*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New request for comments: Create massive changes in one property for spesific categories/properties? <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Create_massive_changes_in_one_property_for_spesific_categories/properties%3F> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Upcoming - Next Bug Triage Hour on *API issues*. Monday 15th November at 17:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time, see other time zones <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Wikidata+bug+triage+hour&iso=20211115T17&p1=%3A&ah=1>) (Etherpad <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataBugTriageHour>) - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls> call: Éder Porto will be discussing adding journal articles to Wikidata Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project/Chapter 17 <https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikipedia_and_Academic_Libraries:_A_Global_Project/Chapter_17>. doc <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LjxZ01AUOIJItcwgXTWAIFblel9js_XjwG4aWArD-Zk/edit?usp=sharing>, Nov. 16th. - Open Source Publishing Tools in Wikidata <https://openpublishingfest.org/calendar.html#event-107/>, 16 November 2021. Part of the Open Publishing Fest <https://openpublishingfest.org>. - LIVE Wikidata editing #62 - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXzqg6KuVvc>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3104015093216980/>, November 20 at 19:00 UTC - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #87 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#87>, November 21 at 13.00 UTC - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #16, Books <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=15> - Past - Introduction to Wikidata: GWMAB con IAML Italia replay <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5fXKwKzGbA> (in Italian) - WikiData4Education_Aligning the sum of all knowledge with school curricula, WikiIndaba (replay <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yowI9YtZ-2M>) Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Blogs - Wikidata and open infrastructure: a request for participation <https://investinopen.org/blog/wikidata-and-open-infrastructure-a-request-for-participation/> - Own metadata for own blog posts - science communication and bibliographies with open data and Wikidata <https://redaktionsblog.hypotheses.org/5219> - How we're tracking elections in symbiosis with Wikidata <https://www.datastory.org/blog/tracking-the-worlds-elections> - Recent updates and improvements to Wikidata Query Service - How we learned to stop worrying and loved the (event) flow <https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2021/11/10/how-we-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-loved-the-event-flow/> - The trouble with triples <https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2021/11/10/the-trouble-with-triples/> - Getting the WDQS Updater to production: a tale of production readiness for Flink on Kubernetes at WMF <https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2021/11/10/getting-the-wdqs-updater-to-production-a-tale-of-production-readiness-for-flink-on-kubernetes-at-wmf/> - Videos - Fuzheado (A) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Fuzheado> and T Cells <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:T_Cells> to demonstrate how to discover, track and work with sets of Wikidata - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27-k3Ms4hw> - Wikidata Introduction course (in German) - 1 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmSGrlk0uSI>, 2 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zg6Gbiwzac>, 3 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XJSUyNIoIw>, 4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRL6dUPBVBs> - Wikidata in Educational Institutions / Academic research at Wikimedia Polska / Wikidata Govdirectory - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNX4rBWxK_U> - Podcasts - Siobhan Leachman - Wikimedia Editor and Citizen Scientist <https://specimenspod.libsyn.com/> Tool of the week - Plantilla:Infotaula persona <https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantilla:Infotaula_persona>, infobox for people on Catalan Wikipedia with extensive use of Wikidata, used 175000 times, with Bridge editing. Sample use at ca:Frits Zernike <https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Zernike>. Other Noteworthy Stuff - [Feedback Requested] Introducing a dedicated section on Wikidata Item pages for classifying properties <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T295275> - New strategies for Wikidata and the Wikibase Ecosystem published and waiting for your feedback <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/3VJ5ZW3MO3CMCVWW4JDWSWDLXLX4XAEU/>. Add your comments <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LinkedOpenData/Strategy2021>! - What kind of articles have you created? <https://observablehq.com/@pac02/what-kind-of-articles-have-you-created> an Observable notebook which use Wikidata API to get the value of P31 for the list of articles created by a user. - OpenRefine is hiring a part-time Project director <https://openrefine.org/blog/2021/11/05/Project-director.html> (paid position). - Hewell public beta app <https://brianschrader.com/archive/announcing-hewell-public-beta-/>: is a virtual tour guide that automatically finds interesting things around you whether you're in a new city or your hometown. - Full Fact <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30325238> is using the MediaWiki Action API in their workflow to help add some Wikidata identifiers to their mark-up <https://twitter.com/mr_dudders/status/1458063883697016838>. - Magnus <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske> replaced some live SPARQL queries in Mix’n’match with a database cache. Main page now loads faster <https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1455871764760834053>. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: Nederlandse Voornamenbank ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10050>, Standing Waters Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10051>, Vokrug.tv person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10052>, Atlas Project of Roman Aqueducts ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10053>, IRIS UNIURB author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10054>, IRIS Verona author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10055>, IRIS UNISA author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10056>, IRIS UNIMI author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10057>, IRIS UNIBO author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10058>, Philosophica ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10059>, Castforward ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10060>, Baidu Scholar journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10061>, Academy of Russian Television person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10062> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: Tabakalera ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tabakalera_ID>, mathematical symbol <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mathematical_symbol>, included as part <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/included_as_part>, specific impulse by weight <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/specific_impulse_by_weight>, Newgrounds username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Newgrounds_username> - External identifiers: 7 Days person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/7_Days_person_ID>, DBLP event ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBLP_event_ID>, Osmose Agency person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Osmose_Agency_person_ID>, Author ID from the Modern Discussion website <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Author_ID_from_the_Modern_Discussion_website>, IRIS Umbria IDs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Umbria_IDs>, biografiA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/biografiA_ID>, Global Geoparks Network ID (new) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Global_Geoparks_Network_ID_(new)>, identifiant Numelyo <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Numelyo> - Query examples: - List of properties which have instances or subclass of humans as possible value with male and female form in French <https://w.wiki/4NqT> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Topic:Wgl2sg728eg71a8s>) - Different people with same label / birthday / occupation in a specified year <https://w.wiki/4Ngr> - Narrative locations of the book Itinerary from Paris to Mont-d'Or <https://w.wiki/4Nnk> (Source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1459192473100632066>) - Maps of tombs of unknown soldiers <https://w.wiki/4NVs> (Source <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1458890173937295361>) - Most common first names (> 5) among people with a Wikidata item and born in Auvergne <https://w.wiki/4N7h> (Source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1458445682549854209>) - Student-Teacher relationship based on entries in 'Das Geistige Berlin' (1897) <https://w.wiki/4MsG> (Source <https://twitter.com/LibrErli/status/1458203007158558721>) - Relative frequency of reasons MPs' terms end, since 1870 <https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#select%20%3Fdec%20%28%28%3Fcount%2F%3Ftotal%29%2a100%20as%20%3Fpercent%29%20%3FcauseLabel%20%20where%20%0A%7B%20%0A%20%20%7B%20select%20%28str%28%3Fdecade%29%20as%20%3Fdec%29%20%28count%28distinct%20%3Fps%29%20as%20%3Fcount%29%20%3Fcause%20where%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fmp%20p%3AP39%20%3Fps%20.%20%3Fps%20ps%3AP39%20%3Fterm%20.%20%3Fterm%20wdt%3AP279%20wd%3AQ16707842%20.%20%0A%20%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP582%20%3Fpend%20.%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fmp%20p%3AP39%20%3Fps2%20.%20%3Fps2%20ps%3AP39%20%3Fterm%20.%20%3Fps2%20pq%3AP580%20%3Fpend%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%23%20not%20new%20term%20starting%20same%20day%20-%20ie%20left%20Parliament%0A%20%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20%3Fcause%20.%20%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ741182%20%7D%20%23%20not%20dissolution%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ7649223%20%7D%20%23%20not%20suspension%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ35855188%20%7D%20%23%20tofix%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ36345696%20%7D%20%23%20tofix%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ30580660%20%7D%20%23%20tofix%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ52084147%20%7D%20%23%20tofix%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ35867887%20%7D%20%23%20tofix%0A%20%20bind%28year%28%3Fpend%29%20as%20%3Fyear%29%20.%20filter%28%3Fyear%20%3E%3D%201870%29%20.%20bind%28%28floor%28%3Fyear%2F10%29%2a10%29%20as%20%3Fdecade%29%20.%0A%7D%20group%20by%20%3Fcause%20%3Fdecade%20%7D%20%0A%0A%20%20%7B%20select%20%28str%28%3Fdecade%29%20as%20%3Fdec%29%20%28count%28distinct%20%3Fps%29%20as%20%3Ftotal%29%20where%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fmp%20p%3AP39%20%3Fps%20.%20%3Fps%20ps%3AP39%20%3Fterm%20.%20%3Fterm%20wdt%3AP279%20wd%3AQ16707842%20.%20%0A%20%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP582%20%3Fpend%20.%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fmp%20p%3AP39%20%3Fps2%20.%20%3Fps2%20ps%3AP39%20%3Fterm%20.%20%3Fps2%20pq%3AP580%20%3Fpend%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%23%20not%20new%20term%20starting%20same%20day%20-%20ie%20left%20Parliament%0A%20%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20%3Fcause%20.%20%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ741182%20%7D%20%23%20not%20dissolution%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ7649223%20%7D%20%23%20not%20suspension%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ35855188%20%7D%20%23%20tofix%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ36345696%20%7D%20%23%20tofix%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ30580660%20%7D%20%23%20tofix%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ52084147%20%7D%20%23%20tofix%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fps%20pq%3AP1534%20wd%3AQ35867887%20%7D%20%23%20tofix%0A%20%20bind%28year%28%3Fpend%29%20as%20%3Fyear%29%20.%20filter%28%3Fyear%20%3E%3D%201870%29%20.%20bind%28%28floor%28%3Fyear%2F10%29%2a10%29%20as%20%3Fdecade%29%20.%0A%7D%20group%20by%20%3Fdecade%20%7D%20%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%23defaultView%3ABarChart> (Source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1458177275535536129>) - Newest database reports: recently ended TV series <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/reports/TV_series/recently_ended> Development - The language codes agq (Aghem <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34737>, T288335 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T288335>) and mcn (Massa <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56668>, T293884 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T293884>) are now supported. - Mismatch Finder: Added various dialogs and help texts to make it easier to understand what reviewers need to do and what information they are seeing in the tool - Mismatch Finder: started polishing and bug fixing for release of the first version - Making the order of Lexeme's grammatical features consistent ( phab:T232557 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232557>) - Investigating how to share complex SPARQL queries in Wikidata Query Service via short URL (phab:T295560 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T295560>) 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. 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