* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2024-09-16. Please help Translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current. Missed the previous one? See issue #644 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous*
* Discussions *
- New requests for permissions/Bot: Framabot 5 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Framabot_5 - Task: update a typography error in the French description of homonym pages, seen on 1 https://github.com/MisterSynergy/deltabot-scripts/commit/afd4c82e04ab338b54229aeec3273dd83d6cbe47 . - New request for comments: Additional rights for bureaucrats https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Additional_rights_for_bureaucrats - The proposal suggests allowing Wikidata bureaucrats to remove admin rights, which they currently cannot do, to streamline processes, reduce reliance on stewards, and align with practices of other wikis. - Proposal: Mul labels - proposal of massive addition https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Names#Mul_labels_-_proposal_of_massive_addition - The proposal suggests massively adding "mul" labels to Wikidata items for given and family names, using a bot to streamline the process and reduce redundant labels.
* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events *
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group session 17 September, 2024: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Session on Tuesday, 17 September, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1726588800). Christa Strickler will be our first Project Series lead with her joint project with the Wikidata Religion & Theology Community of Practice to contribute biographical data to Wikidata from the IRFA database using the Mix’n’Match tool. We are excited to learn more about this project, provide a forum for discussion and shared learning, and lend a hand while building new skills. Event page: Session 2 (September 17) - Working session using Mix‘n’Match to add Wikidata items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls/First_Project_Series#Session_2_(September_17)_-_Working_session_using_Mix‘n’Match_to_add_Wikidata_items - Wikidata Day 2024 (Seattle) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/Wikidata_Day_2024 - Agenda: Wikidata Twelfth Birthday, Training and Edit-a-thon. When: Saturday, October 26, from 12:30–4:30pm PDT
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs - Looking for Aotearoa's next roving Wikipedian, a Wikidata Te Papa research expeditions publication & the Wikidata WikiProject IBC follow-up workshop https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2024/Contents/New_Zealand_report - The Aotearoa Wikipedian at Large worked with multiple institutions in 2024, contributing to Wikidata by improving museum exhibition models, creating articles, and collaborating on various projects, including biological field trips and entomology, while also engaging with the local Christchurch editing community. - Wikimedians-in-residence assigned to add lexicographical data of 5 endangered languages of West Bengal https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2024/Contents/India_report - The West Bengal Wikimedians User Group, in collaboration with Jadavpur University, has appointed five linguistics students as Wikimedians-in-residence to add lexicographical data for five endangered languages of West Bengal to Wikidata, contributing to their preservation and digital accessibility. - Cooperation between National Library and Wikimedia CR was presented at Wikimania 2024 https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2024/Contents/Czech_Republic_report - Wikimedia Czech Republic presented their long-standing collaboration with the National Library at Wikimania 2024, highlighting joint educational and community initiatives, along with additional sessions on media education and successful campaigns during the event. - Vacancy Wikimedian in Residence for Wikipedia on Aruba - Aruba on Wikipedia project https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2024/Contents/Aruba_report - Wikimedia Nederland is seeking a Wikimedian in Residence for the "Wikipedia on Aruba" project, which aims to make Aruban and Dutch Caribbean culture and heritage accessible on Wikimedia platforms, with applications open until 16 September 2024. - Presentations: The knowledge graph of Wikidata in the context of the Human Cell Atlas https://tiago.bio.br/phd%20defense/ - presentation by Tiago Lubiana (Q90076935) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90076935 around their PhD defense - Essay: User:ASarabadani (WMF)/Growth of databases of Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:ASarabadani_(WMF)/Growth_of_databases_of_Wikidata
* Tool of the week *
- User:Lagewi/references.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lagewi/references.js - "Sometimes, the data on Wikidata does not answer all your questions. Some types of information are difficult to encode in statements, or simply has not been encoded on Wikidata yet. In such cases, it might be useful to go through the references attached to claims of the entity, for additional information. To simplify this process, this user script lists all unique references based on stated in (P248) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P248 and reference URL (P854) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P854. The references are listed in a collapsible list below the table of labels and descriptions, collapsed by default to not be obtrusive." To enable it, include the following line in your common.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyPage/common.js: mw.loader.load('// www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lagewi/references.js&oldid=2039248554&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' );
* 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 example https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12981 (sample image of the person's handwriting) - objects of occurrence have role https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12992 (role that objects of this occurrence take on in the context of this occurrence. (For selectional restrictions, use "object class of occurrence" (P12913) instead.)) - agents of action have role https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12993 (role that agents of this action take on in the context of this action. (For selectional restrictions, use "agent class of action" (P12994) instead. )) - agent class of action https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12994 (class of items that may initiate this action or class of actions (For roles filled by agents of an action, use "agents of action have role" (P12993) instead)) - agent of action https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12995 (particular item that initiates this action or class of actions) - 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, Stadtwiki Karlsruhe ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12984, Athletics New Zealand athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12985, Encyclopedia of Tunisian Women person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12986, LMFDB knowl ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12987, ACUM performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12988, ACUM creator/publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12989, ACUM Work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12990, ACUM album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12991, culture.ru organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12996, Hindustan Times topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12997, Newgrounds submission ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12998 - 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 kanji) - 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) - publication type of scholarly article https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/publication_type_of_scholarly_article (Publication type of scholarly article) - characteristic of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/characteristic_of ((qualifier only) statement value is a characteristic, quality, property, or state of this item) - Political foundation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Political_foundation (The property allows a link between a political party (usually) and its related political foundation, as is common in Germany, in the Netherlands or at the European level. The reverse property ("political party" or "political party affiliation", still different from P102 which is for individual membership) would be useful too.) - Medietilsynets filmdatabase https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medietilsynets_filmdatabase () - New External identifier property proposals to review: 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, Biblioteka Nauki IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteka_Nauki_IDs, 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, typeset.io journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/typeset.io_journal_ID, LWW journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LWW_journal_ID, BioMed Central journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BioMed_Central_journal_ID, Storia della civiltà europea ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Storia_della_civilt%C3%A0_europea_ID, NooSFere editorial collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NooSFere_editorial_collection_ID, e-LIS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/e-LIS_ID, Dictionnaire des guérilleros et résistants antifranquistes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_des_gu%C3%A9rilleros_et_r%C3%A9sistants_antifranquistes_ID, Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historical_Encyclopedia_of_Siberia_ID, pomniky.npmk.cz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/pomniky.npmk.cz_ID, FightTime fighters ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FightTime_fighters_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - Map of Karens https://w.wiki/tb9 / Johns https://w.wiki/thW per million according to Wikidata - People with a connection to Dresden who have an anniversary today https://query-chest.toolforge.org/redirect/mmMBW6mGYYim4w6i082q8wUOwIe04oEkqGeeI0kcsQK (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Stefan_K%C3%BChn/Dresden#Personen_mit_Bezug_zu_Dresden,_die_heute_ein_Jubiläum_haben ) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
- Wikibooks pages https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Wikibooks_pages - The goal is to add Wikidata items for every Wikibooks page. - Couchdb https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Couchdb - This project has the purpose to investigate how having Wikidata on CouchDb could work. - Temporärhaus https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_tempor%C3%A4rhaus - This project is intended to document the activities in the temporaerhaus (Q27945856) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27945856 with reference to Wikidata. - WikiProject Highlights: Ontology/Cleaning Task Force/Changes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Cleaning_Task_Force/Changes - Significant actual and proposed changes to the Wikidata ontology that have come out of the cleaning task force efforts. - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Wikidata Statements that use a retracted article as reference https://w.wiki/BD4F - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Among Us (Q96417649) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96417649 - 2018 video game developed by InnerSloth - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: ਕਰਨ (L45436) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L45436 - Punjabi verb "to do"
* Development *
- The development team attended the annual WMDE Software Department retreat, so there wasn't much development activity this week.
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. - 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
*·* https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current *Read the full report https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current ·*
The Human Cell Atlas presentation link appears to be broken, the correct one is https://tiago.bio.br/phd_defense/
On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 4:41 PM Mohammed Sadat Abdulai < mohammed.abdulai@wikimedia.de> wrote:
- Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in
theweek leading up to 2024-09-16. Please help Translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current. Missed the previous one? See issue #644 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous*
Discussions *
- New requests for permissions/Bot: Framabot 5
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Framabot_5
- Task: update a typography error in the French description of homonym
pages, seen on 1 https://github.com/MisterSynergy/deltabot-scripts/commit/afd4c82e04ab338b54229aeec3273dd83d6cbe47 .
- New request for comments: Additional rights for bureaucrats
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Additional_rights_for_bureaucrats
- The proposal suggests allowing Wikidata bureaucrats to remove admin
rights, which they currently cannot do, to streamline processes, reduce reliance on stewards, and align with practices of other wikis.
- Proposal: Mul labels - proposal of massive addition
- The proposal suggests massively adding "mul" labels to Wikidata items for
given and family names, using a bot to streamline the process and reduce redundant labels.
Events
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events *
- Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group session 17 September, 2024: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Session on Tuesday, 17 September, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1726588800). Christa Strickler will be our first Project Series lead with her joint project with the Wikidata Religion & Theology Community of Practice to contribute biographical data to Wikidata from the IRFA database using the Mix’n’Match tool. We are excited to learn more about this project, provide a forum for discussion and shared learning, and lend a hand while building new skills. Event page: Session 2 (September 17) - Working session using Mix‘n’Match to add Wikidata items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls/First_Project_Series#Session_2_(September_17)_-_Working_session_using_Mix‘n’Match_to_add_Wikidata_items
- Wikidata Day 2024 (Seattle)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/Wikidata_Day_2024
- Agenda: Wikidata Twelfth Birthday, Training and Edit-a-thon. When:
Saturday, October 26, from 12:30–4:30pm PDT
Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs
research expeditions publication & the Wikidata WikiProject IBC follow-up workshop https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2024/Contents/New_Zealand_report
- Looking for Aotearoa's next roving Wikipedian, a Wikidata Te Papa
2024, contributing to Wikidata by improving museum exhibition models, creating articles, and collaborating on various projects, including biological field trips and entomology, while also engaging with the local Christchurch editing community.
- The Aotearoa Wikipedian at Large worked with multiple institutions in
5 endangered languages of West Bengal https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2024/Contents/India_report
- Wikimedians-in-residence assigned to add lexicographical data of
University, has appointed five linguistics students as Wikimedians-in-residence to add lexicographical data for five endangered languages of West Bengal to Wikidata, contributing to their preservation and digital accessibility.
- The West Bengal Wikimedians User Group, in collaboration with Jadavpur
presented at Wikimania 2024 https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2024/Contents/Czech_Republic_report
- Cooperation between National Library and Wikimedia CR was
the National Library at Wikimania 2024, highlighting joint educational and community initiatives, along with additional sessions on media education and successful campaigns during the event.
- Wikimedia Czech Republic presented their long-standing collaboration with
Wikipedia project https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2024/Contents/Aruba_report
- Vacancy Wikimedian in Residence for Wikipedia on Aruba - Aruba on
"Wikipedia on Aruba" project, which aims to make Aruban and Dutch Caribbean culture and heritage accessible on Wikimedia platforms, with applications open until 16 September 2024.
- Wikimedia Nederland is seeking a Wikimedian in Residence for the
- Presentations: The knowledge graph of Wikidata in the context of the
Human Cell Atlas https://tiago.bio.br/phd%20defense/ - presentation by Tiago Lubiana (Q90076935) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90076935 around their PhD defense
- Essay: User:ASarabadani (WMF)/Growth of databases of Wikidata
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:ASarabadani_(WMF)/Growth_of_databases_of_Wikidata
Tool of the week *
- User:Lagewi/references.js
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lagewi/references.js - "Sometimes, the data on Wikidata does not answer all your questions. Some types of information are difficult to encode in statements, or simply has not been encoded on Wikidata yet. In such cases, it might be useful to go through the references attached to claims of the entity, for additional information. To simplify this process, this user script lists all unique references based on stated in (P248) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P248 and reference URL (P854) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P854. The references are listed in a collapsible list below the table of labels and descriptions, collapsed by default to not be obtrusive." To enable it, include the following line in your common.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyPage/common.js: mw.loader.load('// www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lagewi/references.js&oldid=2039248554&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' );
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
(value of a currency or type of currency)
- denomination https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12949
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12956 (a qualifier of derived from base unit (P12571) used to describe the exponent of the unit)
- exponent of base unit
(person(s) who devised and developed this game)
- game designer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12969
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12981 (sample image of the person's handwriting)
- handwriting example
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12992 (role that objects of this occurrence take on in the context of this occurrence. (For selectional restrictions, use "object class of occurrence" (P12913) instead.))
- objects of occurrence have role
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12993 (role that agents of this action take on in the context of this action. (For selectional restrictions, use "agent class of action" (P12994) instead. ))
- agents of action have role
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12994 (class of items that may initiate this action or class of actions (For roles filled by agents of an action, use "agents of action have role" (P12993) instead))
- agent class of action
(particular item that initiates this action or class of actions)
- agent of action https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12995
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, Stadtwiki Karlsruhe ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12984, Athletics New Zealand athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12985, Encyclopedia of Tunisian Women person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12986, LMFDB knowl ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12987, ACUM performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12988, ACUM creator/publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12989, ACUM Work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12990, ACUM album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12991, culture.ru organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12996, Hindustan Times topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12997, Newgrounds submission ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12998
- Newest External identifiers: Illinois Center for the Book author
- New General datatypes property proposals to review
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Larval_host_plant (Larval host plant - used only for insects - subclass of P1034)
- Larval host plant
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_reading (phonetic reading or pronunciation of the kanji)
- has reading
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/formula_weight (molar mass of an empirical forumula unit of a chemical compound, element or isotope)
- formula weight
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mode_of_reproduction (ways for living organisms to propagate or produce their offsprings)
- mode of reproduction
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))
- initialism
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)
- health points
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/damage (damage value of this video game weapon, ability or character)
- damage
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/magazine_capacity (magazine capacity or clip size of this firearm or weapon (real or fictional))
- magazine capacity
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/male_mean_age (male mean age in a given place; qualifier of {{P|4442}})
- male mean age
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/female_mean_age (female mean age in a given place; qualifier of {{P|4442}})
- female mean age
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mummy_of_a_person (mummy of a person)
- Mummy of a person
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/publication_type_of_scholarly_article (Publication type of scholarly article)
- publication type of scholarly article
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/characteristic_of ((qualifier only) statement value is a characteristic, quality, property, or state of this item)
- characteristic of
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Political_foundation (The property allows a link between a political party (usually) and its related political foundation, as is common in Germany, in the Netherlands or at the European level. The reverse property ("political party" or "political party affiliation", still different from P102 which is for individual membership) would be useful too.)
- Political foundation
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medietilsynets_filmdatabase ()
- Medietilsynets filmdatabase
- New External identifier property proposals to review: 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, Biblioteka Nauki IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteka_Nauki_IDs, 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, typeset.io journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/typeset.io_journal_ID, LWW journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LWW_journal_ID, BioMed Central journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BioMed_Central_journal_ID, Storia della civiltà europea ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Storia_della_civilt%C3%A0_europea_ID, NooSFere editorial collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NooSFere_editorial_collection_ID, e-LIS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/e-LIS_ID, Dictionnaire des guérilleros et résistants antifranquistes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_des_gu%C3%A9rilleros_et_r%C3%A9sistants_antifranquistes_ID, Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historical_Encyclopedia_of_Siberia_ID, pomniky.npmk.cz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/pomniky.npmk.cz_ID, FightTime fighters ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FightTime_fighters_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
Did you know? *
- Query examples:
per million according to Wikidata
- Map of Karens https://w.wiki/tb9 / Johns https://w.wiki/thW
https://query-chest.toolforge.org/redirect/mmMBW6mGYYim4w6i082q8wUOwIe04oEkqGeeI0kcsQK (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Stefan_K%C3%BChn/Dresden#Personen_mit_Bezug_zu_Dresden,_die_heute_ein_Jubiläum_haben )
- People with a connection to Dresden who have an anniversary today
- Newest WikiProjects
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
- Wikibooks pages <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Wikibooks_pages> - The goal is to add Wikidata items for every Wikibooks page. - Couchdb <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Couchdb> - This project has the purpose to investigate how having Wikidata on CouchDb could work. - Temporärhaus <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_tempor%C3%A4rhaus> - This project is intended to document the activities in the temporaerhaus (Q27945856) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27945856> with reference to Wikidata.
- WikiProject Highlights: Ontology/Cleaning Task Force/Changes
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Cleaning_Task_Force/Changes
- Significant actual and proposed changes to the Wikidata ontology that
have come out of the cleaning task force efforts.
- Newest database reports
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Wikidata Statements that use a retracted article as reference https://w.wiki/BD4F
- Showcase Items
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Among Us (Q96417649) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96417649 - 2018 video game developed by InnerSloth
- Showcase Lexemes
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: ਕਰਨ (L45436) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L45436 - Punjabi verb "to do"
Development *
- The development team attended the annual WMDE Software Department
retreat, so there wasn't much development activity this week.
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
- 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.
- 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/Current *Read the full report https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current ·* -- Mohammed S. Abdulai *Community Communications Manager, Wikidata*
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466 https://wikimedia.de
Grab a spot in my calendar for a chat: cal.com/masssly.
A lot is happening around Wikidata - Keep up to date! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/.
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine, Dr. Christian Humborg _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list -- wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/mes... To unsubscribe send an email to wikidata-leave@lists.wikimedia.org