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Wikidata weekly summary #634

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2024-07-01. Please help Translate.

Discussions

  • New requests for permissions/Bot:
  • DifoolBot 4 Task(s) - Split single references containing multiple reference URLs into multiple references.
  • Bot Bozze Task(s) - Add sitelinks to itwiki draft articles after they've been moved to the main namespace.
  • New request for comments: Spelling convention for labels and descriptions in English - RfC started 2024-06-25. This RfC requests feedback and input for finding consistency in spelling convention as English has multiple regional variations.

Events

  • Past: The Lexicodays 2024 was an online event designed to offer a discussion space for the Wikidata community about Lexicographical Data. An archive of some of the slides and session recordings are here c:Category:Lexicodays 2024. More will be added as they become available.
  • Upcoming:
  • The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on Wednesday, 16:00 UTC on Wednesday, 10th July 2024 (18:00 Berlin time) in the [https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg Wikidata Telegram group]. 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.
  • [https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/GZRRMNW6B75FMBR7HYSAJZGCMQQCCIUP/ Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—July 3, 2024]
  • Botany-focused Wikidata online workshop online as part of the #IBC2024. Date: Tuesday 9th July at 9pm NZST (GMT+12) / 11 am central Europe. [https://wikis.world/@siobhan_leachman@mastodon.nz/112691029608457323 Register here]!

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

  • Blogs
  • [https://www.bobdc.com/blog/wikidataaudio/ Querying for audio on Wikidata] - This blog post discusses using SPARQL queries on Wikidata to find audio recordings, focusing on musical compositions and their associated genres.
  • [https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/06/10/stories-from-the-anti-disinformation-repository-why-wikimedia-is-an-antidote-to-disinformation/ Stories from the anti-disinformation repository: Why Wikimedia is an antidote to disinformation] - The blog post highlights how Wikidata, as a central storage repository, plays a crucial role in countering disinformation by providing reliable, structured data for Wikimedia projects and beyond.
  • [https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/06/30/ld42023-vi-imagining-a-wikidata-future-for-librarians-together/ Diff Blog: Imagining a Wikidata future for librarians together] - the sixth and final blog post from the LD42023 conference. Silvia Gutiérrez (WMF) and Giovanna Fontenelle (WMF) document the results of the collaborative session on building a bridge between the Library-Wikidata community and WMF.
  • [https://www.census.de/blog/census-ids-are-now-wikidata-external-identifiers/ Census IDs are Now Wikidata External Identifiers]
  • [https://www.choice360.org/libtech-insight/library-knowledge-as-linked-data-a-wikidata-approach/ Library Knowledge as Linked Data: A Wikidata Approach]: Contributing to a shared data commons. David Erlandson describes the experiences of using Wikidata for the pilot Program for Cooperative Cataloging to "accelerate the movement towards ubiquitous identifier creation and identity management at the network level".
  • Papers
  • [https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.17903 Mapping the Past: Geographically Linking an Early 20th Century Swedish Encyclopedia with Wikidata] - This paper describes the extraction of location entries from a prominent Swedish encyclopedia and sheds light on selection and representation of geographic information in the Nordisk Familjebok. By A. Ahlin, A. Myrne & P. Nugues.
  • [https://wikiworkshop.org Papers from the just-ended Wiki Workshop 2024]
  • [https://wikiworkshop.org/papers/do-lod-conventions-impede-the-representation-of-diversity-the-case-of-disabled-actors-in-dbpedia-and-wikidata.pdf Do LOD Conventions Impede the Representation of Diversity? The Case of Disabled Actors in DBpedia and Wikidata?]
  • [https://wikiworkshop.org/papers/sparql-for-lis-analytics-exploring-gender-representation-amongst-pcc-wikidata-pilot-participant.pdf SPARQL for LIS Analytics: Exploring Gender Representation amongst PCC Wikidata Pilot Participant]
  • [https://wikiworkshop.org/papers/wikidata-vandalism-detection-with-graph-linguistic-fusion.pdf Wikidata Vandalism Detection with Graph-Linguistic Fusion]
  • Wikidata Quality Toolkit: Entity Schema Generator Demonstration (tool demonstration)
  • Videos
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Qbb1yuLkE&pp=ygUId2lraWRhdGE%3D Wikidata Knowledge Graph to Enable Equitable and Validated Generative AI] - Wikimedia Deutschland's Jonathan Fraine and Lydia Pintscher show how Wikidata can be used to provide well-cited information and how semantic search can augment generative AI inference. Presented at the Open Source GenAI & ML Summit.
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOqZce65Fgg&pp=ygUId2lraWRhdGE%3D Wikidata Editing LIVE at Lexico Days 2024] - User:Abbe98 and User:JanAinali are back for another session of live-editing, focused on lexicographical data, during the Lexico Days 2024 event that took place this last weekend, June 28 - June 30.
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2PHkK6jEEA Get more out of Wikidata with Resonator] - Rachel Hendrick and Gary Price of LibTech Tools walk through Resonator and point out the best ways to use it. Resonator is available on [https://reasonator.toolforge.org/ ToolForge].
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjGNWM_9Y4M Knowledge Integrity: Reliability- Wikidata Vandalism Detection with Graph Linguistic Fusion] - Diego (WMF) and Mykola Trokhmovych showcase their work on building a model to help Wikidata editors identify edits that require patrolling, as part of the [[https://wikiworkshop.org/ Wiki Workshop 2024].
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF-xy7KL_ek Inclusion of Communities: Using Wikibase to Leverage Community Sourced Data Initiatives] - Erin Yunes talks about their work in using Wikibase Cloud as part of the Compel project (COmputer Music Preservation Electronic Library).
  • (es) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Nw0xPT1tw ¿Cómo fortalecer el dominio público con Wikidata?] - This Wikitools Workshop hosted by Jorge Gemetto is on [https://paulina.toolforge.org/ Paulina], a tool for exploring and accessing public domain information on authors and their works.

Tool of the week

  • [https://www.loom.com/share/2fab1acb8abf404da8b03a24d4d4d473?sid=6ad654de-486d-44c3-9ae9-8193792720f9&t2 Automatic Structuring of text for Wikidata] - User:BrokenSegue introduces their new tool.
  • User:Zvpunry/CreateNewItem - This is a User script to easily add a new Item while editing a Statement and noticing that the desired Item is missing.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

  • The second iteration of the Wikidata:Open Online Course has begun. Class will continue until August 11. Whether you're a beginner taking your first steps, an individual in need of a refresher on Wikidata concepts, or a seasoned trainer looking to level up your skills - this course is right for you.

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

  • Query examples:
  • [https://w.wiki/AVZ8 Number of people who are both politicians and musicians by political spectrum] ([https://wikis.world/@moebeus@mastodon.online/112684088394297452 source])
  • [https://w.wiki/AJ5u Lexeme coverage of Indonesian languages]
  • [https://w.wiki/AVCS UK MPs and their office start/end years] ([https://x.com/generalising/status/1805719787953111151 source])
  • Newest WikiProjects: Inuktitut - This is the space to organize work to assure that the sum of all knowledge and the supporting infrastructure for necessary services are available in Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, Inuktitut).
  • Newest database reports: Merge candidates based on same pattern
  • Showcase Items: Montblanc (Q761735) - town in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia
  • Showcase Lexemes: gbuɣi (L725113) - Dagbanli verb, translates to "vomiting" and "sprouting"

Development

  • EntitySchemas:
  • We worked around an issue where EntitySchema pages were no longer considered “content” and had become unsearchable (phab:T368010)
  • We prepared for the release of the new datatype on July 2nd.
  • mul language code: We are working on the last remaining blocker before rolling out the first stage to Wikidata (phab:T362917)
  • Wikibase REST API: We are continuing to rework API errors (phab:T366911, phab:T366239)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority the tasks needing a volunteer].

Weekly Tasks

Wikidata weekly summary #672

File:Wikidata-logo-en.svg

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the
week leading up to 2025-03-17. Missed the previous one? See issue #670

Discussions

Events

  • Upcoming events:
  • [https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/EDXCS7QM3QYJBORQUKBJ3NTIDUYIZSKU/ Call for Wikimania 2025 Programme reviewers]. Apply until Monday 17 March 12:00 UTC
  • Wikidata Affinity Group Update: The fourth session of Starting a Wikidata Project, originally set for March 18, will now be an asynchronous Slack discussion in the #wikidata channel of the LD4 Slack Space. Join us at [https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1742313600 9am PT / 16:00 UTC] to discuss Reporting Your Outcomes and Results. Join Slack [https://join.slack.com/t/ld4/shared_invite/zt-31379okvn-8IVWvbCZerKnN352sKCa2g here]. Note: April programming will pause as we prepare the next series.

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

  • Blogs
  • Training for the staff of the Museum of Photography in Krakow on Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata - "The training aimed to enable the MuFo staff to effectively navigate and develop skills in editing and managing the museum's digital resources within the Wikimedia projects."
  • (German) [https://temporaerhaus.de/tag/wikimedia/ Wikipedia Unterwegs - this time in Neu-Ulm]: This travelling community meetup for German Wikimedians discusses the growing ecosystem of Wikipedia, Wikidata and Commons.
  • [http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/archives/757 REST in Rust] by Magnus: "A new Rust crate has been developed to simplify access to the Wikibase REST API, featuring industry-level coding standards, 248 unit tests, >97% code coverage, and high maintainability. Check out the GitHub repo and contribute via the issue tracker or pull requests!"
  • Videos
  • [https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibase-cloud@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/2MZ7O26YWZDLNDUU5YKW3RKQHRKR6D5C/ Useful videos that explain how to set up/make use of Wikibases]. Put together by Valerie
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk7Lfr9mAAk&pp=ygUIV2lraWJhc2U%3D Wikidata and Wikibase - Curriculum Transformation in the Digital Humanities]
  • (Chinese) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IT_dl08DMA Open Data Day Taiwan 2025]: more details and program agenda on the Wikimedia Taiwan Meta Event page
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQneCQUk9d8 Wikidata as an Open Data Resource]: Ian Watt at Open Source SG
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRY2mtj1MFY Bridging GLAM and Wiki: The Khalili Perspective]: Dr. Martin Poulter, WiR at Khalili Foundation.

Tool of the week

  • [https://www.expeditia.info/ Research Expeditions on Wikidata with itineraries] - Visualization tool for research expeditions itineraries and natural history collections.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

  • An [https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata-tech@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/KDZXE3S57G34WUHHB4R5DTQ4RLOZKLCY/ update regarding the WDQS backend] has been published, about the adoption of the new endpoints and the next steps that will take place.
  • [https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/A6OR2H5UHG6CNDE4LHIXBX4KAVK2KLKZ/ Call for Projects – Wiki Mentor Africa Hackathon 2025]. Do you have a technical project that needs contributions? Or a testing initiative that could use more hands? Submit a project BY 21st March 2025.
  • [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Embedding_Project The Wikidata Vector Database] prototype is almost ready! Developers interested in integrating semantic search into their applications and editors looking to explore Wikidata items using natural language search are invited to reach out for more details: philippe.saade{{@}}wikimedia.de
  • Join the Wikimedia Deutschland software development team: [https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/53665453/Product-Manager-Wikibase-Suite-all-genders-/ Product Manager Wikibase Suite] (all genders)

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

  • Query examples:
  • [https://w.wiki/D4EV Location of fire stations in Spain] ([https://x.com/angelobregons/status/1889979376768614743 source])
  • [https://w.wiki/DTc9 Oldest known individual per taxon] (pre-20th century) ([https://wikis.world/@WikidataFacts@mastodon.social/114173501080142856 source])
  • Newest WikiProjects: AncientMaths
  • WikiProject Highlights: New country page for Poland in WikiProject Nonprofit Organizations, and on [https://cividata.org/en/poland/ cividata.org]. Help expanding it!
  • Newest database reports: [https://w.wiki/DQWP German lexemes without forms divided by lexical category] ([https://t.me/c/1325756915/35931 source])
  • Showcase Items: Perm (Q915) - city in Russia
  • Showcase Lexemes: Knoten (L298686) - German noun that can mean "knot", "fundamental unit of which graphs (in graph theory) are formed", "point where an orbit crosses a plane of reference to which it is inclined", or "hair wrapped in a circular coil around itself (bun)."

Development

  • Wikibase REST API: We continued the work on adding search to the API (phab:T383126)
  • Search: We are continuing the work on making it easier to search for entities other than Items in the search box (phab:T338483)
  • Query Service: We set up the constraint checks to use the split graph instead of the full graph (phab:T374021)
  • Integration in the other Wikimedia projects: We are looking into how changes from Wikidata are represented on the other Wikimedia projects and how that can be improved (phab:T386200)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority the tasks needing a volunteer].

Weekly Tasks

Wikidata weekly summary #672 (correct version!)

File:Wikidata-logo-en.svg

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the
week leading up to 2025-03-24. Missed the previous one? See issue #671

Discussions

Events

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

  • Blogs
  • [https://professional.wiki/en/articles/wikibase-extensions Enhance Your Wikibase With Extensions]
  • [https://tech-news.wikimedia.de/2025/03/21/editing-lexemes-with-your-little-finger/ Editing Lexemes with your little finger]
  • [https://commonists.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/wikidata-and-the-sum-of-all-video-games-2024-edition/ Wikidata and the sum of all video games − 2024 edition] by Jean-Fred
  • [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1902026975210025181.html Thread: Who wins in a Wikipedia race between GPT-4.5, o1, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, and @OpenAI's new Computer-Using Agent?]

Tool of the week

  • Lexica - a mobile-friendly tool that simplifies micro contributions to lexicographical data on Wikidata, making various editing tasks accessible and intuitive for contributors of all experience levels.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

  • Mobile Editing of Statements - You have been asking for the ability to edit statements from mobile devices for years, this project will make editing statements on Wikidata Items more accessible and user-friendly for mobile users. [https://greatquestion.co/wikimediadeutschland/bo2e7e2a/apply Sign up to participate in prototype testing and interviews with our UX team]
  • Join the Wikimedia Deutschland software development team: [https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/53665453/Product-Manager-Wikibase-Suite-all-genders-/ Product Manager Wikibase Suite] (all genders)

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

  • Wikibase REST API: We finished work on the simple Item search (phab:T383126) and started on the one for Properties (phab:T386377)
  • Vector 2022 skin: We fixed a number of the remaining issues with dark mode (phab:T385039) and sitelink positioning (phab:T316797)
  • Search: We continued the work on making it easier to search in other entity types (Properties, Lexemes, EntitySchemas) besides Items (phab:T321543)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority the tasks needing a volunteer].

Weekly Tasks

Anything to add? Please share! :)