*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: WikiBayer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/WikiBayer>
(RfP scheduled to end after 8 January 2024 12:01 UTC)
- Closed request for adminship: EPIC
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/EPIC>
(closed as successful). Welcome onboard \o/
- New requests for permissions/Bot: HVSH-Bot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/HVSH-Bot>
. Task: Import data about politicians from the Q119949776
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119949776>, now only partially online
available.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming: The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours> will take
place on Wednesday, 17:00 UTC, 17th January 2023 (18:00 Berlin
time) 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.
- Ongoing: Weekly Lexeme Challenge #123: Ologist
<https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=123>
Press, articles, blog posts, videos
- Papers: Improving maintenance of community-based knowledge graphs
<https://iswc2023.semanticweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ISWC2023_paper_379.pdf>.
This paper by Nicolas Ferranti addresses the critical issue of data quality
in open knowledge graphs, with a specific focus on Wikidata. It aims to
formalize Wikidata's unique approaches to assess and resolve data
inconsistencies, proposing a semi-automatic refinement pipeline to empower
the Wikidata user community in maintaining and enhancing the reliability of
this extensive collaborative knowledge graph.
- Videos: WikidataCon 2023 Day 1.5 - The past and future of Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZP4Q1zkINw>. In this video Lydia
Pintscher takes a moment to review the major events of Wikidata over the
past few years. Then turns to look forward and predict what Wikidata's
prospects will be over the next year.
Tool of the week
- WICA: Wikidata's insights for created articles
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/look-at-your-list-of-created-articles-through-wikidata>
is an updated version of an old tool. It now includes many new features to
analyse your list of created articles using Wikidata properties.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: none
- External identifiers: Shamela book edition ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12239>, HistoriaGames
series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12240>,
Schnittberichte.com
title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12241>, Kemono
Games game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12242>, Internet
Game Database event ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12243>,
Xemu compatibility database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12244>, GamesMeter game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12245>, GameGear.jp ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12246>, Walmart product ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12247>, Swissubase person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12248>, RPGWatch game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12249>, RPGWatch company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12250>, RPGWatch press ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12251>, Indie DB company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12252>, NIWA article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12253>, turismoroma.it place
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12254>, ScummVM ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12255>, ORBi author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12256>, Abandonware-France
video game series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12257>, Abandonware-France
video game compilation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12258>, Abandonware-France
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12259>,
Abandonware-France
company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12260>,
Abandonware-France
magazine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12261>,
Abandonware-France
award ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12262>, Kanjipedia
word ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12263>, Moviefone
movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12264>, South
African NPO number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12265>, Nigerian
registered company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12266>,
Abandonware-France video game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12267>, AFJV directory ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P12268>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes:
- Nonprofit Status
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nonprofit_Status>
(Indicating the legal and tax status of a non-profit
organization (specific
to served legal areas, aka. Countries). Addition to
{{P|1454}}. {{P|1628}}
to [
https://schema.org/nonprofitStatus nonprofitStatus] from
schema.org. Organizations can have multiple Nonprofit Status from
different countries.)
- International Classification of Nonprofit Organizations
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Classification_of_Nonprofit_Organizations>
({{Q|2976602}} for {{Q|163740}} created by the {{Q|193727}}
and adapted by
the {{Q|1065}}.)
- creative director
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/creative_director>
(person who makes high-level creative decisions, oversees the
creation of
creative assets such as adverts, products, events or logos
and guides and
directs the creative people who create the end result)
- television judge
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/television_judge>
()
- External identifiers: SERNEC taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SERNEC_taxon_ID>,
Consortium of Bryophyte Herbaria taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Consortium_of_Bryophyte_Herbaria_taxon_ID>,
Rhineland-Palatinate school ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rhineland-Palatinate_school_ID>,
nebula channel id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nebula_channel_id>,
Deutsche Bahn station number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deutsche_Bahn_station_number>,
ISzDb series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISzDb_series_ID>,
BG localisation unit ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BG_localisation_unit_ID>,
Cathopedia article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cathopedia_article_ID>,
Native Plants Hawaii ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Native_Plants_Hawaii_ID>,
Taiwan Biographical Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Taiwan_Biographical_Database_ID>,
Penstemon Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Penstemon_Database_ID>,
Wikisage ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikisage_ID>
- Query examples:
- Visual artists whose works will enter the Public Domain in Mexico
on January 1, 2024 <https://w.wiki/8hPM> (source
<https://twitter.com/salvador_alc/status/1741963028977881122>)
- Top music album languages found on Wikidata right now
<https://w.wiki/6TNS> (Week 52, 2023) (source
<https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/111669113852952139>)
- Western composers until the end of the Renaissance
<https://w.wiki/8hif> (source
<https://wikis.world/@zerology@bayes.club/111654741799219949>)
- Newest database reports
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Merge
candidates: Identical birth and death dates
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/identical_birth_and_death_dates>
- Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
Team Fortress 2 (Q382108) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382108> -
team-based first-person shooter multiplayer video game.
- Showcase Lexemes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: ورھا لگّݨ /
ਵਰ੍ਹਾ ਲੱਗਣ (L907713) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L907713> -
Punjabi verb expressing the setting in of a new year.
Development
- The development team is just returning from the winter holidays so
there is no development update at the moment.
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>.
Monthly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed
above.
- Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>
- Contribute to a Showcase item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items>
.
- 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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