*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>
- Past: Wikidata+Wikibase office hour happened on April 28th. See notes
here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2021-04-28>
(English).
- Upcoming: International Museum Day
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Museum_Day_2021>, May
3-18, including a Wikidata competition
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Museum_Day_2021/Wikidata_Competition>
- Upcoming: Basics about SPARQL queries live on Twitch
<https://www.twitch.tv/belett> and in French by Vigneron, May 4 at 18:00
CEST
- Upcoming: Scholia - Open Bibliometrics for Researchers
<https://www2.ciimar.up.pt/events.php?id=244> webinar on Zoom, May 5 at
10h30 UTC (free, but registration needed)
- Upcoming: LIVE Wikidata editing #42 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdYcY6YmRDE>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2949456088672882/>,
May 8
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #61
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Tr%C3%A4ff_#61>,
May 9
- Upcoming: the next Wikidata bug triage hour
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Wikidata_bug_triage_hour>
will
take place on May 17th on the topic of quality constraints
- Upcoming: Wikimedia Hackathon, May 22-23
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021>. The call for
proposals for the program is now open until May 9th for the main track (May
19th for the open rooms) More information
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:W7xmmkqx8o1vxjg6>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- WBStack Infrastructure
<https://addshore.com/2021/04/wbstack-infrastructure-2021/> - current
deployment and architecture of
wbstack.com <https://www.wbstack.com/>
- Videos
- Mix'n'match workshop in (Italian) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDl2q-7WC7g>
- SPARQL #Wikidata back to basics (in French) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiFTY5zKZvI>
- Wikidata Lab XXVIII: Metadata applications (a technical training on
the process of metadata applications development) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQQPwBMb8Gg>
- Upload workshop (in Dutch) - datacleaning
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm5VDb0LxW0>, reconciliation
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MN3k_JXzeU>, upload
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=870UI7O4mdc>, embed metadata with
exiftool <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0v0Iwde86I> & Upload
images with Pattypan and link with Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkY41FVhmxk>.
- LIVE Wikidata editing #42 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdvD6aIFmpc>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2944276429190848/>
- Overview of all LIVE Wikidata editing episodes
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Weekly_Network/Live_Wikidata_Editing>
including
topics and tools used to make search easier
Tool of the week
- Wikinegata <https://d5demos.mpi-inf.mpg.de/negation/> is a platform
for browsing interesting negations about Wikidata entities. (Overview
video <https://d5demos.mpi-inf.mpg.de/negation/videos/demo.mp4>)
Other Noteworthy Stuff[edit
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2021_05_03&veaction=edit§ion=4>
| edit source
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2021_05_03&action=edit§ion=4>
]
- Template:Item classification
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Item_classification> and
Template:Item
documentation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Item_documentation> now
include more generic queries for classes: it include the number of
subclasses, the number of instances, the number of instances by class, the
list of instances and the list of most frequent properties for items of
this class.
- TP organization
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:TP_organization> now includes
generic queries for items of class school.
- Over 3,000,000 usages of taxon name (P225)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Over_3,000,000_usages_of_taxon_name_(P225)>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: field of usage
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9488>, artist files at
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9493>, accessibility
statement URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9494>, degrees
day <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9496>, Beirut Arab
University's Libraries title ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9499>
- External identifiers: J! Archive player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9484>, CofE archives name ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9485>, HERO ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9486>, GLEI RAL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9487>, Archdiocese of
Liverpool parish ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9489>, Yukon
Archives authority record ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9490>, CofE archives place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9491>, NC Highway Historical
Marker Program ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9492>, National
Historical Museums of Sweden agent ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9495>, Australian Thesaurus
of Education Descriptors ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9497>, Enzyklopädie des
europäischen Ostens ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9498>
, Reallexikon zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9500>, Oregon Flora Image
Project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9501>, Digital
DISCI ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9502>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to
review:
- General datatypes: Clubhouse account
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Clubhouse_account>
, Danmarks Tekniske Kulturarv book ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danmarks_Tekniske_Kulturarv_book_ID>
, hat Gedenkort
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/hat_Gedenkort>
, Secondary Archive artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Secondary_Archive_artist_ID>
, date of probate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/date_of_probate>
- External identifiers: LMIC musician ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LMIC_musician_ID>
, DC Books store book ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DC_Books_store_book_ID>
, ctext data entity ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ctext_data_entity_ID>
, SAIA authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAIA_authority_ID>
, AdServio school ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AdServio_school_ID>
, Apple Music label ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Apple_Music_label_ID>
, MacArthur Fellows Program ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MacArthur_Fellows_Program_ID>
, Encyclopedia of China Online Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_China_Online_Database_ID>
, DHLE <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DHLE>
, APA Dictionary of Psychology entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/APA_Dictionary_of_Psychology_entry>
, Scholarpedia article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scholarpedia_article_ID>
, Biology Online Biology Dictionary entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biology_Online_Biology_Dictionary_entry>
, Biblioteca di Santa Sabina ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_di_Santa_Sabina_ID>
, Biblioteche della Custodia di Terra Santa a Gerusalemme ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteche_della_Custodia_di_Terra_Santa_a_Gerusalemme_ID>
, Universal equine life number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Universal_equine_life_number>
, Auschwitz Prisoners Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Auschwitz_Prisoners_Database_ID>
, Nevada SHPO marker ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nevada_SHPO_marker_ID>
, Sigla ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sigla_ID>, Bing
Entity ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bing_Entity_ID>
, light characteristic
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/light_characteristic>
, Lexikon der österreichischen Provenienzforschung ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lexikon_der_%C3%B6sterreichischen_Provenienzforschung_ID>
, Identificativo Polo bibliografico della Ricerca
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identificativo_Polo_bibliografico_della_Ricerca>
, LTit person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LTit_person_ID>
- Query examples:
- List number of albums (Q482994) by language (P407) in descending
order <https://w.wiki/3GDK> (Source
<https://twitter.com/exmusica/status/1388311217752662019>)
- Map of Scottish council areas <https://w.wiki/3GcN> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1387767074148294663>)
- Databases with a SPARQL endpoint, sorted by number of ids known by
Wikidata <https://w.wiki/3FNJ> (Source
<https://twitter.com/maxlath/status/1387753147137990656>)
- List of actors and actresses who died during 2020
<https://w.wiki/3Enc> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1386779968504532992>)
- Newest database reports: new screenwriters
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/reports/screenwriters/new>
Development
- Entity Schemas now have syntax highlighting for viewing (phab:T238831
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238831>, example
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E10>)
- Reviewing a patch that will make it possible to use templates on
d:MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties>.
This will for example make it possible to show labels automatically for
each Property ID. Thanks, Luca! (phab:T280787
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280787>)
- Evaluated the interviews and other research we did around improvements
for lexicographical data
- Worked on/fixed small remaining bugs in the Query Builder (phab:T280505
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280505>, phab:T279928
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279928>, phab:T279945
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279945>)
- Continuing to work on evaluating and addressing scaling issues of the
Query Service
- Provided input to a research team working on a potential new and
improved Property Suggester
- Wikibase: we are completing the final tasks necessary to prepare the
Wikibase Spring release and expect to publish new versions of the tarball
and Docker images on or before May 15, 2021
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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement Coordinator
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.