*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Closed request for adminship:
- Pi admin bot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Pi_admin_bot>
(successful)
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- BgeeDB-bot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/BgeeDB-bot>.
Task/s: inserting gene expression data from the Bgee database
<https://bgee.org/> into Wikidata.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming:
- The next Wikibase live session
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2022.04.28> is 15:00 UTC on
Thursday 28th April 2022 (17:00 Berlin time). What are you working on
around Wikibase? You're welcome to come and share your project with the
community.
- Cultural Venues Datathon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Cultural_venues/Datathon>:
April 25 - May 2, 2022. The aim of this online editing event is
to increase
the quantity and quality of performing arts building/venue items.
- Daily guided editing sessions will be facilitated in English
<https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/cultural-venues-datathon/> and in
French
<https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/fr/datathon-des-lieux-culturels/>
between April 25 and April 29.
- Wikidata Coffee Breaks <https://glam.opendata.ch/coffee-break/>
From April 25 - April 29, 2022 to fill in missing information on Swiss
Performing Arts Institutions and venues.
- Faut-il un nouvel élément Wikidata pour décrire une « salle de
spectacle » ?
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwscumsrD0jHtf8C8X6osnoMywoziJMeEjw>,
supplementary Cultural Venues Datathon activity, April 26,
19:00-19:30 UTC.
- How to disentangle a Wikidata item describing both a building
and an organization
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcldumvpj0rH9SZpQdaE9xS7ofNoJKSaNWl>,
supplementary Cultural Venues Datathon activity, April 27,
13:00-13:45 UTC.
- The full schedule of official and supplementary activities of
the Cultural Venues Datathon is available in the Google Calendar
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/2?cid=Y19rOHJiMzNoZGEwbTl0c2JwZG0zOHVrbG9xOEBncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t>
.
- Third Pywikibot workshop on Friday, April 29th, 16:00 UTC
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/DVHYCRRMJO4OUZW5BHXZ7RFHVZSAJD2B/>.
*"This workshop will introduce participants to writing basic scripts
via the Pywikibot framework."*
- From May 4 to 18 there will be the International Museum Day -
Wikidata competition
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/International_Museum_Day_2022>.
The aim is to improve data about museums in the countries and regions
participating. Contributors from anywhere can take part.
- The Wikimedia Hackathon will take place online on May 20–22, 2022.
If you’re interested in presenting something around Wikidata and Wikibase
during the hackathon, don’t wait too long to book a slot: Wikimedia
Hackathon 2022/Schedule#The Wikidata and Wikibase Room
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2022/Schedule#The_Wikibase_and_Wikidata_Room>
.
- Ongoing:
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #39, Agriculture
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=39>
- Past:
- Wikidata/Wikibase office hour (2022-04-20
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2022-04-20>
)
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- WeDigBio: A Wikidata empowered workflow
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/04/20/wedigbio-a-wikidata-empowered-workflow/>
(diff version)
- Wikidata as a tool for biodiversity informatics
<https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/04/19/wikidata-as-a-tool-for-biodiversity-informatics/>
- Papers
- Working for the Invisible Machines or Pumping Information into an
Empty Void? An Exploration of Wikidata Contributors' Motivations
<https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3512982?casa_token=YOTCjk8m7hgAAAAA:_YII1fxdG0Oo2NF4WV00PSmrRNsgSFcBtruOHz_PQ6sjt5vNIEmDqWgfWQtFMMQhZ5zuavjaOQA>
(closed access)
- Beyond Open Data: The Only Good License Is No License
<https://plus.pli.edu/Details/Details?fq=id:(352066-ATL2)>
- WikiProject Clinical Trials for Wikidata
<https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.01.22273328v1.full-text>
- Videos
- Synchronizing a matched Mix'n'Match set to Wikidata - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm8LYUWKmdI>
- Editing Wikidata Items (in French) - YouTube [1
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgD38xG9azA>, 2
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8RDYu4dcJo>, 3
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9AzVfxkzsE>, 4
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIOg6moQOig>]
- Recently uploaded WikidataCon 2022 YouTube videos
- Creating subsets of Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0XqwDHZ-O0>
- Wikidata birthday presents lightning talks
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZuLuXFXaoM>
- Enriching the Joan Jonas Knowledge Base with linked open data
via Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0NsrCp1MQ>
- Reimagining Wikidata from the margins: listening session
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abyK_k7uXfE>
Tool of the week
- Wikitaxa <https://docs.ropensci.org/wikitaxa/> is a software of
taxonomy data written in R.
- User:So9q/fatcat-link.jsscrip
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:So9q/fatcat-link.js> is a userscript
for looking up fatcat! DOIs. It adds a link to the fatcat! database in the
Tools' section on items.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- WDQS update lag SLO has been lowered from update lag <10 min 99% of
the time, to update lag <10 min 95% of the time.
- Wikidata now has over 9,900 Properties!
<https://twitter.com/WikidataMeter/status/1516342210115125251> (71.16%
Identifiers <https://w.wiki/564U>)
- Job opening: Product Manager (PM) for Wikifunctions
<https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/1516914803788328960>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: amount of medals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10659>, exhibited creator
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10661>, applies to work
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10663>, featured track(s)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10664>, raw material
processed <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10672>, debut date
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10673>, OSM object
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10675>, number of references
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10676>, franchisor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10680>, government
debt-to-GDP ratio <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10681>, ionic
radius <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10685>
- External identifiers: DTB artistic gymnast ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10657>, Basketball
Bundesliga UUID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10658>, C-SPAN
person numeric ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10660>, IndexCat
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10662>, lieferando
restaurant ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10665>, IPU
chamber ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10666>, ACNP
library ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10667>, HuijiWiki
article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10668>, TV Maze
season ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10669>, Musik und
Gender im Internet ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10670>,
MINEDEX project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10671>, FISH
Archaeological Objects Thesaurus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10674>, Winterthur Glossar ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10677>, 100 Years of
Alaska's Legislature bio ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10678>, Aldiwan poet ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10679>, EIA plant ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10682>, Uber Eats store ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10683>, Aldiwan poem ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10684>, Library of the
Haskala person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10686>, Google
Fonts ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10687>, Personality
Database work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10688>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: CXSMILES
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CXSMILES>,
Databank
Beschermheiligen anno 1959
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Databank_Beschermheiligen_anno_1959>
- External identifiers: Reflora ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Reflora_ID>,
North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_North_Carolina_Extension_Gardener_Plant_Toolbox_ID>,
RBMS Controlled Vocabulary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RBMS_Controlled_Vocabulary_ID>,
Biografiskt lexikon för Finland URN.FI
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biografiskt_lexikon_f%C3%B6r_Finland_URN.FI>,
Galaxy Store app ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Galaxy_Store_app_ID>,
Identifiant Les Recteurs d'Académie en France
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Les_Recteurs_d%27Acad%C3%A9mie_en_France>,
Identifiant Les inspecteurs généraux de l'Instruction publique
(1802-1914)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Les_inspecteurs_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_de_l%27Instruction_publique_(1802-1914)>,
NSR quay ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NSR_quay_ID>,
NSR stopplace ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NSR_stopplace_ID>,
Heiligen.net ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Heiligen.net_ID>,
PlantFiles taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PlantFiles_taxon_ID>,
Garden.org Plants Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Garden.org_Plants_Database_ID>,
Woody Plants Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woody_Plants_Database_ID>,
Gun Violence Archive incident ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gun_Violence_Archive_incident_ID>,
WhoSampled television series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WhoSampled_television_series_ID>,
WhoSampled track ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WhoSampled_track_ID>
- Deleted properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion>:
- GS1 Global Product Classification brick code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion/P5420>
- Query examples:
- Most common classes for values of "depicts" (P180) on Commons
<https://w.wiki/55p4> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Request_a_query&oldid=1623274376#Federation_question>
)
- Scottish river drainage basins <https://w.wiki/55oy> (source
<https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1513885089284993035>)
- The earliest road accident victims <https://w.wiki/562y> (source
<https://twitter.com/spas_kolev/status/1517841680736653312>)
- Country of nationality of people linked to the Ghana's top 3
traditional universities <https://w.wiki/5646> (source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataGhana/status/1517872485785653248>)
- Count of Wikidata property types <https://w.wiki/55EE> (source
<https://twitter.com/andrawaag/status/1516659933969797122>)
Development
- Lexicographical data: Worked on showing the name of language variants
in the language variant selector and added the new information box to help
people get a better understanding of lex. data.
- REST API: Finished the initial implementation of the endpoint for
getting data for a full Item and discussed feedback, testing and roll-out
plans.
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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