*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 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls call: Bionomia and maintaining Wikidata synchrony with David Shorthouse (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada). [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zWRk6MXuCLFuddsK5vr-NxLluJWFTQk3YmQBGQfVTFg/edit?usp=sharing, Sep 21st. - Lightning Talk: Wikidata in your Civic Tech project | Summit 2021 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFVBxL9A9mw - Ongoing: - The Creative Commons Global Summit https://summit.creativecommons.org/ and Hack4OpenGLAM hackathon https://summit.creativecommons.org/hack4openglam-2021/ take place from September 20 until 24 (fully online). Several sessions and projects are related to Wikidata and/or Wikibase (see schedule search https://ccglobalsummit2021.sched.com/?searchstring=Wikidata). - Past: - Data Quality Days https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Quality_Days_2021:
- Periodic editathons as a way to improve data quality on Wikidata: an experiment in Italy - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozw8cwRgkLY - Bringing Czech authority files into 21st century: Integration with Wikidata - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKqZTVisHC4
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Videos - Mapping the Scottish Reformation - using Wikidata, Wikipedia's sister project - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIlIOHovFrM - OpenSym 2021: WDProp: Web Application to Analyse Multilingual Aspects of Wikidata Properties - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMyGdyyU0Kc - Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #53 (user scripts and gadgets that can help you edit) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CntzXV0aJj8
Tool of the week
- User:Inductiveload/scripts/ShowQsAndPs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Inductiveload/scripts/ShowQsAndPs shows the Q and P IDs on Items.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- OpenRefine https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/OpenRefine has started development of features for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine. Sign up here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/OpenRefine_and_SDC if you want to receive occasional updates on a Wikimedia talk page of your choice.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: created for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9883, Candomblé nation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9887, NZTCS conservation status https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9888, Mexican video game rating category https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9895 - External identifiers: INAPP author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9871, TBDB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9872, Enciclopedia dello Sport ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9873, INAPP work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9874, Fondation du patrimoine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9875, Endemia.nc animal taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9876, Gry-Online game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9877, Encyclopaedia of Islam (first edition) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9878, Encyclopaedia of Islam (third edition) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9879, Festivaletteratura person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9880, Every Noise at Once ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9881, Spotify show episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9882, Online Begraafplaatsen cemetery ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9884, Bing entity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9885, TermCymru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9886, NZTCS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9889, Online Begraafplaatsen person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9890, UK Renewable Energy Planning Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9891, ICCD ID - Santuari Cristiani https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9892, Naver Post member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9893, Swedish Food Agency food ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9894, Dictionary of Old Norse Prose ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9896 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: relevant date for copyright https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/relevant_date_for_copyright, issuing agency https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/issuing_agency, Hardy's Guide to Marine Gastropods ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hardy%27s_Guide_to_Marine_Gastropods_ID, main subject for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/main_subject_for, type host taxon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/type_host_taxon, has thematic relation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_thematic_relation, location of lexeme usage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/location_of_lexeme_usage, ODOT county code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ODOT_county_code, illustrative content https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/illustrative_content - External identifiers: e-Maapõu locality ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/e-Maap%C3%B5u_locality_ID, Grand dictionnaire terminologique ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grand_dictionnaire_terminologique_ID, Google Fonts ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Fonts_ID, Kallías https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kall%C3%ADas, Owler company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Owler_company_ID, Vietherb species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vietherb_species_ID, Vietherb metabolite ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vietherb_metabolite_ID, Allrugby https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Allrugby, SLSP editions ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SLSP_editions_ID, Issuu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Issuu_ID, XXI Secolo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/XXI_Secolo_ID, Journées européennes du patrimoine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Journ%C3%A9es_europ%C3%A9ennes_du_patrimoine_ID, Peoples.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Peoples.ru_ID, musik-sammler.de artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/musik-sammler.de_artist_ID, HJP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HJP_ID, NVE reservoir ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NVE_reservoir_ID, Biografija.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biografija.ru_ID, Madrean Discovery Expeditions Flora Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Madrean_Discovery_Expeditions_Flora_Database_ID, Madrean Discovery Expeditions Fauna Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Madrean_Discovery_Expeditions_Fauna_Database_ID, IRIS Tuscany IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Tuscany_IDs, Joshua Project people group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Joshua_Project_people_group_ID, Flipboard ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flipboard_ID, Washington Rare Plant Field Guide (2021- Version) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Washington_Rare_Plant_Field_Guide_(2021-_Version)_ID, Gente di Tuscia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gente_di_Tuscia_ID, Poetsgate poem ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Poetsgate_poem_ID, AdoroCinema person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AdoroCinema_person_ID, Zenodo Communities ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zenodo_Communities_ID, National Union Catalog ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Union_Catalog_ID - Query examples: - Biological taxa named after (metal (and other) music bands https://w.wiki/44Vs - Works by Dante Alighieri (1265 - September 13/14, 1321) https://w.wiki/44kq - Cumulative page views for candidates in Czech parliamentary election 2021, split by party https://w.wiki/44ts (Source https://twitter.com/medi_cago/status/1437859890270195716)
Development
- The new Streaming Updater for Wikidata Query Service will be in production 18 Oct 2021 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_Streaming_Updater_for_Wikidata_Query_Service_in_production_18_Oct_2021 - Working on changing the way sitelinks to Wikimedia Commons are created from Item data; now using topic's main category (P910) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P910 and category related to list (P1754) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1754 before Commons category (P373) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P373 (T232927 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232927) - Continuing the work on the Mismatch Finder. This week we focused on the remaining groundwork for showing the first mismatches for review. - Continuing to work on improvements to the underlying system of how edits are propagated from Wikidata to the other Wikimedia projects. - Implemented two improvements for constraints: the “distinct values” constraint type now supports the “separator” parameter (phab:T277855 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T277855) and we no longer check qualifiers on some unusual™ properties (phab:T235292 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235292) - Adding tags to some of the remaining UI edits that didn't get them yet for edits on Lexemes (phab:T290950 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T290950) - Making it possible to add tags to some remaining Lexeme API modules ( phab:T290951 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T290951) - Fixed a bug in the Query Builder where it didn't show labels when opening an existing visual query from a shared link (phab:T280684 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280684) - Made the Query Builder more visible in the Query Service UI ( phab:T280229 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280229)
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