*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Stanglavine
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Stanglavine>
- An open discussion
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Railways#Modelling_of_one-way_routes>
on how to model one-way train routes is now taking place, and everyone is
welcome to pitch in
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past: Researcher meets Curator, 22 March 2019, Maastricht: meeting
about biographies, where Wikidata was mentioned in many talks, eg. Visual
Biographies of Scholars and the Topics they Studied
<https://figshare.com/articles/Visual_Biographies_of_Scholars_and_the_Topics_they_Studied/7885721>,
Egon Willighagen
- Upcoming: Training "Valoriser les collections patrimoniales et la
recherche en histoire de l’art sur Wikipédia, WikiCommons et Wikidata"
<https://www.inha.fr/fr/agenda/parcourir-par-annee/en-2019/mars-2019/valoriser-les-collections-patrimoniales-et-la-recherche-en-histoire-de-l-art-sur-wikipedia.html>
in Paris, 28 and 29 March (in French)
- Upcoming: GLAM and Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/GLAM_%26_Wikimedia_CH#Wikidata>
in National Library, Bern (Switzerland), on March 28th (in German and
French)
- Upcoming: Wikidata Workshop for GLAM
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Atelier_2019_%C3%A0_Lausanne#Lieu>
in Lausanne (Switzerland), on March 29th (in French)
- Upcoming: Monthly Wikidata meetup
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Argentina> in Buenos Aires
- Upcoming: Where iNaturalist meets Wiki
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_iNaturalist/Event_20190416_Where_iNaturalist_meets_Wiki>
April 16th, in Meise (Belgium)
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- SPARQL via WDQS (very basic introduction for archivist)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Events/AAFSaint%C3%8919#SPARQL_(introduction)>
(in French).
- "Build your own Digital Bodleian with IIIF and SPARQL"
<http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2019/03/13/build-your-own-digital-bodleian-with-iiif-and-sparql/>,
Martin Poulter, Bodleian Digital Library blog
- A call to action: Wikidata-fy your Commons photos
<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/03/a-call-to-action-wikidata-fy-your-commons-photos/>,
Martin Poukter, Wikimedia UK blog
- On Wikimedia Research from March 2019
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#March_2019>:
Learning How to Correct a Knowledge Base from the Edit History, by Thomas
Pellissier Tanon, Camille Bourgaux and Fabian Suchanek (slides
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Learning_How_to_Correct_Wikidata_from_the_Edit_History_-_WM_Research_Showcase_slides.pdf>,
video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p62PMhkVNM>)
- The panEuropean Research Infrastructure "Mobilising Data, Experts and
Policies in Scientific Collections" initiative's kick-off meeting had a
workshop on the "Authority Management of People Names". Wikidata featured
strongly - and was highly praised: Twitter thread
<https://twitter.com/nicolekearney/status/1106939874471370752>
- Lexicographical data on Wikidata: Words, words, words
<https://blog.wikimedia.de/2019/03/25/lexicographical-data-on-wikidata-words-words-words/>
by Jens Ohlig
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- It is now possible to filter by property in EditGroups
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/editgroups/>. For instance, you can get
an overview
of the author disambiguation efforts
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/editgroups/?tags=prop-P50> by filtering on author
(P50) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P50>.
- Related Wikidata Properties <https://tools.dicare.org/properties/>:
new tool to explore Wikidata properties and find properties used together
(example: external id properties used in conjunction with *Elo rating*
(P1087)
<https://tools.dicare.org/properties/?property=1087&type%5B%5D=ExternalId>
).
- New tool: BNF Scrapper <https://tools.dicare.org/bnf/> generates
content ready for QuickStatement from an author file from the French
National Library
- Tips for Wikidata SPARQL query optimization
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/query_optimization#Optimization_strategies>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: study or design for
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6606>, constraint
clarification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6607>, General
Material Designation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6608>, value
hierarchy property <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6609>
- External identifiers: Plant Illustrations artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6605>, Ashmolean museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6610>, Semantic Scholar
topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6611>, FFS athlete
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6612>, CSKA person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6613>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: quotation or excerpt (music)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/quotation_or_excerpt_(music)>,
Classification RCQ
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Classification_RCQ>,
CHVRS Classification
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CHVRS_Classification>
- External identifiers: Kicker.de player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kicker.de_player_ID>,
XING company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/XING_company_ID>,
Le Figaro tag ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Figaro_tag_ID>,
Le Parisien tag ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Parisien_tag_ID>,
L'Express tag ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%27Express_tag_ID>,
Orlando person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Orlando_person_ID>,
Identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifier>,
Sumo Reference
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sumo_Reference>,
SA Rugby Player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SA_Rugby_Player_ID>,
EUNIS ID for habitats
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EUNIS_ID_for_habitats>,
Japan Search name ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japan_Search_name_ID>,
FIS telemark skier ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FIS_telemark_skier_ID>,
Rxivist author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rxivist_author_ID>,
Rxivist preprint ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rxivist_preprint_ID>,
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Motorsports_Hall_of_Fame_of_America_ID>
- Query examples:
- Maximum temperatures on Earth (°F/°C)
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23%20maximum%20temperatures%20on%20Earth%20%0A%23%20from%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FProperty_talk%3AP6591%0ASELECT%20%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%3Fdegrees_Fahrenheit%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Flocation%20%3FlocationLabel%20%3Fdate%20%3Fcoor%20%3Flayer%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20p%3AP6591%20%3Fst%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fst%20psv%3AP6591%20%20%5B%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%3B%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ25267%20%5D%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%20%28%20ROUND%20%28%20%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%2a%201.8%20%2B%2032%20%29%20as%20%3Fdegrees_Fahrenheit%20%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20UNION%0A%09%7B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fst%20psv%3AP6591%20%20%5B%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Fdegrees_Fahrenheit%20%3B%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ42289%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28%20ROUND%28%20%28%20%3Fdegrees_Fahrenheit%20-%2032%20%29%20%2F%201.8%20%2a%2010%29%2F10%20as%20%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fst%20pq%3AP276%20%3Flocation%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fst%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoor%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%20CONCAT%28str%28Floor%28%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%2F%2010%29%29%2C%220s%20%C2%B0C%22%29%20as%20%3Flayer%29%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%20%7D%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fdegrees_Celsius%29%0ALIMIT%201000>
(source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P6591>)
- People with social media accounts that are identical but
differently capitalised
<https://query.wikidata.org/#select%20distinct%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Ftwitter1%20%3Ftwitter2%20%3Ffacebook1%20%3Ffacebook2%20where%0A%7B%0A%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2002%20%3Ftwitter1%20.%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2002%20%3Ftwitter2%20.%20%0A%20%20filter(%3Ftwitter1%20%3E%20%3Ftwitter2)%20.%20%0A%20%20%23%20item%20has%20two%20values%20for%20twitter%20account%0A%20%20filter((lcase(%3Ftwitter1))%20%3D%20(lcase(%3Ftwitter2))%20)%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20but%20they%20are%20the%20same%20case-insensitive%20text%0A%0A%20%20union%0A%0A%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2013%20%3Ffacebook1%20.%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2013%20%3Ffacebook2%20.%20%0A%20%20filter(%3Ffacebook1%20%3E%20%3Ffacebook2)%20.%20%0A%20%20filter((lcase(%3Ffacebook1))%20%3D%20(lcase(%3Ffacebook2))%20)%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20same%20but%20for%20facebook%0A%0A%20%20%23%20as%20of%202019-03-19%2C%20176%20Twitter%20and%2027%20Facebook%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20nb%20please%20do%20*not*%20fix%20automatically%20by%20removing%20entries%20without%20checking%20them%20first%0A%20%20%23%20as%20one%20value%20may%20have%20key%20qualifiers%20(follower%20count%2C%20verification%2C%20sources%2C%20etc)!%0A%20%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/generalising/status/1108081165452357633>)
Development
- Update property suggester data (phab:T216270
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216270>)
- Add a link to the shex-simple tool to make it easier to check entities
against a Schema (phab:T217331
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217331>)
- Make the placeholders on Special:NewSchema now match the ones on
Special:NewItem (phab:T215386 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215386>
)
- Check for edit conflicts when editing schemas (phab:T217338
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217338>, phab:T218300
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218300>)
- Enable the parser cache for Schema pages (phab:T218459
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218459>, phab:T218769
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218769>)
- Use the FormatAutocomments hook for Schemas to implement translatable
edit summaries (phab:T218889 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218889>)
- Implement a proper Wikibase-Termbox-Integration according to the ADR (
phab:T214679 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214679>)
- Fix the emoji breaking the termbox column layout (phab:T217244
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217244>)
- Correctly showing revisions with the new termbox (phab:T210615
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T210615>)
- Correctly handle user-specific language settings in the new termbox (
phab:T218111 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218111>)
- Fix an issue for score extension (phab:T218535
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218535>)
- Turn off RDF support for entity types that doesn't support it (
phab:T213483 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213483>)
- Respect nofollow config on wikidata identifier links (phab:T175230
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T175230>)
- Allow accessing Wikibase entities from multiple (Wikibase) databases (
phab:T214557 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214557>)
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>
- 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.