* 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
2024-07-22. Please help Translate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>.*
* Discussions *
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- DannyS712 bot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DannyS712_bot>
- Task/s: I want to get approval for a bot with translation admin rights
that will automatically mark pages for translations if and only if the
latest version is identical to the version that is already in the
translation system, i.e. only pages with no "net" changes in the pending
edits.
- DerIchBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DerIchBot>
- Task/s: Adding data about schools provided by the German and Austrian
governments to wikidata.
- DifoolBot 5
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DifoolBot_5>
- Task/s: Change reference URLs into the related ID property and merge
references with the same ID property.
- AroundTheBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/AroundTheBot>
- Task/s: Automated import of Albanian nouns with IPA from
Wiktionary, with
the long-term goal of using this data to do pronunciation-based
comparison/word evolution between languages.
* Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
*
- Past: Wikimedia Indonesia hosted the 2024 Data Visualization
Competition
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Kompetisi_Penyajian_Data_2024>
from June 5 to 18. The event featured data visualizations (posters and
graphics) and short essays using data from Wikidata. Visit the
competition page
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Kompetisi_Penyajian_Data_2024>
(in Indonesian) to view the winning entries.
- Upcoming: Wikidata's 12th birthday decentralized events will take
place in October and November 2024. Feel free to browse the
documentation pages
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Twelfth_Birthday> to learn how
to organize an event in your area, get funding, and get in touch with other
organizers.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Papers:
- Representación de datos abiertos con Wikidata Query Service
(Q126917814) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126917814>. This paper
details the Wikidata Query Service, for the creation of data
visualizations. All visualization options available in the WQS are
explored, accompanied by example queries that introduce the
implementation
of these visualizations. By Ángel Obregón-Sierra and Silvia
Cecilia Anselmi.
- Beyond Aesthetics: Cultural Competence in Text-to-Image Models
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.06863> - with CUBE, a benchmark built out
of Wikidata, to evaluate cultural awareness and cultural diversity of
text-to-image models (Kannen et al, 2024)
- Videos: OpenRefine import into Wikidata of data from the BnF catalog:
books by Marguerite Van de Wiele
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xsCXkOA2Zs> (in French)
* Tool of the week *
- Paulina <https://paulina.toolforge.org/>, a new tool for exploring
public domain works.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- WMF Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Product_and_Technology_Advisory_Council/Proposal>
invites interested volunteers to apply. As part of the movement strategy
recommendation for "Coordinating Across Stakeholders," the PTAC will bring
technical contributors and the Wikimedia Foundation together to co-define a
more resilient, future-proof technological platform.
* 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:
- coin edge image <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12849>
(image or images that show the edge of a coin)
- ozone depletion potential
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12853> (relative amount of
degradation to the ozone layer relative to CFC-11)
- EntitySchema for class
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12861> (schema that members
of a class should conform to)
- writing technique <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12876>
(technique used for writing on stone, paper or other support)
- last appearance <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12878>
(last work featuring a fictional character or item)
- Tüik mahalle ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12883>
(identifier of neighborhoods (mahalle) in Turkey in TÜİK (Turkish
Statistical Institute) database)
- Sandbox-EntitySchema <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12886>
(Sandbox property for value of type "EntitySchema")
- myfixguide.com Category ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12889> (photos about how to
repair hardware)
- indexer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12895> (entity
responsible for compiling an index of a book, database, website or other
forms of media publications in the form of a methodical arrangement of
records designed to enable users to locate information quickly)
- Newest External identifiers: 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>, Brezhoneg21 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12838>, European Education
Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12839>, Cineuropa
distributor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12840>, Cineuropa
production company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12841>, OpenCitations
Meta ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12842>, IGN franchise ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12843>, Federal Reserve Subject
Taxonomy ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12844>, Farhang-i
forsī ba rusī ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12845>, Devri
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12846>, Cambridge University
Press ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12847>, Canadian
Virtual War Memorial ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12848>, Personnel
Records of the First World War ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12850>, Fowler’s Concise
Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12851>, NooSFere
publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12852>, Plex
person key <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12854>, BHMPI OBJ ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12855>, Index Fungorum person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12856>, stiga.trefik.cz player
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12857>, UNIBO professor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12858>, Cineuropa international
sales agent ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12859>, Mapes de
Patrimoni Cultural ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12860>, Il
Nuovo DOP ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12862>, RGALI
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12863>, RGALI
organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12864>, Archelec
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12865>, Lojas com
História ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12866>, milononline.net
entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12867>, Hebrew Academy
term ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12868>, LAGL author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12869>, KANAL ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12870>, Google Play author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12871>, Overcast episode ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12872>, ArchWiki article
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12873>, Valencian Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12874>, Star Wars.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12875>, ScienceDirect journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12877>, Filmová databáze film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12879>, Filmová databáze person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12880>, FC Krasnodar player
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12881>, Iraqnla book ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12882>, Alle Burgen ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12884>, Italian-English
Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12885>, islamway
authority ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12887>, Metamath
statement ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12888>, Imperial
University of Dorpat student ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12890>, Coptic Dictionary
Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12891>, English-Italian
Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12892>,
autoritateak.eus
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12893>, Museum of the
Russian Academy of Arts artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12894>, Nintendo Life company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12896>, Wiley Online Library
journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12897>, Museums in
Russia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12898>, Helveticat ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12899>, ARABTERM entry ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12900>, Hawramani Arabic
Lexicon entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12901>, Women
in Resistance ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12902>
- New General datatypes property proposals to review:
- date de vote
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/date_de_vote>
(vote date, date on which people decided or cast their ballot)
- object of action & object class of action
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/object_of_action_%26_object_class_of_action>
(specific object to which an action or class of actions occurs)
- Public funding
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Public_funding>
(amount of public funding an organisation receives)
- schmeckt nach
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/schmeckt_nach>
(taste that a food or drink has)
- Kunstnerforbundet kunstner ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kunstnerforbundet_kunstner_ID>
(Identifier for an artist member of Kunstnerforbundet in norway)
- New External identifier property proposals to review: Pocket Oxford
German Dictionary: German-English ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_German_Dictionary:_German-English_ID>,
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford-Hachette_French_Dictionary:_French-English_ID>,
Manhom Arabic Profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Manhom_Arabic_Profile_ID>,
WorldCyclingStats ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WorldCyclingStats_ID>,
Thinkwiki article
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thinkwiki_article>,
identifier of the educational center of resistance and deportation of
Landes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifier_of_the_educational_center_of_resistance_and_deportation_of_Landes>,
SideReel series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SideReel_series_ID>,
SideReel series URL slug
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SideReel_series_URL_slug>,
africanmusiclibrary.org artist id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/africanmusiclibrary.org_artist_id>,
The New Mithraeum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_New_Mithraeum_ID>,
Stichting Erfgoed Nederlandse Biercultuur beer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stichting_Erfgoed_Nederlandse_Biercultuur_beer_ID>,
Taylor & Francis journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Taylor_%26_Francis_journal_ID>,
JTA Sightseeing Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JTA_Sightseeing_Database_ID>,
Emerald Group Publishing journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Emerald_Group_Publishing_journal_ID>,
Finnish Ministers database ID (new)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Finnish_Ministers_database_ID_(new)>,
Glosbe Old High German Lexeme ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Glosbe_Old_High_German_Lexeme_ID>,
Tretyakov Gallery artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tretyakov_Gallery_artist_ID>,
State Historical Museum of Russia person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/State_Historical_Museum_of_Russia_person_ID>,
U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/U.S._Copyright_Office_Public_Records_System_work_ID>,
Encyclopaedia of Islam (french edition) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopaedia_of_Islam_(french_edition)_ID>,
French Bathing water ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/French_Bathing_water_ID>,
Religion Past and Present Online (German edition) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Religion_Past_and_Present_Online_(German_edition)_ID>,
mandumah ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mandumah_ID>,
Pocket
Oxford German Dictionary: English-German ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford_German_Dictionary:_English-German_ID>,
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: English-French ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pocket_Oxford-Hachette_French_Dictionary:_English-French_ID>
You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples:
- UEFA teams and the number of players on the team
<https://w.wiki/Aj37> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#All_(but_1)_UEFA_teams_since_1960_now_link_to_players>
)
- Species of birds and their sounds <https://w.wiki/AhtV> (source
<https://x.com/espejolento/status/1814353851253735846>)
- Archaeological sites and remains in Malaysia with National Heritage
status <https://w.wiki/AhGu> (source
<https://x.com/FarisHzmn/status/1814277712430956614>)
- Map of Filming Locations, excludes countries <https://w.wiki/AgyC> (
source <https://x.com/jamesinealing/status/1813662266744815705>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- Reference Verification
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Reference_Verification>
- a research and development project aimed at helping Wikidata editors
check the quality of external references based on various types of AI/ML
models.
- NZWomenPhotographers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_NZWomenPhotographers>
- aims to improve information about New Zealand women
photographers, based
on a dataset provided by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
- Newest database reports
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Items with
P569=P570
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/items_with_P569%3DP570>
- Items with instance of (P31) --> human (Q5) and the same year in date of
birth (P569) and date of death (P570) (2024-07-22)
- Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
Crawford (Q20731004) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20731004> - family
name
- Showcase Lexemes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: water (L3302)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L3302> - (S1) common liquid
substance (S2) chemical compound of hydrogen and oxygen (H₂O) (S3) a body
of water, usually a river, a lake, or an ocean
* Development *
- mul: We fixed the last blocker for the limited MUL rollout to Wikidata
on July 29th (phab:T362917 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T362917>)
- EntitySchemas:
- We fixed a misplaced background color in EntitySchema (phab:T369283
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T369283>)
- haswbstatement
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:WikibaseCirrusSearch#Keywords>
searches now work for EntitySchema statements (phab:T369495
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T369495>)
- We’re investigating how to make EntitySchemas searchable by label (
phab:T362005 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T362005>)
- Query Service: preparation for the graph split is continuing by the
Search Platform Team. We started looking into adapting the constraints
checks for it (phab:T369079 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T369079>)
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?>
.
- 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>
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