*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*Discussions
- New request for comments: handling of data objects for pages in the
project namespace
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/handling_of_data_objects_for_pages_in_the_project_namespace>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming:
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls>
call: Sam Oyeyele will join us to discuss the AfroCine project
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject%20AfroCine/Months%20of%20African%20Cinema>.
doc
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Slztz7F9jGkfcv66LAd4F26d_MHatYtDMjEtOc-U-Fw/edit#>,
Nov. 2nd.
- Upcoming Search Platform Office Hours—November 3rd, 2021
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/SLB3STWTKYHFW5AXKLJAPEP34ULFG3XL/>.
Time: 16:00-17:00 GMT / 09:00-10:00 PDT / 12:00-13:00 EDT /
17:00-18:00 CET
& WAT. Come and ask anything related to Wikimedia search, Wikidata Query
Service, Wikimedia Commons Query Service, etc.!
- Ongoing:
- Weekly Lexemes Challenge #14, COP26
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=14>
- Past:
- WikidataCon 2021 happened \o/
- Documentation of the sessions are currently ongoing. It may take
a few weeks to publish all 80 hours of content but you can
already watch
some of them (linked from each session's Etherpad
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Documentation/List_of_sessions>
).
- Wikidatapink pony session
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataCon2021-Wikidatapinkponysession>
(a meetup where participants shared wishes and feature requests about
Wikidata to the development team)
- List of birthday presents
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Ninth_Birthday/Presents>
- WikidataComplete gadget
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataComplete> by
Dhairya3124 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Dhairya3124>
- Wikidata Subgraph Analysis
<https://tanny411.github.io/Wikidata-WDQS-Analysis/> by Aisha
Khatun <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Aisha_Khatun>
- UseAsRef 2.0
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Bargioni/UseAsRef> by
Epìdosis (A) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ep%C3%ACdosis>
- KGTK project <https://kgtk.isi.edu/iswc/browser/Q11424> by
Pedro Szekely
- Wikidata Map
<https://wmde.github.io/wikidata-map/dist/index.html> (series
of updates of the all-coordinates-on-wikidata, made
available at commons:Wikidata
map <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_map>) by
Addshore <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore>
- Special episode of Wikipediapodden with an interview with
Denny about Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions
<http://wikipediapodden.se/episode-154-abstract-wikipedia-and-wikifunctions/>
by Ainali <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ainali>
- Lua access for Lexemes on beta
<https://en.wiktionary.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/cat> by
LydiaPintscher
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:LydiaPintscher>
- Editathon documentation page
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pDKC64nItE> by bunch of
lovely glam professionals
- Learn wikidata course <https://www.learnwikidata.net/app/?en>
by Clifford Anderson
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Clifford_Anderson> and co
- Wikxhibit <https://wikxhibit.org/> by Tarfah Alrashed
- Integraality updates <https://integraality.toolforge.org/> by
Jean-Frédéric
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric>
- iNaturalist BioBlitz
<https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/wikidatacon-2021-bioblitz>
by Pigsonthewing
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blog post
- Challenge A to Z 2021
<https://www.daieux-et-dailleurs.fr/blog-genealogique/challenge-de-a-a-z/84-challenge-az-edition-2021/697-challenge-a-a-z-2021>
(in French)
- Papers
- Complex Portal 2022: new curation frontiers
<https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab991> about the Complex Portal
(Q47196990) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47196990> <> Wikidata
connection
- (fr) Les libellés francophones genrés dans Wikidata
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/les-libelles-francophones-genres-dans-wikidata>
(notebook Observablehq)
- Videos
- Working hour on preferences and common.js Wikidata (in Italian) -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7W2V_dPXJ4>
- Semantic web tutorial # 3 | What is Wikidata? (in French) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Miv9bCQjA>
- SPARQL queries around Boyer collection of the Clermont Auvergne
Métropole heritage library (in French) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Miv9bCQjA>
- New Item creation (in Japanese) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXDLj5cLBZQ>
- Research projects
- Creating and evolving knowledge graphs at scale for explainable AI
<https://safeandtrustedai.org/project/creating-and-evolving-knowledge-graphs-at-scale-for-explainable-ai/>
Tool of the week
- Cemeteries.wiki <http://www.cemeteries.wiki/> by Yamen
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yamen> is a project to display
Dataviz and statistics about cemeteries all over the world. (2021-11-01)
- ... and remember you can propose a new tool or gadget
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Proposals>!
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Graph Consultant to help migrate
the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service> from
Blazegraph to a different RDF store. Apply here!
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3546920>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: term in higher taxon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10019>, official forum
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10027>
- External identifiers: NatureScot Sitelink ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10015>, Refuges.info ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10016>, Dizionario delle
Scienze Fisiche ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10017>, George
Eastman Museum people ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10018>, Parliament of
Australia MP ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10020>, UAE
University Libraries ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10021>, Dizionario di
Medicina ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10022>, Museu da
Pessoa person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10023>, Indigenous
Corporation Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10024>, Toolhub
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10025>, Research Data
Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10026>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: date of recording
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/date_of_recording>,
Candidate position
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Candidate_position>,
MTBdata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTBdata>
- External identifiers: Vokrug.tv person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vokrug.tv_person_ID>,
Standing Waters Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Standing_Waters_Database_ID>,
State Duma person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/State_Duma_person_ID>,
Federation Council person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Federation_Council_person_ID>,
Enciclopedia della Scienza e della Tecnica ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_della_Scienza_e_della_Tecnica_ID>,
FRACS profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FRACS_profile_ID>,
NER portfolio ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NER_portfolio_ID>,
Triple J Unearthed artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Triple_J_Unearthed_artist_ID>,
SEEK company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SEEK_company_ID>,
Levels.fyi company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Levels.fyi_company_ID>,
romaq.org ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/romaq.org_ID>,
NWT Species ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NWT_Species_ID>,
IRIS UNISA author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNISA_author_ID>,
Nederlandse Voornamenbank ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nederlandse_Voornamenbank_ID>,
IRIS Verona author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Verona_author_ID>,
IRIS UNIMI author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIMI_author_ID>,
IRIS UNIURB author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIURB_author_ID>,
Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Register Charity ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Charities_and_Not%E2%80%91for%E2%80%91profits_Register_Charity_ID>,
IRIS UNIBO author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIBO_author_ID>,
Québec Enterprise Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qu%C3%A9bec_Enterprise_Number>,
Douyin User ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douyin_User_ID>,
ACE Repertory publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACE_Repertory_publisher_ID>,
ACE Repertory writer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACE_Repertory_writer_ID>,
Indonesian Hospital ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indonesian_Hospital_ID>
- Query examples:
- Map of French bridges and tunnels carrying an high-speed railway
line <https://w.wiki/4DWD>
- List of Wikidata item's labels which are same as male form and
different from female form in French (ie using the generic as male form)
<https://w.wiki/4JWy> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Gender_neutral_labels>)
- List of Wikidata item's labels which are same as male form and
different from female form in English (ie using the generic as male form)
<https://w.wiki/4JX4>(source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Gender_neutral_labels>)
- consorts of Selim III <https://w.wiki/4K5K> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P26#Sultan's_consorts>)
- Coordinates of the birthplaces of people with family name Autrique
<https://w.wiki/4KLz> (Source
<https://twitter.com/daieuxdailleurs/status/1455096919013924869>)
- Coordinates of battles <https://w.wiki/4KBW> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1454879113207033858>)
- Geographical distribution of votive boats historic monuments in
France <https://w.wiki/4Je2> (Source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1454149939676786691>)
- Relationship among accepted NFDI consortia <https://w.wiki/4JJ6> (
Source <https://twitter.com/inablu/status/1453765653287120899>)
- Newest database reports: top missing property by number of
identifiers: spouse (P26)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/top_missing_properties_by_number_of_identifiers/P26>
Development
- WikidataCon! \o/
- Continued the work on the first version of the Mismatch Finder. We are
getting closer to the polishing phase now and will have something ready in
the next weeks.
- Lua access for Lexemes is now ready to test on English Beta Wiktionary.
- Concluded work on the improved behind-the-scenes system for notifying
Wikipedias and co about Wikidata edits that affect them. Nothing should
have changed for you.
- Started working on a new implementation of the search box to be ready
for the upcoming skin changes the WMF is working on.
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>
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