*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: - Data Quality Days https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Quality_Days_2021 - a week of all things data quality around Wikidata from Septempber 8th to 15th. Check the schedule, join sessions and add more if you would like to facilitate a discussion or workshop! - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls call: developing Wikidata tools and gadgets with Andrew Lih. [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Vk7LQRratQmCDuhPcNeIR-Airyn3S8Ct3cQdCXU_P4/edit?usp=sharing, Sep 7th. - LIVE Wikidata editing #52 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zauw3cK0EaQ, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3045456092406214/, September 11 at 18:00 UTC - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #78 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#78, September 12
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - A new R package for exploring the wealth of information stored by Wikidata: tidywikidatar https://medium.com/european-data-journalism-network/a-new-r-package-for-exploring-the-wealth-of-information-stored-by-wikidata-fe85e82b6440 - A global directory of official governmental online accounts and services https://www.wikimedia.de/unlock-blog/govdirectory/, by Albin Larsson and Jan Ainali - Papers - Creating and Querying Personalized Versions of Wikidata on a Laptop https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.07119.pdf - Type or Individual? Evidence of Large-Scale Conceptual Disarray in Wikidata https://nemo.inf.ufes.br/wp-content/papercite-data/pdf/type_or_individual_evidence_of_large_scale_conceptual_disarray_in_wikidata_2021.pdf - Videos - LIVE Wikidata editing #51 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ6OfgE7UQc, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3039673576317799/ - Wikidata Lab XXXI: Reimagining Wikidata from the margins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGjag-sX7Ic - Other - Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Language https://slate.com/technology/2021/09/wikipedia-human-language-wikifunctions.html - Ancient Hellenistic philosophers, visualized as a chain from master to student https://projetjourdain.org/network/index.html (Source https://twitter.com/larsyencken/status/1432673324522483713) - Generating text with Ninai and Udiron https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-09-03 (prototyping using Wikidata items and lexemes in text generation) - Over 3000 landscape paintings 'depict' something with coordinates. You can now browse them by country https://hicsuntleones.nl/paintedplanet/?country=Q145 (Source https://twitter.com/mmmenno/status/1434772762325827586)
Tool of the week
- Template:Generic queries for authors https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_authors : new generic queries template designed for authors (fiction and non-fiction). Feedback and translations are welcome.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- User:SuccuBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:SuccuBot has made its 100.000.000th edit. It is the first user account in Wikidata to reach this milestone. - In the frame of a Google Summer of Code https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#6482214268698624 project a new tool, called *WikidataComplete* was created. The tool smoothly integrates in the Wikidata UI and proposes new statements extracted by machine learning algorithms. Editors are asked to either approve or reject them. To activate it check here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Edit_items#WikidataComplete for a short tutorial check here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju2ExZ_khxQ. Any feedback is welcome here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Data-Complete-Gadget.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: National Diet Library persistent work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9836, Svensk ordbok ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9837, ECO code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9838, izeltlabuak.hu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9839, Food.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9840, Jornal do Vôlei ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9841, MART catalog person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9842, IRIS UNINA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9843, IRIS UNIPV author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9844, Overnia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9845, HandiSport Équipes de France ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9846, Cinemaitaliano person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9847, Cinemaitaliano film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9848, Mozilla extension ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9849, Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9850, DC Character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9851, Media Bias/Fact Check ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9852, Australian Medical Pioneers Index ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9853, eAmbrosia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9854, Edizioni Ares author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9855, Al-Jazeera author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9856, Center for Turkish Cinema Studies film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9857, Civilisti Italiani member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9858, Government Publications Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9859, Global Location Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9860, Iași Central University Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9861, Encyclopaedia of Islam (second edition) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9862, Gujarati Vishwakosh entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9863 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: літературний редактор https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80, Rotten Tomatoes score https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rotten_Tomatoes_score - External identifiers: Eneström Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enestr%C3%B6m_Number, Télé-Loisirs ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9-Loisirs_ID, PDDikti higher education institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PDDikti_higher_education_institution_ID, HMS https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HMS, Barnivore ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Barnivore_ID, RAWG game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RAWG_game_ID, Materials Project material ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Materials_Project_material_ID, INAPP IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/INAPP_IDs, INAPP Thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/INAPP_Thesaurus_ID, Fondation du patrimoine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fondation_du_patrimoine_ID, Slangopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slangopedia_ID, Festivaletteratura person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Festivaletteratura_person_ID, Urban Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Urban_Dictionary_ID, Indonesian Museum National Registration System ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indonesian_Museum_National_Registration_System_ID, Enciclopedia dello Sport ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_dello_Sport_ID, Glitchwave genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Glitchwave_genre_ID, Endemia.nc animal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Endemia.nc_animal_ID, Yiddish Dictionary Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yiddish_Dictionary_Online_ID, Casefile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Casefile_ID, Every Noise at Once ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Every_Noise_at_Once_ID, museum-digital place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/museum-digital_place_ID, EPA Facility Registry Service ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EPA_Facility_Registry_Service_ID - Query examples: - Paintings by Waldmüller in the Belvedere, Vienna - Austria https://w.wiki/3$bE (Source https://twitter.com/OpenLinkArtData/status/1434141195807121410) - Coauthors of coauthors https://w.wiki/3$iu of Birgit Meldal (Q46168094) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46168094 that have never directly coauthored a paper with her (Source https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1434256879732023302) - Country-level citation network in biometrics https://scholia.toolforge.org/topic/Q177765 (Scholia) (Source https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/1431580720061837314) - Council Information Systems with https://w.wiki/3$ku OParlOrg API endpoints (Q47450936) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47450936 ( Source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1434157076452884482)
Development
- Continued work on the Mismatch Finder https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder. We are now working on creating the page where mismatches will be listed for review. - Worked on support for "separators" parameter for distinct value constraints (phab:T277855 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T277855) - Made it possible to restrict constraints to certain entity types ( phab:T269724 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269724) - Added a new constraint type to ensure that the Item has a label in a particular language (phab:T195178 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195178) - Added a button for the Query Builder to query.wikidata.org to make the Query builder discoverable (phab:T276210 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T276210) - integration in the example dialog is still in progress (phab:T280229 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280229) - We started work on some behind-the-scenes improvements to the way Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects are notified about a change that affects their articles. (They need this notification so the article can be purged and show the latest data from Wikidata again. It is also required for showing the edit in the watchlist and recent changes on those wikis. This should have no visible impact for editors but is needed maintenance work.
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! - Deploy d:Template:Item documentation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Item_documentation in the talk page of each item. - 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