* 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 2024-08-05. Please help Translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current.*
* Discussions *
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - Numberguy6Bot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Numberguy6Bot - Task: Add links to Wiktionary categories in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Russian. - UmisBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/UmisBot - Task: This bot will add string representations of units of measurement to units of measurement Wikidata pages. - ZLBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ZLBot - Task: request SPARQLs for RAG.
* 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 call 6 August, 2024: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, 6 August, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1722960000). Please join us for a Busy Summer Fun Wikidata Editing Hour, an hour of uninterrupted Wikidata editing time to work on your own Wikidata projects. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kO6bvFN87fF4pRSGE7_HqxDorUpENKi7KX98BW75xg0/edit?usp=sharing . - Wikimania is August 7-10. Here is a curated list of Wikimania sessions focused around Wikidata, or have *some* connection to Wikidata: 2024:Program/Wikidata https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Program/Wikidata. Please add to the list if something is missing.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs: Olympics medalists, not by country, but by NUTS region https://edjnet.github.io/OlympicsGoNUTS/, By Giorgio Comai - Papers - Discovering life's directed metabolic (sub)paths to interpret human biochemical markers using the DSMN tool https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DD00069A - SPINACH: SPARQL-Based Information Navigation for Challenging Real-World Questions https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.11417 - The SPINACH dataset, derived from Wikidata's "Request a Query" forum, offers a more complex and challenging KBQA dataset with 320 question-SPARQL pairs, designed to test the capabilities of KBQA systems in navigating large and incomplete knowledge base schemas. - Videos - Using Wikidata to navigate the web (Wikimania Katowice) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iu_fOfRaqE - Tool demo: Entity Explosion - Use Wikidata and Lexeme to understand Minnan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEAtwYYJsvk - COSCUP 2024 (Conference for Open Source Coders, Users, and Promoters)
* Tool of the week *
- Forage https://github.com/sanjay-thiyagarajan/forage - a user script that provides an additional editing interface that makes editing easier, by showing the expected properties for a page (based on its "instance of" values), and providing simple inputs to let users add values for any such property. To install Forage, just add the following line to the common.js subpage under your user page on Wikidata, i.e. wikidata.org/wiki/User:Your username here/common.js: importScript('User:Techwizzie/forage.js');
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- The Wikibase REST API, introduced last year on Wikidata, is progressing towards version 1, aiming for a comprehensive release by the end of 2024. We're seeking community feedback to enhance the current API and plan future developments. Please share your thoughts on this page: Feedback on the Wikibase REST API (July/August 2024) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:REST_API_feedback_round. - Abdulai Yorli Iddrisu (WMDE) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Abdulai_Yorli_Iddrisu_(WMDE) has joined the Software Communication team (SCoT) at Wikimedia Deutschland as an intern until the end of September 2024. Welcome Yorli! - Wikidata now has a shiny new landing page for developers: Wikidata:For developers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:For_developers
* 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: - writing technique https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12876 (technique used for writing on stone, paper or other support) - last appearance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12878 (last work featuring a fictional character or item) - Tüik mahalle ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12883 (identifier of neighborhoods (mahalle) in Turkey in TÜİK (Turkish Statistical Institute) database) - Sandbox-EntitySchema https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12886 (Sandbox property for value of type "EntitySchema") - myfixguide.com Category ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12889 (photos about how to repair hardware) - indexer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12895 (entity responsible for compiling an index of a book, database, website or other forms of media publications in the form of a methodical arrangement of records designed to enable users to locate information quickly) - object of action https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12912 (specific object to which an action or class of actions occurs) - object class of action https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12913 (class of objects (including substances) to which an action or class of actions may occur) - public funding https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12919 (amount of public funding an organisation receives) - Newest External identifiers: Google Play author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12871, Overcast episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12872, ArchWiki article https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12873, Valencian Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12874, Star Wars.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12875, ScienceDirect journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12877, Filmová databáze film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12879, Filmová databáze person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12880, FC Krasnodar player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12881, Iraqnla book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12882, Alle Burgen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12884, Italian-English Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12885, islamway authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12887, Metamath statement ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12888, Imperial University of Dorpat student ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12890, Coptic Dictionary Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12891, English-Italian Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12892, autoritateak.eus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12893, Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12894, Nintendo Life company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12896, Wiley Online Library journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12897, Museums in Russia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12898, Helveticat ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12899, ARABTERM entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12900, Hawramani Arabic Lexicon entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12901, Women in Resistance ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12902, French-English Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12903, German-English Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12904, Emerald Group Publishing journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12905, Taylor & Francis journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12906, JTA Sightseeing Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12907, WorldCyclingStats ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12908, The New Mithraeum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12909, Finnish Ministers database ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12910, State Historical Museum of Russia person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12911, mandumah ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12914, Educational center of resistance and deportation of Landes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12915, Encyclopaedia of Islam (French edition) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12916, FDC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12917, French bathing water ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12918, Norwegian Kunstnerforbundet artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12920, Political Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12921, United Nations Digital Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12922, U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12923, 365scores player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12924 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - date de vote https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/date_de_vote (vote date, date on which people decided or cast their ballot) - schmeckt nach https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/schmeckt_nach (taste that a food or drink has) - Military Grid Reference System ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Military_Grid_Reference_System_ID (geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth) - has semantic role (2nd proposal) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_semantic_role_(2nd_proposal) (item that describes a role in an event/action class) - growth rate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/growth_rate (growth rate of something over time) - lifespan https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lifespan (duration of a person's known or recorded lifespan) - APPF registration status https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/APPF_registration_status (status of registration of this entity with the Authority for European political parties and European political foundation) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Thinkwiki article https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thinkwiki_article, SideReel series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SideReel_series_ID, SideReel series URL slug https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SideReel_series_URL_slug, africanmusiclibrary.org artist id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/africanmusiclibrary.org_artist_id, Stichting Erfgoed Nederlandse Biercultuur beer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stichting_Erfgoed_Nederlandse_Biercultuur_beer_ID, Glosbe Old High German Lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Glosbe_Old_High_German_Lexeme_ID, Tretyakov Gallery artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tretyakov_Gallery_artist_ID, Religion Past and Present Online (German edition) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Religion_Past_and_Present_Online_(German_edition)_ID, identifiant FranceTerme https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_FranceTerme, Yediot Books book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yediot_Books_book_ID, 365scores player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/365scores_player_ID, xdaforums https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/xdaforums, GamingOnLinux Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GamingOnLinux_Database_ID, Akademický slovník současné češtiny ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Akademick%C3%BD_slovn%C3%ADk_sou%C4%8Dasn%C3%A9_%C4%8De%C5%A1tiny_ID, TIPLOC code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TIPLOC_code, IDU play ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IDU_play_ID, FolkWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FolkWiki_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - Image gallery of the most notable sculptures https://w.wiki/ApxH ( source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sculpture#Showcase_queries ) - Authors that cite your article(s) https://w.wiki/ApQd, Authors that you cite https://w.wiki/ApQs (source https://wikis.world/@egonw@mastodon.social/112892436172671056) - WikiProject Highlights: Sculptures by collection https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sculpture/Top_collections: an Integraality dashboard for WikiProject Sculpture - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Dagbani Lexemes that wrongly include the grammatical gender property P5185 https://w.wiki/9y2u - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Chinua Achebe (Q155845) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155845 - Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: Stuorra Dorskavuotna (L636928) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L636928 - fjord in Hammerfest, Norway (Northern Sami proper noun)
* Development *
- mul language code: The new language code has been rolled out in a limited way. We are looking through feedback now. - mul release: The full release of the "mul" language code feature to Wikidata, originally scheduled for August 12, may be delayed as we have uncovered a few issues during testing that could potentially block the scheduled release.
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? . - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Bermuda https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Bermuda - 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