Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.
Discussions

   - Open request for adminship: Yahya
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Yahya>
   (RfP scheduled to end after 26 July 2023 17:46 UTC)
   - Closed request for adminship: Tomodachi94
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Tomodachi94>
   (successful) Welcome on board \o/

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

   - Upcoming
      - Missed the initial office hour sessions for preparing a WikidataCon
      2023 submission? Join the next sessions on 20th, 22nd, and 26th and bring
      all your questions. Wikidata:WikidataCon 2023#Office hours
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2023#Office_hours>
      (available in both Mandarin and English)
      - Live Wikidata editing in Italian, July 25 at 9:00 PM CEST on YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2oj_NAENvY>
   - Ongoing
      - Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #102, Money
      <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=102>
      (Challenge started on 2023-07-24 12:01:19)

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

   - Blogs
      - Abstract Wikipedia gains new support from The Rockefeller Foundation
      
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/07/12/abstract-wikipedia-gains-new-support-from-the-rockefeller-foundation/>
      - Wikibase and reconciliation
      <https://addshore.com/2023/07/wikibase-and-reconciliation/>, by
      Adshore
      - Wikidata: why we contribute to the robot epistemology
      <https://whoseknowledge.org/wikidata-robot-epistemology/>
   - Papers
      - Ten quick tips for editing Wikidata
      
<https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011235>
   - Videos
      - Wikidata data set of the Sediq language (in Chinese) - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XMdiI3izrE>
      - How can we utilize Wikidata to protect Puyuma, an endangered
      language - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfSfKu8WESs>
      - WikiConference India 2023 - Linking Wikidata with Wikivoyage -
      YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_th9xT6-2Pw>
      - WikiConference India 2023 — Structured Data in Wikidata and Commons
      - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUadi5Mumvg>
   - Dataviz
      - Wikicommunes <https://mtmx.github.io/wikicommunes/> (See also the
      thread
      <https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/109551155521935438> on
      Mastodon)

Tool of the week

   - Images near items
   <https://wikidata-todo.toolforge.org/images_near_items.php> - helps to
   find Wikimedia Commons images near Wikidata items without image. It can
   load a category tree of Commons images with coodrinates, and then find
   Wikidata items of a certain P31
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P31> with coordinates but
   without images. Then, it will try to find nearby (<50 meters) pairs.
   (example link
   
<https://wikidata-todo.toolforge.org/images_near_items.php?category=Telephone+booths+in+the+United+Kingdom&depth=5&p31=Q712868&max_distance_m=50>
   for UK red phone booths)

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - Update on the collaboration between Wikimedia Deutschland, Igbo
   Wikimedia Usergroup and Wikimedia Indonesia to advance the technical
   capacities of the movement around Wikidata
   
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/IPRW3TAAZK3DPVGN5JKGVJRVPBUJDQNE/>
   .

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes:
         - median household income
         <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11899> (median of the
         household income (cumulated salaries etc.) of a specific
place, such as
         city, state, country)
         - login URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11903> (URL
         of a webpage used to log into a service)
         - registration page URL
         <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11904> (URL of a webpage
         used to sign up for a service)
      - External identifiers: GamersGlobal series ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11891>, Threads username
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11892>, Dutch word ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11893>, BSRussia.com team ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11895>, Istituto Italiano di
      Tecnologia author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11896>, World
      Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11897>, Stage 32 profile ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11898>, Livres Hebdo award ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11900>, NCI Dictionary of
      Cancer Terms entry <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11901>, NCI
      Dictionary of Genetics Terms entry
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11902>, ifkdb.se player ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11905>, Livres Hebdo tag ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11906>, stats.fm album ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11907>, Ligue nationale de
      rugby ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11908>, Holarse
      article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11909>, Musée
      critique de la Sorbonne ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11910>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes:
         - Top scorer
         <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Top_scorer>
         (This property is for the best scorer of a single season of a
team sport's
         competition, or even for the best ever scorer of the history of a
         competition. The qualifiers to be admitted to this property should be:
         {{p|54}}; {{p|1532}}; {{p|1013}} (es.: goals / tries / points / etc ).)
      - External identifiers: BDFutbol referee ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BDFutbol_referee_ID>,
      Baseball-Reference.com manager ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baseball-Reference.com_manager_ID>,
      USOPC Hall of Fame ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USOPC_Hall_of_Fame_ID>,
      identifiant d'un défunt sur le site Dans nos cœurs
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_d%27un_d%C3%A9funt_sur_le_site_Dans_nos_c%C5%93urs>,
      IbsenStage ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IbsenStage_ID>,
      TV Guide movie ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV_Guide_movie_ID>,
      OlimpBase FIDE ratings ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OlimpBase_FIDE_ratings_ID>,
      Digitale Sammlungen Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digitale_Sammlungen_Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek_Frankfurt_ID>,
      Capitolium Art artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Capitolium_Art_artist_ID>,
      Nurnet ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nurnet_ID>,
Roku
      Channel Store ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Roku_Channel_Store_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - Bubble graph of the first letter of the word for "one" for
      languages where Wikidata has a Lexeme <https://w.wiki/74wp> (source
      <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1681314960318799878>)
      - Searches for trying to replace broken Art UK external IDs
      <https://w.wiki/76rj> (source
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P1367#Queries_relating_to_changed_Art_UK_identifiers>
      )
      - People linked in the English Wikipedia page "List of current United
      States governors" <https://w.wiki/75ye> (source
      <https://t.me/c/1224298920/110790>)
   - Newest WikiProjects
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:

      - WikiProject Henrik Ibsen
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Henrik_Ibsen> is
      a project for users interested in the Norwegian playwright Henrik
      Ibsen (Q36661) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36661>.
      - WikiProject Getty Library Wikidata Pilot
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Getty_Library_Wikidata_Pilot>
      - is a WikiProject in the Getty Library
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57697861> at the Getty Research
      Institute <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11203476> (part of the J.
      Paul Getty Trust) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2919540> to create
      and enhance Wikidata items related to information in materials from the
      library’s Whitney and Lee Kaplan Collection of African American Visual
      Culture.

Development

   - EntitySchemas: We expanded the new datatype that is in testing. When a
   statement links to an EntitySchema it will now show its label when
   available (phab:T338613 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T338613>). We
   are also working on showing them by their label in recent changes and
   similar places (phab:T214885 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214885>
   ).
   - mul language code: we are working on improving the termbox to
   integrate this new language code better (phab:T340644
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T340644>)
   - Mismatch Finder: We are working on adding a language selector to it so
   you can switch the language of the tool (phab:T328149
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328149>)
   - Wikibase REST API: We completed two new endpoint for the Wikibase REST
   API:
      - Retrieve all statements from a Property -
      /entities/properties/{property_id}/statements
      - Retrieve a single statement from a Property -
      /entities/properties/{property_id}/statements/{statement_id}
      - You can also retrieve a single statement from a Property from the
      existing /statements/{statement_id} endpoint

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

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