*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
🧵Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- DwdsBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DwdsBot>
- Task/s: The bot imports lexeme data (lemmas, forms,
morphological information) from the Digitales Wörterbuch der
deutschen Sprache (DWDS) (Q1225026)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1225026>.
- RobertgarrigosBOT
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/RobertgarrigosBOT>
- Task/s: I'm using Openrefine to edit items related to
Wikidata:Wikiproject_Lieder
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiproject_Lieder>,
beginning by adding the new subclass lyrico-musical work
(Q114586269) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114586269> to the
actual lieder in WD. I hope to gain some experience before going with
further edits.
- Josh404Bot 4
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Josh404Bot_4>
- Task/s: Add review score (P444)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P444> for video game
(Q7889) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7889> items that have
an OpenCritic
ID (P2864) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2864> with
data from the OpenCritic (Q21039459)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21039459> API.
- BorkedBot 8
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/BorkedBot_8>
- Update official website (P856)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P856> to HTTPS when
appropriate
🎊 Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming
- The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed Wednesday, October
19, at 9:30 AM PST/16:30 UTC
<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1666197004>. This month's
presentation is a panel discussion celebrating Wikidata's 10th
birthday and
featuring Lydia Pintscher <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18016466>.
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group>
call October 18th: session where community members can share
their favorite
Wikidata gadgets, user scripts, or SPARQL queries Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QQn1jS89TWGiLcXOpbRGXCcDVxWKSgEqg6Pj8zXxt9w/edit?usp=sharing>
- Wikimedia Norge: Wikidata celebrates 10 years, and it is marked
both in Oslo and in Bergen
<https://www.wikimedia.no/events/event/wikidata-10-ar/>. Time:
12:00–16:00 Wikimedia Norway's Oslo office
- Learn Wikidata and celebrate #WikidataBirthday in Sydney! (An
introduction to wikidata: how worlds of wikimedia link). Saturday 22
October from 11am to 2pm. Sign up
<https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/an-introduction-to-wikidata-how-worlds-of-wikimedia-link>
.
- Ongoing
- Filmi music datathon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/India/Filmi_music_datathon>
to add and improve data about songs used in Indian movies. −
until October
28th. Participate
<https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikidata_Tenth_Birthday/Filmi_Music_datathon?enroll=>
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #63, Vehicles
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=63>
✍🏿 Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- #WikidataBirthday
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/WikidataBirthday?src=hashtag_click>: A
series of blog posts written by Sannita (A)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Sannita> highlighting the amazing
work of the Wikidata community
- 10 Years of Wikidata Part 3
<https://blog.wikimedia.de/2022/10/11/wikidata-tools-the-story-of-a-crafty-community/>
- Adding Jaxsta - the Australian database of international
songwriting credits - to Wikidata
<https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Adding_Jaxsta_-_the_Australian_database_of_international_songwriting_credits_-_to_Wikidata>
(How we're using Mix'n'match to add Jaxsta profiles to Wikidata)
- Papers
- The disambiguation of people names in biological collections
<https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/86089/> - Wikidata, ORCiD and
Bionomia
- Videos
- LIVE Wikidata editing #94
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNFpNb6Y5_g>
- Dagbani Wikipedia Saha Episode 10: Adding references to Wikidata
items <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_72SEsCpZ0M>
- Qichwabase as a Wikibase instance - Wikibase as a core technology
to support a harmonization process of the Quechua language and knowledge.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3slzBnISPAk>
- Dataviz
- Career of Nobel laureates in literature
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/career-of-nobel-laureates-in-literature>
- Actress-singers and actor-singers careers in dataviz
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/actress-singers-and-actor-singers-v2>
- Twitter threads
- 10 things you didn't know about Wikidata
<https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1581926903966879746> (Curious
about some of the more quirky things around Wikidata? Let's have a look!)
- 10 Queries that teach you something about the world
<https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1580864600756539394>.
- 10 great website and apps and built on top of Wikidata
<https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1579496646718943233>
🧰 Tool of the week
- New Wikidata game - match new Wikipedia articles and categories with
Wikidata items
<https://wikidata-game.toolforge.org/distributed/#game=82&opt=%7B%22type%22%3A%22all%22%7D>
!
✨ Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Outreachy Round 25–projects finalized & contribution period begins!
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/XADVMH3C4JPLCOYHNEAXQT3F7J64ZV35/>
- The Welsh Government's new mapping platform Data Map Wales (for
publishing public geo data) now has an optional base layer entirely in
Welsh
<https://nation.cymru/news/users-of-digital-mapping-platform-can-now-visualise-wales-entirely-in-cymraeg/>.
This is largely based on OSM data with additional place names from Wikidata.
- The Wikimania 2023 Organizing Team is looking for your suggestions on
the first in-person #Wikimania in 4 years or on virtual/hybrid setup next
year <https://twitter.com/Wikimania/status/1581112480931057664>.
- Job opening
- Software Engineer (Wikibase Product Platform) (m/f/d)
<https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/23780732/Software-Engineer-Wikibase-Product-Platform-m-f-d-/?jobDbPVId=59760256&l=en>
- Wikimedia Deutschland
🤔 Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: model image
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11101>, annotator
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11105>, alphabetical index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11106>, recorded participant
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11108>
- External identifiers: Boomplay artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11090>, Scottish Buildings
at Risk ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11091>, Nebraska
Invasive Species Program species ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11092>, TUBITAK Sosyal
Bilimler Ansiklopedisi ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11093>, Chess Federation of
Canada ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11094>, USGS
Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11095>, LINCS
small molecule ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11096>, National
Library of Indonesia Control Headings ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11097>, Tas Parliament
member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11098>, VocaDB
album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11099>, VocaDB
track ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11100>, JioSaavn
album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11102>, British
Athletics ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11103>, IAHR
member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11104>, SR-Archiv
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11107>, Onestop ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11109>, CMA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11110>, Female Physicians in
the German Empire and the Weimar Republic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11111>, NASA International
Space Station experiment ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11112>, NASA International
Space Station facility ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11113>, Illinois Plants ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11114>, IRIS UNIBAS author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11115>, Yarus feed ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11116>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Cultural identity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cultural_identity>,
Android application ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Android_application_ID>,
collection items at
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/collection_items_at>,
pin out
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/pin_out>,
abbreviation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/abbreviation>,
store number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/store_number>,
said to be the same as (lexeme)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/said_to_be_the_same_as_(lexeme)>,
has reply
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_reply>,
Stamp
perforation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stamp_perforation>,
Kanseki Repository work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kanseki_Repository_work_ID>,
solved by algorithm
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/solved_by_algorithm>
- External identifiers: Epson Tour player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Epson_Tour_player_ID>,
HomeComputer Museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HomeComputer_Museum_ID>,
EPA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EPA_ID>, sinta
kemdikbud Author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sinta_kemdikbud_Author_ID>,
Sogou Baike ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sogou_Baike_ID>,
The Athletic player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Athletic_player_ID>,
The Athletic team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Athletic_team_ID>,
Reddit topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Reddit_topic_ID>,
CIViC gene ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CIViC_gene_ID>,
Assomptionnistes ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Assomptionnistes_ID>,
identifiant Croix et Calvaires de Bretagne
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Croix_et_Calvaires_de_Bretagne>,
Cannabis Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cannabis_Database_ID>,
WPGA Tour Australasia player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WPGA_Tour_Australasia_player_ID>,
IDG IT-ord ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IDG_IT-ord_ID>,
OMED ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OMED_ID>, MMB
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MMB_ID>,
Dimitri
and Aliki Perrotis Central Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dimitri_and_Aliki_Perrotis_Central_Library_ID>,
ESPN.com tennis player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ESPN.com_tennis_player_ID>,
MSVF ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MSVF_ID>, UOM
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UOM_ID>,
Central
Library of Volos ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Central_Library_of_Volos_ID>,
Voroklini Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Voroklini_Library_ID>,
Miraheze article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Miraheze_article_ID>,
Pakistan Sign Language Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pakistan_Sign_Language_Dictionary_ID>,
Hungarian Film Archive person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hungarian_Film_Archive_person_ID>,
Municipal Library of Volos ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Municipal_Library_of_Volos_ID>,
Levadia Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Levadia_Library_ID>
- Query examples:
- Bands that have had more members than the Sugababes
<https://w.wiki/5oDA> (source
<https://twitter.com/philbgorman/status/1579511828019023873>)
- Average age difference from one's spouse, by profession, (for men
<https://w.wiki/5piK>) and (women <https://w.wiki/5piJ>) (source
<https://twitter.com/medi_cago/status/1581628935733129217>)
- How long has each UK chancellor been in office?
<https://w.wiki/5pP4> (source
<https://twitter.com/watty62/status/1580953625991389185>)
- Streets of Paris that meet <https://w.wiki/5otq> (source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1580639282405863424>)
- Players in the FIFA World Cup 2022 Sticker Album with most years in
the national team <https://w.wiki/5oJy> (source
<https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1579599340829822976>)
🧑🏿💻 Development
- REST API:
- Finished work on handling conditional HTTP request headers
(If-Match, If-None-Match, etc)
- Working on providing more clear error reports to PATCH route errors
- Mismatch Finder: Implementing a new random mismatch feature (
phab:T302289 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T302289>)
- The text in the namespace tabs for Lexeme: and EntitySchema: pages can
now be easily translated (phab:T316770
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T316770>) - thanks Amir!
- Made the Wikibase error message "Malformed input" more meaningful (
phab:T304943 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T304943>)
- Continued working on the deployment of a patch to improve the Query
Service lag integration in MediaWiki API's maxlag (phab:T315423
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T315423>)
- Fixed a bug where the Kartographer map preview is erroneously closed,
when clicking on zoom actions (+/-) (phab:T303103
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T303103>)
- Still working on fixing a mobile termbox issue related to the "mul"
language code (phab:T318137 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T318137>)
- Added ircs as an allowed protocol for the URL datatype (phab:T320643
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T320643>) - thanks Lectrician1!
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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