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*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2025-04-07. Please help Translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current.*
* Events *
- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: - Wiki Workshop Registration is Now Open! https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/GQR2VT7LONW5AHMHUT7RGMZFUQBGYJCF/ The event will be held virtually over two days on May 21 & 22, 2025. - OpenStreetMap X Wikidata Meetup #75 April 14 Time: 19:30-21:00 UTC+8 at Mozilla Community Space Taipei (Q61752245) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Q61752245 - (French) Collection and use of Wikipedia and Wikidata data in SHS searches https://geographie-cites.cnrs.fr/collecte-et-usages-de-donnees-issues-de-wikipedia-et-wikidata-dans-les-recherches-en-shs/ - 17 June, 2025. Participation via video-conference available, register here https://framaforms.org/je-collecte-et-usages-des-donnees-wikipedia-dans-les-recherches-en-shs-1741892154 and program info here https://site-fef6fe.gitpages.huma-num.fr/journee/wikipedia.html.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs - Inference, continued - Magnus Manske adds 2 new functions to WD-infernal. The Whelming http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/archives/777 - (French) Illustrious women in public spaces. Streets, buildings and other places overwhelmingly feature men Porte Plumpe https://porte-plume.app/projet/challenge-wikidata-en-classe/blog/billet/b69566ea-713d-44d0-845c-3501d5bb5ff2 - Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive) receives ProjectUil from Dutch Wikipedia https://www.veradekok.nl/en/2025/03/kahle-receives-projectuil-from-wikipedia/ - Papers: Enabling disaggregation of Asian American subgroups: a dataset of Wikidata names for disparity estimation - Paper https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-04753-y by Lin, Q. et al (2025). - Videos - Curationist: What is it and how does it work? - Curationist utilises Wikidata to help discover, curate and share public-domian art and cultural heritage content. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj9FDIX0JSg - (Swedish) Connecting Wikidata, OpenStreetMap and the National Archives with Magnus Sälgö YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byqopx1aQLI - (French) Focus on Wikidata, Wikifying Science, a presentation from Delphine Montagne and Pierre-Yves Beaudouin. Canal-U TV: C@fé Renatis https://www.canal-u.tv/chaines/renatis/cfe-renatis-focus-sur-wikidata-wikifier-la-science - Other - (Portuguese) Wikidata at School: expanding access to knowledge and tackling gender gaps! Instagram: Projeto Mais https://www.instagram.com/p/DH9qZcENJ75/
* Tool of the week *
- Wikidata:Tools/Wikidata for Web https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Tools/Wikidata_for_Web - also known as Wikidata for Firefox is a browser extension for Mozilla Firefox that displays data from Wikidata on various websites, enhancing the information you are already looking at, and also allows extraction of data from these websites.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- Wikidata Ontology Course https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Ontology_Course Peter Patel-Schneider and Ege Doğan will run a seven-week Wikidata Ontology Course starting late April / early May. It aims to expand the Wikidata community’s knowledge of the Wikidata ontology through lectures, exercises, and group projects. Participants should have prior Wikidata experience and are expected to attend lectures, complete exercises (about one hour per week), and contribute to a group project. More details available here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Ontology_Course . - Job Vacancy - Are you interested in helping shape the technical future of Wikimedia's knowledge graph? We are looking for a Staff Engineer (Wikidata) https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/55063868/Staff-Engineer-Wikidata-all-genders-/
* 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 properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - beam energy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13413 (kinetic energy of elementary or composite particles moving together (for example in a particle accelerator)) - External identifiers: National Academy of Engineering member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13408, Murderpedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13409, Cultural Heritage Azerbaijan ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13410, TDKIV Wikibase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13411, Landtag Tirol person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13412 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - interior decorator https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/interior_decorator (A property for the interior decorator of notable buildings) - incompatible with https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/incompatible_with (significant elements with which an entity is incompatible and indicates a significant property of this entity) - warranty period https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/warranty_period (warranty period of this product as covered by the original manufacturer or creator) - Trafikplatssignatur https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trafikplatssignatur (Swedish station code) - outcome 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/outcome_2 (outcome of a criminal charge or a civil complaint) - External identifiers: TechPowerup GPU ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TechPowerup_GPU_ID, ISFDB category of an award ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISFDB_category_of_an_award_ID, L'Expression topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%27Expression_topic_ID, Identifiant d'un(e) auteurice dans le catalogue de la bibliothèque du Saulchoir https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_d%27un(e)_auteurice_dans_le_catalogue_de_la_biblioth%C3%A8que_du_Saulchoir, National Gallery (London) PID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Gallery_(London)_PID, Identifiant sur Orthodox World https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_sur_Orthodox_World
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - Plants missing a French description https://w.wiki/DjTs - Sorting Organisations by the no. of subsidiaries it owns https://w.wiki/DjTv - Popular German Family names https://w.wiki/DhPF - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
- Govdirectory: Chile https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Chile - WikiProject: Bahamas https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProject_Bahamas - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Database_reports: Items with identical Birth and Death dates https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Database_reports/identical_birth_and_death_dates - another way to identify duplicate items. - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Game of Thrones (Q23572) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23572 - American fantasy drama television series - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: umuyagankuba (L1215369) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1215369 - "electricity" in Kirundi
* Development *
- We made some progress on the ScopedTypeaheadSearch feature by improving the UI, and making it translatable (phab:T390269 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T390269) - We continued working on dark mode support (phab:T389633 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T389633) - Wikibase REST API: We are almost done adding the last few features https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T389013 on the simple item and property search endpoint. We'll be happy to get feedback on these from 15.04 when they're completed - We will begin user testing to improve Mobile Editing Experience: Mobile editing of statements https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_editing_experience/Mobile_editing_of_statements
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/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review . - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? . - Govdirectory weekly focus country: European Union https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/WikiProject_Govdirectory/European_Union - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/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/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next
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