*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 2024-08-12.
Please help Translate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>.*

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

   - Wikimania 2024 took place in Katowice, Poland. You can watch replays
   of the sessions on YouTube
   <https://www.youtube.com/@TheWikimediaFoundation/videos>. Additionally,
   recordings of individual sessions are linked to each item on the Eventyay
   <https://wikimania.eventyay.com/2024/schedule/> schedule.

* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *

   - Blogs
      - Scholarly discussions through they eyes of CiTO (and Wikidata)
      
<https://chem-bla-ics.linkedchemistry.info/2024/08/11/scholarly-discussions.html>
      - The post emphasizes how Wikidata can serve as a central hub for linking
      various scholarly resources, enabling better data interoperability and
      discoverability.
   - Papers
      - Talking Wikidata: Communication patterns and their impact on
      community engagement in collaborative knowledge graphs
      <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.18278> - a study of Wikidata's
      collaboration patterns reveals that a small group of highly
engaged members
      drives most contributions, and improving discussions and engagement
      strategies could enhance long-term participation in the community.
   - Videos
      - FOSS4GE 2024 | Bridging Worlds: Integration of Wikidata and
      OpenStreetMap <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-_2gzi8530> -
      Discover the synergy between Wikidata and OpenStreetMap, two monumental
      open data repositories. This talk unveils innovative web-based tools
      facilitating the linking of these platforms, enhancing the richness and
      accuracy of geospatial data.
      - Setting up a Wikibase reconciliation service
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYiEvv0R9PM> - Wikibase Working
      Hours by OlafJanssen
   - Notebooks: List of countries by continent in Wikidata
   <https://observablehq.com/@pac02/list-of-countries-by-continent-in-wikidata>

* Tool of the week *

   - New Q5 <https://new-q5.toolforge.org/> - is a form that quickly sets
   up a Wikidata Item for an individual by generating a QuickStatement with
   the basic parameters such as name and age.
   - User:Nikki/SDCInfo.js
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/SDCInfo.js> - is a Userscript
   that shows some Wikimedia Commons statements on pronunciation audio
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P443> statements on Lexeme forms.

* 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:
      - 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)
      - public funding <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12919>
      (amount of public funding an organisation receives)
      - relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12933> (indicates a relation
      between the subject and the SDGs or one of the components)
   - Newest External identifiers: 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>, mandumah ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12914>, Educational center of
   resistance and deportation of Landes ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12915>, Encyclopaedia of Islam
   (French edition) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12916>, FoodData
   Central ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12917>, French
   bathing water ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12918>, Norwegian
   Kunstnerforbundet artist ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12920>, Political Dictionary ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12921>, United Nations Digital
   Library ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12922>, U.S.
   Copyright Office Public Records System work ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12923>, 365scores football
   player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12924>, African Music
   Library artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12925>,
Akademický
   slovník současné češtiny ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12926>, GamingOnLinux Database
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12927>, TIPLOC code
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12928>, JJM Habitation ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12929>, IDU play ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12930>, ‎IDU original ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12931>, Stichting Erfgoed
   Nederlandse Biercultuur beer ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12932>
   - 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)
      - schmeckt nach
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/schmeckt_nach>
      (taste that a food or drink has)
      - has semantic role (2nd proposal)
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_semantic_role_(2nd_proposal)>
      (item that describes a role in an event/action class)
      - growth rate
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/growth_rate>
      (growth rate of something over time)
      - lifespan
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lifespan>
      (duration of a person's known or recorded lifespan)
      - APPF registration status
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/APPF_registration_status>
      (status of registration of this entity with the Authority for European
      political parties and European political foundation)
      - exponent of base unit
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/exponent_of_base_unit>
      (a qualifier of {{Q|P12571}} used to describe the exponent of the unit)
      - Javanese registers
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Javanese_registers>
      (suggest the relationship between similar Javanese lexemes, between its
      various registers (social variants), mainly {{Q|12500634}}
register (plain
      Javanese), {{Q|12492493}} register (high/polite Javanese), and
      {{Q|13091955}} register (middle Javanese))
   - New External identifier property proposals to review: Tretyakov
   Gallery artist ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tretyakov_Gallery_artist_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>,
   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>,
   xdaforums
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/xdaforums>,
FolkWiki
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FolkWiki_ID>,
   365scores basketball player ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/365scores_basketball_player_ID>,
   The House of Graphs ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_House_of_Graphs_ID>,
   SIMBAD catalog properties (used more than 1 million times)
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SIMBAD_catalog_properties_(used_more_than_1_million_times)>,
   All Musicals lyrics ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/All_Musicals_lyrics_ID>,
   365scores football team ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/365scores_football_team_ID>,
   365scores basketball team ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/365scores_basketball_team_ID>,
   Illinois Center for the Book Author ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Illinois_Center_for_the_Book_Author_ID>,
   Ôlyrix Person ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C3%94lyrix_Person_ID>,
   Ідентифікатор відеогри Gamekombo
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D0%86%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8_Gamekombo>,
   Slekt og Data grave ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slekt_og_Data_grave_ID>

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

* Did you know? *

   - Query examples:
      - Wikidata's "instance of" and its associated properties, according
      to "properties for this type" (P1963)
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Rtnf/Instance_Of>
      - Example query to show why papers cite each other
      <https://edu.nl/y38rg> (source
      <https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/112943938308855780>)
   - Newest WikiProjects
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
   Redundancy
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Redundancy> - The
   primary aim of WikiProject Redundancy is to reduce the amount of Wikidata's
   data—without reducing the amount of information in Wikidata!—for the
   well-being of Wikidata, its community, and its downstream users.
   - Newest database reports
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Items with
   instance of (P31) human (Q5) and date of birth (P569) > date of death (P570)
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/items_with_P569_greater_than_P570>
   - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
   Cambridge (Q350) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350>: city in
   Cambridgeshire, England
   - Showcase Lexemes
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: kpanjɔɣu
   (L651052) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L651052> - A Dagbani
   noun described in English as hampers, baskets, or similar containers made
   from woven materials like reeds, grasses, or wicker, traditionally used for
   carrying or storing clothing.

* Development *

   - Not much happened this past week because the team was attending
   Wikimania.

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>


*Read the full report
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>*
-- 
Mohammed S. Abdulai
*Community Communications Manager, Wikidata*

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