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== Tech News: 2024-49 == == ''The Signpost'': 12 December 2024 ==


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'''Updates for editors'''
* Two new parser functions were added this week. The <code dir="ltr"><nowiki>{{</nowiki>]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> function adds an ] and the <code dir="ltr"><nowiki>{{</nowiki>]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> function adds an ]. These parser functions are useful on wikis where namespaces conflict with interwiki prefixes. For example, links beginning with <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>MOS:</code></bdi> on English Misplaced Pages ].
* Starting this week, Wikimedia wikis no longer support connections using old RSA-based HTTPS certificates, specifically rsa-2048. This change is to improve security for all users. Some older, unsupported browser or smartphone devices will be unable to connect; Instead, they will display a connectivity error. See the ] for more-detailed information. All modern operating systems and browsers are always able to reach Wikimedia projects.
* Starting December 16, Flow/Structured Discussions pages will be automatically archived and set to read-only at the following wikis: <bdi>arwiki</bdi>{{int:comma-separator/en}}<bdi>cawiki</bdi>{{int:comma-separator/en}}<bdi>frwiki</bdi>{{int:comma-separator/en}}<bdi>mediawikiwiki</bdi>{{int:comma-separator/en}}<bdi>orwiki</bdi>{{int:comma-separator/en}}<bdi>wawiki</bdi>{{int:comma-separator/en}}<bdi>wawiktionary</bdi>{{int:comma-separator/en}}<bdi>wikidatawiki</bdi>{{int:comma-separator/en}}<bdi>zhwiki</bdi>. This is done as part of ]. If you need any assistance to archive your page in advance, please contact ].
* This month the Chart extension was deployed to production and is now available on Commons and Testwiki. With the security review complete, pilot wiki deployment is expected to start in the first week of December. You can see a working version ] and read ] for more details.
* View all {{formatnum:23}} community-submitted {{PLURAL:23|task|tasks}} that were ]. For example, a bug with the "Download as PDF" system was fixed.

'''Updates for technical contributors'''
* In late February, temporary accounts will be rolled out on at least 10 large wikis. This deployment will have a significant effect on the community-maintained code. This is about Toolforge tools, bots, gadgets, and user scripts that use IP address data or that are available for logged-out users. The Trust and Safety Product team wants to identify this code, monitor it, and assist in updating it ahead of the deployment to minimize disruption to workflows. The team asks technical editors and volunteer developers to help identify such tools by adding them to ]. In addition, review the ] to learn how to adjust the tools. Join the discussions on the ] or in the ] on the ] for support and to share feedback.

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== Wikidata weekly summary #657 == == Wikidata weekly summary #658 ==


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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 2024-12-09. 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): Append a human's lifespan to descriptions when they can be authoritatively sourced. * 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''
* Closed request for comments: ] - Closed with no consensus. The discussion is ongoing on the Property ] talk page.


''' Events ''' ''' Events '''
]:
* Past: ], the Catalan-language and culture focused thematic Wikimedia Organization organized the ] 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 ] 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 Misplaced Pages editors edited Wikidata for the first time!
* 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. ]
* ]:
*
** (Deutsch) - 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. .
** '''Today''' (09.12.2024) is the last chance to submit an Abstract for the ] conference (5 - 6 June 2025). If you are interested in participating, please review the ] before submitting .


''' Press, articles, blog posts, videos ''' ''' Press, articles, blog posts, videos '''
* Blogs
** , featuring Wikibase talks including one by Christos Varvantakis and Jon Amar from Wikimedia Deutschland.
**
**
** 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 * Papers
** ], December 12, 2024, '']''
** - 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).
** 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).
* Videos
* Videos: - Wikimedia Deutschland's ] and Philippe Saadé talk about ].
** - 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 ''' ''' 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)
* computing simple metrics (number of labels, number of descriptions, number of sitelinks, number of statements) for item matching a simple claim.
* : looking at references for a set of Wikidata items


''' Other Noteworthy Stuff ''' ''' Other Noteworthy Stuff '''
*
* New template listing properties that link to images.
* 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. .
* ] 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 .
* The Biodiversity Heritage Library Working Group has set up ]<nowiki/>o coordinate contributions across projects, including Wikidata


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

<!-- NEW PROPERTIES DO NOT REMOVE --> <!-- NEW PROPERTIES DO NOT REMOVE -->
* Newest ]: * Newest General datatypes:
** ] (<nowiki>the sum a organisations receives from bequests/legacies in a timeframe</nowiki>)
** General datatypes:
* Newest External identifiers: ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
***] (<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>)
** External identifiers: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
<!-- END NEW PROPERTIES --> <!-- END NEW PROPERTIES -->
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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>acknowledgement of indigenous or native people whose ancestors lived at a location</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>country specific tax status of non-profit organisations</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>taxon item of which the taxon name is an exact homonym</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>Gʻafur Rahimov</nowiki>)
***] (<nowiki>taxon item of which this common name refers</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>taxon item of wich this item is the taxonomic type</nowiki>)
* New External identifier property proposals to review: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
** External identifiers: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
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''' Did you know? ''' ''' Did you know? '''
* Query examples: * Query examples:
** ** (select decade on the right side)
** **
** **
* Newest ]:
** Nonprofit Organisations in ], ] and ].
* WikiProject Highlights: * WikiProject Highlights:
** ]
** ] - since its creation a couple of weeks ago, it has expanded greatly with new sections for ], ] and ].
** ] - a compilation of information on the subject of Taroko culture, including statistics and records of activities.
* Newest ]: ] - A list of bots and their edits, operating without a Bot flag.
* Newest ]:
* ]: ]: A German public service television channel broadcasting for more than 70 years.
* ]: ] the ] word for December, directly translates from "totally black", rather appropriate for the cold, dark last month of the year. * ]: ] - 2016 film directed by James Bobin where now 22-year-old Alice comes across a magical looking glass that takes her back to Wonderland.
* ]: ] - Persian noun, translates to "hydro-seismometer"


''' Development ''' ''' Development '''
* Wikibase REST API: We prototyped search support for the REST API and would like ].
*]. If you want to help, you can also have a look at .
* 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 (]) and if there are any alternatives to the library used for the graph builder in the Query Service (])
* Under the hood: We are optimizing the server setup for the term store to accommodate its growth (])

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* Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed ]. * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed ].
* 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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'''Weekly highlight''' '''Weekly highlight'''
* Interested in improving event management on your home wiki? The ] offers organizers features like event registration management, event/wikiproject promotion, finding potential participants, and more - all directly on-wiki. If you are an organizer or think your community would benefit from this extension, start a discussion to enable it on your wiki today. To learn more about how to enable this extension on your wiki, visit the ].
* Technical documentation contributors can find updated resources, and new ways to connect with each other and the Wikimedia Technical Documentation Team, at the ] on MediaWiki.org. This page links to: resources for writing and improving documentation, a new <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">#wikimedia-techdocs</bdi> IRC channel on libera.chat, a listing of past and upcoming documentation events, and ways to request a documentation consultation or review. If you have any feedback or ideas for improvements to the documentation ecosystem, please ].


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* The ] is now active and running on nearly 800 wikis. This service reminds most users holding temporary rights when they are about to expire, so that they can renew should they want to. See ] for more information.
* The Chart extension, which enables editors to create data visualizations, was successfully made available on MediaWiki.org and three pilot wikis (Italian, Swedish, and Hebrew Wikipedias). You can see a working examples ] and read ] for more details.
* The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 13 January 2025 because of the end of year holidays. Thank you to all of the translators, and people who submitted content or feedback, this year.
* Translators in wikis where the ], can now discover articles in Wikiproject campaigns of their interest from the "" category in the articles suggestion feature. Wikiproject Campaign organizers can use this feature, to help translators to discover articles of interest, by adding the <code dir=ltr><nowiki><page-collection> </page-collection></nowiki></code> tag to their campaign article list page on Meta-wiki. This will make those articles discoverable in the Content Translation tool. For more detailed information on how to use the tool and tag, please refer to ].
* ] View all {{formatnum:27}} community-submitted {{PLURAL:27|task|tasks}} that were ]. For example, a bug was ] in the Android Misplaced Pages App which had caused translatable SVG images to show the wrong language when they were tapped.
* The ] feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, now has a ]. This enables users to select multiple specific namespaces, instead of only one or all, when fetching pages for deletion.
* The Nuke feature also now ] to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions. Thanks to Chlod and the Moderator Tools team for both of these improvements.
* The Editing Team is working on making it easier to populate citations from archive.org using the ] tool, the auto-filled citation generator. They are asking communities to add two parameters preemptively, <code dir=ltr>archiveUrl</code> and <code dir=ltr>archiveDate</code>, within the TemplateData for each citation template using Citoid. You can see an , and a .
* One new wiki has been created: a {{int:project-localized-name-group-wikivoyage}} in ] (])
* Last week, all wikis had problems serving pages to logged-in users and some logged-out users for 30–45 minutes. This was caused by a database problem, and investigation is ongoing.
* ] View all {{formatnum:19}} community-submitted {{PLURAL:19|task|tasks}} that were ]. For example, a bug in the ] feature has been fixed. Previously, the list of sections which are excluded from Add Link was partially ignored in certain cases.


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* ], the design system for Wikimedia, now has an early-stage ]. It is available for general use in MediaWiki extensions and Toolforge apps through , with use in MediaWiki core coming soon. More information is available in ]. Thanks to Doğu for the inspiration and many contributions to the library.
* users, such as bot operators and tool maintainers, may be affected by ongoing upgrades. On December 4, the MediaWiki Interfaces team began rerouting page/revision metadata and rendered HTML content endpoints on ] from RESTbase to comparable MediaWiki REST API endpoints. The team encourages active users of these endpoints to verify their tool's behavior on testwiki and raise any concerns on the related ] before the end of the year, as they intend to roll out the same change across all Wikimedia projects in early January. These changes are part of the work to replace the outdated ] system.
* The is seeking the opinions of the Wikimedia developer community. Please take the survey if you have any role in developing software for the Wikimedia ecosystem. The survey is open until 3 January 2025, and has an associated ].
* There is no new MediaWiki version this week.


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== Wikidata weekly summary #659 ==

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''' Discussions '''
* New request for comments:
** ] - Should scope of league or ] include forms and aspects?
** ]

''' Events '''
* Ongoing: - ] 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.
* ]: ] - 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 '''
* Blogs
** , by Tara Calishain. "This time I'm playing with a way to browse YouTube channels while using Wikidata as context. And you can try it too, because it doesn't need any API keys!"
** , by Magnus Manske
* Papers:
* Videos: (Spanish)

''' Tool of the week '''
* 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? has it for you! (use www.wikidata.org for the project URL)

''' Other Noteworthy Stuff '''
* ]: 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 ] and ] to review '''
<!-- NEW PROPERTIES DO NOT REMOVE -->
* Newest General datatypes:
**] (<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>)
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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

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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)

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· Previous issue · Mohammed Abdulai (WMDE) (talk) · MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:57, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-51

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Happy Winter Solstice

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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.

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

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