* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2024-11-04. Missed the previous one? See issue #651 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_10_28*
* Discussions *
- New requests for permissions/Bot: Andrebot 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Andrebot_2 - Task(s): Will check Romanian local election information on MongoDB against current relevant Items, where differences occur, will create new Items, link them and update associated information. - Closed request for permissions/Bot: CarbonBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/CarbonBot - Withdrawn by proposer. - New request for comments: - Use of (P2389) as a qualifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Use_of_P2389_as_a_qualifier - Should organization directed by the office or position (P2389) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2389 be allowed as a qualifier? - Rename Peakfinder ID (P3770) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Rename_PeakFinder_ID_(P3770) - The Peakfinder website content moved to cdnrockiesdatabases.ca, the associated Property (P3770 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3770) has been relabeled to *crdb peak ID*. - Importing WP & WMC categories into Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Importing_WP_&_WMC_categories_into_Wikidata - Project chat discussion on importing Wikipedia Category information to Wikidata items.
* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events *
- Wikidata 12th Birthday happened. Special thanks to all the community members who prepared a present for Wikidata's birthday. New tools, updates, games, sparkly animations and of course plenty of maps! Here's the list of presents, with all the links to try them https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Twelfth_Birthday/Presents. You can also watch the demo of all the birthday presents in video https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata%27s_12th_birthday_presents_demos.webm . - Ongoing: The Africa Wiki Women-Wikidata Birthday Contest https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Africa_Wiki_Women-Wikidata_Birthday_Contest_2024 ends tomorrow, 05.11.2024. If you're participating, now's your last chance to earn some points by adding P106 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P106 to items on African women. - Upcoming - A Scholia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia hackathon will take place on Nov 15-16 online — see Its documentation page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia/Events/Hackathon_November_2024 for details. - Mois de l'histoire LGBTQ+ (LGBTQ+ History month) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Mois_de_l%27histoire_LGBTQ%2B_2024: A month-long edit-a-thon from November 1 to 30 for documenting, improving and translating articles on LGBTQ+ topics on Wikidata and French Wikimedia projects. - Check out the call for papers for the "Wikidata and Research" Conference! It will be held at the University of Florence in Italy on June 5-6, 2025. You can submit your papers by December 9, 2024: Wikidata and research/Call https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_and_research/Call
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs - Is Wikibase Right for Your Project? https://professional.wiki/en/articles/wikibase-strengths-and-weaknesses - DHwiki:a new DARIAH EU-working group focusing on building bridges between different sectors https://www.dariah.eu/2024/11/04/dhwiki-a-new-dariah-eu-working-group-focusing-on-building-bridges-between-different-sectors/ - this working group acts as a bridge between GLAM institutions, DH researchers and Wikimedians. - Using AI to add to Wikidata http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/archives/746 - Magnus Manske discusses the challenge of integrating Wikimedia Commons artworks into Wikidata. - Papers - Disjointness Violations in Wikidata https://arxiv.org/html/2410.13707v1 Finds 51 pairs of classes on Wikidata that should be disjoint (e.g. "natural object" vs. "artificial object") but aren't, with over 10 million violations, caused by a small number of "culprits" (source https://x.com/WikiResearch/status/1852081531248099796) - Refining Wikidata Taxonomy using Large Language Models (source https://x.com/HimarshaJ/status/1849590078806556709) - Videos - LIVE Wikidata editing #116 at the 12th #WikidataBirthday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARQ22UcwJH4 - User:Ainali https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ainali and User:Abbe98 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Abbe98 do some live editing (in english) on items related to Wikidata and the sister projects in celebration of Wikidata's 12th birthday. - Women Do News at Wikidata Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wJ6D4OLUXM - This lightning talk from journalist Molly Stark Dean introduces the Women Do News project to increase visibility of women journalists and expand and enrich Wikipedia articles about them. The project could greatly benefit from Wikidata items being created and/or expanded. - Knowledge Graphs Pt.2 - Enhancing Knowledge Graphs with LLM Keywords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ez1VMoFFwA - Valentin Buchner and Hans Mehlin describe their collaborative project between Nobel Prize Outreach (NPO) and EQT Motherbrain utilising Nobel Prize laureate’s biographies and Nobel Prize lectures. - (en) Introduction to Wikidata|Dagbani WM UG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biWYkba4pi0 - User:Dnshitobu https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Dnshitobu presents an introductory course to Wikidata, with many Ghanaian examples. - (cz) Wikidata in practice: document and library record structure and examples of data searches using WDQS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrtjfgO8Dk&t=3998s - Morning lecture organised by the National Library of the Czech Republic, Wikimedia CR and the Prague organization SKIP. - Introduction to Wikidata and linking it to OSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_0-i_qEIA8 - This short introduction is presented by User:Ranjithsiji https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ranjithsiji on the benefits to OpenStreetMap when connecting it to Wikidata.
* Tool of the week *
- Wikidata One Click Info https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_One_click_Info_Extension%22OCI%22 is a multilingual extension that enables you to search for any item or word that you come across while reading or browsing online. It's an extension that makes Wikidata's data easy to retrieve and access. Install on Chrome browser https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ooedcbicieekcihnnalhcmpenbhlfmnj or Firefox browser https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/wikidata-one-click-info/. A short video https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pM8kpIV0qALgUNZ5Yq-XYWEDXKfYlfVn/view about the usage of the extension. - CAT🐈: most frequent properties https://observablehq.com/@pac02/cat-most-frequent-properties a simple Observable tool which shows the most frequent properties for a set of Items. - Are you able to learn languages with Wikidata content? In Ordia there is the "Guess Image from Pronunciation https://ordia.toolforge.org/guess-image-from-pronunciation/" game you can use to learn a few words from various languages.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- A small project on benchmarking query engine performance on useful Wikidata queries is asking for queries from the Wikidata user community to potentially be part of the benchmark. If you are a user of any Wikidata SPARQL service please send queries that you find useful to Peter F. Patel-Schneider pfpschneider@gmail.com. Say what you used the query for and whether you would like to be noted as the source of the query. Queries that take considerable time or time out are especially welcome, particularly if the query caused you to switch from the official Wikidata Query Service to some other service. More information about the project is available in Wikidata:Scaling_Wikidata/Benchmarking https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scaling_Wikidata/Benchmarking.
* 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: none - External identifiers: DDB person (GND) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13049, CIRDOC publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13050, CIRDOC author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13051, BAHRA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13052, AniSearch person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13053, Dwelly entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13055, Rate Your Music track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13056, Spirit of Metal band ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13057, Madelen person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13058, Babelio subject ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13059, Indo-Tibetan Lexical Resource ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13060, World Historical Gazetteer place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13061, VG247 series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13062, ITTF PTT ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13063, Lega Serie A player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13064, Push Square series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13065, LWW journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13066, Diccionario biográfico de Castilla-La Mancha ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13067, Enciclopedia bresciana ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13068, A digital concordance of the R̥gveda ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13069, Inathèque document ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13070, TEES ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13071, DVIDS unit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13072, Korean Basketball League player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13073, Acervo de Literatura Digital Mato-Grossense person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13075, Acervo de Literatura Digital Mato-Grossense work of art ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13076, Atatürk Ansiklopedisi ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13077, Cihai encyclopedia entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13078, eHLFL ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13079, Songkick area ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13080, DDB institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13081, Enciclopedia medica ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13082, Sapere.it Italian Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13083, Steam tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13084, L'Équipe basketball team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13085, AELC author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13086, TF1 info topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13087, RTL topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13088, Actu.fr topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13089, FAO fungal entity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13090, France Info topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13091, KISTI institute ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13092, Israel Railways station number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13093, Digital LIMC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13094, TDK lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13095, Yandex Maps organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13096, FightTime fighters ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13097, Finlandssvenska bebyggelsenamn ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13098, Cihai dictionary entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13099, Innovating Knowledge manuscript ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13100, L'Équipe basketball player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13101, Damehåndbolddatabasen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13102, Journalistikon.de ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13103, graphclasses.org ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13104, Taiwan Professional Basketball League player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13105, PublicationsList author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13106, Monument Counter ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13107, Spirit of Metal album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13108, Spirit of Metal style ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13109, Spirit of Metal artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13110, Spirit of Metal label ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13111, Spirit of Metal place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13112, Libération topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13113, Azerbaijani Explanatory Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13114, Azerbaijani Dialect Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13115, Azerbaijani Phraseology Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13116, Lezgian Explanatory Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13117, VK Music track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13118, Taiwan Railways (TR) station number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13119, GamersGlobal genre https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13120, Archivportal NRW ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13121 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - chemical formula https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/chemical_formula (Description of chemical compound giving element symbols and counts) - mode of reproduction https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mode_of_reproduction (ways for living organisms to propagate or produce their offsprings) - health points https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/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/Wikidata:Property_proposal/damage (damage value of this video game weapon, ability or character) - Mummy of a person https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mummy_of_a_person (mummy of a person) - WPBSA com player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WPBSA_com_player_ID (Identifier for an athlete on the main website of WPBSA) - JLPT level https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JLPT_level (difficulty of word by the level of JLPT) - beer style https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/beer_style (classification of a beer based on its style) - has forks https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_forks (Notable software forks of this software) - most populous settlement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/most_populous_settlement (city, town, or other settlement with the largest population in this area (country, state, county, continent, etc.)) - Eurotopics ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eurotopics_ID (A database containing data on European media.) - rubrique d'une installation classée pour la protection de l'environnement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/rubrique_d%27une_installation_class%C3%A9e_pour_la_protection_de_l%27environnement (Industrial or agricultural operations generating risks to health and the environment are regulated in France. The various risks are organized into headings in the nomenclature of installations classified for environmental protection. The dangers, pollution and nuisances of each operation are listed by public authorities.) - prototypical syntactic role of argument https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/prototypical_syntactic_role_of_argument (qualifier for {{P|9971}} indicating the most basic/fundamental syntactic position of that argument for that verb sense (that is, when the argument structure is not subject to any alternations)) - operating cost https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/operating_cost (ongoing recurring cost for operating or using an object) - effective life of asset https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/effective_life_of_asset (duration of time which an object/asset is expected to be used before needing to be disposed of or replaced) - Toki Pona headnoun https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Toki_Pona_headnoun (Toki Pona common noun for which the name serves as a proper modifier) - Provides data for property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Provides_data_for_property (the dataset associated with this external id usually contains data applicable to this other wikidata property) - TOPO id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TOPO_id (unique code, defined by the {{Q|3029562}}, to identify topographical features of France (regions, departments, citys, hamlet, thoroughfares ...) and elsewhere (Countries, Foreign Cities, ...)) - ISCC https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISCC (International Standard Content Code. Hash code that identifies a media object based on fuzzy hashing.) - romantic orientation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/romantic_orientation (pattern of romantic attraction of this person or fictional character) - GND-BEACON-URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GND-BEACON-URL (URL of a website's BEACON file) - New External identifier property proposals to review: case id (mainland China) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/case_id_(mainland_China), BioMed Central journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BioMed_Central_journal_ID, Identifiant L'Humanité d’un sujet https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_L%27Humanit%C3%A9_d%E2%80%99un_sujet, Duocet Wiki of Plants ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Duocet_Wiki_of_Plants_ID, vardnica.aizpute.lv ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vardnica.aizpute.lv_ID, Department of Defense Identification Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Department_of_Defense_Identification_Code, dtf.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dtf.ru_person_ID, NLI Newspaper Collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLI_Newspaper_Collection_ID, Identifiant Les Inrockuptibles d'un sujet https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Les_Inrockuptibles_d%27un_sujet, GERS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GERS_ID, European Legislation Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/European_Legislation_Identifier, Danbooru tag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danbooru_tag, Health Facility Registry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Health_Facility_Registry_ID, Alexander Keiller Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Alexander_Keiller_Museum_ID, Archivportal-D-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivportal-D-ID, Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Islamic_Scientific_Manuscripts_Initiative, FID performing arts agent GND ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FID_performing_arts_agent_GND_ID, Бессмертный полк ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA_ID, ITV News topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ITV_News_topic_ID, Timenote.info Person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Timenote.info_Person_ID, Thai railway station identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thai_railway_station_identifier, Dictionary of affixes used in Czech ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary_of_affixes_used_in_Czech_ID, Resistance in Belgium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Resistance_in_Belgium_ID, Comprehensive Information System on Korean Historical Figures ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Comprehensive_Information_System_on_Korean_Historical_Figures_ID, SNCF station trigram https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SNCF_station_trigram, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Princeton_Encyclopedia_of_Classical_Sites_ID, DBIS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBIS_ID, ISFDB editorial collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISFDB_editorial_collection_ID, Game Jolt username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Game_Jolt_username, ANID Researcher Portal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANID_Researcher_Portal_ID, Ninilchik Russian Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ninilchik_Russian_Dictionary_ID, Identifiant Mediapart d'un blogueur https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Mediapart_d%27un_blogueur, WikiBaseball ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WikiBaseball_ID, Kultboy editor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kultboy_editor_ID, TMDB network ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TMDB_network_ID, identifiant Centre d'études Picasso https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Centre_d%27%C3%A9tudes_Picasso, ILEC World Lake Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ILEC_World_Lake_Database_ID, Indo-European Lexicon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indo-European_Lexicon_ID, SGES monument ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SGES_monument_ID, Ranker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ranker_ID, Hindi Shabdamitra entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hindi_Shabdamitra_entry_ID, Presisov večjezični slovar ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Presisov_ve%C4%8Djezi%C4%8Dni_slovar_ID, Usito https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Usito, Sanzhi Dargwa dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sanzhi_Dargwa_dictionary_ID, FVDP Vietnamese dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FVDP_Vietnamese_dictionary_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - Individual animals counted per species https://w.wiki/BpFd, list of these individual animals https://w.wiki/BpG9 - Chronology of deaths of mathematicians, with their theorems https://w.wiki/BgKJ (source https://x.com/Pyb75/status/1849805466643181634) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: AveburyPapers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_AveburyPapers - The Avebury Papers is a collaborative UKRI-funded research project between University of York; University of Bristol; the National Trust; English Heritage; and Historic England. As part of this project, the team are doing several tasks which are generating data, some of which will be shared via Wikidata, in an effort to link parts of the Avebury collection with other collections. - WikiProject Highlights: - India/Schools https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Schools - focused on school in India - 2025 video games https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Video_games/2025_video_games - dedicated to the world of video games in 2025 - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Count of lexemes without senses https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data/Statistics/Count_of_lexemes_without_senses - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: 2024 United States presidential election (Q101110072) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101110072 - 60th quadrennial U.S. presidential election - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: Katze (L352) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L352 - "domesticated feline animal" in German
* Development *
- Mobile statement editing: We are making progress on the technical investigation for how to make it easier to edit statements on mobile. A lot more work to be done after that though. - We fixed the sidebar link to the main page in many languages ( phab:T184386 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184386) - Codex: We are continuing with the migration of the Query Builder to Codex, the new design system. The migration of Special:NewLexeme is almost finished. - Query Service: We have updated the list of languages for the language selector in the UI (phab:T358572 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T358572) - Vector 2022: We are continuing to adress issues of the Item UI in dark mode (phab:T369385 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T369385) - Wikibase REST API: - We are moving from v0 to v1. - We have finished the work on the new endpoint for creating Properties. - Action API: We’re improving the way the wbformatvalue API handles invalid options (phab:T323778 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T323778 )
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? . - 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
*· Previous issue https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_10_28 · *