/Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata
over the last week./
Discussions
* CheckUser nominations: Sotiale
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/CheckUser/Sotiale>,
Jasper Deng
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/CheckUser/Jasper_Deng>,
Romaine
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/CheckUser/Romaine>
Events
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
* Ongoing: Wikidata Lab XXII on the Wikidata Wikiproject COVID-19,
April 14, 1pm UTC, remote, in English. Event page
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XXII>
* Upcoming: live SPARQL queries in French by Vigneron
<https://www.twitch.tv/belett>, Tuesday April 14 at 20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
* Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #9
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#8>,
April 19
* Past: Wikidata and Wikibase office hour, April 7, on Telegram.
Notes of the discussion
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2020-04-07>
* Past: Wikidata topic at the virtual biohackathon
<https://github.com/virtual-biohackathons/covid-19-bh20/wiki/Wikidata>.
Mid-term updates
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E44oFcThPTY&t=31%3A39m> final
presentations
<http://ipfs.genenetwork.org/ipfs/QmZkuJZyf8vgE2Db2jqhPmhUdgvGtpFBkcSwaX2hj4RqaK/webinar-covid_19_bh20-wrapup-20200411.mp4>
(Wikidata report starts at 1:17:40)
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
* /A protocol for adding knowledge to Wikidata, a case report
<https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.05.026336v1>/
(new preprint about virus info (strains, genes, proteins), ShEx,
and SPARQL)
* /Multilingual enrichment of disease biomedical ontologies
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.03181.pdf>/ ("We look at the coverage
of two biomedical ontologies focusing on diseases with respect to
Wikidata for 9 European languages")
* /Wikidata and the bibliography of life in the time of coronavirus
<https://iphylo.blogspot.com/2020/04/wikidata-and-bibliography-of-life-in.html>/
* Video: Editing Wikidata and creating a property proposal: YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAb_AvPRqj4>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/2813297058718107/>,
Periscope <https://www.pscp.tv/w/1MYxNkpQkowKw>
Tool of the week
* COVID19 Dashboard
<https://sites.google.com/view/covid19-dashboard/> is a
Wikidata-powered one-stop information/visualization service for
COVID19-related topics such as COVID19's outbreak map, deaths,
symptoms, taxonomy, and publications.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
* A database breakage
<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20200407-Wikidata's_wb_items_per_site_table_dropped>,
also affecting connected sister projects such as Wikipedia, on
April 6, 11pm UTC. A fix has been deployed and no data has been
lost. However, issues related to sitelinks and bots creating
duplicates can still occur.
* You're welcome to give feedback on ideas of improvements for the
Query Service interface
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Improve_the_workflows_for_queries_and_lists>
* The development team is working on automated finding of
references, feel free to give feedback on the first batch
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Automated_finding_references_input>
* ZFOURGE UDS 19909 (Q90000000)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90000000> - our ninety-millionth
item, about a galaxy - was created on 10 April.
* For the first time, a Wikipedia list article
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Lista_de_mortos_e_desaparecidos_pol%C3%ADticos_na_ditadura_militar_brasileira>
populated entirely from Wikidata, and built using Listeria
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:ListeriaBot>, has been granted
"featured" status <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17506997>, on
the Portuguese Wikipedia (video on YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgUej8GHqU4>).
* ListeriaBot blocked
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Special:PermaLink/950890941#ListeriaBot_blocked_an_urgent_resolution_is_needed.>
pending review
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#Re-examination_of_ListeriaBot>
on English Wikipedia.
* A Telegram group has been created for discussions about Wikidata
in German <https://t.me/wikidata_de>
* Comment <https://www.unicode.org/reporting.html> on QID Emoji
proposal <https://www.unicode.org/review/pri408/> until April 20th
Did you know?
* Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
o General datatypes: donations
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8093>, network bands
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8097>, bus
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8107>, recommended
unit of measurement
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8111>, CSS color
keyword <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8112>
o External identifiers: BDSP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8071>, CAB ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8072>, Cult of Saints
in Late Antiquity ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8073>,
Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8074>, ScreenScraper
group ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8075>, The
Cover Project game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8076>, FHF
establishment ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8077>, FHF hospital
group ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8078>,
elibrary.ru person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8079>, Ökumenisches
Heiligenlexikon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8080>, WBIS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8081>, Spanish
National Catalog of Hospitals ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8082>, Visit Tuscany
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8083>, URL on
Nintendo eShop <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8084>,
Curran Index contributor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8085>, ODMP person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8086>, GameTDB game
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8087>,
Elephind.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8088>, EZB ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8089>, GameReactor
game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8090>,
Archival Resource Key
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8091>, EcuRed article
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8092>, Geneastar
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8094>,
Encyklopedia Solidarności ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8095>, Pinakes
copyist or possessor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8096>, Biographical
Dictionary of Architects in Canada ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8098>, I-Revues ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8099>, JournalTOCs ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8100>, MUSE article
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8101>, NASA active
astronaut ID - DO NOT USE
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8102>, Paperity
article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8103>,
Paperity journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8104>, SAN archive
producer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8105>,
SOCAN work number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8106>, Papers Past ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8108>, Pascal et
Francis ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8109>,
Retronews ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8110>,
COTREX trail ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8113>
* New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
o General datatypes: ACUM work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACUM_work_ID>,
appendix
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/appendix>,
Wikisource index page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikisource_index_page>,
Unicode character
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Unicode_character>,
Arlington Cemetery person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arlington_Cemetery_person_ID>,
Eigentümerhistorie
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eigent%C3%BCmerhistorie>,
quantification instruction
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/quantification_instruction>,
language level
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/language_level>,
Included in curricula
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Included_in_curricula>,
Order number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Order_number>,
ShEx available at URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ShEx_available_at_URL>,
dialect of (computer language)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dialect_of_(computer_language)>,
file page offset
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/file_page_offset>,
station service succession
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/station_service_succession>
o External identifiers: Seoul Information Disclosure Plaza
management number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Seoul_Information_Disclosure_Plaza_management_number>,
Wikiparques ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikiparques_ID>,
NKAA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NKAA_ID>,
Described and Captioned Media Program producer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Described_and_Captioned_Media_Program_producer_ID>,
Provenio ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Provenio_ID>,
Encyclopedia of Brno Person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Brno_Person_ID>,
RPPS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RPPS_ID>,
South African Company Registration Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/South_African_Company_Registration_Number>,
Sicilian Regional Assembly ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sicilian_Regional_Assembly_ID>,
Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Inventory_of_Archaic_and_Classical_Poleis_ID>,
SNCF station identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SNCF_station_identifier>,
Benerail station identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Benerail_station_identifier>,
Indian Railways train number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indian_Railways_train_number>,
Soccerdonna coach ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerdonna_coach_ID>,
DLL Catalog IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DLL_Catalog_IDs>,
MDN
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MDN>,
Psocodea Species File ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Psocodea_Species_File_ID>,
Slovak Registration ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slovak_Registration_ID>,
Swedish Glaciers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swedish_Glaciers>,
Club Identifier Netherlands Handball Association
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Club_Identifier_Netherlands_Handball_Association>,
Encyclopaedia Metallum label ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopaedia_Metallum_label_ID>,
UK Modern House Index building ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UK_Modern_House_Index_building_ID>,
UK Modern House Index architect ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UK_Modern_House_Index_architect_ID>,
CPAN person
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CPAN_person>,
FactGrid item ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FactGrid_item_ID>,
FactGrid property ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FactGrid_property_ID>,
Texas Historic Sites Atlas ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Texas_Historic_Sites_Atlas_ID>
* Query examples:
o Names of countries without letter "a" <https://w.wiki/Mnx>
(source
<https://twitter.com/PierreBoudes/status/1248923143965638657>)
o Infectious diseases and their number of cases
<https://w.wiki/Mo2> (source
<https://twitter.com/mrlogix/status/1248501929371521024>)
o Map of mountain huts in Bulgaria <https://w.wiki/Mo4> (source
<https://twitter.com/valexiev1/status/1247790814811455488>)
* Schema examples: pandemic (E184)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E184>, preprint (E185)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E185>, Macromolecular
complex (E186) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E186>,
hospital (E187) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E187>,
2020 coronavirus pandemic local outbreaks (E188)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E188>, clinical trial
(E189) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E189>, Lockdown
(E190) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E190>, lockdown
part of the 2019-2020 coronavirus disease pandemic (E191)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E191>, virus taxon
(E192) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E192>, Preprint
server (E193) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E193>,
Complex Portal entity (E194)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E194>, contact tracing
app (E195) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E195>
Development
* Move wb_terms data in cloud replicas to wb_terms_no_longer_updated
(phab:T248592 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248592>)
* Rebuild wb_items_per_site, after incident where wb_items_per_site
was dropped (phab:T249596 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249596>)
* Purge / Reject client pages that were cached in parser cache
during the incident (phab:T249595
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249595>)
* More work on Automated finding references
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Automated_finding_references_input>
* More work on federated properties: create and save a statement
with federated properties
* Bridge: improve the generic error screen (phab:T241126
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241126>) and on save
(phab:T248087 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248087>)
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 <http://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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