*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New request for comments: - Separating "citations" from all Wikipedia articles by using Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Separating_%22citations%22_from_all_Wikipedia_articles_by_using_Wikidata - IP Masking Engagement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/IP_Masking_Engagement - Closed request for comments: - Allow for Wikidata items to be created that only link to a single Wikimedia Commons category (Wikidata notability discussion) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Allow_for_Wikidata_items_to_be_created_that_only_link_to_a_single_Wikimedia_Commons_category_(Wikidata_notability_discussion). Outcome --> no change to WD:N https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:N - Inverse constraint on cause-and-effect properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Inverse_constraint_on_cause-and-effect_properties. Outcome --> constraints were removed
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Ongoing: - Data literacy snacks - Talk about "Wikibase knowledge graphs for data management & data science" on 23rd of June. For registration, send e-mail to info[image: at]berd-bw.de - Upcoming - SPARQL queries live on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/belett and in French by Vigneron, May 18 at 18:00 CEST - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls call: Mahir Morshed (A) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mahir256 will be discussing Lexemes in Wikidata; Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tclUVevCfoJ56uVW_PaEaYlAPhM7dlannNWz7g17HzY/edit, May 18th. - May 21-22, 2021 [1] https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6082feae428df5450011f1a8 Boston Rock City: Explore Wikidata and Learn About Local Music: Boston Public Library is partnering with Harvard Library for a guided exploration of Wikidata and local music history. Join us for two days of music and Wikidata editing; no prior experience or punk cred necessary! This public event is free to all and will take place via Zoom; please register in advance. The subject of this project is the Arthur Freedman Collection, and audiovisual archive that captures over four decades of Boston rock music performances. We’ll provide: instructions, tools, data sources, visualizations, optional Discord chat, and a soundtrack. If you have questions, please contact Harvard Library staff member Peter Laurence at laurenc@fas.harvard.edu. - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #63 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#63, May 23 - OpenStreetMap Taiwan x Wikidata Taiwan Taipei (Q1867) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1867 Meetup 2021-06-07 Mozilla Community Space Taipei (Q61752245) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61752245
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Papers - Hiba Arnaout et al, Negative Knowledge for Open-world Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106630248 (full text link https://wikiworkshop.org/2021/papers/Wiki_Workshop_2021_paper_3.pdf) - Videos - LIVE Wikidata editing #44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyqK8iihGLw - YouTube - Link to all the Wikipedia Weekly Network/Live Wikidata Editing https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Weekly_Network/Live_Wikidata_Editing sessions by Ainali https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ainali and Abbe98 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Abbe98 - Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons und Wikipedia bearbeiten 2021/001 (in German) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wht1sc-fFyw - SPARQL #Wikidata retour aux bases #4 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Koop-m4RA - How to use Wikidata to list nearby tourist places on a web page (in French) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CeXNGArs54 - How to add lexemes to Wikidata (in Swedish) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JHqz2DL7Io - How to edit library data in Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WZfr8e1XhI - Editing the drawings in the Gambara Bovardi collection at the Levi Foundation in Venice on Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pycIxhbkGWU
Tool of the week
- User:Lucas Werkmeister/hyphenation-point.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister/hyphenation-point.js is a user script that replaces any | characters with U+2027 HYPHENATION POINT when editing hyphenation snaks.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- 20k+ DOIs of Chinese language scientific journal articles have now been added to WD https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/05/11/adding-dois-to-chinese-scientific-articles-on-wikidata/, thanks to scraping->validation->matching->quickstatements workflow built by Stevenliuyi https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi (via a WikiCite https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite eScholarship) - s:Template:Annotate QID https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Template:Annotate_QID (currently on en. & de.Wikisource) allows names and other terms in texts to be semantically annotated with the equivalent QIDs. sv.Wikisource has a similar template https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/sv:Mall:Samma_som. - Template:Item documentation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Item_documentation displays Template:Generic queries for occupations https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_occupations for items of class occupation (Q12737077) and Template:Generic queries for filmmakers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_filmmakers for items with occupation (P106) filmmaker (Q2526255) - Wikimedia Foundation 2021 Board Elections https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021 has been announced. Please sign-up as an Election Volunteer https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Election_Volunteers#1_-_50 if you'd like to support the elections. Election Volunteers serve as a bridge between the Elections Committee, the facilitation team and the movement.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: identifier shared with lexeme https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9531, audio transcription https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9533, counterpart position https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9547, earned run average https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9548, official podcast https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9549, diel cycle https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9566, intended background color https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9567, scope note https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9570 - External identifiers: LMIC musician ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9525, Scholarpedia article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9526, Historic Hawai‘i Foundation place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9527, Digital Library of Armenian Literature author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9528, Den Danske Ordbog article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9529, Den Danske Ordbog idiom ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9530, OpenCorporates register ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9532, Biblioteche della Custodia di Terra Santa a Gerusalemme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9534, IBSF competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9535, SAIA authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9536, Football Association of Norway club ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9537, music austria ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9538, Secondary Archive artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9539, Editorial Freelancers Association member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9540, MacArthur Fellows Program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9541, representatives1821.gr ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9542, Memento Vienna person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9543, universal equine life number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9544, Encyclopedia of China Online Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9545, Indiana State Historical Marker Program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9546, Apple Music label ID (US version) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9550, bio.se movie theater ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9551, MyBIS protected area ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9552, Dialnet thesis ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9553, hPSCreg cell line ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9554, Michigan State University Library Comic Art Collection Record Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9555, LTit person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9556, JECFA number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9557, Badok ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9558, Sigla ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9559, DCinemaToday company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9560, CEV coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9561, CEV team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9562, Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9563, Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9564, AdServio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9565, PeakVisor peak ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9568, PeakVisor range ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9569, PeakVisor area ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9571, PeakVisor park ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9572, Anime Filler List show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9573, Anime Filler List episode slug https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9574, Australian Music Centre composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9575, Danish 2010 redlist identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9576, synonymer.se ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9577, SOUNZ work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9578, vedidk ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9579, Microlepidoptera.nl ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9580, UNITER Award person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9581, sense on DHLE https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9583 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: infects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/infects, setlist https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/setlist, oral history at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/oral_history_at, DIVA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DIVA_author_ID, DIVA record ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DIVA_record_ID, type of lens https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/type_of_lens - External identifiers: ToateAnimalele ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ToateAnimalele_ID, Muziekencyclopedie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Muziekencyclopedie_ID, CDep.Ro NGO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CDep.Ro_NGO_ID, causesanti.va ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/causesanti.va_ID, Adevărul topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Adev%C4%83rul_topic_ID, bathingWaterIdentifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bathingWaterIdentifier, Scenic Washington scenic drives and road trips ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scenic_Washington_scenic_drives_and_road_trips_ID, Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bodleian_Archives_%26_Manuscripts_ID, cIMeC.Ro Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cIMeC.Ro_Museum_ID, Newspaper Genre List ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Newspaper_Genre_List_ID, Styria Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Styria_Museum_ID, What Works Clearinghouse study ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/What_Works_Clearinghouse_study_ID, WUA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WUA_author_ID, hush.am person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/hush.am_person_ID, Archive Alsharekh person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archive_Alsharekh_person_ID, Douban series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douban_series_ID, RomArchive IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RomArchive_IDs, Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moths_and_Butterflies_of_Europe_and_North_Africa_ID, Scholasticon person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scholasticon_person_ID, Japan PlayStation Software Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japan_PlayStation_Software_Database_ID, WMF lang code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WMF_lang_code - Deleted properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion: iFixit repairability score (P7478) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_deletions/Archive/2020/Properties/1#P7478 - Query examples: - Number of species belonging to the different IUCN conservation categories https://w.wiki/3Kuh (Source https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1393263549745704960) - List of Wikimedia language codes https://w.wiki/3LHM (Source https://twitter.com/EntityExplosion/status/1393832426606981122) - Plant genera that honor women https://w.wiki/3kue (Source https://twitter.com/dpsSpiders/status/1393262036151308295) - Poets whose fathers are lawyers https://w.wiki/3LgY (Source https://twitter.com/WorldsAspire/status/1393485819386732545) - Phrase-book for types of food https://w.wiki/3Jjy (mapping Catalan and English) (Source https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/1391731710321115138)
Development
- Fixed the entity usage dashboards https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000160/wikidata-entity-usage?orgId=1&refresh=5m that no longer showed data due to technical issues. It tracks how much data from Wikidata is used on the other Wikimedia projects. (phab:T279762 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279762) - Configured the Property Suggester to not suggest Google Knowledge Graph ID (P2671) and Wolfram Language entity code (P4839) (phab:T280779 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280779) - Investigated remaining issue with updating the page_props table on the client wikis, which is confusing some bots making use of that table ( phab:T280627 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280627) - Fixed an issue in the Query Builder where it got confused when adding several conditions with the same Property (phab:T279945 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279945) - Working on tracking the number of edits per namespace over time ( phab:T281356 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T281356) - Working on fixing a bug where old revisions of Items have edit buttons but should not (phab:T281587 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T281587) - Fixing an issue where value suggestions are not showing all values that are defined in the property constraint (phab:T280650 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280650)
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. - Near 6,100 items have the Template:Item documentation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Item_documentation in their talk page. Help deploy this template. - Help write the next summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next