* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata
over the last week. This is the Wikidata summary of the week before
2024-05-13. Please help Translate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>.*
* Discussions *
- Project Chat - Data model pages
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Data_models_pages>:
Alexmar983 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Alexmar983> and
User:Epìdosis (A) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ep%C3%ACdosis>
have proposed updates to standardize the nomenclature in the Wikidata:
Data Model <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_model> pages,
join the conversation. Also see this Talk page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Category_talk:Data_models> for a draft
proposal for a new Navbox.
- New requests for permissions/Bot: Bot5958
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Bot5958>
- Task: Infer Trakt.tv ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8013>
(P8013) of an episode from the Trakt.tv ID (P8013) of the corresponding TV
series.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs: Navigating the world of Wikidata
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/05/08/navigating-the-world-of-wikidata-an-introduction-and-hands-on-experience-1/>:
An intro and hands-on experience. This blog entry documents the session
from Yaw Tuba <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yaw_tuba> and Nana Yaw
Botar <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:NanaYawBotar> and
organised by Open
Foundation West Africa
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Foundation_West_Africa> in
building skills for new and experienced editors alike.
- Papers
- Sharing data, caring for collections. Open data on collection
agents affiliated with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
<https://riojournal.com/article/118851/> - This paper documents a
project at the MN to digitise collector metadata from museum exhibits for
reuse, research and provenance. S. Mering et al.
- Erenrich, Daniel. ‘Psychiq and Wwwyzzerdd: Wikidata Completion
Using Wikipedia’. 1 Jan. 2023 : 1 – 14.
<https://content.iospress.com/articles/semantic-web/sw233450>
- Ilievski, Filip et al. ‘A Study of Concept Similarity in Wikidata’.
1 Jan. 2024 : 1 – 20.
<https://content.iospress.com/articles/semantic-web/sw233520>
- Videos
- using Open Data to Automatically Generate Localised Analogies
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqkZQ1MHoCQ> - Sofia Spatharioti
explains how information from Wikidata and Wikipedia can be used
to provide
more contextual comparisons when dealing with large numbers,
dimensions or
statistics.
- Thesaurus INAPP in Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6EQqwVQNuM> (Italian) - Camillo
Carlo Pellizzari shows INAPP thesaurus usage on Wikidata and how to
normalise keywords assigned to publications.
- Authors INAPP on Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8KQqumlDwY> (Italian) - Camillo
also presents how Wikidata can record biographical data and the
presence of
authors affiliated with INAPP.
* Tool of the week *
- Wikidata:Projector <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Projector>
- is a tool that shows maps and lists with Wikidata items for a specific
topic, usually a location. As an example, see the Projector for Corfu
<https://projector.toolforge.org/#/Corfu>
- Wikidata Anti Pattern Analyzer
<http://atilioa.me/WikidataAntiPatternAnalyzer/index.html?> companion
tool to the Evidence of large-scale conceptual disarray in multi-level
taxonomies in Wikidata
<https://content.iospress.com/articles/semantic-web/sw243562> research
paper
* Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>
and property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review *
- Newest General datatypes:
- category for this time births
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12686> (category item for
people who born in this time)
- category for this time deaths
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12687> (category item for
people who died in this time)
- representation type <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12692>
(property to indicate the representation type as a qualifier for
Wikimedia
Commons SDC Depicts statements of such Wikidata items)
- source of transfer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12693>
(entity that a transferred item is initially associated with, before this
process associates it with another entity)
- destination of transfer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12694> (entity that a
transferred item comes to be associated with as a result of this process)
- LombardiaBeniCulturali collection ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12703> (ID of a collection
on lombardiabeniculturali.it)
- Newest External identifiers: FilmVandaag ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12683>, FBW ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12684>, Encyclopedia of the
Middle Ages ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12685>, Jerusalem
Film Cinematheque person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12688>, PitchBook profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12689>, New Oxford American
Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12690>, Stichting
Erfgoed Nederlandse Biercultuur brewery ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12691>, Gentoo Wiki article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12695>, Dhliz person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12696>, RAG ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12697>, The Sounds Resource
game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12698>, The Lost Media
Wiki page ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12699>, Cbonds
company profile <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12700>, Iconoteca
dell'Accademia di architettura ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12701>, Kōmako author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12702>, urban area census code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12704>, The Law Dictionary entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12705>, CDC Stacks ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12706>, Authority file of the
Iraqi Authors <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12707>, Gentoo
GURU package ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12708>, TheLegacy
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12709>
- New General datatypes property proposals to review:
- is ontological root of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_ontological_root_of>
(forms the root element of the ontology)
- located in the Islamic territorial entity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/located_in_the_Islamic_territorial_entity>
(the item is located on the territory of the following Islamic entity.)
- New External identifier property proposals to review: last appearance
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/last_appearance>,
Perlego ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Perlego_ID>,
Bokkilden
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bokkilden_ID>,
Wardah
Books ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wardah_Books_ID>,
Palula dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Palula_dictionary_ID>,
Virtual Russian Museum artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Virtual_Russian_Museum_artist_ID>,
Pushkin Museum artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pushkin_Museum_artist_ID>,
NLR editions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLR_editions>,
Dhliz
film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dhliz_film_ID>,
Dhliz TV series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dhliz_TV_series_ID>,
glubinka.by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/glubinka.by>,
Azerbaijani
National Assembly ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Azerbaijani_National_Assembly_ID>,
Explanatory Ukrainian Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Explanatory_Ukrainian_Dictionary_ID>,
Transfermarkt competition ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Transfermarkt_competition_ID>,
Quranic Semantic Search word ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Quranic_Semantic_Search_word_ID>,
Folkets lexikon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Folkets_lexikon_ID>,
Grand Theft Wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grand_Theft_Wiki_ID>,
Quranic Arabic Corpus topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Quranic_Arabic_Corpus_topic_ID>,
Australian Oxford Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Oxford_Dictionary_ID>,
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World: Digital Collection ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oxford_Encyclopedia_of_the_Islamic_World:_Digital_Collection_ID>,
Lille norske leksikon-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lille_norske_leksikon-ID>,
The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Encyclopedia_of_Religion_and_Nature_ID>,
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brewer%27s_Dictionary_of_Phrase_%26_Fable_ID>,
The Oxford Companion to World Mythology ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Companion_to_World_Mythology_ID>,
GOG product ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GOG_product_ID>,
Yandex.Music track ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yandex.Music_track_ID>,
WiiG.de developer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WiiG.de_developer_ID>,
WiiG.de publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WiiG.de_publisher_ID>,
Comprehensive Dictionary of the Contemporary Ukrainian Language ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Comprehensive_Dictionary_of_the_Contemporary_Ukrainian_Language_ID>,
The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_New_Zealand_Oxford_Dictionary_ID>,
Canadian Oxford Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Canadian_Oxford_Dictionary_ID>,
promodj album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/promodj_album_ID>,
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Encyclopedia_of_the_Modern_World_ID>,
The Oxford Companion to the Mind ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Companion_to_the_Mind_ID>,
Arkitekturguide for Nord-Norge og Svalbard ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arkitekturguide_for_Nord-Norge_og_Svalbard_ID>,
person ID in MNAHA
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/person_ID_in_MNAHA>
You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples:
- Indigenous Performers Arts Alliance (IPAA) Members living, working
or from Canada <https://w.wiki/A2SF>
- Schools of magic by numbers of students
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fperson%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ52085914.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP69%20%3Fq.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29>
- Schema examples: List of roles played by siblings <https://w.wiki/9$$N>
- Newest database reports
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Lost links
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:KrBot/Lost_links> - (New editor
removed sitelink and did not reconnect it)
- Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
Mister President (Q3050361) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3050361> -
novel written by Miguel Ángel Asturias
- Showcase Lexemes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: Ordbokredaktør
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1218418> - (Bokmål; a literary
version of Norwegian) appropriately, for Lexicographer.
* Development *
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/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority>.
* Weekly Tasks *
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed
above
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review>
.
- Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?>
.
- Participate in this week's Lexeme challenge
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php>: Gambling
- Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?>
in one or two sentences.
- 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>
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