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Wikidata weekly summary #540

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • 🎊 Events
    • Upcoming
      • Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call
        • October 4, 2022: Lana Soglasnova and Roman Tashlitskyy will talk about their preliminary work in creating and editing items for Slavic people and some of the complications involved in this work, especially around transliterating names in various languages. Agenda
        • Wikibase Working Hour! 25 October 2022, 2pm Eastern (Time zone converter) Amy Ruskin of Northeastern University Library, will speak on the topic of Wikidata vs. custom Wikibases: Community history case studies, Boston’s Chinatown. The Boston Research Center (BRC) is a digital community history and archives lab based in the Northeastern University Library. One of our current projects involves taking an inventory of historical materials related to Boston’s Chinatown, and we have been using Wikibase to store multilingual data about the linked collections, organizations, and people. In this presentation, we will discuss our experience of getting started with a custom Wikibase and give an overview of our progress so far on the Chinatown Collections project. Amy Ruskin is the Data Engineer in the Digital Scholarship Group in the Northeastern University Library. She has a Master's degree in Information Studies from McGill University and a background in computer science and statistics. Registration link
      • Live editing session on Twitch, in French, by Vigneron, October 4 at 18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
      • [Small wiki toolkits] Upcoming "How to interact with Wikidata via Pywikibot" workshop on Friday, October 7th, 16:00 UTC
      • The State of Wikidata and Cultural Heritage: 10 Years In. Oct 4, 2022 08:00 AM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)
      • Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—October 5th, 2022
      • Wikidata Office Hour GLAM-Hack − online meet-up about the "library world" with Wikidata. October 5th, 12.00 UTC (online via Zoom)
    • Ongoing
      • Wikimedia Österreich, in cooperation with Wikimedia Deutschland, started the DACH Culture Contest as a Börthday present for Wikidata 10th anniversary! It features two categories: "libraries in Austria, Germany and Switzerland" and "Culture in Austria, Germany and Switzerland". So if you would like to improve data about libraries, books, music, art, video games, cinema etc as a börthday treat, join us and get the chance to win some nice prizes! The contest will last until October 16, 2022.
      • Weekly Lexemes Challenge #61, Time
  • 🧑🏿‍💻 Development


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.

Question from Ruwfe (14:41, 6 October 2022)

How do find incorrect grammar amongst all the words on a single page? --Ruwfe (talk) 14:41, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

@Ruwfe, grammar is just something you correct in an article when copyediting; it can't be searched for. Misspellings, on the other hand, can, such as with WP:Correct typos in one click. — Qwerfjkltalk 15:52, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Adding DuckDuckGo device-neutral Apple Maps front-end to GeoTemplate

You denied a previous request to add DuckDuckGo's OS-neutral Apple Maps front-end to GeoTemplate because the author of that request had not first sought consensus. I am now trying to seek such consensus with a talk page section there, but it has not attracted much discussion. If you have anything to add to the conversation, I would appreciate it. If not, I may soon officially request the change regardless of its inactivity. Thank you for your time and input. LinkTiger (talk) 20:53, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

@LinkTiger, to attract more attention, I would recommend starting a WP:RFC. — Qwerfjkltalk 21:15, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-41

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 October. It will be on all wikis from 13 October (calendar).
  • On some wikis, Kartographer maps in full size view will be able to display nearby articles. After a feedback period, more wikis will follow. [1][2]

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14:07, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #541

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • ✨ Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • The fourth edition of the Coolest Tool Award is looking for nominations. Please submit your favorite tools by October 12, 2022. The awarded projects will be announced and showcased in a virtual ceremony in December.
    • The September 2022 summary for the Wikidata Query Service backend update is out.
  • 🧑🏿‍💻 Development
    • MUL language code: fixed the order of languages shown in the termbox on desktop, especially when mul is used (phab:T311617)
    • Lexicographical data:
      • Made Special:NewLexemeAlpha use the same font as the rest of the wiki (phab:T313166) – this should be the last blocker for replacing the old special page
      • Disallowed *-x-qid with lowercase Q as Lexeme language codes in favor of *-x-Qid (phab:T317863)
    • REST API: worked on handling conditional HTTP request headers
    • Changed the unexpectedUnconnectedPage page prop so that Special:UnconnectedPages can show the latest pages first, which should finally resolve this old security task in production (phab:T300770)
    • Cleaned up the Wikibase and WikibaseLexeme ontology files (phab:T314360)
    • Added a few more globes for geocoordinates (phab:T314611) - Thanks, Mike!

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.

Rescuing from CFD

Hi, when you are closing CFDs as "delete" or one-sided merger, please check if there's anything worth rescuing. E.g. when Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 October 1#Category:Human activities with impact on the environment was closed as Delete rather than Merge, two of the sub-cats (Category:Transport and the environment and Category:Species made extinct by human activities) were still worth putting into the parent Category:Human impact on the environment. I selectively put a few articles back in as well. – Fayenatic London 14:28, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

CfD closure

Hi. You recently closed Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 October 2#Category:Thai national heritage films. As the category creator, I was never notified of the discussion, and would appreciate that it be relisted. Since this was an NAC, could you contact an admin to revert the JJMC89 bot actions? Thank you. --Paul 012 (talk) 06:19, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

@Paul 012, there is no requirement to notify the category creator. If you disagree with the closure, you can go to WP:DRV. — Qwerfjkltalk 15:44, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
What I was saying was that the lack of notification led to an inadequately informed discussion, which wasn't strong enough to establish consensus and would have benefited from relisting. But anyway, DRV opened at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2022 October 11#Category:Thai national heritage films. --Paul 012 (talk) 16:52, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Question from Ameer al safar (03:53, 12 October 2022)

Hi Mentor,

Hope you are doing well. I would like to ask something. I am a small editor on Wikipedia. I edit film-related articles.

When I try to create an article about an artist named Vriddhi Vishal, a child artist and internet sensation, I found a disclaimer that the article deleted earlier. But when I had an Internet search, I think she has significant references. Is there any problem in creating the article? I believe I can create a good article about it!

I need an advice from you !! --Ameer al safar (talk) 03:53, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

@Ameer al safar, the article was deleted as a result of this AfD fairly recently, in March, so I doubt the subjects has become more notable since then. I wouldn't recommend creating an article about Vriddhi Vishal. — Qwerfjkltalk 06:08, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

@Mentor, Thanks for the advice. I will consider it later when it is eligible. Thank you. Also how can we check the deletion reason of an article like you sent? Ameer al safar (talk) 09:33, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

@Ameer al safar, you can see at Vriddhi Vishal in the red box, in the line saying: — Qwerfjkltalk 15:31, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors October 2022 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up for our July Backlog Elimination Drive, 18 copy-edited, between them, 116 articles. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Blitz: Participants in our August Copy Editing Blitz copy-edited 51,074 words in 17 articles. Of the 15 editors who signed up, 11 claimed at least one copy-edit. Barnstars awarded are noted here.

Drive: Forty-one editors took part in our September Backlog Elimination Drive; between them they copy-edited 199 articles. Barnstars awards are noted here.

Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz begins on 16 October at 00:01 (UTC) and will end on 22 October at 23:59 (UTC). Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 19:57, 12 October 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 303 requests for copy edit – including withdrawn and declined ones – since 1 January. At the time of writing, there are 77 requests awaiting attention and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,759. We always need more active, skilled copyeditors – particularly for requests – so please get involved if you can.

Election news: In our mid-year election, serving coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tenryuu were returned for another term, and were joined by new coordinator Zippybonzo. No lead coordinator was elected for this half-year. Jonesey95, a long-serving coordinator and lead, was elected as coordinator emeritus; we thank them for their service. Thank you to everyone who took part. Our next election of coordinators takes place throughout December. If you'd like to help out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself or other suitable editors (with their permission, of course!). It's your Guild, after all!

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tenryuu and Zippybonzo.

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Baffle☿gab 03:07, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #542

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • 🧑🏿‍💻 Development
    • REST API:
      • Finished work on handling conditional HTTP request headers (If-Match, If-None-Match, etc)
      • Working on providing more clear error reports to PATCH route errors
    • Mismatch Finder: Implementing a new random mismatch feature (phab:T302289)
    • The text in the namespace tabs for Lexeme: and EntitySchema: pages can now be easily translated (phab:T316770) - thanks Amir!
    • Made the Wikibase error message "Malformed input" more meaningful (phab:T304943)
    • Continued working on the deployment of a patch to improve the Query Service lag integration in MediaWiki API's maxlag (phab:T315423)
    • Fixed a bug where the Kartographer map preview is erroneously closed, when clicking on zoom actions (+/-) (phab:T303103)
    • Still working on fixing a mobile termbox issue related to the "mul" language code (phab:T318137)
    • Added ircs as an allowed protocol for the URL datatype (phab:T320643) - thanks Lectrician1!

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.

Tech News: 2022-42

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • The recently implemented feature of article thumbnails in Special:Search will be limited to Wikipedia projects only. Further details are in T320510. [3]
  • A bug that caused problems in loading article thumbnails in Special:Search has been fixed. Further details are in T320406.

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 October. It will be on all wikis from 20 October (calendar).
  • Lua module authors can use mw.loadJsonData() to load data from JSON pages. [4]
  • Lua module authors can enable require( "strict" ) to add errors for some possible code problems. This replaces "Module:No globals" on most wikis. [5]

Future changes

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:44, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Deletion of Category: People of United Empire Loyalist descent

Hi, I just noticed that this category was deleted. Since you closed the discussion, I thought I would ask if there is there any way to have that decision reconsidered? Frankly, the comments from the proposer and some of the others demonstrated a lack of knowledge of Upper Canada politics in the 19th century. The descendants of the Loyalists, born in Upper Canada, were a very influential political group, even though they themselves were not political refugees from the US, and don't fit within the definition of "Loyalist" used in either of the two articles on the topic. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 13:09, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

@Mr Serjeant Buzfuz, can you give some examples of UEL descendants, where that is WP:DEFINING for those people (the main objection)? — Qwerfjkltalk 15:24, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
It was the defining characteristic of the politics of two provinces which did not exist prior to the arrival of the Loyalists, Upper Canada and New Brunswick, as well as an entire sector of settlement in Lower Canada. Loyalty to the Crown became the significant ideology of those provinces. They were the descendants of political refugees who fled a revolution after losing their homes and property. Asking if it is a defining characteristic is sort of like asking if being the son or daughter of a political refugee from Cuba in Miami is a defining characteristic, or if being the son of an American revolutionary was a defining characteristic for politicians in the next generation after the Revolution. The ideology of the Revolution permeated US politics; the ideology of loyalty to the Crown permeated politics in Upper Canada, New Brunswick, and to some extent Lower Canada. I can give you a list of descendants of the political refugees from the US who were then involved in politics and governance in Upper Canada and New Brunswick in the first half of the 19th century. But it's not like there was a "United Empire Party" that elected members; it's that being the descendants of political refugees who lost their homes and fled for ideological reasons was the defining feature of politics in those provinces for a half-century. I'm also curious why there are categories for Sons of the American Revolution and Daughters of the American Revolution. Do you apply the same standard of defining characteristic to those categories? For people born two hundred years after the Revolution? Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 12:42, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
Following up on that last point, I notice that Rosalynn Carter is listed in the category of "Daughters of the American Revolution", but there is nothing in her article that suggests that is a defining feature of her life and political views. Should she be deleted from that category? Similarly, George W. Bush is listed in the category of "Sons of the American Revolution", but there is nothing in his wiki article that suggests it is a defining feature for him, either. Should he be included in the category, if there is nothing in his article that mentions it? Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 13:27, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
there’s also a process issue. For an issue that relates specifically to Canadian history, I think this deletion should have been listed at some of the Canadian wiki pages, so you would get comment from people with some knowledge of Canadian history, instead of comments from editors who have no idea why the category could be significant. Two good places to list it would be Wikipedia talk:WikiProject History of Canada and Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board. I only learnt the category had been deleted when editors started deleting it from bio pages of Upper Canadian politicians I follow. Advance notice would have been preferable. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 15:37, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

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Category not deleted yet

See Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2022 October 12#Category:American anti–illegal immigration activists, the category should be deleted by now, shouldn't it? You closed the discussion the 20th. Categories of other discussions you closed that day have been deleted. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:42, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

@Marcocapelle, added here, thanks for spotting. Qwerfjkltalk 08:37, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
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