*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>
- Past: Wikidata+Wikibase office hour happened on January 21st. See notes here <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2021-01-21> (English). - Past: 2021 OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Beginner Teaching Workshop (in Chinese). Replay on YouTube 1 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C7zg7YglRs>, 2 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ZWMiIlnio>, 3 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBXYshsvZQg>, 4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqYY06gaHWs> - 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: Wikibase, the Integrated Authority File (GND) pilot at the German National Library, and the WikiLibrary Manifesto, 26 January. Agenda <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1436bhpcKEPjaLm9ITZ6x35TWgl5MA2TiQjabkQBpwFk/edit?usp=sharing> - Upcoming: SPARQL queries and OpenRefine <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> live on Twitch and in French by Vigneron, Januray 26 at 18:00 CET - Upcoming video: LIVE Wikidata editing #29 - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGcXLP4BTU>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2877179819233843/>, 30 January - Upcoming: Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #47 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#47>, 31 January - Upcoming: The Open Festival of Persistent Identifiers starts from 27 January 2021. See schedule here <https://www.pidapalooza.org/schedule>. Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Blog: Adding New Literature Sources to the Wikidata Integrator <https://cthoyt.com/2021/01/23/updating-the-wikidata-integrator.html>, by Charles Tapley Hoyt - Blog: Using Wikidata for teaching computer programming using real-world cases <http://wikimedia.eus/2021/01/informatikako-programazio-ariketak-wikidatako-datuekin-jolastoki-berria/> (in Basque) - Bog: Wikidata: data for everyone <https://publicspaces.net/2021/01/19/wikidata-data-voor-iedereen/> (in Dutch) - Methodology paper: A protocol for adding knowledge to Wikidata: aligning resources on human coronaviruses <https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-020-00940-y> - Video: Wikidata editing #28 - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwXDopevwLM>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2872037973081361/> - Video: Wikidata for research <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKmuCR8UJSo> (webinar in French) - YouTube - Video: Let's make sparks with SPARQL tools <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c3L7PZSs6c>(in French), by Nicolas Vigneron -YouTube - Video: Wrap up presentation of the SWAT4HCLS hackathon project - Creating subsets from Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmbKu2iED9M> - YouTube - Linking the complex portal with other FAIR sources through <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2LDvzYtO7Q> - YouTube Tool of the week - TAViewer <https://conze.pt/explore/Tibia?l=en&t=link&s=true&i=Q178366&u=https%3A%2F%2Fconze.pt%2Fapp%2Ftaviewer%2F%3Fid%3DA02.5.06.001> is a web-based anatomy atlas viewer that cross-references Terminologia Anatomica terms with data from Wikipedia and Wikidata. Other Noteworthy Stuff - Change to how Cloud VPS and Toolforge contact Wikis to go live on 2021-02-08 <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/cloud-announce/2021-January/000361.html>. If you are a Cloud VPS user or Toolforge developer, check your tools after that date to make sure they are properly running. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: character type <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9071>, derived from organism type <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9072>, applicable “stated in” value <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9073>, number of aid beneficiaries <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9077> - External identifiers: BABEL author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9062>, Base de Dados de Autores Portugueses ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9063>, Povos Indígenas no Brasil ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9064>, Parabola package <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9065>, FL number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9066>, Hungarian Film Archive ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9067>, IFPI Danmark work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9068>, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9069>, Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9070>, NZ Museums ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9074>, StrategyWiki page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9075>, Australian Fungi ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9076>, Discord invite ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9078>, Red Cross FDRS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9079>, JAANUS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9080>, SEARCH on line catalogue ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9081> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: onscreen participant <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/onscreen_participant>, catégorie d'établissement sanitaire et social <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cat%C3%A9gorie_d%27%C3%A9tablissement_sanitaire_et_social>, code Activité principale exercée <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_Activit%C3%A9_principale_exerc%C3%A9e>, catégorie d'entreprise <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cat%C3%A9gorie_d%27entreprise>, Imagehash perceptual hash <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Imagehash_perceptual_hash> - External identifiers: SISSCO ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SISSCO_ID>, 45cat release ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/45cat_release_ID>, Aracne author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aracne_author_ID>, Malpedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Malpedia_ID>, Kulturdenkmal-ID Sachsen-Anhalt <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kulturdenkmal-ID_Sachsen-Anhalt>, Swiss Games Showcase ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swiss_Games_Showcase_ID>, Baudenkmal-ID Niedersachsen <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baudenkmal-ID_Niedersachsen>, PeriodO ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PeriodO_ID>, Pepys Encylopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pepys_Encylopedia_ID>, Pantone color ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pantone_color_ID>, Family Video Game Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Family_Video_Game_Database_ID>, AAR ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AAR_ID>, github topic <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/github_topic>, TeatralRo ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TeatralRo_ID>, Landshuth ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Landshuth_ID>, Patrinum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Patrinum_ID>, ChemRxiv ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ChemRxiv_ID>, TlF ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TlF_ID>, PO ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PO_ID>, Jewish Museum Berlin object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jewish_Museum_Berlin_object_ID>, CinefanRo person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CinefanRo_person_ID>, CinefanRo film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CinefanRo_film_ID>, LombardiaBeniCulturali archive producer IDs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LombardiaBeniCulturali_archive_producer_IDs>, BookBub Author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BookBub_Author_ID>, HERIS-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HERIS-ID> - Query examples: - Czech religious buildings used also as a fire station <https://w.wiki/HFe> - Common ingredients to prepare a sandwich <https://w.wiki/vWG> ( Source <https://twitter.com/TrinkerMedia/status/1353075171565834241>) - Location of GLAMs with open access policies <https://w.wiki/Grc> ( Source) <https://twitter.com/CultureDoug/status/1352301032651554816> - Mexican presidents who have an image of their signature on Wikidata <https://w.wiki/upN> (Source <https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/1352046356102320128>) - Timeline of Mexican writers who were born between 1800 and 1900 <https://w.wiki/uyo> (Source <https://twitter.com/espejolento/status/1351760183114928132>) - TV-Series in Spain by Decade <https://w.wiki/vmq> (Source <https://twitter.com/victorianoi/status/1353426633764515843>) - Diplomats who are also art collectors <https://w.wiki/vHB> (Source <https://twitter.com/OpenLinkArtData/status/1352541529131409408>) Development - Continued working on the Query Builder: made it possible to limit the number of results in the result set, made it possible to include results from subclasses when querying for Item values, worked on negating queries and started on sharing of queries via URL. As always you can try the current state on the test system <https://query-builder-test.toolforge.org/>. - Making links in the Query Service redirect to the proper translations of their pages on-wiki by using Special:MyLanguage redirects ( phab:T267656 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267656>) - Working on fixing an issue with displaying large numbers for quantity values (phab:T268456 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268456>) - Fixed a case where no error message was shown when trying to save a Lemma with an invalid language code (phab:T265783 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265783>) - Talked to a few more people about checking Wikidata's data against other databases to find potential errors - Continuing the Release Strategy project for Wikibase, with the following progress: - Created a “release pipeline” for Wikibase extension (phab:T267627 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T267627>) - Created MediaWiki docker images based off release branches ( phab:T270133 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270133>) - Defined format and contents of Wikibase suite components not maintained by Wikimedia Germany (phab:T271194 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T271194>) 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. 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