*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: OSM TW x Wikidata Taipei Meetup, August 12nd - Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/2454549144584559/ - Upcoming: Wikimania, 16-18 August in Stockholm. Full program https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program, list of Wikidata-related sessions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2019
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- *Wikidata: From "an" Identifier to "the" Identifier https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/10886*, Theo van Veen , Information Technology and Libraries, 38(2), 72-81. - *Opening up Research Data in Film Studies by Using the Structured Knowledge Base Wikidata https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-15200-0_27', Adelheid Heftberger et al, in "Digital Cultural Heritage", pp 401-410.* - *Bridging the gap between linked open data-based recommender systems and distributed representations https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306437918302436?via%3Dihub*, Pierpaolo Basile, et al, Information Systems, Volume 86, December 2019, pp 1-8. - OpenRefine Beginners Tutorial https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/OpenRefine+Beginners+Tutorial/0_y5bxsswq, video tutorial by Emmacarroll3 demonstrating how to import a dataset with OpenRefine.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- soweego https://github.com/Wikidata/soweego version 1.0 is out: a machine learning system that links Wikidata to large-scale third-party catalogs - New data type for EntitySchemas will be available on August 7th https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_data_type_for_EntitySchemas
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: location of the point of view https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7108, opinion joined by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7122, date of the first one https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7124, date of the latest one https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7125, Mac OS type code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7126, acknowledged https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7137 - External identifiers: Acharts.co artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7109, Textile Connect publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7110, 08euro.Ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7111, CUP2002.RU person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7112, Euro04.Ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7113, Gazeta.Ru Euro 2012 person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7114, WorldCup10.Ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7115, Hiking Project trail ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7116, Media Art Database console games ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7117, AMPAS collections film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7118, AMPAS collections person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7119, Douyin ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7120, School code of the Ministry of Education, Taiwan https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7121, AllTrails trail ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7127, Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7128, PEPC park ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7129, Vidwan ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7130, Bureau des longitudes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7131, ComingSoon.it film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7132, Cleartrip Hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7133, Mojarto artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7134, Rijksmonument complex ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7135, Goibibo Hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7136, Acharts.co chart ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7138, ONF forest national ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7139 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: axis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/axis, Principal https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Principal, Epigraph https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Epigraph, contact area count https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/contact_area_count, Cases consolidated https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cases_consolidated, detail of painting https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/detail_of_painting, exonerated of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/exonerated_of, possibly reproduction of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/possibly_reproduction_of, Werke ohne Opuszahl https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Werke_ohne_Opuszahl, obituary of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/obituary_of, significant place https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/significant_place - External identifiers: Poincaré Papers person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Poincar%C3%A9_Papers_person_ID, Acharts album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Acharts_album_ID, Rollerstory.net skater ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rollerstory.net_skater_ID, CHESNO politician ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CHESNO_politician_ID, Nauka Ukrainy scientist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nauka_Ukrainy_scientist_ID, OhRanger.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OhRanger.com_ID, Wynk artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wynk_artist_ID, Plus Music artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Plus_Music_artist_ID, WP Muzyka artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WP_Muzyka_artist_ID, Interia Muzyka artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Interia_Muzyka_artist_ID, Empik author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Empik_author_ID, merlin.pl author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/merlin.pl_author_ID, The Top Tens ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Top_Tens_ID, Raptekster.dk ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Raptekster.dk_ID - Query examples: - French female authors whose work is in the public domain https://w.wiki/6fP (source https://george2etexte.wordpress.com/2019/07/30/une-carte-de-france-des-autrices-dans-le-domaine-public/ ) - Timeline of hypertext systems https://w.wiki/6oo (source https://twitter.com/nichtich/status/1158105666894082048) - Megaliths in the Basque Country, color-coded by type https://w.wiki/6oq (source https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1157975728060870656) - Heavy metal bands from Finland with or without picture and date of the picture https://w.wiki/6or (source https://twitter.com/sukkoria/status/1157969988898250752) - Types of GLAMs in Wikidata https://w.wiki/6or (source https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1157248579330879488)
Development
- Fix logging for errors on wbcontentlanguages requests (phab:T228888 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228888) - Add request information to request timeout errors (phab:T228885 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228885) - Show an error message when saving fails on mobile termbox (phab:T222884 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222884) - Add editing widget/input to client edit modal (phab:T226998 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226998) - Show the current Wikidata value in the Bridge modal (phab:T226997 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226997) - EntitySchema datatype (phab:T214884 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214884) - Reduce the number of ResourceLoader modules that WikibaseClient register: (phab:T203696 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203696) - Reduce text returned by EntityContent::getTextForFilters (phab:T226216 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226216) - Fixed a bug with PHP Warning (phab:T229482 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229482) - Fixing a bug about value pickers being broken (phab:T229604 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229604) - Fixed BadMethodCallException wbgetentities when getting Lexeme subentities (phab:T223995 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223995) - Investigate on Graphoid issues (phab:T229236 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229236) - Fix issues on Wikidata Tours (phab:T214884 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214884) - Make logging warning or info of not finding entity for revision configurable (phab:T229574 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229574) - Fix Grafana Datamodel References dashboard (phab:T214894 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214894) - Move "Wikidata item" link outside of "toolbox" sidebar to "other projects" sidebar (phab:T66315 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66315 )
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