* 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 2024-09-02.*
* Discussions *
- Project chat: Wikidata:Project chat#Mass-import policy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Mass-import_policy - A new mass-import policy has been proposed, focusing on improving the quality of existing items rather than importing new ones, with a suggested limit of 100 new items before requiring community approval.
* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events *
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group session 3 September, 2024: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Session on Tuesday, 3 September, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1725379200). Christa Strickler will be our first Project Series lead with her joint project with the Wikidata Religion & Theology Community of Practice to contribute biographical data to Wikidata from the IRFA database using the Mix’n’Match tool. We are excited to learn more about this project, provide a forum for discussion and shared learning, and lend a hand while building new skills. Event page: Wikidata:WikiProject LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group/Affinity Group Calls/First Project Series https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls/First_Project_Series - (id) Registration is open for the Wikimedia Indonesia Research Grant 2024 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia/Hibah_Riset_Wikidata_2024 program. Open until 30 September 2024. This program opens funding opportunities for research on topics related to Wikidata, Wikipedia, or other Wiki projects, and Linked Open Data. - Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—September 4, 2024 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/ZDRZDW4QKS5JKQWYGZQ6RFULGX5FZJHU/. Time: 15:00-16:00 UTC / 08:00 PDT / 11:00 EDT / 17:00 CEST
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs: (de) Wikibase4Research https://blog.tib.eu/2024/08/29/wikibase4research-wissensdaten-einfach-verwalten-teilen-und-visualisieren/ - Easily manage, share and visualize knowledge data, tailored for academic purposes, WB4R simplifies the installation and use of MedaWiki software. By Kolja Bailly. - Papers - KGPrune: a Web Application to Extract Subgraphs of Interest from Wikidata with Analogical Pruning https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2408.14658 (see also Videos) - this web application when given seed entities of interest and properties to traverse, extracts neighboring subgraphs from Wikidata. By Pierre Monnin. - Project SHADOW: Symbolic Higher-order Associative Deductive reasoning On Wikidata using LM probing https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2408.14849 - A fine-tuned language model trained on an intermediate task using associative deductive reasoning. By Hanna Abi Akl. - Transforming higher education: a decade of integrating Wikipedia and Wikidata for literacy enhancement and social impact https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383606716_Transforming_higher_education_a_decade_of_integrating_wikipedia_and_wikidata_for_literacy_enhancement_and_social_impact - Demonstrating the role of Wikipedia and Wikidata in fostering knowledge creation, digital and data literacies and critical thinking, in Open Edcuational resources. By S.E. Sigalov, A. Cohen & R. Nachmias. - Videos - (es) Connect biodiversity to Wikimedia projects via iNaturalist? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnQ_Bv7xsms - Tiago Lubiana presents the inat2wiki platform (https://inat2wiki.toolforge.org/), designed to connect biodiversity observations to Commons and subsequently, to Wikipedia and Wikidata. - (es) Lecture on Knowledge Graphs & Workshop on Querying Data https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuzsLc2Z7ZE - Sebastián Ferrada presents this lecture at the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science 2023 including a SPARQL and Wikidata Query Service workshop. - Wiki4Education Technical Training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LgImCismRw?t=8739 - session 2 of the Wiki4Education training series held across 17 - 24 Aug 2024 in Uganda. - Introducing KGPrune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt5gF4ZmhGY - a web application to extract subgraphs of interest from Wikidata with analogical pruning by Pierre Monnin. - (ar) Intro to Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSSGyYgKlvM at the Arabic Wikidata Days 2024, hosted by Houcemeddine Turki - (ar) 2: Wikidata for Wikipedians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmd_oOaN2lg - this session of Arabic Wikidata Days 2024 shows the benefits of using Wikidata in Wikipedia. - Notebooks: Drawing the network of Adventures of Tintin https://observablehq.com/@pac02/drawing-the-adventures-of-tintin-character-network
* Tool of the week *
- Display Wikidata Info on sister projects https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/tools/wikidata-on-sister-projects/history/revision/40193 by User:Yair rand https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yair_rand. This user-script will add the articles corresponding Wikidata item Label, Q-ID, Description and Short Desc. neatly under the article title. If no Wikidata item is linked, option to CreateNewItem page on Wikidata is provided.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- Call for Projects and Mentors for Outreachy Round 29 is open! https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/RYYOGLIJFXKZOSU4PAS2SBO7TWKRGYU4/ The deadline to submit projects on the Outreachy website is September 11, 2024 at 4pm UTC and the project list will be finalized by September 18, 2024. - QuickStatements Community Consultation https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/MU7W6Y6K2TOSPHWEY5WIUO76JLPKLWL7/. Wiki Movimento Brazil as part of the Software Collaboration for Wikidata https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Software_Collaboration_for_Wikidata are conducting interviews to build upon the QuickStatements tool. If you're interested in helping refine the tool then get in touch with them.
* 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: - denomination https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12949 (value of a currency or type of currency) - exponent of base unit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12956 (a qualifier of derived from base unit (P12571) used to describe the exponent of the unit) - Newest External identifiers: Illinois Center for the Book author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12935, Slekt og Data grave ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12936, FolkWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12937, iasj article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12938, 365scores football team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12939, speedrun.com series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12940, All Musicals lyrics ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12941, MobyGames critic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12942, Polygon game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12943, Madain Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12944, 365scores basketball player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12945, FOLDOC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12946, GameFAQs genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12947, Retromags game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12948, Nomes e Voces ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12950, Altar of Gaming company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12951, Altar of Gaming franchise ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12952, Altar of Gaming game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12953, Altar of Gaming person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12954, Ciel d'oc ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12955, VideoGameGeek genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12957, GameSpot genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12958, FranceTerme identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12959, DOS Game Modding Wiki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12960, monument ID in the archive of Linz https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12961 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Larval host plant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Larval_host_plant (Larval host plant - used only for insects - subclass of P1034) - board game designer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/board_game_designer (person(s) who devised and developed this game) - has reading https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_reading (phonetic reading or pronunciation of the sinogram) - agent of action & agent class of action & agents of action have role https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/agent_of_action_%26_agent_class_of_action_%26_agents_of_action_have_role (particular item that initiates this action or class of actions) - formula weight https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/formula_weight (molar mass of an empirical forumula unit of a chemical compound, element or isotope) - mode of reproduction https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mode_of_reproduction (ways for living organisms to propagate or produce their offsprings) - initialism https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/initialism (abbreviation containing only first letters of an expression (regardless if pronounced as letters or as a word)) - Handwriting example https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Handwriting_example (Sample image of the person's handwriting.) - New External identifier property proposals to review: ACUM IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACUM_IDs, Mapcarta https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mapcarta, Encyclopedia of Brno History literature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Brno_History_literature_ID, WikiYeshiva article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WikiYeshiva_article_ID, Identifiant Say Who https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Say_Who, VIRIN https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VIRIN, Tabletopia game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tabletopia_game_ID, Board Game Arena ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Board_Game_Arena_ID, CNES identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNES_identifier, BoardGaming.com game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BoardGaming.com_game_ID, Finnish Company Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Finnish_Company_Number, case id (mainland China) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/case_id_(mainland_China), Identifiant dans l'annuaire de l'École des chartes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_dans_l%27annuaire_de_l%27%C3%89cole_des_chartes, Trakt episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trakt_episode_ID, The Indian Express Topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Indian_Express_Topic_ID, NWIS site ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NWIS_site_ID, Hindustan Times Topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hindustan_Times_Topic_ID, Lexikon der Mathematik entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lexikon_der_Mathematik_entry_ID, Biblioteka Nauki IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteka_Nauki_IDs, TV Maze character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV_Maze_character_ID, identifiant Prosocour d'une personne https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Prosocour_d%27une_personne, Stadtwiki Karlsruhe ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stadtwiki_Karlsruhe_ID, culture.ru organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/culture.ru_organization_ID, 365scores basketball team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/365scores_basketball_team_ID, identifiant Encyclopédie des femmes tunisiennes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Encyclop%C3%A9die_des_femmes_tunisiennes
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - French nuclear tests map with their power in kt https://w.wiki/B3SQ - What Wikidata album languages grew the most this week? https://w.wiki/6TNS (source https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/113057841265159018) - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Sitelinks to Wiktionary https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Sitelinks_to_Wiktionary - List of Items with links to Wiktionary main space. - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Wikimedia disambiguation page (Q4167410) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4167410: type of wiki page usually in main namespace (article namespace, ns=0) containing links to articles with similar names, and very little details only, use with P31 "instance of" (2024-09-02) - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: থোড়া (L345714) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L345714: Bengali verb thôṛa in English imply something that is “chopped” or “minced”
* Development *
- Wikidata Query Service: - The WMF Search Platform team is putting the finishing touches on the new Query Service servers that contain the two parts of the split graph. - We are analyzing which percentage of current queries are better served by other systems like the REST API or search. - Wikimedia projects integration: - We have worked on moving the Wikidata Item link out of the toolbox section of the sidebar of an article. It has been rolled out to the first wikis: ukwiki, hewiki, fawiki (phab:T66315 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66315) - We are working on decreasing the amount of irrelevant changes from Wikidata in the watchlist and recent changes on Wikipedia and co by correcting the tracking behaviour of the Lua function mw.wikibase.entity:getSitelink() (phab:T295356 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T295356) - Wikibase REST API: We continued improving errors and error messages.
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? . - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Ghana https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Ghana - 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
*Read the full report https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current*