*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past: Workshop on Data Quality Management in Wikidata, 18 January,
Berlin. You can check the collaborative documentation
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wd_quality_18012019>
- Keynote by Amrapali Zaveri (video
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYfqUwQvuZo>)
- Keynote by Daniel Mietchen (slides
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Wikidata_for_research/Talks/Workshop_on_Data_Quality_Management_in_Wikidata_2019>,
video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GK0UGJ1zYQ>)
- Upcoming: free software workshop (including Wikidata)
<https://mypads.framapad.org/mypads/?/mypads/group/framateliers-if3k7x7od/pad/view/lyon-contribatelier-8-vm2i9l7dl>
in Lyon, France, January 23rd
- Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in Côte d'Ivoire
<https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=753209951744745&id=171894313209648>,
February 9th
- Upcoming: Library data camp
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/voyage-of-the-data-treader-2-put-your-library-on-the-map-registration-54560488891>,
a training for librairies about open data and Wikidata, Manchester, UK,
March 11th
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: WordLift ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6363>, official color
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6364>, member category
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6365>, located at street
address <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6375>, charter URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6378>, works in collection
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6379>
- External identifiers: Crew united title ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6359>, Genius album numeric
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6360>, Genius song
numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6361>, Litchfield
Ledger ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6362>, Microsoft
Academic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6366>, Bahamut
Gamer's Community ACG Database
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6367>, Bunkacho Media Art
Database (Development Version): Animation Database
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6368>, Bunkacho Media Art
Database (Development Version): Comic Database
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6369>, REDIZO
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6370>, Archives of Maryland
Biographical Series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6371>,
Interpol WOA artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6372>,
Online Catalog of Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6373>, MAMVP artwork ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6374>, Psyl'list species ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6376>, VectorBase taxonomy ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6377>, iTunes TV season ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6381>, Hungarian public
thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6382>, TV
Spielfilm film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6383>, Viperson
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6384>, Krugosvet article
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6385>, biathlon.com.ua
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6386>, RBU person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6387>, sportufo.ru person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6388>, Skiresort.info ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6389>, Educational
Institution Identification Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6390>, U-DISE code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6391>, AISHE code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6392>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: inverse label
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inverse_label>,
tussenvoegsel
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tussenvoegsel>,
Linked to profession
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linked_to_profession>,
chassis
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/chassis>,
Swedish
Organization Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swedish_Organization_Number>,
COOL species ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/COOL_species_ID>,
Trading name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trading_name>,
funk channel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/funk_channel_ID>,
personal pronoun
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/personal_pronoun>
- External identifiers:
Skimap.org ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Skimap.org_ID>,
Gault et Millau ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gault_et_Millau_ID>,
ID
theatreonline.com
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ID_theatreonline.com>,
Swiss Films
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swiss_Films>,
Dizionario di Storia Treccani ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_di_Storia_Treccani_ID>,
Romanian Soccer player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Romanian_Soccer_player_ID>,
sports.md athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sports.md_athlete_ID>,
iTunes movie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iTunes_movie_ID>,
iTunes book ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iTunes_book_ID>,
vodnimlyny.cz ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vodnimlyny.cz_ID>,
Smarthistory ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Smarthistory_ID>,
World Cube Association ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Cube_Association_ID>,
CORE (Connecting Repositories) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CORE_(Connecting_Repositories)_ID>,
GEOFON earthquake ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GEOFON_earthquake_ID>,
LevskiSofia.info player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LevskiSofia.info_player_ID>,
LevskiSofia.info coach ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LevskiSofia.info_coach_ID>,
Homosaurus identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Homosaurus_identifier>,
DIZIE ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DIZIE_ID>,
identificador
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identificador_Gran_Enciclop%C3%A8dia_de_la_M%C3%BAsica>
- Query examples:
- Images of exoplanets
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fexoplanet%20%3FexoplanetLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fexoplanet%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ44559%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source
<https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1086966551612407808>)
- Types of protected historical objects in Loire-Atlantique, France
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Ftype%20%3FtypeLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP481%20%3Fpalissy%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fcommune%20.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP361%20%3Fgroup%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fgroup%20wdt%3AP481%20%3Fpalissy%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fcommune%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Ftype%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcommune%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ3068%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Ftype%20%3FtypeLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29>
(source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1086739557150871552>)
- Common long words in scholarly article titles
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fw%20%28COUNT%28%2a%29%20AS%20%3Fc%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Ftitle%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ13442814%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1476%20%3Ftitle.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28STRLEN%28%3Ftitle%29%20%3E%3D%2010%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20LIMIT%2010000%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28REPLACE%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%22%5E.%2a%3F%28%5C%5Cb%5C%5Cw%7B10%2C%7D%5C%5Cb%29.%2a%24%22%2C%20%22%241%22%29%20AS%20%3Fw1%29%0A%20%20BIND%28REPLACE%28STRAFTER%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%3Fw1%29%2C%20%22%5E.%2a%3F%28%5C%5Cb%5C%5Cw%7B10%2C%7D%5C%5Cb%29.%2a%24%22%2C%20%22%241%22%29%20AS%20%3Fw2%29%0A%20%20BIND%28REPLACE%28STRAFTER%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%3Fw2%29%2C%20%22%5E.%2a%3F%28%5C%5Cb%5C%5Cw%7B10%2C%7D%5C%5Cb%29.%2a%24%22%2C%20%22%241%22%29%20AS%20%3Fw3%29%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fw_%20%7B%201%202%203%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fw_%20%3D%201%2C%20%3Fw1%2C%20IF%28%3Fw_%20%3D%202%2C%20%3Fw2%2C%20%3Fw3%29%29%20AS%20%3Fw%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28REGEX%28%3Fw%2C%20%22%5E%5C%5Cw%2B%24%22%29%29%20%23%20no%20idea%20why%20this%20is%20necessary%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fw%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fc%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1086302403358543873>
)
- Timeline of writing systems and alphabets
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fimage%20%20%3Fdate%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP279%2B%7Cwdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ8192%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20it%2C%20de%2C%20es%2C%20fr%22%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1085953893266264065>)
- Image grid of synthesizers produced by ARP Instruments
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP176%20wd%3AQ296878.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/1085517018000908288>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
WikiProject Data Quality
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Data_Quality>
Development
- Fixed a small bug that we introduced with editing badges on
wd.org (
phab:T213998 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213998>)
- Finished collecting data about the user of the termbox (phab:T211015
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211015>)
- Fixed an i18n message (phab:T206416
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206416>)
- Created some maintenance scripts for creating and approving oauth
consumers (phab:T211568 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211568>)
- Checked for possible data coruptions due to an issue with change tags (
phab:T213281 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213281>)
- Fixed an issue with restoring merge revisions in Lexeme (phab:T204041
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204041>)
- Configured WikibaseQualityConstraints on test.wikidata (phab:T209922
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209922>)
- Turned on the new entity id formatting for properties (phab:T201838
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T201838>)
- Continued work on glosses, displaying the language name also in edit
mode (phab:T209931 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209931>)
- Starting investigating on Shape Expressions
- Mobile termbox: showing language, description and aliases (phab:T207150
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207150>)
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
- Update outdated software versions
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/wdvaliditycheck/softwareversions.html>
- 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>
- Suggested and open tasks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks>
!
- 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
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.