*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- WikiRankBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/WikiRankBot>
(Task: Use Alexa rank (P1661)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1661>. "...track the monthly
ranking of websites based on Similarweb Ranking")
- TiagoLubianaBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TiagoLubianaBot>
(Task: Link UMLS CUIs to Wikidata based on external mappings)
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming
- Cultural Institutions and Linked Open Data Networks: Create Your
Own Database with Wikibase!
<https://www.goethe.de/ins/gr/de/sta/the/ver.cfm?event_id=24683756>
Friday, 05.26.2023 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m (On-line)
- Conversation on open data and digital innovation in education
<https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/agenda/2023/05/11/conversatorio-sobre-datos-abiertos-e-innovacion-digital-en-educacion/>.
Carlos Blin Auditorium of the Central University of Chile, Av.
Santa Isabel
#1278, Santiago. Thursday May 25 – 10:00 a.m.
- Towards a new national bibliographic processing policy with linked
data
<https://www.literature.gr/eve-pros-mia-nea-ethniki-politiki-vivliografikis-epexergasias-me-syndedemena-dedomena/>.
Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 May 2023
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Papers: Deliberative Quality in Wikimedia Projects: Comparing Requests
for Comments on Meta, Wikipedia and Wikidata
<https://wikiworkshop.org/2023/papers/WikiWorkshop2023_paper_8.pdf>
- Videos
- Wikidata The Making Of (The history of Wikidata, from its inception
to its creation and the first ten years of operation, up to 2022) -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-nklyrDx4>
- ETD Wikidata Conversion Project, University of Washington - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIKsPrmAQq8>
- Back having even more fun with Lexemes! - Twitch
<https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1818117233>
- Notebooks: Where did the Women Artists within The Smithsonian American
Art Museum Collection Go To School?
<https://observablehq.com/d/4ed4dd247271da64>
Tool of the week
- tidywikidatar <https://edjnet.github.io/tidywikidatar/> is an R package
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:R_package> for exploring the wealth of
information stored by Wikidata.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Google Summer of Code 2023 and Outreachy Round 26 candidates
announced, with Wikidata-related projects
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/7CF5VAKSEVQL5BBSZKON7OZVBDVCM5B6/>
- re•shape – A Wikimedia program to support knowledge equity
<https://www.wikimedia.de/reshape/en/homepage/> - Applications are open
between May 11 and June 18 to apply for a grant to create more space and
visibility for marginalized knowledge.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes:
- iconically alludes to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11785> (item that is
iconically represented in the execution of this lexeme)
- External identifiers: Wood Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11776>, Humanities Commons
member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11780>, Shipbucket
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11781>, MEL residence ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11782>, JMA weather station
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11783>, Soprintendenza
Speciale di Roma place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11784>, GamesRadar+ ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11786>, L'Histoire par
l'image ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11787>, Napster
release ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11788>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: none
- External identifiers: Qualigeo ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qualigeo_ID>,
Ut ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ut_ID>,
RAWG developer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RAWG_developer_ID>,
RAWG publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RAWG_publisher_ID>,
Israel Composers' League composer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Israel_Composers%27_League_composer_ID>
- Query examples:
- Name of languages containing the words "old" or "ancient"
<https://w.wiki/6gvM> (source
<https://twitter.com/belett/status/1656574461162692609>)
- Birthplaces of humans called "Antoine" <https://w.wiki/5XuN> (source
<https://twitter.com/digitalWestie/status/1656310645162139650>)
- Who took the most pictures on WikiCommons around a Wikidata item?
<https://w.wiki/6g$5> (source
<https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1656644392348798977>)
- Graph of art (and other things) owned by Art Looting Red Flag Names
or members of the Nazi Party at any time <https://w.wiki/6gRt> (source
<https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/110337473330299894>)
- Top album languages found on Wikidata right now
<https://w.wiki/6TNS> (Week 19, 2023) (source
<https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/110360897866179383>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Personal Pronouns
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Personal_Pronouns>
(Goal: Model and assign pronouns ethically in Wikidata)
Development
- EntitySchemas: We've continued work on the new datatype to link to
EntitySchemas in statements. (phab:T214884
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214884>)
- Converted a number of Properties from string to external ID datatype (
phab:T334450 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334450>)
- mul language code: We've worked on preparing the special pages related
to labels, descriptions and aliases for the new language code. (
phab:T330193 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T330193>, phab:T329626
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329626>)
- Wikibase REST API: We continued working on the ability to modify
labels of an Item using the HTTP PATCH method. (phab:T332739
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332739>).
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>
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata*
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