*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Conclusion of 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana Wikidata
Editathon
<https://www.goifoundation.org/2019-parliament-of-ghana-wikipedia-and-wikidata-edit-a-thons/>
(grant report
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Masssly/Parliament_of_Ghana/Seventh_Parliament_of_the_Fourth_Republic_of_Ghana/Report>
)
- "Creating Library Linked Data with Wikibase: Lessons Learned from
Project Passage"
<https://www.oclc.org/research/publications/2019/oclcresearch-creating-library-linked-data-with-wikibase-project-passage.html>
OCLC Research. DOI: 10.25333/faq3-ax08
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The open source geocoder w:en:Nominatim
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Nominatim> used by the OpenStreetMap
project is participating in the Google Summer of Code with an internship
working on integrating Wikidata as a ranking metric for its search results.
Check the development blog
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/tchaddad/diary>.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: musical bar
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7141>, epigraph (literature)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7150>, copyright exemption
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7152>, significant place
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7153>
- External identifiers: München Wiki article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7140>, Poincaré Papers
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7142>, Acharts.co
album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7143>, NOTAM (FAA)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7144>, CHESNO politician ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7145>,
Rollerstory.net
skater ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7146>, Nauka
Ukrainy scientist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7148>,
OhRanger.com
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7149>, Wynk artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7151>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: legend for number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/legend_for_number>,
does not have effect
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/does_not_have_effect>,
word stem type
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/word_stem_type>,
Voting system
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Voting_system>,
Class <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Class>,
Peer-review-process properties for journals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Peer-review-process_properties_for_journals>,
Wikisource-Kategorie
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikisource-Kategorie>,
line(s)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/line(s)>,
Election
called by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Election_called_by>,
image or photo-making technique
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_or_photo-making_technique>
- External identifiers: FGrHist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FGrHist_ID>,
Acharts.co song ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Acharts.co_song_ID>,
shmup.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/shmup.com_ID>,
TA2 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TA2_ID>, Hacker
News User ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hacker_News_User_ID>,
Swedish lighthouses
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swedish_lighthouses>,
EPW author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EPW_author_ID>,
Gaana.com album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gaana.com_album_ID>,
Cinestaan film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cinestaan_film_ID>,
Cinestaan person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cinestaan_person_ID>,
Service d'Information sur les Etudes et les Professions job ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Service_d%27Information_sur_les_Etudes_et_les_Professions_job_ID>,
IBP 4-letter bird species alpha code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IBP_4-letter_bird_species_alpha_code>,
PLIA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PLIA_ID>,
Planespotters.net
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Planespotters.net_ID>,
Awards & Winners artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Awards_%26_Winners_artist_ID>,
TuneIn artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TuneIn_artist_ID>,
AccuRadio artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AccuRadio_artist_ID>,
Jango artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jango_artist_ID>,
LiveXLive artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LiveXLive_artist_ID>,
mora artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mora_artist_ID>,
CD Universe artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CD_Universe_artist_ID>,
Ex Libris author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ex_Libris_author_ID>,
Fishpond.co.nz author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fishpond.co.nz_author_ID>,
YesAsia author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YesAsia_author_ID>,
Supraphonline artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Supraphonline_artist_ID>,
Image-Line artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Image-Line_artist_ID>,
RMF FM artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RMF_FM_artist_ID>,
eska.pl topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eska.pl_topic_ID>,
Register nehnuteľných NKP
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Register_nehnute%C4%BEn%C3%BDch_NKP>,
deejay.de artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/deejay.de_artist_ID>,
Bandsintown artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bandsintown_artist_ID>,
musica.com artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/musica.com_artist_ID>,
GreatSong artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GreatSong_artist_ID>,
AZLyrics.com artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AZLyrics.com_artist_ID>,
RauteMusik artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RauteMusik_artist_ID>,
Getty Images topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Getty_Images_topic_ID>,
Tunefind artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tunefind_artist_ID>,
SoundHound artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SoundHound_artist_ID>,
SongMeanings artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SongMeanings_artist_ID>,
Census of India ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Census_of_India_ID>,
OpenWeatherMap city ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenWeatherMap_city_ID>
- Query examples:
- Bands whose name is part of Tolkien's legendarium
<https://w.wiki/6qP> (source
<https://twitter.com/Harmonia_Amanda/status/1158751061684867073>)
- Map of offshore windfarms <https://w.wiki/726> (source
<https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1159857815177048065>)
- Cities having more Wikipedia sitelinks than their country
<https://w.wiki/728> (source
<https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1159492457270317057>)
Development
- Fix a caching problem on termbox (phab:T228978
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228978>)
- Investigate options for termbox load testing (phab:T229790
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229790>)
- Use thumbnail preferences for thumbnail of Commons media file (
phab:T224189 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224189>)
- Add tags parameter to Wikibase APIs that edit entities (phab:T229917
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229917>)
- Move "Data item" link outside of sidebar toolbox (phab:T66315
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66315>)
- Create Maintenance Script to Remove Terms in a Language from Current
Revision (phab:T222606 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222606>)
- Fix Grafana Datamodel References dashboard (phab:T214894
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214894>)
- Add editing widget/input on Bridge (phab:T226998
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226998>)
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>
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