* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the week leading up to 2024-09-02. Please help Translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current. Missed the previous one? See issue #643 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous*
* Discussions *
- Open request for adminship: أمين https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86 - RfP scheduled to end 9 September 2024 11:18 (UTC).
* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events *
- Next: (pt) Auditive Health Project – Workshop Wikipedia and Wikidata https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Oficina_Projeto_Sa%C3%BAde_Auditiva_Editatona_Wikip%C3%A9dia_e_Wikidata 10 September - Expand and contribute to articles and items on Audiology, this event will be held in 3 participating Universities in Brazil. Register on Etherpad https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Oficina_Projeto_Sa%C3%BAde_Auditiva_2024 . - Upcoming: The program for the Celtic Knot Conference 2024 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2024/Program is now available to view! Whether you're interested in language preservation, digital tools for minority languages, or simply connecting with like-minded individuals, there's something for everyone. The conference will take place in Waterford City from September 25-27, 2024
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs - (de) TIB Blog:The TIB project WikiRemembrance https://blog.tib.eu/2024/09/04/das-tib-projekt-wikiremembrance-einladung-zur-abschlussveranstaltung/ - The aim of the project was to develop a handout on digital culture of remembrance in a collaborative and participatory process. The project will be ending soon and you can register https://www.wikiremembrance.de/registrierung/ for the closing event (9 Oct 2024). - Correcting outdated facts in Wikidata https://blog.anj.ai/2024/09/outdated-knowledge.html - Anj Simmons takes us through an example of finding an outdated or inaccurate fact and correcting it with supporting references. - Adding citations between existing articles in Wikidata https://chem-bla-ics.linkedchemistry.info/2024/09/07/wikidata-citations.html - About a command line tool written in Groovy to enrich Wikidata with citations between journal articles and other research output with DOIs - Videos - Wikidata Quality Toolkit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ9fIqry7kE Empowering Wikidata editors and content. Albert Meroño introduces a suite of tools to assist editors by recommending items to edit, detect poorly-supported item references and generating EntitySchemas to find items missing information. - (ar) Arabic Wikidata Days 2024 - Session 3: SPARQL Query https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ukwbX__wWQ - Houcemeddine Turki introduces how to forumlate and build SPARQL queries in the Wikidata Query Service.
* Tool of the week *
- User:Teester/CheckShex.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Teester/CheckShex.js - a Userscript that adds an input box to a Wikidata page wherein you can enter an EntitySchema (such as E10). When you click "Check", it uses pyshexy to validate the entity against the schema and displays whether the entity passes or fails.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- 🔥 Big changes are coming to the #WikidataQueryService. If you query for scholarly articles, please take a look at this announcement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update/September_2024_scaling_update ! - Is Shakespeare in German something for you? A digital version of the Schlegel/Tieck edition (Aufbau-Verlag 1975) was released with Wikidata connections. (source https://wikis.world/@umblaetterer@chaos.social/113033900869878738)
* 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 General datatypes - denomination https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12949 (value of a currency or type of currency) - exponent of base unit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12956 (a qualifier of derived from base unit (P12571) used to describe the exponent of the unit) - game designer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12969 (person(s) who devised and developed this game) - Handwriting exaple https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12981 (Sample image of the person's handwriting.) - Newest External identifiers: Illinois Center for the Book author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12935, Slekt og Data grave ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12936, FolkWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12937, iasj article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12938, 365scores football team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12939, speedrun.com series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12940, All Musicals lyrics ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12941, MobyGames critic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12942, Polygon game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12943, Madain Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12944, 365scores basketball player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12945, FOLDOC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12946, GameFAQs genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12947, Retromags game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12948, Nomes e Voces ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12950, Altar of Gaming company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12951, Altar of Gaming franchise ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12952, Altar of Gaming game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12953, Altar of Gaming person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12954, Ciel d'oc ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12955, VideoGameGeek genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12957, GameSpot genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12958, FranceTerme identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12959, DOS Game Modding Wiki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12960, monument ID in the archive of Linz https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12961, Altar of Gaming character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12963, WikiYeshiva article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12964, Yediot Books book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12965, Mapcarta ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12966, VIRIN https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12967, cnkgraph person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12968, Tabletopia game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12970, cnkgraph book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12971, cnkgraph poem ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12973, Lexikon der Mathematik entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12975, CNES ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12976, Tretyakov Gallery artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12977, TV Maze character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12978, Say Who ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12979, Finnish Business ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12980, Prosocour person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12983 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Larval host plant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Larval_host_plant (Larval host plant - used only for insects - subclass of P1034) - has reading https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_reading (phonetic reading or pronunciation of the sinogram) - agent of action & agent class of action & agents of action have role https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/agent_of_action_%26_agent_class_of_action_%26_agents_of_action_have_role (particular item that initiates this action or class of actions) - formula weight https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/formula_weight (molar mass of an empirical forumula unit of a chemical compound, element or isotope) - mode of reproduction https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mode_of_reproduction (ways for living organisms to propagate or produce their offsprings) - initialism https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/initialism (abbreviation containing only first letters of an expression (regardless if pronounced as letters or as a word)) - health points https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/health_points (health or armor points of this video game, board game or role-playing game character) - damage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/damage (damage value of this video game weapon, ability or character) - magazine capacity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/magazine_capacity (magazine capacity or clip size of this firearm or weapon (real or fictional)) - male mean age https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/male_mean_age (male mean age in a given place; qualifier of {{P|4442}}) - female mean age https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/female_mean_age (female mean age in a given place; qualifier of {{P|4442}}) - Mummy of a person https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mummy_of_a_person (mummy of a person) - New External identifier property proposals to review: ACUM IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACUM_IDs, Encyclopedia of Brno History literature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Brno_History_literature_ID, Board Game Arena ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Board_Game_Arena_ID, BoardGaming.com game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BoardGaming.com_game_ID, case id (mainland China) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/case_id_(mainland_China), Identifiant dans l'annuaire de l'École des chartes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_dans_l%27annuaire_de_l%27%C3%89cole_des_chartes, Trakt episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trakt_episode_ID, The Indian Express Topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Indian_Express_Topic_ID, NWIS site ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NWIS_site_ID, Hindustan Times Topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hindustan_Times_Topic_ID, Biblioteka Nauki IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteka_Nauki_IDs, Stadtwiki Karlsruhe ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stadtwiki_Karlsruhe_ID, culture.ru organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/culture.ru_organization_ID, identifiant Encyclopédie des femmes tunisiennes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Encyclop%C3%A9die_des_femmes_tunisiennes, LMFDB knowl ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LMFDB_knowl_ID, Athletics New Zealand athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Athletics_New_Zealand_athlete_ID, MinDat Feature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MinDat_Feature_ID, BoardGameGeek game mechanic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BoardGameGeek_game_mechanic_ID, Linked Open Vocabularies (LOV) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linked_Open_Vocabularies_(LOV), Ontobee id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ontobee_id, newgrounds.com game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/newgrounds.com_game_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - Emergency number by country size https://w.wiki/B8to - Countries with most UNESCO World Heritage Sites https://w.wiki/B8tp - People with songs named after them https://w.wiki/B8tq - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Lexicographical data/Ideas of queries/list of sense properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data/Ideas_of_queries/list_of_sense_properties - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: atheism (Q7066) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7066 - absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: 𒆠𒅅𒂵𒉘 (L1347328) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1347328 - Sumerian verb, means 'to love'
* Development *
- (BREAKING CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT) Wikidata Query Service graph split available in production; scholarly entity queries require migration by March 2025 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/HWKBCPKPL5D4HN6TPJQ6PRCGAFHY7WFE/ - We ported many WikibaseLexeme browser tests from WebdriverIO to Cypress (phab:T355934 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T355934) - We’re working on improving the MUL support in the mobile termbox ( phab:T373088 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T373088) - We’re updating the “label in language” constraint for MUL (phab:T370293 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T370293)
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/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review . - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? . - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? in one or two sentences. - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Canada https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Canada - 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