*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:
- Small wiki toolkits/Workshops#Writing Wikidata queries using the
WDQS tool
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#Writing_Wikidata_queries_using_the_WDQS_tool>
- Ongoing:
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #56, Mystery theme (guess the theme)
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=56>
- Past:
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #55, Wiki Loves Monuments
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=55>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- Interoperable USP Bioinformatics Theses Catalog with Wikidata
<https://pointstodots.wordpress.com/2022/08/23/172/> (in Portuguese
<https://pointstodots.wordpress.com/2022/08/19/catalogo-interoperavel-de-teses-de-bioinformatica-da-usp-com-wikidata/>
)
- Growing the representation of Australian Women in Religion through
Wikidata
<https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Growing_the_representation_of_Australian_Women_in_Religion_through_Wikidata>
- Working with Wikidata: (1) Introduction and Terminology
<https://blog.library.tc.columbia.edu/b/24738-Working-with-Wikidata-1-Introduction-and-Terminology>
- Mapping the Brazilian Association for Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics to Wikidata
<https://pointstodots.wordpress.com/2022/08/23/mapping-the-brazilian-association-for-computational-biology-and-bioinformatics-to-wikidata/>
- Papers
- DrNote: An open medical annotation service
<https://journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pdig.0000086>
- Videos
- [Wiki Mentor Africa] Introduction to using OpenRefine for Wikidata
and Wikimedia Commons Editing (part 1
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMA_-_Intro._to_OpenRefine_for_wikidata_and_Wikimedia_Commons_Editing_day1.webm>,
part 2)
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMA_-_Intro._to_OpenRefine_for_wikidata_and_Wikimedia_Commons_Editing_day_2.webm>
- Wikidata as a knowledge graph for the life sciences
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYV95Zv_m3I> (in Spanish)
- Relations on wikidata and color biology
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrkiXRW8mfY> (in Spanish)
- Wikidata Tutorial: Different ways to display SPARQL queries
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXhXZDtNvW0> (in German)
Tool of the week
- SenseForThisItem.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lectrician1/SenseForThisItem.js>:
Adds a button on items to show what senses are linked to it.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Upgrade of the Search clusters to Elasticsearch 7.10.2 will start on
August 29 2022 for 3-weeks
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/XPCTYYTN67FVFKN6XOHULJVGUO44J662/>
.
- The latest round of Outreachy internships wrapped up on 26 August. Two
interns worked on improving author-name data; their bots have made over
340,000 edits. Their project description, documentation, blog posts and
code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PangolinMexico/wasian> are
available.
- The August 2022 summary
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update/August_2022_scaling_update>
for the Wikidata Query Service backend update is out!
- Open vacancy:
- Wikimedia Indonesia - Technology internships in the GLAM and
Wikidata fields
<https://twitter.com/wikimediaid/status/1562323251648335872>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: contraindicated in case of
<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>, power series
expansion <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10969>, KFCB
classification (Kenya) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10994>,
website title match pattern
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10999>
- External identifiers: 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 and Interfederal Committee athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10963>, Federation Council
reference ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10964>, Russian
Football Union player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10965>, Repertorium
hymnologicum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10966>,
motocross.ru
rider ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10967>, Russian
Paralympic Committee athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10968>, athletics.by person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10970>, British
Paralympic Association athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10971>, Anghami album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10972>, Walther, Initia
carminum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10973>,
SecondHandSongs
release ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10974>, National
Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10975>, Paralympics
Australia athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10976>, Paralympics
New Zealand athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10977>,
Olympic Committee of Serbia athlete ID (new)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10978>, Singapore National
Olympic Council athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10979>, Swedish Paralympic
Committee athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10980>, Field
Hockey Canada person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10981>, Real Time person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10982>, Real Time
organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10983>,
Communist
Party of the Russian Federation person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10984>, Rugby Federation of
Russia athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10985>, Climbing
Federation of Russia athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10986>, RailScot location ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10987>, GIE gas storage ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10988>, RailScot line or
company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10989>, YAPPY
profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10990>, Business
Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10991>, Mariinsky
Theatre person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10992>, izsambo.ru
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10993>,
national-football-teams.com
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10995>, TGbus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10996>, TGbus franchise ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10997>, AFC player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10998>, SABRE wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11000>, Moepedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11001>, wrestdag.ru person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11002>, Scinapse author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11003>, Hockey New Zealand
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11004>, Artsy
artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11005>, Federation
of Ski-Jumping and Nordic Combined of Russia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11006>, Freestyle Federation
of Russia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11007>, Russian
Trampoline Federation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11009>, European Hockey
Federation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11010>, Shooting
Union of Russia person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11011>, EU Knowledge Graph
item ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11012>, Cultural
Property in Liechtenstein ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11013>, Belarus in persons
and events ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11014>, Planeta
Belarus sight ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11015>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: 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>,
Indicator
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indicator>,
Curriculum
Reference Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Curriculum_Reference_Number>,
Content standards
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Content_standards>
- External identifiers: 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>,
Garden Plant Finder ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Garden_Plant_Finder_ID>,
Archaeology Data Service ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archaeology_Data_Service_ID>,
Royal Collection (UK) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Royal_Collection_(UK)_ID>,
Biota Information System of New Mexico species ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biota_Information_System_of_New_Mexico_species_ID>,
atletiek.nu athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/atletiek.nu_athlete_ID>,
Tanzania administrator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tanzania_administrator_ID>,
Digital Foundry game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_Foundry_game_ID>,
Female Physicians in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Female_Physicians_in_the_German_Empire_and_the_Weimar_Republic_ID>,
King County Parcel Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/King_County_Parcel_Number>,
Anime Taizen ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anime_Taizen_ID>,
Betrail runner ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Betrail_runner_ID>,
Shōsetsuka ni Narō user ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sh%C5%8Dsetsuka_ni_Nar%C5%8D_user_ID>,
Shōsetsuka ni Narō work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sh%C5%8Dsetsuka_ni_Nar%C5%8D_work_ID>,
Maryland Plant Atlas ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maryland_Plant_Atlas_ID>,
Maryland Biodiversity Project species ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maryland_Biodiversity_Project_species_ID>,
A Utah Flora ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_Utah_Flora_ID>
- Query examples:
- Occupations as classified by ISCO/ESCO <https://w.wiki/5dSW> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P4652#Queries>)
- Occupation of people in the <https://w.wiki/5d5F> New Zealand
Thesis Project <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111645234> (source
<https://twitter.com/KnitMeAThneed/status/1563306878272413696>)
- Average weights and heights of sportsmen <https://w.wiki/5bvc> (
source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1562008782015795200>)
- Letters by numbers of alphabet where they are found
<https://w.wiki/5bnQ> (source
<https://twitter.com/belett/status/1561742955060273153>)
Development
- REST API: working on the ability to change existing statements on an
Item (phab:T306934 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306934>)
- Lexicographical data: Finishing up the remaining pieces of the new
Special:NewLexeme page based on the testing feedback (subtickets of
phab:T307866 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T307866>)
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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