Wikidata:Status updates/2021 11 01

This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2021-11-01.

Discussions

• New request for comments: handling of data objects for pages in the project namespace

Events

• Upcoming:
  • Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Sam Oyeyele will join us to discuss the AfroCine project. doc, Nov. 2nd.
  • Upcoming Search Platform Office Hours—November 3rd, 2021. 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
• 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).
    • Wikidatapink pony session (a meetup where participants shared wishes and feature requests about Wikidata to the development team)
    • List of birthday presents
      • WikidataComplete gadget by Dhairya3124
      • Wikidata Subgraph Analysis by Aisha Khatun
      • UseAsRef 2.0 by Epìdosis
      • KGTK project by Pedro Szekely
      • Wikidata Map (series of updates of the all-coordinates-on-wikidata, made available at commons:Wikidata map) by Addshore
      • Special episode of Wikipediapodden with an interview with Denny about Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions by Ainali
      • Lua access for Lexemes on beta by LydiaPintscher
      • Editathon documentation page by bunch of lovely glam professionals
      • Learn wikidata course by Clifford Anderson and co
      • Wikxhibit by Tarfah Alrashed
      • Integraality updates by Jean-Frédéric
      • iNaturalist BioBlitz by Pigsonthewing

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

• Blog post
  • Challenge A to Z 2021 (in French)
• Papers
  • Complex Portal 2022: new curation frontiers about the Complex Portal (Q47196990) <> Wikidata connection
  • (fr) Les libellés francophones genrés dans Wikidata (notebook Observablehq)
• Videos
  • Working hour on preferences and common.js Wikidata (in Italian) - YouTube
  • Semantic web tutorial # 3 | What is Wikidata? (in French) - YouTube
  • SPARQL queries around Boyer collection of the Clermont Auvergne Métropole heritage library (in French) - YouTube
  • New Item creation (in Japanese) - YouTube
• Research projects
  • Creating and evolving knowledge graphs at scale for explainable AI

Tool of the week

• Cemeteries.wiki by 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!

Other Noteworthy Stuff

• New strategies for Wikidata and the Wikibase Ecosystem published and waiting for your feedback. Add your comments!
• Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Graph Consultant to help migrate the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) from Blazegraph to a different RDF store. Apply here!

Did you know?

• Newest properties:
  • General datatypes: term in higher taxon, official forum
  • External identifiers: NatureScot Sitelink ID, Refuges.info ID, Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID, George Eastman Museum people ID, Parliament of Australia MP ID, UAE University Libraries ID, Dizionario di Medicina ID, Museu da Pessoa person ID, Indigenous Corporation Number, Toolhub ID, Research Data Australia ID
• New property proposals to review:
  • General datatypes: date of recording, Candidate position, MTBdata
  • External identifiers: Vokrug.tv person ID, Standing Waters Database ID, State Duma person ID, Federation Council person ID, Enciclopedia della Scienza e della Tecnica ID, FRACS profile ID, NER portfolio ID, Triple J Unearthed artist ID, SEEK company ID, Levels.fyi company ID, romaq.org ID, NWT Species ID, IRIS UNISA author ID, Nederlandse Voornamenbank ID, IRIS Verona author ID, IRIS UNIMI author ID, IRIS UNIURB author ID, Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Register Charity ID, IRIS UNIBO author ID, Québec Enterprise Number, Douyin User ID, ACE Repertory publisher ID, ACE Repertory writer ID, Indonesian Hospital ID
• Query examples:
  • Map of French bridges and tunnels carrying an high-speed railway line
  • 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) (source)
  • 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)(source)
  • consorts of Selim III (source)
  • Coordinates of the birthplaces of people with family name Autrique (Source)
  • Coordinates of battles (Source)
  • Geographical distribution of votive boats historic monuments in France (Source)
  • Relationship among accepted NFDI consortia (Source)
• Newest database reports: top missing property by number of identifiers: spouse (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. 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!