* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2024-10-07. Please help Translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_10_07>. Missed the previous one? See issue #647 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>*
*Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>* - Upcoming: - Wikidata Day 2024 <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikidata-day-2024-tickets-1034373879117?aff=erelexpmlt> at the Pratt Institute Manhattan Campus, New York - To celebrate Wikidata's 12th Birthday, a mini-conference with beginner workshops, lightning talks and keynote speeches will be held. October 26, 11am - 5pm EDT (UTC-4). More info, registration and full address on this Wikipedia event page <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikidata_Day_2024> . - The Wikidata Days 2024 in Bologna, Italy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Days_Bologna_2024> will take place on November 8th and 9th. Its program <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Days_Bologna_2024/Programma> revolves around Wikidata for libraries and academia, and features a wide range of Wikidata-enthusiastic librarians and researchers from Italy. Registration <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Days_Bologna_2024/Iscrizione> is open until October 31st. - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours> will take place on Wednesday, 16th October 2024 at 18:00 CEST in the Wikidata Telegram group <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>. *The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.* - Scholia hackathon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia/Events/Hackathon_October_2024> on Oct 18-20, aimed at addressing changes related to the Wikidata graph split - Intangible Cultural Heritage on Wikidata <https://ktieb.org.mt/en/festival/intangible-cultural-heritage-on-wikidata-wikimedia-community-malta-wcm-wcm-stand-37/> - Hosted by Wikimedia Community Malta (WCM), November 8, 2024 18:00 - 19:00 CEST, Malta Fairs and Conference Centre (MFCC) in Ta’ Qali, Malta - Edit-A-Thon: 50 States of Comics - Ohio <https://library.osu.edu/site/cartoons/2024/10/02/graphic-possibilities-research-workshop/wikidata-event-fall24_-chambliss_/>, take part in this virtual event held October 10, 10:00 - 16:00 EST (UTC-5). *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs - Wikidata is a giant crosswalk file <https://www.dbreunig.com/2024/10/04/wikidata-is-a-giant-crosswalk-file.html> dbreunig.com describes how with a little DuckDB and Ruby and data from Wikidata, you can produce a cross-walk file of geographic entities. - Videos - (ru) Wikidata Reconciliation Service <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAQtaKzH1o> - This video shows how to add QID's to a large number of person-entities, add descriptions and search by full name and years of life. Wikidata reconciliation for OR <https://wikidata.reconci.link/> (Script: Github:Podbrushkin <https://gist.github.com/Podbrushkin/43053bf16640afce96f01721e2f71d6a> ) - (fr) Data recovery on Wikidata for the DataViz project <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luIWdG9eTG0> - PhilippGam presents the various methods to extract and sort data from Wikidata and use the wikidataMultiSearch tool. - Bridging the Digital Scriptorium Data Model and Wikidata to Expand Reuse of Manuscript Metadata <https://youtube.com/9pPpwrK7Qq4?t=4984> Rose McCandless gives this lighning talk at the LD4 2024 Conference. - Notebooks - Continental and country diversity of Wikipedia art <https://observablehq.com/@pac02/continental-and-country-diversity-in-wikipedia-art> *Tool of the week* - (fr) wikidata MultiSearch <https://philippegambette.github.io/wikidataMultiSearch/> - search for a list of elements in Wikidata. A GPLv3 licenced tool built by Philippe Gambette allows you to search for a list of words in Wikidata and retrieve some associated Wikidata properties. *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Are you building applications or services with Wikidata's data? We'd love to hear from you <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Usability_and_usefulness/2024-Data_access_methods> to help us figure out the future of accessing Wikidata's data. *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 properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: - handwriting example <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12981> (sample image of the person's handwriting) - objects of occurrence have role <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12992> (role that objects of this occurrence take on in the context of this occurrence. (For selectional restrictions, use "object class of occurrence" (P12913) instead.)) - agents of action have role <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12993> (role that agents of this action take on in the context of this action. (For selectional restrictions, use "agent class of action" (P12994) instead. )) - agent class of action <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12994> (class of items that may initiate this action or class of actions (For roles filled by agents of an action, use "agents of action have role" (P12993) instead)) - agent of action <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12995> (particular item that initiates this action or class of actions) - characteristic of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13044> ((qualifier only) statement value is a characteristic, quality, property, or state of this qualifier value) - has kanji reading <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13045> (phonetic reading or pronunciation of the kanji) - publication type of scholarly work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13046> (Publication type of scholarly work) - leased to <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13047> (person or organisation that holds or was granted a lease on the subject) - magazine capacity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13048> (number of projectiles or objects in the magazine feeding a weapon or tool) - External identifiers: Finnish Business ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12980>, Prosocour person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12983>, Stadtwiki Karlsruhe ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12984>, Athletics New Zealand athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12985>, Encyclopedia of Tunisian Women person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12986>, LMFDB knowl ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12987>, ACUM performer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12988>, ACUM creator/publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12989>, ACUM Work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12990>, ACUM album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12991>, culture.ru organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12996>, Hindustan Times topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12997>, Newgrounds submission ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12998>, Storia della civiltà europea ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12999>, Encyclopedia of Brno History literature ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13000>, Linked Open Vocabularies ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13001>, Ontobee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13002>, typeset.io journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13003>, NooSFere editorial collection ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13004>, pomniky.npmk.cz ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13005>, Dictionary of guerrillas and anti-Franco resistance fighters ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13014>, e-LIS publication ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13015>, GameReactor company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13016>, Latgales dati person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13017>, FantLab artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13018>, RedBA Granada authority ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13019>, NWIS site ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13020>, MetalTabs.com band ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13021>, Koha Kütüphane ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13022>, HA! artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13023>, France television program ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13024>, Radio France program ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13026>, Grand Est inventory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13027>, Norwegian Media Authority's film rating ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13028>, Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13029>, Münzkabinett ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13030>, MyWaifuList character ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13031>, Kramerius of Czech Digital Library UUID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13032>, European Parliament document ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13034>, Western Australian Biographical Index <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13035>, beniabbandonati (detailed sheet) ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13037>, beniabbandonati (summary sheet) ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13038>, Biblioteka Nauki article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13039>, Biblioteka Nauki journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13040>, Biblioteka Nauki book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13041>, Biblioteka Nauki publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13042>, PNM Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13043>, DDB person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13049> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: - Larval host plant <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Larval_host_plant> (Larval host plant - used only for insects - subclass of P1034) - chemical formula <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/chemical_formula> (Description of chemical compound giving element symbols and counts) - mode of reproduction <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mode_of_reproduction> (ways for living organisms to propagate or produce their offsprings) - health points <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/health_points> (health or armor points of this video game, board game or role-playing game character) - damage <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/damage> (damage value of this video game weapon, ability or character) - male mean age <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/male_mean_age> (male mean age in a given place; qualifier of {{P|4442}}) - female mean age <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/female_mean_age> (female mean age in a given place; qualifier of {{P|4442}}) - Mummy of a person <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mummy_of_a_person> (mummy of a person) - WPBSA com player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WPBSA_com_player_ID> (Identifier for an athlete on the main website of WPBSA) - JLPT level <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JLPT_level> (difficulty of word by the level of JLPT) - beer style <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/beer_style> (Classification of a beer based on its style) - has forks <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_forks> (Notable software forks of this software) - Monument Counter ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Monument_Counter_ID> (Digital memorial for women killed by violence) - External identifiers: case id (mainland China) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/case_id_(mainland_China)>, BioMed Central journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BioMed_Central_journal_ID>, FightTime fighters ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FightTime_fighters_ID>, Korean Basketball League ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Korean_Basketball_League_ID>, Identifiant L'Humanité d’un sujet <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_L%27Humanit%C3%A9_d%E2%80%99un_sujet>, Chinese Basketball Association ID2 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Basketball_Association_ID2>, KISTI institute ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KISTI_institute_ID>, Hlídač státu subject ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hl%C3%ADda%C4%8D_st%C3%A1tu_subject_ID>, Acervo de Literatura Digital Mato-Grossense Person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Acervo_de_Literatura_Digital_Mato-Grossense_Person_ID>, Cihai encyclopedia entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cihai_encyclopedia_entry_ID>, Cihai dictionary entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cihai_dictionary_entry_ID>, Duocet Wiki of Plants ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Duocet_Wiki_of_Plants_ID>, Dwelly entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dwelly_entry_ID>, Indo-Tibetan Lexical Resource ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indo-Tibetan_Lexical_Resource_ID>, A digital concordance of the R̥gveda ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_digital_concordance_of_the_R%CC%A5gveda_ID>, vardnica.aizpute.lv ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vardnica.aizpute.lv_ID>, Identifiant CIRDOC d'un auteur ou d'une autrice <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_CIRDOC_d%27un_auteur_ou_d%27une_autrice>, Identifiant CIRDOC d'un document <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_CIRDOC_d%27un_document>, Department of Defense Identification Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Department_of_Defense_Identification_Code>, Identifiant d'un document audiovisuel dans le catalogue de l'Inathèque <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_d%27un_document_audiovisuel_dans_le_catalogue_de_l%27Inath%C3%A8que>, LWW journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LWW_journal_ID>, BAHRA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BAHRA_ID>, World Historical Gazetteer place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Historical_Gazetteer_place_ID>, Diccionario biográfico de Castilla-La Mancha ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Diccionario_biogr%C3%A1fico_de_Castilla-La_Mancha_ID>, AniSearch person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AniSearch_person_ID>, identifiant Babelio d'un sujet <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Babelio_d%27un_sujet>, Identifiant d'une personne sur Madelen <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_d%27une_personne_sur_Madelen>, ITTF PTT ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ITTF_PTT_ID>, Push Square series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Push_Square_series_ID>, VG247 series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VG247_series_ID>, dtf.ru person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dtf.ru_person_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - Winners of the Guillaume Apollinaire Prize (1941-2023) <https://w.wiki/BSj8> - Libraries in Argentina (on Wikidata) <https://w.wiki/BQms> - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: - WikiProject Highlights: - Lingnan University Library: Wikidata Pilot Project <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lingnan_University_Library_Wikidata_Pilot> - Creating and improving entries for Lingnan University academic staff, as well as generating entries for the Library's digital collections and Lingnan theses and dissertations. - French Literary Prizes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_French_Literary_Prizes> - Aims to coordinate the development of a database on French literary prizes (list of prizes, jury members, list of winners) - Cycling: 2025 Races <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Cycling/2025_races> - documenting the the planned Cycling races for 2025. - Newest database reports <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Abuse filter effectiveness <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Abuse_filter_effectiveness> - This DB report compiles a variety of statistics on combating vandalism. *Development* - Data access: - We have published a survey to better understand the future needs of application developers <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Usability_and_usefulness/2024-Data_access_methods> who want to work with Wikidata's data. Please take part if you are developing applications or services using data from Wikidata. - We are analyzing query logs to better understand which queries could be moved to other services in the future. - Design system: We continued migrating the Query Builder and Special:NewLexeme from Wikit to Codex 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> · Unsubscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikidata> · Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current> · Previous issue <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous> · Danny Benjafield (WMDE) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Danny_Benjafield_(WMDE)> (talk <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Danny_Benjafield_(WMDE)>) 19:13, 07 October 2024 (UTC) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_10_07#c-Danny_Benjafield_(WMDE)-20241007191300>* -- *Danny Benjafield* Community Communications Manager Wikidata Integrations Team Wikimedia Deutschland e. 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