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

   - Open request for adminship: WikiBayer
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/WikiBayer>
   (RfP scheduled to end after 8 January 2024 12:01 UTC)
   - Closed request for adminship: EPIC
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/EPIC>
   (closed as successful). Welcome onboard \o/
   - New requests for permissions/Bot: HVSH-Bot
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/HVSH-Bot>
   . Task: Import data about politicians from the Q119949776
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119949776>, now only partially online
   available.

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

   - Upcoming: The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours> will take
   place on Wednesday, 17:00 UTC, 17th January 2023 (18:00 Berlin
time) in the Wikidata
   Telegram group <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>. The
   Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development
   team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the
   community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related
   to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.
   - Ongoing: Weekly Lexeme Challenge #123: Ologist
   <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=123>

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

   - Papers: Improving maintenance of community-based knowledge graphs
   
<https://iswc2023.semanticweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ISWC2023_paper_379.pdf>.
   This paper by Nicolas Ferranti addresses the critical issue of data quality
   in open knowledge graphs, with a specific focus on Wikidata. It aims to
   formalize Wikidata's unique approaches to assess and resolve data
   inconsistencies, proposing a semi-automatic refinement pipeline to empower
   the Wikidata user community in maintaining and enhancing the reliability of
   this extensive collaborative knowledge graph.
   - Videos: WikidataCon 2023 Day 1.5 - The past and future of Wikidata
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZP4Q1zkINw>. In this video Lydia
   Pintscher takes a moment to review the major events of Wikidata over the
   past few years. Then turns to look forward and predict what Wikidata's
   prospects will be over the next year.

Tool of the week

   - WICA: Wikidata's insights for created articles
   
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/look-at-your-list-of-created-articles-through-wikidata>
   is an updated version of an old tool. It now includes many new features to
   analyse your list of created articles using Wikidata properties.

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: none
      - External identifiers: Shamela book edition ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12239>, ‎HistoriaGames
      series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12240>,
‎Schnittberichte.com
      title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12241>, ‎Kemono
      Games game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12242>, ‎Internet
      Game Database event ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12243>,
      Xemu compatibility database ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12244>, ‎GamesMeter game ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12245>, ‎GameGear.jp ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12246>, Walmart product ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12247>, Swissubase person ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12248>, RPGWatch game ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12249>, RPGWatch company ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12250>, RPGWatch press ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12251>, ‎Indie DB company ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12252>, ‎NIWA article ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12253>, turismoroma.it place
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12254>, ‎ScummVM ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12255>, ORBi author ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12256>, Abandonware-France
      video game series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12257>, Abandonware-France
      video game compilation ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12258>, Abandonware-France
      person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12259>,
Abandonware-France
      company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12260>,
Abandonware-France
      magazine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12261>,
Abandonware-France
      award ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12262>, Kanjipedia
      word ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12263>, Moviefone
      movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12264>, South
      African NPO number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12265>, ‎Nigerian
      registered company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12266>,
      Abandonware-France video game ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12267>, ‎AFJV directory ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12268>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes:
         - Nonprofit Status
         
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nonprofit_Status>
         (Indicating the legal and tax status of a non-profit
organization (specific
         to served legal areas, aka. Countries). Addition to
{{P|1454}}. {{P|1628}}
         to [https://schema.org/nonprofitStatus nonprofitStatus] from
         schema.org. Organizations can have multiple Nonprofit Status from
         different countries.)
         - International Classification of Nonprofit Organizations
         
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Classification_of_Nonprofit_Organizations>
         ({{Q|2976602}} for {{Q|163740}} created by the {{Q|193727}}
and adapted by
         the {{Q|1065}}.)
         - creative director
         
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/creative_director>
         (person who makes high-level creative decisions, oversees the
creation of
         creative assets such as adverts, products, events or logos
and guides and
         directs the creative people who create the end result)
         - television judge
         
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/television_judge>
         ()
      - External identifiers: SERNEC taxon ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SERNEC_taxon_ID>,
      Consortium of Bryophyte Herbaria taxon ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Consortium_of_Bryophyte_Herbaria_taxon_ID>,
      Rhineland-Palatinate school ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rhineland-Palatinate_school_ID>,
      nebula channel id
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nebula_channel_id>,
      Deutsche Bahn station number
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deutsche_Bahn_station_number>,
      ISzDb series ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISzDb_series_ID>,
      BG localisation unit ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BG_localisation_unit_ID>,
      Cathopedia article ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cathopedia_article_ID>,
      Native Plants Hawaii ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Native_Plants_Hawaii_ID>,
      Taiwan Biographical Database ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Taiwan_Biographical_Database_ID>,
      Penstemon Database ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Penstemon_Database_ID>,
      Wikisage ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikisage_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - Visual artists whose works will enter the Public Domain in Mexico
      on January 1, 2024 <https://w.wiki/8hPM> (source
      <https://twitter.com/salvador_alc/status/1741963028977881122>)
      - Top music album languages found on Wikidata right now
      <https://w.wiki/6TNS> (Week 52, 2023) (source
      <https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/111669113852952139>)
      - Western composers until the end of the Renaissance
      <https://w.wiki/8hif> (source
      <https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/111654741799219949>)
   - Newest database reports
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Merge
   candidates: Identical birth and death dates
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/identical_birth_and_death_dates>
   - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
   Team Fortress 2 (Q382108) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382108> -
   team-based first-person shooter multiplayer video game.
   - Showcase Lexemes
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: ورھا لگّݨ /
   ਵਰ੍ਹਾ ਲੱਗਣ (L907713) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L907713> -
   Punjabi verb expressing the setting in of a new year.

Development

   - The development team is just returning from the winter holidays so
   there is no development update 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>

-- 
Mohammed S. Abdulai
*Community Communications Manager, Wikidata*

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