* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the week leading up to 2025-03-10. Missed the previous one? See issue #669 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_03_03*
* Events *
- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: Tuscan Women & Wikidata https://www.unifi.it/it/eventi/incontro-donne-toscane-wikidata-laboratorio-di-inserimento-dati-una-memoria-condivisa - data entry lab for shared memory, 5 March.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs - WMDE Blog - Highlights of Data Reuse Days https://blog.wikimedia.de/2025/03/03/data-reuse-days-2025/: The post showcases 3 excellent apps: WikiFlix (public domain full-length films), KDE Itinerary (travel assistant app) and Scribe Keyboard (easier writing in secondary languages). These are just some of the applications built using Wikidata; check out more at the Data Reuse Days https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Data_Reuse_Days_2025 pages. - (German) Digital Stumbling Blocks – How the Wiki Community Drives Remembrance Culture https://blog.wikimedia.de/2025/03/05/digitale-stolpersteine/: User:Cookroach highlights the efforts of Wikimedians across projects (Wikidata, Wikipedia, Commons) to digitally document the Stolpersteine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolperstein, brass-plaques laid to commemorate victims of the National Socialism. - (German) Digital History Berlin: Field research with LOD https://dhistory.hypotheses.org/9858 - a write-up of the methods, experiences data-model and SPARQl queries of the field research conducted as part of the WikiProject: Field Survey Digital Humanities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Field_Survey_Digital_Humanities_/_Digital_History . - (Italian) Wikipedia & Wikidata project for Cesare Alfieri https://www.sc-politiche.unifi.it/art-1343-progetto-wikipedia-e-wikidata-per-la-cesare-alfieri.html# - an introduction to the project to expand articles and data of the archives of Cesare Alfieri University of Florence. - Communicating Ontology: Technical approaches for facilitating use of our Wikibase data https://semlab.io/blog/communicating-ontology (Semantic Lab at Pratt Institute)
* Tool of the week *
- zelph https://github.com/acrion/zelph: A new tool for detecting logical contradictions and making inferences in Wikidata, using a rule-based system to improve data quality and derive new facts. Check it out on GitHub or explore results on the project website https://zelph.org/. - New Tool for Women’s Day: Scheherazade https://scheherazade-temp.toolforge.org/ identifies women without articles in your Wikipedia but present in many others, helping editors prioritize creating missing biographies.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- Wikimedia Research Fund had launched https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/ZX63E4GPQC6ZQBKGLI7XJUANKT6KOKHE/. You're encourage to submit proposals around Wikidata. The deadline to submit your proposal is April 16, 2025. - The 4th iteration of the Wikidata:Open Online Course https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Open_Online_Course will begin from March 17 until April 30. Whether you're a beginner taking your first steps, an individual in need of a refresher on Wikidata concepts, or a seasoned trainer looking to level up your skills - this course is right for you.
*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: - model number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13351 (identifier for a product model) - provides data for property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13353 (dataset associated with this external ID usually contains data applicable to this other Wikidata property) - items classified https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13359 (class of items that this classification system classifies) - presented works https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13360 (works of art or creative works performed, displayed or presented at a given event) - number of goals scored in penalty shootouts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13361 (total number of goals scored by a team in a penalty shootout) - Newest External identifiers: Thinky Games game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13343, Lenape Talking Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13344, Biographical Dictionary of Republican China (X-Boorman) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13345, LEMAC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13346, Bane NOR station ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13347, Sutian entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13348, Platform for Taiwan Religion and Folk Culture ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13349, Meine Abgeordneten ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13350, Hiking Note plant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13352, VGC game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13354, VGC company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13355, VGC people ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13356, Archives in Bavaria ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13357, VGC theme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13358, Steam group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13362, AllGame game ID (archived) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13363 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - kigo of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/kigo_of (the season the sense denotes in haiku in Japanese) - Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised score https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hare_Psychopathy_Checklist-Revised_score (score that the subject have received on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised psychological assessment tool as administered by a suitably qualified and experienced clinician under scientifically controlled and licensed conditions, standardized conditions) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Archaeological site (Japan) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archaeological_site_(Japan)_ID, Hmong Studies Citations ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hmong_Studies_Citations_ID, GitLab topic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GitLab_topic, Christchurch City Council Park ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Christchurch_City_Council_Park_ID, Clio-online researcher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Clio-online_researcher_ID, Clio-online web resource ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Clio-online_web_resource_ID, Clio-online organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Clio-online_organization_ID, Congress.gov committee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Congress.gov_committee_ID, AGORHA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AGORHA_ID, Crunchyroll artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Crunchyroll_artist_ID, ZOOM Platform product ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ZOOM_Platform_product_ID, GCMD keyword ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GCMD_keyword_ID, KnowWhereGraph entity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KnowWhereGraph_entity_ID, VejinBooks author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VejinBooks_author_ID, SteamDB tech ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SteamDB_tech_ID, Identifiant Cartofaf d'une organisation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Cartofaf_d%27une_organisation, Saarland Biografien ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Saarland_Biografien_ID, Murderpedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Murderpedia_ID, Big Fish Games game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Big_Fish_Games_game_ID, Danskefilmstemmer.dk work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danskefilmstemmer.dk_work_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - Obscure units of measurement and where to find them https://w.wiki/DHxF - Female scientists with most number of sitelinks https://w.wiki/DNQ7 (but not English Wikipedia) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: AncientCoinsAndModernMedals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_AncientCoinsAndModernMedals - WikiProject Highlights: - WikiProject Biology: List of Mushrooms https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Biology/List_of_mushrooms - revived by User:Prototyperspective https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Prototyperspective, help catalogue all known fungal friends, and join the subreddit (for all Wikidata topics): r/WData - India/Police Stations https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Police_Stations - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: List of free software without an image set https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Software/List_of_free_software_without_an_image_set - This is a table of Wikidata items about a free software missing an image. - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Doctor Strange (Q18406872) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18406872 - 2016 film directed by Scott Derrickson - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: felle (L476372) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L476372 - Bokmål verb that can mean "to make something fall", "to kill", "to force a resignation", "to prove guilt", "to let lose", "to announce" or "to join."
* Development *
- Search: The search team at the WMF has added a new search keyword for Lexemes. You can use the keyword "inlanguage:en" or "inlanguage:Q1860" to limit your search to Lexemes with Lexeme language English and so on. Here is an example search for "bank" within English Lexemes: https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=L%3Abank+inlanguage%3Aen ( phab:T271776 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T271776)
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
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