Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Hazard-SJ <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Hazard-SJ_3>, Gnoeee <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Gnoeee>, Wagino 20100516 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Wagino_20100516_2> - Closed request for adminship: Wiki13 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Wiki13_2> (successful) Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Past: Wikibase Live Session - August 2020 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Meetings/August_2020>. This session had a few people present on some of their work with modeling GLAM data in Wikibase or Wikidata. (replay <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikibase_Live_Session_-_August_2020.webm> ) - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Daniel Mietchen and Lane Rasberry about Scholia, a project to present bibliographic information and scholarly profiles of authors and institutions, 11 August. [Agenda <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xftQTezmXVO0B1WMYoNnkEOrOVYF38nKaXzP7POxRvo/edit#Agenda> ] - Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #25 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#25>, August 16 Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - QuickStatements and Distributed Wikidata games Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2726704460948047/>, YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBVhtTfzrKA> - Video: Collaboration, contribution and use of Wikidata and Wikipedia by academic libraries (in Greek). YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEa71M5Yw8g> - Librarians work to broaden Vanderbilt’s research reputation with Wikidata tools <https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2020/08/10/librarians-work-to-broaden-vanderbilts-research-reputation-with-wikidata-tools/>. "To speed up the creation of metadata about faculty and their publications, Steven Baskauf, data science and data curation specialist for libraries, developed “VanderBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:VanderBot>,” a set of scripts that can read and write to Wikidata, greatly improving the efficiency by which Vanderbilt’s faculty are discoverable through Wikidata". Tool of the week - OSM ↔ Wikidata matcher <https://osm.wikidata.link/> links Wikidata entries to places in OpenStreetMap. Other Noteworthy Stuff - wikidata2df, a Python package for easily turning a Wikidata SPARQL query into a pandas dataframe <https://github.com/jvfe/wikidata2df> - With Wikidata Concept Tree Generator <https://observablehq.com/@repmax/wikidata-concept-tree-generator>, you can enter any concept and instantly see a visualization of its extended relations. (Source <https://twitter.com/maxmunnecke/status/1291688128848240641>) Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: size comparison diagram <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8512>, view <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8517> - External identifiers: Legacy.com newspaper ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8507>, ChemSynthesis ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8508>, Dizionario Biografico dei Protestanti in Italia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8509>, Maitron des fusillés ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8510>, Fototeka person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8511>, LibraryThing series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8513>, TOPCMB ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8514>, Swiss Industrial Heritage ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8515>, Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8516> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: image of entrance <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_of_entrance>, extinction date <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/extinction_date>, notation writer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/notation_writer>, raga <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/raga>, tala <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tala>, SMARTS <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SMARTS>, Editio princeps <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Editio_princeps>, recording location <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/recording_location> - External identifiers: Sochy a města ID osoby <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sochy_a_m%C4%9Bsta_ID_osoby>, Sochy a města ID sochy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sochy_a_m%C4%9Bsta_ID_sochy>, podvignaroda <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/podvignaroda>, Have I Been Pwned breach ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Have_I_Been_Pwned_breach_ID>, European Investment Bank project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/European_Investment_Bank_project_ID>, WordNet 3.1 Synset Id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WordNet_3.1_Synset_Id>, cadastral municipality ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cadastral_municipality_ID>, NPR station ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NPR_station_ID>, NYARC Discovery ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NYARC_Discovery_ID>, Nasjonalt skoleregister-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nasjonalt_skoleregister-ID>, ERIC Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ERIC_Thesaurus_ID>, American Folklore Society Ethnographic Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/American_Folklore_Society_Ethnographic_Thesaurus_ID>, Trismegistos Texts ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trismegistos_Texts_ID> - Query examples: - Ancestors of the current King of Spain color coded by sex or gender <https://w.wiki/YhE> - Political alignments of the parties of world leaders <https://w.wiki/Ymh> (Source <https://twitter.com/tmtm/status/1290946706490695680>) - Female Mathematicians whose birth/death anniversary is today <https://w.wiki/YiN> (Source <https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1290621299132375043>) - Commons queries: - Map of images found in the medieval Atlas De Wit <https://wcqs-beta.wmflabs.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Ffile%20%3Fimage%20%3FdepictionLabel%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Ffile%20wdt%3AP6243%20wd%3AQ2520345%20.%0A%20%20%3Ffile%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Fdepiction%20.%0A%20%20%3Ffile%20schema%3AcontentUrl%20%3Furl%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql%3E%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdepiction%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fdepiction%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FdepictionLabel%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20bind%28iri%28concat%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%3AFilePath%2F%22%2C%20replace%28substr%28str%28%3Furl%29%2C53%29%2C%22_%22%2C%22%2520%22%29%29%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%0A%7D> (source <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SPARQL_query_service/queries/examples#Map_of_images_found_in_the_medieval_Atlas_De_Wit> ) - Things depicted with cats <https://wcqs-beta.wmflabs.org/#%23%20Things%20depicted%20with%20cats%0A%0A%23%20Things%20depicted%20with%20cats%0A%0A%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fcount%20%3Fdepicted%20%3FdepictedLabel%20%3FsampleImg%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Ftarget%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql%3E%20%7B%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Ftarget%20wdt%3AP31%3F%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ146%20%7D%20%20%20%20%20%23%23%20include%20specific%20sorts%20of%20cats%20and%20individual%20cats%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Ftarget%20wdt%3AP31%3F%20wd%3AQ43577%20%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%23%20and%20also%20breeds%20of%20cat%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25targets%0A%20%20%20%20%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3Ffile%29%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%3Fdepicted%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Ffile%29%20AS%20%3Fsample%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25targets%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ffile%20p%3AP180%20%3Fstmt%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstmt%20ps%3AP180%20%3Ftarget%20.%0A%20%23%20%20%20%3Fstmt%20wikibase%3Arank%20wikibase%3APreferredRank%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%23%20%20Make%20sure%20the%20cat%20is%20marked%20as%20prominent%20--%20%2a%2acommented%20out%20for%20now%2a%2a%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ffile%20p%3AP180%20%3Fstmt2.%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fstmt2%20%21%3D%20%3Fstmt%29%20.%20%20%20%20%23%23%20%20now%20get%20another%20depicts%20statement%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstmt2%20ps%3AP180%20%3Fdepicted%20.%20%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fdepicted%0A%7D%20AS%20%25things%20%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fcount%20%3Fdepicted%20%3Fsample%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25things%20.%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%23%20exclude%20anything%20that%20was%20an%20original%20target%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%28%3Ftarget%20AS%20%3Fdepicted%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25targets%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25things1%0A%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25things1%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql%3E%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fdepicted%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FdepictedLabel%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fsample%20schema%3AcontentUrl%20%3Furl%20%3B%0A%20%20bind%28iri%28concat%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%3AFilePath%2F%22%2C%20wikibase%3AdecodeUri%28substr%28str%28%3Furl%29%2C53%29%29%29%29%20AS%20%3FsampleImg%29%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29> (source <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SPARQL_query_service/queries/examples#Things_depicted_with_cats> ) Development - finalized designs for the query builder to start coding at the beginning of September - wrapping up the initial work on the design system so that we can start using the first pieces of it in the query builder development - working on properly linking redirects in recent changes, watchlist and co (phabricator:T255387 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255387>) - addressed remaining security review comments about the Wikidata Bridge so that we can deploy it finally on the first Wikipedia - fixed a bug where string values had the wrong length limit ( phabricator:T259440 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T259440>) - finishing the work of untangling Wikibase Client and Wikibase Repository extensions to make development easier 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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