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*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Closed request for comments: Political alliance vs P4100
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Political_allia… >,
Changes to P2737 and P2738
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Changes_to_P273… >,
Why do we have an item for dogs and another one for *Canis lupus
familiaris*?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Why_do_we_have_… >,
start time / end time vs. publication date of 1st / last episode
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/start_time_/_en… >,
Mapping and improving the data import process
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Mapping_and_imp… >,
Familypedia links removed for "described at URL"
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Familypedia_lin… >,
Allow the creation of links to redirects in Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Allow_the_creat… >
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events >
- Past: Several Wikidata-related presentations at International Data Week
<http://www.internationaldataweek.org/ > from November 5-8 in Gaborone:
- Wikidata and Wikibase as global platforms for democratizing data
publishing
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lqrgbA-Z0BQmkXDqDZtdR6EbHqDl0MM9POe… >
- WikiCite and Scholia - a Linked Open Data approach to exploring the
scholarly literature and related resources
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScidataCon_2018_poster_168_-_WikiCi… >
- A wiki approach to collecting, curating and managing citizen
science data
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScidataCon_2018_poster_150_-_A_wiki… >
- A wiki perspective on an Open Science Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScidataCon_2018_poster_208_-_A_wiki… >
- Past: Several Wikidata-related presentations at GLAMWiki conference
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program >, including:
- Wikidata — what's new?
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Wikidata_%E2%80%94_… >
- Open your structured GLAM data with Wikibase — install your own
instance of the technology behind Wikidata
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Open_your_structure… >
- Incoming: a new Illuminatis Data Mining workshop
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-November/012595.html >
on 16-17 November in Gotha
- Incoming: Wikidata workshop in Vienna
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmRcl2bnmtSsk98IFHSmP49Hk-4Kh9gC9… >
- Incoming: Wikidata train the trainers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Train_the_trainers/GermanyAustria >
in Cologne, Berlin and Vienna (in German)
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage >
- Incoming partnership with the German National Library
<https://blog.wikimedia.de/2018/11/02/gemeinsam-wieder-neuland-betreten-die-… >
by Jens Ohlig (in German)
- How Wikidata Is Solving Its Chicken-or-Egg-Problem in the Field of
Cultural Heritage
<https://www.societybyte.swiss/2018/11/07/how-wikidata-is-solving-its-chicke… >,
by Beat Eastermann
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- wikitable.info is a visualization of Wikidata items in HTML tables in
many languages, easy to print and export. Feedback goes to Germartin1
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Germartin1 >
- OpenRefine 3.1 beta
<https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.1-beta > is out,
with many fixes and improvements to the Wikidata integration suggested by
the community.
- There's a new Wikidata game: Commons category matches
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/distributed/#game=44 >
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties >:
- General datatypes: location of sense usage
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6084 >, dramaturge
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6086 >, head coach of sports
team <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6087 >, beer bitterness
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6088 >, beer color
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6089 >, INEP IGC discrete
grade <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6095 >, clinical trial
phase <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6099 >, maintained by
WikiProject <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6104 >, uses
capitalization for <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6106 >
- External identifiers: NYC Building Identification Number (BIN)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6082 >, Cineuropa person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6083 >, The Guardian article
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6085 >, Caselaw Access
Project case ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6090 >, MGG
Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6091 >, Map of Life
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6092 >, AfroMoths ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6093 >, FloraWeb ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6094 >, FLOW ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6096 >, AllPowerlifting.com
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6097 >, Info Flora
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6098 >, YÖK Academic
Profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6100 >, Mushroom
Observer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6101 >,
Schleswig-Holstein
object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6102 >, Michigan
Flora ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6103 >, Observation.org
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6105 >
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal >
to review:
- General datatypes: Vice
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vice >, sense
associated with form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sense_associated_w… >,
declared patrimony
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/declared_patrimony >,
season ends
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/season_ends >,
inscription mentions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inscription_mentio… >,
DanNet 2.2 word ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DanNet_2.2_word_ID >,
Study fees
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Study_fees >,
HASC <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HASC >,
exchange
rate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/exchange_rate >,
Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Verspreidingsatlas… >
- External identifiers: AllMusic release ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AllMusic_release_ID >,
DBU profile
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBU_profile >,
MusicNotes product ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MusicNotes_product… >,
MusicNotes song ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MusicNotes_song_ID >,
Nobel Prize in Literature ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nobel_Prize_in_Lit… >,
Code de l'Autorité de l'Aviation Civile argentine
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Code_de_l%27Autori… >,
Playbill venue ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Playbill_venue_ID >,
Digital Flora of Central Africa ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_Flora_of_C… >,
Portal to the Flora of Italy ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Portal_to_the_Flor… >,
Envanter.gov.tr Monument ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Envanter.gov.tr_Mo… >,
B3Kat Joint Union Catalogue
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/B3Kat_Joint_Union_… >,
Santiebeati ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Santiebeati_ID >,
Soccerway team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerway_team_ID >,
identifiant Littera
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Littera >,
Letterboxd actor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Letterboxd_actor_ID >,
Letterboxd film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Letterboxd_film_ID >,
Threatened Species Link ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Threatened_Species… >,
VD 18 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VD_18_ID >,
Siamzone
film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Siamzone_film_ID >,
Thaifilm ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thaifilm_ID >,
National Portrait Gallery (United States) object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Portrait_… >,
Newseum newspaper front page ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Newseum_newspaper_… >,
Playbill person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Playbill_person_ID >,
SWH Release ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SWH_Release_ID >,
APA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/APA_ID >,
Virtual
Guide to the Flora of Mongolia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Virtual_Guide_to_t… >,
identifiant À nos grands hommes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_%C3%80… >,
BioOne ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BioOne_ID >,
Academy
Awards Database film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Academy_Awards_Dat… >
- Query examples:
- Currently happening figure skating competitions
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcompetition%20%3FcompetitionLabel%2… >
(source
<https://twitter.com/Harmonia_Amanda/status/1060962816268664833 >)
- Software developed by groups within Google
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fdev%20%3Fd… >
(source <https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/1060876779294846976 >)
- Knowledge organization systems
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fbroader%20… >
(source <https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1060440441013833728 >)
- Most common election days by country
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fweekday%20%3Fcoun… >
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1059611336802553856 >
)
Development
- Displaying Senses before Forms (phab:T208592
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208592 >)
- Making quality constraints play nicer with the Query Service
- Putting in the ground work to have quality checks run in jobs
- Enabling arbritrary access on oldwikisource
- Allowing configuration of the licence in .ttl output
- Configuration of more string limits, such as URL and mono /
multilingual texts
- Moving wdqs frontend to a blubber deployment (phab:T192006
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192006 >)
- Asserting a users name so they can't edit when accidently logged out (
phab:T124451 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124451 >)
- Showcase a termbox placeholder in the mobile frontend of m.wikidata.org
(phab:T206200 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206200 >)
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/?filt… >.
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 >
- Suggested and open tasks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks >
!
- 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 >
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Forwarding because this (ambitious!) proposal may be of interest to people
on other lists. I'm not endorsing the proposal at this time, but I'm
curious about it.
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Denny Vrandečić <vrandecic(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 6:32 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia in an abstract language
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Semantic Web languages allow to express ontologies and knowledge bases in a
way meant to be particularly amenable to the Web. Ontologies formalize the
shared understanding of a domain. But the most expressive and widespread
languages that we know of are human natural languages, and the largest
knowledge base we have is the wealth of text written in human languages.
We looks for a path to bridge the gap between knowledge representation
languages such as OWL and human natural languages such as English. We
propose a project to simultaneously expose that gap, allow to collaborate
on closing it, make progress widely visible, and is highly attractive and
valuable in its own right: a Wikipedia written in an abstract language to
be rendered into any natural language on request. This would make current
Wikipedia editors about 100x more productive, and increase the content of
Wikipedia by 10x. For billions of users this will unlock knowledge they
currently do not have access to.
My first talk on this topic will be on October 10, 2018, 16:45-17:00, at
the Asilomar in Monterey, CA during the Blue Sky track of ISWC. My second,
longer talk on the topic will be at the DL workshop in Tempe, AZ, October
27-29. Comments are very welcome as I prepare the slides and the talk.
Link to the paper: http://simia.net/download/abstractwikipedia.pdf
Cheers,
Denny
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Hello all,
The next IRC office hour with the Wikidata team will take place on January
8th 2019, from 18:00 to 19:00 (UTC+1, Berlin time), on the channel
#wikimedia-office.
As usual, we will present you some news from the development team, the
projects to come, and collect your feedback.
If you have any special topic you'd like to see as a focus, please share it
here!
Thanks,
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hello,
In the pre-conference of SWIB18 [1], Stacy Allison-Cassin and Dan Scott
have lead yesterday a great workshop on "Wikibase: configure, customize,
and collaborate".
Among others, the discussion on the panel have show the big interest on
a decentralized mode to use Wikidata throug a network of Wikibase instances.
To implement it, we have identify the following needs:
* Wikibase instance on Docker have to be update to current version of
the software.
* A users' community have to be build and remain in close connecting
interactions with the development team.
* Performing Import and export script between Wikidata and Wikibase
have to be achieve.
* Connecting Properties have to be developping in the way to
interoperate the instances.
Is the Wikidata Community agree with this proposal? The development team
also?
Is it necessary to open a second mailing-list dedicate to Wikibase?
Where is the best place to discuss of all this things?
Best Regards
Baptiste
[1] http://swib.org/swib18/index.html
Pour le lieu imaginaire
Baptiste de Coulon
conseiller en gestion de l'information
le lieu imaginaire
rue des Oeillets 14
2502 Bienne
Suisse
+41 78 636 32 17
bdc(a)lelieuimaginaire.ch <mailto:bdc@lelieuimaginaire.ch>
lelieuimaginaire.ch <https://lelieuimaginaire.ch >
*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Closed request for comments: Changes in email property
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Changes_in_emai… >,
Datatype of P667
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Datatype_of_P667 >,
How to capture negative results in Wikidata?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/How_to_capture_… >
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events >
- Current: Chaos Communication Congress (35C3) where several Wikidata
people are present and related sessions happening
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_at_the_35th_Chaos_Communica… >
- Next Wikidata IRC office hour: January 8th, 18:00 (UTC+1) on the
channel #wikimedia-office
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage >
- Wikidata architecture overview
<https://addshore.com/2018/12/wikidata-architecture-overview-diagrams/ >
by Addshore
- Créer une carte avec Wikidata, OpenRefine et uMap
<https://bylg.hypotheses.org/543 > (in French) by Jean-Baptiste Pressac
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Structured data on Commons: Multilingual captions beta testing
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-December/012711.html >
- Lingua Libre now adds audio pronunciation on Forms
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data#Lingua_Lib… >
- Check out the roadmap for the development of Wikidata and Wikibase for
2019 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development_plan >
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties >:
- General datatypes: API endpoint
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6269 >, demonym of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6271 >, specific rotation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6272 >, concentration
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6274 >, copyright
representative <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6275 >, Berlin
protected area ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6280 >,
advertises <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6291 >
- External identifiers: Garzanti Linguistica ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6266 >, Multiplayer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6267 >, Danmarks svampeatlas
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6268 >, Boobpedia article
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6270 >, Amazon Music artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6276 >, Objectif Gard topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6277 >, Epic Games Store ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6278 >, ZVR-Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6279 >, IPPDH ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6281 >, French Academy of
Sciences member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6282 >, MNopedia
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6283 >, NCpedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6284 >, Weeds in Ontario ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6285 >, ICCD ID - S form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6286 >, ICCD ID - CF form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6287 >, ICCD ID - CG form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6288 >, ODNR Division of
Wildlife ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6289 >, Penthouse
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6290 >, bbcmicro.co.uk
identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6292 >, YSA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6293 >, ARTIC exhibition ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6294 >, ARTIC artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6295 >
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal >
to review:
- General datatypes: maintenance method
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/maintenance_method >,
second family name in Scandinavian names
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/second_family_name… >,
organizational unit
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/organizational_unit >,
story by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/story_by >, Code
of Natura 2000 FFH habitats
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Code_of_Natura_200… >,
century fl.
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/century_fl .>,
adjective of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/adjective_of >,
holonym 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/holonym_2 >,
meronym
2 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/meronym_2 >,
has contraction 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_contraction_2 >,
yield <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/yield >,
colorist
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/colorist >,
distinguishing
property
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/distinguishing_pro… >,
Wikispecies template for this work
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikispecies_templa… >,
affiliation string
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/affiliation_string >
- External identifiers: bgm.tv person identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bgm.tv_person_iden… >,
bgm.tv character identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bgm.tv_character_i… >,
PC-9801DB ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PC-9801DB_ID >,
ACB.com coach ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACB.com_coach_ID >,
The Armory Show at 100 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Armory_Show_at… >,
researchportal.helsinki.fi profile URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/researchportal.hel… >,
Scoresway tennis person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scoresway_tennis_p… >,
Dictionnaire de spiritualité ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_de_sp… >,
Muséosphère ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mus%C3%A9osph%C3%A… >,
Historical RNA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historical_RNA_ID >,
TheFinalBall coach ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheFinalBall_coach… >,
TheFinalBall referee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheFinalBall_refer… >,
WorldFootball.net referee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WorldFootball.net_… >,
teams.by player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/teams.by_player_ID >,
pressball.by player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/pressball.by_playe… >,
AMFR player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AMFR_player_ID >,
premierliga.ru staff ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/premierliga.ru_sta… >,
premierliga.ru referee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/premierliga.ru_ref… >,
CFU player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CFU_player_ID >,
AIC player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AIC_player_ID >,
RusTeam player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RusTeam_player_ID >,
Critique d'art ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Critique_d%27art_ID >,
Centre Pompidou ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Centre_Pompidou_ID >,
Agence photo RMN ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Agence_photo_RMN_ID >,
INE ID (Portugal)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/INE_ID_(Portugal) >,
Agence photo RMN package ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Agence_photo_RMN_p… >,
Wikiapiary entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikiapiary_entry >,
England Football Online player profile
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/England_Football_O… >,
England Football Online manager profile
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/England_Football_O… >,
DVR Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DVR_Number >,
Politika topic
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Politika_topic >,
Goodreads character ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Goodreads_characte… >
- Deleted properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion >: P4570
(Wikidata project)
- Query examples:
- Catchphrases in Wikidata
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%20%3Fcatchphrase%20%7… >
(source <https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1076076152891035648 >)
- Timeline of Indian mathematicians
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%2… >
(source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1076523443774988293 >)
- Painting part of the Bavarian State Painting Collections
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%… >
(source <https://twitter.com/mdammers/status/1076168373120237569 >)
- Types of pasta in Wikidata with pictures
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%2… >
(source <https://twitter.com/Auregann/status/1078260676278321152 >)
Development
- Writing a maintenance script to make configuring
WikibaseQualityConstraints easier (phab:T209958
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209958 >)
- Working on new ID generator using different SQL to attempt to stop
lock errors when creating lots of items (phab:T194299
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194299 >)
- Making more parts of the Query Service UI more configurable such as
the copyright page, title, and started work on the favicon / logos (
phab:T194175 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194175 >)
- Adding tracking for Wikibase Lua functions so we can see how they are
used on various different projects (phab:T191416
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191416 >)
- Working on fixing alignment issues with glosses (phab:T207401
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207401 >)
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/?filt… >.
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 >
- Suggested and open tasks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks >
!
- 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 >
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hello,
I am investigating with several people other the rainbow in GNU project as
part of guix [0].
Our goal is to make our packages easier to discover by our users via
full-text search or structured queries.
Questions:
a) I see Arch and Debian have properties. What would it take to have a guix
property?
b) Is there already a group of people working together to put in place a
list of requirements
for software entities to be considered good in the sens of wikidata?
c) What level of notoriety requires a software to be included in wikidata?
Thanks in advance!
[0] http://gnu.org/s/guix is both a package manager and an Operating System
*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: Split identifier into KEGG Drug Identifier,
KEGG Compound Identifier, etc?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P665 >
- Closed request for comments: Clarifying rights and responsibilities of
Property Creators
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Clarifying_righ… >
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events >
- Past: 26 November 2018: Adding your own stuff to Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/SWIB_2018 >. Workshop at
SWIB18 <http://swib.org/swib18/ >, Bonn, Germany
- Past: 04 December 2018: Chancen und Risiken einer komplementären
Nutzung von GND und Wikidata
<https://www.slideshare.net/jneubert/chancen-und-herausforderungen-einer-kom… >.
Präsentation auf der GNDCon
<https://wiki.dnb.de/display/GNDCON2018/GNDCon+2018 > in Frankfurt Main,
Germany
- Past: 11–12 December 2018 in Namburu, India: Wiki Advanced Training
2018
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/VVIT_Wiki_Advanced_Training_… >
(with special focus on Wikidata) by Asaf Bartov
- Upcoming: 35th Chaos Communication Congress, December 27-30,
Leipzig. There
will be Wikidata staff and volunteers and Wikidata-related sessions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:35C3 >
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage >
- 6 "inside-out" activities librarians are doing
<http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/2018/12/6-inside-out-activiti… >
— numbers 4 and 5 involve Wikidata
- From the "Annalen der Pharmacie" to the "European Journal of Organic
Chemistry"
<https://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2018/12/from-annalen-der-pharmacie-to-eur… >
about using Wikidata for capturing (some of) the history of chemistry
- Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons
<https://pro.europeana.eu/page/issue-10-innovation-agenda#structured-data-on… >,
by Sandra Fauconnier, in *EuropeanaTech 10 Insight Issue 10: Innovation
Agenda*
- Many faces of Wikibase: Lingua Libre makes languages audible
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/12/14/many-faces-of-wikibase-lingua-li… >,
by Jens Ohlig (also available in German
<https://blog.wikimedia.de/2018/12/14/many-faces-of-wikibase-lingua-libre-ma… >
)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Call for contribution for the WikiWorkshop
<http://wikiworkshop.org/2019/ >, forum bringing together researchers
exploring all aspects of the Wikimedia projects, held in May 2019 in San
Francisco, is now open until January 31st
- Research questionnaire
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_h3LPcPgM2V3W5tNdRdWjw3ayRUq73nD… >
about Wikidata as a learning platform by Shani Evenstein
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Esh77 > as part of her PhD research.
- Interactive map of the Sibthorp & Bauer Expedition
<http://glam-discovery.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/botany/ >, produced by the
Bodleian Libraries, powered by Wikidata
- Scholia's "missing" pages (example
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia/topic/Q12156/missing >) now link to
the new Author Disambiguator
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/author-disambiguator/?doit=Look+for+author&name=N… >
tool, and a Listeria list
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData/Wikidata… >
is available to help prioritize co-author disambiguation for authors with
sitelinks.
- Draft of behavior norms policy
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Behavior_norms >, feel free to
leave comments
- Wikimedia hackathon in Prague: apply for a scholarship until January
4th
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019/Register_and_Attend >
- Discuss if you can edit your own item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Editing_your_own_item >,
and vote here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Autobiography#Final_version >
on the proposed policy
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Autobiography >.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties >:
- General datatypes: real estate developer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6237 >, collection creator
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6241 >, digital
representation of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6243 >, specific
age inside fictional universe
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6249 >, catchphrase
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6251 >, subject lexeme
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6254 >, right ascension
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6257 >, declination
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6258 >, epoch
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6259 >, galactic longitude
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6260 >, galactic latitude
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6261 >
- External identifiers: ARLLFB member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6226 >, Flora of Wisconsin ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6227 >, RegiowikiAT identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6228 >, Discord Store game SKU
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6229 >, Bavarian protected
area ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6230 >, BDEL ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6231 >, Danske Taler speaker
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6232 >, Place Names
Register ID (Estonia)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6233 >, Biographie
nationale de Belgique ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6234 >, ARB person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6235 >, Monument aux morts ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6238 >, IEC commemorative
monument of Catalonia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6239 >, MMLO
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6240 >, Meteorological
Service of Canada climate site ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6242 >, Volksbund ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6244 >, PomBase systematic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6245 >, Paris Musées work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6246 >, LEGO design ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6247 >, LEGO element ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6248 >, iTunes music movie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6250 >, BSRussia player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6252 >, Beachsoccer.ru person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6253 >, SinemaTürk person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6255 >, SinemaTürk film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6256 >, Wikia article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6262 >, MinDat mineral ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6263 >, Harvard Index of
Botanists ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6264 >, MinDat
Locality ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6265 >
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal >
to review:
- General datatypes: Garzanti Linguistica
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Garzanti_Linguisti… >,
Buried in this place
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Buried_in_this_pla… >,
specific rotation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/specific_rotation >,
Data interval
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Data_interval >,
Minimum wage
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Minimum_wage >,
Danmarks svampeatlas ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danmarks_svampeatl… >,
friend of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/friend_of >,
copyright
representative
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/copyright_represen… >,
rights statement
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/rights_statement >,
co-director
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/co-director >,
Berliner Schutzgebiets-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Berliner_Schutzgeb… >,
preparation instructions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/preparation_instru… >
- External identifiers: SVT Open archive
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SVT_Open_archive >,
Hymnary.org page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary.org_page >,
Anbytarforum
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anbytarforum >,
Multiplayer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Multiplayer_ID >,
Amazon Music artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amazon_Music_artis… >,
Parliament of South Africa ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parliament_of_Sout… >,
Objectif Gard topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Objectif_Gard_topi… >,
Epic Games Store ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Epic_Games_Store_ID >,
Hymnary author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary_author_ID >,
IPPDH ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IPPDH_ID >,
French
Academy of Sciences member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/French_Academy_of_… >,
OTRS ticket number 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OTRS_ticket_number… >,
MNopedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MNopedia_ID >,
NCpedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NCpedia_ID >,
ICCD IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICCD_IDs >,
Weeds
in Ontario ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Weeds_in_Ontario_ID >,
AllMusic performance ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AllMusic_performan… >,
bbcmicro.co.uk identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bbcmicro.co.uk_ide… >,
YSA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YSA_ID >
- Query examples:
- (UK) Ambassador by country list
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_British_Politicians/amba… >
- Listeria report which writes 240 by-country reports on UK Ambassadors -
h/t NavinoEvans <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:NavinoEvans > for
the approach
- Presidents of the United States ranked by the number of species
named after them
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0A%23species%20named%20a… >
(source <https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1075288060793741312 >)
- Communes of France whose name starts with "Saint"
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fi… >
(source <https://twitter.com/GromNaN/status/1074668877387366405 >)
- Italian toponyms with suffixes of Celtic origin (-ago, -ate, -asco)
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23Toponyms%20of%20Celti… >
(source <https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1074523595924074496 >)
- List of ABBA songs in A major
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WH… >
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1074839418182209536 >
)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects >:
Wikidata:WikiProject Policies
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Policies >
- Newest database reports: Nicolas Cage filmography
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/Filmography/Nicol… >
- expanded list of Christmas films
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/lists/films_by_ge… >
Development
- Test that the issue with blocked users will not happen anymore (
phab:T211120 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211120 >)
- Finish up on showing Language and Language codes when editing glosses (
phab:T209931 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209931 >)
- Work towards having QualityContraints on Beta (phab:T209957
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209957 >)
- Work on tracking usage of Wikibase Lua Functions (phab:T191416
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191416 >)
- Some more work on string length limits (phab:T154660
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154660 >)
- Work on some Wikidata toolkit improvements (phab:T209399
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209399 >)
- Fix some errors happening in production (phab:T208924
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208924 >)
- More under-the-hood work for the termbox on mobile
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/?filt… >.
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 >
- Suggested and open tasks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks >
!
- 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 >
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
// sorry for cross-posting
Hello everyone,
the Technical Advice IRC Meeting [1] is taking a 4-week break. The next
meeting will take place in 2019, on January 16.
Also, please take note that there’ll be only one time slot for the
Technical Advice IRC Meeting in 2019: 4 pm UTC.
See you in 2019!
Johanna (for the Technical Advice IRC Meeting crew)
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting
The Structured Data on Commons team has begun beta testing of the first
feature, multilingual file captions, and all community members are invited
to test it out. Captions is based on designs discussed with the community
[1][2] and the team is looking forward to hearing about testing.
***If all goes well during testing, captions will be turned on for Commons
around the second week of January, 2019.***
Multilingual captions are plain text fields that provide brief, easily
translatable details of a file in a way that is easy to create, edit, and
curate. Captions are added during the upload process using the
UploadWizard, or they can be added directly on any file page on Commons.
Adding captions in multiple languages is a simple process that requires
only a few steps.
The details:
-
There is [[mw:Help:File_captions|a help page available on how to use
multilingual file captions]]
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Testing will take place on Beta Commons. If you don’t yet have an
account set up there, you’ll need one. (direct link:
https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page )
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Beta Commons is a testbed, and not configured exactly like the real
Commons site, so expect to see some discrepancies with UI elements like
search
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Structured Data introduces the potential for many important page changes
to happen at once, which could flood the recent changes list. Because of
this, Enhanced Recent Changes
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Help:Enhanced_recent_changes > is enabled
as it currently is at Commons, but with some user interface changes.
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Feedback and commentary on the file caption functionality are welcome
and encouraged on the discussion page for this post:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Structured_data/Beta_captio…
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Some testing has already taken place and the team are aware of some
issues. A list of known issues can be seen below
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If you discover a bug/issue that is not covered in the known issues,
please file a ticket on Phabricator and tag it with the “Multimedia” tag.
Use [
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?projects=mult…
this link to file a new task] already tagged with "Multimedia."
Known issues:
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Search is not currently working on Beta Commons. Search is not needed
for testing captions, but service should be restored soon.
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Language name display inconsistencies in multilingual file captions -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209380
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Language names for multilingual File captions can run into the caption
value in the mobile view - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209333
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Deleting a caption field that has text that exceeds the limit does not
re-enable the "publish" button -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209329
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"Edit" tab for past revisions should be "restore" -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209187
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When using the back button, recently added captions sometimes don't
display in Chrome - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208894
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File Captions can't be edited on mobile browsers -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208993
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Wrong font weight for some language labels on SDC captions box -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208902
Thanks!
1.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Fee…
2.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Fee…
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Keegan Peterzell
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation