*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- AddLetterboxdFilmIdBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/AddLetterboxdFilmIdBot>
(Task: Adding Letterboxd Film ID (P6127) statements to items
which already
have a TMDB Film ID (P4947))
- Closed request for permissions/Bot:
- Kristbaumbot 1
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Kristbaumbot_1>
(Task: Add identifiers from Wörterbuchnetz
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29310412> to German lexemes)
- New request for comments:
- Creating properties which link to an archived website
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Creating_properties_which_link_to_an_archived_website>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working
Hour April 24, 2023: Would you like to know how to join and use Telegram?
Two regular Wikidata Telegram users will provide an introduction to
Telegram and its available Wikidata channels. They will discuss how they
use it, how it can provide help with Wikidata work, and how it can
facilitate connections with other Wikidata users Event page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours/2023-April-24_Wikidata_Working_Hour>
- Ongoing
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #89, Ear
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=89>
- Past
- Wikidata+Wikibase office hour session log: Telegram office hour
2023-04-19
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Telegram_office_hour_2023-04-19>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs
- How to put an end to best book lists once and for all
<https://theconversation.com/como-acabar-de-una-vez-por-todas-con-las-listas-de-los-mejores-libros-203353>
- Papers
- Documenter l'histoire queer sur Wikidata
<https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Documenter_l_histoire_queer_sur_Wikidata/22683094>
(Documenting Queer History on Wikidata - French), John Samuel,
Panel: Queer
Data : les plateformes numériques d'archives, Collectif Archives
LGBTQI+ <https://archiveslgbtqi.fr/>, Paris, 23 April 2023
- Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base
<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12964>
- Videos
- Using PetScan <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKedzP_0dKo>
and Wikidata
Terminator <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVmd8zf3eOA>, Mooré
Wikimedia Community (in Mooré)
- Wikidata Atlas: Putting Wikidata on the Map
<https://aidanhogan.com/docs/wikidata-atlas-map.pdf>
- Notebooks
- Probability of having notable parents by occupation and gender
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/notable-parents-by-occupation-and-gender>
- Living with Machines: Toponym recognition and resolution — input
and output exploration <https://observablehq.com/d/e972c5d37e683a4c>
- Twitter thread
- Average number of words in Wall Street Journal articles by author
gender <https://twitter.com/deans_/status/1650165009538854914>
Tool of the week
- User:Nikki/colour icons.css
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/colour_icons.css> - is a
Userscript to add colour to the editing icons. It uses green for add/save,
yellow for edit, red for remove, orange for cancel and blue for help.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The Wikibase newbie docs
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/ZM7ZH3ZOBKKL5W6ASIYTPEVMG27E6OHT/>
are here (to help to onboard new Wikibase users easier).
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes:
- handled, mitigated, or managed by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11738> (approach or
method that can be used to address an issue or problem)
- holds diplomatic passport of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11747> (country of the
diplomatic passport held by the person)
- External identifiers: Dailymotion video ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11731>, Databáze sérií ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11732>, Universo del corpo ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11733>, Enciclopedia delle
scienze sociali ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11734>, AML
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11735>, AniList character
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11736>, Amarkosh ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11737>, Moly.hu author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11739>, Podcast Index ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11740>, SINTA affiliation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11741>, Hall of Light
developer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11742>, Hall of
Light publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11743>, Hall
of Light artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11744>, Kinoglaz
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11745>, Michaelis
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11746>, Kino1TV ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11748>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: none
- External identifiers: KPU Plant Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KPU_Plant_Database_ID>,
SoccerPunter team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SoccerPunter_team_ID>,
HAL non-registered author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HAL_non-registered_author_ID>,
Master's degree Mon master ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Master%27s_degree_Mon_master_ID>,
Dizionario dei prodotti DOP e IGP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_dei_prodotti_DOP_e_IGP_ID>
- Query examples:
- Administrative subdivisions with more than 10 million inhabitants
<https://w.wiki/5PyH> (source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1648358631824293889>)
- Rivers in France over 50 km long
<https://query-chest.toolforge.org/redirect/YeNigsat9sCeW28ukSEe8CIMcoE4MaO8uAEmcoamuuC>
(source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1648355419209838592>)
- List of mental disorders <https://w.wiki/6adB> (source
<https://twitter.com/mrlogix/status/1646741265441239040>)
- Paintings once owned by Red Flag Names <https://w.wiki/6cWa> (source
<https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/110240752052220833>)
- Top album languages found on Wikidata right now
<https://w.wiki/6TNS> (Week 16, 2023) (source
<https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/110241568444940777>)
- Place of birth of humans with Github username <https://w.wiki/6br3>
(source <https://t.me/c/1224298920/106745>)
Development
- REST API: We continued work on making it possible to create or replace
a label, or a description in a given language (phab:T323813
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323813>)
- EntitySchemas: We continued working on the new datatype for linking to
EntitySchemas. It is now available on beta in a very bare-bones version but
not ready for wider testing yet. (phab:T332139
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332139>)
- Ontology issues: We are evaluating the results of the survey we ran
earlier this year.
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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