*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
- The next Wikibase live session
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2021.06.24> is 16:00 UTC on
Thursday 24th June 2021
<https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1624550400> (18:00 Berlin time).
This month we'll have a team member from Wikibase Stakeholders Group
<https://wikibase-stakeholder-group.github.io/> talk briefly about
their work, and then we'll welcome people to share out about their work
around Wikibase. We'll leave some space in the agenda to discuss meta
issues related to the Wikibase Community Usergroup.
- SPARQL queries live on Twitch <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> and in
English by Vigneron, June 22 at 18:00 CEST
- *24/06 (17:30 UTC):* Wikidata Lab XXX: Roundtripping process for
tainacan
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XXX>
with Ederporto <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ederporto> and
Dalton Lopes Martins (https://tainacan.org/en/ Tainacan) (*in English*),
on YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6m0rRgadu4>
- Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #68
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#67>,
June 27
- LIVE Wikidata editing #47 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QywDX83OZrw>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2985815161703641/>,
June 26 at 18:00 UTC
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Papers
- Beyond VIAF. Wikidata as a Complementary Tool for Authority Control
in Libraries <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107308059> (with detailed
statistics on VIAF and Wikidata
<https://catalogo.pusc.it/beyond_viaf/>)
- Videos
- Using OpenRefine and creating wikidata schema - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osYFU2UvE1Y>
- Query SPARQL Wikidata around genealogy (in French) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc0pkmFkbYA>
- LIVE Wikidata editing #47 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD5L5iTHa1c>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2980705608881263/>
- Global Open Initiative Foundation editing session - Adding
statements about Ghanaian Members of Parliament using OpenRefine -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50GBWVUCsO8>
Tool of the week
- Template:PositionHolderHistory
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:PositionHolderHistory> displays
the full list of position holders for a given position.
- Template:Generic queries for positions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_positions>
new template with generic queries for positions.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Interlanguage links now work for multilingual Wikisource. phab:T275958
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T275958>
- User:Nikki/LexemeEntitySuggester.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/LexemeEntitySuggester.js> now
supports searching for senses for the translation property.
- The call for candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates>
for 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections has begun on June 9. The last
date to apply is June 29, 2021.
- Since the beginning of the month, phabricator tickets about language
codes (and names of languages) were reviewed and triaged to better reflect
their content and current status. Some work was done to better identify the
steps for such changes, highlight and address bottlenecks and system
issues. Patches for a few codes were contributed and are being
released. Phabricator
"Language codes" workboard
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/language_codes/> provides an
overview, phab:T284856 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284856>
attempts to identify maintenance steps and phab:T284276
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284276> determine turn-around times.
phab:T284808 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284808> should finally
close a gap in termbox language handeling. A way to better address some or
all aspects of changes of language codes applicable to Wikipedia editions
still needs to be found. Don't hesitate to request the addition or update
of language names (e.g. the name of Dutch in Danish) or missing language
codes, notably for monolingual strings (see
Help:Monolingual_text_languages
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Monolingual_text_languages>).
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: not found in
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9660>, named place on map
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9664>
- External identifiers: Ropiky.net pillbox ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9655>, Istituto Veneto di
Scienze, Lettere ed Arti member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9656>, Memobase ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9657>, Standard Citation
Forms for Rare Materials Cataloging ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9658>, Skipsrevyen ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9659>, EBAF authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9661>, LdiF person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9662>, Musica Baltica person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9663>, EGID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9665>, RBF event ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9666>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: named after lexeme
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/named_after_lexeme>,
replacement value
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/replacement_value>,
Qualis rank
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qualis_rank>,
role of component
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/role_of_component>,
table of contents available at URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/table_of_contents_available_at_URL>,
DICOM modality page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DICOM_modality_page>,
Flemish Heritage Themes ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flemish_Heritage_Themes_ID>
- External identifiers: OlympicsIL ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OlympicsIL_ID>,
EBIDAT ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EBIDAT_ID>,
Crosscut
author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Crosscut_author_ID>,
identifier BNM
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifier_BNM>,
Chidlovski.Com USSR national ice hockey team player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chidlovski.Com_USSR_national_ice_hockey_team_player_ID>,
Handzone player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Handzone_player_ID>,
BES-Net user ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BES-Net_user_ID>,
Hokej.cz player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hokej.cz_player_ID>,
Research Resource Identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Research_Resource_Identifier>,
VK artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VK_artist_ID>,
MonumentalTrees.com
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MonumentalTrees.com>,
Lexikon Westfälischer Autorinnen und Autoren person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lexikon_Westf%C3%A4lischer_Autorinnen_und_Autoren_person_ID>,
E-Flora BC species ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/E-Flora_BC_species_ID>,
E-Fauna BC species ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/E-Fauna_BC_species_ID>,
Villo! station ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Villo!_station_ID>,
LexM ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LexM_ID>
- Query examples:
- Map of public bookcases <https://w.wiki/3VT7>
- SPARQL Jupyter notebook to explore generic queries for positions
<https://public.paws.wmcloud.org/User:PAC2/Generic%20queries%20for%20positions.ipynb>
(using PAWS)
- Biographies that can be linked in different Wikipedias (apart from
deWP) <https://w.wiki/3W7h> (Source
<https://twitter.com/RegiowikiAt/status/1405806412039704579>)
- Vulnerable, endangered or extinct languages with number of lexemes
in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/3WVb> (Source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1404841876134445059>)
- Articles in English Wikipedia about women that have the good
article badge but do not have an article written in Spanish
<https://w.wiki/3Lhb> (Source
<https://twitter.com/editatona/status/1404553060223946755>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- Wikidata:WikiProject Outdoor Gyms
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Outdoor_Gyms>
Development
- Fixed a bug that broke the "Add sitelink" popup on Commons (
phab:T284854 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284854>)
- Working on a fix for suggesters popping up unexpectedly when tabbing
quickly (phab:284219 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/284219>)
- Reviewing code for a new Property Suggester by a student (phab:T284820
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284820>)
- Mismatch Finder: Working on a tool to work through mismatching data
between Wikidata and external databases. Your feedback is welcome
on Wikidata
talk:Mismatch Finder
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Mismatch_Finder>
- Curious Facts: We developed a tool to help editors check random
curious facts on Wikidata. Try it
<https://wikidata-analytics.wmcloud.org/app/CuriousFacts> and give us
your feedback on Wikidata talk:Curious Facts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Curious_Facts>
- Kicked off our continued work on Wikidata-Wikibase federation
(Federation v2) with preparatory work, including:
- Testing infrastructure investigation and decision
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284909>
- Investigation: How to refer to entities that have the same IDs as
the source wikibase entities
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284913>
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
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