Wikidata:Status updates/2021 07 26

This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2021-07-26.

Events

• Next Wikidata and Wikibase office hour on July 28th at 16:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata Telegram group
• The next Wikibase live session is at 16:00 UTC on Thursday 29th July 2021 (18:00 Berlin time). This month, we welcome Luca Mauri to give a presentation about installing Wikibase from scratch.
• 2021 LD4 Conference on Linked Data in Libraries
  • Issues and Challenges in optimum utilization of Linked Data in Indian libraries
  • Tutorial: Introduction to the Wikidata lexicographical data project
  • Tutorial: Wikidata: Intro to the Basics
  • Tutorial: Writing Data to Wikidata Using Spreadsheets
  • Wikibase: Free, Flexible and Collaborative Linked Data
  • Rune inscriptions in Wikidata / Wikibase; Sampo Model and Portal Series on the Semantic Web
  • Wikidata In Classroom • Creating Linked Data from Books and Magazines
  • LD4 meeting: Wikidata Affinity Group
• Introduction to Wikidata (in Indonesian) part 1, part 2, part 3
• Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Andra Waagmeester on work with Shape Expressions in Wikidata to describe the genomics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus; [1], July 27th.
• COSCUP 2021 OpenStreetMap x Wikidata 2020.07.31-08.01 Online website、Meta-wiki
• Openstreetmap x Wikidata meetup 2021.08.09 Mozilla Community Space Taipei (Q61752245)

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

• Blogs
  • Typed Citations in the Journal of Cheminformatics
  • What happens in Wikibase when you make a new Item?
  • Discovering new comics with Wikidata’s powerful tools
  • Two metadata directions. Metadata practice is evolving. I discuss two important trends here: entification and pluralization
  • Still mapping! "Our team has been working continuously on improving the number of Welsh place names that appear online since our inception in 2017 as partt of the Welsh Government’s Welsh Government #Cymraeg2050 project"..."we will also use Wikidata to store and share Welsh language information".
  • Making the Camino de Santiago visible on Wikidata

Tool of the week

• User:Nikki/LexemeInterwikiLinks.js adds Wiktionary interwiki links in the sidebar on lexeme pages.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

• Job opening: Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions is hiring software engineers and an engineering manager.
• Job opening: Digital Channels Outreach Manager ("mentions contributing to Wikidata and Wikimedia platforms")
• Job opening: Wikimedian-in-Residence to work on an installation of Wikibase and provide assistance and training to university staff and other partners.

Did you know?

• Newest properties:
  • General datatypes: Wikimedia Incubator URL, symbol represents, bridge number
  • External identifiers: Adventure Corner video game ID, FRB person ID, Apple TV episode ID, Apple TV show ID, FRB event ID, Wikidata language code, Raakvlak inventory number, Scenic Washington scenic drives and road trips ID, Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID, Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID, Enciclopedia del Cinema ID
• New property proposals to review:
  • General datatypes: Plant life-form, cabinet, title of a church
  • External identifiers: VI.BE Platform ID, Smartify artwork ID, Women Also Know History ID, IrishTheatre.ie Company ID, BMC Id, Joods Biografisch Woordenboek ID, Online Begraafplaatsen cemetery ID, Rock Paper Shotgun game ID
• Query examples:
  • List of all stage winners in the Tour de France with links to the list of stages won (source)
  • Map of miniature parks (Source)
  • Map of open data portals (Source)
  • Video games published before 1980, and their authors (Source)
  • Protected bridges over the Zadorra river basin (Source)
• Newest WikiProjects: WikiProject Govdirectory

Development

• Added a tags parameter to the wbmergeitems API so Item merges can now also get an edit tag (T286778)
• Mismatch Finder: Continued working on the store part. This week we focused on uploading a file with potential mismatches and the UI for getting a list of all uploaded mismatch files.
• Addressing comments from the security review of the Query Builder so we can hopefully soon move it from the test system to its proper place under query.wikidata.org

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

Monthly Tasks

• Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
• Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
• Contribute to a Showcase item.
• Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
• Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
• Help write the next summary!