* 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 2024-05-13. Please help Translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current.*
* Discussions *
- Project Chat - Data model pages https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Data_models_pages: Alexmar983 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Alexmar983 and User:Epìdosis (A) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ep%C3%ACdosis have proposed updates to standardize the nomenclature in the Wikidata: Data Model https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_model pages, join the conversation. Also see this Talk page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Category_talk:Data_models for a draft proposal for a new Navbox. - New requests for permissions/Bot: Bot5958 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Bot5958 - Task: Infer Trakt.tv ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8013 (P8013) of an episode from the Trakt.tv ID (P8013) of the corresponding TV series.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs: Navigating the world of Wikidata https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/05/08/navigating-the-world-of-wikidata-an-introduction-and-hands-on-experience-1/: An intro and hands-on experience. This blog entry documents the session from Yaw Tuba https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yaw_tuba and Nana Yaw Botar https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:NanaYawBotar and organised by Open Foundation West Africa https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Foundation_West_Africa in building skills for new and experienced editors alike. - Papers - Sharing data, caring for collections. Open data on collection agents affiliated with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin https://riojournal.com/article/118851/ - This paper documents a project at the MN to digitise collector metadata from museum exhibits for reuse, research and provenance. S. Mering et al. - Erenrich, Daniel. ‘Psychiq and Wwwyzzerdd: Wikidata Completion Using Wikipedia’. 1 Jan. 2023 : 1 – 14. https://content.iospress.com/articles/semantic-web/sw233450 - Ilievski, Filip et al. ‘A Study of Concept Similarity in Wikidata’. 1 Jan. 2024 : 1 – 20. https://content.iospress.com/articles/semantic-web/sw233520 - Videos - using Open Data to Automatically Generate Localised Analogies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqkZQ1MHoCQ - Sofia Spatharioti explains how information from Wikidata and Wikipedia can be used to provide more contextual comparisons when dealing with large numbers, dimensions or statistics. - Thesaurus INAPP in Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6EQqwVQNuM (Italian) - Camillo Carlo Pellizzari shows INAPP thesaurus usage on Wikidata and how to normalise keywords assigned to publications. - Authors INAPP on Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8KQqumlDwY (Italian) - Camillo also presents how Wikidata can record biographical data and the presence of authors affiliated with INAPP.
* Tool of the week *
- Wikidata:Projector https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Projector - is a tool that shows maps and lists with Wikidata items for a specific topic, usually a location. As an example, see the Projector for Corfu https://projector.toolforge.org/#/Corfu - Wikidata Anti Pattern Analyzer http://atilioa.me/WikidataAntiPatternAnalyzer/index.html? companion tool to the Evidence of large-scale conceptual disarray in multi-level taxonomies in Wikidata https://content.iospress.com/articles/semantic-web/sw243562 research paper
* 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: - category for this time births https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12686 (category item for people who born in this time) - category for this time deaths https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12687 (category item for people who died in this time) - representation type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12692 (property to indicate the representation type as a qualifier for Wikimedia Commons SDC Depicts statements of such Wikidata items) - source of transfer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12693 (entity that a transferred item is initially associated with, before this process associates it with another entity) - destination of transfer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12694 (entity that a transferred item comes to be associated with as a result of this process) - LombardiaBeniCulturali collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12703 (ID of a collection on lombardiabeniculturali.it) - Newest External identifiers: FilmVandaag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12683, FBW ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12684, Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12685, Jerusalem Film Cinematheque person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12688, PitchBook profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12689, New Oxford American Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12690, Stichting Erfgoed Nederlandse Biercultuur brewery ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12691, Gentoo Wiki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12695, Dhliz person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12696, RAG ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12697, The Sounds Resource game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12698, The Lost Media Wiki page ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12699, Cbonds company profile https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12700, Iconoteca dell'Accademia di architettura ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12701, Kōmako author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12702, urban area census code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12704, The Law Dictionary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12705, CDC Stacks ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12706, Authority file of the Iraqi Authors https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12707, Gentoo GURU package ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12708, TheLegacy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12709 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - is ontological root of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_ontological_root_of (forms the root element of the ontology) - located in the Islamic territorial entity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/located_in_the_Islamic_territorial_entity (the item is located on the territory of the following Islamic entity.) - New External identifier property proposals to review: last appearance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/last_appearance, Perlego ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Perlego_ID, Bokkilden ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bokkilden_ID, Wardah Books ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wardah_Books_ID, Palula dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Palula_dictionary_ID, Virtual Russian Museum artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Virtual_Russian_Museum_artist_ID, Pushkin Museum artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pushkin_Museum_artist_ID, NLR editions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLR_editions, Dhliz film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dhliz_film_ID, Dhliz TV series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dhliz_TV_series_ID, glubinka.by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/glubinka.by, Azerbaijani National Assembly ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Azerbaijani_National_Assembly_ID, Explanatory Ukrainian Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Explanatory_Ukrainian_Dictionary_ID, Transfermarkt competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Transfermarkt_competition_ID, Quranic Semantic Search word ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Quranic_Semantic_Search_word_ID, Folkets lexikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Folkets_lexikon_ID, Grand Theft Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grand_Theft_Wiki_ID, Quranic Arabic Corpus topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Quranic_Arabic_Corpus_topic_ID, Australian Oxford Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Oxford_Dictionary_ID, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World: Digital Collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oxford_Encyclopedia_of_the_Islamic_World:_Digital_Collection_ID, Lille norske leksikon-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lille_norske_leksikon-ID, The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Encyclopedia_of_Religion_and_Nature_ID, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brewer%27s_Dictionary_of_Phrase_%26_Fable_ID, The Oxford Companion to World Mythology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Companion_to_World_Mythology_ID, GOG product ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GOG_product_ID, Yandex.Music track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yandex.Music_track_ID, WiiG.de developer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WiiG.de_developer_ID, WiiG.de publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WiiG.de_publisher_ID, Comprehensive Dictionary of the Contemporary Ukrainian Language ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Comprehensive_Dictionary_of_the_Contemporary_Ukrainian_Language_ID, The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_New_Zealand_Oxford_Dictionary_ID, Canadian Oxford Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Canadian_Oxford_Dictionary_ID, promodj album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/promodj_album_ID, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Encyclopedia_of_the_Modern_World_ID, The Oxford Companion to the Mind ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Companion_to_the_Mind_ID, Arkitekturguide for Nord-Norge og Svalbard ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arkitekturguide_for_Nord-Norge_og_Svalbard_ID, person ID in MNAHA https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/person_ID_in_MNAHA
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - Indigenous Performers Arts Alliance (IPAA) Members living, working or from Canada https://w.wiki/A2SF - Schools of magic by numbers of students https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fperson%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ52085914.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP69%20%3Fq.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29 - Schema examples: List of roles played by siblings https://w.wiki/9$$N - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Lost links https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:KrBot/Lost_links - (New editor removed sitelink and did not reconnect it) - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Mister President (Q3050361) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3050361 - novel written by Miguel Ángel Asturias - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: Ordbokredaktør https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1218418 - (Bokmål; a literary version of Norwegian) appropriately, for Lexicographer.
* Development *
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? . - Participate in this week's Lexeme challenge https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php: Gambling - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/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/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next