* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2024-10-07. Please help Translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_10_07. Missed the previous one? See issue #647 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous*
*Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events*
- Upcoming: - Wikidata Day 2024 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikidata-day-2024-tickets-1034373879117?aff=erelexpmlt at the Pratt Institute Manhattan Campus, New York - To celebrate Wikidata's 12th Birthday, a mini-conference with beginner workshops, lightning talks and keynote speeches will be held. October 26, 11am - 5pm EDT (UTC-4). More info, registration and full address on this Wikipedia event page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikidata_Day_2024 . - The Wikidata Days 2024 in Bologna, Italy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Days_Bologna_2024 will take place on November 8th and 9th. Its program https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Days_Bologna_2024/Programma revolves around Wikidata for libraries and academia, and features a wide range of Wikidata-enthusiastic librarians and researchers from Italy. Registration https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Days_Bologna_2024/Iscrizione is open until October 31st. - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours will take place on Wednesday, 16th October 2024 at 18:00 CEST 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.* - Scholia hackathon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia/Events/Hackathon_October_2024 on Oct 18-20, aimed at addressing changes related to the Wikidata graph split - Intangible Cultural Heritage on Wikidata https://ktieb.org.mt/en/festival/intangible-cultural-heritage-on-wikidata-wikimedia-community-malta-wcm-wcm-stand-37/ - Hosted by Wikimedia Community Malta (WCM), November 8, 2024 18:00 - 19:00 CEST, Malta Fairs and Conference Centre (MFCC) in Ta’ Qali, Malta - Edit-A-Thon: 50 States of Comics - Ohio https://library.osu.edu/site/cartoons/2024/10/02/graphic-possibilities-research-workshop/wikidata-event-fall24_-chambliss_/, take part in this virtual event held October 10, 10:00 - 16:00 EST (UTC-5).
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Blogs - Wikidata is a giant crosswalk file https://www.dbreunig.com/2024/10/04/wikidata-is-a-giant-crosswalk-file.html dbreunig.com describes how with a little DuckDB and Ruby and data from Wikidata, you can produce a cross-walk file of geographic entities. - Videos - (ru) Wikidata Reconciliation Service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAQtaKzH1o - This video shows how to add QID's to a large number of person-entities, add descriptions and search by full name and years of life. Wikidata reconciliation for OR https://wikidata.reconci.link/ (Script: Github:Podbrushkin https://gist.github.com/Podbrushkin/43053bf16640afce96f01721e2f71d6a ) - (fr) Data recovery on Wikidata for the DataViz project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luIWdG9eTG0 - PhilippGam presents the various methods to extract and sort data from Wikidata and use the wikidataMultiSearch tool. - Bridging the Digital Scriptorium Data Model and Wikidata to Expand Reuse of Manuscript Metadata https://youtube.com/9pPpwrK7Qq4?t=4984 Rose McCandless gives this lighning talk at the LD4 2024 Conference. - Notebooks - Continental and country diversity of Wikipedia art https://observablehq.com/@pac02/continental-and-country-diversity-in-wikipedia-art
*Tool of the week*
- (fr) wikidata MultiSearch https://philippegambette.github.io/wikidataMultiSearch/ - search for a list of elements in Wikidata. A GPLv3 licenced tool built by Philippe Gambette allows you to search for a list of words in Wikidata and retrieve some associated Wikidata properties.
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
- Are you building applications or services with Wikidata's data? We'd love to hear from you https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Usability_and_usefulness/2024-Data_access_methods to help us figure out the future of accessing Wikidata's data.
*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 properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - handwriting example https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12981 (sample image of the person's handwriting) - objects of occurrence have role https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12992 (role that objects of this occurrence take on in the context of this occurrence. (For selectional restrictions, use "object class of occurrence" (P12913) instead.)) - agents of action have role https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12993 (role that agents of this action take on in the context of this action. (For selectional restrictions, use "agent class of action" (P12994) instead. )) - agent class of action https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12994 (class of items that may initiate this action or class of actions (For roles filled by agents of an action, use "agents of action have role" (P12993) instead)) - agent of action https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12995 (particular item that initiates this action or class of actions) - 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 (Publication type of scholarly work) - 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) - External identifiers: Finnish Business ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12980, Prosocour person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12983, Stadtwiki Karlsruhe ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12984, Athletics New Zealand athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12985, Encyclopedia of Tunisian Women person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12986, LMFDB knowl ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12987, ACUM performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12988, ACUM creator/publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12989, ACUM Work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12990, ACUM album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12991, culture.ru organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12996, Hindustan Times topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12997, Newgrounds submission ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12998, Storia della civiltà europea ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12999, Encyclopedia of Brno History literature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13000, Linked Open Vocabularies ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13001, Ontobee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13002, typeset.io journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13003, NooSFere editorial collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13004, pomniky.npmk.cz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13005, Dictionary of guerrillas and anti-Franco resistance fighters ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13014, e-LIS publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13015, 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 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13049 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - Larval host plant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Larval_host_plant (Larval host plant - used only for insects - subclass of P1034) - 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) - male mean age https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/male_mean_age (male mean age in a given place; qualifier of {{P|4442}}) - female mean age https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/female_mean_age (female mean age in a given place; qualifier of {{P|4442}}) - 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) - External identifiers: 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, FightTime fighters ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FightTime_fighters_ID, Korean Basketball League ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Korean_Basketball_League_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, Chinese Basketball Association ID2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Basketball_Association_ID2, KISTI institute ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KISTI_institute_ID, Hlídač státu subject ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hl%C3%ADda%C4%8D_st%C3%A1tu_subject_ID, Acervo de Literatura Digital Mato-Grossense Person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Acervo_de_Literatura_Digital_Mato-Grossense_Person_ID, Cihai encyclopedia entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cihai_encyclopedia_entry_ID, 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, Dwelly entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dwelly_entry_ID, Indo-Tibetan Lexical Resource ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indo-Tibetan_Lexical_Resource_ID, A digital concordance of the R̥gveda ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_digital_concordance_of_the_R%CC%A5gveda_ID, vardnica.aizpute.lv ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vardnica.aizpute.lv_ID, Identifiant CIRDOC d'un auteur ou d'une autrice https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_CIRDOC_d%27un_auteur_ou_d%27une_autrice, Identifiant CIRDOC d'un document https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_CIRDOC_d%27un_document, Department of Defense Identification Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Department_of_Defense_Identification_Code, Identifiant d'un document audiovisuel dans le catalogue de l'Inathèque https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_d%27un_document_audiovisuel_dans_le_catalogue_de_l%27Inath%C3%A8que, LWW journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LWW_journal_ID, BAHRA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BAHRA_ID, World Historical Gazetteer place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Historical_Gazetteer_place_ID, Diccionario biográfico de Castilla-La Mancha ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Diccionario_biogr%C3%A1fico_de_Castilla-La_Mancha_ID, AniSearch person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AniSearch_person_ID, identifiant Babelio d'un sujet https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Babelio_d%27un_sujet, Identifiant d'une personne sur Madelen https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_d%27une_personne_sur_Madelen, ITTF PTT ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ITTF_PTT_ID, Push Square series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Push_Square_series_ID, VG247 series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VG247_series_ID, dtf.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dtf.ru_person_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
*Did you know?*
- Query examples: - Winners of the Guillaume Apollinaire Prize (1941-2023) https://w.wiki/BSj8 - Libraries in Argentina (on Wikidata) https://w.wiki/BQms - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: - WikiProject Highlights: - Lingnan University Library: Wikidata Pilot Project https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lingnan_University_Library_Wikidata_Pilot - Creating and improving entries for Lingnan University academic staff, as well as generating entries for the Library's digital collections and Lingnan theses and dissertations. - French Literary Prizes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_French_Literary_Prizes - Aims to coordinate the development of a database on French literary prizes (list of prizes, jury members, list of winners) - Cycling: 2025 Races https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Cycling/2025_races - documenting the the planned Cycling races for 2025. - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Abuse filter effectiveness https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Abuse_filter_effectiveness - This DB report compiles a variety of statistics on combating vandalism.
*Development*
- Data access: - We have published a survey to better understand the future needs of application developers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Usability_and_usefulness/2024-Data_access_methods who want to work with Wikidata's data. Please take part if you are developing applications or services using data from Wikidata. - We are analyzing query logs to better understand which queries could be moved to other services in the future. - Design system: We continued migrating the Query Builder and Special:NewLexeme from Wikit to Codex
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
*Read the full report https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current · Unsubscribe https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikidata · Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current · Previous issue https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous · Danny Benjafield (WMDE) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Danny_Benjafield_(WMDE) (talk https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Danny_Benjafield_(WMDE)) 19:13, 07 October 2024 (UTC) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_10_07#c-Danny_Benjafield_(WMDE)-20241007191300*