*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Stanglavine <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Stanglavine_2> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Upcoming: Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020> (remote, July 9-10): program & concept are published, registration is open - Upcoming: live OpenRefine introduction et demonstration <https://www.twitch.tv/belett>, by Vigneron <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:VIGNERON>, on Twitch and in French, Tuesday June 16 at 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) - Past: Wikidata queries workshop <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWT_Indic_Workshop_Series_2020/Workshops#Writing_Wikidata_queries>, June 21st, in the frame of the Small wiki toolkits–Indic workshop series Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - When Deno meets Wikidata <https://medium.com/@jsamwrites/when-deno-meets-wikidata-302f8e5b6700> (blog post) - Writing Wikidata Queries <https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2020/06/21/writing-wikidata-queries-workshop-notes/> (Workshop Notes) - Wikidata course at TAU: Hosting Denny Vrandečić. The future of Wikidata, Abstract Wikipedia WikiLambda - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vYOpV-1ipU> Tool of the week - The *currentDate* gadget <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets> automatically adds the current date when using retrieved <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P813> in a reference. Other Noteworthy Stuff - On Commons, c:Template:Wikidata Infobox <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikidata_Infobox> now has over 3 million uses; see c:Category:Uses of Wikidata Infobox <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Uses_of_Wikidata_Infobox>. - New page about the Bibliography of Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Bibliography_of_Wikidata> – needs help on expanding the list. - Upcoming domain name migration on the Wikimedia Toolforge implies that OpenRefine users need to update their Wikidata reconciliation service to the new endpoint <https://wdreconcile.toolforge.org/en/api> which will be available by default in the upcoming release of OpenRefine (3.4). phab:T254172 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254172> - Wikirecords <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikirecords> - proposal for a Wikibase-based sister-project Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: funder <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8324>, intended subject of deprecated statement <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8327>, Democracy Index <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8328>, principal investigator <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8329>, file page offset <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8330>, strike tone <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8331>, applies to name of value <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8338>, entry receptor <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8339>, estimated value <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8340>, media franchise <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8345>, Dewey Decimal Classification (works) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8359>, Library of Congress Classification (edition) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8360>, Universal Decimal Classification (works) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8361>, Regensburg Classification (works) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8362>, study type <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8363> - External identifiers: Noovie person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8314>, NTB ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8315>, sobory.ru ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8316>, Philadelphia Museum of Art person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8317>, WorldFootball.net stadium ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8318>, National Football Teams.com match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8319>, EU-Football.info stadium ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8320>, Canadian Football League player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8321>, cadastral municipality number in Austria <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8322>, Monasteries in the Netherlands until 1800 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8323>, Indonesian intangible cultural heritage <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8325>, Australian Classification ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8326>, Dansk litteraturs historie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8332>, DLive game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8333>, MuseScore artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8334>, Uffizi artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8335>, MNBAQ artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8336>, Cimetières de France ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8337>, Dansk Biografisk Leksikon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8341>, SIUSA archival fonds ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8342>, Odeon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8343>, WikiTrek ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8344>, Nomor Pokok Wajib Pajak <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8346>, Spotify songwriter ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8347>, NVE Elvenett elvID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8348>, Proleksis enciklopedija ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8349>, Singapore Infopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8350>, vglist video game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8351>, Veldkruus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8352>, BitterDB compound ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8354>, Helsinki persistent building ID Ratu <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8355>, SIUSA archive producer family ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8356>, SIUSA archive producer organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8357>, Museum of Family History ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8358>, Deku Deals ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8364>, Thesaurus Sozialwissenschaften ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8365> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: FIBA Hall of Fame <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FIBA_Hall_of_Fame>, qualifier for this property <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/qualifier_for_this_property>, Library and bibliographic classification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Library_and_bibliographic_classification>, gloss quote <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/gloss_quote>, Vmusic.bg artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vmusic.bg_artist_ID>, black-and-white photograph <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/black-and-white_photograph>, Gujin Tushu Jicheng link <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gujin_Tushu_Jicheng_link>, version control system <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/version_control_system>, provisions <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/provisions>, sleeping capacity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sleeping_capacity>, floor area <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/floor_area>, Dowker-Thistlethwaite notation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dowker-Thistlethwaite_notation>, Encyclopedia Tatarica (tt) Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_Tatarica_(tt)_Online_ID>, twin town sign <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/twin_town_sign>, floor material <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/floor_material>, Encyclopedia Tatarica (ru) Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_Tatarica_(ru)_Online_ID>, intended background color <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/intended_background_color>, is exception to constraint <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_exception_to_constraint>, prohibits <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/prohibits>, permits <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/permits>, Kunya <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kunya>, jour équivalent dans le calendrier correspondant <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/jour_%C3%A9quivalent_dans_le_calendrier_correspondant>, context of death <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/context_of_death>, inverse agonist of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inverse_agonist_of>, seatwidth <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/seatwidth>, external error <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/external_error>, set in environment <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/set_in_environment> - External identifiers: IDU person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IDU_person_ID>, SPOnG game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SPOnG_game_ID>, Bundesinventar der historischen Verkehrswege der Schweiz (IVS) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bundesinventar_der_historischen_Verkehrswege_der_Schweiz_(IVS)>, Unique Property Reference Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Unique_Property_Reference_Number>, Legacy.com newspaper ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Legacy.com_newspaper_ID>, GCatholic person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GCatholic_person_ID>, Econlib ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Econlib_ID>, Opera Online opera house ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Opera_Online_opera_house_ID>, Opera Online performer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Opera_Online_performer_ID>, finalesrugby.fr ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/finalesrugby.fr_ID>, Opera Online conductor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Opera_Online_conductor_ID>, PMSA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PMSA_ID>, duden id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/duden_id>, KKBox track ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KKBox_track_ID>, Rate Your Music album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rate_Your_Music_album_ID>, Offizielle Deutsche Charts album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Offizielle_Deutsche_Charts_album_ID>, locality number in Austria <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/locality_number_in_Austria>, UNBIS Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UNBIS_Thesaurus_ID>, Qobuz album ID 2 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qobuz_album_ID_2>, AZLyrics.com song ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AZLyrics.com_song_ID>, GCatholic diocese ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GCatholic_diocese_ID>, BBFC ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BBFC_ID>, Criminological Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Criminological_Thesaurus_ID>, FIPRESCI person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FIPRESCI_person_ID>, Web of Science ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Web_of_Science_ID>, Crossref journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Crossref_journal_ID>, KBpedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KBpedia_ID>, QUDT quantity kind ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/QUDT_quantity_kind_ID>, Utenlandske krigsgraver i Norge ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Utenlandske_krigsgraver_i_Norge_ID>, BWFpara.tournamentsoftware.com player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BWFpara.tournamentsoftware.com_player_ID>, Directorio de Afrocubanas <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Directorio_de_Afrocubanas>, Maitron des fusillés ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maitron_des_fusill%C3%A9s_ID>, TheFreeDictionary medical term ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheFreeDictionary_medical_term_ID>, Spanish Olympic Committee athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spanish_Olympic_Committee_athlete_ID>, Naturvårdsverket Amenity ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naturv%C3%A5rdsverket_Amenity_ID>, Supreme Court of Sweden case number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Supreme_Court_of_Sweden_case_number> - Query examples: - Apologies for both of the problematic queries ("MWAPI searches in wikidata about people described as slave traders by citizenship" in Weekly Summary #419 and "Monuments named after/commemorating/depicting slave traders” in Weekly Summary #420). The "MWAPI searches in wikidata about people described as slave traders by citizenship” in #419 lists any people with the word "slave" in a label, description or alias, among them several people who are not slave traders. The "Monuments named after/commemorating/depicting slave traders” in #420 incorrectly linked this query <https://w.wiki/TUg> for enslaved people instead of this query <https://w.wiki/TUZ> for slavetraders. - Ages of US presidents/vice-presidents: today, when leaving office, at death <https://w.wiki/Ufc> - The subway network of Stockholm <https://w.wiki/UDF> - Former footballers who have ever been an MP in the UK parliament <https://w.wiki/UFK> (Source <https://twitter.com/tmtm/status/1272835222384623616>) - Latin American Women Writers with a GND ID <https://w.wiki/UXQ> ( Source <https://twitter.com/espejolento/status/1273659553771479040>) - Roads that are named after film directors <https://w.wiki/Uf9> ( Source <https://twitter.com/1Veertje/status/1274260959578775552>) - Wikidata Queries around the SARS-CoV-2 virus and pandemic <https://egonw.github.io/SARS-CoV-2-Queries/> - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: WikiProject Sweden <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden>, WikiProject Ennegreciendo/Noircir Wikimedia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ennegreciendo/Noircir_Wikimedia> Development - Continue working on the infrastructure review, in order to address the most pressing infrastructure issues - Make the Wikibase.git code base PSR-4 compatible (phab:T172368 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T172368>) - Work on an overview of existing types of coupling in Wikibase between Repo and Client (phab:T254902 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254902> ) - More work on consistency of UX components - Handle failed requests to the federation source wiki when saving statements (phab:T254889 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254889>) - Catch federated properties exceptions in getParserOutput and display error page (phab:T255010 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255010>) - Improve the permissions for Blazegraph in wdqs docker image ( phab:T237248 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T237248>) - Create entitySources config for WMF production wikis (phab:T254315 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254315>) - Participate in fixing several incidents (phab:T255855 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255855>, phab:T255410 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255410>) 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> -- Mohammed Sadat *Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase* Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. 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