*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Versionize property definitions ?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Versionize_property_definitions_?>
- Closed request for comments: Non-free content
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Non-free_content>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past: Warsaw, 13-14 February: Workshop to develop the data model for
taxonomic and nomenclatural data in Wikidata
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cost_MOBILISE_Wikidata_Workshop>
- Upcoming: March 12, Amsterdam: Datasprint Amsterdam Time
Machine/Golden Agents
<https://www.create.humanities.uva.nl/events/golden-agents-datasprint/>
with the ECARTICO and ONSTAGE datasets, involving Wikidata.
- Upcoming: FindingGLAMs Wikidata editing challenge
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FindingGLAMs_Challenge>, improve data
about cultural heritage institutions, from February 17th to 23rd
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- "Wikidata is just a matter of facts", blog post on the Workshop to
develop a data model for taxonomic and nomenclatural data in Wikidata
<https://medium.com/@andra_97224/wikidata-is-just-a-matter-of-facts-334ec1eae66f>
- Vandalism Detection in Crowdsourced Knowledge Bases
<https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e70f/b288ceb09fc244554a274f31cd1217663027.pdf>
by Stefan Heindorf
Tool of the week
- Looking for one of the 7000+ Wikidata properties? Try Propbrowse
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/propbrowse> to search and browse all
properties.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Cradle tool <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/cradle> can now
generate forms based on Schemas
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Schemas> (example
for human <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/cradle/#/shex/E10>)
- Loading time of pages on Wikidata and Commons has been improved
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-February/013827.html>.
You can learn more about page load performance
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Performance_Team/Page_load_performance>
and developing with ResourceLoader
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Developing_with_ResourceLoader>
.
- Science Stories <http://www.sciencestories.io/> by Kat Thornton and
Kenneth Seals-Nutt, an application that tells stories about
underrepresented people in STEM using Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and
Wikipedia, is the winner
<https://twitter.com/joanbcobb/status/1224877187267907585> of the LODLAM
2020 Challenge <https://lodlam.net/challenge-entries/>!
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: gained territory from
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7903>, gave up territory to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7904>
- External identifiers: MOCAGH ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7899>, Denkmalatlas
Niedersachsen Objekt-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7900>,
Encyclopedia of Chicago ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7901>, Deutsche Biographie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7902>, AnimalBase ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7905>, Canmore maritime-type
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7906>, Canmore
object-type ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7907>, Clavis
Clavium ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7908>, CYRI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7909>, DANFS ship ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7910>, Gamekult company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7911>, Gamekult franchise ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7912>, Gamekult game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7913>, Gamekult platform ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7914>, GBAtemp game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7915>, Mendeley publication
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7916>, Museums in Austria
Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7917>, Médias 19 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7918>, SerialStation game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7919>, TheTVDB person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7920>, TrueAchievements
series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7921>, Canmore
monument-type ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7922>,
Bollywood
Hungama person alphabetic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7923>, Bibliotheca
Hagiographica Latina ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7924>,
Jurisdiction List number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7925>, Visual AIDS Artist+
Registry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7926>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: energy consumption per transaction
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/energy_consumption_per_transaction>,
yearly energy consumption
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/yearly_energy_consumption>,
church patron saint
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/church_patron_saint>,
national identification number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/national_identification_number>,
Democracy Index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Democracy_Index>,
business model
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/business_model>,
intended subject
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/intended_subject>,
examination jury
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/examination_jury>,
depicted format
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/depicted_format>,
DoME artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DoME_artist_ID>,
historic county
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/historic_county>,
код персоны на elibrary.ru
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BD%D0%B0_elibrary.ru>,
applies if regular expression matches
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applies_if_regular_expression_matches>
- External identifiers: Patamu Certificate ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Patamu_Certificate_ID>,
Colecovision Addict ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Colecovision_Addict_ID>,
Annuaire des Maîtres d'art
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Annuaire_des_Ma%C3%AEtres_d%27art>,
Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographisches_Lexikon_zur_Geschichte_S%C3%BCdosteuropas_ID>,
GameReactor game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GameReactor_game_ID>,
Fandango performer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fandango_performer_ID>,
Cell Ontology ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cell_Ontology_ID>,
ColecoVision.dk ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ColecoVision.dk_ID>,
BioLexSOE ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BioLexSOE_ID>,
EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EH.Net_Encyclopedia_of_Economic_and_Business_History_ID>,
NHS Health A to Z ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NHS_Health_A_to_Z_ID>,
Corpus Corporum author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Corpus_Corporum_author_ID>,
Colecovision Zone ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Colecovision_Zone_ID>,
Catalogue of Life ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_Catalogue_of_Life_ID>,
GreatSchools ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GreatSchools_ID>,
Clavis Patrum Graecorum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Clavis_Patrum_Graecorum_ID>,
Clavis Patrum Latinorum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Clavis_Patrum_Latinorum_ID>,
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bibliotheca_Hagiographica_Graeca_ID>,
Podchaser podcast ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Podchaser_podcast_ID>,
Mirabile author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mirabile_author_ID>,
Mirabile saint ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mirabile_saint_ID>,
Kanopy ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kanopy_ID>,
Czech
War Graves Register
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Czech_War_Graves_Register>
- Query examples:
- Place names of Bergamo: map with pronunciation audio files
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Faudio%20%3Fcoor%20%3Fimg%20%3Ffilename%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP443%20%5B%20ps%3AP443%20%3Faudio%20%3B%20pq%3AP407%20wd%3AQ652%20%5D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ16137%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoor%20%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28uri%28concat%28%22https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3A%22%2Cstrafter%28wikibase%3AdecodeUri%28str%28%3Faudio%29%29%2C%22FilePath%2F%22%29%29%29%20as%20%3Ffilename%29%20%20%20%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22it%2Cen%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20>
(source
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pronunciation_of_names_of_municipalities_in_the_Province_of_Bergamo>
)
- Number words whose number of letters equals their value: with
Lexemes <https://w.wiki/HNC> (source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1227511627383296000>), with
labels <https://w.wiki/HND> (source
<https://twitter.com/belett/status/1227517848219791361>)
- Graph of the extended Kardashian clan <https://w.wiki/Gxo> (source
<https://twitter.com/fuzheado/status/1226983830986412033>)
- Scottish monuments with a commons sitelink, but no image
<https://w.wiki/HNF> (source
<https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1229243211459284992>)
- Number of films with LGBT representation per country
<https://w.wiki/HNG> (source
<https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1228979139643920384>)
Development
- Wikidata Bridge: more work on unsupported edit cases (unsupported
datatypes phab:T235753 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235753>,
ambiguous statements phab:T240212
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240212>, deprecated statements
phab:T238660 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238660>, unknown value
or no value statements phab:T242747
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T242747>)
- Including the property label in the title of the Data Bridge dialog (
phab:T233295 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T233295>)
- Making the edit based on the user's fixed/updated choice (phab:T238662
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238662>)
- Style fixes and font size adjustments (phab:T239421
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T239421>, phab:T243192
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T243192>)
- Create Grafana boards
<https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/hyhG5l1Wk/wikidata-tainted-references?orgId=1>
to track the results of the tainted references feature
- Increase factor for query service that is taken into account for
maxlag (later reverted) (phab:T244722
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T244722>)
- Fix edit summaries not displayed on client wikis (phab:T244129
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T244129>)
- Fixed some issues causes by the wb_terms migration
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>
- Suggested and open tasks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks>
!
- 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
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
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.