* 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
2024-07-29. Please help Translate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>.*
* Discussions *
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- GergesBot 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/GergesBot_2>
- Task/s: Edit label when order is added in ar:ويكيبيديا:طلبات نقل عبر
البوت (Transfer requests by Bot).
- UmisBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/UmisBot>
- Task/s: This bot will add string representations of units of
measurement
to units of measurement Wikidata pages.
* Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
*
- Upcoming:
- Wikidata Days Bologna 2024
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Days_Bologna_2024>,
Italian language conference dedicated to Wikidata for libraries and
research, taking place in the frame of Wikidata’s 12th birthday
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Twelfth_Birthday>, on
November 8-9 in Bologna, Italy.
- Wikimania starts on August 7. Here is a list of sessions focused
around Wikidata, or have *some* connection to Wikidata:
2024:Program/Wikidata
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Program/Wikidata>. If
something is missing, feel free to add to it, including any Wikidata
meetups you may be hosting.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs
- "Sharing the world’s paintings on Wikidata"
<https://culturalcontent.substack.com/p/sharing-the-worlds-paintings-on-wikidata>
By Martin Poulter for the *Cultural Content* Substack
- WikiEdu: What I learned taking an introductory Wikidata Course
<https://wikiedu.org/blog/2024/07/10/an-intelligent-system-what-i-learned-through-taking-an-introductory-wikidata-course/>
- Anne-Christine Hoff, associate professor of English at Jarvis Christian
University, describes her experiences and learnings from taking
an intro to
Wikidata course, provided by the WikiEdu.org, a project of the Wiki
Education Foundation.
- Talking Wikidata: Communication patterns and their impact on
community engagement in collaborative knowledge graphs
<https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.18278> - This study investigates the
behaviours, communication patterns and interactions of the core small
Wikidata community that are responsible for 80% of its content,
in order to
future contribution and participation. By E. Koutsiana et al.
- A Wikidata-Based Framework for Integrating Heterogeneous Knowledge
Sources <https://arxiv.org/html/2403.10304v2KIF:> - This paper
presents KIF, a Wikidata-based framework for virtually integrating
heterogeneous knowledge sources and discuss how it was used to
solve a real
integration problem in the domain of chemistry (involving Wikidata,
PubChem, and IBM CIRCA). By G. Lima et al.
- Press release: Arricchimento dei dati di authority di SBN attraverso
il confronto e lo scambio con Wikidata
<https://www.iccu.sbn.it/it/SBN/catalogazione-e-manutenzione-del-catalogo-sbn/progetti-di-implementazione-dei-dati-dellindice-sbn/arricchimento-dei-dati-di-authority-di-sbn-attraverso-il-confronto-e-lo-scambio-con-wikidata-/>
(in Italian): ICCU <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3803707>, the
institute coordinating the biggest Italian OPAC (the OPAC SBN
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105086090>, involving more than 7
thousands libraries), has just finished enriching about 16200 nearly empty
authority records with data taken from the respective Wikidata items
(Wikidata items link to SBN authority records through P396
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P396>); this announcement
describes in detail the enrichment work, which started in June 2023; for
more information (and bibliography) about the collaboration between ICCU
and Wikidata, see d:Wikidata:Gruppo Wikidata per Musei, Archivi e
Biblioteche/SBN
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Gruppo_Wikidata_per_Musei,_Archivi_e_Biblioteche/SBN>
(in Italian)
- Videos
- Intro to Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab5q93B3S1Q> -
This intro to Wikidata was provided for participants of the International
Linguistics Olympiad 2024, held in Brasília. Presented by Artur Corrêa
Souza and Éder Porto, organised by Wiki Movimento Brasil.
- Mining and Modeling Text using Wikibase
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkVh4nQBk2A> - the University of
Trier is building a knowledge graph on French Enlightenment novels 1751 -
1800 with the use of Wikibase.
* Tool of the week *
- User:Nikki/ShowIDs.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/ShowIDs.js> - This user script
adds entity IDs in brackets after links.
- Common values <https://observablehq.com/@pac02/common-values>, yet
another Observable notebook. This one looks at common values between two
Wikidata item pages.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- KDE Itinerary, KDE's travel assistant app, gets more Wikidata
integration
<https://volkerkrause.eu/2024/07/27/kde-itinerary-june-july-2024.html>.
- The Wikidata Development team needs your feedback to evaluate "default
values for all languages" (mul) in the Termbox. Please share your thoughts
on this 5-10 minute anonymous survey:
https://wikimedia.sslsurvey.de/Wikidata-default-values-feedback
- The Wikidata (integrations) for Wikimedia projects
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WIT> team have released a progress
report on their ongoing research project, investigating the "State of
Wikidata usage on other wikis". Available on the Research page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WIT/Research>, alternatively on Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_for_Wikimedia_Projects_-_State_of_Wikidata_usage_-_progress_report_27.06.2024.pdf>
.
- The Wikibase REST API, introduced last year on Wikidata, is
progressing towards version 1, aiming for a comprehensive release by the
end of 2024. We're seeking community feedback to enhance the current API
and plan future developments. Please share your thoughts on this
page: Feedback
on the Wikibase REST API (July/August 2024)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:REST_API_feedback_round>.
* 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)
- object of action <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12912>
(specific object to which an action or class of actions occurs)
- object class of action
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12913> (class of objects
(including substances) to which an action or class of actions may occur)
- Newest External identifiers: 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>,
French-English
Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12903>,
German-English
Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12904>, Emerald
Group Publishing journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12905>, Taylor & Francis
journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12906>, JTA
Sightseeing Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12907>, WorldCyclingStats
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12908>, The New Mithraeum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12909>, Finnish Ministers
database ID (new) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12910>, State
Historical Museum of Russia person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12911>
- 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)
- 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: Manhom Arabic
Profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Manhom_Arabic_Profile_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>,
Stichting Erfgoed Nederlandse Biercultuur beer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stichting_Erfgoed_Nederlandse_Biercultuur_beer_ID>,
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>,
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>,
Political Dictionary entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Political_Dictionary_entry>,
United Nations Digital Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/United_Nations_Digital_Library_ID>,
identifiant FranceTerme
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_FranceTerme>,
Yediot Books book ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yediot_Books_book_ID>,
FDC ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FDC_ID>,
365scores player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/365scores_player_ID>,
xdaforums
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/xdaforums>,
GamingOnLinux
Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GamingOnLinux_Database_ID>,
Akademický slovník současné češtiny ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Akademick%C3%BD_slovn%C3%ADk_sou%C4%8Dasn%C3%A9_%C4%8De%C5%A1tiny_ID>
You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples:
- Where were people who went to space born? <https://w.wiki/7LpT>
- Red Cross and Red Crescent societies <https://w.wiki/u4G>
- Top 20 languages in number of Lexemes in Wikidata and percentage of
Lexemes with at least one external ID <https://w.wiki/4rGf>
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- Military Equipment in Policing
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Military_Equipment_in_Policing>
- Project to connect police equipment defined as military equipment to
capabilities, uses, manufacturers, descriptions, etc.
- Quran <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Quran> -
to collaborate on Quran-related topics and organise Quran
Wikidatans; help
others and get help whenever needed to improve Quran-related items (and
properties); create Quran-specific tools' libraries, queries,
and resources;
- Sufism <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sufism>
- collaborate on Sufism-related topics
- Newest database reports
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Hindustani
nouns without gender in a language
<https://query.wikidata.org/index.html#%23%20Nouns%20without%20gender%20in%20a%20language%0ASELECT%20%3Fl%20%3Flemma%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fl%20a%20ontolex%3ALexicalEntry%20%3B%20dct%3Alanguage%20%3Flanguage%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AlexicalCategory%20wd%3AQ1084%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Alemma%20%3Flemma%20.%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP1394%20%27hind1270%27%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fl%20wdt%3AP5185%20%5B%5D.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Flemma>
- Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
Fugger (Q37018433) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37018433> - family
name
- Showcase Lexemes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: ikkje-vald
(L3483) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L3483> - Nynorsk noun,
translates to "non-violence"
* Development *
- IP masking: The feature was rolled out to test wikis and we fixed a
few issues uncovered by this.
- EntitySchemas: We are working to make it possible to search for the
EntitySchema by its label and aliases when making a new statement linking
to an EntitySchema (phab:T362005
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T362005>)
- Integration in other Wikimedia projects: We are working on moving the
Wikidata Item link from the tools section of the sidebar (phab:T66315
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66315>)
- REST API:
- We changed the data-type field to data_type in JSON responses (
phab:T368130 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T368130>)
- We are continuing the work on improving error handling and messages
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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