*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, July 27th 2022 at 17:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time) in
the Wikidata
Telegram group <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>. *The
Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the
development
team presents what they have been working on over the past
quarter, and the
community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important
issues related
to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.*
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group>
call July 12, 2022: Houcemeddine Turki will speak on "Enriching and
Validating Wikidata from Large Bibliographic Databases." This
call will be
part of the 2022 LD4 Conference on Linked Data, “Linking Global
Knowledge.”
While you can attend the call directly via the links below without
registering for the conference, we encourage everyone to check
out the full
conference program and all the excellent sessions on Sched
<https://2022ld4conferenceonlinkedda.sched.com/> at Agenda
<https://2022ld4conferenceonlinkedda.sched.com/https://docs.google.com/document/d/19fWaod_qy2J5y6Mqjbnccen7nyb4nj6EnudCDouefQU/edit>
- 7/30 OpenStreetMap x Wikidata @ COSCUP 2022
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/COSCUP_2022>
- 2022 LD4 Conference on Linked data
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/Z2UL7F4Y76VESAQY6JAXDPXXN7XWHXOP/>.
July 11th through July 15th, 2022
- Ongoing
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #49, Bastille day
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=49>
- Past:
- Presentation Integrating Wikibase into research workflows
<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6807104> at the monthly Wikibase
Stakeholders Group meeting on July 7
- Data Quality Days 2022 see outcomes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Quality_Days_2022/Outcomes>.
The recorded sessions will be published soon!
- Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference, 1-2 July 2022
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022>. See Videos
pool
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022/Videos_pool>
(replay).
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- New quality checks in the Osmose QA tool for links from
OpenStreetMap to Wikidata
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Geonick/diary/399523>
- Wikidata used extensively in medieval hack weekend at the
University of York
<https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mind-your-manors-hacking-like-its-1399/>
(UK National Archives)
- Working With Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons: Poetry Pamphlets and
Lotus Sutra Manuscripts
<https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2022/06/working-with-wikidata-and-wikimedia-commons-poetry-pamphlets-and-lotus-sutra-manuscripts.html>
(British Library)
- Wikidata at the Detroit Institute of Arts
<https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/07/07/wikidata-at-the-detroit-institute-of-arts/>
- Papers
- Wikidata and the bibliography of life
<https://peerj.com/articles/13712.pdf> (Q112959127
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112959127>)
- Videos
- Live editing: create a Lua template using Lexemes on Wiktionary,
with Mahir256 (on Youtube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9ULQX9b5WI>)
- Adding wikidata to plaques on OpenStreetMap - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL1_47roRcw>
Tool of the week
- User:Lectrician1/discographies.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lectrician1/discographies.js>: Shows
chronological data about artist's discographies on music albums and
provides functions to add new items.
- User:Xiplus/TwinkleGlobal
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Xiplus/TwinkleGlobal> is a
userscript that is used to combat cross-wiki spam or vandalism.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata now has more than 10 million items about humans.
- Q113000000 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113000000> was created.
- Template:Item documentation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Item_documentation> now
includes Template:Generic
queries for architects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_architects>
and Template:Generic queries for transport network
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_transport_network>
- Due to summer vacations and our current workloads the response times
from the Wikidata communications team (Léa and Mohammed) to requests and
queries may be delayed. We will resume full capacity by October.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: opus number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10855>
- External identifiers: DeSmog ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10843>, Teresianum authority
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10844>, AdoroCinema
series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10845>, CEU author
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10846>, Anime Characters
Database tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10847>, Beamish
peerage database peerage ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10848>, Beamish peerage
database person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10849>, Kultboy
video game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10850>, Kultboy
platform ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10851>, Kultboy
controller ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10852>, Kultboy
magazine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10853>, Kultboy
company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10854>, National
Archives of Australia entity ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10856>, snookerscores.net
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10857>, Truth
Social username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10858>, Material
UI icon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10859>, Yarkipedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10860>, Springer Nature
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10861>, Komoot ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10862>, Springer Nature
article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10863>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: official definition
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/official_definition>,
ce module ou cette infobox utilise la propriété
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ce_module_ou_cette_infobox_utilise_la_propri%C3%A9t%C3%A9>,
release artist
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/release_artist>,
Grammatical number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grammatical_number>,
Error-report URL or e-mail
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Error-report_URL_or_e-mail>
- External identifiers: Bibale ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bibale_ID>, SZ
topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SZ_topic_ID>,
IRIS UNIMOL author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIMOL_author_ID>,
Match TV people ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Match_TV_people_ID>,
Accademia dei Georgofili author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Accademia_dei_Georgofili_author_ID>,
64 Parishes encyclopedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/64_Parishes_encyclopedia_ID>,
Applied Ecology Resources Document ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Applied_Ecology_Resources_Document_ID>,
Prophy author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Prophy_author_ID>,
International Baccalaureate school ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Baccalaureate_school_ID>,
Liquipedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Liquipedia_ID>,
Instagram post ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Instagram_post_ID>,
Mapping Museums ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mapping_Museums_ID>
- Query examples:
- Current list of French departments <https://w.wiki/5RNR> (
documentation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Query/List_of_current_French_departments>
)
- Prime ministers of Japan whose manner of death is homicide
<https://w.wiki/5RAN> (source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1545351731495706626>)
- 1st level administrative subdivisions with more than 10 million
inhabitants <https://w.wiki/5PyH> (source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1543991969931722756>)
- List of globes and how many times they've been used
<https://w.wiki/5RTB>
Development
- Data Quality Days
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Quality_Days_2022>!
- Making plans for improving EntitySchemas and integrate them more into
editing and maintenance workflows
- Implemented word-level diffs of labels, descriptions, aliases and
sitelinks (phab:T303317 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T303317>)
- Continuing the investigation about labels not being shown after some
merges (phab:T309445 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T309445>)
- Lexicographical data:
- Continuing work on making it easier to pick the right language for
a new Lexeme (phab:T298140 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298140>
)
- Fixing a bug where `[object Object]` was shown in the gramatical
feature field (phab:T239208
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T239208>)
- Fixing a number of places where labels for redirected Items were
not shown even though the redirect target had labels (phab:T305032
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T305032>)
- REST API:
- Finished the first version of the API route for creating statements
on an Item (excluding autosummaries so far)
- Started work on the API route for removing a statement from an Item
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
- Update the the description
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Translator_notice:_Please_update_description_of_"of_(P642)">
of the "of" property <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P642> in
your language.
- 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. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466
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