*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: WikiBayer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/WikiBayer (RfP scheduled to end after 8 January 2024 12:01 UTC) - Closed request for adminship: EPIC https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/EPIC (closed as successful). Welcome onboard \o/ - New requests for permissions/Bot: HVSH-Bot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/HVSH-Bot . Task: Import data about politicians from the Q119949776 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119949776, now only partially online available.
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours will take place on Wednesday, 17:00 UTC, 17th January 2023 (18:00 Berlin time) 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. - Ongoing: Weekly Lexeme Challenge #123: Ologist https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=123
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Papers: Improving maintenance of community-based knowledge graphs https://iswc2023.semanticweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ISWC2023_paper_379.pdf. This paper by Nicolas Ferranti addresses the critical issue of data quality in open knowledge graphs, with a specific focus on Wikidata. It aims to formalize Wikidata's unique approaches to assess and resolve data inconsistencies, proposing a semi-automatic refinement pipeline to empower the Wikidata user community in maintaining and enhancing the reliability of this extensive collaborative knowledge graph. - Videos: WikidataCon 2023 Day 1.5 - The past and future of Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZP4Q1zkINw. In this video Lydia Pintscher takes a moment to review the major events of Wikidata over the past few years. Then turns to look forward and predict what Wikidata's prospects will be over the next year.
Tool of the week
- WICA: Wikidata's insights for created articles https://observablehq.com/@pac02/look-at-your-list-of-created-articles-through-wikidata is an updated version of an old tool. It now includes many new features to analyse your list of created articles using Wikidata properties.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: Shamela book edition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12239, HistoriaGames series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12240, Schnittberichte.com title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12241, Kemono Games game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12242, Internet Game Database event ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12243, Xemu compatibility database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12244, GamesMeter game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12245, GameGear.jp ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12246, Walmart product ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12247, Swissubase person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12248, RPGWatch game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12249, RPGWatch company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12250, RPGWatch press ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12251, Indie DB company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12252, NIWA article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12253, turismoroma.it place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12254, ScummVM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12255, ORBi author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12256, Abandonware-France video game series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12257, Abandonware-France video game compilation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12258, Abandonware-France person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12259, Abandonware-France company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12260, Abandonware-France magazine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12261, Abandonware-France award ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12262, Kanjipedia word ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12263, Moviefone movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12264, South African NPO number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12265, Nigerian registered company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12266, Abandonware-France video game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12267, AFJV directory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12268 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - Nonprofit Status https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nonprofit_Status (Indicating the legal and tax status of a non-profit organization (specific to served legal areas, aka. Countries). Addition to {{P|1454}}. {{P|1628}} to [https://schema.org/nonprofitStatus nonprofitStatus] from schema.org. Organizations can have multiple Nonprofit Status from different countries.) - International Classification of Nonprofit Organizations https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Classification_of_Nonprofit_Organizations ({{Q|2976602}} for {{Q|163740}} created by the {{Q|193727}} and adapted by the {{Q|1065}}.) - creative director https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/creative_director (person who makes high-level creative decisions, oversees the creation of creative assets such as adverts, products, events or logos and guides and directs the creative people who create the end result) - television judge https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/television_judge () - External identifiers: SERNEC taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SERNEC_taxon_ID, Consortium of Bryophyte Herbaria taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Consortium_of_Bryophyte_Herbaria_taxon_ID, Rhineland-Palatinate school ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rhineland-Palatinate_school_ID, nebula channel id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nebula_channel_id, Deutsche Bahn station number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deutsche_Bahn_station_number, ISzDb series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISzDb_series_ID, BG localisation unit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BG_localisation_unit_ID, Cathopedia article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cathopedia_article_ID, Native Plants Hawaii ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Native_Plants_Hawaii_ID, Taiwan Biographical Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Taiwan_Biographical_Database_ID, Penstemon Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Penstemon_Database_ID, Wikisage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikisage_ID - Query examples: - Visual artists whose works will enter the Public Domain in Mexico on January 1, 2024 https://w.wiki/8hPM (source https://twitter.com/salvador_alc/status/1741963028977881122) - Top music album languages found on Wikidata right now https://w.wiki/6TNS (Week 52, 2023) (source https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/111669113852952139) - Western composers until the end of the Renaissance https://w.wiki/8hif (source https://wikis.world/@zerology@bayes.club/111654741799219949) - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Merge candidates: Identical birth and death dates https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/identical_birth_and_death_dates - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Team Fortress 2 (Q382108) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382108 - team-based first-person shooter multiplayer video game. - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: ورھا لگّݨ / ਵਰ੍ਹਾ ਲੱਗਣ (L907713) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L907713 - Punjabi verb expressing the setting in of a new year.
Development
- The development team is just returning from the winter holidays so there is no development update at the moment.
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