*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
- Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #90
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Tr%C3%A4ff_#90>,
December 12 at 13.00 UTC
- Live about SPARQL queries on Twitch <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> and
in French, by Vigneron, December 7 at 18:00 CET
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- Gender diversity in Wikipedia articles: evidence from some selected
academic disciplines in the English Wikipedia
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/gender-diversity-in-wikipedia-articles-evidence-from-some?collection=@pac02/gender-diversity-in-wikipedia-articles>
- Bringing together journalists, the public, and Wikidata to
understand our world
<https://misinfocon.com/bringing-together-journalists-the-public-and-wikidata-to-understand-our-world-e32968de10e8>
- Gender diversity in Wikipedia articles: evidence from some selected
academic disciplines in Wikipedia in French
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/gender-diversity-in-wikipedia-articles-evidence-from-some/2?collection=@pac02/Gender-diversity-in-Wikipedia-articles>
- Reflection on filling a new Wikidata item
<https://addshore.com/2021/12/reflection-on-filling-a-new-wikidata-item/>
by
Addshore
- Papers
- "Knowledge Based Multilingual Language Model"
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.10962.pdf> Using the Wikidata to build
the language models that not only memorize the factual knowledge but also
learn useful logical patterns. (Liu et al, 2021)
- Videos
- Summary of Transbordados
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlJVi7yi6iQ>, the pre-WikidataCon
conference organized by Wiki Movimento Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese)
Tool of the week
- Weaviate big graph
<http://biggraph-wikidata-in-weaviate.vectors.network/#> (source
<https://mobile.twitter.com/heikopaulheim/status/1466330708444602372>)
is a vectorised search engine which returns similar items in Wikidata.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikimedia Deutschland is running a survey to evaluate Wikibase
Installation and Updating experience for users. Please answer a few
questions so we can continue to identify areas of improvement for users.
Survey links
- Wikibase Installation Survey
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAR1kj9th1wRZU027zEPJd_xP8nFgj-T29iXrpZ2wuDBeXmg/viewform>
- Wikibase Software Updating Survey
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-8wDOCDR-uXLecNLzuM3jxc9K81mIKq1EtUhrweEveO8aTQ/formResponse>
- The new Wikimedia Research Fund
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund#Wikimedia_Research_Fund>
is
live now. It can fund research projects related to Wikidata.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: specific impulse by weight
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10107>
- External identifiers: FRACS Find a Surgeon profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10095>, Databáze her ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10096>, 7 Days person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10097>, OùVoir.Ça ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10098>, Australian Institute
for Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10099>, SensCritique work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10100>, Snob.ru author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10101>, IRIS POLIBA author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10102>, Re.Public@Polimi
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10103>, PORTO@Iris
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10104>, IRIS
UNIVPM author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10105>, Sceneweb
organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10106>, Web
Encyclopedia of Kyiv ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10108>, allplayers.in.ua
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10109>, Apple
Music track ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10110>, AbeBooks
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10111>, Australian
Statistical Geography 2021 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10112>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to
review:
- General datatypes: Harvard Art Museums ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Harvard_Art_Museums_ID>
, GISAID identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GISAID_identifier>
, Nextstrain identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nextstrain_identifier>
, homophone lexeme
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/homophone_lexeme>
, Numista
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Numista>,
Numista
coin ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Numista_coin_ID>
, lieu de disparition
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lieu_de_disparition>
- External identifiers: Lib.ru author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lib.ru_author_ID>
, politika-crimea.ru person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/politika-crimea.ru_person_ID>
, Institute of the History of Ukraine scientist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Institute_of_the_History_of_Ukraine_scientist_ID>
, centrasia.org person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/centrasia.org_person_ID>
, Music of Armenia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Music_of_Armenia_ID>
, Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Transbaikalia_ID>
, Lingua Libre ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lingua_Libre_ID>
, Express Gazeta person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Express_Gazeta_person_ID>
, bards.ru person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bards.ru_person_ID>
, PGM author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PGM_author_ID>
, Deutsches Zeitungsportal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deutsches_Zeitungsportal_ID>
, Index of Middle English Verse ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Index_of_Middle_English_Verse_ID>
, ICCROM authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICCROM_authority_ID>
, New Index of Middle English Verse ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/New_Index_of_Middle_English_Verse_ID>
, Digital Index of Middle English Verse ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_Index_of_Middle_English_Verse_ID>
, Repertorium Biblicum Medii Aevi ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Repertorium_Biblicum_Medii_Aevi_ID>
, ThENC@ thesis ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ThENC@_thesis_ID>
, Baidu Baike LemmaID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baidu_Baike_LemmaID>
, Indonesian College Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indonesian_College_Code>
, Enciclopedia d'arte italiana ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_d%27arte_italiana_ID>
, Museum of the Great Patriotic War encyclopedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museum_of_the_Great_Patriotic_War_encyclopedia_ID>
, iTunes genre
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iTunes_genre>
, CYT <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CYT>,
Folketinget
actor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Folketinget_actor_ID>
, Ruskino film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ruskino_film_ID>
, Ruskino actor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ruskino_actor_ID>
, Pandora album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pandora_album_ID>
, Pandora track ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pandora_track_ID>
, Swiss National Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swiss_National_Library_ID>
, Original Esperanto Literature author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Original_Esperanto_Literature_author_ID>
, Athens Academy authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Athens_Academy_authority_ID>
- Query examples:
- List of laureates of the women's Ballon d'or
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Fyear%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP166%20%3Fstatement.%20%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20ps%3AP166%20wd%3AQ59411480.%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate%0A%20%20BIND%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate>
(source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Talk:Q59411480>)
- List of people born in Cook Islands
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fsitelinks%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3Fsitelinks.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplace.%20%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP131%2A%20wd%3AQ26988.%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%20%28%3Fsitelinks%29%0ALIMIT%20200>
(source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Talk:Q26988>)
- Wordcloud articles without statements of MyLang Wikipedia
<https://w.wiki/4WJU> (switch to "Table" view to list, at left border
of screen)
- Artworks picturing snow <https://w.wiki/4Wbg> (source
<https://twitter.com/belett/status/1466752356046016518>)
- Graph of football players who died per year <https://w.wiki/4Wbk> (
source <https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1466110652641161216>)
- Things depicted in art works of the Khalili Collections
<https://w.wiki/4Wbn> (source
<https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/1465316000275083270>)
- People represented on the painting "Le Sacre de Napoléon" from 1804
by Jacques-Louis David <https://w.wiki/4Wbo> (source
<https://twitter.com/belett/status/1466426143259693065>)
- German cities whose names are also verbs (using Lexemes)
<https://w.wiki/4Tw8> (source
<https://twitter.com/phaase/status/1465000297550553088>)
- Railway stations in the Baltics <https://w.wiki/4Wbq> (source
<https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1467628209495810055>, see the
full thread for more queries)
Development
- Mismatch Finder
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder>: Continued
polishing for the first version. Improving the texts and adding loading
state. Incorporating feedback from testing.
- Continued migrating our on-wiki Vue apps to support the new
Vue.createMwApp compatibility layer in MediaWiki core (phab:T294465
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T294465>)
- Continued work on making it possible to define a custom ordering of
grammatical features on Lexemes (phab:T232557
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232557>)
- Finished work on small tool to show Items recently edited by several
accounts to surface current events.
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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement Coordinator
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
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