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== Wikidata weekly summary #655 ==

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''' Discussions '''
* New requests for permissions/Bot: [[d:Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/333Bot|333Bot]] - Task(s): Add missing sitelinks to english Wikisource based on their header templates there. 
* Closed request for comments: [[d:Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Additional_rights_for_bureaucrats|Additional rights for bureaucrats]] - Closed as successful. Bureaucrats will now be able to remove Admin rights.

''' [[d:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events|Events]] '''
* Upcoming
** [https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/KP4H3NIV4BUZU4MVFOPP656SBW7OE7P3/ 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon - registration is now open]
** Save the date: the [[d:Event:Data Reuse Days 2025|Data Reuse Days 2025]], an online event focusing on the use of Wikidata's data for tools and applications, will take place in February. You can already [[d:Event talk:Data Reuse Days 2025|propose sessions for the program]].
** Next Linked Data for Libraries [[Wikidata: WikiProject LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group|LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group]] session (Attn: Please fill out Pre-Participation Survey!) 3 December 2024: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Session on Tuesday, 3 December 2024 at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6 pm CET ([https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1733245200 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 [https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/LD4-WDAG_Lexicographical_Data_Series Series Etherpad] to help us prepare relevant materials for you. You only need to fill it out once, no matter how many sessions you plan to attend. Sessions will be held on November 5, November 19, December 3, and December 17, 2024, at our regular time of 9 am PT / 12 pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6 pm CET. [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls/Second_Project_Series|Event page]]
** [[wikimania:2025:Scholarships|Wikimania 2025 Scholarships are now open!]] This application is open until Sunday 8th December, 2024

''' Press, articles, blog posts, videos '''
* Blogs
** [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/October 2024/Contents/Colombia report|Why and for what purpose should Wikidata be used in Colombia?]]
** [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/October_2024/Contents/Latvia_report|Wikidata Workshop 2024: National Library of Latvia]]
** [https://blog.rayberger.org/wikidata-and-the-2024-open-library-community-celebration Wikidata and the 2024 Open Library Community Celebration]
** [https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2024/11/where-the-data-may-roam-bringing-wild-west-performers-to-wikidata/ Where the data may roam]: Bringing Wild West performers to Wikidata. Author Jason Sharp documents their experience adding legendary showman Buffalo Bill to Wikidata.
** [https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2024/11/meet-tiago-bhl-wikimedian-in-residence.html Advancing BHL’s Data for a Sustainable Future: Meet Tiago, Our New Wikimedian-in-Residence] The [[Wikidata:WikiProject BHL|BHL-Wiki Working Group]] has enrolled a Wikimedian-in-Residence with a focus on Wikidata and Structured Data on Commons. 
* Papers
** [https://apcz.umk.pl/FT/article/view/52732 Beyond the Library Catalogue: Connecting Library Metadata to Wikidata] -  examines how integrating Wikidata into libraries enhances resource discoverability, fosters interoperability, and empowers users within a global knowledge network. By Okuonghae, O. (2024).
** [https://content.iospress.com/articles/semantic-web/sw243686 On assessing weaker logical status claims in Wikidata cultural heritage records] - approaches to representing weaker logical status (WLS) information in Wikidata, finding limited usage, variations and ambiguities between datasets, and proposes improvements for clarity and accuracy. By Di Pasquale et al.(2024)
* Books: [https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0393-7 Tiziana Possemato, ''Entity modeling: la terza generazione della catalogazione'']: contains many references to the use of Wikidata in cataloguing
* Videos
** (Portuguese)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Oq6LVZCdY Wikidata & OpenRefine] - Part of the “Introduction to digital platforms for research” sessions for the Centro Luís Krus of NOVA FCSH. Practical exercises for data reconciliation from the Portuguese Early Music Database using the OpenRefine tool.
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8U9bheQorg NODES 2024: Using Dbpedia and Wikidata Knowledge Graphs With Neo4j] - Cuneyt Tyler presents 'Semantic Space', a project using Dbpedia and Wikidata to enhance the user experience browsing articles on the web.
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGEDRHtRVtc Uploading Images From Public Sites] - Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata make great bedfellows. Margaret Donald shows how to create Commons categories, create structured data and link categories to Wikidata.
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Kry2fIHXc WCNA: LOFESQ Lots of Farmers Empty Silos Quicker]: building community through a named entity Wikibase. Experiences of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives setting up the WikiNames Wikibase instance and breaking down knowledge silos
* Podcast series: [https://whoseknowledge.org/dsd-whose-voices/ Decolonizing structured data: a new season of Whose Voices?] including "Episode 5 -- Unpacking Wikidata’s possibilities with [[d:User:Lydia Pintscher (WMDE)|Lydia Pintscher (WMDE)]]"
* Other
** [[m:Research:Newsletter/2024/November#"SPINACH":_LLM-based_tool_to_translate_"challenging_real-world_questions"_into_Wikidata_SPARQL_queries|SPINACH: AI help for asking Wikidata "challenging real-world questions"]]
** [[commons:File:De_Wikidata_à_Wikibase-CampusDuLibre-23-Novembre-2024-John_Samuel.pdf|De Wikidata à Wikibase : Pour une meilleure compréhension de vos données]], presentation by [[d:User:Jsamwrites|John Samuel]] at [[d:Q131312243|Le campus du libre 2024 (Q131312243)]], Lyon, November 23, 2024.

''' Tool of the week '''
* [https://ordia.toolforge.org/guess-image-from-pronunciation/ Guess Image from Pronunciation] is an Ordia game that uses lexicographic data in Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. The game challenges players to match the correct image with the audio pronunciation of what the image depicts.
* [https://github.com/fusion-jena/abecto/releases/tag/v3.1.1 ABECTO] is a tool that compares #RDF data to spot errors and assess completeness. Recent changes to the tool adjust result export for #Wikidata Mismatch Finder to changed format, add reporting of qualifier mismatches to Wikidata Mismatch Finder export, and suppress illegal empty external values in Wikidata Mismatch Finder export ([https://wikis.world/@janmartinkeil@mstdn.social/113480328404817505 Tweet])
* [https://wd-infernal.toolforge.org/ Wikidata Infernal] is an API that allows you to infer new facts from Wikidata. It uses a set of rules to infer new facts from existing ones. The generated statements will have qualifiers to indicate the source and method of the inference. Output is an array of statements in JSON/Wikidata format. ([http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/archives/750 blog])
''' Other Noteworthy Stuff '''
*

''' Newest [[d:Special:ListProperties|properties]] and [[d:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property proposal|property proposals]] to review '''
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* Newest General datatypes:
**[[:d:Property:P13146|picture of this person doing their job]] (<nowiki>picture of a person in action, especially for a sportsperson, visual artist, musican, actor. P18 is normally used for portraits</nowiki>)
**[[:d:Property:P13150|ISCC]] (<nowiki>ISCC hash code that identifies a media object based on fuzzy hashing</nowiki>)
* Newest External identifiers: [[:d:Property:P13129|Kultboy editor ID]], [[:d:Property:P13130|WikiBaseball ID]], [[:d:Property:P13131|Ninilchik Russian Dictionary ID]], [[:d:Property:P13132|ANID Researcher Portal ID]], [[:d:Property:P13133|TOPO ID]], [[:d:Property:P13134|DBIS Resource ID]], [[:d:Property:P13135|ITV News topic ID]], [[:d:Property:P13136|Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites ID]], [[:d:Property:P13137|ISFDB editorial collection ID]], [[:d:Property:P13138|Great Norwegian Encyclopedia contributor ID]], [[:d:Property:P13139|ILEC World Lake Database ID]], [[:d:Property:P13140|Sage Social Science Thesaurus ID]], [[:d:Property:P13141|El Moudjahid tag ID]], [[:d:Property:P13142|SGES monument ID]], [[:d:Property:P13143|DEX ’09 entry ID]], [[:d:Property:P13144|Electronic Language International Festival person ID]], [[:d:Property:P13145|Medieval Coin Hoards of the British Isles ID]], [[:d:Property:P13147|Paramount+ video ID]], [[:d:Property:P13148|Le Club Mediapart blogger ID]], [[:d:Property:P13149|Phish.net venue ID]]
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* New General datatypes property proposals to review:
**[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/study or design for this work|study or design for this work]] (<nowiki>preliminary work for this finished work</nowiki>)
**[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/OAI formatter|OAI formatter]] (<nowiki>formatter to generate ID compatible with {{Q|2430433}} services</nowiki>)
**[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Open Library Collection|Open Library Collection]] (<nowiki>Link to Open Library Collection which contain manually and automaticallly collections of editions and works on certain topics</nowiki>)
**[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/scientific illustration|scientific illustration]] (<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>)
**[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/thesis submitted for|thesis submitted for]] (<nowiki>academic degree for which a thesis or dissertation is submitted</nowiki>)
**[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/meeting of|meeting of]] (<nowiki>subject is a meeting or session of this body (legislature, committee, convention, etc.)</nowiki>)
**[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/UMC rating|UMC rating]] (<nowiki>Age rating category as designated by the UAE Media Council (UMC)</nowiki>)
**[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Non-binary population|Non-binary population]] (<nowiki>number of non-binary people inhabiting the place</nowiki>)
**[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/role named as|role named as]] (<nowiki>use as qualifier to indicate how the object's role was named in the credits of it's respective work</nowiki>)
**[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/bequest income|bequest income]] (<nowiki>The sum a organisations receives from bequests/legacies in a timeframe.</nowiki>)
* New External identifier property proposals to review: [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/ISLRN|ISLRN]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/erail.in railway station identifier|erail.in railway station identifier]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Gallimard author ID|Gallimard author ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Japanese Health Insurance System Facility ID|Japanese Health Insurance System Facility ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Identifiant d'un(e) artiste sur Reg-Arts|Identifiant d'un(e) artiste sur Reg-Arts]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Eyrolles author ID|Eyrolles author ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Zvuk album ID|Zvuk album ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Chtyvo author ID|Chtyvo author ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Bibliothèque du Séminaire de Tournai IDs|Bibliothèque du Séminaire de Tournai IDs]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/EU Corporate body code|EU Corporate body code]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/SBOID|SBOID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Waymark code|Waymark code]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Radio Algeria tag ID|Radio Algeria tag ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian entry ID|Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian entry ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/PBY Ben-Yehuda dictionary identifier|PBY Ben-Yehuda dictionary identifier]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/ThePWHL.com player ID|ThePWHL.com player ID]]
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You can comment on [[d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Overview|all open property proposals]]!

''' Did you know? '''
* Query examples:
** [[d:User:Ainali/30_Day_Map_Challenge_2024#/map/4|Map of Swedish municipalities colored by Wikipedia article length]] ([https://social.coop/@ainali/113498913509281376 source])
** [https://w.wiki/C8KA Timeline of deaths from disasters in Spain] ([https://x.com/jmcollado/status/1861142531855032517 source])

* Newest [[d:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects|WikiProjects]]:
** [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject Aargauer Bibliografie|Aargauer Bibliografie]] - WikiProject for the coordination of data ingests and Wikipedia workshops related to the official bibliography of the [[d:Q301235|Aargau Cantonal Library]], operated by [[d:Q113977165|Bibliothek und Archiv Aargau]] (Switzerland)
** [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject Taiwan/Amis|WikiProject Taiwan/Amis]] - collects information related to the Ami culture, including statistics and activity records.
** [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject Rwanda|Rwanda]] - aims to be a central hub for the curation of any and all items (biographical, cultural, geographical, organizational, etc...) relating to Rwanda [[d:Q1037|Rwanda (Q1037)]]
* Newest [[d:Wikidata:Database reports|database reports]]: [[d:Wikidata:Database reports/without claims by site/enwiki|A list of Items with a sitelink to English Wikipedia but without any Statements]]
* [[d:Wikidata:Showcase items|Showcase Items]]: [[d:Q223385|Cueva de las Manos (Q223385)]] - cave with cave paintings in Santa Cruz, Argentina
* [[d:Wikidata:Showcase lexemes|Showcase Lexemes]]: [[d:Lexeme:L2781|bezczelny (L2781)]] - Polish adjective that can mean "impudent" or "brazen" in English

''' Development '''
* Wikidata Query Service: The [[d:Wikidata:SPARQL query service/WDQS graph split/Rules|graph split rules]] have been updated to now also include Items that contain a statement using "[[d:Property:P13046|publication type of scholarly work]]" into the scholarly article graph.
* Wikibase.cloud now allows personal userscripts ([[phab:T378627]])
* EntitySchemas: We continued the work on making it possible to search for EntitySchemas by label and aliases when making a statement linking to an EntitySchema.([[phab:T375641]])
* Ontology file: We are updating the Wikibase ontology file. ([[phab:T371196]], [[phab:T371752]])
* Property Suggester: We are updating the suggestions data ([[phab:T377986]] but first need to improve the underlying scripts ([[phab:T376604]])
* Wikibase REST API: We are prototyping the search functionality for the REST API ([[phab:T379608]])
* Revision table: We are continuing the investigation into the size limitations of the table.

[[phab:maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R|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 '''
* Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed [[d:Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review|above]].
* Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme [[d:Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?|above]].
* Govdirectory weekly focus country: [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject Govdirectory/Ghana|Ghana]]
* Summarize your [[d:Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?|WikiProject's ongoing activities]] in one or two sentences.
* Help [[d:Special:LanguageStats|translate]] or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
* [[d:User:Pasleim/projectmerge|Help merge identical items]] across Wikimedia projects.
* Help [[d:Wikidata:Status updates/Next|write the next summary!]]
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== Wikidata weekly summary #656 ==

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'''Discussions'''
* New requests for permissions/Bot: [[d:Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ThesaurusLinguaeAegyptiaeBot|ThesaurusLinguaeAegyptiaeBot]] - 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 request for comments: [[d:Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Schema_virtual_tour|Schema Virtual Tour]] - [[d:User_talk:Brechtd|User:Brechtd]] would like feedback on determining a data model and schema for Wikidata items that are an instance of [[d:Q2915546|virtual tour(Q2915546)]] - See [[d:Wikidata:Schema_proposals/virtual_tour|Schema Proposal - Virtual Tour]] for more info.
* Closed request for comments: [[d:Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Create_items_for_property_proposals|Create items for Property proposals]] - Despite a spirited discussion with many comments both in favour and opposition, no consensus was reached.

'''[[d:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events|Events]]'''
* Upcoming:
** Wikimedia Deutschland is providing a total of 15 participation scholarships for Wikimania 2025 (7 individual and 4 tandem scholarships). Further information is available on [[w:de:Wikipedia:Förderung/Wikimania/English|this page]]. An overview of all questions in the application form is [[c:File:2024-11-14 Wikimania 2025 scholarship application (Wikimedia Deutschland).pdf|here]]. [https://zforms.wikimedia.de/wmde/form/Wikimania2025scholarshipapplicationform/formperma/z3vs3NSu6TildxnidcQlBrJ3YQiEDDXP0x9E3l6T6is Apply here]. Closes 8 December 2024.
** [https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/BL5D7RN65PLSLAA3AGNI32LTCXR7UKDM/ Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—December 4, 2024]. The time is 17:00 CET
** Tomorrow / 3rd December 2024: Linked Data for Libraries [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group|LD4 Wikidata Affinity]] Group session @ 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm UTC / 6pm CET. If you would like to attend, please fill out the [https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/LD4-WDAG_Lexicographical_Data_Series Etherpad form] to ensure all necessary materials are provided for you.
** Deadline for the [[m:Central Asian WikiCon 2025|Central Asian WikiCon 2025]] 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'''
* Research
** [[m:Wikidata_For_Wikimedia_Projects/Research/Statement_Signals|Statement Signals: Wikidata usage on other Wikis]]: 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 [[c:File:Statement_Signals_Measuring_Wikidata_Usage_on_Other_Wikis.pdf|Commons]]
* Blogs
** [https://tech-news.wikimedia.de/2024/11/28/celebrating-wikidatas-12th-birthday-across-the-world/ Celebrating Wikidata’s 12th birthday across the world] - 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
** [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/386043293_Beyond_the_Library_Catalogue_Connecting_Library_Metadata_to_Wikidata Beyond the Library Catalogue: Connecting Library Metadata to Wikidata] - 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).
** [https://www.deslab.org/publication/a-framework-for-integrating-biomedical-knowledge-in-wikidata-with-open-biological-and-biomedical-ontologies-and-mesh-keywords/ A framework for integrating biomedical knowledge in Wikidata with open biological and biomedical ontologies and MeSH keywords] - 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).
** [https://arxiv.org/html/2411.15550v1 Class Order Disorder in Wikidata and First Fixes] 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
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey-D-oiBcx4 Edit a Wikidata Item and Lexeme] - 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.
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzo6IysvZNk State of the art in combining OpenStreetMap and Linked Data] - Covers Linked Data basics, its potential with OSM, and popular methods for linking, extracting, combining, and querying data from both sources. Jump to ([https://youtube.com/watch?v=gzo6IysvZNk?t=359 Wikidata])
** (正體字, CN Trad.) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5WuyQh_m8s Getting Started with Wikidata] - An introduction and overview to Wikidata and some associated tools such as ORES and LiftWing.
** (正體字, CN Trad.) [https://youtube.com/watch?v=obvET8QyHRw Wikidata Basic Editing Tutorial] - This session was given as part of the COSCUP '24 conference on the OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Agenda Track.
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s499PeolbOg LLM-based natural-language representations for SPARQL queries over Wikidata and DBpedia] - LORiS: This tool can help you understand complex SPARQL queries by converting them to natural language.
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrwvxIsWRKs Towards an Open NLI LLM-based System for KGs: A Wikidata Case Study] - 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.
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmCbTOZ4Yos How knowledge representation is changing in a world of LLM's] - Denny Vrandečić gives this keynote session at the SWIB (Semantic Web in Libraries) conference.
** [https://youtube.com/watch?v=PKk_b7zC1KA?t=1170Finding the Capacity to Grieve Once More] -  Alexandros Kosiaris of the Wikimedia Foundation explains changes made to make Wikipedia more stable and prevent outages, including how it calls and fetches data from Wikidata. Session given at SREcon24.

'''Tool of the week'''
* [https://wse-research.org/LoRiS-LLM-generated-representations-of-SPARQL-queries/ LoRiS] - Generate natural-language descriptions of SPARQL queries via LLM's.

'''Other Noteworthy Stuff'''
* [[d:Wikidata:WordGraph|Wikidata:WordGraph]]: Google released the WordGraph dataset as a belated present for Wikidata’s 12th birthday. The dataset contains 968,153 forms in 39 languages.
* [https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/50824818/Product-Manager-Wikibase-Suite-all-genders-?jobDbPVId=171424268&l=en Product Manager: Wikibase Suite]: Wikimedia Deutschland has an open and exciting vacancy for a Product Manager of Wikibase Suite. [https://jobdb.softgarden.de/jobdb/public/jobposting/applyonline/click?jp=50824818 Apply!]
* Tools or bots which use the [[:wikitech:Help:Wiki Replicas|wiki replicas]] (such as Quarry) will observe outdated data for up to 8-10 days, as a result of necessary database maintenance ([[phabricator:T367856|T367856]]). Tools or bots which use the APIs will not be affected. (This was previously announced [[d:Wikidata:Status updates/2024 11 11|2024-11-11]] but didn’t actually take place yet.)

'''Newest [[d:Special:ListProperties|properties]] and [[d:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property proposal|property proposals]] to review'''

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* Newest [[d:Special:ListProperties|properties]]:
** General datatypes: 
***[[:d:Property:P13146|picture of this person doing their job]] (<nowiki>picture of a person in action, especially for a sportsperson, visual artist, musican, actor. P18 is normally used for portraits</nowiki>)
***[[:d:Property:P13150|ISCC]] (<nowiki>ISCC hash code that identifies a media object based on fuzzy hashing</nowiki>)
** External identifiers: [[:d:Property:P13129|Kultboy editor ID]], [[:d:Property:P13130|WikiBaseball ID]], [[:d:Property:P13131|Ninilchik Russian Dictionary ID]], [[:d:Property:P13132|ANID Researcher Portal ID]], [[:d:Property:P13133|TOPO ID]], [[:d:Property:P13134|DBIS Resource ID]], [[:d:Property:P13135|ITV News topic ID]], [[:d:Property:P13136|Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites ID]], [[:d:Property:P13137|ISFDB editorial collection ID]], [[:d:Property:P13138|Great Norwegian Encyclopedia contributor ID]], [[:d:Property:P13139|ILEC World Lake Database ID]], [[:d:Property:P13140|Sage Social Science Thesaurus ID]], [[:d:Property:P13141|El Moudjahid tag ID]], [[:d:Property:P13142|SGES monument ID]], [[:d:Property:P13143|DEX ’09 entry ID]], [[:d:Property:P13144|Electronic Language International Festival person ID]], [[:d:Property:P13145|Medieval Coin Hoards of the British Isles ID]], [[:d:Property:P13147|Paramount+ video ID]], [[:d:Property:P13148|Le Club Mediapart blogger ID]], [[:d:Property:P13149|Phish.net venue ID]]
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* New [[d:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property proposal|property proposals]] to review:
** General datatypes: 
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/study or design for this work|study or design for this work]] (<nowiki>preliminary work for this finished work</nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/OAI formatter|OAI formatter]] (<nowiki>formatter to generate ID compatible with {{Q|2430433}} services</nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Open Library Collection|Open Library Collection]] (<nowiki>Link to Open Library Collection which contain manually and automaticallly collections of editions and works on certain topics</nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/scientific illustration|scientific illustration]] (<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>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/thesis submitted for|thesis submitted for]] (<nowiki>academic degree for which a thesis or dissertation is submitted</nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/meeting of|meeting of]] (<nowiki>subject is a meeting or session of this body (legislature, committee, convention, etc.)</nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/UMC rating|UMC rating]] (<nowiki>Age rating category as designated by the UAE Media Council (UMC)</nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Third-gender population|Third-gender population]] (<nowiki>number of third-gender  people inhabiting the place</nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/role named as|role named as]] (<nowiki>use as qualifier to indicate how the object's role was named in the credits of it's respective work</nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/bequest income|bequest income]] (<nowiki>The sum a organisations receives from bequests/legacies in a timeframe.</nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Audio tour|Audio tour]] (<nowiki></nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Augmented reality tour|Augmented reality tour]] (<nowiki></nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Virtual reality tour|Virtual reality tour]] (<nowiki></nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/extension that populates category|extension that populates category]] (<nowiki>analogous to {{P|4329}} for tracking cat:s populated by extensions of MediaWiki, linking to extension causing the population</nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/CUATM statistical code|CUATM statistical code]] (<nowiki>7-digits code attributed to administrative-territorial units of Moldova</nowiki>)
***[[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/CUATM unique identification code|CUATM unique identification code]] (<nowiki>4-digits code attributed to administrative-territorial units of Moldova</nowiki>)
** External identifiers: [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/ISLRN|ISLRN]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/erail.in railway station identifier|erail.in railway station identifier]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Gallimard author ID|Gallimard author ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Japanese Health Insurance System Facility ID|Japanese Health Insurance System Facility ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Identifiant d'un(e) artiste sur Reg-Arts|Identifiant d'un(e) artiste sur Reg-Arts]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Eyrolles author ID|Eyrolles author ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Zvuk album ID|Zvuk album ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Chtyvo author ID|Chtyvo author ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Bibliothèque du Séminaire de Tournai IDs|Bibliothèque du Séminaire de Tournai IDs]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/EU Corporate body code|EU Corporate body code]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/SBOID|SBOID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Waymark code|Waymark code]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Radio Algeria tag ID|Radio Algeria tag ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian entry ID|Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian entry ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/PBY Ben-Yehuda dictionary identifier|PBY Ben-Yehuda dictionary identifier]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/ThePWHL.com player ID|ThePWHL.com player ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Radio Algeria tag ID (Arabic)|Radio Algeria tag ID (Arabic)]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Identifiant L'AF au champ d'honneur|Identifiant L'AF au champ d'honneur]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Identifiant d'un(e) auteurice dans Vidas|Identifiant d'un(e) auteurice dans Vidas]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/ Open Source Security Foundation Best Practices Identifier| Open Source Security Foundation Best Practices Identifier]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/OpenSSF Best Practices ID|OpenSSF Best Practices ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language entry|The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language entry]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Identifiant sur Mémoire des avocats|Identifiant sur Mémoire des avocats]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/BCU Kirundi-English Dictionary ID|BCU Kirundi-English Dictionary ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Wurfhand|Wurfhand]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/University Bibliography Tübingen ID|University Bibliography Tübingen ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/ZSL Authority ID|ZSL Authority ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/PUG authority ID|PUG authority ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Three Decks class ID|Three Decks class ID]], [[:d:Wikidata:Property proposal/HCERES expert ID|HCERES expert ID]]
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You can comment on [[d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Overview|all open property proposals]]!

'''Did you know?'''
* Query examples:
**[https://w.wiki/CCfd Using cross-product / cross-join to produce list of categories]
**[https://w.wiki/CEmt Map of individuals charged, convicted and/or exonerated of Witchcraft with place of death in Switzerland]
**[https://w.wiki/CEn6 Names and Locations of French Castles (Château)]
**[https://w.wiki/CEnW Train Station information (with a Spanish Wikipedia article)]
* Newest [[d:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects|WikiProjects]]:
** [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject_Bibliotheek_UvA/HvA|Bibliothek UvA/HvA]] - documenting, archiving and creating items from collections from the UvA/AUAS Library in Amsterdam, beginning with the works of [[d:https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130736773|Allard Pierson]].
** [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject_Ghana|Ghana]] - A hub for Ghanaian activities and entities, including regional languages: Dagbanli, Twi and Dagari.
** [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject_Taiwan/Thao|Thao (Taiwan)]]: For collecting information related to Thao cultural themes, including statistics and activity records.
* Newest [[d:Wikidata:Database reports|database reports]]: [[d:Wikidata:Database_reports/Recent_deaths|Recent Deaths]]
* [[d:Wikidata:Showcase items|Showcase Items]]: [[d:Q5682|Miguel de Cervantes]]: Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
* [[d:Wikidata:Showcase lexemes|Showcase Lexemes]]: [[d:Lexeme:L1236574|புறவு (L1236574)]] - A Tamil lemma for dense forest, impassable jungle and a pigeon dove.
'''Development'''
* 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.
* PropertySuggester: We have updated the script that generates the suggestions and will update the suggestions next.
* Lexicographical data: We fixed a visual issue with search results on the Codex-based Special:NewLexeme ([[phab:T370057]])
* Vector 2022: We are working on designs to fix the remaining issues with the skin on Wikidata.
* Wikibase REST API: We are finishing the prototype for supporting search in the API.

[[phab:maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R|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 '''
* Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed [[d:Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review|above]].
* Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme [[d:Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?|above]].
* Govdirectory weekly focus country: [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject Govdirectory/Ghana|Ghana]]
* Summarize your [[d:Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?|WikiProject's ongoing activities]] in one or two sentences.
* Help [[d:Special:LanguageStats|translate]] or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
* [[d:User:Pasleim/projectmerge|Help merge identical items]] across Wikimedia projects.
* Help [[d:Wikidata:Status updates/Next|write the next summary!]]
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