*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: Welcome to our new admin, FlyingAce <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:FlyingAce>! (see the closed request <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/FlyingAce> ) - New requests for permissions/Bot: Framabot 4 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Framabot_4> (Task: Import commune of France <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484170> contact data from french official directory <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117479181>, french official directory <https://lannuaire.service-public.fr/> - Closed request for permissions/Bot: JoRobot 8 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/JoRobot_8> (Task: Removing good list badge <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51759403> from articles in the Catalan Wikipedia) Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hour September 15, 2023. We will learn how to use Zotero, the reference management software, and its browser plugin <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Zotero> to automatically extract metadata for articles and convert them to a Wikidata format that can be batch uploaded using QuickStatements.More information on the event page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikidata_Working_Hours/2023-September-15_Wikidata_Working_Hour> Press, articles, blog posts, videos - - Paper: Documenting Biodiversity in Underrepresented Languages using Crowdsourcing <https://biss.pensoft.net/article/112431/> - Mohammed Kamal-Deen Dnshitobu Fuseini, Agnes Ajuma Abah, Andra Waagmeester - Press: Statement by Alliance F5 on the German Government's data strategy <https://okfn.de/blog/2023/09/stn-datenstrategie/> (in German) - Videos - List of free software in *le socle interministériel de logiciels libres* (SILL/the interministerial base of free software) recommended by the French Government in Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo_VpAyby1c> - Nicolas Vigneron - Georeferencing using OSM and Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py1JkgkEHI8> - Oficina Wiki Apoia - Members of Riksdag (Sweden's parlement) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMxb49PvpaA> - Magnus Sälgö - Wikidata for Wiki Loves Monuments with Content Partnerships Hub <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpiTjxAy_Z8> - Wikimedia Sweden - From self-documentation to federated querying using Wikibase: a new topology to Media Art Archiving? <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY3UeO6yNb8> - Raphael Tsz Kin Chau Tool of the week - LowercaseDescription.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ricordisamoa/LowercaseDescription.js> is a script that adds a link to automatically lower the first letter of an item's description in the user's language. Other Noteworthy Stuff - You can now browse all the Wikibase instances hosted on Wikibase.Cloud: https://www.wikibase.cloud/discovery - Wikibase resources <https://github.com/KBNLwikimedia/Wikibase-resources>, a collection of resources, overviews, links and knowlegde related to Wikibase, collected and curated by KB, national library of the Netherlands <https://www.kb.nl/> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: RBC person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12031>, Ordbok över Finlands svenska folkmål ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12032>, France 3 Régions journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12033>, Médiathèque Numérique CVS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12034>, MyShows show ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12035>, NHK News topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12036>, Sitios ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12037>, Xiaohongshu user ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12038>, Fansly ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12039> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: - chronological designation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/chronological_designation> (as a typical instance, the stated scholarly journal year to which reference is made by: the reference source being cited to support the statement being made) - Flora of New Jersey Project atlas URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flora_of_New_Jersey_Project_atlas_URL> (URL for a plant species in the Flora of New Jersey Project atlas) - External identifiers: British Pathé ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Path%C3%A9_ID> , ProductReview ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ProductReview_ID> , BISAC Subject Heading <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BISAC_Subject_Heading> , EDItEUR Thema id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EDItEUR_Thema_id> , ONIX Subject Scheme id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ONIX_Subject_Scheme_id> , MiMoText ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MiMoText_ID> , ADVN ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ADVN_ID>, National Register of Monumental Trees ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Register_of_Monumental_Trees_ID> , Diktyon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Diktyon>, Codeberg username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Codeberg_username> , RAWG tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RAWG_tag_ID> , National Library of Albania ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Library_of_Albania_ID> , DfE Group UID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DfE_Group_UID> , AARoads Wiki article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AARoads_Wiki_article_ID> , Armasanicana person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Armasanicana_person_ID> , FloraVeg.EU species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FloraVeg.EU_species_ID> , Vascular Plants of Iowa species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_Vascular_Plants_of_Iowa_species_ID> - Query examples: - Google Scholar Organization IDs to Wikidata <https://w.wiki/7Md7> ( source <https://twitter.com/annreynolds988/status/1703244710641590321> ) - Power stations of this world <https://w.wiki/7T6X> (source <https://twitter.com/steinhoff_uwe/status/1701996445040009566>) - Usage state of the nuclear power plant <https://w.wiki/7Tth> (source <https://twitter.com/steinhoff_uwe/status/1702766817993715936>) Development - We are planning the migration of some of our existing components from the Wikit to the Codex design system in Query Builder, Mismatch Finder and the Special:NewLexeme page. - Warnings about not being logged-in will now have a returnto= parameter attached to their links, so that you can don’t use your flow from logging in (phab:T330550 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T330550>) - We fixed an issue with the LanguageSwitcher in Query Builder where it would open out of the viewport on some tablet screen widths (phab:T344231 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T344231>) - Wikibase REST API: We finished the work on making it possible to remove a statement from a Property (phab:T342976 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342976>) and getting the labels of a Property (phab:T342977 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342977>) 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> -- Léa Lacroix Community Engagement & Events Consultant Contractor for Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
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