Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week!
Welcome to the 500th Weekly Summary!

   - Item #500 is Citrus ×limon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q500>;
   Property #500 is exclave of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P500>;
   and Lexeme #500 is "കുടുംബം <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L500>"
   - Malayalam for “family”.
   - “Roughly” 500 people were participants at WikidataCon 2021
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021>
   - Q207742 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207742> is about the natural
   number 500
   - Q560388 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560388> disambiguates "500"
   for Wikipedias in 14 languages.
   - The Roman numeral for 500 is "D <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9884>"
   - Timeline of places when they had a population of exactly 500
   <https://w.wiki/4aS5>
   - Wikidata was 500 days old on Friday 14 March 2014
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17922993>. It will be 500 weeks old
on Tuesday
   31 May 2022 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69306446>

Discussions

   - Open request for adminship: Ameisenigel
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Ameisenigel>
   (RfP scheduled to end after 27 December 2021 15:57 UTC)

Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>

   - Upcoming:
      - The next Wikibase live session
      <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2021.12.30> is 16:00 GMT on
      Thursday 30th December 2021 (17:00 Berlin time). This month we
will have a
      guest presentation by the team at The Semantic Lab at Pratt Institute
      <https://semlab.io/>. They will present how they are using Linked
      Open Data (LOD) in their projects with the help of Wikibase. All are
      welcome!
      - Next Wikidata Bug Triage Hour: January 13th at 17:00 UTC
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Wikidata_bug_triage_hour>.
      Open discussion, bring your favorite Phabricator task.
      - Coolest Tools Awards
      <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> on Friday 14
      January 2022, 17:00 UTC
   - Ongoing:
      - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #22, New Year
      <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=22>
   - Past:
      - Wikidata. Lecture - master class in Russian
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY-1jcBxbbM> is 16:07 GMT on Sunday
      26th December 2021 (19:07 Moscow time) in Minsk Hackerspace. For
those who
      are not familiar and want to know what it is.
      - WikidataCon 2021 (replay on YouTube)
         - Wikidata sessions:
            - Improving Women's Biographies through Wikidata - Experiences
            from Women in Red and the Smiths. Inst.
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT_-pZ4Fgmw>
            - A Wikidata university course? Lessons learned from featuring
            Wikidata in an elective course at TAU.
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T9PG7tjFaA>
            - Linking Indian Local Self Government's Structured Data with
            Wikidata and OpenStreetMap
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZQUn9KjJOc>
            - Finding new pathways of collaborating for a sustainable
            Wikidata software development
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_VxTlBNkyk>
            - How can we reimagine Wikidata from the margins? Conversation
            with Maryana Iskander
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RkKc19ozso>
            - Wikidata at Texas A&M University Libraries: Enhancing
            Discovery for Dissertations
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgDkNgAibds>
            - Wiki API Connector - Simplifying ETL workflows from open APIs
            to Wikidata/Commons
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z6dUiAG_6c>
            - IG WIKIDATA HUB - The Journey towards building a WIKIDATA
            community in Nigeria
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVxV4Y7XSW0>
            - Integration of Wikidata 4OpenGLAM into data and information
            science curricula <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wp8m_kxlks>
            - Description from Wikidata on sister projects and concerns
            about vandalism <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjantQX_nvc>
            - Knowledge Quality In Wikidata: Vandalism Insights and Data
            Collaborations <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AIbjmaInNI>
            - Shared Citations - A proposed citation management database
            for Wikimedia <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKIkHxuaR_g>
            - Analyzing, visualizing and improving Wikidata using the
            Wolfram Language <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpyYvcEXu3o>
            - Challenges and Lessons from a Pilot Project: Christian Hymns
            in Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZa-57F1h3w>
            - Wikidata for authority control: sharing museum knowledge with
            the world <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvgfOtU1CB4>
            - Wikidata supporting open student research projects in plant
            chemistry <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9JnKcdDz68>
            - A world in which 99% of Wikidata’s editors never come to
            Wikidata.org <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7nS78lHQM4>
            - Linking the Art in the Christian Tradition (ACT) database to
            Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g_3GeQC0YY>
            - Global templates: Towards a New Age of Cross-wiki Data
            Collaboration <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRQhuz-OD5w>
            - From QRPedia to AudioQRPedia : how to improve QRPedia using
            Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20vs7Uj6F_0>
            - Sister projects: Wiki Loves Monuments presentations and
            discussion <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-tQzj3nouw>
            - From Google Scholar to Wikidata: The RIDC NeuroMat Experience
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xLBCMCui9U>
            - Assessing the quality of sources in Wikidata across languages
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF9efakAhmw>
            - IFLA Wikidata Working Group: Updates from the library field
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p78ZoWZeQ_o>
            - A process to roundtrip Wikidata into Alma using Alma Refine
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOUoAB6XKts>
            - Arrange river data in Taiwan by Wikidata and OpenStreetMap
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6IDREkqUrA>
            - Look both ways: integrating Wikidata and OpenStreetMap
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n312s09k4cQ>
            - Wikidata in the Classroom: Updates from North America
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyEjo9nPW9o>
            - Learning Wikidata in 8 Weeks as a Smithsonian Intern
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMJx0Nzzx6M>
            - Wikidata-based Narratives for Research and Education
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3flyyeWzV8>
            - Measuring Political Elite Networks with Wikidata
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5XQmjSUnBs>
            - Sorting out industry classifications in Wikidata
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDRrIO0G84g>
            - Systematic Review Automation driven by Wikidata
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOfMeLYDtWY>
            - The Lindy Effect in Wikidata User Retention
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSS5kviMkTM>
            - Non-binary Gender Identities in Wikidata
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIsmFUuGvCw>
            - Measuring and monitoring data quality
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15sSKQPHymY>
            - Wikidata & Education: A Global Panel
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfSqxWn0suI>
            - Integrating Wikidata into education
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEg5R7o-Rww>
            - Integrating Wikidata into education
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEg5R7o-Rww>
            - Wikidata in Australia showcase
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfgdzN7nd-8>
            - Wikidata and R: a perfect pair
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-uYETVjCLE>
            - Writing schemas for Wikidata
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5cI5p2hSog>
            - Overview of ontology issues
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AYzuBOkXeI>
            - Wikidata and OCCRP
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3vRSnM3v-w>
         - Wikibase talks:
            - Open meeting of the Wikibase Stakeholder Group and
            interactive roadmapping session
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCFLlx4dQvY>
            - How can Wikimedia Deutschland enable an ecosystem of
            developers around Wikibase?
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c05_SZiZm9g>
            - Wikibase as an infrastructure for Knowledge Graphs: The EU
            Knowledge Graph <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBWo-ka9JU>
            - "A Wikibase for what?" - diverse users at the edge of the
            graph <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPsTEbxZZpQ>
            - Wikibase lightning talks: data upload and extensions session
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knY30zUmkGI>
            - How to open Authority Control system - The GND & Wikibase
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD3Ghiaw8hc>
            - Wikibase Community User Group meeting and track roundup
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Z4hbgpIH8>
            - Pre-launch Announcement and Preview of Wikibase.Cloud
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ8rE-7F-zs>
            - Wikibase as RDM infrastructure within NFDI4Culture
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JieuRJz14Sk>
            - Wikibase lightning talks: inspiration session
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k37WvpjqIAw>
            - Wikibase for Citations on Wikipedia
            <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVAnQVabhYs>

Press, articles, blog posts, videos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>

   - Blogs
      - Why you need to understand Wikidata, no matter what field you’re in
      
<https://wikiedu.org/blog/2021/12/21/why-you-need-to-understand-wikidata-no-matter-what-field-youre-in/>
   - Papers
      - Improving the Question Answering Quality using Answer Candidate
      Filtering based on Natural-Language Features
      <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.05452.pdf>
      - Algorithmic amplification of politics on Twitter
      <https://www.pnas.org/content/119/1/e2025334119>
   - Videos
      - SPARQL queries on Wikidata - advanced level (in Italian) - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWyMMrAFz6k>
      - How to link items to Dagbani Wikipedia articles using databox by
      Dnshitobu <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Dnshitobu> - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXT8Pt9MLa8>
      - Alias names in Wikidata - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGb30Tu1hAQ>

Tool of the week

   - Articles created by country of citizenship
   
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/articles-created-by-country-of-citizenship?collection=@pac02/pages-created>
:
   a javascript notebook which looks at the distribution of articles created
   by a user by country of citizenship (P27). It uses Wikidata's API through
   wikibase-sdk library.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - WDQS State of the Union, Dec 2021
   <http://Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS-State-of-the-union-2021-Dec>
   now available.
   - If you are using the Modern Vector skin on Wikidata then search might
   break for you near the end of January for a few days. To fix it you can
   temporarily switch back to the Vector skin. A proper fix is being worked on
   in phab:T275251 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T275251>.
   - Wikimedia Deutschland is running a survey to evaluate Wikibase
   Installation and Updating experience for users. Please answer a few
   questions so we can continue to identify areas of improvement for users.
   Survey links
      - Wikibase Installation Survey
      
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAR1kj9th1wRZU027zEPJd_xP8nFgj-T29iXrpZ2wuDBeXmg/viewform>
      - Wikibase Software Updating Survey
      
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-8wDOCDR-uXLecNLzuM3jxc9K81mIKq1EtUhrweEveO8aTQ/formResponse>
   - Open positions at Wikimedia Deutschland in the Wikidata/Wikibase teams
      - Engineering Director
      
<https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/14145264/Director-Engineering-m-w-d-/?jobDbPVId=36933089&l=en>
      - Full-Stack Developer <https://short.sg/j/4361894>

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: type host
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10176>, CSS code
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10177>
      - External identifiers: Rutube channel ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10152>, Nasha Versia ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10153>, Irkipedia ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10154>, Babesdirectory ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10155>, Numelyo ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10156>, ua-football.com
      player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10157>,
soccerpunter.com
      player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10158>, pfl.uz
      player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10159>, PGM author
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10160>, Irish Times
      profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10161>,
politika-crimea.ru
      person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10162>, Kinomania.ru
      actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10163>, Kinomania.ru
      film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10164>, bards.ru
      person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10165>,
kinobaza.com.ua
      actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10166>, kinobaza.com.ua
      film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10167>, Zürich
      Herbaria collector ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10168>,
      N64-Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10169>, Channel
      One Russia show ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10170>, Kanobu
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10171>, Lambic.Info ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10172>, Smotrim.ru film ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10173>, CH district ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10174>, Digital Index of
      Middle English Verse ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10175>, Genie album ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10178>, Genie song ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10179>, Genie artist ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10180>, Austrian school ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10181>, DFIH business ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10182>, Corporate
      Identification Number (CIN) in India
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10183>, Ruskino actor ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10184>, Ruskino film ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10185>, Joconde use ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10186>, JSTOR artwork ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10187>, Dicionario da Real
      Academia Galega ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10188>, Bloomsbury
      Fashion Central ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10189>, MTBdata
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10190>, All About Birds ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10191>, Homosaurus ID (V3)
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10192>, GISAID identifier
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10193>, oKino.ua actor ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10194>, Library of Congress
      providers ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10195>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: documented files
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/documented_files>,
      start and end time in video
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/start_and_end_time_in_video>,
      is an individual of a taxon
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_an_individual_of_a_taxon>,
      facilitates flow of
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/facilitates_flow_of>,
      LKI ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LKI_ID>,
service
      hosted by
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/service_hosted_by>,
      service hosted at
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/service_hosted_at>,
      everyeye.it ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/everyeye.it_ID>
      - External identifiers: Artland artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artland_artist_ID>,
      Artland gallery ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artland_gallery_ID>,
      ILAB ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ILAB_ID>,
UNESCO
      ICH ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UNESCO_ICH_ID>,
      Maritimt Magasin skips ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maritimt_Magasin_skips_ID>,
      AMPAS collections item ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AMPAS_collections_item_ID>,
      Kinofilms.ua actor ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kinofilms.ua_actor_ID>,
      Kinofilms.ua film ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kinofilms.ua_film_ID>,
      Artland fair ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artland_fair_ID>,
      Archivio Storico dell'Università degli Studi di Cagliari person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivio_Storico_dell%27Universit%C3%A0_degli_Studi_di_Cagliari_person_ID>,
      Regroupement Québécois de la danse (RQD) ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Regroupement_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois_de_la_danse_(RQD)_ID>,
      NatureServe Explorer ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NatureServe_Explorer_ID>,
      Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Key_Biodiversity_Areas_factsheet_ID>,
      CNSflora ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNSflora_ID>,
      Rusactors actor ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rusactors_actor_ID>,
      Rusactors film ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rusactors_film_ID>,
      eurasian-defence.ru person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eurasian-defence.ru_person_ID>,
      artchive person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/artchive_person_ID>,
      nzs.si player ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nzs.si_player_ID>,
      Der Spiegel topic ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Der_Spiegel_topic_ID>,
      NLC Bibliography ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLC_Bibliography_ID>,
      PKULaw CLI Code
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PKULaw_CLI_Code>,
      LGBT Info Wiki ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LGBT_Info_Wiki_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - Places that appear in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Great
      Russian Encyclopaedia, the Great Catalan Encyclopaedia and the
Store Norske
      Leksikon <https://w.wiki/4aUy>, (ordered by country) (source
      <https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1473054945624608769>)
      - Christmas traditions around the world <https://w.wiki/4bmy> (with
      pictures) (source
      <https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1474772209482842116>)
      - UK parties since 1935 that have only ever been represented by a
      single MP <https://w.wiki/4bb7> (source
      <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1474414883005415424>)
      - Brazilians with most Wikipedia pages across languages
      <https://w.wiki/4avE> (source
      <https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1473710122362941449>)

Development

   - Due to the winter holidays, the development team is taking a break and
   no deployment is happening for Wikidata at the moment.

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>

-- 
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