Hello Mohammed,

Thank you very much for sharing this informations, they all sounds great to me. Most importantly the videos. (:

Regards,

Festus.

On Mon, Aug 1, 2022, 6:25 PM Mohammed Sadat Abdulai < mohammed.abdulai@wikimedia.de> wrote:

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions

• New requests for permissions/Bot:
  • William Avery Bot 8
  https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/William_Avery_Bot_8. *Task/s:* Set qualifiers on family name (P734) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P734 to standardised values, as discussed at Wikidata talk:WikiProject Names § Qualifiers for given names and surnames - establish a guideline https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Names#Qualifiers_for_given_names_and_surnames_-_establish_a_guideline, and requested at WD:RBOT § Request to replace qualifiers (2022-07-17) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:RBOT#Request_to_replace_qualifiers_(2022-07-17)
  • EnvlhBot 4
  https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/EnvlhBot_4. *Task/s:* import forms for French verbs on lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data.

Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events

• Upcoming:
  • Mark your calendars for the Wikimania Hackathon!
  https://twitter.com/wikimediatech/status/1547256861237268482 The free, online, public event will take place from 16- 22 UTC August 12 and 12-17 UTC August 13, and include a final showcase on August 14.
  • Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team. Date:
  Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 Time: 15:00-16:00 UTC / 08:00-09:00 PDT / 11:00-12:00 EDT / 16:00-17:00 WAT / 17:00-18:00 CEST https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/4Q3W3SH23QKWMLLATPEIKYLOGEYZE2KU/
  • Wikidata Birthday is taking place in October 2022, and together
  we are celebrating 10 amazing years of Wikidata with decentralized community events! Discover more Wikidata:Tenth Birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday -- organize an event and get funding https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Run_an_event
• Ongoing
  • Weekly Lexemes Challenge #52, Software
  https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=52
• Past:
  • Wikidata/Wikibase office hours logs (2022-07-27
  https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2022-07-27 )

Press, articles, blog posts, videos https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage

• Blogs
  • Insights about good articles in Wikipedia in French
  https://observablehq.com/@pac02/good-articles-in-wikipedia-in-french This Observable's notebook uses SPARQL queries to get insights about good articles.
  • Tour de France Femmes
  https://observablehq.com/@pac02/tour-de-france-femmes : Notebook exploring data from Tour de France Femmes using Wikidata.
  • Smithsonian Libraries and Archives & Wikidata: Smithsonian
  Research Online https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2022/07/28/smithsonian-libraries-and-archives-wikidata-smithsonian-research-online/#.YuacmXVByV5
  • Populating Wikipedia: New tool integrating Australian Census data
  https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Populating_Wikipedia:_New_tool_integrating_Australian_Census_data
  • Quickstatements User Evaluation of Statements and Terms, or QUEST
  http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=668
  • Place of birth and death of people with Peruvian citizenship
  https://w.wiki/5WmF (source https://twitter.com/WikidataPeru/status/1552925098067329025)
  • This interactive map highlights the most notable person from your
  hometown https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/29/23283701/wikipediate-notable-people-ranking-map-search-scroll-zoom
  • Map of notable people https://tjukanovt.github.io/notable-people
  based on A cross-verified database of notable people, 3500BC-2018AD https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01369-4 which is based on Wikidata. Made by Topi Tjukanov https://mobile.twitter.com/tjukanov
  • Wikidata insights from a handy little tool
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2022-08-01/In_focus in The Signpost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Signpost
• Videos
  • The process of standardizing OpenStreetMap and Wikidata data - an
  example in the village of Xiliu (in Chinese) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhVqRIp3gDY
  • Wikidata – An attempt to analyse Wikidata Query - YouTube
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDBoHoKgsEE
  • Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata: why and how? - YouTube
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw1QEXUa370
  • WikiProject Scholia - Brazilian Bioinformatics (in Portuguese) -
  YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsboib8fmaA
  • Connecting an academic organization to Wikidata (Python script)
  (in Portuguese) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvEs0IsKSKg
  • SPARQL queries on trains (stations and lines), cartography (in
  French) by VIGNERON https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:VIGNERON and Auregann https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Auregann - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezr2aJtKC-w

Tool of the week

• Gender diversity inspector

https://observablehq.com/@pac02/gender-diversity-inspector?collection=@pac02/wikipedia-tools is a new tool to inspect gender diversity in Wikipedia articles based on SPARQL and Wikidata.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

• Template:Generic queries for authors

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Generic_queries_for_authors has now generic queries about narrative locations (P840) of works written by an author.

Did you know?

• Newest properties

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: contains the statistical territorial entity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10888, recordist https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10893, spoken by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10894 - External identifiers: Palmares Cultural Foundation process number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10872, Mapping Museums ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10873, gov.uk person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10874, Kazakhstan.travel tourist spot ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10875, CVX vaccine code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10876, Applied Ecology Resources document ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10877, ClimateCultures Directory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10878, Hamburger Professorinnen- und Professorenkatalog ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10879, Catalogus Professorum (TU Berlin) person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10880, Kieler Gelehrtenverzeichnis ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10881, Met Constituent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10882, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10883, Gitee username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10884, Anghami artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10885, Austria-Forum person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10886, Base Budé person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10887, Israeli Company Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10889, PM20 ware ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10890, pad.ma person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10891, Bioconductor project https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10892, Broadway World person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10895, pad.ma video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10896, ORKG ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10897, International Baccalaureate school ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10898, Prophy author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10899, Telmore Musik artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10900, FirstCycling rider ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10902

• New property proposals

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: chirality https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/chirality, UAE Street Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UAE_Street_Code, field of this award https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/field_of_this_award, Anghami album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anghami_album_ID, Model image https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Model_image, fishery for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fishery_for, Matrix space https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Matrix_space, Tribe https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tribe, Prisoner's camp number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Prisoner%27s_camp_number, field of this item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/field_of_this_item, Linkinfo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linkinfo_ID, Zhihu question ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zhihu_question_ID, Baidu Tieba name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baidu_Tieba_name - External identifiers: IndExs Exsiccata ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IndExs_Exsiccata_ID, Objekt-ID für Kulturgut in Liechtenstein https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Objekt-ID_f%C3%BCr_Kulturgut_in_Liechtenstein, AIPD member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AIPD_member_ID, SecondHandSongs release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SecondHandSongs_release_ID, Walther, Initia carminum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Walther,_Initia_carminum_ID, Initia carminum Latinorum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Initia_carminum_Latinorum_ID, Repertorium hymnologicum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Repertorium_hymnologicum_ID, national-football-teams.com coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/national-football-teams.com_coach_ID, playmakerstats.com stadium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/playmakerstats.com_stadium_ID, sambafoot team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sambafoot_team_ID, lila linked latin uri https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lila_linked_latin_uri, Archivio della ceramica person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivio_della_ceramica_person_ID, TUBITAK Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TUBITAK_Sosyal_Bilimler_Ansiklopedisi_ID, elibrary.ru journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/elibrary.ru_journal_ID, IRIS private universities (1) IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRIS_private_universities_(1)_IDs, Arabic Ontology Lemma ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arabic_Ontology_Lemma_ID, Merchbar electronic dance music artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Merchbar_electronic_dance_music_artist_ID, JioSaavn album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JioSaavn_album_ID, JioSaavn artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JioSaavn_artist_ID, Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Revised_Mandarin_Chinese_Dictionary_ID, AEDA subject keyword ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AEDA_subject_keyword_ID, AEDA geographic keyword ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AEDA_geographic_keyword_ID, AEDA taxonomic keyword ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AEDA_taxonomic_keyword_ID, Rare Plant Fact Sheets ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rare_Plant_Fact_Sheets_ID, 100.histrf.ru ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/100.histrf.ru_ID, elibrary.ru publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/elibrary.ru_publisher_ID, Livelib.ru publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Livelib.ru_publisher_ID, YAPPY profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YAPPY_profile_ID, Galleria Recta author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Galleria_Recta_author_ID, Business Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Business_Online_ID, Real Time IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Real_Time_IDs, The Devil's Porridge Museum Worker Database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Devil%27s_Porridge_Museum_Worker_Database, Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artistic_Gymnastics_Federation_of_Russia_ID, Bobsleigh Federation of Russia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bobsleigh_Federation_of_Russia_ID, Russian Luge Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Luge_Federation_ID, Handball Federation of Russia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Handball_Federation_of_Russia_ID, Russian Volleyball Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Volleyball_Federation_ID, All-Russian Swimming Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/All-Russian_Swimming_Federation_ID, Scinapse Author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scinapse_Author_ID, Russian Paralympic Committee athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Paralympic_Committee_athlete_ID, National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Olympic_Committee_of_the_Republic_of_Kazakhstan_ID, National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Olympic_Committee_of_Azerbaijan_ID, Belgian Olympic Committee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Belgian_Olympic_Committee_ID, Olympic Federation of Ireland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Olympic_Federation_of_Ireland_ID, Russian Football Union player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Football_Union_player_ID, All-Russian Sambo Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/All-Russian_Sambo_Federation_ID, Dictionnaire Favereau (fr) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_Favereau_(fr), Serbian Olympic Committee athlete ID (New) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Serbian_Olympic_Committee_athlete_ID_(New), Singapore National Olympic Council athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Singapore_National_Olympic_Council_athlete_ID, NOCNSF athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NOCNSF_athlete_ID, numéro d'inscription au Registre national des marques https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/num%C3%A9ro_d%27inscription_au_Registre_national_des_marques, Modstand person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Modstand_person_ID, Danacode https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danacode, British Paralympic Association athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Paralympic_Association_athlete_ID, Canadian Paralympic Committee athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Canadian_Paralympic_Committee_athlete_ID, Paralympics Australia athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Paralympics_Australia_athlete_ID, Paralympics New Zealand athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Paralympics_New_Zealand_athlete_ID, ILAMDIR ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ILAMDIR_ID

• Query examples:
  • Grammatical features used on forms of French lexemes
  https://w.wiki/5XCk (source https://twitter.com/envlh/status/1553668952399675392)
  • Most notable people https://w.wiki/5WpF (by sitelinks) (source
  https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1553020452469104640)
  • List of draughts https://w.wiki/5WWp (source)
  https://twitter.com/WikidataThreads/status/1552542642684190720
  • Map of NZ graduates based on coordinates of employer
  https://w.wiki/5Gfa (source https://twitter.com/SiobhanLeachman/status/1552477015852617728)

Development

• [Significant change] New search profile parameter in Wikidata’s

wbsearchentities API module https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/IN7FPRLU2QA2MVXUEEQ2WTILR4GIOPM3/

• REST API:
  • You can now check out the current development state of the
  upcoming REST API https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/26Q4RUTPFN2SWZWOEA3TXBH5MCPHLEBU/
  • We are continuing work on the API route to remove and replace
  statements, focusing on error handling and corner cases.
• Lexicographical data: We are addressing the feedback from the first

release of the new Special:NewLexeme page.

• Continuing work on allowing redirects and the target article as

independent sitelinks if a redirect badge is used (phab:T313896 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313896)

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.

• Remove the billionaire (Q1062083)

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1062083 value for property instance of (P31) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P31. See the list https://w.wiki/5WWb and the discussion in the project chat Should billionaire (Q1062083) be used as a value of instance of (P31)? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Should_milliardaire_(Q1062083)_be_used_as_a_value_of_nature_de_l'élément_(P31)?

• Help write the next summary!

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next

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