*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*Discussions
- New request for comments: handling of data objects for pages in the project namespace <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/handling_of_data_objects_for_pages_in_the_project_namespace> 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: Sam Oyeyele will join us to discuss the AfroCine project <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject%20AfroCine/Months%20of%20African%20Cinema>. doc <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Slztz7F9jGkfcv66LAd4F26d_MHatYtDMjEtOc-U-Fw/edit#>, Nov. 2nd. - Upcoming Search Platform Office Hours—November 3rd, 2021 <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/SLB3STWTKYHFW5AXKLJAPEP34ULFG3XL/>. Time: 16:00-17:00 GMT / 09:00-10:00 PDT / 12:00-13:00 EDT / 17:00-18:00 CET & WAT. Come and ask anything related to Wikimedia search, Wikidata Query Service, Wikimedia Commons Query Service, etc.! - Ongoing: - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #14, COP26 <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=14> - Past: - WikidataCon 2021 happened \o/ - Documentation of the sessions are currently ongoing. It may take a few weeks to publish all 80 hours of content but you can already watch some of them (linked from each session's Etherpad <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Documentation/List_of_sessions> ). - Wikidatapink pony session <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataCon2021-Wikidatapinkponysession> (a meetup where participants shared wishes and feature requests about Wikidata to the development team) - List of birthday presents <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Ninth_Birthday/Presents> - WikidataComplete gadget <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataComplete> by Dhairya3124 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Dhairya3124> - Wikidata Subgraph Analysis <https://tanny411.github.io/Wikidata-WDQS-Analysis/> by Aisha Khatun <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Aisha_Khatun> - UseAsRef 2.0 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Bargioni/UseAsRef> by Epìdosis (A) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ep%C3%ACdosis> - KGTK project <https://kgtk.isi.edu/iswc/browser/Q11424> by Pedro Szekely - Wikidata Map <https://wmde.github.io/wikidata-map/dist/index.html> (series of updates of the all-coordinates-on-wikidata, made available at commons:Wikidata map <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_map>) by Addshore <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore> - Special episode of Wikipediapodden with an interview with Denny about Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions <http://wikipediapodden.se/episode-154-abstract-wikipedia-and-wikifunctions/> by Ainali <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ainali> - Lua access for Lexemes on beta <https://en.wiktionary.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/cat> by LydiaPintscher <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:LydiaPintscher> - Editathon documentation page <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pDKC64nItE> by bunch of lovely glam professionals - Learn wikidata course <https://www.learnwikidata.net/app/?en> by Clifford Anderson <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Clifford_Anderson> and co - Wikxhibit <https://wikxhibit.org/> by Tarfah Alrashed - Integraality updates <https://integraality.toolforge.org/> by Jean-Frédéric <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric> - iNaturalist BioBlitz <https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/wikidatacon-2021-bioblitz> by Pigsonthewing <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing> Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Blog post - Challenge A to Z 2021 <https://www.daieux-et-dailleurs.fr/blog-genealogique/challenge-de-a-a-z/84-challenge-az-edition-2021/697-challenge-a-a-z-2021> (in French) - Papers - Complex Portal 2022: new curation frontiers <https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab991> about the Complex Portal (Q47196990) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47196990> <> Wikidata connection - (fr) Les libellés francophones genrés dans Wikidata <https://observablehq.com/@pac02/les-libelles-francophones-genres-dans-wikidata> (notebook Observablehq) - Videos - Working hour on preferences and common.js Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7W2V_dPXJ4> - Semantic web tutorial # 3 | What is Wikidata? (in French) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Miv9bCQjA> - SPARQL queries around Boyer collection of the Clermont Auvergne Métropole heritage library (in French) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Miv9bCQjA> - New Item creation (in Japanese) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXDLj5cLBZQ> - Research projects - Creating and evolving knowledge graphs at scale for explainable AI <https://safeandtrustedai.org/project/creating-and-evolving-knowledge-graphs-at-scale-for-explainable-ai/> Tool of the week - Cemeteries.wiki <http://www.cemeteries.wiki/> by Yamen <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yamen> is a project to display Dataviz and statistics about cemeteries all over the world. (2021-11-01) - ... and remember you can propose a new tool or gadget <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Proposals>! Other Noteworthy Stuff - Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Graph Consultant to help migrate the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service> from Blazegraph to a different RDF store. Apply here! <https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3546920> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: term in higher taxon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10019>, official forum <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10027> - External identifiers: NatureScot Sitelink ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10015>, Refuges.info ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10016>, Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10017>, George Eastman Museum people ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10018>, Parliament of Australia MP ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10020>, UAE University Libraries ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10021>, Dizionario di Medicina ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10022>, Museu da Pessoa person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10023>, Indigenous Corporation Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10024>, Toolhub ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10025>, Research Data Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10026> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: date of recording <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/date_of_recording>, Candidate position <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Candidate_position>, MTBdata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTBdata> - External identifiers: Vokrug.tv person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vokrug.tv_person_ID>, Standing Waters Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Standing_Waters_Database_ID>, State Duma person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/State_Duma_person_ID>, Federation Council person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Federation_Council_person_ID>, Enciclopedia della Scienza e della Tecnica ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_della_Scienza_e_della_Tecnica_ID>, FRACS profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FRACS_profile_ID>, NER portfolio ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NER_portfolio_ID>, Triple J Unearthed artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Triple_J_Unearthed_artist_ID>, SEEK company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SEEK_company_ID>, Levels.fyi company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Levels.fyi_company_ID>, romaq.org ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/romaq.org_ID>, NWT Species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NWT_Species_ID>, IRIS UNISA author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNISA_author_ID>, Nederlandse Voornamenbank ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nederlandse_Voornamenbank_ID>, IRIS Verona author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Verona_author_ID>, IRIS UNIMI author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIMI_author_ID>, IRIS UNIURB author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIURB_author_ID>, Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Register Charity ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Charities_and_Not%E2%80%91for%E2%80%91profits_Register_Charity_ID>, IRIS UNIBO author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_UNIBO_author_ID>, Québec Enterprise Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qu%C3%A9bec_Enterprise_Number>, Douyin User ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douyin_User_ID>, ACE Repertory publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACE_Repertory_publisher_ID>, ACE Repertory writer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACE_Repertory_writer_ID>, Indonesian Hospital ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indonesian_Hospital_ID> - Query examples: - Map of French bridges and tunnels carrying an high-speed railway line <https://w.wiki/4DWD> - List of Wikidata item's labels which are same as male form and different from female form in French (ie using the generic as male form) <https://w.wiki/4JWy> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Gender_neutral_labels>) - List of Wikidata item's labels which are same as male form and different from female form in English (ie using the generic as male form) <https://w.wiki/4JX4>(source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Gender_neutral_labels>) - consorts of Selim III <https://w.wiki/4K5K> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P26#Sultan's_consorts>) - Coordinates of the birthplaces of people with family name Autrique <https://w.wiki/4KLz> (Source <https://twitter.com/daieuxdailleurs/status/1455096919013924869>) - Coordinates of battles <https://w.wiki/4KBW> (Source <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1454879113207033858>) - Geographical distribution of votive boats historic monuments in France <https://w.wiki/4Je2> (Source <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1454149939676786691>) - Relationship among accepted NFDI consortia <https://w.wiki/4JJ6> ( Source <https://twitter.com/inablu/status/1453765653287120899>) - Newest database reports: top missing property by number of identifiers: spouse (P26) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/top_missing_properties_by_number_of_identifiers/P26> Development - WikidataCon! \o/ - Continued the work on the first version of the Mismatch Finder. We are getting closer to the polishing phase now and will have something ready in the next weeks. - Lua access for Lexemes is now ready to test on English Beta Wiktionary. - Concluded work on the improved behind-the-scenes system for notifying Wikipedias and co about Wikidata edits that affect them. Nothing should have changed for you. - Started working on a new implementation of the search box to be ready for the upcoming skin changes the WMF is working on. 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 Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Keep up to date! 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