* 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 2024-05-06. Help **Translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current.*
* Discussions *
- *Reminder:* the period for feedback https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_graph_split/WDQS_Split_Refinement on the Wikidata Query Service graph split https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_graph_split ruleset closes on 15-May-2024. More information here https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/AHOKYOHFMHHDVOSVTFON3PGB5EAUUPX2/ !
* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events *
- The Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2024 took place in Tallinn, Estonia. Wikimedians from all over came together to hack on a huge variety of topics, including Wikidata and Wikibase topics. See the entire Program https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2024/Program - International Museum Day 2024 on Wikimedia: Take part in the translation, media, and data challenges! https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/message/GGOTS5P465W6AIC2UDEKSYSDNOQD4MDB/ - Registration for Wiki Workshop 2024 is now open! https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/T5WK6BO5NKVPZDDXVUP6UQOB4I2QHT5Y/ The event will be virtually held on *June 20, 12:00-18:30 UTC - Coordinate Me 2024 https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Coordinate_Me_2024 is an international Wikidata competition taking place over the month of May. This year, the focus is on enriching or creating Wikidata items with the Property: Coordinate Location (P625) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P625. To participate, enroll on the dashboard https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/wikidata/Coordinate_Me_2024_AUS_(2024)?enroll=%7Cfirst to ensure your edits are tracked.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Papers: MisgenderMender https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.14695 - A community-informed approach to interventions of misgendering. - Videos - Intro to Wikidata Query Service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nkBRHTvZJI - hosted by User:Gnoeee (A) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Gnoeee, this comprehensive video will equip newcomers to Wikidata with the skills to effectively start querying Wikidata. - Siobhan Leachman, NZ Citizen Scientist and Wikipedian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8EghOSdzEA - CitSciOz23 Keynote Speaker, this prolific editor discusses her passions and workflows for contributing and enriching Wikidata on topics as diverse as women scientists, scientific illustrators, artworks and citation data, moths and more. - WikiSearch from Wikibase Data https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBcmaqJEEMA - Wout Geveart shows how the WikiSearch extension is using Wikibase data to explore and visualise the data in new ways. - WikimediaAPIs: a WM Technology Training Session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njgPYd4eXuw - Mr. Neechalkaran of the WM Indic MediaWiki Developers Usergroup introduces the function and utility of WM projects APIs, including the REST AOI, the Wikidata API and more. - Accessing Wikidata's Data: An Introduction to the Wikidata REST API https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/LOHqqWDVWxgCvL1SU2T_R-mktp-xUu-0tzQkCmegJyU2JnT-6bAyopadLg3kWI8HG2MpHtv9FJAmuLUh.8XOWDeQJ2n4ZUhEM?canPlayFromShare=true&from=share_recording_detail&continueMode=true&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2F2cvZX_xvgfh5xwiJItyvx5uWH0pqvd5fl_tuvxYIsFo6wVDdY9H_2BBxtFS5H5CT.hG1v-SjAD1xbEudc (Zoom recording). A WikiMentor Africa session by Eugene Egbe.
* Tool of the week *
- Wikidata periodic table https://tools.wmflabs.org/ptable - Tool by User:Ricordisamoa https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ricordisamoa, to browse all chemical elements available on Wikidata, with atomic number, chemical symbol, and localized label. It also includes two charts of the nuclides, with links to every isotope in Wikidata, colored by half-life or decay mode.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- A new UI mode is available for the online validator for EntitySchemas. It represents validation reports as a table rather than a very long string, and replaces most links with hyperlinks with some of the text behind them; making them easier to read. Currently being tested at https://shex-validator.toolforge.org/packages/shex-webapp/doc/shex-simple-im..., we are looking for participants to evaluate this tool. Some experience with editing Wikidata is appreciated, but no experience working with Schemas is required. If you are interested, you can sign up here https://datumprikker.nl/pwx27abv4daqq4vr. We hope to begin interviews around May 13. For more details, visit User:M.alten.tue https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:M.alten.tue
* 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: - category for this time births https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12686 (category item for people who born in this time) - category for this time deaths https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12687 (category item for people who died in this time) - representation type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12692 (property to indicate the representation type as a qualifier for Wikimedia Commons SDC Depicts statements of such Wikidata items) - source of transfer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12693 (entity that a transferred item is initially associated with, before this process associates it with another entity) - destination of transfer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12694 (entity that a transferred item comes to be associated with as a result of this process) - Newest External identifiers: FilmVandaag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12683, FBW ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12684, Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12685, Jerusalem Film Cinematheque person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12688, PitchBook profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12689, New Oxford American Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12690, Stichting Erfgoed Nederlandse Biercultuur brewery ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12691, Gentoo Wiki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12695, Dhliz person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12696, RAG ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12697 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - LombardiaBeniCulturali collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LombardiaBeniCulturali_collection_ID (ID of a collection on lombardiabeniculturali.it) - is ontological root of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_ontological_root_of (forms the root element of the ontology) - New External identifier property proposals to review: last appearance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/last_appearance, Perlego ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Perlego_ID, Bokkilden ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bokkilden_ID, Iconoteca dell'Accademia di architettura ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Iconoteca_dell%27Accademia_di_architettura_ID, The Law Dictionary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Law_Dictionary_entry, urban area census code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/urban_area_census_code, Wardah Books ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wardah_Books_ID, The Lost Media Wiki page ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Lost_Media_Wiki_page_ID, The Sounds Resource game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Sounds_Resource_game_ID, Palula dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Palula_dictionary_ID, CDC Stacks ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CDC_Stacks_ID, Virtual Russian Museum artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Virtual_Russian_Museum_artist_ID, Pushkin Museum artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pushkin_Museum_artist_ID, NLR editions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLR_editions, الملف الاستنادي للمؤلفين العراقيين https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86, Dhliz film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dhliz_film_ID, Dhliz TV series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dhliz_TV_series_ID, glubinka.by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/glubinka.by, Azerbaijani National Assembly ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Azerbaijani_National_Assembly_ID, TheLegacy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TheLegacy_ID, Explanatory Ukrainian Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Explanatory_Ukrainian_Dictionary_ID, Transfermarkt competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Transfermarkt_competition_ID, Quranic Semantic Search word ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Quranic_Semantic_Search_word_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - List of lists of ambassadors per host and sending country https://w.wiki/9ytb - List of current embassies per host and sending country, and their counterparts https://w.wiki/9zvj - Images of types of dance in the world https://w.wiki/9peJ (source https://twitter.com/wikidataid/status/1784914312471212224) - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: young mothers https://w.wiki/9twM (source https://w.wiki/9twM) - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Deirdre (Q1183379) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1183379 - heroine in Irish mythology - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: 사랑하다 (L741213) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L741213 - verb "to love (cherish with affection)" in Korean
* Development *
- We attended the Wikimedia Hackathon https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2024. - REST API: We are finishing the route for creating an Item (phab:T342990 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342990) and modify the data of a Property (phab:T347394 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347394) - EntitySchemas: We are continuing the work on creating the new datatype to link to EntitySchemas in statements (phab:T214884 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214884)
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: Gemestones - 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