*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>
- Past: Remote Wikimedia Hackathon <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020/Remote_Hackathon>, May 9-10 (see the showcase replay <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E19-sDvjXD8> and the description of projects <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wmhackshowcase2020>). Several Wikidata-related sessions took place: - Working on Wikidata Lexeme Forms tool by Lucas Werkmeister: Part 1 <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615768147>, Part 2 <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/616026827> - Wikidata: Figure skating workflow, starting from scratch (installing and configuring everything on a new computer) by Harmonia Amanda: Part 1 <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615903450>, Part 2 <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615927776>, Part 3 <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615974489> - Past: Wikidata local school gathering was organised by Wikidata Taiwan. Link to Event page <https://web.facebook.com/events/1532825603551114/> and dashboard <https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikidata_Taiwan/Wikidata_%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E5%AD%B8%E5%B0%88%E9%A1%8C%E7%AC%AC%E5%9B%9B%E6%AC%A1%E5%B0%8F%E8%81%9A_%E9%A4%A8%E9%80%A3%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E5%A0%B4_(20200509)/home> - Upcoming: Live SPARQL queries session in French about Lexemes <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/SPARQLFR> by Vigneron, May 12th at 20:00 CEST - Upcoming: Live Wikidata editing about video games by JeanFred <https://twitter.com/JeanFred/status/1258365590005309440>, May 13th at 19:30 CEST Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Webinar introducing Wikidata and adding wikidata=* tags into OpenStreetMap objects for OpenStreetMap contributors in the Philippines (in English and Tagalog): YouTube <https://youtube.com/watch?v=JhjBebDnwGY> - Wikidata Course at TAU: Hosting Mark Graham from the Internet Archive - Part 1 - Meet the Archive: YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfpDu7EsXcw> - Part 2 - The IA & Wikimedia: YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6gGYIJQh6k> - Wikidata Course at TAU: Hosting Lydia Pintscher from Wikimedia Deutschland - Part 1 - Wikidata - current state: YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obWNv4iBImQ> - Part 2 - Wikibase & Lexemes: YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=300gde9Hcto> - Part 3 - Shape Expressions & Schemas: YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXva9u3V0lc> - How to create external identifiers on Wikidata (in Italian): YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLDY056tPhk> - Open Data and Wikidata training (in Mandarin Chinese): YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSBkMhOy8Vc> - Bandaid: using Wikidata to generate band names <https://www.textjuicer.com/2020/05/bandaid-a-band-name-generator/> Tool of the week - WikidataExtract <http://wikishape.weso.es/wikidataExtract> extracts schemas (shape expressions) from Wikidata entities Other Noteworthy Stuff - Wikidata:WikiProject Authority control/VIAF linking to multiple items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Authority_control/VIAF_linking_to_multiple_items> has been created: most of the items listed probably need merging - have a look! - New tool: universal almanac based on Wikidata <http://vintagedata.org/almanac/query.php> by Alexander Doria <https://twitter.com/Dorialexander/status/1257333182871015424> - A proposal for a new Wikiproject Wikilambda <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilambda> that allows creating multilingual content in Wikidata that can be used in all Wikipedias. Signatures of support are needed and discussion and questions are welcomed! - V1 of Wikidata Bridge is almost ready to be tested on Catalan Wikipedia <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Vlrzy9sw6ownhafs> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: general property-based URL formatter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8183>, hardiness of plant <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8193>, hardiness zone <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8194>, ex-libris <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8195>, voting system <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8196>, supported metadata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8203>, tabular case data <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8204>, Gazette of India notification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8206> - External identifiers: motorsportstats.com team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8178>, Canadiana NCF ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8179>, Indian Railways train number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8180>, SNCF Station Identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8181>, South African Company Registration Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8182>, DART-Europe thesis ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8184>, DoME exhibition ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8185>, DPE school code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8186>, Epistemonikos ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8187>, Lexikon der Filmbegriffe ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8188>, National Library of Israel J9U ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8189>, UK Modern House Index architect ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8190>, UK Modern House Index building ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8191>, Joconde technique ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8192>, PragerU presenter ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8197>, regional government of Sicily ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8198>, Anagrafe Istituti Culturali Ecclesiastici ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8199>, BeWeb cultural institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8200>, ACUM work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8201>, Reta Vortaro ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8202>, Mozilla Developer Network article <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8205> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: social media followers <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/social_media_followers>, Gobbledygook <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gobbledygook>, forearm length <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/forearm_length>, number of stepchildren <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_stepchildren>, number of adopted children <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_adopted_children>, CV <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CV>, axe <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/axe>, banned in <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/banned_in> - External identifiers: NMMA built heritage ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMMA_built_heritage_ID>, NMMA antiquities ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMMA_antiquities_ID>, Super Mario Wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Super_Mario_Wiki_ID>, Philadelphia Museum of Art person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art_person_ID>, Archaeology in Greece Online place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archaeology_in_Greece_Online_place_ID>, iDAI.gazetteer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iDAI.gazetteer_ID>, iDAI.chronontology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iDAI.chronontology_ID>, identifiant SILL d'un logiciel <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_SILL_d%27un_logiciel>, Lower Austrian Castle ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lower_Austrian_Castle_ID>, Naturdenkmal-ID Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naturdenkmal-ID_Landkreis_Oberspreewald-Lausitz>, Bookogs credit ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bookogs_credit_ID>, Bookogs work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bookogs_work_ID>, Bookogs book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bookogs_book_ID>, GMC membership number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GMC_membership_number>, Bibliography of the History of Slovakia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bibliography_of_the_History_of_Slovakia_ID>, LombardiaBeniCulturali author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LombardiaBeniCulturali_author_ID>, Augustins de l'Assomption ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Augustins_de_l%27Assomption_ID>, ASUT ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASUT_ID>, Niden INE <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Niden_INE> - Query examples: - Films claimed to pass the Bechdel test with less than 2 female cast members in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/QLx> - African-American librarians in Wikidata that don't have Wikipedia articles <https://w.wiki/AXU> (Source <https://twitter.com/violetbfox/status/1259515391493181449>) - Magicians with known precise birth date <https://w.wiki/QWi> (Source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1259468993699643392>) - Sheffield Shield cricket players and the number of states they have played in <https://w.wiki/QRm> (Source <https://twitter.com/FreoPope/status/1259462397456080902>) - Number of Twitter followers of scientists at Dutch universities <https://w.wiki/HFY> (Source <https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1259411749142507520>) - Former United Kingdom Parliament MP's still living (by first election) <https://w.wiki/QP7> (Source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1259206450590691328>) - Number of paintings in National Gallery with artist and gender <https://w.wiki/QLR> (Source <https://twitter.com/janedarnell/status/1259030507838476288>) - Nearby table tennis tables to public spaces for the Wiki Explorer Android application <https://w.wiki/Q3p> (Source <https://twitter.com/Jokrates/status/1257940691931533312>) - Map of Ramsar sites in France <https://w.wiki/PzE> (Source <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1257736872891121665>) - Highest software version numbers recorded on Wikidata <https://w.wiki/QXK> (Source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1257385647490379781>) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: Speed skating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Speed_skating>, Witches <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Witches> Development - Display statements with federated properties (phab:T246606 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246606>) - Federated properties: fix a bug that caused some properties to not appear in search results (phab:T252024 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252024>) - Wikidata Bridge: more work on error messages - Prevent Wikibase schema updaters to modify database directly ( phab:T249598 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249598>) - Write a technical RFC about site-wide edit rate limiting (phab:T247459 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247459>) - Fix an issue on Wikibase: property names are missing when rendering ( phab:T247196 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247196>) - More work on automated references <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/4760/query/all/> 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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