*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*Discussions
- Open request for adminship: FlyingAce <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/FlyingAce> (RfP scheduled to end after 8 September 2023 23:32 UTC) - New request for comments: Must 'Serious' WikiData sources be selective? <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Must_%27Serious%27_WikiData_sources_be_selective%3F> (The disagreement regards the interpretation of WD:N rule number two, which states an item is acceptable if: "It refers to an instance of a clearly identifiable conceptual or material entity that can be described using serious and publicly available references.") Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Upcoming: - Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—September 6, 2023 <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/BYQA6RIUH4GAGKIHKOCTMR274XJMCEDZ/>. Time: 15:00-16:00 UTC / 08:00 PT / 11:00 EDT / 17:00 CET - Registration for 2nd edition of Wikidata MOOC is scheduled for Saturday September 23. [[ https://actualitte.com/article/113238/ressources/wikimedia-2e-edition-du-mooc-wikidata. Link (in French) - Wikidata Days 2023 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_Days_2023>, 28-30* Sept. '23 | 10h00-18h00 | Auditorium and Training Room. Registration <https://www.guiadacidade.pt/pt/art/encontro-wikidata-days-2023-308423-11> (in Portuguess) - Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #108, Roof <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=108> (Challenge started on 2023-09-04 12:01:27) Press, articles, blog posts, videos - Blogs - Wikipedia Will Survive A.I. <https://slate.com/technology/2023/08/wikipedia-artificial-intelligence-threat.html> (including comments from Selena Deckelmann (WMF) and User:Jsamwrites <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jsamwrites>) - Wikidata query service Blazegraph JNL file on Cloudflare R2 and Internet Archive <https://addshore.com/2023/08/wikidata-query-service-blazegraph-jnl-file-on-cloudflare-r2-and-internet-archive/> - Improving equity on Wikipedia using Wikidata <https://wikiedu.org/blog/2023/08/31/improving-equity-on-wikipedia-using-wikidata/> - Papers - Wikidata Research Articles Dataset <https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/40510> - Handling Wikidata Qualifiers in Reasoning <https://www.semantic-web-journal.net/system/files/swj3375.pdf> - Comparing scalable strategies for generating numerical perspectives <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.01535.pdf> - SemOpenAlex: The Scientific Landscape in 26 Billion RDF Triples <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.03671.pdf> - Videos - #SPARQL #Wikidata: first name, occupation and Academy, by VIGNERON - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDveI7tn7cc> (in French) - Newsletters - Wikidata and the epistemology of robots <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:Wikip%C3%A9dia:RAW/2023-09-01#whoseknowledge> in RAW <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:Wikip%C3%A9dia:RAW/2023-09-01> ((in French) - Explore Wikidata differently with Synia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:Wikip%C3%A9dia:RAW/2023-09-01#synia> in RAW <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:Wikip%C3%A9dia:RAW/2023-09-01> (in French) Tool of the week - User:Sanqui/referenceurl.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Sanqui/referenceurl.js> - is a userscript that adds a button to add a reference which immediately suggests reference URL (P854) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P854>. Other Noteworthy Stuff - Job opening: Software Engineer (Wikidata) (m/f/d) <https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/35226834/Software-Engineer-Wikidata-m-f-d-/?jobDbPVId=90681644&l=en>. For our Team Wikidata, based in Berlin, we are looking for a permanent Software Engineer (m/f/d), full-time or part-time (min. 32h/week), as soon as possible. - Wikidata's eleventh birthday <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday> is around the corner! One of our traditions is to prepare birthday presents to the community. Now is a great time to start preparing yours! - Developer account signup from Wikitech removed. Now directing new users towards https://idm.wikimedia.org instead <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/423GG6Z424DZYZNFVQ7PTWOLD6QCRRYQ/> . Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: - has heir or beneficiary <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12002> (people or organizations that received, or will receive, (all or part of) the subject's property or title) - towing capacity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12004> (the maximum sustainable force with which this vehicle can pull or push another object. Alternatively for road- or track-vehicles, the maximum weight of an object on wheels that this vehicle can reliably and safely pull given usual slopes) - learning outcome <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12006> (specific knowledge, skills, and abilities that students are expected to acquire as a result of participating in a particular education program) - tribe <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12011> (recognised membership in a society, mainly denoted by shared cultural heritage; for ethnicity use P172) - External identifiers: ANPI person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12003>, Anikore anime ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12005>, Substack profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12007>, Artmajeur artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12008>, FantLab translator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12009>, wadoku ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12010>, identifier in a register in Germany <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12012>, Demozoo demo ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12013>, Demozoo group member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12014> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: - when used with property <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/when_used_with_property> (when used with property) - Wikimedia Commons campaign <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikimedia_Commons_campaign> (name of a Wikimedia Commons campaign) - near <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/near> (for geo-objects which are located ''near'' some other geo-object) - External identifiers: animecons.com event id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/animecons.com_event_id>, Sayed Ganj Balochi Glossary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sayed_Ganj_Balochi_Glossary_ID>, BioGRID Publication <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BioGRID_Publication>, iNaturalist user ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iNaturalist_user_ID>, MyShows <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MyShows>, NHK News topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NHK_News_topic_ID>, Museoitalia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museoitalia_ID>, DBpia author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBpia_author_ID> - Query examples: - Old Greek personalities with entries in Prosopographia attica <https://w.wiki/7N6r> (source <https://twitter.com/steinhoff_uwe/status/1696988392788042014>) - Largest heist by damage <https://w.wiki/7MPo> (source <https://twitter.com/infovarius/status/1696524669199986968>) Development - EntitySchemas: We added language fallbacks to the statements linking to EntitySchemas (phab:T338797 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T338797>) - We fixed the issue with overlapping Lexeme headers in the Minerva skin (phab:T318981 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T318981>) - Wikibase REST API: We finished the work on PATCHing for statements on Properties (phab:T342238 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342238>) 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>. Monthly Tasks - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. - Comment on property proposals: all open proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview> - Contribute to a Showcase item <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items> . - 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> -- 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: calendly.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
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