Docker and tarball releases of Wikibase. You can read about the
details and the reasoning in the following ADRs: Docker Image Repository
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-prototype/blob/main/docs/adr/0001-docker-image-repository.md>,
Tarball Repository
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-prototype/blob/main/docs/adr/0002-tarball-hosting.md>
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 untangle items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yupik/Detanglement> that refer to
different concepts.
- Help write the next summary!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de