Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Wikidata:Status updates/2020 05 25 - Wikidata Discussions
- Open requests for Oversight: Kostas20142 </wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/Kostas20142>, Esteban16 </wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/Esteban16>
Events </wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past: WikidataLab XXXIII: Wiki-Education and Data Literacy with Shani Evenstein on May 21st. The training in English was organized by Wiki Movement Brazil User Group. (replay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zbQ4ZtHZ20) - Past: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #6 (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGZ-hUR9aMc) - Past: Art+Feminism virtual Wikidata editathon by Global Open Initiative </wiki/Q61919063> on May 19. (Video) Part 1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GOIF_Art%2BFeminism_Virtual_Event_Recording.webm, Part 2 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GOIF_Art%2BFeminism_Virtual_Event_Recording_2.webm - Upcoming: Wikidata Wochenende </wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Wochenende_Ulm_2020>, event dedicated to the German-speaking Wikidata community, will take place fully remote on June 12-14. If you're interested, don't forget to register. We're looking for speakers to give introductions to Wikidata & tools. - Upcoming #vBIB20 (Q94495218) </wiki/Q94495218> the first fully remote German library conference: May 26-28. Metadata about all presentations are already stored in Wikidata: Query https://w.wiki/RgZ. Some sessions and presentations are related to Wikidata or other Wikiprojects: - WikiLunch (Q94759294) </wiki/Q94759294> - Die GND wikifizieren – Eine neue Plattform für die wachsende GND-Community (Q95245582) </wiki/Q95245582> - Normdaten-Mapping mit Cocoda (Q95245533) </wiki/Q95245533> - Die Datenlaube: Neues Wissen und Daten aus alten Texten – Mit Wikisource, Wikidata und mit Commons (Q95150422) </wiki/Q95150422> - Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #14 </wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#14>, May 31
Press, articles, blog posts, videos </wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- *The Missing Path: Diagnosing Incompleteness in Linked Data https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.08101.pdf* ("We describe our iterative design process and evaluation with Wikidata contributors") - *EURECOM at the SemStats 2019 Challenge https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/da49/7a12818a021a89fedf781678811f16ae7249.pdf* ("we study the coverage of [the official database of French enterprises] in Wikidata") - *Enriching Knowledge Bases with Interesting Negative Statements https://openreview.net/forum?id=pSLmyZKaS* ("we argue for the importance of negative information on knowledge bases, and present two methods to mine it") - Video: Editing Wikidata: File Candidates tool and World heritage of Visby - Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGZ-hUR9aMc, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/2918977231483422/
Tool of the week
- If you're looking for even more tools, the Tools Directory https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/directory/ indexes over 130 Wikidata tools.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- New tool: Structured Search https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/sdsearch/, a tool allowing you to search through Wikimedia Commons using structured data, is now live. This tool by Hay Kranen </wiki/User:Husky> was demoed at Wikimedia Hackathon 2020. - New tool: script by Tohaomg </wiki/User:Tohaomg/rearrange_values.js> to easily rearrange the order of values for statements in Wikidata (to be added to your common.js page) - New documentation page: Wikidata:How to create Wikidata Tours </wiki/Wikidata:How_to_create_Wikidata_Tours> - Teaching notes for introducing people to Wikidataː User:Einebillion/Teaching notes </wiki/User:Einebillion/Teaching_notes> - The Wikidata development team created a distributed Wikidata game called Reference hunt! https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/distributed/#game=73. With this game, you get a suggestion of an Item and a reference based on structured data from an external website. Try it and leave us feedback </wiki/Wikidata_talk:Automated_finding_references_input>. - Gabriel </wiki/User:Gabrielchl>, an intern at the Google Summer of Code is developing a tool https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T251111 to assist users in verifying (structured) data of media on commons. If you want to help, feel free to fill out this questionnaire https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbNdJdQYN1yBvEeKne48eWDU6SBsdlUfNBAmZyvUEBkCR1Gg/viewform?usp=sf_link .
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- Newest properties </wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: molecular model </wiki/Property:P8224>, is metaclass for </wiki/Property:P8225>, lighting </wiki/Property:P8228>, type of age limit </wiki/Property:P8241>, nominal share capital </wiki/Property:P8247>, content partnership category </wiki/Property:P8252>, field of training </wiki/Property:P8258> - External identifiers: iDAI.chronontology ID </wiki/Property:P8216>, iDAI.gazetteer ID </wiki/Property:P8217>, Archaeology in Greece Online place ID </wiki/Property:P8218>, ASUT ID </wiki/Property:P8219>, NMMA antiquities ID </wiki/Property:P8220>, NMMA built heritage ID </wiki/Property:P8221>, DB chgk </wiki/Property:P8222>, K-Scholar ID </wiki/Property:P8223>, Wyoming SHPO ID </wiki/Property:P8226>, Lower Austrian Castle ID </wiki/Property:P8227>, Co-Optimus ID </wiki/Property:P8229>, Bookogs credit ID </wiki/Property:P8230>, Wiener Wohnen ID </wiki/Property:P8231>, Arkansas Register of Historic Places ID </wiki/Property:P8232>, Augustins de l'Assomption ID </wiki/Property:P8233>, LiederNet author ID </wiki/Property:P8234>, LiederNet composer ID </wiki/Property:P8235>, LiederNet song cycle ID </wiki/Property:P8236>, LiederNet text ID </wiki/Property:P8237>, Bibliography of the History of Slovakia ID </wiki/Property:P8238>, MACRIS ID </wiki/Property:P8239>, National Register Database, Louisiana ID </wiki/Property:P8240>, Niden INE </wiki/Property:P8242>, 500 Queer Scientists profile </wiki/Property:P8243>, Mediaqueer.ca Artist ID </wiki/Property:P8244>, Mediaqueer.ca Movie ID </wiki/Property:P8245>, Natural Atlas ID </wiki/Property:P8246>, Colon Classification </wiki/Property:P8248>, MDAH's HRI ID </wiki/Property:P8249>, RI National Register Search ID </wiki/Property:P8250>, CTHS author ID </wiki/Property:P8251>, name-suggestion-index identifier </wiki/Property:P8253>, PC Games Database.de company ID </wiki/Property:P8254>, SNES central game ID </wiki/Property:P8255>, Super Mario Wiki ID </wiki/Property:P8256>, Wikilengua article </wiki/Property:P8257> - New property proposals </wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: US Fault ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/US_Fault_ID>, estimated value </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/estimated_value>, funder </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/funder>, principal investigator </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/principal_investigator>, contributed to Wikimedia Commons by </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/contributed_to_Wikimedia_Commons_by>, Theater poster </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Theater_poster>, transitive over </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/transitive_over>, approval of subject </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/approval_of_subject>, living people protection class </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/living_people_protection_class> - External identifiers: Monasteries in the Netherlands until 1800 ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Monasteries_in_the_Netherlands_until_1800_ID>, Library classifications' IDs for topics </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Library_classifications%27_IDs_for_topics>, Absolute Games game ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Absolute_Games_game_ID>, Absolute Games person ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Absolute_Games_person_ID>, Absolute Games developer and publisher IDs </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Absolute_Games_developer_and_publisher_IDs>, ModelHub ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ModelHub_ID>, npm package </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/npm_package>, AusStage person ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AusStage_person_ID>, AusStage venue ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AusStage_venue_ID>, AusStage organization ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AusStage_organization_ID>, AusStage work ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AusStage_work_ID>, Montreux Jazz Festival song ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Montreux_Jazz_Festival_song_ID>, Montreux Jazz Festival person ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Montreux_Jazz_Festival_person_ID>, motorsportstats.com event ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/motorsportstats.com_event_ID>, Veldkruus </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Veldkruus>, AustLit ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AustLit_ID>, AFL player ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AFL_player_ID>, Bioweb Ecuador ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bioweb_Ecuador_ID>, FilmPolski press collection ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FilmPolski_press_collection_ID>, NTB ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NTB_ID>, Odeon ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Odeon_ID>, Montreux Jazz Festival concert ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Montreux_Jazz_Festival_concert_ID>, Canadian Football League player ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Canadian_Football_League_player_ID>, cadastral municipality number in Austria </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cadastral_municipality_number_in_Austria>, Britannica Kids </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Britannica_Kids>, Latin texts IDs </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Latin_texts_IDs>, Medusa NRHP ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medusa_NRHP_ID>, Noovie person ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Noovie_person_ID>, Artsdatabanken ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artsdatabanken_ID>, ICTV taxnode ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICTV_taxnode_ID>, LongTake person ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LongTake_person_ID>, ESRB video game ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ESRB_video_game_ID>, OnlyFans ID </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OnlyFans_ID> - Query examples: - Famous mathematicians related to famous actors https://w.wiki/RgU (Source https://twitter.com/jdan/status/1262392642094206981) - West Highlands of Scotland rail line connections https://w.wiki/R8C (Source https://twitter.com/watty62/status/1262409993476857858) - Universities ranked by PageRank on English Wikipedia https://w.wiki/RAp (Source https://twitter.com/dhum1920g2/status/1262416272014233602) - Interactive, zoomable tree map of second level administrative regions of the world https://w.wiki/RJu (Source https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/1262923616561188864) - Number of alphabets which use this letter https://w.wiki/RMi ( Source https://twitter.com/infovarius/status/1263109804794445825) - Metabolites and the species where they are found in https://w.wiki/RSQ (Source https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1263446605786644486) - Items in the United Kingdom with coordinate location (P625) on or near 1 degree 50 west https://w.wiki/RYW (Source https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1263804330122993664) - Map of Tunisian museums https://w.wiki/RYx (Source https://twitter.com/WikidataEcho/status/1263821809780056065) - Map of pairs of homonymous French municipalities linked by a colored line according to the distance https://w.wiki/Ram (Source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1263913633165254663) - Women botanists or botanical collectors with a birth date prior to 1900 https://w.wiki/RdH (Source https://twitter.com/tobyhudson/status/1264139156940156928) - vBIB20 lectures in Wikidata https://w.wiki/RgZ (Source https://twitter.com/LibrErli/status/1264320947580030978)
- Newest WikiProjects </wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: WikiProject Schools </wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Schools>
Development
- Federated properties: Linking to the source wiki immediately after saving a statement (phab:T251776 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T251776) - Properly display federated properties on a local item's Revision History page (phab:T249836 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249836) - Documentation for federated properties (phab:T252991 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252991, phab:T252861 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252861) - Last steps of getting the distributed game "Reference hunt" ready - Wikidata Bridge: more work on error messages - Track errors people encounter when using the Bridge (phab:T252683 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252683)
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 </wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview> - Contribute to a Showcase item </wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items>. - Help translate </wiki/Special:LanguageStats> or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! - Help merge identical items </wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across Wikimedia projects. - Help write the next summary! </wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>