*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Comment <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:ChristianKl/Draft:ProposeDeletion> on a proposal for proposed deletion system <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:ChristianKl/Draft:ProposeDeletion> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Upcoming: Wikidata Lab XXVI: Structured citations module on Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XXVI>, presented in English by Mike Peel <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel> (Wiki Movimento Brasil <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Movimento_Brasil>). The event is supported by a WikiCite e-scholarship <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicite/e-scholarship/Mike_Peel_(Cite_Q_improvements)>. December 8th 17:00 UTC (14:00 BRT), via YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2AiaRHVesjQYv3pbq5qpdQ>. - Upcoming: live SPARQL queries <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> on Twitch and in French by Vigneron, December 8 at 18:00 CET - Upcoming: Wikimedia 2020 Coolest Tool Award Ceremony, December 11th at 17:00 GMT (details <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award#Coolest_Tool_Award_2020> ) - Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #42 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#42>, December 13 Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - A massive new effort to name millions sold into bondage during the transatlantic slave trade <https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/12/01/slavery-database-family-genealogy/>. The Washington Post writes about enslaved.org, a Wikibase instance run at Michigan State University, that collects and creates Linked Open Data about the transatlantic slave trade. (Source <https://twitter.com/johl/status/1334548022244614148>) - Video: Introduction to Wikidata by and with Alicia Fagerving from Wikipedia Day 2020 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV2tjuYLEyc> - Video: How to use Wikidata Mix'n'match tool <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE9ZvwYCNnQ> - YouTube - Video: Semantic Web in Libraries 2020 (replay) - Linking K10plus library union catalog with Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNI6ty4gpDw> - Building Wikidata One Branch of Knowledge at a Time <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tzlOeDBG9c> Tool of the week - User:Zvpunry/EntitySchemaHighlighter.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Zvpunry/EntitySchemaHighlighter.js> user script highlights the entities in the content of a Schema and shows information when hovering the link. Other Noteworthy Stuff - We now have a central repository for wikibase-cli templates <https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli-template-collection>, with the aim to document best practices, offer general purpose request/create/edit templates, but also offer more niche templates as examples of what's possible: contributions and template requests welcome! Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: identity element <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8864>, mathematical inverse <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8865>, has operator <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8866>, has marker <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8872>, Hong Kong film rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8874>, indexed in bibliographic review <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8875>, number of taxpayers <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8876>, ITRANS <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8881>, complementary property <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8882>, number of points/goals attempted <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8884>, water area <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8887>, MTRCB rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8889>, power consumption index <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8890>, heating energy consumption index <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8891>, road name formatter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8898>, ELSPA rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8901>, kunya <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8927>, religion or world view <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8929> - External identifiers: FINA Wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8861>, Foodlocate restaurant ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8862>, Qobuz label ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8863>, AAA campground ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8867>, AAA hotel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8868>, AAA restaurant ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8869>, Hyperion Records person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8870>, Southwest Harbor Public Library item ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8871>, DriveThruComics numeric publisher identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8873>, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8877>, HLTV player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8878>, Kinorium person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8879>, AstroGen ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8880>, BBC sound effects asset ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8883>, Namuwiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8885>, CIP data sheet <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8886>, AniDB episode ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8888>, edition humboldt digital Flora ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8892>, Sistema de Información Legislativa ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8893>, BG EIK <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8894>, All the Tropes identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8895>, Concise Literary Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8896>, Reliwiki page ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8897>, Arken ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8899>, HuijiWiki Wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8900>, Archives at Yale names ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8902>, HAL journal id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8903>, Parler username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8904>, Museo del Prado ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8905>, National Gallery of Ireland ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8906>, Auckland Art Gallery artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8907>, CINE21 film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8908>, National Gallery of Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8909>, Fitzwilliam Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8910>, Sonneveld-index <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8911>, Kicker.de player ID (actual scheme) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8912>, NSSDCA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8913>, ZOBODAT person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8914>, ZOBODAT taxon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8915>, DIA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8916>, SKD ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8917>, Max Movie film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8918>, Gab username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8919>, Movist film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8920>, KOBIS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8921>, Amsterdam Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8922>, SMB-digital ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8923>, State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8924>, CQVIP article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8925>, DBLP conference ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8926>, Filmstriben film-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8928> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: cites work string <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cites_work_string>, artistic director <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/artistic_director>, MDJF ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MDJF_ID>, Coordinates of depicted place <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coordinates_of_depicted_place>, first family name in Portuguese name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/first_family_name_in_Portuguese_name>, propriétés à éviter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/propri%C3%A9t%C3%A9s_%C3%A0_%C3%A9viter>, Commons category for the view from the item <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Commons_category_for_the_view_from_the_item>, Mailing List <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mailing_List>, curid <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/curid>, provides HTML microdata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/provides_HTML_microdata>, provides JSON-LD data <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/provides_JSON-LD_data>, archaeological site of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/archaeological_site_of>, does not have cause <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/does_not_have_cause>, conductor for <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/conductor_for>, reason for normal rank <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reason_for_normal_rank>, value is one of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/value_is_one_of>, tribunsdelaplebe.fr ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tribunsdelaplebe.fr_ID>, lineage marker <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lineage_marker>, has surface <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_surface>, DBLP journal id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBLP_journal_id> - External identifiers: U.S. Masters Swimming ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/U.S._Masters_Swimming_ID>, Artfacts ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artfacts_ID>, Order of Canada ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Order_of_Canada_ID>, AppGallery app ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AppGallery_app_ID>, Czech Gymnastics athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Czech_Gymnastics_athlete_ID>, Students of Prague Universities ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Students_of_Prague_Universities_ID>, theses.cz ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/theses.cz_ID>, Encyklopedie mostů v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyklopedie_most%C5%AF_v_%C4%8Cech%C3%A1ch,_na_Morav%C4%9B_a_ve_Slezsku_ID>, CollEx-Persée ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CollEx-Pers%C3%A9e_ID>, The Galileo Project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Galileo_Project_ID>, Dizionario degli artisti ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_degli_artisti_ID>, Museo Galileo biography ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museo_Galileo_biography_ID>, Museo Galileo authority ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museo_Galileo_authority_ID>, Biblioteca Marciana owner ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_Marciana_owner_ID>, Chinese Painting Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Painting_Database_ID>, National Galleries of Scotland ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Galleries_of_Scotland_ID>, Bavarian State Painting Collections ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bavarian_State_Painting_Collections_ID>, Chapels of southern Bohemia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chapels_of_southern_Bohemia_ID>, Kunsthistorisches Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kunsthistorisches_Museum_ID>, Max-Movie-Personen-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Max-Movie-Personen-ID>, CINE21 person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CINE21_person_ID>, Georgia Museum of Art ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgia_Museum_of_Art_ID>, Basic Formal Ontology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Basic_Formal_Ontology_ID>, Fichier des décès ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fichier_des_d%C3%A9c%C3%A8s_ID> - Query examples: - Russian cuisine <https://w.wiki/pZJ> - Belgian artists that rise to the public domain in 2021 <https://w.wiki/p93> (Source <https://twitter.com/JolanWuyts/status/1334423740915052545>) - Asian food made from noodles <https://w.wiki/ocs> (Source <https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1333977873649168384>) - Bubble diagram by wiki page numbers in each language on objects kept at the Bardo National Museum (note: Commons is counted as English) <https://w.wiki/oxF> (Source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1333842773498335234>) - Amusement parks around the world <https://w.wiki/pH5> (Source <https://twitter.com/aboutgeo/status/1333761407498727424>) - Schema examples: Video game <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E272> Development - Simple Query Builder development continues. We worked on combining different query conditions as well as internationalisation. - Making the precision translatable in geocoordinate and date inputs ( phab:T269102 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269102>) - Changes to descriptions in a specific language now show up on watchlist and recent changes on the Wikipedia and co for that language ( phab:T191831 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191831>) - Finished working on the problem of incorrectly-escaped label being included in a link to Special:NewItem if there are no search results ( phab:T263258 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263258>) - Investigating why we're currently skipping a significant number of Item IDs (phab:T268625 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268625>) - Wikibase Release Strategy/Infrastructure: We have decided where to host future Docker and tarball releases of Wikibase. You can read about the details and the reasoning in the following ADRs: Docker Image Repository <https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-prototype/blob/main/docs/adr/0001-docker-image-repository.md>, Tarball Repository <https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-prototype/blob/main/docs/adr/0002-tarball-hosting.md> 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 untangle items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yupik/Detanglement> that refer to different concepts. - 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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