*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>
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