*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 2024-06-24.
Please help Translate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>.*

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

   - Past: The 200th online Wikidata meetup in Swedish
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon/Notes_200>
   was held.
   - Upcoming: Lexicodays
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Lexicodays_2024>, online
   event dedicated to Lexemes on Wikidata, will take place on June 28-30. It
   takes place across time zone and both in English and Indonesian. Check the
   program and find the access links on the event page.

* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *

   - Blogs: 20th Century Press Archives – history in newspaper clippings,
   made accessible by ZBW and Wikimedia
   
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/06/20/20th-century-press-archives-history-in-newspaper-clippings-made-accessible-by-zbw-and-wikimedia/>.
   The blog discusses how ZBW and Wikimedia collaborated to digitize and make
   accessible the 20th Century Press Archives, integrating its metadata into
   Wikidata items and providing fresh access to 3.8 million digitized pages
   from raw microfilm1.
   - Notebooks: Dashboard of European Parliament
   
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/members-of-european-parliament?term=Q64038205&qualifie=P4100&lang=en>

* Tool of the week *

   - Wikidata in Prometheus
   <https://prometheus-bildarchiv.de/en/blog/wikideta-in-prometheus> -
   Prometheus is a non-commercial image archive for art and cultural studies.
   It hosts images from a variety of image and media databases and now works
   can be connected with Wikidata.
   - New Mix'n'match <https://mix-n-match.toolforge.org/#/> feature: For
   lists of (full or auto) matches where both the MnM entry and the Wikidata
   Item have coordinates, it now shows the distance between them in the
   description. (source
   <https://wikis.world/@magnusmanske/112654072391619657>)

* Other Noteworthy Stuff *

   - The Wikidata development team at Wikimedia Deutschland is planning a
   brief survey to understand the various ways people contribute to the
   project and identify user contribution patterns. A request has been made
   for a CentralNotice banner to deploy the survey to a broad audience. Your
   feedback, comments, and questions on this request are welcome:
m:CentralNotice/Request/Wikidata
   Community Survey 2024
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CentralNotice/Request/Wikidata_Community_Survey_2024>
   - The second iteration of the Wikidata:Open Online Course
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Open_Online_Course> will begin
   from July 1 until August 11. Whether you're a beginner taking your first
   steps, an individual in need of a refresher on Wikidata concepts, or a
   seasoned trainer looking to level up your skills - this course is right for
   you.

* 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)
      - music mood <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12830>
      (qualifier carrying an emotion (mood) relevant to a musical
audio recording)
   - 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>, English-Spanish
   Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12799>, Vikidia ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12800>, thisisbasketball.be
   player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12801>,
poblesdecatalunya.cat
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12802>, Oqaasersiorfik ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12803>, MNAHA person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12804>, Greenlandic-English
   Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12805>, Te Aka
   Māori Dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12806>, Tropicos
   person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12807>, He Pātaka
   Kupu ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12808>, vehicle keeper
   marking (VKM) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12809>, ‎AllGame
   style ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12810>, FC Metz player
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12811>, MoFo ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12812>, ‎itch.io numeric ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12813>, filmas.lv film ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12814>, ‎filmas.lv person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12815>, ‎filmas.lv studio ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12816>, Cockroach Species File
   taxon ID (new) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12817>, Lygaeoidea
   Species File taxon ID (new)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12818>, Phasmida Species File
   taxon ID (new) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12819>, Psocodea
   Species File taxon ID (new)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12820>, Spanish-English
   Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12821>, Norwegian
   National Museum producer ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12822>, ‎Burgenwelt ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12823>, Irish-English
   Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12824>, Tesoro
   della Lingua Italiana delle Origini ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12825>, Tommaseo-Bellini Online
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12826>, danskfodbold.com
   player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12827>, DAKA
   Danish-Greenlandic Dictionary ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12828>, DAKA Greenlandic-Danish
   Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12831>, ‎Canadian
   Great War Project person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12832>, English-Irish
   Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12833>, PMC
   journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12834>, Census ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12835>, Douban personage ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12836>, AviBase person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12837>
   - New General datatypes property proposals to review:
      - 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)
      - coin edge
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/coin_edge>
      (Coin edges may be plain (smooth) or patterned, or a combination of both.
      They can also include lettering.)
      - ozone depletion potential
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ozone_depletion_potential>
      (relative amount of degradation to the ozone layer relative to CFC-11)
   - 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>,
   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>,
   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>,
   Farhang-i farsī ba rusī ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Farhang-i_fars%C4%AB_ba_rus%C4%AB_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>,
   Elonet company ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elonet_company_ID>,
   Numista issuer ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Numista_issuer_ID>,
   stiga.trefik.cz
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/stiga.trefik.cz>,
   European Education Thesaurus ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/European_Education_Thesaurus_ID>,
   Brezhoneg21 ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brezhoneg21_ID>,
   Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada) ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Personnel_Records_of_the_First_World_War_(Library_and_Archives_Canada)_ID>,
   Canadian Virtual War Memorial ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Canadian_Virtual_War_Memorial_ID>,
   Federal Reserve Subject Taxonomy ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Federal_Reserve_Subject_Taxonomy_ID>,
   Devri ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Devri_ID>,
OpenCitations
   Meta Identifier
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenCitations_Meta_Identifier>,
   IGN franchise ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IGN_franchise_ID>,
   Plex person key
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Plex_person_key>,
   Overcast episode ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overcast_episode_ID>,
   OBJ ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OBJ_ID>,
   NooSFere publisher ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NooSFere_publisher_ID>,
   Metamath statement label
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Metamath_statement_label>,
   Pocket Oxford German Dictionary: English-German ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_German_Dictionary:_English-German_ID>,
   Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary: English-Italian ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_Italian_Dictionary:_English-Italian_ID>,
   UNIBO professor ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UNIBO_professor_ID>,
   Mapes de Patrimoni Cultural ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mapes_de_Patrimoni_Cultural_ID>,
   Il Nuovo DOP ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Il_Nuovo_DOP_ID>,
   FEI horse ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FEI_horse_ID>

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

* Did you know? *

   - Query examples:
      - Number of solar eclipses per decades <https://w.wiki/AR7a>
      - Longest gap between original film and remake (without any
      intermediate remakes) <https://w.wiki/AURc> (source
      <https://x.com/WikidataFacts/status/1802773843297104155>)
   - Newest WikiProjects
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:

      - Multilingualism
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Multilingualism>
      - organizes work around achieving 100% Wikidata multilingualism for every
      language with MediaWiki internationalization support. It is initiated,
      developed & supported by Wikimedia Language Diversity community
volunteers.
      - NAVISone
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_NAVISone>
   - Newest database reports
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Identical
   labels and descriptions
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Identical_labels_and_descriptions>
   - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
   Kofi Annan (Q1254) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1254> - 7th
   Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)
   - Showcase Lexemes
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: ʒirilana
   (L719353) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L719353> - Dagbanli
   proverb that translates to "liar"

* Development *

   - [Breaking Change Announcement] Upcoming Changes to Wikibase:
   EntitySchema data type
   
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/LBEWI6IPD4H3S55KELZUOGFXPFRD5KYD/>
   - EntitySchemas: We prepared for the release of the new data type to
   link to EntitySchemas in statements on July 2nd.
   - Mul language code: We picked up the remaining issues before enabling
   it by default on Wikidata
   - Wikibase REST API:
      - We completed the route to modify the data of an Item (phab:T342993
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T342993>)
      - We continued improving and reworking errors (phab:T366172
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366172>, phab:T366175
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T366175>)

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>:
   - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Cameroon
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Cameroon>
   - 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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