* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata
over the last week. This is the Wikidata summary of the week before
2024-05-20. Please help Translate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>.*
* Discussions *
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- Browse9ja Bot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Browse9ja_bot>
- Task: Automated data retrieval focusing on Nigerian / African-based
information, integrating a chatbot, NLP API, knowledge graph, and machine
learning model.
- DhlizBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DhlizBot>
- Task: add Dhliz ID (P12696) for persons/films/TV series that exist in
Dhliz (Q125594802) database.
- AmeisenBot 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/AmeisenBot_2>
- Task: Working on bot requests at WD:RBOT using QuickStatements
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:QS>.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs
- Wikidata to split as sheer volume of information overloads
infrastructure
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2024-05-16/Op-Ed>,
by Bluerasberry <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Bluerasberry>.
"The split will create a WikiCite graph separate from the main Wikidata
graph. The main Wikidata graph will retain content of broader interest,
including items for authors, journals, publishers, and anything
with a page
in a Wikimedia project."
- Learnings from AI and Heritage inclusive Metadata requires more
than erasing stereotyping terms
<https://pro.europeana.eu/post/learnings-from-ai-and-heritage-inclusive-metadata-requires-more-than-erasing-stereotyping-terms>
- this article explores the presence of contentious terms in Wikidata
labels.
- Reconciling Shira: Wikibase Cloud and OpenRefine
<https://www.library.upenn.edu/kislak/judaicadh/blog/wikibasecloudreconcile>
- as part of the Shira project to document and digitise Penn University's
Jewish music collections, the author gives a step-by-step process on
installing OpenRefine for Wikibase Cloud instances.
- Papers
- Camillo Carlo Pellizzari di San Girolamo, *Storia della
collaborazione tra Wikidata e le biblioteche della Rete URBE nel
controllo
di autorità* <https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0356-2.17>.
Abstract: "The contribution draws a history of the presence of the
identifiers of the authority records of the URBE network libraries
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72283418> in Wikidata, and of the
collaboration that has evolved since 2020 between the Wikidata community
and the cataloguers of the URBE network libraries, relating to the
harmonisation of these authority records with Wikidata and the
improvement
of the quality of the respective data. The first part of the contribution
traces the main stages of collaboration in chronological order, while the
second part of the contribution presents the main areas in which the
collaboration materialises (or can materialise) in the daily
authority work
carried out by cataloguers in theme-based groupings".
- Using Open Data to Automatically Generate Localized Analogies
<https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3613904.3642638>. Numerical
analogies that translate unfamiliar measurements into familiar reference
objects (e.g., “275k sq miles is roughly as large as Texas”). By "Sofia
Eleni Spatharioti, Daniel G. Goldstein, Jake M. Hofman"
- Videos
- ¿Cómo contribuir masivamente a Wikidata con OpenRefine?
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7ke3gX5yy4> (Spanish) - As part of
the Coordinate Me Campaign, this is a review of the OpenRefine tool for
contributing large sets of data to Wikidata.
- Patrimoine spolié : le projet ProvEnhance
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUHnhG_XEp0> (French) - A seminae on
the looted heritage project on the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of
Belgium. At
timestamp: 55:02 onwards, Wikibase is discussed as a platform to host the
Looted Heritage and Provenance research project.
* Tool of the week *
- Wikidata GenderStats
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/wikidatas-genderstats> measures gender
bias at the user level by computing stats on created items.
- Created items
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/wikidatas-list-of-created-items> : a
list of items created by a user with labels. This not new but this has been
repaired.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- Wikimedia Deutschland job opening: Project Manager Machine Learning,
Wikidata
<https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/45182702/Project-Manager-Machine-Learning?jobDbPVId=127236332&l=en>.
Application deadline: Apply until 26.05.2024
* Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>
and property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review *
- Newest General datatypes:
- population by native language
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12712> (native language
population of a place)
- tartan <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12714> (item's
tartan; Tartan is a Scottish cloth pattern symbolizing a clan, region, or
group.)
- Newest External identifiers: Explanatory Ukrainian Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12710>, Grand Theft Wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12711>, Folkets lexikon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12713>, Pushkin Museum
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12715>, Virtual
Russian Museum artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12716>, LGD Block Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12717>, Australian Oxford
Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12718>, ICPE
establishment ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12719>, case
number (mainland China)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12720>, Lille norske
leksikon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12721>, WiiG.de
developer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12722>, WiiG.de
publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12723>, The New
Zealand Oxford Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12724>, Azerbaijani National
Assembly ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12725>, Canadian
Oxford Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12726>, GOG
product ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12727>
- New General datatypes property proposals to review:
- address of addressee
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/address_of_addressee>
(address of the address e.g. on a postcard)
- TheaterEncyclopedie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheaterEncyclopedie_ID>
(An item of the TheaterEncyclopedie)
- relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/relates_to_sustainable_development_goal,_target_or_indicator>
(relation to the SDGs)
- taxon synonym of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/taxon_synonym_of>
(taxon item (considered a preferred name according to a given
reference) of
which this taxon name is a synonym - the new property will be the inverse
property of {{P|1420}})
- New External identifier property proposals to review: New Oxford
Rhyming Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/New_Oxford_Rhyming_Dictionary_ID>,
Archnet authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archnet_authority_ID>,
Nintendo Life game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nintendo_Life_game_ID>,
Push Square game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Push_Square_game_ID>,
Pure Xbox game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pure_Xbox_game_ID>,
Global Egyptian Museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Global_Egyptian_Museum_ID>,
TheLegacy company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheLegacy_company_ID>,
Historic Synagogues of Europe ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historic_Synagogues_of_Europe_ID>,
IAFD actor UUID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IAFD_actor_UUID>,
Database of Hungarian archaeology ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Database_of_Hungarian_archaeology_ID>,
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_the_Middle_Ages_ID>,
Zoraptera Species File taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zoraptera_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
Dermaptera Species File taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dermaptera_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
Plecoptera Species File taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Plecoptera_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
Grylloblattodea Species File taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grylloblattodea_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
Mantophasmatodea Species File taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mantophasmatodea_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary_of_Taiwan_Hakka_ID>,
vehicle keeper marking / VKM
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vehicle_keeper_marking_/_VKM>,
Oxford Dictionary of English ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oxford_Dictionary_of_English_ID>,
Embioptera Species File taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Embioptera_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
Isoptera Species File taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Isoptera_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
Aphid Species File taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aphid_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
Coleorrhyncha Species File taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coleorrhyncha_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
LGD Subdistrict Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LGD_Subdistrict_Code>,
PLC (Primary Location Code)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PLC_(Primary_Location_Code)>,
Sinhala Cinema Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sinhala_Cinema_Database_ID>,
LGD District Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LGD_District_Code>,
LGD Village Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LGD_Village_Code>,
LGD State or UT Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LGD_State_or_UT_Code>,
Slovenski etymološki slovar ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slovenski_etymolo%C5%A1ki_slovar_ID>,
Korrespondenzen der Frühromantik
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Korrespondenzen_der_Fr%C3%BChromantik>,
Bundes-Klinik-Atlas Hospital ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bundes-Klinik-Atlas_Hospital_ID>,
Jedipedia.net ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jedipedia.net_ID>,
JJM Habitation id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JJM_Habitation_id>,
McDonald's US product
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/McDonald%27s_US_product>,
Justapedia
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Justapedia>,
Atarimuseum
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Atarimuseum_ID>,
PNG School Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PNG_School_Code>
You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples:
- A map with locations of Pablo Picasso works <https://w.wiki/A5AC> -
(source <https://twitter.com/kavango/status/1790303326925467734>)
- Descendants of King Antso III <https://w.wiki/A6t2> (source
<https://twitter.com/kavango/status/1790731138979246514>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- MELA on Palestine
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_MELA_on_Palestine>
- The Wiki project page for the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA)
workgroup on Palestine.
- India Aviation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India_Aviation> -
A usergroup focused on airports in India
- Newest database reports
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Complex
constraint violations
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Complex_constraint_violations>
(list of Properties)
- Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
12 Angry Men (Q2345) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2345> - 1957 drama
film by Sidney Lumet
- Showcase Lexemes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: panneband
(L1223420) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1223420> - means
"headband" in Nynorsk
* Development *
- We have completed the preparation work to migrate the Query Builder's
front end from Wikit to Codex (phab:T360096
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T360096>)
- We also continued work on the EntitySchema data type and refining the
CI flow for EntitySchemas (phab:T362000
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T362000>)
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>.
* Weekly Tasks *
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed
above
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review>
.
- Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?>
.
- Participate in this week's Lexeme challenge
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php>:
- Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?>
in one or two sentences.
- 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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*Community Communications Manager, Wikidata*
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Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466
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