*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New requests for permissions/Bot: TiagoLubianaBot 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TiagoLubianaBot_2 (Task: The Open Targets Platform https://www.opentargets.org/ is an important biomedical resource that makes its data available under a CC0 license waiver. The request at hand is to extend the permissions of User:TiagoLubianaBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:TiagoLubianaBot to import information from Open Targets, initially with a focus on physical interactions between proteins and drugs.)
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #106, Sleep https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=106 - Past: - Wikimania happened over the weekend. You can find a playlist of the events on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhV3K_DS5YfLj-q0KY_WL7BGkGd_UtwK0 - Past: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #105, Wikimania Singapore https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=105
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Blogs - Celebrating the 2023 Wikimedian of the Year Winners https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/08/16/celebrating-the-2023-wikimedian-of-the-year-winners/. Congratulations Tofeiku https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Tofeiku and Siobhan Leachman for your dedication to Wikidata \o/ - Videos - Add Wikidata link to an OpenStreetMap (relation (in Spanish) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCBz6s9uKJ0 - Promoting GLAM Institution in Indonesia through OSM-Wikidata Mapping - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjBYSKwV8wU
Tool of the week
- Psychiq https://wikidata-game.toolforge.org/distributed/#game=84, a Distributed Wikidata Game system, suggests statements to add to Items based on Wikipedia English articles content.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - appears before phonological feature https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11950 (this lexeme form appears only when another lexeme form with this phonological feature comes after it) - appears after phonological feature https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11951 (this lexeme form appears only when it comes after another lexeme form with this phonological feature) - appears before lexeme form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11952 (this lexeme form appears only when this other specific lexeme form comes after it) - appears after lexeme form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11953 (this lexeme form appears only when it comes after this other specific lexeme form) - Gottstein code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11957 (code representing a variant of the cuneiform sign according to the Gottstein system) - tournament type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11964 (significance or status of a sports competition for a league, tour, association, etc.) - External identifiers: Lemmy community ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11947, NFSA title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11948, PesticideInfo chemical ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11949, Unidades de Conservação no Brasil ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11954, UMLS Semantic Network ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11955, Experimental Factor Ontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11956, Moroccan geographic code (2015) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11958, BHL item ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11959, TVING ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11960, Google Scholar organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11961, Rumble channel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11962, GSA player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11963, Roku Channel Store ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11965, snookerscores.net tournament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11966, OlimpBase FIDE ratings ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11967, Antenna Structure Registration Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11968, Korean Tour player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11969, Kastelenlexicon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11970, NFDI4Culture ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11971, Pouët group ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11972, Pouët group member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11973, Pouët demo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11974, Steam curator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11975, Podbay ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11976, Rostocker Matrikelportal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11977, Panjab Digital Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11978, Diamond Catalogue work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11979, Diamond Catalogue edition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11980, Frankfurt University Library Digital Collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11981, Nurnet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11982, DUMAS thesis ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11983, Syok podcast ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11984 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - patron deity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/patron_deity () - WHO Aware Classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WHO_Aware_Classification (The World Health Organization currently classifies 258 antibiotics into "Access", "Watch", and "Reserve" based partly on the risk of resistance developing as a result of such use and critical nature of the antibiotic in question.) - nombre de niveaux https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nombre_de_niveaux (number of levels in a video game or number of stages in a particular sport) - URL du plan du jeu vidéo https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/URL_du_plan_du_jeu_vid%C3%A9o (URL of the video game detailed map in subject provided by the site CPC-Power) - Positioning https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Positioning (A list of all the satellite navigation system (ex. GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, NavIC etc. ) a mobile device, or a smartphone supports. [ https://w.wiki/7HE9 List of all the Satellite Navigation System].) - place on the route https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/place_on_the_route (object, station, facility, city, natural formation or other place on a road, track, route, line, watercourse, utility line or other linear route) - simule https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/simule (the element imitates or makes the value of the property appear real) - External identifiers: ANPI person ID (2) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANPI_person_ID_(2), J. Paul Getty Museum agent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/J._Paul_Getty_Museum_agent_ID, ID ve Slovníku české literatury po roce 1945 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ID_ve_Slovn%C3%ADku_%C4%8Desk%C3%A9_literatury_po_roce_1945, Vazhaju Word ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vazhaju_Word_ID, MUDlistings ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MUDlistings_ID, The Mud Connector ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Mud_Connector_ID, Visiongame.cz game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Visiongame.cz_game_ID, Visiongame.cz studio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Visiongame.cz_studio_ID, Databáze her developer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Datab%C3%A1ze_her_developer_ID, Biographical Directory of Federal Judges Numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographical_Directory_of_Federal_Judges_Numeric_ID, Living Music Database composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Living_Music_Database_composer_ID, Anikore anime ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anikore_anime_ID, wiki.gg wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/wiki.gg_wiki_ID - Query examples: - Count of items with an article on fr.wikivoyage.org by country https://w.wiki/7GXf (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Wikivoyage) - Count of items with an article on fr.wikiquote.org by instance of https://w.wiki/7GsR (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Wikiquote) - Count of items that have X amount of statements. A simple showcase of Blazegraph optimizations. https://w.wiki/7HCP - Week 33, 2023: Top album languages found on Wikidata right now https://w.wiki/6TNS (source https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/110915045039310848)
Development
- EntitySchemas: We investigated ways to help you search for EntitySchemas by their Labels, Aliases and Descriptions (phab:T341969 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T341969) - Mismatch Finder: We have added the Language Selector to the Mismatch Finder (phab:T328149 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328149) - Improved language fallback: We are testing to clearly show the fallback Label in the placeholders for empty Labels (phab:T338330 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T338330, phab:T340832 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T340832)
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.
Monthly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. - Comment on property proposals: all open proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview - Contribute to a Showcase item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items . - 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