* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata
over the last week. This is the Wikidata summary of the week before
2024-06-10. Please help Translate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>.*

* Discussions *

   - Open request for adminship: Kadı
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Kad%C4%B1>
   - RfP scheduled to end after 14 June 2024 17:51 (UTC)
   - Closed request for adminship: The Squirrel Conspiracy
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/The_Squirrel_Conspiracy>
   - Closed as successful. Welcome back Squirrel!
   - New requests for permissions/Bot:
      - MDanielsBot 2
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/MDanielsBot_2>
      Task(s) - Replace translations of descriptions and labels.
      - TapuriaBot
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TapuriaBot>
      Task(s) - interwiki
      - Skybristol bot
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Skybristol_bot>
      Task(s) - Flesh out mapping of DOI provider orgs to WD orgs, syncing DOI
      prefix values.
      - EpidòseosBot
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Epid%C3%B2seosBot>
      Task(s) - improve incomplete references to GND
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36578> for sex / gender
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P21>; add new references
      containing GND ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P227> for sex
      / gender <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P21> when the
      property has no references containing stated in
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P248>.

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

   - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group>
   call June 11, 2024: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on
   Tuesday, 11 June, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time
   zone converter <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1718121600>). Please
   join us for a community discussion on SMALL GLAM SLAM Pilot 1 with Ismael
   Olea. Link to agenda.
   
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1%20xbhGb5KMsUCvqDTq2ZugXlpTY74sYoDqGl6GdOIoGw/edit>
   - Celtic Knot Wikimedia Conference
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2024>, September
   25-27, 2024 in Waterford City, Ireland. This conference usually hosts
   Wikidata-related sessions. You can now propose your contributions to the
   program until July 14th, and apply for a scholarship until June 30th (full
   announcement and links
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Celtic_Knot_Conference_2024#Celtic_Knot_Conference:_date,_proposal_for_the_program_and_scholarships>
   )
   - WikiIndaba conference 2024
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2024>, 4 - 6
   October 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This conference typically hosts
   Wikidata-related sessions. Program submissions 05 - 30 June 2024.

* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *

   - Blogs
      - 100,000 video games on Wikidata
      
<https://commonists.wordpress.com/2024/06/07/100000-video-games-on-wikidata/>
      - Wikidata’s WikiProject Video games has just passed a major milestone:
      100,000 video game (Q7889) items on Wikidata.
   - Videos
      - (es) How to strengthen the public domain with Wikidata?
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Nw0xPT1tw> - This is a
      Spanish-speaking Wikitools workshop exploring Paulina (see: Tool of the
      Week), a search interface powered by Wikidata for finding and exploring
      author's and whether their works are in the public domain.
   - Notebooks
      - Radio France meets Wikidata 😘
      <https://observablehq.com/@pac02/radio-france-wikidata>: Extracting
      IDs from radio France and matching them with Wikidata using
P10780 property
      - Wikidata's analytics for Radio France's podcasts
      
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/wikidatas-analytics-for-radio-frances-podcasts>

* Tool of the week *

   - Paulina: Data for the Public Domain <https://paulina.toolforge.org/> -
   Explore the cultural heritage of humanity. Search Paulina by author and
   discover if they have freely accessible works in the Public Domain.

* Other Noteworthy Stuff *

   - Propose to transform an existing CSS or Javascript script (i.e.
   scripts that you can enable in your common.css and common.js pages) into a
   gadget: Wikidata:Tools/Potential gadgets
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Potential_gadgets>

* Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>
and property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review *

   - Newest General datatypes:
      - showrunner <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12795> (person
      who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of a television show)
   - Newest External identifiers: Locomotive Yaroslavl HC player ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12784>, Orthoptera Species File
   taxon ID (new) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12785>, Flown
   From the Nest person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12786>, Online
   Swahili - English Dictionary ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12787>, A Dictionary of Plant
   Sciences ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12788>, A
   Dictionary of Zoology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12789>,
   A Dictionary of Contemporary Icelandic ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12790>, Seret film ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12791>, Limited Liability
   Partnership Identification Number
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12792>, Paleobiology database
   reference ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12793>, PNG School
   Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12794>, Téarma ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12796>, IMAIOS entity ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12797>, Naturalis Repository ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12798>, Pocket Oxford Spanish
   Dictionary: English-Spanish ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12799>, Vikidia ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12800>
   - New General datatypes property proposals to review:
      - Music mood
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Music_mood>
      (qualifier carrying an emotion (mood) relevant to an audio recording
      (musical or not))
      - ecosystem type
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ecosystem_type>
      (type of ecosystem that the item represents)
      - Burgenwelt
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Burgenwelt>
      (Burgenwelt; castles)
      - construction time
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/construction_time>
      ({{Construction time refers to the time which was needed to
build a certain
      building, which sometimes took more than one year, especially in former
      times | de = <!-- Die Bauzeit bezieht sich auf die Zeit, die benötigt
      wurde, um ein Gebäude zu errichten, was manchmal länger, gerade
früher, als
      ein Jahr brauchte --> <!-- | xx = Beschreibungen in anderen
Sprachen --> }})
      - Nom dans la langue locale
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nom_dans_la_langue_locale>
      ()
      - YAMAP mountain ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YAMAP_mountain_ID>
      (YAMAP mountain ID)
   - New External identifier property proposals to review: Pocket
   Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: English-French ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford-Hachette_French_Dictionary:_English-French_ID>,
   Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary: English-Irish ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_Irish_Dictionary:_English-Irish_ID>,
   Fowler’s Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fowler%E2%80%99s_Concise_Dictionary_of_Modern_English_Usage_ID>,
   MODI ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MODI_ID>, código
   del Inventario del Patrimonio Cultural de Castilla-La Mancha
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/c%C3%B3digo_del_Inventario_del_Patrimonio_Cultural_de_Castilla-La_Mancha>,
   AllGame style ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AllGame_style_ID>,
   MoFo ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MoFo_ID>, DAKA
   Greenlandic-Danish Dictionary ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DAKA_Greenlandic-Danish_Dictionary_ID>,
   DAKA Danish-Greenlandic Dictionary ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DAKA_Danish-Greenlandic_Dictionary_ID>,
   Farhang-i farsī ba rusī ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Farhang-i_fars%C4%AB_ba_rus%C4%AB_ID>,
   FC Metz player id
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FC_Metz_player_id>,
   Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_Spanish_Dictionary:_Spanish-English_ID>,
   itch.io numeric ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/itch.io_numeric_ID>,
   produsent-ID hos Nasjonalmuseet
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/produsent-ID_hos_Nasjonalmuseet>,
   Phasmida Species File taxon ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Phasmida_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
   Psocodea Species File taxon ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Psocodea_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
   Cockroach Species File taxon ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cockroach_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
   Lygaeoidea Species File taxon ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lygaeoidea_Species_File_taxon_ID>,
   filmas.lv film ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/filmas.lv_film_ID>,
   filmas.lv studio ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/filmas.lv_studio_ID>,
   filmas.lv person ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/filmas.lv_person_ID>,
   Cineuropa international sales agent ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cineuropa_international_sales_agent_ID>,
   Cineuropa production company ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cineuropa_production_company_ID>,
   Cineuropa distributor ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cineuropa_distributor_ID>,
   Biodiversity Information System for Europe ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biodiversity_Information_System_for_Europe_ID>,
   Tommaseo-Bellini Online ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tommaseo-Bellini_Online_ID>,
   Tesoro della Lingua Italiana delle Origini ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tesoro_della_Lingua_Italiana_delle_Origini_ID>,
   Elonet company ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elonet_company_ID>,
   Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary: Irish-English ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_Irish_Dictionary:_Irish-English_ID>

You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!

* Did you know? *

   - Query examples:
      - Average height of people named Joe <https://w.wiki/4dFR>
      - Top 20 languages in number of Lexemes in Wikidata and percentage of
      Lexemes with at least one external ID <https://w.wiki/4rGf>
      - Timeline of inception of Ghanaian universities <https://w.wiki/ALrE>
   - Newest WikiProjects
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:

      - Honoris Causa France
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Honoris_Causa_France>
      - aims to coordinate the actions carried out in terms of reporting the
      attributions of honorary doctorate (Q11415564
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11415564>) by French universities.
      - HolyWells
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_HolyWells> - aims
      to organize Items around Holy Wells.
      - OghamStones
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_OghamStones> -
      aims to organise Items around Ogham Stones
      - Western Michigan University Libraries
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Western_Michigan_University_Libraries>
      - used to gather Wikidata work being done at Western Michigan University
      Libraries.
      - Visibilizando el dominio público colombiano
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Visibilizando_el_dominio_p%C3%BAblico_colombiano>
      - to help the unique, permanent and visible identification, worldwide, of
      Colombian authors in the public domain, within the framework of Colombian
      legislation.
   - Newest database reports
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Connectivity
   between Wikimedia projects
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/Connectivity>
   - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
   Pomona College (Q7227384) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7227384> -
   private liberal arts college in Claremont, California, United States
   - Showcase Lexemes
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: bustadmarknad
   (L1122204) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1122204> - "housing
   market" in Nynorsk

* Development *

   - The UnpatrolledEdits gadget now shows a notice when there are older
   and multiple unpatrolled edits, previously it only showed the notice when
   the most recent edit was unpatrolled. Please help translate the messages
   here
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-UnpatrolledEdits-i18n.json>
   .
   - Query Service: We are fixing a bug where no examples are shown in the
   example dialog (phab:T366871 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366871>)
   - EntitySchemas: We have enabled the new datatype for testing on
   test.wikidata.org and are preparing the rollout to Wikidata (phab:T365686
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T365686>)
   - Item UI: We fixed an issue where labels were not shown for badges or
   after making an edit (phab:T366236
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366236>)
   - Wikibase REST API: We have continued the work on the route for
   modifying the data of an Item (phab:T342993
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342993>)

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>.


* Weekly Tasks *

   - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed
   above
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review>
   .
   - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?>
   .
   - Participate in this week's Lexeme challenge
   <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php>:
   - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?>
   in one or two sentences.
   - 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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Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466
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