*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>
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4-Wikidata Affinity Group
call: Wikimania recap, 27 August. Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ljx_0n8tjEeKk2sXoWqWQhDpfqC7k_MhdLSjaAkIJik/edit?usp=sharing>
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- What we talk about when we talk about Wikidata quality: a literature
survey
<https://opensym.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/os19-paper-A17-piscopo.pdf>,
by Alessandro Piscopo and Elena Simperl
- Introduction to OpenRefine in video by Emma (University of Edimburgh)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfS1qTKFQoI> (12min)
- Old but gold: introduction to Wikidata by Asaf Bartov
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24DOvuZWaD0short> (7min)
Tool of the week
- *In this new section, you can share your favourite tool with the other
Wikidata users. You can add some suggestions here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Status_updates/Next#Tool_of_the_week_section>.*
- *Integraality <https://tools.wmflabs.org/integraality/>* generates
tables to assess the completeness of properties on sets of items,
such as properties
on railway stations
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Railways/Property_Statistics>
for instance. Tables are automatically updated and highly configurable.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Edit 1,000,000,000
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?oldid=1000000000> - the
one-billionth, or 10⁹ - was the creation of The band structure in
microwave frequency for quasi-1-D coaxial photonic crystals (Q66665412)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66665412> by User:Stevenliuyi
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi>
- New termbox interface on mobile is enabled - you can view and edit
easily the labels, descriptions and aliases on mobile devices (full
announcement
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-August/013355.html>)
- Random finds
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Random/finds>
from WikiProject
Random <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Random>
- Starting from July 2019, Wikimedia Sverige and the Wikimedia
Foundation's GLAM team work together to create a more sustainable technical
infrastructure for global heritage and content partnerships. Read more
about this initiative on
meta.wikimedia.org
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMSE-WMF_joint_initiative_concerning_GLAM_communities_of_practice>
.
- Wiki Loves Monuments and other Wikimedia Commons campaign organizers
can now specify structured data fields in the campaign UploadWizard on
Wikimedia Commons
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UploadWizard/Campaigns>.
- The new termbox interface is now enabled on mobile
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-August/013355.html>,
you can edit labels, descriptions and aliases from a mobile device
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: ordeal by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7209>, newspaper archive url
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7213>, periphrastic
definition <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7219>, lexeme for
periphrastic definition <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7220>,
link for periphrastic definition
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7221>
- External identifiers: Awards & Winners artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7184>, eska.pl topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7185>, Image-Line artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7186>, Jango artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7187>, LiveXLive artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7188>, mora artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7189>, RMF FM artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7190>, Supraphonline artist
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7191>, TuneIn artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7192>, YesAsia author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7193>,
AZLyrics.com artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7194>, Bandsintown artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7195>,
musica.com artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7196>, OpenWeatherMap city ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7197>, RauteMusik artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7198>, Scribd publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7199>, SongMeanings artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7200>, SoundHound artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7201>, Belgian Species List
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7202>, Dizionario
biografico dei Friulani ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7203>, Mafab.hu film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7204>, jog.fm artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7205>, Lyrics007 artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7206>, moly.hu book ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7207>, Liber Liber author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7208>, GreatSong artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7210>, LINE BLOG user ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7211>, Lyrics Translations
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7212>, Allcinema
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7214>,
Eiga.com
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7215>, MTV Polska
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7216>, MTV UK
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7217>, Vox FM
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7218>,
Eiga.com
movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7222>, Transfermarkt
team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7223>, Insects
(Insecta) of the World ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7224>, BEACON ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7225>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: associated with
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/associated_with>,
present on map
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/present_on_map>,
translated title
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/translated_title>,
Wikia Article URL 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikia_Article_URL_2>,
position in sequence
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/position_in_sequence>,
color produced
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/color_produced>,
Itch.io ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Itch.io_ID>,
mobile formatter
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mobile_formatter>,
subscribers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/subscribers>,
Attribution text
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attribution_text>,
difficulty
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/difficulty>
- External identifiers: RPGGeek
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RPGGeek>,
Faculté
des sciences de Nancy ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Facult%C3%A9_des_sciences_de_Nancy_ID>,
DIBAVOD ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DIBAVOD_ID>,
Fundación Goya en Aragón ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fundaci%C3%B3n_Goya_en_Arag%C3%B3n_ID>,
Estudanky ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Estudanky_ID>,
LongSwimsDB ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LongSwimsDB_ID>,
L-number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L-number>,
Dove.org
work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dove.org_work_ID>,
WTA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WTA_ID>, iTunes
(gb) artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iTunes_(gb)_artist_ID>,
Arnet Miner publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arnet_Miner_publication_ID>,
Chinese Engineering Expert Tank ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Engineering_Expert_Tank_ID>,
Open Science Framework ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Open_Science_Framework_ID>,
Laws & Regulations Database of the Republic of China ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Laws_%26_Regulations_Database_of_the_Republic_of_China_ID>,
NLP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLP_ID>,
SCTrails
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SCTrails_ID>,
Transporter Classification Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Transporter_Classification_Database_ID>,
UN treaty reference
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UN_treaty_reference>,
musicbrainz tag
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/musicbrainz_tag>,
Identification code for universities and colleges
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identification_code_for_universities_and_colleges>,
Toons Mag
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Toons_Mag>,
YouTube
Music channel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YouTube_Music_channel_ID>,
The Independent topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Independent_topic_ID>,
Pandora artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pandora_artist_ID>
- Query examples:
-
https://w.wiki/7UY timeline of competitions of the 2019-2020 figure
skating season]
- Future figure skating competitions <https://w.wiki/7Ua>
- Currently happening figure skating competitions <https://w.wiki/7Uc>
- French ships whose name start with an A <https://w.wiki/7Lz> (source
<https://twitter.com/Querybook/status/1164427144791019520>)
- Map of birth places of delegates to the Alaska Constitutional
Convention <https://w.wiki/7UW> (source
<https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1164619573129338887>)
- Schema examples:
- human chromosome <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E109>,
built on chromosome <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E107>,
built on sequence assembly
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E108>
- Lunar crater <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E106>
Development
- Deploy mobile termbox, follow-up and bug fixing
- Deploy then rollback the move of "Wikidata item" link on clients due
to cache issues (phab:T66315 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66315>)
- Work on adjusting the save button of the Entity Schema editor (
phab:T230398 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230398>)
- Work on the bridge emitting button (phab:T230326
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230326>)
- Introduce a header for the bridge modal (phab:T230328
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230328>)
- Produce initial statistics/indicators for the Wikidata Languages
Landscape (phab:T223119 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223119>)
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.