* 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
2024-08-26. Please help Translate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>.*
* Discussions *
- Open request for adminship:
- Gwanki
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Gwanki>
- RfP scheduled to end after 26 August 2024 05:54 (UTC)
- Putnik 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Putnik_2>
- RfP scheduled to end after 27 August 2024 23:17 (UTC)
- Closed request for adminship: Both requests successful, welcome new
admins: Mohammed Qays
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Mohammed_Qays>
and Wüstenspringmaus
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/W%C3%BCstenspringmaus>
!
- New requests for permissions/Bot: Leaderbot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Leaderbot>
- Task/s: reminds users when their rights are to expire (see Phab:T370842
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T370842>)
- Closed request for permissions/Bot: Bot5958 1b
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Bot5958_1b>
- RfP successful!
- New request for comments:
- Citations from Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Citations_from_Wikidata>
from Author: Palu <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Palu>
- Audio Transcription (P9533)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/audio_transcription_(P9533)>
from Author: Yug <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yug>. P9533
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9533> is described as
*transcription
of the word/text being spoken in this file*. Does this exclude other
communications modalities?
* Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
*
- "The Future of Wikidata Events" report by Wikimedia Deutschland is now
available on Wikimedia Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_future_of_Wikidata_Events_-_Research_Report_2024.pdf>.
This report provides valuable insights into the current state and future
possibilities of Wikidata events. We encourage everyone to read the report
and share their thoughts to help shape the future of our community
events: Wikidata
talk:Events#"The Future of Wikidata Events" Report Now Available on
Wikimedia Commons
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Events#"The_Future_of_Wikidata_Events"_Report_Now_Available_on_Wikimedia_Commons>
.
- Wikidata's 12th Birthday is fast approaching. Do you need financial
support to organize a birthday event? Here is some useful information about
how to get funding: Wikidata:Twelfth Birthday/Run an event/Funding
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Twelfth_Birthday/Run_an_event/Funding>.
The deadline to apply is September 1st.
- WikiLibCon25
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia%2BLibraries_International_Convention_2025>
The Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention 2025 takes place in Mexico
City, Mexico between 15 - 17 January 2025 - Call for Scholarships (ends
31 August0
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia%2BLibraries_International_Convention_2025/Scholarships>
and Proposals (ends 15 September)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia%2BLibraries_International_Convention_2025/Call_for_Papers_WikiLib_Con_2025>
are open. WikiLibCon25 brings together Wikimedians, Wikibrarians,
information professionals, library workers and mission-aligned partners
from around the globe to create a vivid community and promote cooperative
projects in the Library & Wikimedia sphere.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Papers
- What does it mean to be queer in Wikidata?
<https://academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ccc/tcae029/7739141>:
Practices of gender representation within a transnational online
community.
By B. Melis et al.
- Diversity and bias in DBpedia and Wikidata as a challenge for
text-analysis tools
<https://www.o-bib.de/bib/article/download/5894/8905?inline=1> by B.
Berendt et al. This paper explores how data sources can impact content
analysis of their tool Diversity Searcher for analysing diversity in news
media texts.
- Videos
- (sw) Wikipedia vs Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx6GfpK1mUw> - Fjodor Eklund shows
how wikidata works and how searches are visualized.
- Wikimania Coolest Tool Award! 2024
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjocbzBwn-w> - Wikidata had good
representation with InteGraality and Wikidata Walkabout.
- Qichwabase: Building Knowledge Graphs for Under-Resourced Languages
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxAqX2qhgcw> Elwin Huaman discuses
how Wikibase and Wikidata have helped create a KG to empower local
communities and languages.
- Slides: Giving metabolites (and lipids) a chemical and biological
context with open science <https://zenodo.org/records/13373746>. This
talk discusses the role of open science in providing chemical and
biological context for metabolites and lipids, highlighting open-source
cheminformatics, open standards, and open data to facilitate linking
knowledge across databases and publications, as well as describing chemical
interactions in biological pathway databases. By Egon Willighagen.
- Notebooks
- Olympic medals by group of countries 🥇🥈🥉
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/olympic-medals-by-group-of-countries>:
Using Wikidata and IOC data to compute the share of medals for a selected
groups of countries
- Unequal distribution of medals from the Summer Olympics
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/unequal-distribution-of-medals>
* Tool of the week *
- Wikidata distributed/#game=94
<https://wikidata-game.toolforge.org/distributed/#game=94> - Help adding
missing information related to artists on BNU's catalog (Select the option
that fits best).
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- New AI Project Manager to join Wikimedia Deutschland: We’re pleased to
announce that a new AI project manager will be joining our team next week.
Lydia and Jonathan (Director of Engineering) have been prototyping in this
area and recently presented their work at the AI_dev summit (YouTube link
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Qbb1yuLkE>). Our goal is to bring
knowledge graphs and generative AI closer together, making AI more
equitable, truthful, participatory, and open. More updates to come soon!
* 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:
- denomination <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12949> (value
of a currency or type of currency)
- Newest External identifiers: Illinois Center for the Book author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12935>, Slekt og Data grave ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12936>, FolkWiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12937>, iasj article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12938>, 365scores football team
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12939>, speedrun.com series
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12940>, All Musicals lyrics
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12941>, MobyGames critic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12942>, Polygon game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12943>, Madain Project ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12944>, 365scores basketball
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12945>, FOLDOC ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12946>, GameFAQs genre ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12947>, Retromags game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12948>, Nomes e Voces ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12950>, Altar of Gaming company
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12951>, Altar of Gaming
franchise ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12952>, Altar of
Gaming game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12953>, Altar of
Gaming person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12954>, Ciel
d'oc ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12955>
- New General datatypes property proposals to review:
- Larval host plant
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Larval_host_plant>
(Larval host plant - used only for insects - subclass of P1034)
- board game designer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/board_game_designer>
(person(s) who devised and developed this game)
- New External identifier property proposals to review: ACUM IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACUM_IDs>, DOS
Game Modding Wiki article
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DOS_Game_Modding_Wiki_article>,
Mapcarta
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mapcarta>,
Encyclopedia
of Brno History literature ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Brno_History_literature_ID>,
WikiYeshiva article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WikiYeshiva_article_ID>,
Denkmalnummer des Archivs der Stadt Linz
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Denkmalnummer_des_Archivs_der_Stadt_Linz>,
GameSpot genre ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GameSpot_genre_ID>,
VideoGameGeek genre ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VideoGameGeek_genre_ID>,
Identifiant Say Who
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Say_Who>,
VIRIN <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VIRIN>,
Tabletopia
game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tabletopia_game_ID>,
Board Game Arena ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Board_Game_Arena_ID>,
CNES identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNES_identifier>,
BoardGaming.com game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BoardGaming.com_game_ID>,
Finnish Company Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Finnish_Company_Number>
You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples:
- Of the 15424 existing subway stations on Earth, 5726 of them are in
<https://w.wiki/AzvB> People's Republic of China (Q148)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q148>
- Map of tripoints known to Wikidata <https://w.wiki/AzMm> (source
<https://x.com/slaettaratindur/status/1826982823674220733>)
- WikiProject Highlights:
- Sweden/Banks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden/Banks> -
All Swedish banks still in operation
- Antiquity/Mythology
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Antiquity/Mythology>
- This WikiProject deals with everything connected to Greek mythology
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34726> with an outlook on the
traditional tales and divinities which came before and/or
inspired it, like Ancient
Egyptian mythology <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205740>, Mesopotamian
mythology <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3859459> (Sumerian
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275051>, Akkadian
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102201772> and Babylonian
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3859450>) and Hittite mythology
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1142277>, as well as those of
adjacent cultures and those influenced by the Greeks, most notably Roman
mythology <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122173>).
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Aotearoa Asian Artists
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Aotearoa_Asian_Artists>
- This project aims to improve the data available about Aotearoa Asian
Artists - Asian diaspora artists from, living in, and connected to Aotearoa
New Zealand <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand>.
- Newest database reports
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Terminator:
Articles with no interwikis in a given Wikipedia
<https://wikidata-terminator.toolforge.org/?list&mode=tx#/> - Wikidata
Items that lack a label, description, or article in a specific language.
- Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
Northern Transylvania Holocaust Memorial Museum
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3508109> - heritage site in Sălaj
County, Romania
* Development *
- Not much happened this week. Many of the developers are still on
vacation, and some are out sick.
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 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>
·*
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