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>
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: New co-facilitator introductions and tools for editathons, 14 July. Agenda <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sxv0tbESnZVOqyPvLMMbcnxEObfngKmtq7phQXhigKw/edit?usp=sharing> - Upcoming video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #12, 18 July Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3051148598266284/>, YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Btvs8POzUk> - Past: Celtic Knot Wikimedia language conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020>, online, July 9-10. Videos, documentation and slides of sessions are accessible from the program page. Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Using OpenRefine with Wikidata for the first time <https://addshore.com/2020/07/using-openrefine-with-wikidata-for-the-first-time/>, by Addshore - Using Wikidata in Mathematica and Wolfram <https://blog.wolfram.com/2020/07/09/accessing-the-world-with-the-wolfram-language-external-identifiers-and-wikidata/>, by Toni Schindler - Fostering the presence of museums on Wikipedia and Wikidata <http://icom.museum/en/news/imd2020-fostering-the-presence-of-museums-on-wikipedia-and-wikidata/>, by Debora Lopomo - Extending the Met’s reach with Wikidata <https://wikiedu.org/blog/2020/07/07/extending-the-mets-reach-with-wikidata/>, by Jennie Choi - Wikidata-related videos from the Celtic Knot Conference: - Wikidata and how you can use it to support minority languages <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfhkk4qdkTE> (Mohammed Sadat) - Wikidata-powered infoboxes <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk9AdUIzeeA?t=221> (Pau Cabot) - Hands-on Wikidata and lexicographical data <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDM5QJAJzNc> (Nicolas Vigneron and Léa Lacroix) - FAIR linguistic data thanks to norm data – Wikidata as part of the research project VerbaAlpina <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ROTQ9N_8w> (Christina Mutter) - Sámi placenames on Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L5uoMiJoA4> (Jon Harald Søby) - Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - Wikidata editing #11 Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3043539535693857/>, YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzqX5iTfzb4> - Video: Introducing the Wikidata powered Dictionary of Welsh Biography timeline (Jason Evans), YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6uMVRVji-U> - Video: Diving into Wikidata workshop (Will Kent), YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f756VlWN360> - Video: Linked data for libraries with Wikibase, Infrastructure track (Jens Ohlig), YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVmxpaB-Th4> Tool of the week - DragNDrop.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yarl/DragNDrop.js> makes it possible to show a Wikipedia article and drag items to Wikidata. Other Noteworthy Stuff - GQIS can now render results from a Wikidata SPARQL query with a new plugin <https://twitter.com/AlbinPCLarsson/status/1280007567859576832>. - New feature in *V for Wikipedia* that uses Wikidata identifiers to direct users to their favorite streaming app <https://twitter.com/frankrausch/status/1281291081452306434>. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: Dowker-Thistlethwaite name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8416> - External identifiers: AlloCiné theater ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8414>, Maniadb artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8415>, Group Properties wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8417>, Oberwolfach mathematician ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8418>, Archive Of Our Own tag <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8419>, GameBanana video game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8420>, Spanish Olympic Committee athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8421> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: Image link <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Image_link>, numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/numeric_ID>, peak bagging classification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/peak_bagging_classification>, vanDerWaalsConstantA <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vanDerWaalsConstantA>, vanDerWaalsConstantB <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vanDerWaalsConstantB>, road name formatter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/road_name_formatter>, road number formatter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/road_number_formatter>, Medical Service <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medical_Service>, Ofsted inspection rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ofsted_inspection_rating>, OpenStreetMap numeric user ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenStreetMap_numeric_user_ID>, traffic sign template image <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/traffic_sign_template_image>, Vietnamese middle name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vietnamese_middle_name> - External identifiers: Wiki Loves Earth Ukraine identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wiki_Loves_Earth_Ukraine_identifier>, OHM Relation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OHM_Relation_ID>, Filmstarts title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmstarts_title_ID>, UK Research and Innovation person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UK_Research_and_Innovation_person_ID>, SmallGroup ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SmallGroup_ID>, Personendatenbank Germania Sacra ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Personendatenbank_Germania_Sacra_ID>, SAH Archipedia building ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAH_Archipedia_building_ID>, SAH Archipedia architect ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAH_Archipedia_architect_ID>, Our Campaigns candidate ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Our_Campaigns_candidate_ID>, VPE railway line ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VPE_railway_line_ID>, Churches in Limburg <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Churches_in_Limburg>, The Draft Review ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Draft_Review_ID>, ANZSCO 2013 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANZSCO_2013_ID>, ANZSOC ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANZSOC_ID>, ASCRG ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASCRG_ID>, Encyclopédie berbère <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclop%C3%A9die_berb%C3%A8re>, 雑誌コード <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%E9%9B%91%E8%AA%8C%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89>, OpenStreetMap user name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenStreetMap_user_name>, National Registry of Exonerations Case ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Registry_of_Exonerations_Case_ID>, Svenska Akademiens Ordbok ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Svenska_Akademiens_Ordbok_ID>, QLD Biota ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/QLD_Biota_ID>, Australian Weed ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Weed_ID> - Query examples: - Illustrated Basque word of the day for children <https://w.wiki/WMN> - Oldest UK MPs at the time of election <https://w.wiki/WRB> (Source <https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1280844765135802369>) - Map of archives in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/Wg3> (Source <https://twitter.com/M_Gasser/status/1281989283302301696>) Development - Continued building out documentation for Federated Properties ( phabricator:T255651 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255651>) and making interface improvements to the first stage of the feature (incl. phabricator:T246886 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246886>, changes to special pages that interact with both Items/Properties, and phabricator:T255581 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255581>, changes to Special:ListDataTypes when federation is enabled) - More work on the consistent design system - More work on decoupling the different Wikibase extensions from each other to make development easier - Finalizing research and interviews to better understand what could be improved in the way developers access Wikidata's data (APIs, SPARQL) - Testing the first prototype of the Simple Query Builder <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Improve_the_workflows_for_queries_and_lists/Simple_query_Builder> with some editors to get final input before coding starts - Sorting of language links on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects was broken (presumably by a change in MediaWiki core). A fix is being worked on. (phabricator:T257625 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257625>) 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. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de
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