* 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 2024-07-29. Please help Translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current.*
* Discussions *
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - GergesBot 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/GergesBot_2 - Task/s: Edit label when order is added in ar:ويكيبيديا:طلبات نقل عبر البوت (Transfer requests by Bot). - UmisBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/UmisBot - Task/s: This bot will add string representations of units of measurement to units of measurement Wikidata pages.
* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events *
- Upcoming: - Wikidata Days Bologna 2024 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Days_Bologna_2024, Italian language conference dedicated to Wikidata for libraries and research, taking place in the frame of Wikidata’s 12th birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Twelfth_Birthday, on November 8-9 in Bologna, Italy. - Wikimania starts on August 7. Here is a list of sessions focused around Wikidata, or have *some* connection to Wikidata: 2024:Program/Wikidata https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Program/Wikidata. If something is missing, feel free to add to it, including any Wikidata meetups you may be hosting.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs - "Sharing the world’s paintings on Wikidata" https://culturalcontent.substack.com/p/sharing-the-worlds-paintings-on-wikidata By Martin Poulter for the *Cultural Content* Substack - WikiEdu: What I learned taking an introductory Wikidata Course https://wikiedu.org/blog/2024/07/10/an-intelligent-system-what-i-learned-through-taking-an-introductory-wikidata-course/ - Anne-Christine Hoff, associate professor of English at Jarvis Christian University, describes her experiences and learnings from taking an intro to Wikidata course, provided by the WikiEdu.org, a project of the Wiki Education Foundation. - Talking Wikidata: Communication patterns and their impact on community engagement in collaborative knowledge graphs https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.18278 - This study investigates the behaviours, communication patterns and interactions of the core small Wikidata community that are responsible for 80% of its content, in order to future contribution and participation. By E. Koutsiana et al. - A Wikidata-Based Framework for Integrating Heterogeneous Knowledge Sources https://arxiv.org/html/2403.10304v2KIF: - This paper presents KIF, a Wikidata-based framework for virtually integrating heterogeneous knowledge sources and discuss how it was used to solve a real integration problem in the domain of chemistry (involving Wikidata, PubChem, and IBM CIRCA). By G. Lima et al. - Press release: Arricchimento dei dati di authority di SBN attraverso il confronto e lo scambio con Wikidata https://www.iccu.sbn.it/it/SBN/catalogazione-e-manutenzione-del-catalogo-sbn/progetti-di-implementazione-dei-dati-dellindice-sbn/arricchimento-dei-dati-di-authority-di-sbn-attraverso-il-confronto-e-lo-scambio-con-wikidata-/ (in Italian): ICCU https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3803707, the institute coordinating the biggest Italian OPAC (the OPAC SBN https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105086090, involving more than 7 thousands libraries), has just finished enriching about 16200 nearly empty authority records with data taken from the respective Wikidata items (Wikidata items link to SBN authority records through P396 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P396); this announcement describes in detail the enrichment work, which started in June 2023; for more information (and bibliography) about the collaboration between ICCU and Wikidata, see d:Wikidata:Gruppo Wikidata per Musei, Archivi e Biblioteche/SBN https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Gruppo_Wikidata_per_Musei,_Archivi_e_Biblioteche/SBN (in Italian) - Videos - Intro to Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab5q93B3S1Q - This intro to Wikidata was provided for participants of the International Linguistics Olympiad 2024, held in Brasília. Presented by Artur Corrêa Souza and Éder Porto, organised by Wiki Movimento Brasil. - Mining and Modeling Text using Wikibase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkVh4nQBk2A - the University of Trier is building a knowledge graph on French Enlightenment novels 1751 - 1800 with the use of Wikibase.
* Tool of the week *
- User:Nikki/ShowIDs.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/ShowIDs.js - This user script adds entity IDs in brackets after links. - Common values https://observablehq.com/@pac02/common-values, yet another Observable notebook. This one looks at common values between two Wikidata item pages.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- KDE Itinerary, KDE's travel assistant app, gets more Wikidata integration https://volkerkrause.eu/2024/07/27/kde-itinerary-june-july-2024.html. - The Wikidata Development team needs your feedback to evaluate "default values for all languages" (mul) in the Termbox. Please share your thoughts on this 5-10 minute anonymous survey: https://wikimedia.sslsurvey.de/Wikidata-default-values-feedback - The Wikidata (integrations) for Wikimedia projects https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WIT team have released a progress report on their ongoing research project, investigating the "State of Wikidata usage on other wikis". Available on the Research page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WIT/Research, alternatively on Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_for_Wikimedia_Projects_-_State_of_Wikidata_usage_-_progress_report_27.06.2024.pdf . - 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.
* 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: - coin edge image https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12849 (image or images that show the edge of a coin) - ozone depletion potential https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12853 (relative amount of degradation to the ozone layer relative to CFC-11) - EntitySchema for class https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12861 (schema that members of a class should conform to) - 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) - Newest External identifiers: Canadian Virtual War Memorial ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12848, Personnel Records of the First World War ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12850, Fowler’s Concise Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12851, NooSFere publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12852, Plex person key https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12854, BHMPI OBJ ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12855, Index Fungorum person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12856, stiga.trefik.cz player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12857, UNIBO professor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12858, Cineuropa international sales agent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12859, Mapes de Patrimoni Cultural ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12860, Il Nuovo DOP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12862, RGALI person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12863, RGALI organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12864, Archelec person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12865, Lojas com História ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12866, milononline.net entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12867, Hebrew Academy term ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12868, LAGL author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12869, KANAL ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12870, 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 - 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) - Public funding https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Public_funding (amount of public funding an organisation receives) - schmeckt nach https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/schmeckt_nach (taste that a food or drink has) - Kunstnerforbundet kunstner ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kunstnerforbundet_kunstner_ID (Identifier for an artist member of Kunstnerforbundet in norway) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Manhom Arabic Profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Manhom_Arabic_Profile_ID, Thinkwiki article https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thinkwiki_article, identifier of the educational center of resistance and deportation of Landes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifier_of_the_educational_center_of_resistance_and_deportation_of_Landes, 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, U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/U.S._Copyright_Office_Public_Records_System_work_ID, Encyclopaedia of Islam (french edition) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopaedia_of_Islam_(french_edition)_ID, French Bathing water ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/French_Bathing_water_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, mandumah ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mandumah_ID, Pocket Oxford German Dictionary: English-German ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_German_Dictionary:_English-German_ID, Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: English-French ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford-Hachette_French_Dictionary:_English-French_ID, Political Dictionary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Political_Dictionary_entry, United Nations Digital Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/United_Nations_Digital_Library_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, FDC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FDC_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
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - Where were people who went to space born? https://w.wiki/7LpT - Red Cross and Red Crescent societies https://w.wiki/u4G - Top 20 languages in number of Lexemes in Wikidata and percentage of Lexemes with at least one external ID https://w.wiki/4rGf - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects:
- Military Equipment in Policing https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Military_Equipment_in_Policing - Project to connect police equipment defined as military equipment to capabilities, uses, manufacturers, descriptions, etc. - Quran https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Quran - to collaborate on Quran-related topics and organise Quran Wikidatans; help others and get help whenever needed to improve Quran-related items (and properties); create Quran-specific tools' libraries, queries, and resources; - Sufism https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sufism - collaborate on Sufism-related topics - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Hindustani nouns without gender in a language https://query.wikidata.org/index.html#%23%20Nouns%20without%20gender%20in%20a%20language%0ASELECT%20%3Fl%20%3Flemma%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fl%20a%20ontolex%3ALexicalEntry%20%3B%20dct%3Alanguage%20%3Flanguage%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AlexicalCategory%20wd%3AQ1084%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Alemma%20%3Flemma%20.%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP1394%20%27hind1270%27%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fl%20wdt%3AP5185%20%5B%5D.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Flemma - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Fugger (Q37018433) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37018433 - family name - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: ikkje-vald (L3483) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L3483 - Nynorsk noun, translates to "non-violence"
* Development *
- IP masking: The feature was rolled out to test wikis and we fixed a few issues uncovered by this. - EntitySchemas: We are working to make it possible to search for the EntitySchema by its label and aliases when making a new statement linking to an EntitySchema (phab:T362005 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T362005) - Integration in other Wikimedia projects: We are working on moving the Wikidata Item link from the tools section of the sidebar (phab:T66315 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66315) - REST API: - We changed the data-type field to data_type in JSON responses ( phab:T368130 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T368130) - We are continuing the work on improving error handling and messages
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