*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2024-10-28. Missed the previous one? See issue #650 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_10_21*
* Discussions *
- Closed request for adminship: Addshore https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Addshore_3 (successful) - Welcome back, Adam! - New request for comments: Discussion about remove notability for ceb-Wiki https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Notability#Remove_the_"ceb"-Wikipedia_from_automatic_notability
* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events *
- Wikidata's 12th Birthday is almost here! Let’s celebrate together and make it unforgettable! 🎂 Join in for events happening across the globe in October & November -- there's something for everyone! Here’s how you can be part of the fun. - Find a local event and connect with fellow Wikidata enthusiasts! - Give a birthday gift to the community -- whether it's a cool new tool or something fun! - Join our big online celebration on October 29th -- don’t miss out! Wikidata:Twelfth_Birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Twelfth_Birthday - Join the special Wikidata Query-party tomorrow https://wikis.world/@wikimediaDE@social.wikimedia.de/113384930634982280 and win some branded Wikidata socks! 🎉 - The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group is taking a break from our new project series format this coming Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1730217600 Time zone converter]) to celebrate Hallowe'en! We'll be celebrating Spooky Season with a WitchyData Working Hour! Following on Christa Strickler's recent project series, we will continue building proficiency with the Mix'n'match tool, but with a ghoulish twist. Join the fall fun by updating your Zoom background https://www.canva.com/zoom-virtual-backgrounds/templates/halloween/ or even coming in costume. BYOC (bring your own candy). Event page: Wikidata:WikiProject LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group/Wikidata Working Hours/2024-October-29 Wikidata Working Hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours/2024-October-29_Wikidata_Working_Hour
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs: Wikidata celebrates 12. Birthday – These are the coolest queries from 112 million entries https://blog.wikimedia.de/2024/10/28/wikidata-wird-12-jahre/ (in German) - "Wikidata, the world's largest free knowledge base, celebrates the 12th of October. Birthday. The open data graph for structured knowledge collects facts about numerous terms (items). Meanwhile, Wikidata includes an impressive 112 million items – and many more facts! On the occasion of Wikidata's birthday, we put the collected knowledge to the test and present the most exciting 12 queries that were created from it." - Videos - 2024 Wikidata Cross-Domain Forum 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M88w_omwoHM (in Chinese) - Wikidata Day NYC 2024 @ Pratt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsU0LykhRBg - Mapping the Accused Witches of Scotland in place and time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ6dPf5kgKM - What is Wikibase and what is it used for? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BIq8qDT6JE (in Spanish) - Introduction to Wikidata - Wikidata Days 2024 (First day) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm7NWXX6qz4 (in Spanish) - Is there a system to capture data in Wikidata automatically? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YxbOPVJXvY (in Spanish)
* Tool of the week *
- Lexica https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexica – A mobile-friendly tool that simplifies micro contributions to lexicographical data on Wikidata, making various editing tasks accessible and intuitive for contributors of all experience levels. This tool is developed by the WMDE Wikidata Software Collaboration team in Indonesia. Try Lexica through this link: https://lexica-tool.toolforge.org/
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- The Global Open Initiative https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Open_Initiative Foundation is building an open-source web app for Supreme Court cases in Ghana. We are looking for volunteers in the following roles: Frontend Developers, Backend Developers, Wikidata/SPARQL Experts, UI/UX Designers, Quality Assurance (QA) Testers, and Legal Professionals. Join us by sendind your resume and a brief description of your expertise to globalopeninitiative[image: @] gmail.com
* 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: - characteristic of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13044 ((qualifier only) statement value is a characteristic, quality, property, or state of this qualifier value) - has kanji reading https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13045 (phonetic reading or pronunciation of the kanji) - publication type of scholarly work https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13046 (type of this scholarly work (e.g. “systematic review”, “proceedings”, etc.)) - leased to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13047 (person or organisation that holds or was granted a lease on the subject) - magazine capacity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13048 (number of projectiles or objects in the magazine feeding a weapon or tool) - Newest External identifiers: GameReactor company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13016, Latgales dati person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13017, FantLab artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13018, RedBA Granada authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13019, NWIS site ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13020, MetalTabs.com band ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13021, Koha Kütüphane ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13022, HA! artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13023, France television program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13024, Radio France program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13026, Grand Est inventory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13027, Norwegian Media Authority's film rating ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13028, Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13029, Münzkabinett ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13030, MyWaifuList character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13031, Kramerius of Czech Digital Library UUID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13032, European Parliament document ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13034, Western Australian Biographical Index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13035, beniabbandonati (detailed sheet) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13037, beniabbandonati (summary sheet) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13038, Biblioteka Nauki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13039, Biblioteka Nauki journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13040, Biblioteka Nauki book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13041, Biblioteka Nauki publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13042, PNM Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13043, 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 - 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) - Monument Counter ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Monument_Counter_ID (Digital memorial for women killed by violence) - 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) - 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, Cihai dictionary entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cihai_dictionary_entry_ID, 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, Identifiant Libération d’un sujet https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Lib%C3%A9ration_d%E2%80%99un_sujet, NLI Newspaper Collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLI_Newspaper_Collection_ID, obastan.com dictionary IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/obastan.com_dictionary_IDs, graphclasses.org ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/graphclasses.org_ID, identifiant L'Équipe d'un basketteur https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_L%27%C3%89quipe_d%27un_basketteur, Journalistikon.de-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Journalistikon.de-ID, NRW-Archivportal-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NRW-Archivportal-ID, Taiwan Railways station number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Taiwan_Railways_station_number, Taiwan Professional Basketball League ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Taiwan_Professional_Basketball_League_ID, Damehåndbolddatabasen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dameh%C3%A5ndbolddatabasen_ID, Identifiant Les Inrockuptibles d'un sujet https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Les_Inrockuptibles_d%27un_sujet, Spirit of Metal IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spirit_of_Metal_IDs, Finlandssvenska bebyggelsenamn ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Finlandssvenska_bebyggelsenamn_ID, VK track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VK_track_ID, 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, GamersGlobal genre https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GamersGlobal_genre, Innovating Knowledge manuscript ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Innovating_Knowledge_manuscript_ID, PublicationsList author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PublicationsList_author_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, FightTime fighters ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FightTime_fighters_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
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - Languages with more than one writing system https://w.wiki/Bj6S - Map of all the libraries in the world present on Wikidata https://w.wiki/Bj83 - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Psychology https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Psychology - This project aims to improve items related to psychology (Q9418) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418. - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Loomio (Q15975673) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15975673: decision-making software to assist groups with collaborative decision-making processes - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: کھاوَݨ / ਖਾਵਣ (L680110) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L680110 mean to "eat" in in Urdu
* Development *
- Vector 2022: We are continuing to make Wikidata Items pages work in dark-mode (phab:T369385 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T369385) - EntitySchemas: We are continuing to work on making it possible to search for an EntitySchema by its label or alias when making a statement linking to an EntitySchema - Wikibase REST API: - We discussed what will constitute breaking changes for the API ( phab:T357775 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357775) - We are working on the endpoint for creating Properties (phab:T342992 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342992)
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