Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.
Discussions
- Open request for adminship:
- Allenwang6212a
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Allenwang6212a>
(RfP scheduled to end after 6 July 2021 06:09 UTC)
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past:
- Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #49 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHfBIxMa8qk>
- Upcoming:
- SPARQL queries live on Twitch <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> in
French by Vigneron, July 6 at 18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- Schema explorers and how they can help guide adoption of common
standards
<https://blog.ldodds.com/2021/06/01/schema-explorers-and-how-they-can-help-guide-adoption-of-common-standards/>
- Tackling Technical Debt, big and small, in Wikidata and Wikibase
<https://addshore.com/2021/06/tackling-technical-debt-big-and-small-in-wikidata-and-wikibase/>
- Papers
- A Study of the Quality of Wikidata
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2107.00156v1.pdf>
- Beyond VIAF: Wikidata as a Complementary Tool for Authority Control
in Libraries
<https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12959>
- Videos
- (workshop) Editing Wikidata items about Ghanaian parliamentarians -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eRbrmDlTr0>
- Adding descriptions and statements to Wikidata using
Quickstatements - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAYlEhG0ILA&list=PL688h-0nBPOB3Z7GVKpYU9G23nX7QclT7&index=2>
- Editing Wikidata (in German) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIY3zANk9lw>
Tool of the week
- User:Nikki/AnchorLinks.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/AnchorLinks.js> is a
userscript that adds a small link before property labels and statement
values on entity pages to provide a clickable/copiable link to that section
of the page.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- A job opening <https://karriere-igb.softgarden.io/job/11001088> for a
fullstack developer to work on integrating Wikidata with expert-curated
knowledge on invasion biology
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: voted on by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9681>, Qualis rank
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9683>, author given names
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9687>, author last name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9688>, delta of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9700>
- External identifiers: Gutenberg Biographics ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9682>, Idaho Species ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9684>, Montana Field Guide
species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9685>, Classical
Archives composer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9686>, Crosscut
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9689>, E-Fauna BC
species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9690>, E-Flora BC
species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9691>, LexM ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9692>, BES-Net user ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9693>, VK artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9694>, Legie 100 legionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9695>, Buzer.de law
identification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9696>,
[email protected]
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9697>, World Curling
Federation Championship ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9698>, FOIH themes ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9699>, African Film Database
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9701>, Gameblog.fr game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9702>, CCC in Idaho
Collection ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9703>, Monumental
Trees ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9704>, Bauforschung
Baden-Württemberg Objekt-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9705>, Director
Identification Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9706>, GCD
creator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9707>, Handzone
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9708>, Games und
Erinnerungskultur Datenbank ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9709>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: code name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_name>,
International
Tables for Crystallography space group number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Tables_for_Crystallography_space_group_number>,
Impact factor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Impact_factor>,
dependency grammar relations
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dependency_grammar_relations>,
biological target
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/biological_target>,
URL for citizen's initiatives
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/URL_for_citizen%27s_initiatives>,
incubator
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/incubator>,
project
state
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/project_state>
- External identifiers: fotoCH photographer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fotoCH_photographer_ID>,
Raakvlak inventory number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Raakvlak_inventory_number>,
cultural broadcasting archive station ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cultural_broadcasting_archive_station_ID>,
National Diet Library Persistent ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Diet_Library_Persistent_ID>,
MANTO ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MANTO_ID>,
e-Rad
researcher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/e-Rad_researcher_ID>,
WMO code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WMO_code>
- Query examples:
- List of pairs of senses on the same lexeme that have the same gloss
in at least one language <https://w.wiki/3b8y> (Source
<https://t.me/c/1325756915/10445>)
- Which British Monarch saw most US Presidents; which US President
saw most British Monarchs? (graph view <https://w.wiki/3b8x>) (dimensions
view <https://w.wiki/3b8u>) (Source
<https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1411624633137311748>)
- All paintings (Q3305213) that depict (P180) a painting
<https://w.wiki/3amU> (Source
<https://twitter.com/seeksanusername/status/1411398102163103752>)
- Count of qualifiers used in performer (P175) statements
<https://w.wiki/3b3i> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1411721094902452229>)
- Scientific and Commons names of animals which are threatened as per
IUCN Red List <https://w.wiki/3b4k> (Source
<https://twitter.com/anandmallaya/status/1411717642184970243>)
- Latin American female mathematicians who are not on spanish
Wikipedia but have an article in another language
<https://w.wiki/3U$P> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1411019089938575361>)
- US Governors and their religion, if listed <https://w.wiki/3aAf> (
Source <https://twitter.com/erik_paulson/status/1410754713272950784>)
- Living soccer players whose birthday is on January 1st
<https://w.wiki/3b4x> (Source
<https://twitter.com/PhiBo23/status/1409932152758808580>)
- Museums nearby Cēsis (Q107582) <https://w.wiki/3ZEU> (Source
<https://twitter.com/jeb_140/status/1409588960414769156>)
- Distribution of public toilets per administrative units in Wales
<https://w.wiki/3ZEK> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Jan_Ainali/status/1409580247348097032>)
Development
- Mismatch Finder: We continued the work on building the basic store
that in the future will hold mismatches between Wikidata's data and other
databases/websites/catalogs/... These mismatches will then be used in the
Mismatch Finder website and other tools to easily review them.
- Improved the namespace behavior of the CommonsLink constraint so that
it now produces less false positives (phab:T237920
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T237920>)
- Working on adding a magic word to allow pages to be excluded from
Special:UnconnectedPages on Wikipedias and co (phab:T97577
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97577>)
- Language names in Scots (sco) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14549>
were updated (phab:T285076 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285076>)
- A task to complete language names in Dutch (nl)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7411> is being filled (phab:T231748
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T231748>)
- A language code for an undetermined Mixtec language is being
*determined* (phab:T155419 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T155419>)
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>
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