*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: Dr.üsenfieber
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Dr.%C3%BCsenfieber>
(unsussesful)
- New request for comments: P155/P156 as qualifiers only, rather than as
main statements
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/P155/P156_as_qualifiers_only,_rather_than_as_main_statements>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming: SPARQL queries <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> live on Twitch
and in French by Vigneron, March 2 at 18:00 CET
- Upcoming video: LIVE Wikidata editing #34 Open Data Day - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoUfkQ0mVe8>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2902104563408035/>,
March 6
- Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #52
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#52>,
March 7
- Upcoming: Wikidata bug triage hour
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Wikidata_bug_triage_hour>
about Lexemes, March 22nd
- Upcoming: Wikidata-based Data Sprint hosted by the University of New
Brunswick
<https://www.unb.ca/fredericton/management/ibec/data-challenge1.html>.
One Wikidata data set will be provided on 11th March 2021 and various teams
will have 2 hours to run a set of SPARQL queries against the Wikidata Query
Service (WDQS) and showcase their results.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogpost: Wikidata and Correspondence Archives
<https://rpubs.com/yannryan/729877> (Enriching basic metadata with a
knowledge graph)
- Blogpost: The promise of Wikidata
<https://datajournalism.com/read/longreads/the-promise-of-wikidata> -
How journalists can use the crowdsourced open knowledge base as a data
source (at
DataJournalism.com)
- Video: Accra Archive Wikidata and Wikipedia Workshop (GLAMS Campaign
Ghana) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt-Gygr3LqE>
- Video: COVID-19 coverage on Wikidata - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYJvBgVWTqM>
- Video: Identify and describe items of bibliographic interest
(articles, monographs, authors) on Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP1IwCd1w_g>
- Video: Visualizing the global research ecosystem via Wikidata and
Scholia - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_XdMCk3fA>
- Video: Demo: How to upload new bibliography and create dashboards on
Wikidata - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtwnSB2E--U>
- Video: Reconciliation Open Refine Wikidata (in Swedish) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRX3hFu9exs>
- Video: Reconciling researchers to Wikidata via Google Sheets - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcnLv1j4PyM>
- Video: LIVE Wikidata editing #33 - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPQTRMiYYf4>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2897172903901201/>
- Video: How to create new Wikidata item (in Dutch) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSU4QylZ3ls>
- Video: Merging Wikidata items (in Dutch) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6AHcat-TKI>
Tool of the week
- EditSum
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Enhance_user_interface#EditSum>,
a new user script which allows to attach custom summary text to any
label/statement/sitelink/etc. modification.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- User:Nikki/LexemeInterwikiLinks.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/LexemeInterwikiLinks.js>, is a
userscript that adds Wiktionary interwiki links in the sidebar on Lexeme
pages. (It links to pages corresponding to the first lemma and puts the
lexeme language's Wiktionary first, followed by languages in the user's
Babel box).
- User:Lucas Werkmeister/addStatementCountsToCategories.js
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister/addStatementCountsToCategories.js>,
is a userscript that shows the number of statements of the linked item for
all pages in a category.
- Shared Citations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite/Shared_Citations>, a *proposal*
arising from the WikiCite project, for a central reference management
database supporting all Wikimedia projects, with significant relationship
to Wikidata. Seeking feedback.
- Modèle:Indice de diversité de genre
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:Mod%C3%A8le:Indice_de_diversit%C3%A9_de_genre>
(Template:Gender diversity index) is a new template in the French Wikipedia
which use P21 (gender property) to count the number of people by gender
mentioned in an article. It helps to find articles which "forget" to cite
women.
- Lexeme JSON dumps are now available as a collection of individual
lexeme data in the regular JSON format, separate from the regular Wikidata
dumps containing Items and Properties. phab:T264883
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T264883>
- We found a way to improve the performance of scrolling on the Item
page by changing how we move the Property labels as you scroll through the
page <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T274569#6864569>. You should see
the effect after the next deployment.
- BBC Things <https://www.bbc.co.uk/things/about> includes links to
Wikidata to provide a single reference for the growing collection of
entities that matter to the BBC and their audiences.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: number of at bats
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9180>, number of hits
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9184>, bases on balls
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9188>, runs batted in
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9190>, letterer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9191>, sensors
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9192>, FAQ URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9214>, set during recurring
event <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9215>, stolen bases
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9217>, doubles hit
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9220>, triples hit
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9225>
- External identifiers: Germanistenverzeichnis ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9181>,
uta-net.com song ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9182>,
uta-net.com artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9183>, AllMusic genre/style
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9185>, DicoPolHiS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9186>,
EuroBabeIndex.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9187>, Sauvons nos tombes
cemetery ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9189>,
LombardiaBeniCulturali
archive producer person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9193>, LombardiaBeniCulturali
archive producer organization ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9194>, LombardiaBeniCulturali
archive producer family ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9195>, BookBub author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9196>, TlF artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9197>, Encyclopédie berbère
article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9198>, Protagonisti
della storia delle scienze della mente ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9199>, English Placenames
MADS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9200>, Norwegian
State Administration Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9201>, teatral.ro
play/theater ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9202>,
CineFAN.ro
title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9203>, CinemaRX
title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9204>, Sinemalar
title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9205>, Swissvote ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9206>, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
inventory identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9207>, Île-de-France
inventory identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9208>, Normandie
inventory identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9209>, Pays
de la Loire inventory identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9210>, Wisconsin
Architecture and History Inventory ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9211>, Dizionario biografico
online degli anarchici italiani ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9212>, Swedish Literature
Bank place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9213>, Opera
Online conductor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9216>, Discogs
genre ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9218>, Discogs
style ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9219>, Danmarks
Adresseregister named street ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9221>, bashenc.online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9222>, Provenio UUID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9223>, JedeSchule.de ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9224>, ARAE ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9226>, Encyclopedia Titanica
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9227>, U.S. Masters
Swimming ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9228>, DzygaMDB
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9229>, NLS place
type ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9230>, Archivo Linz
de la Transición Española ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9231>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: demographics of topic
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/demographics_of_topic>,
strikeouts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/strikeouts>,
district heating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/district_heating>,
number of signatories
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_signatories>,
opt-out
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/opt-out>,
payer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/payer>,
secondary topic
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/secondary_topic>,
grant number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/grant_number>,
Future Salaries ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Future_Salaries_ID>,
Index égalité professionnelle F/H
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Index_%C3%A9galit%C3%A9_professionnelle_F/H>,
Commons incompatible image URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Commons_incompatible_image_URL>,
verbal ability
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/verbal_ability>
- External identifiers: Diccionari de la traducció catalana ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Diccionari_de_la_traducci%C3%B3_catalana_ID>,
ANPI person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANPI_person_ID>,
ANPI person numeric ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANPI_person_numeric_ID>,
APS author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/APS_author_ID>,
EEVA author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EEVA_author_ID>,
Archives West finding aid ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archives_West_finding_aid_ID>,
BiographySampo person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BiographySampo_person_ID>,
Discord server numeric ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Discord_server_numeric_ID>,
Discord user numeric ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Discord_user_numeric_ID>,
CUT ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CUT_ID>,
Amathus
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amathus_ID>,
EUC ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EUC_ID>, UPSA
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UPSA_ID>,
RePEc EconPapers ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RePEc_EconPapers_ID>,
Dark Horse contributor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dark_Horse_contributor_ID>,
ComiXology publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ComiXology_publisher_ID>,
Austrian Newspapers Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Austrian_Newspapers_Online_ID>,
Cyprus Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cyprus_Library_ID>,
MyMusic artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MyMusic_artist_ID>,
LFCHistory.net player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LFCHistory.net_player_ID>,
MeSH qualifier ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MeSH_qualifier_ID>
- Query examples:
- Hungarian church buildings sorted by confessions
<https://w.wiki/324x> (Source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Mohammed_Sadat_(WMDE)#New_query_example>
)
- Where Czechs most died if not in their place of birth
<https://w.wiki/32kG> (Source
<https://twitter.com/medi_cago/status/1365366579748343809>)
- Most popular tonalities <https://w.wiki/32kK> (Source
<https://twitter.com/luisalvaz/status/1365328187211853829>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- WikiProject Templates
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Templates> for
templates in Wikidata
Development
- Working on first version of small tool that lets you get the average
ORES quality score for a list of Items and find the lowest-quality Items in
the batch so it's easier to improve them.
- Taking a closer look at what larger improvements we want to make to
Lexemes later this year.
- Thinking through different ways how we can technically get mismatches
between Wikidata's data and other databases so we can later expose them.
- Thinking through what the first version of the REST API should contain
and what should come later.
- Fixed an issue with whitespaces when editing Lexemes (phab:T250550
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T250550>)
- Made sure all languages show up in the language selector for
monolingual text Properties at least with their language code because them
not showing up was very confusing (phab:T124758
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124758>)
- Fixed an issue with generating correct links for external IDs with + (
phab:T271126 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T271126>)
- Fixing an issue with Property selector not falling back from language
variant to major language (phab:T272712
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272712>)
- Continuing to build out the Query Builder
<https://query-builder-test.toolforge.org/> and focusing on input for
quantity and date queries (phab:T268942
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268942> and phab:T272697
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T272697>)
- Due to the planned delay of the release of MediaWiki 1.36, the
Wikibase team has been working on preparing a Wikibase update that includes
new functionality (such as the “Federated Properties” feature) based on
v1.35. To that end, we started backporting certain features and fixes into
the Wikibase 1.35 release. Follow our progress here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5218/>.
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