*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>
- Linking the 20th century paper history to the sum of all knowledge
<https://www.slideshare.net/jneubert/linking-the-20th-century-paper-history-to-the-sum-of-all-knowledge>
(Best practice presentation
<https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2020/abstracts/#2> at DCMI
Virtual 2020)
- Upcoming: live SPARQL queries <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> on Twitch
and in French by Vigneron, September 29 at 18:00 CEST
- Upcoming: WikiNeocomensia: Wikidata + OpenRefine
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiNeocomensia/Atelier_Wikidata_2020>,
workshop in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and in French, October 3
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #32
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#32>,
October 4
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
[IFLA] have published a series of six videos
<https://www.ifla.org/node/93341> "discussions with professionals in
order to discuss projects, issues, progress of Wikidata, Wikibase and
bibliographic data in the field of libraries." Currently available as a
playlist on YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV81siTMahbsjakNDIdFwbIvdyNqwRNPo>
under CC-By (Wikimedia Commons upload soon), with subtitles in English,
Spanish, Portuguese, and French (Arabic and Chinese coming soon). The
production was made by the IFLA Wikidata Working Group
<https://www.ifla.org/node/92837> and funded by a *WikiCite
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite>* grant.
- Sidestepping the limitations of collection catalogues with machine
learning and Wikidata
<https://thesciencemuseum.github.io/heritageconnector/post/2020/09/23/sidestepping-the-limitations-of-collections-catalogues-with-machine-learning-and-wikidata/>
- Navigating the maze of Wikidata query logs
<https://hal-udl.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02096714v1> by Angela
Bonifati, Wim Martens, Thomas Timm
- Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #21 - WikiDojo
on the Global Climate Strike: Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2769265926691900/>,
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2sujkCwHE0>
- Video: Wikidata tutorial for lecturers (in Czech) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykhKcznpU7Q>
- Video: Creating and enriching linked data with Wikidata - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RApW2x4KJfw>
- Video: Mix'n'Match Tutorial - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp2wbBg6Vqs>
- Video: Introduction to Wikidata for librarians (in Portuguese) -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he_ezHMVtO8>
Tool of the week
- omeka-s-wikidata <https://github.com/nishad/omeka-s-wikidata> is an
Omeka-S <https://omeka.org/s/> module for auto-suggesting Wikidata URIs
and labels.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The Wikidata development team is seeking to evaluate and improve the
process of collecting and reacting to bug reports and feature requests. You
can give feedback about your experience using this anonymous form
<https://wolke.wikimedia.de/index.php/apps/forms/qXk3e2LM98ebLcJb> *until
September 30th* or add feedback publically to Wikidata talk:Contact the
development team/Process review 2020
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Contact_the_development_team/Process_review_2020>
.
- Nominate your favorite tools for the Coolest Tool Award 2020
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> before October 14th.
- Wikidata Walkabout
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-September/014281.html>
is a new site that lets you browse and drill down through different
"classes" of data on Wikidata:
wikidatawalkabout.org
- Como <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kristbaum.como>
is a new Android app, that uses Wikidata lexemes and senses to create a
word-guessing game. It let's players create new senses and tests them on
other players to finally save them in Wikidata. The app is developed as
part of a BA thesis, to determine if this concept is useful to create more
lexicographical data, and testers would be very welcome.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: construction point
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8620>, turning radius
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8621>, hill size
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8622>, bibliography
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8625>, opening time
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8626>, closing time
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8627>, engine displacement
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8628>, expansion of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8646>, Netflix maturity
rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8652>, TDD number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8659>
- External identifiers: American Battlefield Trust battlefield ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8623>, American Battlefield
Trust ID (person)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8624>, Occupational
Outlook Handbook ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8629>, Thomas
Jefferson Encyclopedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8630>, Canadian Women
Artists History Initiative ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8631>, Book Marks ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8632>, Re-Member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8633>, SPoT skater ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8634>, NDL law ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8635>, McClintock and Strong
Biblical Cyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8636>,
L'Officiel des spectacles ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8637>, British and Irish
Furniture Makers Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8638>, Cincinnati Art Museum
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8639>, Dallas Museum of
Art ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8640>,
FBref.com
squad ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8642>, Dostoyevsky
and His Entourage ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8643>, Lambiek
comic magazines ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8644>, Energy
Identification Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8645>, Library
of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8647>, Ministry of the
Interior of Italy ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8648>, National
Park Service place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8649>, MnDOT
Historic Bridges ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8650>, Open
Civic Data Division ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8651>,
Museen Dresden article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8653>, SSYK 2012 The Swedish
Standard Classification of Occupations
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8654>, LoC HABS/HAER/HALS
place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8655>, Symptom
Ontology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8656>, photoLondon
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8657>, Syro-Malabar
Catholic Church ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8658>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Regional Council of Tuscany ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Regional_Council_of_Tuscany_ID>,
level of professionalness
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/level_of_professionalness>,
defined in terms of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/defined_in_terms_of>,
form of property constraint
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/form_of_property_constraint>,
Attraction to
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attraction_to>,
group identity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/group_identity>,
analog television standard
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/analog_television_standard>,
ritual object
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ritual_object>,
number of rooms
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_rooms>
- External identifiers: USA Water Polo Hall of Fame ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USA_Water_Polo_Hall_of_Fame_ID>,
Encyclopaedia Beliana ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopaedia_Beliana_ID>,
Indonesian prison database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indonesian_prison_database_ID>,
LinkedIn group ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LinkedIn_group_ID>,
Naver movie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naver_movie_ID>,
CINE21 film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CINE21_film_ID>,
Movist film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Movist_film_ID>,
KOBIS-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KOBIS-ID>, Max
Movie film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Max_Movie_film_ID>,
The Boardr profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Boardr_profile_ID>,
Slovník českých nakladatelství 1848-1949 person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slovn%C3%ADk_%C4%8Desk%C3%BDch_nakladatelstv%C3%AD_1848-1949_person_ID>,
Google Play developer slug
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Play_developer_slug>,
Passion Patrimoine ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Passion_Patrimoine_ID>,
FVLB work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FVLB_work_ID>,
BBC Sound Effects Asset ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BBC_Sound_Effects_Asset_ID>,
ITHL author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ITHL_author_ID>,
Quebec Dams Directory ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Quebec_Dams_Directory_ID>,
Doktori.hu ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Doktori.hu_ID>
- Query examples:
- Table of the 100 most recent additions of interactive OpenStreetMap
maps to English Wikipedia articles
<https://sophox.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%2A%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20Prevent%20optimizer%20from%20querying%20for%20everything%20tagged%20with%20wikidata%3D%2A%20before%20querying%20the%20service%0A%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Query%20the%20MediaWiki%20API%20Query%20Service%20through%20the%20Wikidata%20Query%20Service%2C%20where%20it%20is%20enabled%0A%20%20SERVICE%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql%3E%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Amwapi%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Get%20the%20100%20most%20recent%20%3Cmapframe%3E%20or%20%3Cmaplink%3E%20additions%20to%20English%20Wikipedia%20articles%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aapi%20%22Generator%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aendpoint%20%22en.wikipedia.org%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Alimit%20100%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agenerator%20%22categorymembers%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Inserting%20%3Cmapframe%3E%20and%20%3Cmaplink%3E%20automatically%20adds%20an%20article%20to%20this%20category%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agcmtitle%20%22Category%3APages%20using%20the%20Kartographer%20extension%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Articles%2C%20not%20other%20namespaces%20like%20portals%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agcmnamespace%20%220%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Sort%20by%20most%20recent%20addition%20to%20the%20category%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agcmsort%20%22timestamp%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agcmdir%20%22descending%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agcmprop%20%22ids%7Ctitle%7Ctimestamp%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Output%20the%20title%2C%20Wikidata%20item%2C%20and%20last-edited%20timestamp%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Ftitle%20wikibase%3AapiOutput%20mwapi%3Atitle.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fwd%20wikibase%3AapiOutputItem%20mwapi%3Aitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Ftimestamp%20wikibase%3AapiOutput%20mwapi%3Atimestamp.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20Some%20articles%20have%20no%20linked%20Wikidata%20item%20yet%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20Leaving%20this%20variable%20unbound%20would%20cause%20the%20query%20to%20search%20for%20all%20Wikidata-tagged%20features%20in%20OpenStreetMap%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28BOUND%28%3Fwd%29%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Query%20OpenStreetMap%20for%20features%20representing%20the%20subject%20of%20the%20article%0A%20%20%3Fosm%20osmt%3Awikidata%20%3Fwd.%0A%7D%0A%23%20Uncomment%20this%20line%20to%20sort%20the%20most%20recently%20edited%20articles%20to%20the%20top%2C%20regardless%20of%20when%20a%20map%20was%20added%20to%20the%20article%0A%23ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Ftimestamp%29>
- OSM/Wikidata query
- Map of the birthplace of persons with an ELEM id on Wikidata
<https://w.wiki/dHP> (Source
<https://twitter.com/espejolento/status/1308828777917509632>)
Development
- A long-standing bug has been fixed (T217144
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217144>) where Items and Lexemes
created via OAuth would not be added to the user’s watchlist even if the
user had the Add pages I create and files I upload to my watchlist
setting enabled. (The Add pages and files I edit to my watchlist setting
was probably likewise ineffective, but this was not tested specifically.)
Affected tools include QuickStatements
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:QuickStatements>, Mix'n'Match
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mix-n-Match>, and Wikidata
Lexeme Forms
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_Lexeme_Forms>; users of
these and other tools may see more pages being added to their watchlists
now. (This only applies to new edits and page creations; previously created
or edited pages will not be automatically added to the watchlist
retroactively.)
- Working on the basic building blocks of the Query Builder towards
making it possible to create the first very simple query with it
- Talking to people about comparing Wikidata's data against other
databases and flagging mismatches
- Fixing an issue with Item creations via the API by blocked users
leading to skipped entity IDs (phab:T232620
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232620>)
- Fixed an input issue with invisible characters (phab:T261071
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261071>)
- Finishing the draft of the REST API spec to get it ready for feedback
- WikibaseManifest: created a separate key for local entities and
decided what we do about non-local entity sources based on tool-builder
feedback (phab:T263527 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263527>) and
specifying the API in OpenApi format (phab:T262919
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262919>)
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/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de