* 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 2024-07-01. Please help Translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current.*
* Discussions *
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - DifoolBot 4 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DifoolBot_4 Task(s) - Split single references containing multiple reference URLs into multiple references. - Bot Bozze https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Bot_Bozze Task(s) - Add sitelinks to itwiki draft articles after they've been moved to the main namespace. - New request for comments: Spelling convention for labels and descriptions in English https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Spelling_convention_for_labels_and_descriptions_in_English - RfC started 2024-06-25. This RfC requests feedback and input for finding consistency in spelling convention as English has multiple regional variations.
* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events *
- Past: The Lexicodays 2024 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Lexicodays_2024 was an online event designed to offer a discussion space for the Wikidata community about Lexicographical Data. An archive of some of the slides and session recordings are here c:Category:Lexicodays 2024 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lexicodays_2024. More will be added as they become available. - Upcoming: - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours will take place on Wednesday, 16:00 UTC on Wednesday, 10th July 2024 (18:00 Berlin time) 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.* - Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—July 3, 2024 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/GZRRMNW6B75FMBR7HYSAJZGCMQQCCIUP/ - Botany-focused Wikidata online workshop online as part of the #IBC2024. Date: Tuesday 9th July at 9pm NZST (GMT+12) / 11 am central Europe. Register here https://wikis.world/@siobhan_leachman@mastodon.nz/112691029608457323 !
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs - Querying for audio on Wikidata https://www.bobdc.com/blog/wikidataaudio/ - This blog post discusses using SPARQL queries on Wikidata to find audio recordings, focusing on musical compositions and their associated genres. - Stories from the anti-disinformation repository: Why Wikimedia is an antidote to disinformation https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/06/10/stories-from-the-anti-disinformation-repository-why-wikimedia-is-an-antidote-to-disinformation/ - The blog post highlights how Wikidata, as a central storage repository, plays a crucial role in countering disinformation by providing reliable, structured data for Wikimedia projects and beyond. - Diff Blog: Imagining a Wikidata future for librarians together https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/06/30/ld42023-vi-imagining-a-wikidata-future-for-librarians-together/ - the sixth and final blog post from the LD42023 conference. Silvia Gutiérrez (WMF) and Giovanna Fontenelle (WMF) document the results of the collaborative session on building a bridge between the Library-Wikidata community and WMF. - Census IDs are Now Wikidata External Identifiers https://www.census.de/blog/census-ids-are-now-wikidata-external-identifiers/ - Library Knowledge as Linked Data: A Wikidata Approach https://www.choice360.org/libtech-insight/library-knowledge-as-linked-data-a-wikidata-approach/: Contributing to a shared data commons. David Erlandson describes the experiences of using Wikidata for the pilot Program for Cooperative Cataloging to "accelerate the movement towards ubiquitous identifier creation and identity management at the network level". - Papers - Mapping the Past: Geographically Linking an Early 20th Century Swedish Encyclopedia with Wikidata https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.17903 - This paper describes the extraction of location entries from a prominent Swedish encyclopedia and sheds light on selection and representation of geographic information in the Nordisk Familjebok. By A. Ahlin, A. Myrne & P. Nugues. - Papers from the just-ended Wiki Workshop 2024 https://wikiworkshop.org - Do LOD Conventions Impede the Representation of Diversity? The Case of Disabled Actors in DBpedia and Wikidata? https://wikiworkshop.org/papers/do-lod-conventions-impede-the-representation-of-diversity-the-case-of-disabled-actors-in-dbpedia-and-wikidata.pdf - SPARQL for LIS Analytics: Exploring Gender Representation amongst PCC Wikidata Pilot Participant https://wikiworkshop.org/papers/sparql-for-lis-analytics-exploring-gender-representation-amongst-pcc-wikidata-pilot-participant.pdf - Wikidata Vandalism Detection with Graph-Linguistic Fusion https://wikiworkshop.org/papers/wikidata-vandalism-detection-with-graph-linguistic-fusion.pdf - Wikidata Quality Toolkit: Entity Schema Generator Demonstration (tool demonstration) - Videos - Wikidata Knowledge Graph to Enable Equitable and Validated Generative AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Qbb1yuLkE&pp=ygUId2lraWRhdGE%3D - Wikimedia Deutschland's Jonathan Fraine and Lydia Pintscher (Staff) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lydia_Pintscher_(WMDE) show how Wikidata can be used to provide well-cited information and how semantic search can augment generative AI inference. Presented at the Open Source GenAI & ML Summit. - Wikidata Editing LIVE at Lexico Days 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOqZce65Fgg&pp=ygUId2lraWRhdGE%3D - User:Abbe98 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Abbe98 and User:JanAinali https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ainali are back for another session of live-editing, focused on lexicographical data, during the Lexico Days 2024 event that took place this last weekend, June 28 - June 30. - Get more out of Wikidata with Resonator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2PHkK6jEEA - Rachel Hendrick and Gary Price of LibTech Tools walk through Resonator and point out the best ways to use it. Resonator is available on ToolForge https://reasonator.toolforge.org/. - Knowledge Integrity: Reliability- Wikidata Vandalism Detection with Graph Linguistic Fusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjGNWM_9Y4M - Diego (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Diego_(WMF) and Mykola Trokhmovych showcase their work on building a model to help Wikidata editors identify edits that require patrolling, as part of the [Wiki Workshop 2024 https://wikiworkshop.org/. - Inclusion of Communities: Using Wikibase to Leverage Community Sourced Data Initiatives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF-xy7KL_ek - Erin Yunes talks about their work in using Wikibase Cloud as part of the Compel project (COmputer Music Preservation Electronic Library). - (es) ¿Cómo fortalecer el dominio público con Wikidata? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Nw0xPT1tw - This Wikitools Workshop hosted by Jorge Gemetto is on Paulina https://paulina.toolforge.org/, a tool for exploring and accessing public domain information on authors and their works.
* Tool of the week *
- Automatic Structuring of text for Wikidata https://www.loom.com/share/2fab1acb8abf404da8b03a24d4d4d473?sid=6ad654de-486d-44c3-9ae9-8193792720f9&t2 - User:BrokenSegue (A) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:BrokenSegue introduces their new tool. - User:Zvpunry/CreateNewItem https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Zvpunry/CreateNewItem - This is a User script to easily add a new Item while editing a Statement and noticing that the desired Item is missing.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- The second iteration of the Wikidata:Open Online Course https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Open_Online_Course has begun. Class will continue until August 11. 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.
* 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) - music mood https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12830 (qualifier carrying an emotion (mood) relevant to a musical audio recording) - coin edge https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12849 (image or images that show the edge of a coin) - ozone depletion potential https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12853 (relative amount of degradation to the ozone layer relative to CFC-11) - 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, English-Spanish Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12799, Vikidia article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12800, thisisbasketball.be player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12801, poblesdecatalunya.cat ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12802, Oqaasersiorfik ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12803, MNAHA person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12804, Greenlandic-English Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12805, Te Aka Māori Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12806, Tropicos person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12807, He Pātaka Kupu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12808, vehicle keeper marking (VKM) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12809, AllGame style ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12810, FC Metz player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12811, MoFo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12812, itch.io numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12813, filmas.lv film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12814, filmas.lv person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12815, filmas.lv studio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12816, Cockroach Species File taxon ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12817, Lygaeoidea Species File taxon ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12818, Phasmida Species File taxon ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12819, Psocodea Species File taxon ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12820, Spanish-English Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12821, Norwegian National Museum producer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12822, Burgenwelt ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12823, Irish-English Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12824, Tesoro della Lingua Italiana delle Origini ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12825, Tommaseo-Bellini Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12826, danskfodbold.com player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12827, DAKA Danish-Greenlandic Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12828, DAKA Greenlandic-Danish Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12831, Canadian Great War Project person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12832, English-Irish Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12833, PMC journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12834, Census ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12835, Douban personage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12836, Avibase person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12837, Brezhoneg21 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12838, European Education Thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12839, Cineuropa distributor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12840, Cineuropa production company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12841, OpenCitations Meta ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12842, IGN franchise ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12843, Federal Reserve Subject Taxonomy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12844, Farhang-i forsī ba rusī ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12845, Devri ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12846, Cambridge University Press ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12847, Canadian Virtual War Memorial ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12848, Personnel Records of the First World War ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12850, Fowler’s Concise Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12851, NooSFere publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12852, Plex person key https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12854, BHMPI OBJ ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12855, Index Fungorum person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12856, stiga.trefik.cz player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12857, UNIBO professor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12858, Cineuropa international sales agent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12859, Mapes de Patrimoni Cultural ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12860 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - number of local branches https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_local_branches (number of branches of this organization at the lowest (local) level) - KANAL inventory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KANAL_inventory_ID (inventory number of a creative work assigned by KANAL) - Tüik mahalle id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/T%C3%BCik_mahalle_id (Identifier of neighborhoods <small>({{q|Q17051044}})</small> in Turkey in TÜİK <small>({{q|Q1375058}})</small> database) - 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, Biodiversity Information System for Europe ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biodiversity_Information_System_for_Europe_ID, Elonet company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elonet_company_ID, Numista issuer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Numista_issuer_ID, Overcast episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overcast_episode_ID, Metamath statement label https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Metamath_statement_label, Pocket Oxford German Dictionary: English-German ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_German_Dictionary:_English-German_ID, Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary: English-Italian ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_Italian_Dictionary:_English-Italian_ID, Il Nuovo DOP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Il_Nuovo_DOP_ID, FEI horse ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FEI_horse_ID, Google Play author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Play_author_ID, identifiant d'une personne sur Archelec https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_d%27une_personne_sur_Archelec, Standard Ebooks ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Standard_Ebooks_ID, Lojas com História ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lojas_com_Hist%C3%B3ria_ID, RGALI person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RGALI_person_ID, RGALI organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RGALI_organization_ID, Hebrew Academy term ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hebrew_Academy_term_ID, milononline.net entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/milononline.net_entry_ID, KANAL identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KANAL_identifier, LAGL author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LAGL_author_ID, Alle Burgen https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Alle_Burgen, FC Krasnodar player id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FC_Krasnodar_player_id, Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary: Italian-English ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_Italian_Dictionary:_Italian-English_ID, Pocket Oxford German Dictionary: German-English ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_German_Dictionary:_German-English_ID, Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford-Hachette_French_Dictionary:_French-English_ID, Manhom Arabic Profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Manhom_Arabic_Profile_ID, GOArt databas https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GOArt_databas, ArchWiki article https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ArchWiki_article, Star Wars.com https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Star_Wars.com, identifikátor filmu ve Filmové databázi (FDb) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifik%C3%A1tor_filmu_ve_Filmov%C3%A9_datab%C3%A1zi_(FDb)
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - Number of people who are both politicians and musicians by political spectrum https://w.wiki/AVZ8 (source https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/112684088394297452) - Lexeme coverage of Indonesian languages https://w.wiki/AJ5u - UK MPs and their office start/end years https://w.wiki/AVCS ( source https://x.com/generalising/status/1805719787953111151) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Inuktitut https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Inuktitut - This is the space to organize work to assure that the sum of all knowledge and the supporting infrastructure for necessary services are available in Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, Inuktitut). - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Merge candidates based on same pattern https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ivan_A._Krestinin/To_merge - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Montblanc (Q761735) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q761735 - town in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: gbuɣi (L725113) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L725113 - Dagbanli verb, translates to "vomiting" and "sprouting"
* Development *
- EntitySchemas: - We worked around an issue where EntitySchema pages were no longer considered “content” and had become unsearchable (phab:T368010 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T368010) - We prepared for the release of the new datatype on July 2nd. - mul language code: We are working on the last remaining blocker before rolling out the first stage to Wikidata (phab:T362917 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T362917) - Wikibase REST API: We are continuing to rework API errors (phab:T366911 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366911, phab:T366239 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366239)
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: - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Argentina https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Argentina - 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