*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- William Avery Bot 8
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/William_Avery_Bot_8>.
*Task/s:* Set qualifiers on family name (P734)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P734> to standardised values,
as discussed at Wikidata talk:WikiProject Names § Qualifiers for
given names and surnames - establish a guideline
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Names#Qualifiers_for_given_names_and_surnames_-_establish_a_guideline>,
and requested at WD:RBOT § Request to replace qualifiers (2022-07-17)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:RBOT#Request_to_replace_qualifiers_(2022-07-17)>
- EnvlhBot 4
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/EnvlhBot_4>.
*Task/s:* import forms for French verbs on lexemes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data>.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming:
- Mark your calendars for the Wikimania Hackathon!
<https://twitter.com/wikimediatech/status/1547256861237268482> The
free, online, public event will take place from 16- 22 UTC August 12 and
12-17 UTC August 13, and include a final showcase on August 14.
- Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team. Date: Wednesday,
August 3rd, 2022 Time: 15:00-16:00 UTC / 08:00-09:00 PDT /
11:00-12:00 EDT
/ 16:00-17:00 WAT / 17:00-18:00 CEST
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/4Q3W3SH23QKWMLLATPEIKYLOGEYZE2KU/>
- Wikidata Birthday is taking place in October 2022, and together we
are celebrating 10 amazing years of Wikidata with decentralized community
events! Discover more Wikidata:Tenth Birthday
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday>
-- organize an event and get funding
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Run_an_event>
- Ongoing
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #52, Software
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=52>
- Past:
- Wikidata/Wikibase office hours logs (2022-07-27
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2022-07-27>
)
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- Insights about good articles in Wikipedia in French
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/good-articles-in-wikipedia-in-french>
This Observable's notebook uses SPARQL queries to get insights about good
articles.
- Tour de France Femmes
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/tour-de-france-femmes> : Notebook
exploring data from Tour de France Femmes using Wikidata.
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives & Wikidata: Smithsonian Research
Online
<https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2022/07/28/smithsonian-libraries-and-archives-wikidata-smithsonian-research-online/#.YuacmXVByV5>
- Populating Wikipedia: New tool integrating Australian Census data
<https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Populating_Wikipedia:_New_tool_integrating_Australian_Census_data>
- Quickstatements User Evaluation of Statements and Terms, or QUEST
<http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=668>
- Place of birth and death of people with Peruvian citizenship
<https://w.wiki/5WmF> (source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataPeru/status/1552925098067329025>)
- This interactive map highlights the most notable person from your
hometown
<https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/29/23283701/wikipediate-notable-people-ranking-map-search-scroll-zoom>
- Map of notable people <https://tjukanovt.github.io/notable-people>
based on A cross-verified database of notable people, 3500BC-2018AD
<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01369-4> which is based
on Wikidata. Made by Topi Tjukanov
<https://mobile.twitter.com/tjukanov>
- Wikidata insights from a handy little tool
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2022-08-01/In_focus>
in The Signpost <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Signpost>
- Videos
- The process of standardizing OpenStreetMap and Wikidata data - an
example in the village of Xiliu (in Chinese) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhVqRIp3gDY>
- Wikidata – An attempt to analyse Wikidata Query - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDBoHoKgsEE>
- Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata: why and how? - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw1QEXUa370>
- WikiProject Scholia - Brazilian Bioinformatics (in Portuguese) -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsboib8fmaA>
- Connecting an academic organization to Wikidata (Python script) (in
Portuguese) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvEs0IsKSKg>
- SPARQL queries on trains (stations and lines), cartography (in
French) by VIGNERON <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:VIGNERON> and
Auregann <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Auregann> - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezr2aJtKC-w>
Tool of the week
- Gender diversity inspector
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/gender-diversity-inspector?collection=@pac02/wikipedia-tools>
is a new tool to inspect gender diversity in Wikipedia articles based on
SPARQL and Wikidata.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Template:Generic queries for authors
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_authors> has
now generic queries about narrative locations (P840) of works written by an
author.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: contains the statistical territorial entity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10888>, recordist
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10893>, spoken by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10894>
- External identifiers: Palmares Cultural Foundation process number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10872>, Mapping Museums ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10873>, gov.uk person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10874>, Kazakhstan.travel
tourist spot ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10875>, CVX
vaccine code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10876>, Applied
Ecology Resources document ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10877>, ClimateCultures
Directory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10878>, Hamburger
Professorinnen- und Professorenkatalog ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10879>, Catalogus
Professorum (TU Berlin) person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10880>, Kieler
Gelehrtenverzeichnis ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10881>, Met Constituent ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10882>, The Encyclopedia of
Fantasy ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10883>, Gitee
username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10884>, Anghami
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10885>, Austria-Forum
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10886>, Base Budé
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10887>, Israeli
Company Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10889>, PM20
ware ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10890>, pad.ma
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10891>, Bioconductor
project <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10892>, Broadway
World person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10895>, pad.ma
video ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10896>, ORKG ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10897>, International
Baccalaureate school ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10898>, Prophy author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10899>, Telmore Musik artist
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10900>, FirstCycling
rider ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10902>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: chirality
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/chirality>, UAE
Street Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UAE_Street_Code>,
field of this award
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/field_of_this_award>,
Anghami album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anghami_album_ID>,
Model image
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Model_image>,
fishery for
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fishery_for>,
Matrix space
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Matrix_space>,
Tribe <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tribe>,
Prisoner's camp number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Prisoner%27s_camp_number>,
field of this item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/field_of_this_item>,
Linkinfo ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linkinfo_ID>,
Zhihu question ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zhihu_question_ID>,
Baidu Tieba name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baidu_Tieba_name>
- External identifiers: IndExs Exsiccata ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IndExs_Exsiccata_ID>,
Objekt-ID für Kulturgut in Liechtenstein
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Objekt-ID_f%C3%BCr_Kulturgut_in_Liechtenstein>,
AIPD member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AIPD_member_ID>,
SecondHandSongs release ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SecondHandSongs_release_ID>,
Walther, Initia carminum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Walther,_Initia_carminum_ID>,
Initia carminum Latinorum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Initia_carminum_Latinorum_ID>,
Repertorium hymnologicum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Repertorium_hymnologicum_ID>,
national-football-teams.com coach ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/national-football-teams.com_coach_ID>,
playmakerstats.com stadium ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/playmakerstats.com_stadium_ID>,
sambafoot team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sambafoot_team_ID>,
lila linked latin uri
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lila_linked_latin_uri>,
Archivio della ceramica person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivio_della_ceramica_person_ID>,
TUBITAK Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TUBITAK_Sosyal_Bilimler_Ansiklopedisi_ID>,
elibrary.ru journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/elibrary.ru_journal_ID>,
IRIS private universities (1) IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_private_universities_(1)_IDs>,
Arabic Ontology Lemma ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arabic_Ontology_Lemma_ID>,
Merchbar electronic dance music artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Merchbar_electronic_dance_music_artist_ID>,
JioSaavn album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JioSaavn_album_ID>,
JioSaavn artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JioSaavn_artist_ID>,
Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Revised_Mandarin_Chinese_Dictionary_ID>,
AEDA subject keyword ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AEDA_subject_keyword_ID>,
AEDA geographic keyword ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AEDA_geographic_keyword_ID>,
AEDA taxonomic keyword ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AEDA_taxonomic_keyword_ID>,
Rare Plant Fact Sheets ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rare_Plant_Fact_Sheets_ID>,
100.histrf.ru ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/100.histrf.ru_ID>,
elibrary.ru publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/elibrary.ru_publisher_ID>,
Livelib.ru publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Livelib.ru_publisher_ID>,
YAPPY profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YAPPY_profile_ID>,
Galleria Recta author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Galleria_Recta_author_ID>,
Business Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Business_Online_ID>,
Real Time IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Real_Time_IDs>,
The Devil's Porridge Museum Worker Database
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Devil%27s_Porridge_Museum_Worker_Database>,
Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artistic_Gymnastics_Federation_of_Russia_ID>,
Bobsleigh Federation of Russia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bobsleigh_Federation_of_Russia_ID>,
Russian Luge Federation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Luge_Federation_ID>,
Handball Federation of Russia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Handball_Federation_of_Russia_ID>,
Russian Volleyball Federation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Volleyball_Federation_ID>,
All-Russian Swimming Federation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/All-Russian_Swimming_Federation_ID>,
Scinapse Author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scinapse_Author_ID>,
Russian Paralympic Committee athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Paralympic_Committee_athlete_ID>,
National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Olympic_Committee_of_the_Republic_of_Kazakhstan_ID>,
National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Olympic_Committee_of_Azerbaijan_ID>,
Belgian Olympic Committee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Belgian_Olympic_Committee_ID>,
Olympic Federation of Ireland ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Olympic_Federation_of_Ireland_ID>,
Russian Football Union player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Football_Union_player_ID>,
All-Russian Sambo Federation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/All-Russian_Sambo_Federation_ID>,
Dictionnaire Favereau (fr)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_Favereau_(fr)>,
Serbian Olympic Committee athlete ID (New)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Serbian_Olympic_Committee_athlete_ID_(New)>,
Singapore National Olympic Council athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Singapore_National_Olympic_Council_athlete_ID>,
NOCNSF athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NOCNSF_athlete_ID>,
numéro d'inscription au Registre national des marques
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/num%C3%A9ro_d%27inscription_au_Registre_national_des_marques>,
Modstand person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Modstand_person_ID>,
Danacode
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danacode>,
British
Paralympic Association athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Paralympic_Association_athlete_ID>,
Canadian Paralympic Committee athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Canadian_Paralympic_Committee_athlete_ID>,
Paralympics Australia athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Paralympics_Australia_athlete_ID>,
Paralympics New Zealand athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Paralympics_New_Zealand_athlete_ID>,
ILAMDIR ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ILAMDIR_ID>
- Query examples:
- Grammatical features used on forms of French lexemes
<https://w.wiki/5XCk> (source
<https://twitter.com/envlh/status/1553668952399675392>)
- Most notable people <https://w.wiki/5WpF> (by sitelinks) (source
<https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1553020452469104640>)
- List of draughts <https://w.wiki/5WWp> (source)
<https://twitter.com/WikidataThreads/status/1552542642684190720>
- Map of NZ graduates based on coordinates of employer
<https://w.wiki/5Gfa> (source
<https://twitter.com/SiobhanLeachman/status/1552477015852617728>)
Development
- [Significant change] New search profile parameter in Wikidata’s
wbsearchentities API module
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/IN7FPRLU2QA2MVXUEEQ2WTILR4GIOPM3/>
- REST API:
- You can now check out the current development state of the upcoming
REST API
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/26Q4RUTPFN2SWZWOEA3TXBH5MCPHLEBU/>
- We are continuing work on the API route to remove and replace
statements, focusing on error handling and corner cases.
- Lexicographical data: We are addressing the feedback from the first
release of the new Special:NewLexeme page.
- Continuing work on allowing redirects and the target article as
independent sitelinks if a redirect badge is used (phab:T313896
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313896>)
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.
- Remove the billionaire (Q1062083)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1062083> value for property instance of
(P31) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P31>. See the list
<https://w.wiki/5WWb> and the discussion in the project chat Should
billionaire (Q1062083) be used as a value of instance of (P31)?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Should_milliardaire_(Q1062083)_be_used_as_a_value_of_nature_de_l'élément_(P31)?>
- Help write the next summary!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
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