Wikidata:WikiProject COVID-19/Status updates/2020 06 24

This is the summary for the WikiProject COVID-19 from 18/06/2020 to 24/06/2020.

Discussions

• Discussions going on about case count bots: Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/CovidDatahubBot
• Feedback requested on project proposal about study types
• Discussion on alternate covid-19 dashboards for the same place

Other noteworthy stuff

• Check our last Wikiproject Call that happened on Monday, 15 of June, 15:00 UTC!

• Meeting notes in https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wikidata_covid_notes

• Wikipedia is struggling to organize data about COVID-19 cases properly. Wikidata can provide a way to improve that.
• Wikidata Bridge has been mentioned as one possible solution
• Also, attention has been direct to integration of the Humanitarian branch of Open Street Maps to Wikidata.
• About contributing to the project, two resources were highlighted: Wikidata curricula activities and Wikidata:Tours
• An OpenAcces Bot that runs in Wikipedia could be adapted to Wikidata - but a developer is needed.

• A property for viral entry receptors has been added to Wikidata!
• A twitter account has been created for the project. Checkː @WikidataCOVID19ǃ

Did you know?

• Newest properties:
  • tabular case data (P8204)
  • entry receptor (P8339)

• Current property proposals to review:
  • Under Discussion:
    • viability on surface
    • number of home cases
    • originated from individual of taxon (improving the modelling of cell lines to import COVID-19 - related cell lines)
  • Ready:

• New queries:

• New data models:

• also {{EntitySchema}}

• Scholia profiles
  • routinely updated
    • SARS-CoV-2 (Q82069695) 
    • COVID-19 (Q84263196) 
    • COVID-19 pandemic (Q81068910) 

New Tasks

• Comment on the property proposals.
• Help write the next summary!

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