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== Wikidata weekly summary #658 ==
== Feedback request: Natural sciences Good Article nomination ==

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<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">'' Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the<br>week leading up to 2024-12-02. Missed the previous one? See issue ]''</div> <div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">'' Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the<br>week leading up to 2024-12-16. Missed the previous one? See issue ]''</div>
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'''Discussions''' ''' Discussions '''
* New requests for permissions/Bot: ] - Task(s): Creating and updating Hieroglyphic Ancient Egyptian and Coptic lexemes and ancient Egyptian text artifact items. It is also to maintain links to the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae project via approved properties. * New requests for permissions/Bot: ] - Task(s): Is a selfmade chatbot to answer factual questions as part of a final research project for educational purposes.
* Closed request for permissions/Bot: ] - ''Withdrawn by submitter''
* New request for comments: ] - ] would like feedback on determining a data model and schema for Wikidata items that are an instance of ] - See ] for more info.
* Closed request for comments: ] - Despite a spirited discussion with many comments both in favour and opposition, no consensus was reached.


''']''' ''' Events '''
]:
* Upcoming:
* Next Linked Data for Libraries ] session (Attn: Please fill out Pre-Participation Survey!) 17 December 2024: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Session on Tuesday, 17 December 2024 at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6 pm CET () Wikimedian Mahir Morshed is leading a series of four sessions focused on lexicographical data in Wikidata. We are looking forward to learning more about these Wikibase entities! If you anticipate attending the workshop sessions, please fill out a brief survey linked from our Series to help us prepare relevant materials for you. Sessions will be held on November 5, November 19, December 3, and December 17, 2024 at our regular time of 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET. ]
** Wikimedia Deutschland is providing a total of 15 participation scholarships for Wikimania 2025 (7 individual and 4 tandem scholarships). Further information is available on ]. An overview of all questions in the application form is ]. . Closes 8 December 2024.
** . The time is 17:00 CET *
** Tomorrow / 3rd December 2024: Linked Data for Libraries ] Group session @ 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm UTC / 6pm CET. If you would like to attend, please fill out the to ensure all necessary materials are provided for you.
** Deadline for the ] scholarship application is December 30, 2024. We encourage you to make Wikidata-related submissions (the deadline for submission is March 22, 2025.


'''Press, articles, blog posts, videos''' ''' Press, articles, blog posts, videos '''
* Research
** ]: A new research report is available. Explores what trace Wikidata data is measurable on other Wiki pages and proposes initial metrics for measuring Wikidata statement usage on Wikimedia content pages. Also suggests methods to improve data analysis and collection. PDF is available on ]
* Blogs
** - Wikidata celebrated its 12th birthday in October and November 2024, with a series of global events and activities aimed at commemorating the platform's contributions to the open knowledge movement, engaging its community of volunteers, and highlighting the significant role Wikidata plays in the digital landscape. By Dan Shick
* Papers * Papers
** ], December 12, 2024, '']''
** - This paper explores how libraries can leverage Wikidata to enhance resource discoverability, foster interoperability, and integrate into the global knowledge ecosystem. By Omorodion Okuonghae (2024).
** Baptiste de Coulon, "Les don­nées liées, Wikidata et les archi­ves : une oppor­tu­nité de contri­bu­tion aux com­muns numé­riques". In: ], n°271, 2024-2, p.37-56 (free access online after 3 years).
** - Enhancing Wikidata’s biomedical knowledge by integrating OBO ontologies and PubMed’s MeSH keywords, addressing gaps, improving classification accuracy, and verifying relations for stronger interoperability and accuracy. By Chebil et al. (2024).
* Videos: - Wikimedia Deutschland's ] and Philippe Saadé talk about ].
** analyzes class order violations in Wikidata's ontology using SPARQL, evaluates fixes, and offers solutions through improved tools or community involvement. By P. Patel-Schneider and E. Doğan.
* Videos
** - The Tyap Wikimedia User Group produced this tutorial on editing as part of the Wikidata 12th Birthday celebrations for the Wikidata @12 Data-a-thon.
** - Covers Linked Data basics, its potential with OSM, and popular methods for linking, extracting, combining, and querying data from both sources. Jump to ()
** (正體字, CN Trad.) - An introduction and overview to Wikidata and some associated tools such as ORES and LiftWing.
** (正體字, CN Trad.) - This session was given as part of the COSCUP '24 conference on the OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Agenda Track.
** - LORiS: This tool can help you understand complex SPARQL queries by converting them to natural language.
** - At the 7th ISRITI 2024 conference, Jaycent Ongris shows how RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) has been used in a natural-language question-answer platform to directly query Wikidata.
** - Denny Vrandečić gives this keynote session at the SWIB (Semantic Web in Libraries) conference.
** - Alexandros Kosiaris of the Wikimedia Foundation explains changes made to make Misplaced Pages more stable and prevent outages, including how it calls and fetches data from Wikidata. Session given at SREcon24.


'''Tool of the week''' ''' Tool of the week '''
* - checks if SPARQL query results conform to a provided schema by validating data and highlighting potential errors, such as missing properties, invalid values, or too many values, with the option to refine the schema if issues arise. (A major update to the current ShEx validator that is expected to get integrated into the existing validator soon)
* - Generate natural-language descriptions of SPARQL queries via LLM's.
* : looking at references for a set of Wikidata items


'''Other Noteworthy Stuff''' ''' Other Noteworthy Stuff '''
*
* ]: Google released the WordGraph dataset as a belated present for Wikidata’s 12th birthday. The dataset contains 968,153 forms in 39 languages.
* The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) is launching the Entity Management Cooperative (EMCO) program in 2025, aiming to unify entity management across the semantic web, including registries like Wikidata. .
* : Wikimedia Deutschland has an open and exciting vacancy for a Product Manager of Wikibase Suite.
* The Biodiversity Heritage Library Working Group has set up ]<nowiki/>o coordinate contributions across projects, including Wikidata
* Tools or bots which use the ] (such as Quarry) will observe outdated data for up to 8-10 days, as a result of necessary database maintenance (]). Tools or bots which use the APIs will not be affected. (This was previously announced ] but didn’t actually take place yet.)

'''Newest ] and ] to review'''


''' Newest ] and ] to review '''
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* Newest ]: * Newest General datatypes:
** ] (<nowiki>the sum a organisations receives from bequests/legacies in a timeframe</nowiki>)
** General datatypes:
* Newest External identifiers: ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
***] (<nowiki>picture of a person in action, especially for a sportsperson, visual artist, musican, actor. P18 is normally used for portraits</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>ISCC hash code that identifies a media object based on fuzzy hashing</nowiki>)
** External identifiers: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
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* New ] to review: * New General datatypes property proposals to review:
**] (<nowiki>Screenshot of the About Box of the respective software (contains important information such as authors, license, version number and year(s) and is included in almost every software)</nowiki>)
** General datatypes:
***] (<nowiki>preliminary work for this finished work</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>country specific tax status of non-profit organisations</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>formatter to generate ID compatible with {{Q|2430433}} services</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>Gʻafur Rahimov</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>Link to Open Library Collection which contain manually and automaticallly collections of editions and works on certain topics</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>taxon item of wich this item is the taxonomic type</nowiki>)
* New External identifier property proposals to review: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
***] (<nowiki>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.</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>academic degree for which a thesis or dissertation is submitted</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>subject is a meeting or session of this body (legislature, committee, convention, etc.)</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>Age rating category as designated by the UAE Media Council (UMC)</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>number of third-gender people inhabiting the place</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>use as qualifier to indicate how the object's role was named in the credits of it's respective work</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>The sum a organisations receives from bequests/legacies in a timeframe.</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki></nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki></nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki></nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>analogous to {{P|4329}} for tracking cat:s populated by extensions of MediaWiki, linking to extension causing the population</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>7-digits code attributed to administrative-territorial units of Moldova</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>4-digits code attributed to administrative-territorial units of Moldova</nowiki>)
** External identifiers: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
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You can comment on ]! You can comment on ]!


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** ] - a compilation of information on the subject of Taroko culture, including statistics and records of activities.
** ] - documenting, archiving and creating items from collections from the UvA/AUAS Library in Amsterdam, beginning with the works of ].
* Newest ]:
** ] - A hub for Ghanaian activities and entities, including regional languages: Dagbanli, Twi and Dagari.
* ]: ] - 2016 film directed by James Bobin where now 22-year-old Alice comes across a magical looking glass that takes her back to Wonderland.
** ]: For collecting information related to Thao cultural themes, including statistics and activity records.
* ]: ] - Persian noun, translates to "hydro-seismometer"
* Newest ]: ]

* ]: ]: Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
''' Development '''
* ]: ] - A Tamil lemma for dense forest, impassable jungle and a pigeon dove.
* Wikibase REST API: We prototyped search support for the REST API and would like ].
'''Development'''
* Property Suggestions: We updated the underlying data so you should have more up-to-date suggestions again when making new statements.
* EntitySchemas: We are continuing the work on making it possible to search for an EntitySchema by its label or alias when making a new statement linking to an EntitySchema.
* EntitySchemas: We continued the work on making it possible to search for EntitySchemas by their label and aliases when linking to them in a statement.
* PropertySuggester: We have updated the script that generates the suggestions and will update the suggestions next.
* Query Service: We are investigating if we can do something about the issue where not all edgeLabels are shown on a graph visualisation (]) and if there are any alternatives to the library used for the graph builder in the Query Service (])
* Lexicographical data: We fixed a visual issue with search results on the Codex-based Special:NewLexeme (])
* Vector 2022: We are working on designs to fix the remaining issues with the skin on Wikidata. * Under the hood: We are optimizing the server setup for the term store to accommodate its growth (])
* Wikibase REST API: We are finishing the prototype for supporting search in the API.


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* Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme ]. * Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme ].
* Govdirectory weekly focus country: ] * Govdirectory weekly focus country:
* Summarize your ] in one or two sentences. * Summarize your ] in one or two sentences.
* Help ] or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! * Help ] or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
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== Feedback request: History Good Article nomination ==


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* ]: ] - online event focusing on projects using Wikidata's data, 18-27 February 2025. You can submit a proposal for the program ] until January 12th.


''' Press, articles, blog posts, videos '''
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''' Other Noteworthy Stuff '''
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* ]: Wikibase Suite's contributing guide has been published. This guide aims to help anyone who wants to contribute and make sure they are equipped with all the relevant information to do so.
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''' Newest ] and ] to review '''
] '''Guideline and policy news'''
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* Following ], the ] has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the ] within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
* Newest General datatypes:
* Following a ], a new speedy deletion criterion, ], has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.
**] (<nowiki>the sum a organisations receives from bequests/legacies in a timeframe</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>taxon item of which this common name refers</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>taxon item of which the taxon name is an exact homonym</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>use as qualifier to indicate how the object's role was named in the credits of its respective work</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>subject is a meeting or session of this organization</nowiki>)
* Newest External identifiers: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
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* New General datatypes property proposals to review:
**] (<nowiki>Screenshot of the About Box of the respective software (contains important information such as authors, license, version number and year(s) and is included in almost every software)</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>country specific tax status of organisations like non-profits</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>taxon item of wich this item is the taxonomic type</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>Propriety of World heritage site : the Type (Cultural, Natural, Mixed)</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>DVD release is restricted to region code</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>Number of shading units in a graphics card.</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>identifier of elements of the National archaeological register of Moldova</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>works of art performed, displayed or presented at a given event</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki></nowiki>)
* New External identifier property proposals to review: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
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Wikidata weekly summary #658

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the
week leading up to 2024-12-16. Missed the previous one? See issue #657

Discussions

  • New requests for permissions/Bot: PWSBot - Task(s): Is a selfmade chatbot to answer factual questions as part of a final research project for educational purposes.
  • Closed request for permissions/Bot: CarbonBot - Withdrawn by submitter

Events Upcoming events:

  • Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group session (Attn: Please fill out Pre-Participation Survey!) 17 December 2024: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Session on Tuesday, 17 December 2024 at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6 pm CET (Time zone converter) Wikimedian Mahir Morshed is leading a series of four sessions focused on lexicographical data in Wikidata. We are looking forward to learning more about these Wikibase entities! If you anticipate attending the workshop sessions, please fill out a brief survey linked from our Series Etherpad to help us prepare relevant materials for you. Sessions will be held on November 5, November 19, December 3, and December 17, 2024 at our regular time of 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET. Event page
  • 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon - register now

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

  • Tabular Online Validator - checks if SPARQL query results conform to a provided schema by validating data and highlighting potential errors, such as missing properties, invalid values, or too many values, with the option to refine the schema if issues arise. (A major update to the current ShEx validator that is expected to get integrated into the existing validator soon)
  • CAT🐈: Overview if references: looking at references for a set of Wikidata items

Other Noteworthy Stuff

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

  • Wikibase REST API: We prototyped search support for the REST API and would like your feedback on it.
  • Property Suggestions: We updated the underlying data so you should have more up-to-date suggestions again when making new statements.
  • EntitySchemas: We continued the work on making it possible to search for EntitySchemas by their label and aliases when linking to them in a statement.
  • Query Service: We are investigating if we can do something about the issue where not all edgeLabels are shown on a graph visualisation (phab:T381857) and if there are any alternatives to the library used for the graph builder in the Query Service (phab:T381764)
  • Under the hood: We are optimizing the server setup for the term store to accommodate its growth (phab:T351802)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

Weekly Tasks

· Previous issue · Mohammed Abdulai (WMDE) (talk) · MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:56, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #659

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the
week leading up to 2024-12-23. Missed the previous one? See issue #658

Discussions

Events

  • Ongoing: Wikidata Cleanup 2024 - Romaine continues his initiative, "Wikidata Cleanup," to coordinate community efforts in addressing the problem of items missing basic properties during the last ten days of 2024, when many users have extra time due to holidays. The aim is to improve data quality by focusing on ensuring all items have essential properties like "instance of" (P31) or "subclass of" (P279), adding relevant country and location data, and maintaining consistency within item series.
  • Upcoming events: Data Reuse Days - online event focusing on projects using Wikidata's data, 18-27 February 2025. You can submit a proposal for the program on the talk page until January 12th.

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

  • Flying Dehyphenator is an Ordia game. Given the start part of a word, use the spacebar to move the word and hit the next part of the word. Only hyphenations described with the Unicode hyphenation character work.
  • Want a wrap of your Wikidata activities in 2024? Wiki Year In Review has it for you! (use www.wikidata.org for the project URL)

Other Noteworthy Stuff

  • Wikibase/Suite-Contributing-Guide: Wikibase Suite's contributing guide has been published. This guide aims to help anyone who wants to contribute and make sure they are equipped with all the relevant information to do so.

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

  • With the winter holidays upon us, the development team is taking a break, and there will be no deployments for Wikidata during this time.

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

Weekly Tasks

· Previous issue · Mohammed Abdulai (WMDE) (talk) · MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:01, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 December 2024

* Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:59, 24 December 2024 (UTC)