*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:
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call:
Carlo Bianchini (University of Pavia), Stefano Bargioni (Pontifical
University Santa Croce (Rome)), and Camillo Carlo Pellizzari di San
Girolamo (University of Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore) will
discuss their
recent project and article “Beyond VIAF: Wikidata as a Complementary Tool
for Authority Control in Libraries”.; July 13th.
- Upcoming:
- Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #72
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#72>,
July 25
- The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on
Wednesday 28th July 2021 at 16:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata
Telegram group <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>. This
month we will also be having a guest presentation about Toolhub
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolhub> by Srishti Sethi from the
Wikimedia Foundation.
- The next Wikibase live session
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2021.07.29> is at 16:00 UTC on
Thursday 29th July 2021 (18:00 Berlin time). This month, we welcome Luca
Mauri <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucamauri> to give a
presentation about installing Wikibase from scratch.
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Blogs
- *Wikipedia Citations in Wikidata* English
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/wikipedia-citations-in-wikidata/>
& Italian
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/it/2021/07/15/wikipedia-citations-in-wikidata-2/>
by OpenCitations, report on a WikiCite grant project.
- *Opportunities to improve integration between Wikisource and
Wikidata
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/opportunities-to-improve-integration-between-wikisource-and-wikidata/>*
(part 2 of a WikiCite blogpost series) by KCVelaga
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:KCVelaga> & Satdeep Gill
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Satdeep_Gill>
- Finding gendered street names. A step-by-step walkthrough with R
<https://medium.com/european-data-journalism-network/finding-gendered-street-names-a-step-by-step-walkthrough-with-r-7608c2d36a77>
- Introducing the MathFoldr Project
<https://topos.site/blog/2021/07/introducing-the-mathfoldr-project/>
- Videos
- Tutorial: Introduction to the Wikidata lexicographical data project
(by Mahir256 (A) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mahir256>) -
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmoSdoUcslY>
- Bringing IIIF Manifests to Life in Wikidata with Mirador 3 (2021
IIIF Annual Conference) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Ka_RtJGBc>
- Moving Wikipedia's InfoBox to Wikidata (in Taiwanese) - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH1mpw_DRMM>
- Notebooks
- Using xtools created pages and wikidata API to measure gender
statistics about articles created by a user
<https://public.paws.wmcloud.org/User:PAC2/Articles%20created%20by%20gender.ipynb>
(Jupyter notebook using R kernel in the PAWS
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:PAWS> webservice)
- Gender diversity in articles about academic disciplines in the
French wikipedia
<https://public.paws.wmcloud.org/User:PAC2/Gender%20diversity%20in%20academic%20disciplines%20in%20the%20French%20wikipedia.ipynb>
(Jupyter notebook using R kernel in the PAWS
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:PAWS> webservice).
- A first look at featured articles in Wikipedia in French using
Wikidata
<https://public.paws.wmcloud.org/User:PAC2/Articles%20de%20qualit%C3%A9.ipynb>
(SPARQL Jupyter notebook using PAWS
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:PAWS>)
Tool of the week
- searchy.toolforge.org is a semantic search engine to find articles on
a topic and filter results by metascientific info (gender and region).
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Scholia gets an upgrade and 1 click import of new scientific paper via
citation-js and QS
<https://finnaarupnielsen.wordpress.com/2021/07/17/intelligent-search-in-scholia/>
- For 2021 WMF Board of Trustees election
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021>,
there are 20 candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Candidate_Table>.
Among them, active Wikidata contributors Mike Peel (A)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel>, Laurentius
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Laurentius> and Rosiestep
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Rosiestep>. Community members can
know and participate in the campaign activities
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021#Campaign_Activities>
here.
- Sitelinks to the recently created
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/WMF_projects/new>
Tachelhit
Wikipedia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107228569> and Dagbani
Wikipedia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107379932> are being added.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: URL for citizen's initiatives
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9732>, International Tables
for Crystallography space group number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9733>, number of request
signatories <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9740>, translation
of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9745>
- External identifiers: Enciclopedia Dantesca ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9734>, Città e Cattedrali ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9735>, MANTO ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9736>, WMO code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9737>, IFPNI author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9738>, Landshuth ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9739>, Pladias ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9741>, Central records of
collections ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9742>, Podchaser
creator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9743>, Steam
Greenlight game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9744>, CEICE
school code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9746>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: UEFA stadium category
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UEFA_stadium_category>,
URL for freedom of information requests
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/URL_for_freedom_of_information_requests>,
Legal History
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Legal_History>,
bridge number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bridge_number>,
Notable role
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Notable_role>,
inventory number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inventory_number>,
Weverse user ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Weverse_user_ID>,
ITU radio emission designation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ITU_radio_emission_designation>
- External identifiers: IRIS SNS author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_SNS_author_ID>,
eBru ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eBru_ID>, Daum
Cafe ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Daum_Cafe_ID>,
Douyin Video ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douyin_Video_ID>,
Royal Ontario Museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Royal_Ontario_Museum_ID>,
maPZS trails/locations ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/maPZS_trails/locations_ID>,
SDBM IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SDBM_IDs>,
Schoenberg
Database of Manuscripts ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Schoenberg_Database_of_Manuscripts_ID>,
The New Yorker ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_New_Yorker_ID>,
Looted Cultural Assets Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Looted_Cultural_Assets_Database_ID>,
Marmiton ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Marmiton_ID>,
Enciclopedia del Cinema ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_del_Cinema_ID>,
PubFacts author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PubFacts_author_ID>
- Query examples:
- List of all stages of all tour de France
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23title%3A%20List%20of%20all%20stages%0ASELECT%20%2a%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Ftour%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ33881%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FtourLabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FtourLabel%29%20%3D%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%22%20%29%0A%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP361%20%3Ftour%3B%0A%20%20%20%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemLabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3FitemLabel%29%29%20%3D%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%22%29%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1427%20%3Fdepart.%0A%20%20%3Fdepart%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FdepartLabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3FdepartLabel%29%29%20%3D%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%22%29%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1444%20%3Farrivee.%20%0A%20%20%3Farrivee%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FarriveeLabel.%20%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3FarriveeLabel%29%29%20%3D%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%22%20%29%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP585%20%3Fdate.%20%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate>
(source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Tour_de_France>)
- Comparing gender statistics about people cited in an article across
several articles
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20This%20query%20takes%20a%20list%20of%20article%20in%20Wikipedia%2C%20analyse%20the%20gender%20of%20all%20entities%20cited%20in%20the%20article%20and%20count%20the%20share%20of%20males%2C%20females%20and%20non%20binary.%0A%23%20The%20goal%20is%20to%20measure%20gender%20diversity%20inside%20wikipedia%20articles%0A%23%20Feedback%20and%20comments%20are%20welcome%20on%20my%20talk%20page%20User%3APAC2%0ASELECT%20%0A%3Farticle%0A%28SUM%28%3Fmale%29%20AS%20%3Fcount_males%29%0A%28SUM%28%3Ffemale%29%20AS%20%3Fcount_females%29%20%0A%28SUM%28%3Fnonbinary%29%20AS%20%3Fcount_nonbinary%29%20%0A%28COUNT%28%2A%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%0A%28ROUND%28100%20%2A%20%3Fcount_females%20%2F%20%28%3Fcount_females%20%2B%20%3Fcount_males%20%2B%20%3Fcount_nonbinary%29%29%20AS%20%20%3Fshare_females%29%20%0A%28ROUND%28100%20%2A%20%3Fcount_nonbinary%20%2F%20%28%3Fcount_females%20%2B%20%3Fcount_males%20%2B%20%3Fcount_nonbinary%29%29%20AS%20%20%3Fshare_nonbinary%29%20%0A%28ROUND%28100%20%2A%20%3Fcount_males%20%2F%20%28%3Fcount_females%20%2B%20%3Fcount_males%20%2B%20%3Fcount_nonbinary%29%29%20AS%20%20%3Fshare_males%29%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Farticle%20%7B%0A%20%20%22Anthropology%22%0A%20%20%22Philosophy%22%0A%20%20%22Economics%22%0A%20%20%22Sociology%22%0A%20%20%22Demography%22%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Amwapi%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aendpoint%20%22en.wikipedia.org%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aapi%20%22Generator%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agenerator%20%22links%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Atitles%20%3Farticle%3B.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3AapiOutputItem%20mwapi%3Aitem.%0A%20%20%7D%20%0A%20%20FILTER%20BOUND%20%28%3Fitem%29%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20.%20%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fgender%20IN%28wd%3AQ6581097%2C%20wd%3AQ2449503%29%2C%201%2C%200%29%20AS%20%3Fmale%20%29%20%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fgender%20IN%28wd%3AQ6581072%2C%20wd%3AQ1052281%29%2C%201%2C%200%20%29%20AS%20%3Ffemale%29%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fgender%20%3D%20wd%3AQ48270%2C%201%2C%200%29%20AS%20%3Fnonbinary%29%20%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Farticle>
(source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Measuring_gender_diversity>)
- Swedish Supreme Court judges who citing reports by commissions they
themselves took part in <https://w.wiki/3eFe> (Source
<https://twitter.com/Jan_Ainali/status/1416082427433390088>)
- Map public organizations that allow one to fill citizen's
initiatives online <https://w.wiki/3dvP> (Source)
<https://twitter.com/govdirectory/status/1415631226719903747>
- Unemployment rate in Sweden by year <https://w.wiki/3eoR>
(1970-2020) (Source
<https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1417058590960013317>)
- Serious plane crashes with only one survivor <https://w.wiki/3d5F> (
Source <https://twitter.com/grafst/status/1416336963985154050>)
- Mayors' genders of U.S. cities above 100k population
<https://w.wiki/3eqj> (Source
<https://twitter.com/HaydenSchiff/status/1415859831752232963>)
- Global usage of pronouns <https://w.wiki/HuG> (in English Language
<https://w.wiki/HuH>) (Source
<https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1415284520950157315>)
- Number of causes of death (P509) 2019-2021 separated by year so
that a comparison of the causes of death before and during the
pandemic can
also be seen <https://w.wiki/3dT6> (Source
<https://twitter.com/wikidataid/status/1415144165231394817>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Wikidata:WikiProject_Medieval_Nobility
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Medieval_Nobility>
- Newest database reports: language names in Italian (Wikidata,
Wikipedia and MediaWiki)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Wikimedia_language_codes/lists/all/in_it>
Development
- Mismatch Finder
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder>: Continued
working on the store part. It can import first mismatches now.
- Fixing an issue where month and year are sometimes parsed as the first
day of the month (phab:T233105
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T233105>)
- Fixing an issue with adding sitelinks for some of the newer Wikipedias
(phab:T285919 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285919>)
- Working on improving the Lua usage tracking for redirected Items (
phab:T280910 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280910>)
- {{SPARQL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:SPARQL>}} was amended
on the 4th July to use the report #title, if present, as the anchor for the
'Try it' link. (example
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/queries/examples#Horses_(showing_some_info_about_them)>
)
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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