* 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 2024-06-10. Please help Translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current.*
* Discussions *
- Open request for adminship: Kadı https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Kad%C4%B1 - RfP scheduled to end after 14 June 2024 17:51 (UTC) - Closed request for adminship: The Squirrel Conspiracy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/The_Squirrel_Conspiracy - Closed as successful. Welcome back Squirrel! - New requests for permissions/Bot: - MDanielsBot 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/MDanielsBot_2 Task(s) - Replace translations of descriptions and labels. - TapuriaBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TapuriaBot Task(s) - interwiki - Skybristol bot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Skybristol_bot Task(s) - Flesh out mapping of DOI provider orgs to WD orgs, syncing DOI prefix values. - EpidòseosBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Epid%C3%B2seosBot Task(s) - improve incomplete references to GND https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36578 for sex / gender https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P21; add new references containing GND ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P227 for sex / gender https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P21 when the property has no references containing stated in https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P248.
* 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 call June 11, 2024: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, 11 June, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1718121600). Please join us for a community discussion on SMALL GLAM SLAM Pilot 1 with Ismael Olea. Link to agenda. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1%20xbhGb5KMsUCvqDTq2ZugXlpTY74sYoDqGl6GdOIoGw/edit - Celtic Knot Wikimedia Conference https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2024, September 25-27, 2024 in Waterford City, Ireland. This conference usually hosts Wikidata-related sessions. You can now propose your contributions to the program until July 14th, and apply for a scholarship until June 30th (full announcement and links https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Celtic_Knot_Conference_2024#Celtic_Knot_Conference:_date,_proposal_for_the_program_and_scholarships ) - WikiIndaba conference 2024 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2024, 4 - 6 October 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This conference typically hosts Wikidata-related sessions. Program submissions 05 - 30 June 2024.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs - 100,000 video games on Wikidata https://commonists.wordpress.com/2024/06/07/100000-video-games-on-wikidata/ - Wikidata’s WikiProject Video games has just passed a major milestone: 100,000 video game (Q7889) items on Wikidata. - Videos - (es) How to strengthen the public domain with Wikidata? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Nw0xPT1tw - This is a Spanish-speaking Wikitools workshop exploring Paulina (see: Tool of the Week), a search interface powered by Wikidata for finding and exploring author's and whether their works are in the public domain. - Notebooks - Radio France meets Wikidata 😘 https://observablehq.com/@pac02/radio-france-wikidata: Extracting IDs from radio France and matching them with Wikidata using P10780 property - Wikidata's analytics for Radio France's podcasts https://observablehq.com/@pac02/wikidatas-analytics-for-radio-frances-podcasts
* Tool of the week *
- Paulina: Data for the Public Domain https://paulina.toolforge.org/ - Explore the cultural heritage of humanity. Search Paulina by author and discover if they have freely accessible works in the Public Domain.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- Propose to transform an existing CSS or Javascript script (i.e. scripts that you can enable in your common.css and common.js pages) into a gadget: Wikidata:Tools/Potential gadgets https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Potential_gadgets
* 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: - showrunner https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12795 (person who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of a television show) - Newest External identifiers: Locomotive Yaroslavl HC player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12784, Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12785, Flown From the Nest person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12786, Online Swahili - English Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12787, A Dictionary of Plant Sciences ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12788, A Dictionary of Zoology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12789, A Dictionary of Contemporary Icelandic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12790, Seret film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12791, Limited Liability Partnership Identification Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12792, Paleobiology database reference ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12793, PNG School Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12794, Téarma ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12796, IMAIOS entity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12797, Naturalis Repository ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12798, Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary: English-Spanish ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12799, Vikidia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12800 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Music mood https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Music_mood (qualifier carrying an emotion (mood) relevant to an audio recording (musical or not)) - ecosystem type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ecosystem_type (type of ecosystem that the item represents) - Burgenwelt https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Burgenwelt (Burgenwelt; castles) - construction time https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/construction_time ({{Construction time refers to the time which was needed to build a certain building, which sometimes took more than one year, especially in former times | de = <!-- Die Bauzeit bezieht sich auf die Zeit, die benötigt wurde, um ein Gebäude zu errichten, was manchmal länger, gerade früher, als ein Jahr brauchte --> <!-- | xx = Beschreibungen in anderen Sprachen --> }}) - Nom dans la langue locale https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nom_dans_la_langue_locale () - YAMAP mountain ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YAMAP_mountain_ID (YAMAP mountain ID) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: English-French ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford-Hachette_French_Dictionary:_English-French_ID, Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary: English-Irish ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_Irish_Dictionary:_English-Irish_ID, Fowler’s Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fowler%E2%80%99s_Concise_Dictionary_of_Modern_English_Usage_ID, MODI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MODI_ID, código del Inventario del Patrimonio Cultural de Castilla-La Mancha https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/c%C3%B3digo_del_Inventario_del_Patrimonio_Cultural_de_Castilla-La_Mancha, AllGame style ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AllGame_style_ID, MoFo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MoFo_ID, DAKA Greenlandic-Danish Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DAKA_Greenlandic-Danish_Dictionary_ID, DAKA Danish-Greenlandic Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DAKA_Danish-Greenlandic_Dictionary_ID, Farhang-i farsī ba rusī ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Farhang-i_fars%C4%AB_ba_rus%C4%AB_ID, FC Metz player id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FC_Metz_player_id, Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_Spanish_Dictionary:_Spanish-English_ID, itch.io numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/itch.io_numeric_ID, produsent-ID hos Nasjonalmuseet https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/produsent-ID_hos_Nasjonalmuseet, Phasmida Species File taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Phasmida_Species_File_taxon_ID, Psocodea Species File taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Psocodea_Species_File_taxon_ID, Cockroach Species File taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cockroach_Species_File_taxon_ID, Lygaeoidea Species File taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lygaeoidea_Species_File_taxon_ID, filmas.lv film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/filmas.lv_film_ID, filmas.lv studio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/filmas.lv_studio_ID, filmas.lv person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/filmas.lv_person_ID, Cineuropa international sales agent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cineuropa_international_sales_agent_ID, Cineuropa production company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cineuropa_production_company_ID, Cineuropa distributor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cineuropa_distributor_ID, Biodiversity Information System for Europe ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biodiversity_Information_System_for_Europe_ID, Tommaseo-Bellini Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tommaseo-Bellini_Online_ID, Tesoro della Lingua Italiana delle Origini ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tesoro_della_Lingua_Italiana_delle_Origini_ID, Elonet company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elonet_company_ID, Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary: Irish-English ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_Irish_Dictionary:_Irish-English_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - Average height of people named Joe https://w.wiki/4dFR - Top 20 languages in number of Lexemes in Wikidata and percentage of Lexemes with at least one external ID https://w.wiki/4rGf - Timeline of inception of Ghanaian universities https://w.wiki/ALrE - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
- Honoris Causa France https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Honoris_Causa_France - aims to coordinate the actions carried out in terms of reporting the attributions of honorary doctorate (Q11415564 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11415564) by French universities. - HolyWells https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_HolyWells - aims to organize Items around Holy Wells. - OghamStones https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_OghamStones - aims to organise Items around Ogham Stones - Western Michigan University Libraries https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Western_Michigan_University_Libraries - used to gather Wikidata work being done at Western Michigan University Libraries. - Visibilizando el dominio público colombiano https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Visibilizando_el_dominio_p%C3%BAblico_colombiano - to help the unique, permanent and visible identification, worldwide, of Colombian authors in the public domain, within the framework of Colombian legislation. - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Connectivity between Wikimedia projects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/Connectivity - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Pomona College (Q7227384) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7227384 - private liberal arts college in Claremont, California, United States - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: bustadmarknad (L1122204) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1122204 - "housing market" in Nynorsk
* Development *
- The UnpatrolledEdits gadget now shows a notice when there are older and multiple unpatrolled edits, previously it only showed the notice when the most recent edit was unpatrolled. Please help translate the messages here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-UnpatrolledEdits-i18n.json . - Query Service: We are fixing a bug where no examples are shown in the example dialog (phab:T366871 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366871) - EntitySchemas: We have enabled the new datatype for testing on test.wikidata.org and are preparing the rollout to Wikidata (phab:T365686 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T365686) - Item UI: We fixed an issue where labels were not shown for badges or after making an edit (phab:T366236 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366236) - Wikibase REST API: We have continued the work on the route for modifying the data of an Item (phab:T342993 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342993)
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: - 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