Wikidata March 2022

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Invitation to Wikimedia Research Office Hours April 5, 2022
by Emily Lescak 30 Mar '22

30 Mar '22

Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours this Tuesday, 2022-04-05. Find your local time here <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1649199600>. To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3]. You are welcome to add questions / items to the etherpad in advance, or when you arrive at the session. Even if you are unable to attend the session, you can leave a question that we can address asynchronously. If you do not have a specific agenda item, you are welcome to hang out and enjoy the conversation. More detailed information (e.g., about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves available to answer research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Here are some example cases we hope to be able to support you with: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour. However, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. To improve the impact and accessibility of our sessions, we invite you to share your feedback in a brief optional survey [6]. We estimate that it will take about 5-10 minutes to complete. We welcome your input even if you have not attended Office Hours. If you prefer to not respond via Google form, you can provide your feedback via email. We will accept responses until April 15, 2022. Hope to see many of you, Emily on behalf of the WMF Research Team [1] https://research.wikimedia.org [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html [6] https://forms.gle/Y5zJ7gunk4RvqvJX8 -- Emily Lescak (she / her) Senior Research Community Officer The Wikimedia Foundation

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WDQS scaling update, March 2022
by Mike Pham 30 Mar '22

30 Mar '22

Hi all, The Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) scaling update for March 2022 is now available: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS-scaling-up… <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS-scaling-up…> Most notably, we have released a paper summarizing our shortlist of WDQS backend alternatives <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_al…>, and how we arrived at these options. Please take at the paper for more details! Best, Mike — *Mike Pham* (he/him) Sr Product Manager, Search Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Wrap-up of the Data Reuse Days 2022
by Léa Lacroix 29 Mar '22

29 Mar '22

Hello all, Thanks again to everyone who attended the Data Reuse Days <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Reuse_Days_2022> and contributed to its success! We had a total of 45 sessions, with more than 60 different speakers, presenting a broad diversity of projects reusing Wikidata's data. Also a warm thank you to all speakers who presented, and people who helped take notes during the sessions! If you missed the event, here are several ways to catch up: you can watch the recorded sessions <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduaHBu_3ejNaZk15ybdHNWY8z-FyunRm>, access the slides on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Data_Reuse_Days_2022_presentati…> and the collaborative notes for all sessions <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Reuse_Days_2022/Outcomes…>. You can also access the individual links for a specific session directly from the schedule <https://diff.wikimedia.org/calendar/month/2022-03/?tribe_tags%5B0%5D=13446> . If you attended the event and contributed to something that could be useful for others (create or improve a tool, start a discussion, build a cool query...), please add it to the outcomes page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Reuse_Days_2022/Outcomes> . As usual, I'm open to feedback, suggestions and ideas that would allow us to improve the upcoming events and try out new things. Feel free to reach out to me directly by email. Cheers, -- Léa Lacroix Community Engagement Coordinator 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.

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A new update on the Wikidata Query Service scaling process
by Luca Martinelli [Sannita＠WMF] 29 Mar '22

29 Mar '22

Hi all! We have an important update to share with the community regarding the Wikidata Query Service scaling process: we closed our study phase and published a working paper,[1] in which we short-listed and analyzed four potential candidates for replacing Blazegraph. You can find out a summary of the evaluation study process and results here: [2] The paper addresses the technical and user requirements for the WDQS backend, gathered over the last seven years of operation, as well as the implications for the system architectures. These topics, the process for evaluation, and the resulting detailed assessments of the possible alternatives are discussed in the document. We encourage all community members to review and comment on this paper,[1] by posting feedback on the discussion page.[3] We also plan on hosting an online feedback session on *Wednesday April 13, 2022 at 18:00 UTC* (link to the meeting available at [2]). Of course, we are available for any clarification or request of information needed. Cheers, [1] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:WDQS_Backend_Alternatives_working_paper.… [2] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_al… [3] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backe… -- Luca Martinelli [Sannita] (he/him) Community Relation Specialist

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The ACM Web Conference 2022 - DEI Grant second round!
by Raphaël Troncy 28 Mar '22

28 Mar '22

I'm transferring this information to the Wikidata mailing list, hoping I'm not violating any posting rules since: - the WIKI workshop will be colocated at The Web Conference 2022 (relevance) - this is a specific announcement for widening participation to a scientific conference, promoting a DEI grant which I believe is part of the core values of this list. Best regards. Raphaël Troncy General Chair, The Web conference ------------------ [Apologies for the cross-posting, this information is sent to numerous lists you may have subscribed to] Contact us: contact(a)thewebconf.org *The ACM Web Conference 2022 - DEI Grant second round! more information at https://www2022.thewebconf.org/diversity-equity-inclusion/ 2nd Round for NON-authors - Application deadline: April 8th, 2022 - Decision notification: April 13th, 2022 The ACM Web Conference series is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). In accordance with ACM’s policy (https://www.acm.org/diversity-inclusion), we intend to celebrate the similarities and differences that make our community so innovative and productive by opening up and widening access to the entire conference program of The ACM Web Conference 2022. To reach this goal, we are happy to propose The Web Conference 2022 DEI program, which is also partially supported by a specific donation by Google (https://diversity.google/). This program offers full FREE registrations to the entire conference week. This second round of application is *NOT* suitable for authors, but instead, tailored for the researchers from the Global South who had little or no previous experiences of The Web Conference. The number of available DEI tickets is limited. Each application will be carefully studied by the organizing committee. If you apply to this programme, please wait to be notified of the decision before registering for the conference. Do not hesitate to contact the Committee at dei2022[at]thewebconf.org. We stay available to answer any questions! *Application* Applications are to be sent by email to dei2022[at]thewebconf.org, with the following information inserted directly in the body of your mail (please, do NOT attach any files): - Name - Surname(s) - Email Address - Country of residence - Short statement written in English (up to 2000 characters including whitespaces) containing any information that is relevant to justify and motivate your participation in the DEI program. Note that this statement will be primarily used to assess your eligibility. Data protection As DEI applications may contain sensitive data, we wish to stress that all information concerning these applications will be handled according to the GDPR (https://gdpr-info.eu/) European regulation. In particular, application emails will NOT be transmitted and will be destroyed at the end of the process. ============================================================ Contact us: contact(a)thewebconf.org - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWebConf - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheWebConf - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/18819430/admin/ - Website: https://www2022.thewebconf.org/ ============================================== -- Raphaël Troncy EURECOM, Campus SophiaTech Data Science Department 450 route des Chappes, 06410 Biot, France. e-mail: raphael.troncy(a)eurecom.fr & raphael.troncy(a)gmail.com Tel: +33 (0)4 - 9300 8242 Fax: +33 (0)4 - 9000 8200 Web: http://www.eurecom.fr/~troncy/

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Weekly Summary #513
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 28 Mar '22

28 Mar '22

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Upcoming - The next Wikibase live session <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2022.03.31> is 15:00 UTC on Thursday 31st March 2022 (17:00 Berlin time). What are you working on around Wikibase? You're welcome to come and share your project with the community. - Live Wikidata editing on Twitch <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> and in French by Vigneron, March 29 at 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) - ArtandFeminism 2022 editathon by Achiri Bitamsimli <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Achiri_Bitamsimli>. Theme: Add Dagbani labels and descriptions of female lawyers in West Africa. Date: April 1st, 2022 - March 8th, 2022. Location: Tamale College of Education, Ghana. Time: 9:00am — 9:00pm UTC. Register <https://artandfeminism.org/edit_a_thon/artandfeminism-2022-in-ghana-notable…> . - LIVE Wikidata editing #77 - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9CqmS9jzEo>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/320622916966223…>, April 2nd at 18:00 UTC - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #102 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träf…>, April 3rd at 12.00 UTC - Cultural Venues Datathon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Cultural_venues/Datathon>: April 25 - May 2, 2022. This online editing event is organized by the Canadian Association for the Performing Arts, LaCogency and many partners, with support from Wikimedia Foundation Alliances Fund. Guided editing sessions will be facilitated in English <https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/cultural-venues-datathon/> and in French <https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/fr/datathon-des-lieux-culturels/>. - The Celtic Knot Conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022>, dedicated to underrepresented languages on the Wikimedia projects, with a focus on Wikidata, will take place online and onsite on July 1-2, 2022. - Ongoing: - Wikimedia Indonesia's *Datathon* program under 2022 Wiki Women's Month <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia/Bulan_Wiki_Perempuan_20…> started on March 18th 18:00 UTC+7 and will last until March 25th 23:59 UTC+7. 70+ users enrolled. Page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Indonesia/Kegiatan/Datat…> . - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #35, Water <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=35> - Past: - Two Wikidata Training (*Kelas Wikidata*) on 2022 Wiki Women's Month <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia/Bulan_Wiki_Perempuan_20…> were held online on March 12th and 13th. - Data Reuse Days <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Reuse_Days_2022>. For a recap of the event: - a selection of sessions are recorded, you can find the videos here <https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduaHBu_3ejNaZk15ybdHNWY8z-FyunRm> or below <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2022_03_28#Press,_art…> - speakers will progressively add their slides in this Commons category <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Data_Reuse_Days_2022_presentati…> - all notes and Q&A of sessions are archived here: Wikidata:Events/Data Reuse Days 2022/Outcomes/notes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Reuse_Days_2022/Outcomes…> Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Blogs - Lexicographical Data for Language Learners: The Wikidata-based App Scribe <https://tech-news.wikimedia.de/en/2022/03/18/lexicographical-data-for-langu…> - Inaugural Wikidata Fellows announced, Wikimedia Australia <https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Inaugural_Wikidata_Fellows_announced> - Wikidata’s lexemes sparked this librarian’s interest <https://wikiedu.org/blog/2022/03/22/wikidatas-lexemes-sparked-this-libraria…> - Actress-singers and actor-singers: do actresses become singers and singers become actors? <https://observablehq.com/@pac02/actress-singers-and-actor-singers-do-actres…> fact checking an intuition using Wikidata - Building a Web of Knowledge Through Wikidata <https://americanart.si.edu/blog/wikidata-artists> - Presentations - LOTUS, Beyond drug discovery: Breaking the boundaries of natural products information <https://www.bjonnh.net/share/20220320_acs/>, at the American Chemical Society (Q247556) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q247556> Spring 2022 meeting - Papers - "Exploratory Methods for Relation Discovery in Archival Data" <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.11361.pdf> - a holistic approach to discover relations in art historical communities and enrich historians’ biographies and archival descriptions, based on Wikidata - Videos - DataReuseDays 2022 concluded. (see past events above <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2022_03_28#Events> for a full list of the recorded sessions <https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduaHBu_3ejNaZk15ybdHNWY8z-FyunRm> ) - A simple demonstration of search using QAnswer software for the disability wikibase knowledge graph - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgCgEje-kiM> - FAIR and Open multilingual clinical trials in Wikidata - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yRhCENeezQ> - Using Mix'n'match (in Italian) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ53x5GcfmE> - A Triangular Connection Libraries' Wikidata projects on names, collections and users - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqDgZJaVj20> Tool of the week - Scribe <https://apps.apple.com/app/scribe-language-keyboards/id1596613886> is a keyboard extension based on lexicographical data that can help users remember grammar rules (see blogpost above <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2022_03_28#Press,_art…> ). - WorldlEH <https://worldleh.talaios.coop/> is a wordle clone in Basque. Other Noteworthy Stuff - Status update about what was achieved for each of the Wikibase related 2021 development goals has been published: Wikidata:Development plan/archive2021/status updates <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development_plan/archive2021/status_…> - Call for Mentors: Wiki Mentor Africa <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiki_Mentor_Africa> is a mentorship project for tool creators/contributors. Interested to become a mentor (experienced tool creators/contributors), please visit this page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiki_Mentor_Africa/Mentor%27s_Room> ! - Wikidata now has over 1,600,000,000 edits! The milestone edit was made by Ruky Wunpini <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ruky_Wunpini>. - The Dutch National Library has a new website with more info on their use of the Wikimedia Projects including their work with Wikidata <https://www.kb.nl/over-ons/projecten/wikipedia-wikimedia>. - 2 months paid internship vacancy is available for Wikimedia Indonesia technology division. Registration is open until March 27th. Announcement <https://twitter.com/wikidataid/status/1506113550460530691>. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: documentation files at <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10527> - External identifiers: SINGULART artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10516>, eBru ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10517>, ICCROM authority ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10518>, Legal entity registered by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10519>, Rekhta book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10520>, ILO code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10521>, reddoorz hotel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10522>, Naver VIBE video ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10523>, SberZvuk artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10524>, Italian Women Writers ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10525>, RBC company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10526>, Madrean Discovery Expeditions Flora Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10528>, Madrean Discovery Expeditions Fauna Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10529>, Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10530>, Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10531>, Booking.com numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10532>, Agoda hotel numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10533>, Australian Reptile Online Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10534>, RSPA modern authors ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10535>, RSPA ancient authors ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10536>, 1905.com film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10537>, Leafsnap ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10538>, ImagesDéfense ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10539>, TASS Encyclopedia person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10540>, TASS Encyclopedia country ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10541>, TASS Encyclopedia tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10542>, WIPO Pearl term ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10543> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: maintains consistent linking to <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/maintains_consiste…>, ocupante de / occupant of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ocupante_de_/_occu…> - External identifiers: World of Waterfalls ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_of_Waterfall…>, New IDU properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/New_IDU_properties>, My World(a)Mail.Ru ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/My_World@Mail.Ru_ID>, BillionGraves grave ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BillionGraves_grav…>, Archivio Storico Intesa Sanpaolo <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivio_Storico_I…>, GEMET ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GEMET_ID>, Enciclopedia del Novecento ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_del_N…>, Trovo ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trovo_ID>, Invasive.org species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Invasive.org_speci…>, ihg Hotel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ihg_Hotel_ID>, Monoskop article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Monoskop_article_ID>, Le Monde journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Monde_journalis…>, Libération journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lib%C3%A9ration_jo…>, Le Parisien journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Parisien_journa…>, Les Échos journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Les_%C3%89chos_jou…>, L'Humanité journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%27Humanit%C3%A9_…>, L'Opinion journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%27Opinion_journa…>, Le Figaro journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Figaro_journali…>, Présent author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pr%C3%A9sent_autho…>, Aldiwan poet ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aldiwan_poet_ID>, Aldiwan poem ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aldiwan_poem_ID>, International Jewish Cemetery Project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Jewi…> - Query examples: - Wikidata knowledge graph of Elizabeth Keckley, dressmaker to U.S. First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln <https://w.wiki/4JHa> (source <https://twitter.com/fuzheado/status/1506380715985887241>) - Women who served as defense ministers in various countries <https://w.wiki/4yJM> (source <https://twitter.com/wikimediaid/status/1506212109381644292>) - UK MPs who had paired names (e.g. Owen Thomas / Thomas Owen) <https://w.wiki/4zVn> (source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1507443437200678918>) - List of properties associated with items that are class/subclass of File Format <https://w.wiki/4yr2> (source <https://twitter.com/beet_keeper/status/1506625658490871819>) - Table frequency of properties used in instances of public libraries <https://w.wiki/4zGb> Development - [Significant Change]: wbsearchentities changed to explicitly return display terms and matched term <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/th…> - Lexicographical data: Working on the lookup for language and lexical category and displaying potential errors during Lexeme creation - Improved the API response of the wbsearchentities endpoint by adding the language to the labels and descriptions in the API response ( phab:T104344 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104344>) - Data Reuse Days: Second and final week - organized, attended and held a few sessions incl. bug triage hour and pink pony session - REST API: Continuing work on getting the the data of an Item, we almost have filtering of the data returned by the API and basic error handling is in place. Next up: not returning the data if the client already has the most recent data, and authentication 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> - 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! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland – Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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Announcing the 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon
by Haley Lepp 26 Mar '22

26 Mar '22

Hello everyone! Your friendly neighborhood Hackathon committee is thrilled to announce the 2022 Global Wikimedia Hackathon! We invite you to join us for three days of collaborating, interactive sessions, and social fun from May 20-May 22. The Hackathon will be held online and there will be grants available to support local in-person meetups around the world. You can find more information about this on our MediaWiki.org page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2022>, which will continue to grow over the next few weeks. For more details, read below. Who: The Hackathon is for anyone who contributes (or wants to contribute to) to Wikimedia’s technical areas - as code creators, maintainers, translators, designers, technical writers and other technical roles. You can come with a project in mind, join an existing project, or create something new with others. The choice is yours! Newcomers are welcome. We will send out more information on how to schedule a session in the program soon. You can also add yourself to the participants list <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2022/Participants>, and mention if you would like to help with tasks such as facilitation or welcoming newcomers. There will be scholarship stipends available- please stay tuned for more information. What: A Wikimedia Hackathon <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons> is a space for the technical community to come together and work together on technical projects, learn from each other, and make new friends. When: May 20-May 22. The schedule will be announced shortly. We are trying to plan events so that people in all time zones can participate comfortably. There will be core hours several times a day when most events will occur, and online social and hacking spaces open 24 hours a day throughout the three days. Where: The Hackathon will primarily be held online. However, very soon we will share an application for local affiliates to apply for grants to host in-person local meetups. Meetups can be anything from social gatherings with food, to a party for watching the opening or closing ceremony, to a pre-event workshop, to renting a venue where people can participate together in the online event. Grants can range from 500-5000 USD. Stay tuned for more information! How (can you help)?: 1. We are seeking another committee member! The commitment is around 3 hours per week. If you are interested, please contact hlepp(a)wikimedia.org 2. We have an ideas page. <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Hackathon_2022>What are you interested in? What would you like to see or do in this year’s hackathon? Please share your ideas with everyone! This is a community Hackathon and we will work together to put on a great event. 3. Do you have any accessibility or translation requests? Please contact hlepp(a)wikimedia.org Cheers, Your Hackathon Committee Andre <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:AKlapper_(WMF)> Haley <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:HLepp_(WMF)> Jay <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jayprakash12345> Lucas <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister> Marios <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Magioladitis> Neslihan <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Flanoz> Selene <https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:SYang_(WMF)&action=edit&re…>

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Save the date: Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language conference, July 1-2, online and onsite
by Léa Lacroix 24 Mar '22

24 Mar '22

Hello all, The Celtic Knot organizing team is very happy to announce that the conference dedicated to minoritized languages on the Wikimedia projects will be back for its 6th edition, on July 1-2, 2022 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022>. Broader than the Celtic family languages, the event gathers people from communities and languages that are underrepresented on the Wikimedia projects. It is a place where people working on growing and maintaining their communities can meet, learn from each other, and support each other on topics like community growth, technical tools, or collaboration with partners. Wikidata, as the platform to centralize, organize, and distribute multilingual content, is a strong focus of the event. For the Celtic Knot 2022 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022>, we want to build a light and sharp program, with a *strong focus on skills and knowledge exchange*. Thanks to the input from the community, we identified several important topics that we will address during interactive workshops and guided discussions. We will make sure that participants can connect with people from like-minded growing communities, share their experiences with others, and bring back what they learned to their communities. This year, we’re experimenting with a *hybrid format for the conference*: while the core program will take place entirely online on Friday, July 1st, and Saturday, July 2nd, we will encourage local groups and language communities to organize onsite events before, during or after the conference. The core program will be available in replay to make sure that the content is accessible asynchronously. The program of the conference is still under construction, as well as the concept for onsite events, participants support, and various other logistical aspects. We will regularly post updates on the talk page of the event on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022>. The core organizing team is composed of Daria Cybulska, Richard Nevell (WMUK) and Léa Lacroix (WMDE). If you have ideas or suggestions, if you would like to get involved in the conference as a helper, feel free to contact any of us. We’re looking forward to seeing you at the Celtic Knot! On behalf of the organization team, -- Léa Lacroix Community Engagement Coordinator 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.

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Second Pywikibot workshop on Friday, March 25th, 16:00 UTC
by Srishti Sethi 23 Mar '22

23 Mar '22

Hello everyone, The second workshop on the topic of "Running Pywikibot scripts" is coming up - it will take place on Friday, March 25th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here: < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_run_a_…> [1]. This workshop will introduce participants to the bot scripts available via the Pywikibot framework and how to use them. If you missed attending the first one, it would be beneficial to have Pywikibot installed on your computer before the workshop. We look forward to your participation! Best, Srishti On behalf of the SWT Workshops Organization team [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_run_a_… *Srishti Sethi* Senior Developer Advocate Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Easiest way to get all sitelists counts > 0?
by finin＠umbc.edu 23 Mar '22

23 Mar '22

Is there a simple way to get the sitelinks count data for all Wikidata items? I want to use the data to help rank possible text entity links to Wikidata items I'm really only interested in counts for items that have at least one (e.g., wikibase:sitelinks value that's >0). According to statistics I've seen, only about 1/3 of Wikidata items have at least one sitelink. I'm not sure if wikibase:sitelinks is included in the standard WIkidata dump. I could try a SPARQL query with an OFFSET and LIMIT, but I doubt that the approach would work to completion.

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