*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Closed request for adminship:
- Estopedist1
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Estopedist1>
(successful)
- Closed request for comments:
- Gender neutral labels for occupations and positions in French
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Gender_neutral_labels_for_occupations_and_positions_in_French>
- Alternate disclosure policy
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Alternate_disclosure_policy>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past events:
- Clutch sprint August 2022
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden/Swedish_Riksdag_documents/Kopplingssprint_augusti_2022>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- Automatic word relatedness evaluation
<https://towardsdatascience.com/automatic-word-relatedness-evaluation-wordnet-spacy-wikidata-api-9fd1c72ac73c>
- Videos
- Datavisualisation in Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umj5ceTfJhs> (in French)
- Highlights from Wikimania 2022
- Ninai-Udiron: Using Wikidata Items and Lexemes for Abstract
Wikipedia-Like Text Generation
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCaLrTlEk0M> By Mahir Morshed
- Partner Up for Wikidata!
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BFBmy86TF0>
- Wikidata for everyone: a methodology to teach different
communities <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BFBmy86TF0>
- Wikifunctions: A new Wikimedia project
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQPSoYpjrNc>
- Tutorial
- Wikimania 2022 UK Festival: SPARQL tutorial (Wikidata for Wizards)
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XtPn2G8zDIDGReCDm0csbOgSrCmcacco/edit#slide=id.p1>
& Wikidata SPARQL Tips and Tricks
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GaA0Lw3J_3F_N14KP7p5m8kTAaUs7QwAavIbZqBfmQI/edit#slide=id.g18e33c9ee6_2_0>
Tool of the week
- List of created Wikidata items
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/wikidatas-list-of-created-items> - a
tool which combines Xtools pages created API with Wikidata API to get the
list of items created by a user with their label.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Outreachy Round 25–call for projects and mentors now open!
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/AKMHGVJGK6R2ASUSKK6B64A2SPTXTIBQ/>
- Template:Documented queries skeleton
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Documented_queries_skeleton>
- Wikidata's tenth birthday
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday>: you can organize
a distributed event
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Run_an_event> and get
funding
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Run_an_event/Funding>,
create your own swag
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Run_an_event/Communication_kit>,
attend the next organizers call
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Run_an_event#Connect_with_organizers>
on August 23, and participate in the collaborative video until September
18th
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Celebration_video>
.
- OpenRefine calls for (more) technical contributors to work on
Wikimedia / Wikidata / Wikibase support
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/EEIKHJZW7AMSIYGW7RURB5FG7ISZSW52/>
.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: contraindication
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10946>, Amarkosh ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10955>, harvested organism(s)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10960>
- External identifiers: ZOBODAT publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10931>, abART book series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10932>, Stan Radar dossier ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10933>, Initia carminum
Latinorum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10934>, IRIS
UNISOB author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10935>, Apeiron
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10936>, IRIS
UNIBOCCONI author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10937>, IRIS
LUISS author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10938>,
All-Russian
Swimming Federation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10939>,
Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10940>, Bobsleigh Federation
of Russia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10941>, Russian
Luge Federation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10942>, Rare
Plant Fact Sheets ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10943>, Handball
Federation of Russia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10944>, Russian Volleyball
Federation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10945>, UNORA
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10947>, IRIS
UNIPARTHENOPE author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10948>, IRIS UNICAMPANIA
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10949>, IRIS
UNISANNIO author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10950>, Modstand
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10951>, elibrary.ru
journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10952>, elibrary.ru
publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10953>, Livelib.ru
publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10954>,
Odnoklassniki
group numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10956>, NOC*NSF
athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10957>, Jewish
Pediatricians 1933-1945 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10958>, All-Russian Sambo
Federation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10959>, Bolshoi
Theatre person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10961>, Czechoslovak
book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10962>, Belgian
Olympic Committee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10963>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: fog signal characteristic
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fog_signal_characteristic>,
Sister channel
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sister_channel>,
award declined
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/award_declined>,
full inscription available at URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/full_inscription_available_at_URL>
- External identifiers: Planeta Belarus sigh ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Planeta_Belarus_sigh_ID>,
Flemish Heritage designation object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flemish_Heritage_designation_object_ID>,
WikiProjectMed ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WikiProjectMed_ID>,
Belgian Paralympic Committee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Belgian_Paralympic_Committee_ID>,
Polish Paralympic Committee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polish_Paralympic_Committee_ID>,
Scientists of Belarus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scientists_of_Belarus_ID>,
Spiel des Jahres ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spiel_des_Jahres_ID>,
iNaturalist project ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iNaturalist_project_ID>,
Tas Parliament member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tas_Parliament_member_ID>,
SA Parliament member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SA_Parliament_member_ID>,
Czech electoral party ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Czech_electoral_party_ID>,
Colorado Plant Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Colorado_Plant_Database_ID>,
PyPI trove classifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PyPI_trove_classifier>,
UConn Plant Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UConn_Plant_Database_ID>
- Query examples:
- Longest tram line in the world with 68 stops
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23title%3A%20Map%20of%20Coast%20Tram%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22hide%22%3A%5B%22%3Fcoords%22%2C%20%22%3Fline%22%2C%22%3Frgb%22%5D%7D%0ASELECT%20%3Fstation%20%3FstationLabel%20%3FsubwayLine%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fline%20%3Fline_number%20%3Flayer%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fsearch%20%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ1510414%20%20%20%20%20%20%23light%20rail%20system%20search%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fsearch%20wdt%3AP527%7Cwdt%3AP121%20%3Flignes.%23what%20are%20the%20lines%20of%20that%20light%20rail%3F%0A%20%20%3Flignes%20wdt%3AP559%20%3Ftermini.%23what%20are%20the%20termini%20of%20the%20lines%20of%20that%20light%20rail%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ548662%3B%20%20%23any%20type%20of%20service%20station%20%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP5817%20wd%3AQ55654238%3B%23That%20are%20running%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP16%20%3Fsearch%3B%23That%20are%20part%20of%20the%20searched%20light%20rail%20network%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%3B%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP81%7Cwdt%3AP1192%20%3FsubwayLine%3B%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP197%20%3Fpred.%0A%20%20%3Fpred%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords_pred%3Bwdt%3AP5817%20wd%3AQ55654238%3B%23Neighbours%20that%20are%20running%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP81%7Cwdt%3AP1192%20%3FsubwayLine_pred.%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20p%3AP197%20_%3Ab1.%0A%20%20_%3Ab1%20ps%3AP197%20%3Fpred%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20pq%3AP5051%20%3Ftowards%3B%0A%20%20%20%20pq%3AP81%7Cpq%3AP1192%20%3Fline_pq.%0A%3FsubwayLine%20wdt%3AP5817%20wd%3AQ55654238.%23Lines%20that%20are%20running%0Aoptional%7B%3FsubwayLine%20wdt%3AP1671%20%3Fline_number.%7D%0AFILTER%28%3FsubwayLine_pred%20%3D%20%3Flignes%29%23take%20only%20the%20lines%20if%20correspondance%20on%20the%20same%20line%0AFILTER%28%3FsubwayLine%20%3D%20%3Flignes%29%20%0AFILTER%28%3FsubwayLine%20%3D%20%3Fline_pq%29%23Take%20only%20the%20lines%20if%20next%20station%20on%20the%20same%20line%0AFILTER%28%3Ftowards%20%3D%20%3Ftermini%29%20%0A%20%3Fpred%20%20p%3AP625%20%3Fnode_pred%20.%0A%20%20%3Fnode_pred%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat1%20%3Bpsv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flon1%20.%0A%20%20%3Fnode_pred%20a%20wikibase%3ABestRank.%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20p%3AP625%20%3Fnode_station.%0A%20%3Fnode_station%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat2%20%3Bpsv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flon2.%0A%20%3Fnode_station%20a%20wikibase%3ABestRank.%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%22LINESTRING%28%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flon1%29%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flat1%29%2C%20%20%22%2C%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flon2%29%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flat2%29%2C%20%22%29%22%29%20AS%20%3Fstr%29%0A%20%20BIND%28STRDT%28%3Fstr%2C%20geo%3AwktLiteral%29%20AS%20%3Fline%29%0A%20%20%3FsubwayLine%20wdt%3AP465%20%3Frgb.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FsubwayLine%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fpred%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpredLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstation%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FstationLabel%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fstation%20%3FstationLabel%20%3FsubwayLine%20%3Frgb%20%3FpredLabel%20%3Flayer%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fline%20%3Fline_number%0AORDER%20BY%20xsd%3Ainteger%28%3Fline_number%29%20%3Fline_number%20%3FsubwayLine>
Map
of Coast Tram (Q1510414)
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23title%3A%20Map%20of%20Coast%20Tram%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22hide%22%3A%5B%22%3Fcoords%22%2C%20%22%3Fline%22%2C%22%3Frgb%22%5D%7D%0ASELECT%20%3Fstation%20%3FstationLabel%20%3FsubwayLine%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fline%20%3Fline_number%20%3Flayer%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fsearch%20%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ1510414%20%20%20%20%20%20%23light%20rail%20system%20search%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fsearch%20wdt%3AP527%7Cwdt%3AP121%20%3Flignes.%23what%20are%20the%20lines%20of%20that%20light%20rail%3F%0A%20%20%3Flignes%20wdt%3AP559%20%3Ftermini.%23what%20are%20the%20termini%20of%20the%20lines%20of%20that%20light%20rail%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2A%20wd%3AQ548662%3B%20%20%23any%20type%20of%20service%20station%20%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP5817%20wd%3AQ55654238%3B%23That%20are%20running%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP16%20%3Fsearch%3B%23That%20are%20part%20of%20the%20searched%20light%20rail%20network%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%3B%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP81%7Cwdt%3AP1192%20%3FsubwayLine%3B%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP197%20%3Fpred.%0A%20%20%3Fpred%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords_pred%3Bwdt%3AP5817%20wd%3AQ55654238%3B%23Neighbours%20that%20are%20running%0A%20%20%20wdt%3AP81%7Cwdt%3AP1192%20%3FsubwayLine_pred.%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20p%3AP197%20_%3Ab1.%0A%20%20_%3Ab1%20ps%3AP197%20%3Fpred%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20pq%3AP5051%20%3Ftowards%3B%0A%20%20%20%20pq%3AP81%7Cpq%3AP1192%20%3Fline_pq.%0A%3FsubwayLine%20wdt%3AP5817%20wd%3AQ55654238.%23Lines%20that%20are%20running%0Aoptional%7B%3FsubwayLine%20wdt%3AP1671%20%3Fline_number.%7D%0AFILTER%28%3FsubwayLine_pred%20%3D%20%3Flignes%29%23take%20only%20the%20lines%20if%20correspondance%20on%20the%20same%20line%0AFILTER%28%3FsubwayLine%20%3D%20%3Flignes%29%20%0AFILTER%28%3FsubwayLine%20%3D%20%3Fline_pq%29%23Take%20only%20the%20lines%20if%20next%20station%20on%20the%20same%20line%0AFILTER%28%3Ftowards%20%3D%20%3Ftermini%29%20%0A%20%3Fpred%20%20p%3AP625%20%3Fnode_pred%20.%0A%20%20%3Fnode_pred%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat1%20%3Bpsv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flon1%20.%0A%20%20%3Fnode_pred%20a%20wikibase%3ABestRank.%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20p%3AP625%20%3Fnode_station.%0A%20%3Fnode_station%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat2%20%3Bpsv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flon2.%0A%20%3Fnode_station%20a%20wikibase%3ABestRank.%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%22LINESTRING%28%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flon1%29%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flat1%29%2C%20%20%22%2C%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flon2%29%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20STR%28%3Flat2%29%2C%20%22%29%22%29%20AS%20%3Fstr%29%0A%20%20BIND%28STRDT%28%3Fstr%2C%20geo%3AwktLiteral%29%20AS%20%3Fline%29%0A%20%20%3FsubwayLine%20wdt%3AP465%20%3Frgb.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FsubwayLine%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fpred%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpredLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstation%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FstationLabel%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fstation%20%3FstationLabel%20%3FsubwayLine%20%3Frgb%20%3FpredLabel%20%3Flayer%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fline%20%3Fline_number%0AORDER%20BY%20xsd%3Ainteger%28%3Fline_number%29%20%3Fline_number%20%3FsubwayLine>
1 <https://www.dekusttram.be/nl/>
- Most frequent .uk domains for P973 "described at URL"
<https://w.wiki/5aZR> (source
<https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1559500586684497926>)
- Online accounts used by people that were born in People's Republic
of China <https://w.wiki/5aoe> (Source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Rdrg109/3/4#Content>)
- Journals with the most retractions <https://w.wiki/5aVe> (source
<https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1559462776128544770>)
Development
- Lexicographical data: continuing to address feedback from testing. We
are almost done now.
- REST API: continued investigating the use of PATCH and JSON Patch and
worked on a proof-of-concept
- Birthday planning and prepping is in full swing
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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