*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- Bean49Bot 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Bean49Bot_2>.
Task/s: Adding statements to plwikisource items with no statements.
- RPI2026F1Bot 4
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/RPI2026F1Bot_4>.
Task/s: Reconstruct npm dependencies.
- Closed request for permissions/Bot:
- RKBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/RKBot>
(approved). Task/s: Create Wikidata items for "Kulturdenkmal in Hamburg"
(heritage monument in Hamburg - Q28661501
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28661501>) from the official list
"Denkmalliste Hamburg" (P1822
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1822> is the identifier for
this list) published as
http://static.hamburg.de/fhh/opendata/kb/DenkmallisteHamburg.xml.
- Andriy.vBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Andriy.vBot>
(approved). Task/s: I need to connect a lot of pages (more than 10
thousand) about russian villages that were created with
interwiki links in
ukwiki.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group>
call January 10, 2023: Egon Willighagen will be introducing us to
SARS-CoV-2 queries, a well-documented series of Wikidata queries
around the
SARS-CoV-2 virus and the pandemic. This work contributes to Wikiproject
COVID-19 and documentation is currently available in Japanese, Dutch,
Spanish, and Portuguese. Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s5_2K1AZMN9DMRfBrMQpgAY6LPwEkXNfqf8tBNKAcnc/edit>
- Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—January 11, 2023
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/3632V3C5FT2IZK2OAPEYSXDKA4FEX6AN/>.
Time: 16:00-17:00 UTC / 08:00 PDT / 11:00 EDT / 17:00 CET
- The full version of View it! Tool
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/View_it!_Tool> is out! The new user
script uses structured data to display related media in any Wikimedia
content pages—including Wikidata items—in an on-wiki image panel
or gallery
view. Please join the public launch and demo of the full version of this
new tool on Thursday, January 12th, 5:00 UTC via Zoom (Meeting
ID: 160 454
5329) to learn more and discuss forthcoming editing features.
- The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours> will
take place on Wednesday, 17:00 UTC on Wednesday, 18th January 2023 (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.
- About 2 months left to register for the first digital@IANLS
workshop: Learn the basics of Wikidata and how to use it in your
Neo-Latin
research. Event is online, free, and open to all. More info on event
and registration
<https://ianls.com/news/digitalianls-wikidata-workshop/>.
- Ongoing
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #75, Tools
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=75>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Videos
- Editor uses Wikidata to find new uses for existing drugs and speed
up approval process for new treatments.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HW6YxXRL18>
- Early Demo of Wikibase Export
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqCuy1Cu4PY> by Renat Shigapov
and Professional
Wiki <https://professional.wiki/>
- Papers
- "Is GPT-3 a Good Data Annotator?
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.10450.pdf>" with experiments based on
Wikidata - guided generation of labeled data.
- Slides
- Elena Simperl's keynote summary on Wikidata and knowledge
engineering research.
<https://www.slideshare.net/elenasimperl/what-wikidata-teaches-us-about-knowledge-engineering-255169162>
Tool of the week
- Web Hub <https://hub.toolforge.org/> allows users to navigate between
origin and destination on the web using information from Wikidata,
primarily on Wikimedia sites.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Digital Dictionary of the German Language <https://www.dwds.de/>
completed their first iteration of Lexicographical data donation to
Wikidata. The number of German lexemes increased accordingly by 185000
<https://twitter.com/dwds_de/status/1610993896061915138>.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: travel advisory category
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11463>, model lexeme
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11464>, does not use
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11484>
- External identifiers: NIP
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11429>, UniProt disease ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11430>, DBpia journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11431>, Garuda journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11432>, Hungarian Film
Archive person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11433>, ComingSoon.it
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11434>, DBpia
publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11436>, Disused
stations ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11437>, MQWW
poet ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11438>, Nîmes
cemeteries ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11439>, REGON
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11440>, Shōsetsuka ni
Narō user ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11441>, Sinta
journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11442>, Sinta
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11443>, SMA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11444>, Spiritains ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11445>, Strazha ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11446>, Tabelog restaurant ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11447>, TV Maze person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11449>, utas.hu ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11451>, VG-lista album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11452>, Afisha person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11454>, Catalogo storico
ragionato degli scrittori sardi dal IV al XXI secolo ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11455>, Macmillan Dictionary
entry (British English)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11456>, Macmillan Dictionary
entry (American English)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11457>, Wyndham hotel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11458>, VideoGameGeek
series/franchise ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11459>, Plex
GUID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11460>, Digital Hanja
Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11461>,
Africultures
structure ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11462>, Military
Historical Archive exile army member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11465>, The Israeli Opera
(English) person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11466>, J.League
referee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11467>, PodLink ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11468>, VG-lista song ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11469>, Webtoon creator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11470>, WikiRate company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11471>, Yahoo! Japan News
publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11472>, Concepticon
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11473>, Ès lettres ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11474>, Dictionary of
Variant Chinese Characters ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11475>, eBookJapan books ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11476>, STEDT ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11477>, Matrix room
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11478>, British Music
Collection score ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11479>, Nişanyan
Sözlük lexeme ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11480>, Green's
Dictionary of Slang ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11481>,
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11482>, Anadolu Agency
infographic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11483>, Infopédia
entry <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11485>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: change of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/change_of>,
salary
level
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/salary_level>,
applies to property
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applies_to_property>,
protected entity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/protected_entity>,
Wikidata property example for qualifiers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikidata_property_example_for_qualifiers>
- External identifiers: Britannica Kids kids level article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Britannica_Kids_kids_level_article_ID>,
Britannica Kids students level article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Britannica_Kids_students_level_article_ID>,
Britannica Kids scholars level article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Britannica_Kids_scholars_level_article_ID>,
Online Aboriginal Language Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Online_Aboriginal_Language_Dictionary_ID>,
International Encoded Han Character and Variants Database character ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Encoded_Han_Character_and_Variants_Database_character_ID>,
A Comparative Study of Modern Chinese and Cantonese ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_Comparative_Study_of_Modern_Chinese_and_Cantonese_ID>,
J-STAGE journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/J-STAGE_journal_ID>,
Sens critique contributor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sens_critique_contributor_ID>,
PlaymakerStats.com competition ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PlaymakerStats.com_competition_ID>,
The Homicide Report person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Homicide_Report_person_ID>,
Film.ru serial ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Film.ru_serial_ID>,
identifiant SFMTA
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_SFMTA>,
California Birth Index person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/California_Birth_Index_person_ID>,
esid <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/esid>, The
Counted person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Counted_person_ID>,
Russiancinema.ru person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russiancinema.ru_person_ID>,
Roblox experience ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Roblox_experience_ID>
- Query examples:
- Pairs of opposites <https://w.wiki/6CtY> (source
<https://twitter.com/kausch/status/1611887564147019776>)
- Ratio of paintings at the Museum of Brittany <https://w.wiki/6CC6> (
source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1611309770639548417>)
- Top album languages found on Wikidata right now
<https://w.wiki/5Pbw> (2023.01.08) (source
<https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/109649586595705547>)
- Cheeses named after towns <https://w.wiki/6CBD> (source
<https://wikis.world/@envlh/109641586784479794>)
Development
- REST API <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API>: Preparing
the first release to test.wikidata.org on January 17th and to Wikidata
on January 24th
- Entity Schemas <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Schemas>:
Continuing to investigate and prototype technical approaches for version 2
- Mismatch Finder
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder>: Working on
giving mismatch providers access to the reviews of the mismatches they
uploaded (phab:T304794 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T304794>)
- Investigated how to best do language switching for the Query Builder
and Mismatch Finder. So far they only support it by specifying the language
via a URL parameter and not yet via the UI (phab:T324653
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T324653>)
- Query Service:
- Lexeme IDs now have tooltips so you can see the Lemma in the SPARQL
code, similar as for Items and Properties (phab:T255245
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255245>)
- Fixed a bug where the y-axis label on a graph were misaligned and
hard to read (phab:T325808 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325808>
)
- Lexicographical data:
- Statements linking to a Sense now also show the language of the
Lexeme to make it easier to see for example which language a translation
statement refers to (phab:T207392
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207392>)
- Fixed a bug in the language dropdown on Special:NewLexeme (
phab:T324743 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T324743>)
- The Lemma of a Lexeme is now shown in the title of the revision
history of the Lexeme as well (phab:T312660
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T312660>)
- Vector 2022 theme: worked on making the search on Wikidata work in
this new theme. You can test it on test.wikidata.org now and next week
on Wikidata. (phab:T316093 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T316093>)
- mul language code:
- Continued investigation around how to handle language fallbacks on
mobile, which is a blocker for adding this language code (phab:T323098
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323098>)
- Preventing the addition of descriptions for mul (phab:T313027
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313027>)
- Constraint violations: Working on also showing them to non-logged in
users (phab:T272132 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272132>)
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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