*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>
- Today: Edit tools for Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Powerek38/Wikiponiedzia%C5%82ek>, on-line workshop in Polish, access link <https://meet.google.com/qxo-cxno-vvb>, March 30, 17:00 GMT (7pm Warsaw time) - Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #7 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#7>, April 5 - Upcoming: Wikidata for beginners <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_for_beginners>, April 1 - Upcoming: Wiki Workshop <https://wikiworkshop.org/2020/>, researchers forum (fully remote), on April 21. More information <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013914.html>, registration <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2ctfYVIokWYsvUfxcdF-FNwrymgzpNZLh25EhU8JbvKp1tA/viewform> - Upcoming: The Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020> will take place fully remotely in July 2020. Call for submissions with remote formats is open until April 30th. - Upcoming: the Wikidata Wochenende <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Wochenende_Ulm_2020> (previously in Ulm) will take place fully remote on June 12-14 Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Video: How can Wikimedia projects help fight the pandemic <https://vimeo.com/399597324>, by Susanna Ånäs - *Investigating Software Usage in the Social Sciences: A Knowledge Graph Approach <https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Investigating-Software-Usage-in-the-Social-A-Graph-Schindler-Zapilko/1553ebb524a1716f7667b8d577b37f6a2ffb8e02?email_index=0-0-0>* ("we linked the entities of the knowledge graph to other knowledge bases such as the Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph, the Software Ontology, and Wikidata") - *Wikidata Queries around the SARS-CoV-2 virus and pandemic <https://egonw.github.io/SARS-CoV-2-Queries/>* (free eBook) - Video: Live SPARQL editing in French by Vigneron <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/577443863> - Video: Live editing in English by Ainali and Abbe98: Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgdn8gziCPo>, Twitch <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/578473221>, Periscope <https://www.pscp.tv/w/1vOxwoYWDPDxB>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/2787102894670857/> Tool of the week - IdentifierInput <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:1Veertje/identifierInput>: when adding identifiers, it lets you paste the full URL, and extracts the ID part Other Noteworthy Stuff - About Wikidata dumps: - No second XML dump in March <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-March/093207.html> - RDF and JSON dumps generation is broken <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248612> (no new dump since March 11th, fix in progress) - Wikidata knowledge imbalance dashboard - Alpha release <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013903.html> - Internet Archive has launched a National Emergency Library <https://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/> and would like to work together with WikiCite <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013905.html> - wb_terms migration: a temporary table has been created, the current wb_terms table will be emptied on April 6th (more details <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Important_for_tool_maintainers:_last_steps_of_wb_terms_table_migration> ) Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: generational suffix <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8017>, LiverTox likelihood score <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8026>, size designation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8030>, perpetrator <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8031>, victim <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8032> - External identifiers: IGCD game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8018>, Kickstarter project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8019>, Gram.pl game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8020>, Kooora/Goalzz player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8021>, RFI Musique artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8022>, VideoGamer.com game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8023>, Nobel Laureate API ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8024>, VGMRips system ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8025>, VGMRips company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8027>, GameRevolution game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8028>, PIV Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8029>, Movie Review Query Engine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8033>, VcBA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8034>, m3db.com film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8035> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Clinical_Trial_Registry_identifier>, donated to <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/donated_to>, number of hospitalized cases <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_hospitalized_cases>, number of home cases <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_home_cases>, ARK formatter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ARK_formatter>, Filceolaire <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filceolaire>, viability on surface <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/viability_on_surface>, entry receptor <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/entry_receptor>, birth rate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/birth_rate> - External identifiers: SAN archive producer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAN_archive_producer_ID>, SAR ancestor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAR_ancestor_ID>, National Catalog of Hospitals ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Catalog_of_Hospitals_ID>, Pinakes copyist or possessor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pinakes_copyist_or_possessor_ID>, Frankfurter Personenlexikon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Frankfurter_Personenlexikon_ID>, Encyklopedia Solidarności ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyklopedia_Solidarno%C5%9Bci_ID>, Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geschichtsquellen_des_deutschen_Mittelalters_author_ID>, identifiant Geneastar <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Geneastar>, Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geschichtsquellen_des_deutschen_Mittelalters_work_ID>, Women of Scotland ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_of_Scotland_ID>, Women of Scotland subject ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_of_Scotland_subject_ID>, World Biographical Information System ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Biographical_Information_System_ID>, COTREX trail ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/COTREX_trail_ID>, Natural Atlas ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Natural_Atlas_ID>, Apache Project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Apache_Project_ID>, Amazon Prime Video ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amazon_Prime_Video_ID>, Archival Resource Key <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archival_Resource_Key>, UM-BBD compound ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UM-BBD_compound_ID>, BitterDB Compound ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BitterDB_Compound_ID>, FooDB compound ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FooDB_compound_ID>, ModelSEED compound ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ModelSEED_compound_ID>, Hopital.fr ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hopital.fr_ID>, BookBrainz publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BookBrainz_publisher_ID>, Macdonald Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macdonald_Dictionary_ID>, FHF hospital group ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FHF_hospital_group_ID>, FHF establishment ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FHF_establishment_ID>, Ameli ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ameli_ID>, Pascal et Francis ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pascal_et_Francis_ID>, Retronews ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Retronews_ID>, Elephind.com <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elephind.com>, What Do They Know organisation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/What_Do_They_Know_organisation_ID>, Papers Past <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Papers_Past>, Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Internetowy_Polski_S%C5%82ownik_Biograficzny_ID>, I-Revues ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/I-Revues_ID>, BDSP ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BDSP_ID> - Query examples: - People born more than a year after one of their parents <https://w.wiki/LbG> - UK MPs who were born after their father's death <https://w.wiki/Lbc> (source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1244351531882893316>) - National flags representing mountains <https://w.wiki/Lbe> (source <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1244364986723577861>) - Map of Umgebindehäuser (Upper Lusatian houses) <https://w.wiki/Lbf> (source <https://twitter.com/saxorum/status/1243967738999169026>) - Map of megaliths in Morbihan (Bretagne) <https://w.wiki/Lbh> (source <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1242906385605591041>) Development - Fix an issue with the Wikidata dumps (phab:T248612 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248612>) - Migrate to and read from new store for item terms (phab:T219123 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219123>) - Create wb_terms_no_longer_updated to ease the transition to the new tables - Bridge: improve the rendering of references (phab:T238661 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238661>) - More work on editing references (phab:T240333 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240333>) - Continue setting up a test system to work on federated properties - More research on suggesting references 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 - Create a scraper for Mix'n'match <https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/> from the catalogue list. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mix%27n%27match/Catalogues> - 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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