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== Wikidata weekly summary #639 == == Wikidata weekly summary #659 ==


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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 2024-12-23. Missed the previous one? See issue ]''</div>
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** ] - Task: Add links to Wiktionary categories in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Russian. ** ] - Should scope of league or ] include forms and aspects?
** ]
** ] - Task: This bot will add string representations of units of measurement to units of measurement Wikidata pages.
** ] - Task: request SPARQLs for RAG.


''' ] ''' ''' 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.
* Next Linked Data for Libraries ] call 6 August, 2024: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, 6 August, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (). Please join us for a Busy Summer Fun Wikidata Editing Hour, an hour of uninterrupted Wikidata editing time to work on your own Wikidata projects. .
* ]: ] - online event focusing on projects using Wikidata's data, 18-27 February 2025. You can submit a proposal for the program ] until January 12th.
* Wikimania is August 7-10. Here is a curated a list of Wikimania sessions focused around Wikidata, or have *some* connection to Wikidata: ]. Please add to the list if something is missing.


''' Press, articles, blog posts, videos ''' ''' Press, articles, blog posts, videos '''
* Blogs
* Blogs: , By Giorgio Comai
** , 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!"
* Papers
** , by Magnus Manske
**
* Papers:
** - The SPINACH dataset, derived from Wikidata's "Request a Query" forum, offers a more complex and challenging KBQA dataset with 320 question-SPARQL pairs, designed to test the capabilities of KBQA systems in navigating large and incomplete knowledge base schemas.
* Videos: (Spanish)
* Videos
** - Tool demo: Entity Explosion
** - COSCUP 2024 (Conference for Open Source Coders, Users, and Promoters)


''' Tool of the week ''' ''' 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.
* - a user script that provides an additional editing interface that makes editing easier, by showing the expected properties for a page (based on its "instance of" values), and providing simple inputs to let users add values for any such property. To install Forage, just add the following line to the common.js subpage under your user page on Wikidata, i.e. wikidata.org/User:Your username here/common.js: <code>importScript('User:Techwizzie/forage.js');</code>
* Want a wrap of your Wikidata activities in 2024? has it for you! (use www.wikidata.org for the project URL)


''' Other Noteworthy Stuff ''' ''' 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.
* The Wikibase REST API, introduced last year on Wikidata, is progressing towards version 1, aiming for a comprehensive release by the end of 2024. We're seeking community feedback to enhance the current API and plan future developments. Please share your thoughts on this page: ].
* ] has joined the Software Communication team (SCoT) at Wikimedia Deutschland as an intern until the end of September 2024. Welcome Yorli!
* Wikidata now has a shiny new landing page for developers: ]


''' Newest ] and ] to review ''' ''' Newest ] and ] to review '''
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* Newest General datatypes: * Newest General datatypes:
**] (<nowiki>technique used for writing on stone, paper or other support</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>the sum a organisations receives from bequests/legacies in a timeframe</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>last work featuring a fictional character or item</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>taxon item of which this common name refers</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>identifier of neighborhoods (mahalle) in Turkey in TÜİK (Turkish Statistical Institute) database</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>taxon item of which the taxon name is an exact homonym</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>Sandbox property for value of type "EntitySchema"</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>use as qualifier to indicate how the object's role was named in the credits of its respective work</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>photos about how to repair hardware</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>subject is a meeting or session of this organization</nowiki>)
* Newest External identifiers: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
**] (<nowiki>entity responsible for compiling an index of a book, database, website or other forms of media publications in the form of a methodical arrangement of records designed to enable users to locate information quickly</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>specific object to which an action or class of actions occurs</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>class of objects (including substances) to which an action or class of actions may occur</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>amount of public funding an organisation receives</nowiki>)
* Newest External identifiers: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
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* New General datatypes property proposals to review: * New General datatypes property proposals to review:
**] (<nowiki>vote date, date on which people decided or cast their ballot</nowiki>) **] (<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>taste that a food or drink has</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>country specific tax status of organisations like non-profits</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>taxon item of wich this item is the taxonomic type</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>item that describes a role in an event/action class</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>Propriety of World heritage site : the Type (Cultural, Natural, Mixed)</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>growth rate of something over time</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>DVD release is restricted to region code</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>duration of a person's known or recorded lifespan</nowiki>) **] (<nowiki>Number of shading units in a graphics card.</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>status of registration of this entity with the Authority for European political parties and European political foundation</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>)
* New External identifier property proposals to review: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
**] (<nowiki></nowiki>)
* New External identifier property proposals to review: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
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* ]: ] - fjord in Hammerfest, Norway (Northern Sami proper noun)
* Newest ]: () (replace 2x the "nl" into the language code of your language)
* ]: ] - American global aerospace and defense corporation
* ]: ] - Christmas greeting in Danish


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* mul language code: The new language code has been rolled out in a limited way. We are looking through feedback now.
* mul release: The full release of the "mul" language code feature to Wikidata, originally scheduled for August 12, may be delayed as we have uncovered a few issues during testing that could potentially block the scheduled release.


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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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** - a study of Wikidata's collaboration patterns reveals that a small group of highly engaged members drives most contributions, and improving discussions and engagement strategies could enhance long-term participation in the community.
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** - Wikibase Working Hours by OlafJanssen
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* ] - is a Userscript that shows some Wikimedia Commons statements on ] statements on Lexeme forms.

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* Newest General datatypes:
**] (<nowiki>entity responsible for compiling an index of a book, database, website or other forms of media publications in the form of a methodical arrangement of records designed to enable users to locate information quickly</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>specific object to which an action or class of actions occurs</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>class of objects (including substances) to which an action or class of actions may occur</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>amount of public funding an organisation receives</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>indicates a relation between the subject and the SDGs or one of the components</nowiki>)
* Newest External identifiers: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
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* New General datatypes property proposals to review:
**] (<nowiki>vote date, date on which people decided or cast their ballot</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>taste that a food or drink has</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>item that describes a role in an event/action class</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>growth rate of something over time</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>duration of a person's known or recorded lifespan</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>status of registration of this entity with the Authority for European political parties and European political foundation</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>a qualifier of {{Q|P12571}} used to describe the exponent of the unit</nowiki>)
**] (<nowiki>suggest the relationship between similar Javanese lexemes, between its various registers (social variants), mainly {{Q|12500634}} register (plain Javanese), {{Q|12492493}} register (high/polite Javanese), and {{Q|13091955}} register (middle Javanese)</nowiki>)
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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.

Weekly Tasks

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

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