Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.
Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- RudolfoBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/RudolfoBot>
- (Task: import lists of drugs with black box Warnings)
- TiagoLubianaBot 4
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TiagoLubianaBot_4>
- (Task: add drug-drug interactions from (Q123478206) A reference set
of clinically relevant adverse drug-drug interactions)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123478206>
- LiMrBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/LiMrBot>
- importing and updating information about asteroids and comets.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming:
- Wikimedia Hackathon 2024: Register and Apply for Scholarships until
January 5th 2024!
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/QHLIBSYUQXNRRWQATW5WUCGMMMBUXOXB/>
- WikiMania 2024 Scholarships are open
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/11/15/wikimania-2024-scholarships-open-apply-now/>
- You can apply now for paid accommodation, travel and
registration of the
event!
- Next:
- Extended Semantic Web Conference 2024
<https://2024.eswc-conferences.org/call-for-contributions-eswc-2024/>
< The deadline to submit your Papers is December 7th (23:59 UTC-12)!
- Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service team
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours> - the
1st Wednesday of every month, bring your questions on Wikimedia Search,
Wikidata Query and Wikimedia Commons Query service.
- Past:
- Data Modelling Days 2023
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Modelling_Days_2023>
- (30 Nov - 2 Dec.) If you missed it, don't worry! We have recordings,
slides and notes for each session, available here!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Modelling_Days_2023#Sessions>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Press
- Around 250 war-threatened architectural monuments documented
<https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/kultur-ukraine-rund-250-kriegsbedrohte-baudenkmaeler-dokumentiert-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-231203-99-162104>
(German) - Wikidata, Wikibase and Commons are helping preserve
and plan the
restoration of culturally-significant Monuments damaged or
destroyed by the
Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Blogs
- How many properties are created on Wikidata each month?
<https://www.lehir.net/how-many-properties-are-created-on-wikidata-each-month/>,
by Envel Le Hir <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Envlh>
- Videos
- Connecting Archives Connecting People (CACP) Project
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R-oIuGfQmg> A Wikidata Workshop
provided by the British Institute at Ankara.
- Metaphactory's advanced semantic search with Wikidata KG
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkl2x5psvJs> < shows a new way of
building queries with Metaphacts visualised UI. Read more with
their latest News
Posts
<https://metaphacts.com/metaphacts-ontotext-interface-for-wikidata-demo-system>
!
- Wikibase for GLAM organizations:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1yTuftzQ1o> Collections in the
Linked Open Data web by our excellent Partner Manager User:Christos
Varvantakis (WMDE)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Christos_Varvantakis_(WMDE)>
- Intro to Wikidata and importing bibliographic elements from Zotero
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UDrn-HzO68> < (Italian) An
initiative to expand Greek and Latin antiquities in Wikidata for use in
humanistic studies. Read more here > Gruppo Wikidata per Musei,
Archivi e Biblioteche
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Gruppo_Wikidata_per_Musei,_Archivi_e_Biblioteche/Bibliografia_di_antichistica>
Tool of the week
- ZotWb <https://github.com/dlindem/zotwb> < export records in a Zotero
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Zotero#How_to_export_to_QuickStatements>
group library to a custom Wikibase, prepare datasets to send to OpenRefine,
feed OpenRefine reconciliaton results back to the Wikibase. Wikidata is
envolved in the entity reconciliation.
Here's a short explanation and demo video <https://vimeo.com/890641063>
Tool is written and provided by David Lindermann with support from WMF
Rapid Grant
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Zotero_to_Wikibase_bibliographical_data_export_app_(ID:_22209513)>
.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikimedia Deutschland job opening: We're looking for a new Product
Manager for Wikibase Cloud
<https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/38760837?l=en>. Are you
interested or do you happen to know someone who might fit this position?
- Wikimedia Deutschland will be collaborating with Purdue Students to
Find New Mismatches for the Mismatch Finder
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/KOHYRODIG47FWKX6JUKCJKSZGXJ6C7JJ/>.
We Need Your Help to Suggest External Datasets!
- Outreachy Round 27 interns selected, including 1 Wikidata related
project
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/S7273AZ6LA4TY63JYYFEMUZNVU5BHEIK/>
.
- A cool new Obsidian plugin
<https://echinopscis.github.io/blog/2023/wikidata-plugin/> for Wikidata
is in the works.
- Fulltext search <https://pm20-search.toolforge.org> for folders
in an external
archive <https://pm20.zbw.eu> via text in Wikidata items (more
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_20th_Century_Press_Archives#Fulltext_search_function_for_PM20_folders>
).
- Have you tried EntiTree <https://www.entitree.com/> yet? Explore
relationship and connections between Wikidata entities with this new
visualisation!
- Last call for the Wikibase.Cloud 2023 User survey
<https://wikimedia.sslsurvey.de/wikibase-cloud-user-survey-Q4-2023>. It
only takes 10 minutes and it's fully anonymous so please participate!
- The StructuredDiscussions extension
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Regarding_the_future_of_Structured_Discussions>
is being archived but your comments on the Project Chat are wanted.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes:
- PAEnflowered taxon URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12180> (URL for a plant
taxon found in Pennsylvania on the PAEnflowered website)
- External identifiers: Rare Species Guide ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12177>, Minnesota Plant List
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12178>, Flora of the
Southeastern United States ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12179>, Digital Atlas of the
Virginia Flora ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12181>, Go
Botany taxon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12182>, Search
System of Japanese Red Data ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12183>, Art Gallery of
Ontario object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12184>, Thesaurus
Linguae Aegyptiae object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12185>, Thesaurus Linguae
Aegyptiae text ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12186>, Thesaurus
Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12187>, Thesaurus Linguae
Aegyptiae lemma ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12188>, Paradox
Wikis article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12189>, Coin
Hoards of the Roman Empire ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12190>, Alaska Women’s Hall
of Fame ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12191>, SWERIK
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12192>, Team Wales
athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12193>, WikiIndex
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12194>, Theapolis person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12195>, TheTVDB movie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12196>, Shanghai Library
surname ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12197>, Shanghai
Library era ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12198>, Shanghai
Library organization ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12199>, Pinakes work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12200>, Hugging Face user or
organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12201>, COR
SEM ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12202>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes:
- Montana Plant Life URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Montana_Plant_Life_URL>
(URL for a plant family, genus, or species on the Montana Plant Life
website)
- event role
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/event_role>
(item that describes a role in an event class)
- role in event
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/role_in_event>
(event class for which the item describes a role)
- selectional preference
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/selectional_preference>
((to be used only with the subclasses of Q_event_role) an
item that plays
this role in an event instance should descend from this item via a
combination of P31 and P279)
- event arguments and types
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/event_arguments_and_types>
(item that plays a role in an event instance; used with a qualifier
"argument type")
- BnF archives and manuscripts ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BnF_archives_and_manuscripts_ID>
(identifier for a manuscript in the archives and manuscripts
catalogue of
the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). Do not include
the initial "cc")
- clerked for
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/clerked_for>
(this person has held a clerkship with the judge)
- battery life
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/battery_life>
(the length of time a device can continue to work before it needs its
battery to be recharged)
- External identifiers: China Animal Scientific Database taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/China_Animal_Scientific_Database_taxon_ID>,
DIMA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DIMA_ID>, CoL
Taiwan ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CoL_Taiwan_ID>,
RFI station ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RFI_station_ID>,
BUGZ ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BUGZ_ID>, China
Animal Scientific Database dbb ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/China_Animal_Scientific_Database_dbb_ID>,
turismoroma.it place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/turismoroma.it_place_ID>,
Enciclopedia di Roma monument & street IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_di_Roma_monument_%26_street_IDs>,
International Hockey Federation competition ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Hockey_Federation_competition_ID>,
Black Games Archive ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Black_Games_Archive_ID>,
Al-shamila Book ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Al-shamila_Book_ID>,
Akadem person ID (new format)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Akadem_person_ID_(new_format)>,
AustrianGames ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AustrianGames_ID>,
Atari-8-bit Forever game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Atari-8-bit_Forever_game_ID>
- Query examples:
- People born somewhere named after them <https://w.wiki/8Chs> (source
<https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/111438329806280812>)
- Rose cultivars named after screen writers <https://w.wiki/8FKw>
source <https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/111460613316548656>
)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Events and Role Frames
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Events_and_Role_Frames>
- Newest database reports
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>:
- Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
Symphony No.7 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q260957> composed by Ludwig
van Beethoven
- Showcase Lexemes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: läsa
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L38412> - 'read' about this
Swedish word.
Feel free to suggest next week's Showcase Item and Lexeme!
Development
- Wikibase REST API:
- We finished the endpoint for removing an Item's label in a specific
language (phab:T335841 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T335841>)
and the endpoint for modifying descriptions on a Property (
phab:T342981 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342981>)
- We are working on the endpoint for adding aliases in a given
language for a Property (phab:T343721
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T343721>) and removing a
Property's label in a given language (phab:T342983
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342983>)
- Mismatch Finder: We are continuing the work on moving the tool over to
the new design system Codex
- We adjusted the styling for the values of monolingual text statements
to make the language easier to distinguish from the value (phab:T280774
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280774>)
- mul language code: We made some final adjustments to get it ready for
testing.
- Lexemes: We are adding a license note for anon users when editing a
Lexeme’s lemma, a Form or Sense (phab:T343999
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T343999>)
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>
Anything to add? Please share! :)
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