*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: Fralambert <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Fralambert>, Kostas20142 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Kostas20142>, welcome on board! - New request for comments: Restrictions on making items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Restrictions_on_making_items> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - WikiGap Challenge <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Challenge>, online editing challenge to improve the coverage of women on Wikipedia and Wikidata, from March 8th to April 8th Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - *Knowledge Graphs on the Web -- an Overview <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.00719.pdf>* - Nicolas Heist, et al. - Some issues with this paper's reporting of Wikidata are identified in this Twitter thread <https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1235261045998002177> - The List Revolution: Creating dynamic lists using linked data <https://space.wmflabs.org/2020/03/04/lists-in-the-wikimedia-movement-part-3-the-list-revolution-creating-dynamic-lists-using-linked-data/>, by Alex Stinson Tool of the week - wikibase-cli <https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli> (Q87194660 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87194660>) now (>= v9.2.0) has a batch mode <https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/blob/master/docs/write_operations.md#batch-mode>, and EditGroups support <https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/blob/master/docs/write_operations.md#edit-group> (auto-activated for batch edits targeting Wikidata): ready to make some mass edit, and open for feedback <https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/issues>! Other Noteworthy Stuff - The WikidataCon 2019 grant report <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Wikidata_Con_2019/Report> has been published - EqualStreetNames.Brussels <https://equalstreetnames.brussels/> shows streets in Brussels named after men and women, visualized with data from OpenStreetMap and Wikidata Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: The Washington Post contributor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7943>, DoME artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7944>, ArchiWebture ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7945>, Museu de Memes ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7946>, WeChangEd ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7947>, GreatSchools ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7948>, Czech War Graves Register <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7949>, Marvel Comics creators ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7950>, DC Comics talent ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7951>, The First Amendment Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7952>, Indiegogo project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7953>, RealGM basketball coach ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7954>, Global Music Rights work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7955>, SESAC work number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7956>, Directory of Maîtres d'art <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7957>, Chicago Landmarks ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7958> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: SIUSA archive conservator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SIUSA_archive_conservator_ID>, ToposText IDs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ToposText_IDs>, content partnership category <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/content_partnership_category>, eligible award recipient <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eligible_award_recipient>, NetBSD package <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NetBSD_package>, OpenBSD port <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenBSD_port>, Number of recoveries <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_recoveries>, footedness <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/footedness>, HTML autocomplete attribute <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HTML_autocomplete_attribute>, SoloTutes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SoloTutes>, see talk page discussion at <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/see_talk_page_discussion_at> - External identifiers: BC Register of Historic Places ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BC_Register_of_Historic_Places_ID>, Encyclopédie sur le développement des jeunes enfants ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclop%C3%A9die_sur_le_d%C3%A9veloppement_des_jeunes_enfants_ID>, RFI Musique ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RFI_Musique_ID>, Moravian Lives <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moravian_Lives>, EL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EL>, Dictionnaire des femmes de l’ancienne France ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_des_femmes_de_l%E2%80%99ancienne_France_ID>, Google Scholar case ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Scholar_case_ID>, TaDiRAH ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TaDiRAH_ID>, Movie Review Query Engine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Movie_Review_Query_Engine_ID>, SkiMo Stats ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SkiMo_Stats_ID> - Query examples: - Subjects and panelists of the BBC radio programme *In Our Time* <https://w.wiki/JzU> (source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1236720206485114882>) - People affected by COVID-19 <https://w.wiki/JzZ> - Map of hillforts in the UK <https://w.wiki/K4A> (source <https://twitter.com/jnicho02/status/1235184841139859456>) - Images for language items <https://w.wiki/K4C> (source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1234564431625019392>) Development - Querying the URL datatype with haswbstatement is now possible ( phab:T243693 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T243693>). It will take two to three months before URLs are indexed for all Wikidata items. - Wikidata Bridge: more style fixes, preparing a prototype to show how we will display references - Fixing various production errors - Monitoring the run of wb_terms migration - Fixing an issue with the Commons files search field (phab:T196165 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196165>) 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. - 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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