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- Open request for adminship: DannyS712 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/DannyS712>, Fralambert <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Fralambert> - Possible change of usage of "located in administrative territorial entity" (P131) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P131#Possible_change_of_usage> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Scholarships application process for Wikimania 2020 <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania> (Bangkok) is now open until March 17th. More information <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2020:Scholarships>, FAQ <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ>, apply <https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_81GOJ9AFVdPHZgp> - Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020>, one of the themes being how Wikidata can support minority languages, will take place on July 9-10 in Limerick, Ireland. Call for submissions open from February 27th to March 30th. - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: More discussion of pseudonyms and historical place names, 25 February. Agenda <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RM8tqPBg6pW6PQKButBGQe6TKjgm-6kOHzUR-9HWHGA/edit?usp=sharing> - Upcoming: Wikimedia Research office hour <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours>, February 26th - Upcoming: Wikidata x OSM meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/2020> in Taiwan, March 9th Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Wikidata's Linked Data for Cultural Heritage Digital Resources: An Evaluation Based on the Europeana Data Model <https://dcpapers.dublincore.org/pubs/article/view/4041> by Nuno Freire, Antoine Isaac - When Humans and Machines Collaborate - Cross-lingual Label Editing in Wikidata, by Lucie-Aimée Kaffee: video during Wikimedia Research Showcase <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj0z20PuGIk> (at 30:00), paper <https://opensym.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/os19-paper-A16-kaffee.pdf> - Do you speak data? Wikidata as the Open Internet’s universal language <https://blog.wikimedia.de/2020/02/20/do-you-speak-data-wikidata-as-the-open-internets-universal-language/>, by Elisabeth Giesemann - “Wikidata is just a matter of facts” <https://medium.com/@andra_97224/wikidata-is-just-a-matter-of-facts-334ec1eae66f>, by Andra Waagmeester - Does Biodiversity Informatics 💘 Wikidata? <https://data-blog.gbif.org/post/wikidata/>, by Quentin Groom & Deborah Paul Tool of the week - Wiki Art Depiction Explorer <https://art.wikidata.link/> is a web interface for adding depiction information for artworks in Wikidata by surfacing frequently used terms and providing suggestions. Read the full project description and documentation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Wiki_Art_Depiction_Explorer> Other Noteworthy Stuff - QWiki <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wikidatagame.team>, a mobile game asking geography questions based on Wikidata, now has a new version released as well as a website <https://q-wiki.github.io/#/> where one can learn how the game was made and how to contribute; - soweego <https://soweego.readthedocs.io/> is an artificial intelligence that links Wikidata to large external catalogs. The proposal for version 2 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Hjfocs/soweego_2> is out for your consideration. review of version 1 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Soweego_1_review> is open for discussion. - Wikimedia Developer Satisfaction Survey <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclq5vtaonRjwQykpfi2lbLIzJl-9wcOzmzXn4xnigd_DFlpw/viewform> run by the WMF until March 6th (source <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-February/093085.html> ) Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: Wikimedia community discussion <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7930> - External identifiers: Open Food Facts label <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7927>, BioLexSOE ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7928>, Roglo person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7929> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: applies to name of object <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applies_to_name_of_object>, Country of registry <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Country_of_registry>, Poeti d'Italia in lingua latina author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Poeti_d%27Italia_in_lingua_latina_author_ID>, generational suffix <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/generational_suffix> - External identifiers: RealGM basketball coach ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RealGM_basketball_coach_ID>, Irish playography person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Irish_playography_person_ID>, Irish playography play ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Irish_playography_play_ID>, Mirabile title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mirabile_title_ID>, Mirabile manuscript ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mirabile_manuscript_ID>, Filmfront person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmfront_person_ID>, Filmfront film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmfront_film_ID>, Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dansk_kvindebiografisk_leksikon_ID>, Global Music Rights work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Global_Music_Rights_work_ID>, SESAC work number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SESAC_work_number>, The First Amendment Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_First_Amendment_Encyclopedia_ID>, Indiegogo project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indiegogo_project_ID>, Glassdoor company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Glassdoor_company_ID>, block creators <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/block_creators>, targeted block time <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/targeted_block_time>, staking ratio <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/staking_ratio>, SOCAN work number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SOCAN_work_number>, NHLR ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NHLR_ID>, The Washington Post ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Washington_Post_ID> - Query examples: - Importing from ThePeerage (Nov. 2019) added 50% to the number of Johns on Wikidata <https://w.wiki/HVe> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Names#100,000_"John";> ) - SF movies and series with a significant character known to have been portrayed by an actor who was born in Liverpool <https://w.wiki/HYH> (source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1230284822754594816>) - countries in Europe whose ISO 2-letter abbreviation contains letters not in the native language name of their country <https://w.wiki/HfG> (source <https://twitter.com/DaveKeating/status/1230901736484823040>) - places names in Wales with Welsh pronunciation audio <https://w.wiki/J6L> (source <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Welsh_pronunciation_of_names_of_cities_and_villages_in_Wales> ) - Map of types of GLAMs in Wales <https://w.wiki/J5A> (source <https://twitter.com/WIKI_NLW/status/1231884591935426560>) Development - Provide better redirect for statement nodes (phab:T203397 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203397>) - Wikidata Bridge: style fixes and font size adjustments (phab:T239421 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T239421>, phab:T243192 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T243192>) - making the edit based on the user's fixed/updated choice (phab:T238662 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238662>) - research how to do reference rendering (phab:T244987 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T244987>) - showing the loading bar while saving (phab:T237433 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T237433>) - More work on wb_terms table and fixing various issues - Removing all of pre-entity source based federation code - Fixing various issues causing errors in production - Investigate on an issue with pasting exact Commons file title ( phab:T196165 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196165>) - Update the APIs to specify an errorformat and a uselang parameter ( phab:T242769 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T242769>) 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.
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