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:
- We’re celebrating the 9th birthday of Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Ninth_Birthday> on October 29
during the WikidataCon 🎂 Did you know that you can participate in the
celebration by preparing a birthday present or attending events? Here’s
how you can get involved!
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/JOEJSBFTLRIWCY3WGSCYRBZKDAHBJPKB/>
- Wikidata/Wikibase office hour, 16:00 UTC on Wednesday 20th October
2021 <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1634745653> (18:00 Berlin
time), on the Wikidata Telegram channel
<https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>.
- Upcoming: WMF search platform team office hour, Wednesday, October
13th, 2021 at 15:00-16:00 GMT / 08:00-09:00 PDT / 11:00-12:00 EDT /
17:00-18:00 CEST. Etherpad
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours>, Google
Meet <https://meet.google.com/vgj-bbeb-uyi>. You can come and chat
about the Wikidata & Commons Query Service.
- LIVE Wikidata editing #57 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkpsEi3KQFM>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3074379516180538/>,
October 16 at 18:00 UTC
- Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #83
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#83>,
October 17
- Ongoing:
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #11, Perception and Senses
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=11>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- Wikidata in African Language Communities
<https://tech-news.wikimedia.de/en/2021/10/07/wikidata-in-african-language-communities/>
- Media art on Wikipedia wants to make collections and metadata more
accessible
<https://informatieprofessional.nl/mediakunst-op-wikipedia-wil-collecties-en-metadata-toegankelijker-maken/>
(in Dutch)
- Papers
- Modeling and Documenting Queer Voices and Topics on Wikidata, Panel
on Metadata and Gender Diversity
<https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2021/presentations/metadata_and_gender_diversity/>,
Amber Billey, Clair A Kronk, John Samuel, Rachel Ivy Clarke, Sayward
Schoonmaker, DCMI Virtual 2021, October 8, 2021, Slides
<https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Modeling_and_Documenting_Queer_Voices_and_Topics_on_Wikidata/16780078>
- Videos
- Introduction to Wikidata for beginners. Part 2 (in Italian) -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sixiCKRxag>
- Introduction to Wikidata (in Spanish) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GycAGV8MTeU>
- Scripts and gadgets in Wikidata (in French) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HItY9dhIJ5g>
- Wikidata Workshop 2021 - Coupling Wikipedia Categories with
Wikidata Statements for Better Semantics - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiZVaNJyOgo>
Tool of the week
- Neguess <https://neguess.mpi-inf.mpg.de/> is a Wikidata entity
guessing game with negative clues. (demo video
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_kYROCG4w>)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- You can nominate your favorite Wikidata projects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Contribute/Community_awards>
(tools, community initiatives, WikiProjects...) until October 10th for the
WikidataCon Community Awards
- You can also sign up for a slot at the birthday presents lightning
talks session at WikidataCon 2021 to present your gift for Wikidata
birthday <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Ninth_Birthday> until
October 16
- Submissions for day 2 and 3 of WikidataCon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Program/Day_2_and_3_-_Community_tracks>
are still open. You can submit sessions about a variety of topics until
October 20
- Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a Graph Consultant to help migrate
the Wikidata
Query Service (WDQS)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service> from
Blazegraph to a different RDF store. Apply here!
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3546920>
- The WMF Search team will begin data transfer for the new Streaming
Updater today
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/V57FNNLBN4KHVTKEVKSIZHR7YK2RAEGU/>
(11 Oct 2021).
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: dissertation program
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9945>, date of probate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9946>
- External identifiers: Densho Encyclopedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9938>, Institut de recherche
pour le développement (IRD) identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9939>, DWDS lemma ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9940>, Dizionario di
Economia e Finanza ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9941>, National
Gallery Prague work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9942>,
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9943>, Database of Czech
Amateur Theater person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9944>, WDG lemma ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9947>, The World Factbook
country ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9948>, AFNIL
publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9949>, RICS
company code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9950>, Greek
Castles ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9951>, Gente di
Tuscia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9952>, Lexicon of
Medieval Nordic Law ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9953>,
Product and Service Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9954>, SAM ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9955>, IRIS Sapienza author
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9956>, museum-digital
place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9957>, Det Norske
Akademis Ordbok ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9958>, PDDikti
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9959>, VI.BE platform ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9960>, Owler company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9961>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: registration number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/registration_number>,
present in non-fictional work
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/present_in_non-fictional_work>,
NIK (Nomor Induk Kependudukan)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NIK_(Nomor_Induk_Kependudukan)>,
reports to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reports_to>,
excitation energy
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/excitation_energy>,
merger
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/merger>,
split-off
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/split-off>,
choreography
for
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/choreography_for>
- External identifiers: AllSides ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AllSides_ID>,
Apple maps id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Apple_maps_id>,
Enciclopedia dei ragazzi ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_dei_ragazzi_ID>,
NLI archive ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLI_archive_ID>,
CANTIC ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CANTIC_ID>, Bat
Sheva Archive ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bat_Sheva_Archive_ID>,
Research Vocabularies Australia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Research_Vocabularies_Australia_ID>,
Australian Reptile Online Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Reptile_Online_Database_ID>,
Chi era Costui - Plaque ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chi_era_Costui_-_Plaque_ID>,
Research Data Australia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Research_Data_Australia_ID>,
Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub resource ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Institute_for_Disaster_Resilience_Knowledge_Hub_resource_ID>,
Parliament of Australia MP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parliament_of_Australia_MP_ID>,
Trove work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trove_work_ID>,
Geographical Names Board of NSW geoname ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geographical_Names_Board_of_NSW_geoname_ID>,
Arachne.org.au ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arachne.org.au_ID>,
Remontees-mecaniques.net ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Remontees-mecaniques.net_ID>,
Apple Music track ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Apple_Music_track_ID>
- Query examples:
- Share of women for each Nobel prize <https://w.wiki/4BUD> (source
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/share-of-women-for-each-nobel-prize>)
- Nobel Prize statistics on number of recipients for award wrt.
gender (interactive plot) <https://w.wiki/4Bx9> (source
<https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1446495088368971790>)
- Share of women among Nobel prize winners by decade
<https://w.wiki/4CSy>
- Notable books on linked data, semantic technologies, and semantic
knowledge graphs <https://w.wiki/4B8C> (source
<https://twitter.com/kvistgaard/status/1445772334296485892>)
- Benelux railway stations connected from <https://w.wiki/4Bcx>
Brussels-South
railway station (Q800587) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q800587> (
source <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1445725038951350278>)
- Date of opening and closing of railway stations in Denmark
<https://w.wiki/4AtB> (Source
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv45EKBgCGQ>)
- Map or Talaiotic archeological culture sites located in the Menorca
island in Spain <https://w.wiki/4AsX> (source
<https://twitter.com/ivan_bea/status/1445394615339737092>)
- Location of all the meteorological stations in Navarre
<https://w.wiki/4AuC> (source
<https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1445359682495946761>)
- Photos of participants in the Pandora Papers <https://w.wiki/4ArC> (
source <https://twitter.com/_pablog/status/1445316553503805440>)
- Diameter, size and mass of balls <https://w.wiki/4Bc$> (source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1444734616464674817>)
- French departments with their shape <https://w.wiki/4CSu>
- Longest rivers located in France and which did not gave their name
to a department <https://w.wiki/4CWo> (source
<https://twitter.com/envlh/status/1445114042905989122>)
- Statues measuring more than 30 m in height (excluding the pedestal)
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fheight%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FsubjectLabel%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FheightStatement%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Ftype%20.%0A%20%20%20%20VALUES%20%3Ftype%20%7B%20wd%3AQ1779653%20wd%3AQ179700%20wd%3AQ1051606%20wd%3AQ29168169%20wd%3AQ3476533%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ21745157%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP5816%20wd%3AQ56556915%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP2048%20%3FheightStatement%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3FheightStatement%20pq%3AP518%20wd%3AQ179700%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3FheightStatement%20pq%3AP518%20%3Fx%20%7D%20%7D%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25i%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25i%20.%0A%20%20%3FheightStatement%20psv%3AP2048%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FbaseHeight%3B%0A%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%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20%5B%0A%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%20p%3AP2370%2Fpsv%3AP2370%20%5B%0A%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%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FunitHeight%20%3B%0A%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%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ11573%0A%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%5D%0A%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%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20BIND%20%28%20%3FbaseHeight%20%2a%20%3FunitHeight%20AS%20%3Fheight%20%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fheight%20%3E%3D%2030%20%29%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP921%20%3Fsubject%20%7D%0A%20%20%23SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fheight%29%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FitemLabel%0A%20>
(Source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1447264661183909897>)
Development
- Mismatch Finder
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder>: We are
continuing the work on the review part of the system. We are now working on
letting reviewers indicate if the mismatch is on Wikidata, the other
database, both or neither.
- Fixed a bug where it was possible for two Properties to have the same
label in a given language by undoing/reverting an edit (phab:T289473
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289473>)
- Fixed a confusing error message that was being shown when trying to
save geoshape / tabular data that doesn’t exist (phab:T285758
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285758>)
- Removing some unnecessary entity link formatting in edit summaries and
special pages to improve performance (phab:T292203
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T292203>)
- Fixing an issue with invalid dates that the API accepts but should not
(phab:T289417 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289417>)
- Migrated all Wikimedia wikis to use the new change dispatching system.
This system is responsible for notifying the other wikis about edits made
on Wikidata that affect their articles so the article is refreshed and
edits are added to recent changes and watchlists.
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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