*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: SORSE - Wikidata as a research tool for data modelling and
   integration in the humanities (replay on YouTube
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_a8DEZz2uI>)
   - Past: Open Data Day Taiwan 2021
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/OpenDataDay_Taiwan_2021>
   2021-03-06 , Taipei (Q1867) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1867>, Taichung
   (Q245023) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q245023>, Tainan (Q140631)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140631> and online stream (FB
   <https://www.facebook.com/WikidataTW> and Youtube
   <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQF9ZTA1NjpOAq7NtkO8hQ>)
   - Upcoming: OSM TW x Wikidata Taiwan Taipei (Q1867)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1867> Meetup 2021-03-08 Mozilla
   Community Space Taipei (Q61752245)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61752245>
   - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls>
   call: OCLC Research’s CONTENTdm Wikibase data model for pilot project to
   improve collection discoverability, Tuesday, March 9th.[1]
   
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PySajs8UGZgpJevzv21J6-5WR54kEb-c71GoVEb4DZw/edit?usp=sharing>
   - Upcoming: SPARQL queries <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> live on Twitch
   and in French by Vigneron, March 9 at 18:00 CET
   - Upcoming: LIVE Wikidata editing #35 - YouTube
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDMhcxCBA9o>, Facebook
   
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2907430509542107/>,
   March 13
   - Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #53
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#53>,
   March 14

Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>

   - Blogs
      - "Giving knowledge back to Wikipedia
      <https://www.dbpedia.org/blog/giving-knowledge-back-to-wikipedia/>:
      Towards a Systematic Approach to Sync Factual Data across Wikipedia,
      Wikidata and External Data Sources" (by DBPedia)
   - Papers
      - Open Natural Products Research: Curation and Dissemination of
      Biological Occurrences of Chemical Structures through Wikidata
      <https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.28.433265>
      - A paper describing COVIWD <https://www.coviwd.org/>: COVIWD:
      COVID-19 Wikidata Dashboard
      <https://dx.doi.org/10.21609/jiki.v14i1.941>
   - Videos
      - Wikidata and Abstract Wikipedia by Denny Vrandečić - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL9Cc2Mockw>
      - Working hour on items of bibliographic interest in Wikidata (in
      Italian) -YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYyiPjZeRls>
      - Open Data Day Taiwan 2021 -Youtube Live
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68vkGWWu1Ck>
      - LIVE Wikidata editing #34 Open Data Day - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoUfkQ0mVe8>, Facebook
      
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2902104563408035/>

Tool of the week

   - Panoviewer.js
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by/Panoviewer.js>
   inserts an iframe from the Panoviewer <https://panoviewer.toolforge.org/>
   tool to photosphere image (P4640)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4640> statements.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - Wikidata has now items about nine million people: 99,991,000,000 to do
   (project chat
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Nine_million_people>
   )
   - A new browser for Wikidata is available: the SLING knowledge base
   browser <https://ringgaard.com/kb/Q195> by User:Mringgaard
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mringgaard>. It is lightning fast
   and entirely based on modern Web components.
   - Help choose focus languages for improvements to the lexicographic
   extension of Wikidata and Abstract Wikipedia
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data/Focus_languages>.
   Nominations should be submitted by April 7, and the decision will be made
   by April 14 by the teams taking your comments into account.
   - Help to choose a design concept for the logo of the new Wikifunctions
   wiki
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wikifunctions_logo_concept/Vote>.
   Voting ends before Monday March 15th 23:59 UTC.


   - PetScan can now generate KML map overlay data
   <https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1368939368250040322>. E.g.
University
   towns in Germany <https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=18591379&format=kml>.
   (Map view
   
<https://wikidata-todo.toolforge.org/render_kml.html?kml=https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=18591379%26format=kml>
   )

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: supplement to
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9234>, seismic classification
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9235>, reissue of
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9237>, staking percentage
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9238>, affiliated worker
      organisation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9239>, demographics
      of topic <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9241>, assessment
      outcome <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9259>, notation
      writer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9260>
      - External identifiers: Archivo Linz de la Transición Española ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9231>, Obituaries Australia
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9232>, XXXBios female
      performer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9233>, RDA
      value vocabularies ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9236>, Encyclopedia
      of Seventh-day Adventists ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9240>, Whiskybase distillery
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9242>, NParks Flora &
      Fauna Web ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9243>, Women
      Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9244>, Labour
      Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9245>, Indigenous
      Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9246>, Pontifical
      University of Salamanca ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9247>, EEVA author ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9248>, Nauvoo Community
      Project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9249>, Cyprus
      Library ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9250>, Cyprus
      University of Technology ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9251>, Amathus ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9252>, European University
      Cyprus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9253>, Museo
      Nacional de la Estampa ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9254>, Resident Advisor club
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9255>, Diccionari de la
      traducció catalana ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9256>, CPC-PR
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9257>, Austrian
      Newspapers Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9258>, Oklahoma's
      NRHP ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9261>, ChemRxiv ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9262>, Provence-Alpes-Côte
      d'Azur Inventory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9263>, FFF
      player ID (new scheme) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9264>,
      Physics Magazine author ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9265>, Ligue 1 player ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9266>, ANPI person numeric ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9267>, Science Magazine
      author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9268>, Odnoklassniki
      user numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9269>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: verbal ability
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/verbal_ability>,
      易玩應用程序標識符
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%E6%98%93%E7%8E%A9%E6%87%89%E7%94%A8%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E6%A8%99%E8%AD%98%E7%AC%A6>,
      earned run average
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/earned_run_average>,
      named place on map
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/named_place_on_map>,
      inhabitants of topic
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inhabitants_of_topic>,
      consequence of text
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/consequence_of_text>,
      writing style
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/writing_style>,
      applicant
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applicant>,
      co-applicant
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/co-applicant>,
      Cantonese romanisation
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cantonese_romanisation>,
      repairability
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/repairability>
      - External identifiers: MeSH qualifier ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MeSH_qualifier_ID>,
      Encyclopedia of Ostrava person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Ostrava_person_ID>,
      Encyclopedia of Plzeň person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Plze%C5%88_person_ID>,
      Stadtlexikon Karlsruhe
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stadtlexikon_Karlsruhe>,
      Museum of the jewish people ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museum_of_the_jewish_people_ID>,
      Encyclopaedia Herder concept ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopaedia_Herder_concept_ID>,
      Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Greater_Philadelphia_ID>,
      Biblioteca Capitolare di Verona author ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_Capitolare_di_Verona_author_ID>,
      Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_de_Puerto_Rico>,
      PorcelanaBrasil ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PorcelanaBrasil_ID>,
      Eesti entsüklopeedia ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eesti_ents%C3%BCklopeedia_ID>,
      Encyclopedia of Melbourne ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Melbourne_ID>,
      Cyprus Bibliography ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cyprus_Bibliography_ID>,
      JaneladaHistoria ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JaneladaHistoria_ID>,
      OsobnostiRegionu.cz ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OsobnostiRegionu.cz_ID>,
      Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_French_Cultural_Heritage_in_North_America_ID>,
      Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_Encyclop%C3%A9die_du_patrimoine_culturel_de_l%27Am%C3%A9rique_fran%C3%A7aise_ID>,
      Inforegister ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Inforegister_ID>,
      Terezín Memorial Database ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Terez%C3%ADn_Memorial_Database_ID>,
      AWB lemma ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AWB_lemma_ID>,
      MWB lemma ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MWB_lemma_ID>,
      MHDBDB lemma ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MHDBDB_lemma_ID>,
      Woerterbuchnetz.de IDs for Middle High German
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woerterbuchnetz.de_IDs_for_Middle_High_German>,
      Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%C3%ABtzebuerger_Online_Dictionnaire_ID>,
      Woerterbuchnetz.de IDs for modern German
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woerterbuchnetz.de_IDs_for_modern_German>,
      Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Das_wissenschaftliche_Bibellexikon_im_Internet_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - Deceased people with verified Twitter accounts <https://w.wiki/34Mo>
      (source <https://twitter.com/grafst/status/1367309410020786181>)
      - members of *Ludlamshöhle*, a society in Vienna (1819-1826)
      <https://w.wiki/34k8> (source
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Austria#Ludlamshöhle>
      )
      - Things discovered or invented by women <https://w.wiki/34Js> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/1368888720380866564>)
   - Newest WikiProjects
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:

      - Wikidata:WikiProject Early Modern England and Wales
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Early_Modern_England_and_Wales>
      (WD:WP EMEW <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WP_EMEW>)
   - Newest database reports:
      - Gadget usage statistics
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Gadget_usage_statistics>
      - Includes gadgets enabled in preferences or common.js

Development

   - Fixed an issue where the Property selector is not falling back from
   language variant to major language (phab:T272712
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272712>)
   - Working on support for editing statements on Senses on Lexemes via
   wbeditentity (phab:T199896 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199896>)
   - Continuing to work on the Query Builder
   <https://query-builder-test.toolforge.org/> and making it possible to
   query for quantities and dates with it.
   - Putting finishing touches on a small tool that lets you get the
   average ORES quality score for a list of Items as well as the individual
   scores for each of the Items


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
_______________________________________________
Wikidata mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata

Reply via email to