*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 Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on
Wednesday, January 19th 2022 at 17:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time) in
the Wikidata
Telegram group <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>.
- SPARQL queries live on Twitch <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> and in
French by Vigneron, January 4 at 19:00 CEST
- Ongoing:
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #23, Residence
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=23>
- Past:
- Wikibase live session (December 2021) - log
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2021.12.30>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- How to get Wikidata claims from Wikipedia sitelinks using Wikidata
API ?
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/how-to-get-claims-from-wikidata-api-using-sitelinks>
- Videos
- Working hour - Wikidata SPARQL queries (in Italian) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzRaxH8Ao3c>
Tool of the week
- Wikidata's Q item explorer
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/wikidatas-q-item-explorer>: Show claims
where the item is the subject of the statement but doesn't show statements
where the item is the target value.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Documentation of the WikidataCon 2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_remote_event_participation/Documentation/WikidataCon_2021>
presenting the key tools and lessons learned from the organizing team
- Results of the WikidataCon 2021 participants survey
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikidataCon_2021_Survey_report.pdf>
- Video recordings of the WikidataCon 2021 are currently being uploaded
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Documentation/List_of_sessions>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: number of triples
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10209>, URL for freedom of
information requests
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10214>, official
shop URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10225>, facilitates
flow of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10228>, next level
in hierarchy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10229>
- External identifiers: Norgeshistorie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10196>, Numista mint ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10197>, Austrian Street ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10198>, F6S ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10199>, EU Whoiswho ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10200>, DFIH financier ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10201>, Express Gazeta ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10202>, All-Science Journal
Classification Codes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10203>, Repertorium
Biblicum Medii Aevi ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10204>,
Numista coin ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10205>,
Comparably
company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10206>, Folketinget
actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10207>, Coub
channel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10208>,
Sachsens-Schlösser-Kennung
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10210>, Index of Middle
English Verse ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10211>, Stack
Exchange user ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10212>, Listen
Notes podcast ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10213>, Casefile
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10215>, ILAB ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10216>, Oslo Byleksikon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10217>, Slovak Theatre
Virtual Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10218>, CNSflora
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10219>, Baseball
Prospectus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10220>, UNESCO
ICH ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10221>, Artland
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10222>, Genie
media ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10223>, Regroupement
québécois de la danse (RQD) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10224>, Archivio Storico
dell'Università degli Studi di Cagliari person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10226>, National Library of
Ireland ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10227>, Viber
group ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10230>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: cantilever sign
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cantilever_sign>,
yield rate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/yield_rate>,
Stalin Memo ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stalin_Memo_ID>,
Name in Swedish government
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Name_in_Swedish_government>,
reference image
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reference_image>
- External identifiers: FID ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FID_ID>,
Labyrinth
database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Labyrinth_database_ID>,
doollee.com playwright ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/doollee.com_playwright_ID>,
doollee.com play ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/doollee.com_play_ID>,
doollee.com literary agent ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/doollee.com_literary_agent_ID>,
doollee.com play publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/doollee.com_play_publisher_ID>,
people.su person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/people.su_person_ID>,
Biographe.ru ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographe.ru_ID>,
Filmovamista.cz film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmovamista.cz_film_ID>,
ICPSR Subject Thesaurus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICPSR_Subject_Thesaurus_ID>,
Hermitage Museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hermitage_Museum_ID>,
ICPSR Personal Names Authority List ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICPSR_Personal_Names_Authority_List_ID>,
ICPSR Organization Names Authority List ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICPSR_Organization_Names_Authority_List_ID>,
ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICPSR_Geographic_Names_Thesaurus_ID>,
Clavis Apocryphorum Novi Testamenti ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Clavis_Apocryphorum_Novi_Testamenti_ID>,
Clavis Apocryphorum Veteris Testamenti ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Clavis_Apocryphorum_Veteris_Testamenti_ID>,
Tretyakov Gallery ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tretyakov_Gallery_ID>,
Maritimt Magasin skips ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maritimt_Magasin_skips_ID>,
ARCHER ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ARCHER_ID>,
Pipe
Organ Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pipe_Organ_Database_ID>,
Washington Native Plant Society Plant Directory ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Washington_Native_Plant_Society_Plant_Directory_ID>,
TVFPlay series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TVFPlay_series_ID>,
UKÄ standard classification of Swedish science topics 2016
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UK%C3%84_standard_classification_of_Swedish_science_topics_2016>
- Query examples:
- Map of New Zealand suburbs <https://w.wiki/4cFr> (source
<https://twitter.com/SiobhanLeachman/status/1475673160213172224>)
- Graph of influences in the Age of Enlightenment
<https://w.wiki/4cHH> (source
<https://twitter.com/kvistgaard/status/1475755951668047877>)
- Family names shared by astronauts (along with how often they occur
in Wikidata) <https://w.wiki/4dA5> (source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1476883840467668994>)
- Bills and coins of Brazilian Real (with pictures)
<https://w.wiki/4cn2> (source
<https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1476575000140423169>)
- People awarded by the French Legion of Honour on Dec 31, 2021
<https://w.wiki/4dNJ> (source
<https://twitter.com/Pyb75/status/1477632390478581765>)
- Average height of people named Joe <https://w.wiki/4dFR> (Source
<https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/1477423978901753858>)
- Indian writers who died in 1961 <https://w.wiki/4dJG> (Source
<https://twitter.com/aintgd/status/1477499327551459328>)
Development
- Due to the winter holidays, no development has happened for Wikidata
in the last two weeks.
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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