* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2024-09-23. Please help Translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current. Missed the previous one? See issue #645 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous*
* Discussions *
- Open request for adminship: Andrei Stroe https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Andrei_Stroe - RfP scheduled to end after 23 September 2024 12:41 (UTC). - New requests for permissions/Bot: - Amazigh Bot 4 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Amazigh_Bot_4 Task(s): Links Wikidata items to articles in the Standard Moroccan Tamazight Wikipedia https://zgh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%B5%9C%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%99%E2%B5%8F%E2%B4%B0_%E2%B5%8F_%E2%B5%93%E2%B5%99%E2%B5%8F%E2%B5%93%E2%B4%B1%E2%B4%B3, adds labels and descriptions, and creates items that do not yet exist. - BihiBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/BihiBot Task(s): Linking Standard Moroccan Tamazight Wikipedia articles to Wikidata items. - ThesaurusLinguaeAegyptiaeBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ThesaurusLinguaeAegyptiaeBot Task(s): Creates and updates Hieroglyphic Ancient Egyptian and Coptic lexemes and ancient Egyptian text artifact items. Also to maintain links to the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae https://thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae.de/home project via approved properties. - Other discussion: Enabling the CampaignEvents Extention on Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Project_chat#Enabling_the_CampaignEvents_Extention_on_Wikidata - Proposal to enable the CampaignEvents extension on Wikidata to make it easier for organizers to manage community events and projects on the wikis.
* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events *
- Upcoming - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours will take place on Wednesday, 18:00 CEST on Wednesday, 16th October 2024 in the Wikidata Telegram group https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg. *The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.* - LD4 2024 Conference https://sites.google.com/view/2024-ld4-conference/ - Registration is now open for this virtual conference on *Building Community for Linked Open Data*. Held online from October 7-11, 2024. - Wikidata, biographical lives, and linked infrastructures of women’s work 1870-1950 https://tockify.com/edinburghuniversity/detail/1535/1728399600000 - A discussion on Wikidata and its role in modern knowledge infrastructures. Hear from James Baker as he discusses the *Beyond Notability* https://beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Main_Page project and how they're documenting crucial historical work. October 8, 4:00pm - 5:30pm UTC at Edinburgh Futures Institute, booking required https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/events/project-deep-dive-james-baker. - Wikidata and the Vocal Pedagogy Lineage Project https://digitalmatters.utah.edu/event/wikidata-and-the-vocal-pedagogy-lineage-project - Seth Keeton introduces their project which leverages Wikidata to visualise the network of voice teachers and students. Includes a workshop on Query service. October 25, 2:00pm - 3:00pm MDT (UTC-7) at the Marriot Library, Room 2751, Utah. - Wikidata Days Bologna 2024 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Days_Bologna_2024, Italian language conference dedicated to Wikidata for libraries and research, taking place in the frame of Wikidata’s 12th birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Twelfth_Birthday, on November 8-9 in Bologna, Italy.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs - 2 years of Wikibase Cloud by WMDE https://addshore.com/2024/09/2-years-of-wikibase-cloud-by-wmde/: User:Addshore https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Addshore provides a timeline of the development work, challenges, successes and thoughts about the 2 year journey and growth turning WBStack into Wikibase.Cloud https://wikibase.cloud/. - Wikimedia Germany develops semantic search for non-profit AI applications https://www.wikimedia.de/press-releases/wikimedia-germany-develops-semantic-search-for-non-profit-ai-applications/ - Wikimedia Germany is developing a semantic search project to simplify access to Wikidata’s open data for non-profit AI applications, aiming to support open-source projects and enhance the quality of AI-generated content. - Wikidata and Artificial Intelligence: Simplified Access to Open Data for Open-Source Projects https://blog.wikimedia.de/2024/09/17/wikidata-and-artificial-intelligence-simplified-access-to-open-data-for-open-source-projects/ - A more expansive blog article from the above Press Release (also available in German https://blog.wikimedia.de/2024/09/17/wikidata-und-ki-einfacherer-zugang/ ). - Role Model data model https://www.veradekok.nl/2024/09/role-model-datamodel/ - Creating a data model on "Role Model" - Wikidata unlocks its own knowledge base by vectorizing its data https://www.techzine.eu/news/analytics/124498/wikidata-unlocks-its-own-knowledge-base-by-vectorizing-its-data/: WMDE partners with DataStax and China’s Jina AI to convert the mountain of data into semantic vectors that are readable to nonprofit AI applications. - (fr) Wikidata MOOC: 3rd edition https://www.wikimedia.fr/inscrivez-vous-au-mooc-wikidata/ - the latest round of the Wikidata MOOC will soon begin. This edition has new chapters and features, including a focus for secondary school teachers. If you're new to Wikidata and a Francophile, this is an amazing learning tool to expand your skills and knowledge of Wikidata. - Papers - Refining Wikidata Taxonomy using Large Language Models https://hal.science/hal-04687258v1/file/WiKC_CIKM_2024.pdf - Manual efforts to clean up Wikidata's taxonomy are time-consuming and prone to error, this paper introduces WiKC (a new version of Wikidatataxonomy) which automatically cleans using a combination of large language models (LLMs) and graph mining techniques. Quality of the refined taxonomy is evaluated from both intrinsic and extrinsic perspectives, on a task of entity typing for the latter. By Y. Peng, T. Bonald & M. Alam. - Videos - Wikimania 2024 Hackathon Showcase https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2024_-_Auditorium_Kyiv_-_Day_4_-_Hackathon_Showcase.webm (45 mins) - 19 short presentations by some of the Hackathon participants, describing some of the projects they worked on, including : Extract Python library for Wikimedia tool i18n from Wikidata Lexeme Forms tool ( Phab:T283376 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T283376) - Wikidata Lab XLIII: Wiki Loves Brasil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIXMS_Xsd0k - Sandra Soster and Éder Porto present a workshop that covers the app developed based on Wikidata and the ontology and organizational work for the Wiki Loves Monuments in Brazil https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XLIII event! - Research: Wikibase Cloud Usability Research (Q2-Q3 2024) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WBC_Usability_Research_Presentation_(Q2-Q3_2024).pdf - Research by Wikimedia Deutschland to better understand Wikibase Cloud novice user's experience as well as to identify opportunities to increase usability. - Notebooks: Publications of French Sociologists https://observablehq.com/@pac02/publications-of-french-sociologists
* Tool of the week *
- User:Bargioni https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:Bargioni has uploaded demonstrations of a small suite of gadgets for Wikidata: - Gadget: Description Translator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-cr-g2HS5s - automatically translate descriptions to your default language. To install, go here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:Bargioni/descTranslator.js . - Gadget: MoreIdentifier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKmxkDsv020 - A handy shortcut to add authority control IDs from VIAF with few edits. It adds a box before the section Identifiers, allowing you to choose which IDs should be added to the item. Instructions can be found here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers . - Gadget: VIAF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-8OhZkP3IM
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- The third iteration of the Wikidata:Open Online Course https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Open_Online_Course (in English) will begin from October 1 until November 13. Whether you're a beginner taking your first steps, an individual in need of a refresher on Wikidata concepts, or a seasoned trainer looking to level up your skills - this course is right for you. Stay tuned for the registration link! - Wikitech accounts Migration to Wikimedia Unified Login (SUL) and introduction of Wikimedia IDM for developer accounts https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/SNUR67LXJM5YNEXZVMUNZGPCNRSFKI2V/ - Wikidata:SPARQL query service/WDQS graph split/Affected tools https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_graph_split/Affected_tools: *"This is a page to collect all the tools that might be affected or that will be affected by the programmed graph split https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_graph_split. This page will also help to track which tools have been fixed or migrated to the new endpoint, and which one still need to be worked on."* You're welcome to add to add more!
* 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: - exponent of base unit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12956 (a qualifier of derived from base unit (P12571) used to describe the exponent of the unit) - game designer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12969 (person(s) who devised and developed this game) - handwriting example https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12981 (sample image of the person's handwriting) - objects of occurrence have role https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12992 (role that objects of this occurrence take on in the context of this occurrence. (For selectional restrictions, use "object class of occurrence" (P12913) instead.)) - agents of action have role https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12993 (role that agents of this action take on in the context of this action. (For selectional restrictions, use "agent class of action" (P12994) instead. )) - agent class of action https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12994 (class of items that may initiate this action or class of actions (For roles filled by agents of an action, use "agents of action have role" (P12993) instead)) - agent of action https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12995 (particular item that initiates this action or class of actions) - Newest External identifiers: Altar of Gaming company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12951, Altar of Gaming franchise ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12952, Altar of Gaming game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12953, Altar of Gaming person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12954, Ciel d'oc ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12955, VideoGameGeek genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12957, GameSpot genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12958, FranceTerme identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12959, DOS Game Modding Wiki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12960, monument ID in the archive of Linz https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12961, Altar of Gaming character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12963, WikiYeshiva article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12964, Yediot Books book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12965, Mapcarta ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12966, VIRIN https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12967, cnkgraph person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12968, Tabletopia game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12970, cnkgraph book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12971, cnkgraph poem ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12973, Lexikon der Mathematik entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12975, CNES ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12976, Tretyakov Gallery artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12977, TV Maze character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12978, Say Who ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12979, Finnish Business ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12980, Prosocour person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12983, Stadtwiki Karlsruhe ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12984, Athletics New Zealand athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12985, Encyclopedia of Tunisian Women person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12986, LMFDB knowl ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12987, ACUM performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12988, ACUM creator/publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12989, ACUM Work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12990, ACUM album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12991, culture.ru organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12996, Hindustan Times topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12997, Newgrounds submission ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12998, Storia della civiltà europea ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P12999, Encyclopedia of Brno History literature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P13000, Linked Open Vocabularies ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P13001, Ontobee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P13002, typeset.io journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P13003, NooSFere editorial collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P13004, pomniky.npmk.cz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P13005, Dictionary of guerrillas and anti-Franco resistance fighters ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P13014, e-LIS publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Property:P13015 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Larval host plant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Larval_host_plant (Larval host plant - used only for insects - subclass of P1034) - has reading https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_reading (phonetic reading or pronunciation of the kanji) - chemical formula https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/chemical_formula (Description of chemical compound giving element symbols and counts) - mode of reproduction https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mode_of_reproduction (ways for living organisms to propagate or produce their offsprings) - health points https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/health_points (health or armor points of this video game, board game or role-playing game character) - damage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/damage (damage value of this video game weapon, ability or character) - magazine capacity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/magazine_capacity (In (real or fictional) devices like a firearm, weapon, or engineered thing, this is the default capacity or size of a devices' magazine, clip, or other container typically used to hold ammunition, bolts, cartridges, tools, etc. which pushes those items as needed usually through a spring-based mechanism into a receiver for further use by the device) - male mean age https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/male_mean_age (male mean age in a given place; qualifier of {{P|4442}}) - female mean age https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/female_mean_age (female mean age in a given place; qualifier of {{P|4442}}) - Mummy of a person https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mummy_of_a_person (mummy of a person) - publication type of scholarly article https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/publication_type_of_scholarly_article (Publication type of scholarly article) - characteristic of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/characteristic_of ((qualifier only) statement value is a characteristic, quality, property, or state of this item) - Medietilsynets filmdatabase https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medietilsynets_filmdatabase (identifier for a film in the Norwegian Medietilsynets database) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Board Game Arena ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Board_Game_Arena_ID, BoardGaming.com game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BoardGaming.com_game_ID, case id (mainland China) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/case_id_(mainland_China), Identifiant dans l'annuaire de l'École des chartes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_dans_l%27annuaire_de_l%27%C3%89cole_des_chartes, The Indian Express Topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Indian_Express_Topic_ID, NWIS site ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NWIS_site_ID, Biblioteka Nauki IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteka_Nauki_IDs, MinDat Feature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MinDat_Feature_ID, BoardGameGeek game mechanic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BoardGameGeek_game_mechanic_ID, LWW journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LWW_journal_ID, BioMed Central journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BioMed_Central_journal_ID, Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historical_Encyclopedia_of_Siberia_ID, FightTime fighters ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FightTime_fighters_ID, Korean Basketball League ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Korean_Basketball_League_ID, Identifiant L'Humanité d’un sujet https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_L%27Humanit%C3%A9_d%E2%80%99un_sujet, Chinese Basketball Association ID2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Basketball_Association_ID2, Koha Kütüphane ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Koha_K%C3%BCt%C3%BCphane_ID, MyWaifuList character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MyWaifuList_character_ID, Kotaku game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kotaku_game_ID, FantLab artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FantLab_artist_ID, Münzkabinett https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/M%C3%BCnzkabinett, GameReactor company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GameReactor_company_ID, Latgales dati person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Latgales_dati_person_ID, identifiant inventaire Grand Est https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_inventaire_Grand_Est, RedBA Granada authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RedBA_Granada_authority_ID, MetalTabs.com musician ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MetalTabs.com_musician_ID, HA! ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HA!_ID, Identifiant Radio France d'une émission https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Radio_France_d%27une_%C3%A9mission, Identifiant France Télévisions d'une émission https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_France_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9visions_d%27une_%C3%A9mission
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - A list of black-and-white movies made in Greece after 2000 featuring an actor from Saturday Night Live, with a female assistant director who studied in the USA, written by an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, and composed by a blind Lutheran https://w.wiki/B8r4 ( source https://t.me/c/1224298920/132530) - Movies where a guy named Jack plays a guy named Jack https://w.wiki/BDtk (sources: [1] https://t.me/c/1224298920/133345, [2] https://social.coop/@ainali/113153979585221893) - WikiProject Highlights: WikiProject Pokémon/Eighth generation Pokémon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProject_Pok%C3%A9mon/Eighth_generation_Pok%C3%A9mon - List of the Pokémon introduced in the eighth generation - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Database_reports: Wikimedia multilingual project main pages https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Database_reports/Wikimedia_multilingual_project_main_pages - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Titanic (Q25173) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Q25173 - British transatlantic passenger liner, launched and foundered in 1912 - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: شِرِب (L1318926) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Lexeme:L1318926 - 'to drink' in Egyptian Arabic
* Development *
- Query Service: - We added a banner to the Query Service UI to inform people about the graph split. - We fixed an issue with visualisations caused by a library upgrade ( phab:T375058 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T375058) - mul language code: We continued working on the remaining issues uncovered in testing (phab:T373088 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T373088) - Migrating to the Codex design system: We are in the process of migrating the Query Builder and Special:NewLexeme from Wikit to Codex. - REST API: Continue work on improving error handling and messages - Data access: We are preparing the survey for reusers to better understand which additional data access methods they need.
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/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review . - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? . - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Belgium https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Belgium - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/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/Special:MyLanguage/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects. - Help write the next summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next
*Read the full report https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current *