*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
-
- CEUR-WS
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/CEUR-WS>
(Task:
CEUR-WS Semantification bot to be used on publishing Workshop proceedings
via http://ceur-ws.org)
- AcmiBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/AcmiBot>
(Task:
Sync links with ACMI API)
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past: The Wikimedia Hackathon
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023> took place on
May 19-21 in Athens, Greece. Several Wikidata-related projects were
presented during the showcase (notes
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wmh2023-Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023_Project_Showcase>
, replay <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd-kckDEaR0>). You can also
find more documentation on this page
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023/Documentation>.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Papers
- Melanie Conroy, *Quantifying the Gap: The Gender Gap in French
Writers’ Wikidata
<https://culturalanalytics.org/article/74068-quantifying-the-gap-the-gender-gap-in-french-writers-wikidata>*;
Journal of Cultural Analytics Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2023May 11, 2023.
- Videos
- Queering Wikidata: Early Insights from the Wikidata Gender
Diversity Project
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D._Metilli,_B._Melis,_M._Fioravanti,_C._Paolini_-_Observaciones_tempranas_del_Proyecto_de_Diversidad_de_G%C3%A9nero_de_Wikidata_(English).pdf>,
Presentation by Daniele Metilli, Beatrice Melis, Marta Fioravanti, Chiara
Paolini on May 17 in Queering Wikipedia 2023
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/QW2023/Schedule> (Video
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg5MUaV4eyY&t=5913>)
- Making Queer Faces and Voices Visible and Audible Online: The role
of Wikipedia and Wikidata
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Making_Queer_Faces_and_Voices_Visible_and_Audible_Online_-_The_role_of_Wikipedia_and_Wikidata.pdf>,
Presentation by John Samuel on May 17 in Queering Wikipedia 2023
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/QW2023/Schedule> (Video
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg5MUaV4eyY&t=45>)
- Ethical and Inclusive Data Modeling for Gender Representation in
Wikidata: Lessons and Recommendations from the Personal Pronouns Project
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A._Jiyun_Jung,_A._Rodriguez,_C._Yragui_-_Ethical_and_Inclusive_Data_Modeling_for_Gender_Representation_in_Wikidata_(English).pdf>,
Presentation by Arielle Rodriguez, Crystal Yragui, Alex Jung on
May 17 in Queering
Wikipedia 2023 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/QW2023/Schedule>
- “But what about representation?”: Finding Ethical Solutions and
Best Practices for Gender Information in Wikidata
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A._Rodriguez,_C._Yragui_-_But_What_About_Representation_(English).pdf>,
Discussion by Arielle Rodriguez, Crystal Yragui on May 17 in Queering
Wikipedia 2023 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/QW2023/Schedule> (
Video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg5MUaV4eyY&t=8357>)
Tool of the week[edit
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2023_05_22&veaction=edit§ion=4>
| edit source
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2023_05_22&action=edit§ion=4>
]
- CreateNewEntity.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:So9q/CreateNewEntity.js> got
improved to support up to 11 languages.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikimedia Deutschland is launching a laptop donation program to
support Wikidata contributors with limited access to technology. If you've
been actively contributing to Wikidata for at least a year, you can request
a free laptop to support your work. WMDE Hardware Donation
Program#Applying
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimedia_Deutschland_Hardware_Donation_Program#Applying>
- Wikibase.Cloud data modeling research has been published
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WBC_Data_Modelling_Research_Report_(Q1).pdf>.
It shows user flows and pain points in the Data Modelling experience of
Wikibase Cloud users in Q1/2023.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: none
- External identifiers: L'Histoire par l'image ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11787>, Napster release ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11788>, Xbox Games Store ID
(Xbox 360) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11789>, Clavis
Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11790>, Global Smash Roster
fighter ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11791>, RAWG
developer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11792>, RAWG
publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11793>, Qualigeo
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11794>, Kress Collection
Digital Archive ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11795>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to
review:
- General datatypes:
- population by ethnic group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/population_by_ethnic_group>
(Part
of a larger population isolated for statistical analysis)
- points of bonus
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/points_of_bonus>
(point
of bonus in a tournament, given according some conditions
(such as minimum
number of goals...))
- External identifiers: Israel Composers' League composer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Israel_Composers%27_League_composer_ID>
, Stage 32 profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stage_32_profile_ID>
, kaino.kotus.fi identifiers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/kaino.kotus.fi_identifiers>
, Radiomuseum.org company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Radiomuseum.org_company_ID>
, Law Insider Legal Dictionary entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Law_Insider_Legal_Dictionary_entry>
- Query examples:
- Scottish waterbodies & how they're linked
<https://query-chest.toolforge.org/redirect/90b2qkGoXwEi8oyACEY04AYecq4iQU6AykWmi6aC42S>
(source <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1660399074913165312>)
Development
- We continue working on modify data of labels of an Item in the
Wikibase REST API. (phab:T332739
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332739>)
- We continued working on the new datatype for linking to EntitySchemas.
- We are continuing to prepare various special pages for the mul
language code.
- We fixed a bug on Wikipedia and co where the "add interlanguage link
dialog threw an error (phab:T337081
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T337081>)
- We attended the Wikimedia hackathon.
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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement & Events Consultant
Contractor for Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
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