*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- Cmtqwikibot 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Cmtqwikibot_2>
(Task/s: Add credits (cast and crew) for audiovisual work produced in
Quebec based on the Cinémathèque québécoise's catalogue data. Adds
reference. Deletes redundant, more general existing statements in certain
circumstances.)
- Gabrabot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Gabrabot>
(Bulk upload Maltese lexeme data to wikidata from Gabra
<https://mlrs.research.um.edu.mt/resources/gabra/>.)
- MsynBot 12
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/MsynBot_12>
(import missing GND ID (P227)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P227> identifier based on
linked VIAF cluster)
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 February 21, 2023: Jim Hahn and John Mark Ockerbloom will be
presenting on Penn Libraries' Linked Data Vision
<https://guides.library.upenn.edu/linked-data>. They will discuss
their framework for activities and goals around linked data,
which includes
both existing standards and new functionality. Additionally, they will
share successes and areas where progress has not yet been made. The
presentation will cover projects with Wikidata tie-ins, such as
the Digital
Scriptorium Wikibase project and the Deep Backfile copyright information
project. The presenters also plan to have ample time for
conversation with
those interested in using linked data to bring new functionality to their
libraries. Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p8Av_xgNgIm_m7eFoIOtRlFzpby-8O7C_X528JH94_M/edit?usp=sharing#>
- Wikidata and Wikibase - SEMIC workshop 2 physical hands-on workshop
in Brussels on the 23rd of February (Register here
<https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/WikidataWorkshop2>)
- If you are interested in organizing or joining the Wikimedia
Hackathon 2023 satellite events
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/6A2KX75ECOITZFTVYAAAQCPNAWDSTHO7/>,
you can apply for funds by March 20 via the Rapid Grants
maintained by the
Wikimedia Foundation.
- Call for papers for the 10th Wiki Workshop in 2023 is out
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/CBMKDICCEVXRRKMQCHDRMV6BG4YDDSWU/>.
Submit your 2-page abstracts by March 23.
- Ongoing
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #81, Eye
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=81>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blog posts
- New extension: Wikibase Export
<https://professional.wiki/en/news/wikibase-export-released>
- BHL is Round Tripping Persistent Identifiers with the Wikidata
Query Service
<https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2023/02/round-tripping-persistent-identifiers-with-wikidata-query-service.html>
- Videos
- Wikibase Export demo - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBdzDcYChOI>
- Editing Wikidata using your smart phone (Wikimedia Community User
Group Botswana) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_dppVy2QmU>
- Notebooks
- Social reproduction in the French cinema: Occupations of the parents
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/occupations-of-the-parents>
Tool of the week
- User:Nikki/DisplayColourSwatches.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/DisplayColourSwatches.js> is a
userscript that adds color swatches under color statements.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Blog Series on Wikibase Community via Tech-News
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/PA4ETU6M5CLHBR6ENQBRZE4DQU5JBYG5/>
- Freelance technologists are needed to import personal profiles for
politically exposed people (PEPs) into Wikidata
<https://opensanctions.notion.site/ToR-Political-persons-coverage-in-Wikidata-a05b1d5eacc84a6980181c6e079e2b11>
- The voting phase of the Community Wishlist Survey 2023 ends on
February 24. Don't forget to vote for Wikidata proposals
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2023/Wikidata>
!
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes:
- stamp perforation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11590>
(type of perforation for a series of stamps)
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11593>
(Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) value of
a country)
- transcribed by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11603>
(person who has made a copy of a manuscript text)
- External identifiers: Encyclopedia of Italian ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11586>, Iowa legislator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11587>, Rate Your Music film
genre ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11588>, Fallout
Wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11589>, Museu
Paulista iconography ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11591>, Museu Paulista
objects ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11592>, Spreaker
show ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11594>, TVer series
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11595>, TVer tarento ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11596>, Padua Research
Archive author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11597>, Rate
Your Music film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11598>, Fonts
in Use ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11599>, Rate Your
Music venue ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11600>,
beniculturali.it
place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11601>, Jeju
Dialect Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11602>,
Soprintendenza di Salerno place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11604>, Online Aboriginal
Language Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11605>,
Mosfilm movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11606>, Mosfilm
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11607>, Adventure
Game Studio game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11608>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: none
- External identifiers: Syoboi Calendar series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Syoboi_Calendar_series_ID>,
Digital Daijisen ID (goo dictionary)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_Daijisen_ID_(goo_dictionary)>,
La grammatica italiana ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/La_grammatica_italiana_ID>,
Akademi Kernewek ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Akademi_Kernewek_ID>,
Sky News topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sky_News_topic_ID>,
Faber Music music ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Faber_Music_music_ID>,
Faber Music composer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Faber_Music_composer_ID>
- Query examples:
- Historical timeline of WorldPride events: (2000 in Rome to 2023 in
Sydney) <https://w.wiki/6MJz> (source
<https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1626992098405756929>)
- Which glaciers have been named after Moby Dick characters?
<https://w.wiki/6EJ5>
- Free software grouped by licenses <https://w.wiki/6Ktk> (source
<https://wikis.world/@wikidata/109862852892673897>)
- German nouns with unparseable combines statements
<https://w.wiki/6LrA>
- Grammatical features used on English nouns and proper nouns
<https://w.wiki/6LZU>
Development
- REST API:
- Finished work on endpoints for getting labels and descriptions (
phab:T325647 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T325647>, phab:T327881
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327881>)
- Started work on makign it possible to get statements from an Item
based on the Property ID instead of just the statement ID (
phab:T309021 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T309021>)
- Entity Schemas: finalized technical investigation and making plan for
the next steps
- Working on more validation for valid URIs for units, globes and
calendar models (phab:T102840 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T102840>
)
- Query Builder:
- Adding support for additional data types (phab:T328528
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328528>)
- Adding a language selector to make it possible to switch the UI
language (phab:T329487 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329487>)
- Constraint: Putting finishing touches on showing the constraint
clarification messages in the constraint violation popup (phab:T219037
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219037>)
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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