This is the last weekly summary of 2022. I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has contributed to and read the newsletter this year. If you have a moment, please let us know what you would like to see changed in the newsletter in 2023 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Status_updates/Next#What_changes_would_you_like_to_see_in_the_newsletter_in_2023. Thank you again for your support and have a happy new year!
*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - RPI2026F1Bot 3 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/RPI2026F1Bot_3 - Task/s: Automatically adds qualifiers number of records (P4876) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4876 and point in time (P585) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P585 to claims of Mix'n'match catalog ID (P2264) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2264. - Dexbot 16 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Dexbot_16 - Task: Delete empty items - Closed request for permissions/Bot: - BjoeBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/BjoeBot (approved) - Task: Make sure all map data modules have an item and instance of (P31) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P31 of map data module (Q18711811) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711811.
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours will take place on Wednesday, November 9th 2022 at 17:00 UTC (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. - Ongoing - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #73, Mystery theme #2 https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=73
Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blogs - How the "open world hypothesis" of knowledge graph affects model evaluation https://www.ebiotrade.com/newsf/2022-12/20221227064532433.htm (in Chinese) - Papers - Towards a Roadmap for Advancing the Catalogue of the World’s Natural History Collections https://riojournal.com/article/98593/ - Videos - Early demo of the Wikibase Export extension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqCuy1Cu4PY
Tool of the week
- Fediscope https://eloquence.github.io/fediscope/ (source https://social.coop/@eloquence/109565946440493059)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- 2022 proof of concept of a Wikibase "fast import" API https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/W73H7VO7T4PEWPTPKRGTJLBKLRK3UQGP/. Outcomes of this workshop https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-fast-import-proof-of-concept-2022 have been published, along with the recorded video https://video.rhizome.org/w/nMDGftgpNAWUeDAF3BbA1.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - prior to last week's status update: MyAnimeList magazine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11300, Online Torwali Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11301, Google Product Taxonomy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11302, IRIS UNIBA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11303, IRIS UNIFG author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11304, IRIS LUM author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11305, IRIS UNISALENTO author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11306, tuxDB game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11307, GCD issue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11308, Geograph Deutschland image ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11309, ResearchGate journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11310, Lygaeoidea Species File ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11311, Beatport release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11312, Diskograf song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11313, Diskograf label ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11314, INKR title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11315, BRUZZ topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11316, negates property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11317, Kanjipedia kanji ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11318 - since last week's status update: Adventure's Planet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11361, Play:Right class ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11360, GBDB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11359, MangaUpdates publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11358, MangaUpdates author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11357, grading system https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11356, KOBIS film festival ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11355, Bandcamp release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11354, Anime-Planet people ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11353, Anime-Planet character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11352, Czech structural object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11351, Urdu Lughat ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11350, Anime-Planet anime ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11349, Anime-Planet manga ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11348, Scottish National Dictionary lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11347, Cinematografo.it film ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11346, Cinematografo.it name or company ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11345, identifier French basketball championship (new schema) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11344, The Israeli Opera person ID (heb) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11343, Indiana State Historical Marker Program numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11342, OpenStates person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11341, ntower ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11340, Can I Play That? Games Codex game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11339, worldofsam ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11338, Twitter community ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11337, Fascist Latin Texts author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11336, Shōsetsuka ni Narō work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11335, CSO topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11334, Expertes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11333, MTV Germany music video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11332, CCFr document ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11331, Crunchyroll series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11330, Game-Rave ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11329, Dehkhoda ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11328, membership number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11327, impressum URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11326, Parliamentary Office number in United Kingdom https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11325, Parliamentary Archives ID in United Kingdom https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11324, Mac OS creator code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11323, 18th Century Russian Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11322, Play:Right company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11321, Play:Right series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11320, Little Academic Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11319 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: Garuda journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Garuda_journal_ID, Sinta Journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sinta_Journal_ID, pixiv comic IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/pixiv_comic_IDs, British Music Collection score ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Music_Collection_score_ID, VideoGameGeek series-franchise ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VideoGameGeek_series-franchise_ID, Autori sardi ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Autori_sardi_ID, ComingSoon.it person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ComingSoon.it_person_ID, UVL source ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UVL_source_ID, British Music Collection composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Music_Collection_composer_ID Rugby League Record Keepers Club player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rugby_League_Record_Keepers_Club_player_ID, Intercontinental Dictionary Series unit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Intercontinental_Dictionary_Series_unit_ID, Concepticon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Concepticon_ID, Image stabilitzer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Image_stabilitzer, Strazha ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Strazha_ID, N-Anime ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/N-Anime_ID, Pocket Gamer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Gamer_ID, Image processor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Image_processor, Minimum focusing distance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Minimum_focusing_distance, Museo Egizio in Turin ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museo_Egizio_in_Turin_ID, amstrad.es ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/amstrad.es_ID, superclass of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/superclass_of, Dark Patterns Games ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dark_Patterns_Games_ID, Life stage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Life_stage, Tribal Council number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tribal_Council_number, Objective https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Objective, eBookJapan books ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eBookJapan_books_ID, VG-lista song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VG-lista_song_ID, VG-lista album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VG-lista_album_ID, microtransaction.zone ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/microtransaction.zone_ID, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Longman_Dictionary_of_Contemporary_English_Online_entry, use with article https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/use_with_article, Cambridge Dictionary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cambridge_Dictionary_entry, Cambridge Dictionary entry (American English) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cambridge_Dictionary_entry_(American_English), Digital Hanja Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_Hanja_Dictionary_ID, MQWW poetID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MQWW_poetID, record of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/record_of, Classic Adventures Solution Archive game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Classic_Adventures_Solution_Archive_game_ID, MQWW workID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MQWW_workID, Macmillan Dictionary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macmillan_Dictionary_entry, Macmillan Dictionary entry (American English) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macmillan_Dictionary_entry_(American_English), Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary_of_Frequently-Used_Taiwan_Minnan_ID, Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Taiwanese-Japanese_Dictionary_ID, Jeju's culture and language ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jeju%27s_culture_and_language_ID, Strong's number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Strong%27s_number, World Loanword Database word ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Loanword_Database_word_ID, World Loanword Database meaning ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Loanword_Database_meaning_ID - Query examples: - List of nonprofit organizations / NGOs on the fediverse that Wikidata knows about https://w.wiki/69Sr (source https://wikis.world/@eloquence@social.coop/109576066240418128) - Top album languages found on Wikidata right now https://w.wiki/5Pbw (Dec. 24th) (source https://twitter.com/exmusica/status/1606682826623143938) - Alpha-3 codes for countries in Europe https://w.wiki/69X7 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1607345497324265475) - Location of paintings in the Paintings Department of the Louvre made by women https://w.wiki/69Aq source https://twitter.com/Pyb75/status/1606552803073220609 - Most frequent birth places for Italian SBN authors https://w.wiki/68NR (source https://twitter.com/StefanoBargioni/status/1605879645378727936)
Development
- Due to the winter holidays, the development team is taking a break and no deployment is happening for Wikidata at the moment.
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.
Monthly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. - Comment on property proposals: all open proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview - Contribute to a Showcase item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items . - 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