*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Stang <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Stang> (RfP scheduled to end after 14 April 2022 12:18 UTC) - New requests for permissions/Bot: - Botcrux 10 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Botcrux_10>. Task/s: Change publication date (P577) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P577> of scientific articles from "1 January YYYY" to just "YYYY". - Pi bot 25 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Pi_bot_25>. Task/s: Wikidata:Properties for deletion <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion> maintenance Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Upcoming: - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #104 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#104>, April 17th at 12.00 UTC - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on Wednesday, April 20th 2022 at 17:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata Telegram group <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>. *The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.* - April 26, Ghent, Belgium: public OpenRefine data cleaning workshop and meet&greet with the OpenRefine team <https://meemoo.be/nl/vormingen-en-events/openrefine-community-workshop-datacleaning-andere-functionaliteiten-en-meet-the-team>, including preview of Structured Data on Commons functionalities. Physical event, free, sign up via this link <https://meemoo.be/nl/vormingen-en-events/openrefine-community-workshop-datacleaning-andere-functionaliteiten-en-meet-the-team> . - Wiki Workshop 2022 - Registration open! <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/MPQZ4EZW6FXZVZAX6QO7BAVJVDUGOT2N/> The event is virtually held on April 25, 12:00-18:30 UTC - April 22nd - 24th, from Wiki Mentor Africa <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiki_Mentor_Africa>, A three days workshop on *Linking biodiversity data through wikidata using Webaps and jupyter notebooks* to attend, register here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddFNRkARWa12ICRBuel9zbYMQsL4fUsiNA7ndMwcJSVp8xJg/viewform?usp=sf_link%7C> - May 5th: Wikidata Bug Triage Hour <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Wikidata_bug_triage_hour>, open discussion. Come with your favorite Phabricator task and we will improve its description together. - DigAMus goes Wikidata workshop: make digital projects in museums visible and findable. April 29, 3-5 p.m. TIB Open Science Lab. Register here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Zv_SEwAM0EV760fTRr7PYT5y5kscnhC_yQZ2mvABG5Q/edit> . - Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #37, Numbers <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=37> Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Blogs - Smithsonian Libraries and Archives & Wikidata: Chinese Ancestor Portrait Project <https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2022/03/30/smithsonian-libraries-and-archives-wikidata-chinese-ancestor-portrait-project/#.YksQHXVByV5> - Browsing FactGrid with the FactGrid Viewer <https://blog.factgrid.de/archives/2684> - Papers - A formalization of one of the main claims of “Cortex reorganization of Xenopus laevis eggs in strong static magnetic fields” by Mietchen et al. 2005 <https://content.iospress.com/articles/data-science/ds210040> (uses Wikidata identifiers for statements) - A formalization of one of the main claims of “Creative Commons licenses and the non-commercial condition: Implications for the re-use of biodiversity information” by Hagedorn et al. 2011 <https://doi.org/10.3233/DS-210044> (uses Wikidata identifiers for statements) - Videos - Wikidata Query Service Tutorial in Tunisian by Houcemeddine Turki <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Csisc> (WikiConference RU 2021 - Part 1 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiConference_RU_-_Wikidata_Query_Service_Tutorial_in_Tunisian_-_Part_1.webm>, Part 2 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiConference_RU_-_Wikidata_Query_Service_Tutorial_in_Tunisian_-_Part_2.webm> ) - Live Coding - PyORCIDAtor, integrating ORCID with Wikidata - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc6jQnp4gZg> - How to add location coordinates to Wikidata Items (in Dagbani) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohtVF4Et7-g> - Bundestag + Wikidata = Open Parliament TV (in German) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkdyr6N5E2E> Tool of the week - Glitter <https://lvaudor.github.io/glitter/articles/glitter_for_Wikidata.html> another R package to write SPARQL queries and query Wikidata and other SPARQL endpoints. This package provides a domain specific language to write queries directly from R. - Conzept <https://conze.pt/explore?l=en#> is a topic-exploration tool based on Wikidata and other information sources. Other Noteworthy Stuff - The Wikidata MOOC <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:MOOC> (online course) has been developed by Wikimedia France, involving several French-speaking Wikidata editors. The first version of the course will start on April 26 (in French only - registration here <https://www.wikimedia.fr/les-inscriptions-au-mooc-wikidata-sont-ouvertes/> ) - OpenRefine is running a short survey <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAfFLkcehxcbvWpjb5xPywOGsT1Djmp82k4wh81q14NDKVGA/viewform> to learn about user needs and expectations for the new Structured Data on Commons extension for OpenRefine <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OpenRefine>, which is in the process of being developed. If you upload files to Wikimedia Commons and/or edit structured data there, please help by filling in the survey <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAfFLkcehxcbvWpjb5xPywOGsT1Djmp82k4wh81q14NDKVGA/viewform> ! - Wikibase cloud update (April) <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibase-cl...@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/3M2TXQYQTC5IODN6NO2G6UWE7DMGNCJT/>: the closed beta of Wikibase.cloud is planned to start in mid-April. If you want to apply for closed beta access, please register with this form <https://lime.wikimedia.de/index.php/717538>. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: APE code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10564>, maintains linking to <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10568>, academic calendar type <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10588>, taxonomic treatment <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10594>, co-applicant <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10601>, applicant <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10602>, P10604 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10604>, notable role <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10606> - External identifiers: traveloka activities ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10560>, Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10561>, SPLC group ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10562>, GuideStar India Organisations ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10563>, Encyclopedia of China ID (Third Edition) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10565>, tiket to-do ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10566>, Speleologi del passato ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10567>, L'Humanité journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10569>, L'Opinion journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10570>, Le Monde journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10571>, Le Figaro journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10572>, Le Parisien journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10573>, Les Échos journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10574>, Libération journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10575>, Intesa Sanpaolo Historical Archive Map ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10576>, Monoskop article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10577>, IDU foreign theatre ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10578>, IDU theatre building ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10579>, IDU theatrical ensemble ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10580>, Cameroun COG <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10581>, Author ID from the Modern Discussion website <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10582>, SRSLY person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10583>, FAOTERM ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10584>, Catalogue of Life ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10585>, Trovo ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10586>, IFPI GTIN <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10587>, MangaDex title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10589>, All.Rugby club ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10590>, traveloka restaurant ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10591>, maPZS trails/locations ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10592>, Kinowiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10593>, marriott hotel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10595>, Chuvash Encyclopedia person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10596>, Chuvash Encyclopedia place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10597>, Chuvash Encyclopedia topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10598>, HarperCollins product ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10599>, Atlas of Cultural Heritage Calabria cultural place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10600>, XJustiz registration court ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10603>, Atlante Beni Culturali Calabria item ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10605> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: является автором художественной выставки <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D1%85%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B8>, shoe color <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/shoe_color>, government debt-to-GDP ratio <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/government_debt-to-GDP_ratio>, National Historical Museums of Sweden object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Historical_Museums_of_Sweden_object_ID>, class of property value <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/class_of_property_value>, has group <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_group>, name of victim <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/name_of_victim>, Tracks featured in work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tracks_featured_in_work>, smb.museum digital ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/smb.museum_digital_ID> - External identifiers: HuijiWiki article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HuijiWiki_article_ID>, Encyclopedia of Cacti species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Cacti_species_ID>, bebyggelseområdeskod i Sverige <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bebyggelseomr%C3%A5deskod_i_Sverige>, Israeli Opera site person id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Israeli_Opera_site_person_id>, FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus Identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FISH_Archaeological_Objects_Thesaurus_Identifier>, Musik und Gender im Internet ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Musik_und_Gender_im_Internet_ID>, IRIS Piedmont IDs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_Piedmont_IDs>, Slovak Olympic athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slovak_Olympic_athlete_ID>, MINEDEX <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MINEDEX>, Library of the Haskala ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Library_of_the_Haskala_ID> - Query examples: - Most popular Chess openings (by number of sitelinks) <https://w.wiki/522E> (source <https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1510726581362245632>) - Random set of popular ("having more than 20 site links") items <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Fsitelinks%0AWITH%0A%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fsitelinks%0A%20%20WHERE%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%23Minimum%20sitelinks%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3Fsitelinks.%0A%20%20%20%20hint%3APrior%20hint%3ArangeSafe%20true.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fsitelinks%20%3E%2020%20%29%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%23Random%20stuff%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20BIND%28RAND%28%29%20AS%20%3Frandom%29%20.%20%23%20Using%20this%20makes%20it%20not%20random%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28SHA512%28CONCAT%28STR%28RAND%28%29%29%2C%20STR%28%3Fitem%29%29%29%20AS%20%3Frandom%29%20%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Frandom%0A%20%20LIMIT%201000%0A%7D%20AS%20%25subquery1%0AWITH%0A%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fsitelinks%0A%20%20WHERE%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25subquery1%0A%0A%20%20%20%20%23Filters%20to%20remove%20undesired%20entries%20%28templates%2C%20categories%2C%20...%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11266439%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ97950663%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ4167836%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ59541917%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ14204246%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ19842659%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP373%20%3FcommonsCategory%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP301%20%3FcategoryMainTopic%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ15184295%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1423%20%3FtemplateHasTopic%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP910%20%3FtopicMainCategory%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ20010800%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP360%20%3FisAListOf%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ108783631%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11753321%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP4224%20%3FcategoryContains%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP971%20%3FcategoryCombinesTopics%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ97303168%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ59259626%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ110010043%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1474116%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ15647814%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ19887878%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ107344376%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ36330215%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ14296%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ42032%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2370%20%3FconversionToSIUnit%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ4167410%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%23FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3Aaaa%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20LIMIT%20100%0A%7D%20AS%20%25subquery2%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25subquery2%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Query_a_random_set_of_popular_entries> ) - Wikimedia affiliates on social media <https://w.wiki/53Ac> (source <https://twitter.com/Jan_Ainali/status/1513117317982474243>) - Listed viaducts in the UK <https://w.wiki/534V> (source <https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1512909616421777420>) - Pages linked to the University of Clermont according to the number of articles on Wikimedia projects <https://w.wiki/53LW> (source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1513493874257313796>) - Which languages share a word for the same thing (visualized as a tree map). e.g. planet <https://w.wiki/53M4> (source <https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/1513194921183772672>) Development - Lexicographical data: Continued work on the new Special:NewLexeme page. We worked on displaying error messages and inferring the spelling variant from the language. We also looked into the non-JavaScript version of the page. - REST API: Worked on conditional requests (do not return data the client already has) and authorization. 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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