* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the week leading up to 2024-12-09. Missed the previous one? See issue #656 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_12_02>*
* Discussions * - New requests for permissions/Bot: KlaraBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/KlaraBot> - Task(s): Append a human's lifespan to descriptions when they can be authoritatively sourced. - Closed request for comments: Audio transcription (P9533) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/audio_transcription_(P9533)> - Closed with no consensus. The discussion is ongoing on the Property P5933 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P9533> talk page. * Events * - Past: Amical Wikimedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Amical_Wikimedia>, the Catalan-language and culture focused thematic Wikimedia Organization organized the Celebrem Wikidata (Let's celebrate Wikidata) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ca:Viquip%C3%A8dia:Celebrem_Wikidata> project to celebrate Wikidata's 12th anniversary, from November 10 - 30. This included a Wikidata introduction workshop to equip participants with the editing skills to tackle the project's main aim. This was presented as a game to delete duplicate info on Wikidata and Catalan Viquipèdia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ca:Portada> infoboxes, in three areas: protected buildings, officers' positions and data related to sports teams players. At the end of the event, ~200 Wikidata-fed infoboxes and Wikidata items were improved and many Wikipedia editors edited Wikidata for the first time! - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - (Deutsch)Wikidata for Legal Historians <https://www.lhlt.mpg.de/events/40120/2368> - Tue. 10 December, 3pm - 7pm (UTC+1). This presentation explores Wikidata as a key platform for LOD, explains its Semantic Web foundation, introduces FactGrid (a Wikidata-based platform for historical research). Highlights potential of both platforms using examples and encourages discussion for legal historical research. Register here <https://plan.events.mpg.de/event/381/>. - *Today* (09.12.2024) is the last chance to submit an Abstract for the Wikidata and Research <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_and_research> conference (5 - 6 June 2025). If you are interested in participating, please review the submission acceptance format <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_and_research/Call#Call_for_abstracts> before submitting here <https://openreview.net/group?id=wikimedia.it/Wikidata_and_Research/2025/Conference#tab-active-submissions> . * Press, articles, blog posts, videos * - Blogs - MediaWiki Conference Highlights <https://professional.wiki/en/news/mediawiki-users-and-developers-conference-2024-vienna>, featuring Wikibase talks including one by Christos Varvantakis and Jon Amar from Wikimedia Deutschland. - Semantic Wikibase 2024 Update <https://professional.wiki/en/news/connecting-wikibase-and-semantic-mediawiki> - WMDE launches AI Knowledge project in collaboration with DataStax built with NVIDIA AI <https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241203748270/en/Wikimedia-Deutschland-Launches-AI-Knowledge-Project-in-Collaboration-with-DataStax-Built-with-NVIDIA-AI> - Ten years of Philippine local Govt. data <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/12/07/ten-years-of-philippine-local-government-data-as-gift-to-wikidatas-12-year-anniversary/> for Wikidata's 12th Birthday. Read about SKAP's (Shared Knowledge Asia Pacific) efforts to add 10 years worth of financial data of local Government assets to Wikidata during a Datathon. - Papers - Developing an OCR - Wikibase Pipeline for Place Names in the RGTC Series <https://zenodo.org/records/14313263> - introduces a semi-automated workflow for extracting and digitally storing geographically relevant information, including spatial relations and contextual details, from place names in the Répertoire géographique des textes cunéiformes. By Matthew Ong (2024). - Videos - Wikibase4Research <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJwmMrTF-M> - Kolja Bailly presents ways in which the Wikibase4Research tool by the TIB Open Science Lab supports researchers in dealing with Mediawiki software for knowledge bases such as Wikibase and facilitates better and FAIR Research Data Management. Includes a live demonstration and beginner-friendly instructions. * Tool of the week * - CAT🐈: Metrics <https://observablehq.com/@pac02/cat-metrics> computing simple metrics (number of labels, number of descriptions, number of sitelinks, number of statements) for item matching a simple claim. * Other Noteworthy Stuff * - Template:Image properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Image_properties> New template listing properties that link to images. - Let's Connect <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Knowledge_Sharing/Connect> invites you to get involved in helping spread awareness and knowledge of Wikidata, potentially help organise a Wikidata Learning Clinic. Are you interested in participating? Please sign-up on this registration form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiea87tSYmB2-1XHn_u8RLe7efMJifJBzffIM-6rtpx0PWqw/viewform> . * 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: - reference illustration <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13162> (an illustration of this subject to provide a detailed reference for its appearance. It should be ideally tied to the primary literature on the item.) - External identifiers: Gallimard author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13151>, Football Kit Archive ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13152>, Bibliothèque du Séminaire de Tournai author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13153>, Bibliothèque du Séminaire de Tournai publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13154>, Reg-Arts artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13155>, EU Corporate body code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13156>, PBY Ben-Yehuda dictionary identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13157>, Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13158>, L'AF au champ d'honneur ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13159>, Radio Algeria tag ID (Arabic) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13160>, Radio Algeria tag ID (French) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13161>, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13163>, Kamus Dewan Edisi Keempat ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13164> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: - land acknowledgement <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/land_acknowledgement> (acknowledgement of indigenous or native people whose ancestors lived at a location) - homonym of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/homonym_of> (taxon item of which the taxon name is an exact homonym) - taxon known by this common name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/taxon_known_by_this_common_name> (taxon item of which this common name refers) - External identifiers: PCGames.de product ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PCGames.de_product_ID>, AniSearch character ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AniSearch_character_ID>, Hachette author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hachette_author_ID>, El Watan tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/El_Watan_tag_ID>, Albin Michel author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Albin_Michel_author_ID>, DNCI label ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DNCI_label_ID>, Battle.net game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Battle.net_game_ID>, Collectie Nederland ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Collectie_Nederland_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! * Did you know? * - Query examples: - Items missing Hungarian labels or description that are part of Library and Information Science (Q13420675) <https://w.wiki/CMYo> - Items from Maori Wikipedia missing English labels or descriptions <https://w.wiki/CMZD> - Instances of "Shopping Center" located in administrative territorial entity subclass of Norway <https://w.wiki/CMZL> - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: - Nonprofit Organisations in Nigeria <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Nonprofit_Organizations/Nigeria>, Belgium <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Nonprofit_Organizations/Belgium> and Italy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Nonprofit_Organizations/Italy> . - WikiProject Highlights: - Rwanda <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Rwanda> - since its creation a couple of weeks ago, it has expanded greatly with new sections for Lists <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Rwanda/List>, Museums <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Rwanda/Museums> and Hospitals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Rwanda/Hospitals>. - Newest database reports <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Unauthorized Bots <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Unauthorized_bots> - A list of bots and their edits, operating without a Bot flag. - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>: Das Erste <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49727>: A German public service television channel broadcasting for more than 70 years. - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: Kerzu (L8153) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L8153> the Breton <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12107> word for December, directly translates from "totally black", rather appropriate for the cold, dark last month of the year. * Development * - 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?> . - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Ghana <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Ghana> - 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> *· Previous issue <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2024_12_02> · Danny Benjafield (WMDE) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Danny_Benjafield_(WMDE)> (talk <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Danny_Benjafield_(WMDE)>) · **15:19, 9 December 2024 (UTC) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:MassMessage:A_page_that_should_not_exist#c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241209151900-Wikidata_weekly_summary_#657>* <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Categories> -- *Danny Benjafield* Community Communications Manager Wikidata Integrations Team Wikimedia Deutschland e. 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