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thanks for the work here Stuartyeates (talk) 21:54, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You are awesome!

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Thanks so much for your help with our North & South page! Jenny Nicholls, Virginia Larson and Joanna Wane. Tahatai (talk) 03:30, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]


Some stroopwafels for you!

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Hello DrThneed, I want to congratulate you for the articles you've made as part of the Women in Red campaign. A knowledgable editor on New Zealand matters is most definitely appreciated. Keep up the good work! Droodkin (talk) 15:52, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Droodkin:Thank you so much! Encouragement is always nice to get. And I don't know if I'd describe myself as knowledgeable but I'm trying :) DrThneed (talk) 22:37, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

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The West Coast Stamp of Approval
I'm so glad you were on the team for the West Coast Wikipedian at Large project, and were so industrious at creating and improving articles and filling those gaps in historic buildings and libraries. You definitely helped make it a success. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:00, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]


DYK for Ibrahim Omer

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On 25 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ibrahim Omer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 42 new MPs were elected to the 53rd New Zealand Parliament: 23 for Labour, including Arena Williams, Ibrahim Omer, Helen White, Neru Leavasa, Ingrid Leary, Rachel Brooking, Anna Lorck, Tracey McLellan, and Shanan Halbert (all pictured); 5 for National, including Joseph Mooney, Simon Watts, and Penny Simmonds; 9 for ACT, including Toni Severin, Simon Court, Brooke van Velden, and Chris Baillie; 3 for the Greens, including Ricardo Menéndez March and Teanau Tuiono; and 2 for Māori, including Rawiri Waititi? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ibrahim Omer. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ibrahim Omer), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—valereee (talk) 00:04, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

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Your DYK hook about "noted controversialist" Mary Aldis and her opposition to firing a woman from a cannon received 10,269 page views (856 per hour) while on the Main Page. It is the one of most viewed hooks during the month of February and has thus earned a place on the February stats list. Keep up the great work! Cbl62 (talk) 17:06, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's awesome. Well done. Schwede66 20:12, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Schwede66, thanks. Thought that hook would do well! DrThneed (talk) 21:25, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The New Zealand Barnstar of National Merit

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The New Zealand Barnstar of National Merit
For completing the 150 women in 150 words project - adding so much knowledge of New Zealand women to the encyclopedia!
this WikiAward was given to DrThneed by MurielMary (talk) on 09:12, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Hey Ms Dr Thneed - your Wiki-work is admirable. I do hope it will endure - For how long will there be interested parties to study it, despite the collapsing of our unsustainable culture? (Am I overly pessimistic??)

I'm a nephew of Paddy Bassett (and of Mary who married Robin Williams, Bridget's parents). Paddy encouraged me to apply my physics training to biology which became the field of study for my career in science research. Now retired.

Best wishes ftrom Canberra - Michael Thorpe - [email protected] 

Thormirt (talk) 09:46, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Another barnstar!

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The New Zealand Barnstar of National Merit
For indefatigable work on New Zealand pages. Thanks for helping push this sisyphean rock of an encyclopaedia uphill! PS - am I right in thinking you're a fellow Dunedinite? Grutness...wha? 02:38, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Are you saying you’ve never met, Grutness? Schwede66 18:12, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We may have done at a WikiMeetup... and I may know them by their real name without realising they're Dr Thneed! Grutness...wha? 03:36, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]


DYK for Anne Wyllie

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On 12 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Anne Wyllie, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Anne Wyllie (pictured), also known as the "Spit Queen", now has a Wikipedia biography because a healthcare executive asked who she was? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anne Wyllie. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Anne Wyllie), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations. Stunning pageviews. Schwede66 16:43, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Schwede66 this one has been quite the rollercoaster ride! DrThneed (talk) 19:38, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The most viewed for the month so far, half without an image—impressive! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 03:04, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your help with it, Theleekycauldron. I hope I haven't blotted my copybook too badly at DYK with the image stuff-up! I hadn't dealt with a commissioned photo on Commons before, and thought it was all OK. I wonder how many views it might have had without the image problem! DrThneed (talk) 03:47, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@DrThneed: no worries on the image problem! mistakes happen. I was also wondering what would've happened, could've easily taken a much bigger share of the views. No use wondering what could have been, though; 42k's nothing to sneeze at! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:44, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hook update
Your hook reached 42,308 views (1,762.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of October 2021 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 01:58, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's even better than that, theleekycauldron. I've looked through last year's DYK archive and it was the non-lead hook with the highest hourly views for 2021. That is an outstanding result! It beat other non-picture hooks with saucy page titles like Napoleon's penis or Best Sex I've Ever Had. It also beat the absolute stunner of a hook that was used for Pronunciation of GIF (which you authored, didn't you?). Well done, DrThreed. Schwede66 00:49, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Gosh, that's somewhat amazing to me, I would not have predicted it could possibly do that well! And thank you @Schwede66 and @Theleekycauldron for those very worthwhile diversions I have just enjoyed (gif not gif....love it!). DrThneed (talk) 00:57, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Schwede66: Indeed, it bested my noble steed :) I will point out that Wyllie's hook spent 13 of its 24 hours with an image, but I can't possibly be bothered to add an exception/override to my program—so as far as I'm concerned, that's a non-lead hook! Well done, DrThneed, a deserved throne :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 01:01, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Schwede66: Upon updating the stats pages (kinda forgot to get around to that), I found Template:Did you know nominations/Revenge dress—looks like it reached 1,972.2 vph. At this point, though, we should remind ourselves of the DYKSTATS mantra: not a competition, but a celebration. everyone got to the finish line :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 01:09, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]


Precious anniversary

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Precious
Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:02, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Aww thanks @Gerda Arendt! A lovely reminder. DrThneed (talk) 20:56, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Izzy

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Hi @[[User:DrThneed|DrThneed], Thank you for your hard work to write Wikipedia pages for Kiwi women in science. I noticed that you updated the Wikipedia page about me to include a reference to my PhD thesis. Thank you - that is really helpful. In the same edit, I notice that you added my deadname (Isuru) to the top of the text. This was pointed out to me by a colleague who did some work to help me with my personal info online. I frequently receive hate mail from those who take exception to my work on gender, race & LGBTQ inclusion and equity in science. Lately, I have received messages and threats of spreading my deadname amongst my work colleagues. I want to reach out to you to point out that I changed my name legally via NZ DIA to Izzy in 2018. So, including my deadname is no longer accurate. My Alma Mater, University of Auckland has refused to update their records on my qualifications unless I bring the evidence of my ID to them in person - something that I cannot easily do because I currently reside in the U.K. Can I please ask that you correct the record on Wikipedia to reflect my current legal name? Thank you for your understanding.

Izzy J IJ64sz (talk) 15:41, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Kia ora Izzy, page watcher here. I can remove your deadname from the revision history of your article. To avoid confusion, it would be best if there was a reference to the 2018 name change. Does a reference exist? It doesn’t have to be online; could be a notice in a university newsletter. Schwede66 18:22, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@IJ64sz I'm so sorry to have deadnamed you (and I'm sorry Auckland Uni are being difficult about it, so that this thesis citation is even an issue). I've just amended the thesis citation so that it doesn't display the deadname, at least. @Schwede66 will be able to do a more complete removal in the page history than I can, if you are able to find a mention somewhere that he can use to justify it. DrThneed (talk) 21:26, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much. I haven’t seen another mention online. It’s just that it seemed to come up as as the first preview of the Wikipedia page on a Google search. It seems to be ok now. Thank you 🙏🏾 2A00:23C7:2D05:9901:31F1:2249:973E:6497 (talk) 21:42, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]



A piece of cake for you!

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Women in Red 8th Anniversary
A piece of cake for you! Thank you for participating.

WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 21:20, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]


Women in Red 8th Anniversary

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Women in Red 8th Anniversary
In July 2015 around 15.5% of the English Wikipedia's biographies were about women. As of July 2023, 19.61% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women. That's a lot of biographies created in the effort to close the gender gap. Happy 8th Anniversary! Join us for some virtual cake and add comments or memories and please keep on editing to close the gap!

--Lajmmoore (talk) 11:00, 18 July 2023 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Request for applications for position of Wikipedian-at-Large, Aotearoa New Zealand

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Kia ora! The Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand User Group invites you to read about the call for applications for a Wikipedian-at-Large for Aotearoa New Zealand in 2024. Group members are happy to explain the process and discuss ideas with interested editors.

Sent by Zippybonzo on behalf of MurielMary using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 06:37, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]



Wikimania 2023 Editing Challenge - congratulations!

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Wikimania 2023 Editing Challenge Barnstar

Thank you for participating in the Wikimania 2023 Editing Challenge and celebrating Wikimania through contributing to the Wikimedia projects! Your contributions fueled collaboration, supported diversity and made Wikimedia projects better for our future readers. In appreciation of your edits, please accept this Wikimania 2023 barnstar. Thank you for making Wikimedia projects better, one edit at a time! NSzafran-WMF (talk) 13:06, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]


Event coordinator granted

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After reviewing your request for the "eventcoordinator" permission, I have enabled the flag on your account. Keep in mind these things:

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If you no longer require the right, let me know, or ask any other administrator. Drop a note on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of the event coordinator right. Happy editing! —Femke 🐦 (talk) 16:23, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]


Blair Cameron

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Hiya, I'm just letting you know I'm not sure that we can be confident Cameron will be elected. His 54-vote margin will almost certainly be eroded when special votes are counted; last election a 700 margin was overturned. I think we should keep his bio in projectspace until we're confident about the results. J947 † edits 10:24, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We should discuss on the project page so we can be consistent. Could you raise it there? DrThneed (talk) 10:28, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]



DYK for Catherine Wedd

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On 4 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Catherine Wedd, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when she was elected to the New Zealand parliament, Catherine Wedd defeated her former coworker at a marketing company? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Catherine Wedd. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Catherine Wedd), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:02, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]


DYK for Hamish Campbell

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On 10 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hamish Campbell, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New Zealand politician Hamish Campbell is a cancer researcher and runs a flower-delivery business? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hamish Campbell. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hamish Campbell), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:02, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to an in-person meetup in Mohua / Golden Bay

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Golden Bay Air are holding some seats for us until 21 November

Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.

Golden Bay is hard to get to and the airline flying into Tākaka uses small planes, so we are holding some seats from and to Wellington and we are offering attendees a $200 travel subsidy to help with costs.

Be in touch with Schwede66 if this event interests you and you'd like to discuss logistics. Schwede66 09:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]


DYK for Tom Rutherford

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On 15 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tom Rutherford, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New Zealand politician Tom Rutherford is a firefighter and hockey umpire? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Rutherford. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tom Rutherford), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tim Costley

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On 16 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tim Costley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when he was in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, future politician Tim Costley starred in a YouTube video that joked about having sex with sheep? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tim Costley. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tim Costley), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:03, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]


can't believe i forgot to tell you about this!

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You have a QPQ lying around that you never used – I found Template:Did you know nominations/Sarah Thomas (centenarian), could've been used for the NZ QPQ bunch. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 18:48, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gosh that's a surprise! Thought I was better at keeping track of them than that! Thanks you. So....how did you figure that out? DrThneed (talk) 22:52, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I, uh... I've been working on things :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 01:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oh I see! (my jaw hit the floor when I saw that page, @Theleekycauldron, it's hard enough (clearly) keeping track of my own noms & QPQs without trying to make chains of everyone else's too! Awe-inspiring work. I have now used Sarah Thomas so you'll be able to lengthen that particular chain. And apologies for the nightmare that having such a massive multihook causes! DrThneed (talk) 07:11, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]


Merry Christmas

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Alexeyevitch(talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas5}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

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Wikidata weekly summary #608

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Welcome to 2023’s Final Weekly Summary!

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the newsletter this year!👏🙏 As we step into 2024, we'd love to hear what changes you would like to see in the newsletter. Share your wishlist here: What changes would you like to see in the newsletter in 2024?"

  • Discussions
    • Open request for adminship: EPIC (RfP scheduled to end after 26 December 2023 20:34 UTC)
    • New requests for permissions/Bot: Balyozbot. Tasks:
  1. Import sitelinks, labels, descriptions from ku wikipedia pages which use the template w:ku:Template:Înterwîkî etîket û danasîn. (There are over 1800 articles that use this template waiting to be connected to Wikidata at the moment.)
  2. Add sitelinks to kuwiktionary / kuwikipedia categories / create an item for the category if necessary. I have been doing this manually for quite some time using Quickstatements but since I need to get permission for the first task, I will be handling them using a bot as well.
  • Press, articles, blog posts, videos
    • Blogs
    • Papers: Increasing Coverage and Precision of Textual Information in Multilingual Knowledge Graphs by (Conia et al, 2023) --> This paper introduces a novel task of automatic Knowledge Graph Enhancement (KGE) to bridge the gap in the quantity and quality of textual information between English and non-English languages in Wikidata. It presents M-NTA, an unsupervised approach that combines Machine Translation, Web Search, and Large Language Models to generate high-quality textual information, and studies its impact on Entity Linking, Knowledge Graph Completion, and Question Answering tasks.
    • Videos
      • Wikidata, Wikisource and Wiktionary: Wikisource for DH (WiSe 2023) --> The lecture "Fundamentals and application-oriented methods of the Digital Humanities" by Kay-Michael Würzner is designed as a series of lectures in which teachers in the "Digital Humanities" course present their fields of work and key topics and present them for discussion.
      • Empowering Open-Source Generative AI by Integrating the Wikidata knowledge graph --> Generative AI has changed the information ecosystem, and open-source knowledge graphs like Wikidata can become invaluable assets, propelling a myriad of applications forward. Jonathan Fraine & Lydia Pintscher present the practical integration of Wikidata's open-source, open-access knowledge graph to empower Generative AI applications. Harnessing the real-time updated, structured data encapsulated within Wikidata, they explore automated content creation, data augmentation, and semantic analysis, underpinning the generative paradigms. Through a blend of theoretical insights and real-world applications, they elucidate how to leverage Wikidata to elevate generative AI applications, breaking down existing data silos, and fostering a collaborative ecosystem within our global community of developers and contributors.
      • Wiki Indaba 2023 - African content on Wikidata --> Discussion with Alice Kibombo, Georges Fodouop and Jesse Asiedu-Akrofi, about Wikidata for African Librarians during the Wiki Indaba conference, that took place between 3-5 November 2023 in Agadir, Morocco.
      • No Time to Wait - S07E10 - ACMI // Wikidata - Paul Duchesne Simon Loffler --> Report on recent residency program to extensively link together collection data from ACMI with Wikidata. This work has allowed the organisation to import vast quantities of data and media to enrich their own internet collection experience, as well enable writing information back to source and federating with other linked institutions.
      • Wiki(s)data #5: Wikidata Live editing (in Italian) --> The ontology of Wikidata: how to interact with it for a better quality, by Epìdosis
    • Notebooks
      • Map of K-Pop Idols --> An interactive map where each red dot represents a K-pop Idol (a singer or musician in South Korean Pop music) you are able to click on.
      • Disney as the Mega Corporation it is Today --> Disney has greatly evolved from the simple animation company that first debuted in 1923 with its signature Steamboat Willie animation. This analysis details some of the major acquisitions Disney has chosen to help expand its reach as a media and entertainment company.
      • The Gender-Equality Gap in STEM Awards --> A network graph and multiple data visualizations on UCLA's alumnni awards based on gender.
      • Exploring The Belichick Coaching Tree --> This analyses details the coaching tree of the prolific American Football coach Bill Belichick.
      • State of statues in the US --> Map of how many statues there are, who is depicted in the statues, their genders, and where the statues are concentrated.
      • An Analysis on Nepo Babies: Net Worths and Fame --> This work uses Wikidata to analyze the influence and success of children of famous actors (nepo babies) in the entertainment industry, and compares the careers and net worth of these children with their parents to understand the impact of nepotism on their success.
  • Tool of the week
    • Cersei - is a tool designed for importing or scraping data from various third-party sources, using source-specific Python code. It can use a "headless browser" to scrape complicated websites that rely on eg JavaScript to navigate. It can therefore access data sources that can not be accessed via eg Mix'n'match. The data from sources can be updated regularly, either for everything, or just changed entries (if the source has a "recent changes" equivalent).
    • Wikidata:Zotero/Cita - is a Wikidata addon for Zotero that adds citations (i.e., what other items an item cites) metadata support to this open source reference management software, using cites work (P2860) information available from Wikidata, and enabling users to easily contribute missing data.
  • Development
    • Due to the winter holidays, the development team is taking a break and no deployment is happening for Wikidata at the moment.

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.

Women in Red January 2024

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Women in Red | January 2024, Volume 10, Issue 1, Numbers 291, 293, 294, 295, 296


Online events:

Announcement

  • In 2024 Women in Red also has a one biography a week challenge as part
    of the #1day1woman initiative!

Tip of the month:

Other ways to participate:

Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

Wikidata weekly summary #609

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Discussions
    • Open request for adminship: WikiBayer (RfP scheduled to end after 8 January 2024 12:01 UTC)
    • Closed request for adminship: EPIC (closed as successful). Welcome onboard \o/
    • New requests for permissions/Bot: HVSH-Bot . Task: Import data about politicians from the Q119949776, now only partially online available.
  • Events
    • Upcoming: The next Wikidata Wikibase office hours will take place on Wednesday, 17:00 UTC, 17th January 2023 (18:00 Berlin time) in the 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.
    • Ongoing: Weekly Lexeme Challenge #123: Ologist
  • Press, articles, blog posts, videos
    • Papers: Improving maintenance of community-based knowledge graphs. This paper by Nicolas Ferranti addresses the critical issue of data quality in open knowledge graphs, with a specific focus on Wikidata. It aims to formalize Wikidata's unique approaches to assess and resolve data inconsistencies, proposing a semi-automatic refinement pipeline to empower the Wikidata user community in maintaining and enhancing the reliability of this extensive collaborative knowledge graph.
    • Videos: WikidataCon 2023 Day 1.5 - The past and future of Wikidata. In this video Lydia Pintscher takes a moment to review the major events of Wikidata over the past few years. Then turns to look forward and predict what Wikidata's prospects will be over the next year.
  • Development
    • The development team is just returning from the winter holidays so there is no development update at the moment.

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.

Wikidata weekly summary #610

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Discussions

  • Closed request for adminship: WikiBayer (closed as successful). Welcome onboard \o/
  • New requests for permissions/Bot: So9qBot 9. Task: Add DDO identifier to Danish lexemes.

Events

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week Map your list of created articles - a notebook display of geolocated articles on a map created by a user per chosen project and batch (featured/good article).

Other Noteworthy Stuff Wikimedia Indonesia and Wikimedia Deutschland ended their partnership within the project Software Collaboration for Wikidata prematurely. Read their joint statement here.

Newest properties and property proposals to review

Did you know?

Development

  • IP masking/temporary accounts: We are adjusting Wikibase to be prepared for the upcoming changes to no longer expose IP addresses for non-logged-in users (phab:T351968)
  • Dumps/lex. data: We’re adjusting how empty lists of Forms and Senses are represented in JSON dumps (phab:T305660)
  • Wikibase REST API:
    • We finished the work on making it possible to get all sitelinks of an Item (phab:T344041)
    • We are working on getting a sitelink for a given wiki (phab:T344039)

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

DYK for Vanessa Weenink

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vanessa Weenink, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Vanessa Weenink), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:06, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ryan Hamilton (New Zealand politician)

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ryan Hamilton (New Zealand politician), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ryan Hamilton (New Zealand politician)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:07, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Suze Redmayne

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Suze Redmayne, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Suze Redmayne), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:07, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Katie Nimon

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Katie Nimon, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Katie Nimon), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:08, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Dana Kirkpatrick

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dana Kirkpatrick, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dana Kirkpatrick), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:09, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for David MacLeod

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article David MacLeod, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, David MacLeod), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:09, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Grant McCallum

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Grant McCallum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Grant McCallum), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:10, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for James Meager

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Meager, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, James Meager), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:10, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Mike Butterick

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mike Butterick, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mike Butterick), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:11, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Miles Anderson (politician)

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Miles Anderson (politician), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Miles Anderson (politician)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:12, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Rima Nakhle

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rima Nakhle, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rima Nakhle), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:12, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Carl Bates

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carl Bates, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Carl Bates), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:13, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Greg Fleming (politician)

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Greg Fleming (politician), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Greg Fleming (politician)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:13, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Jamie Arbuckle

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jamie Arbuckle, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jamie Arbuckle), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:14, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Casey Costello

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Casey Costello, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Casey Costello), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:14, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tanya Unkovich

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tanya Unkovich, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tanya Unkovich), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:15, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Reuben Davidson

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Reuben Davidson, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Reuben Davidson), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:16, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Cushla Tangaere-Manuel

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:17, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Scott Willis (politician)

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Scott Willis (politician), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Scott Willis (politician)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:17, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Darleen Tana

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Darleen Tana, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Darleen Tana), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:17, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tākuta Ferris

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tākuta Ferris, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tākuta Ferris), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:18, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Laura Trask

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Laura Trask, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Laura Trask), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:19, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Cameron Luxton

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cameron Luxton, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cameron Luxton), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:20, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Carlos Cheung

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carlos Cheung, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Carlos Cheung), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:20, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hook update
Your hook reached 39,273 views (1,636.4 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of January 2024 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Todd Stephenson

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Todd Stephenson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Todd Stephenson), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:20, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kahurangi Carter

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kahurangi Carter, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kahurangi Carter), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:21, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Takutai Moana Kemp

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Takutai Moana Kemp, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Takutai Moana Kemp), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:21, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Mariameno Kapa-Kingi

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:22, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Nancy Lu

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On 11 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nancy Lu, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nancy Lu), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Schwede66 00:23, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Carol Mutch

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Hello! Your submission of Carol Mutch at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! —David Eppstein (talk) 20:30, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]


You've got mail !

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Hello, DrThneed. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. Victuallers (talk) 16:25, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Upcoming Event in Auckland

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You might be interested in an upcoming event in Auckland. Wikimedia Aotearoa is having a WikiCon! WikiCon Aotearoa 2024 is the annual gathering for all new and experienced editors of Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikisource projects. Anyone interested in editing is welcome to attend. This conference is organized by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ). It aims to provide training to new editors, to encourage editors to learn new skills, to grow the Wiki community in Auckland and to ensure that we have a fun weekend. Food and refreshments provided.  

When: Saturday 23 March - Sunday 24 March 2024

Where: Auckland University of Technology - Sir Paul Reeves Building - WG Building 2 Governor Fitzroy Place, Auckland.

Cost: $10, fully catered, sponsorship / registration fee waiver available  

We are offering full scholarships (registration, travel & accommodation) to attend - please contact [email protected] for more information.

To see the full programme as it develops check out the Wikipedia Event page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCon_Aotearoa/Auckland_2024

To register: https://events.humanitix.com/wikicon-aotearoa-2024 CopperAlchemy (talk) 00:52, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]


DYK for Carol Mutch

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On 22 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carol Mutch, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Dr. Disaster's office collapsed in an earthquake on this day in 2011? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carol Mutch. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Carol Mutch), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to join New pages patrol

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Hello DrThneed!

  • The New Pages Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles needing review. We could use a few extra hands to help.
  • We think that someone with your activity and experience is very likely to meet the guidelines for granting.
  • Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time, but it requires a strong understanding of Wikipedia’s CSD policy and notability guidelines.
  • Kindly read the tutorial before making your decision, and feel free to post on the project talk page with questions.
  • If patrolling new pages is something you'd be willing to help out with, please consider applying here.

Thank you for your consideration. We hope to see you around!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:20, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]


We invite you to stand for the WANZ Committee

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Kia ora Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) members.

We invite you to consider standing for the WANZ Committee at our AGM 22 April 2024 to help shape and influence events and decisions.

The role of Secretary will be vacant. We are also interested in succession planning for the future.  Please email [email protected] for the Secretary Job Description, and the document outlining the relationship and tasks between the Secretary and the Executive Advisor position, as the Executive Advisor is now picking up day-to-day administration tasks from the Secretary.

If you would like to come along to a meeting and watch the committee in action before deciding whether to stand please reach out.

If you are interested and want to know more please contact our President Victoria Leachman by calling 021 490 329 or emailing [email protected].

Warm regards

Victoria Leachman (President) CopperAlchemy (talk) 02:26, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Francisco Hernandez (politician) moved to draftspace

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An article you recently created, Francisco Hernandez (politician), is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. User:Villian Factman saw fit to publish the article, erroneously stating that Hernandez is an MP having succeeded Shaw. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Schwede66 23:24, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I saw they'd moved it and was a bit surprised. I haven't seen anything definitively saying Hernandez will replace Shaw or when, so I guess we wait for something to appear and then we can cite and publish the article (with whatever other edits are needed at the time). DrThneed (talk) 23:28, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I wondered whether this note should have gone to Villian Factman instead. It was their idea to publish this. Closer to the time it's needed, we can move it back to mainspace. Schwede66 23:28, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well yes, perhaps, although if I hadn't noticed they'd moved it, it would have been helpful. I see you've tagged them so hopefully they'll see this conversation and take note.DrThneed (talk) 23:34, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]


250 bios for women

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Barnstar
250 bios for women is a fantastic achievement. Thanks for your mahi. Schwede66 00:49, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another barnstar

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The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
I count 68 DYK credits; about time you get your barnstar for 50 DYKs. Schwede66 01:23, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #623

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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 2024-04-08. Translations are available.

Events

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

  • Anti-Pattern Analyzer is a static website capable of checking the existence of 'anti-pattern 1' (AP1) occurrences given an entity from Wikidata. It can also check if a new statement would introduce new violations.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

  • Only 13 more days to go! The deadline to submit your project proposal to Wikimedia Deutschland's Open Call for Software Contributions is coming closer and closer. With this call, Wikimedia Deutschland aims to support projects that make Wikidata's data more accessible and usable for a wider audience.

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

  • REST API:
    • We continued the work on the endpoint for creating an Item via POST /entities/items (phab:T342990)
    • We continued the work on the endpoint for modifying data of a Property via PATCH /entities/properties/{property_id} (]]phab:T347394]])
  • EntitySchemas: Work on making it possible to link to EntitySchemas in statements is continuing.
  • mul language code: We are fixing remaining issues uncovered during testing. (phab:T355059, phab:T356200, phab:T135871, phab:T356201)

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

Wikidata weekly summary #622

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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 2024-04-15.
Translations are available.

Discussions

  • New requests for permissions/Bot:
    • AzBot - Task: adding a space in over 7k malformed Dutch descriptions per this request.
    • DifoolBot 3 - Task: fill in empty English/French/German labels and basic statements for persons with VIAF ID (P214) and a VIAF authority source GND ID (P227), IdRef ID (P269), Bibliothèque nationale de France ID (P268) or Library of Congress authority ID (P244)

Events

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

Other Noteworthy Stuff

  • Join the Wikidata Open Online Course starting April 22, 2024! 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. Register here: Wikidata:Open Online Course
  • Only 6 more days to submit your project proposal to Wikimedia Deutschland's Open Call for Software Contributions. With this call, Wikimedia Deutschland aims to support projects that make Wikidata's data more accessible and usable for a wider audience.

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

  • mul langauge code: We are finishing the polishing for the first proper release coming soon.
  • EntitySchema: We are continuing the work on the new datatype that will make it possible to link to EntitySchemas in statements.
  • REST API:
    • We continued work on creating an Item via POST /entities/items (phab:T342990)
    • We continued work on modifying data of a Property via PATCH /entities/properties/{property_id} (phab:T347394)

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

Wikidata weekly summary #624

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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 2024-04-22.
Translations are available.

Discussions

  • New requests for permissions/Bot:
    • OpeninfoBot - Task: Importing financial data (assets, equity, revenue, EBIT, net profit) from openinfo.uz to entries on public Uzbek companies in Wikidata.
    • IntegrationBot - Task: retrieve information from Wikidata and contribute data back

Events

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

  • Mishramilan (মিশ্রমিলন), a tool listing words/phrases in different language catalogs and allowing users to match the entries in those catalogs to existing Wikidata lexemes or to create new lexemes based on those entries.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

  • It's not too late to join the Wikidata Open Online Course, open from April 22 to May 31! 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. Register here: Wikidata:Open Online Course
  • There is a new update relative to the experiment with splitting the Wikidata Query Service graph. A new proposal for the split has also been published, feedback will be open until May 15th 2024.

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

  • mul language code: We are continuing the roll-out. It is now available on https://test.wikidata.org and https://wikidata.beta.wmflabs.org.
  • REST API: We are putting finishing touches on the following:
    • Create an Item via POST /entities/items (phab:T342990)
    • Modify data of a Property via PATCH /entities/properties/{property_id} (phab:T347394)
  • EntitySchemas: We are continuing the work on the new datatype to link to EntitySchemas in statements.
  • Leveling Up Days: We are wrapping up the event.

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

Women in Red May 2024

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Women in Red | May 2024, Volume 10, Issue 5, Numbers 293, 294, 305, 306, 307


Online events:

Announcements from other communities

Tip of the month:

  • Use open-access references wherever possible, but a paywalled reliable source
    is better than none, particularly for biographies of living people.

Other ways to participate:

Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

--Lajmmoore (talk 06:16, 28 April 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Francisco Hernandez (politician) has been accepted

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Francisco Hernandez (politician), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Schwede66 04:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #625

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Events

  • Nubuke Wikidata Workshop - Sat. 27 April 1100 - 1400 GMT at the Nubuke Foundation, Lome Close Accra, Ghana.
  • There's still time for nominating your favorite tool in the Coolest Tool Award! To nominate, follow this link. Deadline: 10 May 2024 - winners unveiled at Wikimania 2024
  • Coordinate Me 2024 - an international Wikidata competition around content with geodata. The competition starts on 1 May 2024 and ends on 31 May 2024.
  • Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 is just around the corner, taking place in Tallinn, Estonia from 02 - 06 May. We hope there will be lots of Wikidata hacking projects worked on.

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

Other Noteworthy Stuff

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

Weekly Tasks

Looking for John Wilson MNZM

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Kia ora, I hope you might be able to assist me. I have created a Wikidata item for a book Christchurch - Swamp to City. Christchurch - Swamp to City (Q125768136) It was written by Dr John Wilson, a Christchurch historian who appears to be notable. I expected to find a Wikipedia article or at least a Wikidata item about John Wilson. I tried a query in Wikidata, but so far my search has been unsuccessful. It doesn't help that there are a great many people in Wikidata called John Wilson. Because he is (or has been) an author and academic, I wondered if he had come up in the NZ thesis project. Here is a link to a webpage containing some information about him.[1] This source indicates he was born in 1943 [2]. Since you are so much better at these things than me, could you please have a quick search ? Many thanks, Marshelec (talk) 09:27, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Marshelec. I've had a look. His Canterbury thesis does not appear to be in the thesis project data. I think this is likely his Harvard thesis though https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990040114010203941/catalog I don't have any Canterbury theses supervised by a John Wilson.
VIAF have unfortunately got his record conflated with a British fishing writer John Wilson who was also born 1943 but who died in 2018 (https://viaf.org/viaf/93591094/#Wilson,_John,_1943-....). The April birth date might or might not be our Wilson (I saw it referenced in a NZ library record but as they might have got it from VIAF rather than the other way round I would ignore it without confirmation from a source that couldn't have come from VIAF). Interestingly one of the VIAF aliases is John Malcolm Wilson - which is his full name, according to his 2007 MNZM (see the list here) I found a photo of him here https://teara.govt.nz/en/community-contribution/44927/john-wilson-te-ara-writer-2007
So I don't think he is in Wikidata yet, but you have plenty there to make a new record. I would make the label John Malcolm Wilson, so you can easily find it again, and add appropriate aliases etc. It would be worth contacting VIAF and asking them to split out John Malcolm Wilson from the fisherman (tell them the books our John wrote) and then his VIAF can be added to his Wikidata.

Cheers, DrThneed (talk) 21:08, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Marshelec, I've had a nosey but the coverage by The Press on Wilson for the birthday honours was rather brief: "Christchurch heritage advocates Pam Wilson and Dr John Wilson are not related, but have both been made members of the order. Pam Wilson promoted conservation of significant sites and buildings with the Historic Places Trust for 25 years and remains an adviser on building registration. John Wilson has raised awareness of heritage with his research and writing on historic buildings and places for more than 30 years." ProQuest 314810533 Schwede66 00:21, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I shall note that Wilson "was born and grew up in South Canterbury" according to his Te Ara profile. VIAF has a 12 April 1943 birthdate. We have a birth notice in the Timaru Herald for that date: "Wilson – On April 12, 1943, at Timaru Hospital, to Rev. and Mrs M. W. Wilson, a son." Schwede66 00:36, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh excellent find! Thanks @Schwede66. DrThneed (talk) 00:39, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'd say that 12 April 1943 is correct. Here is his father's obituary. Mac Wilson (as he was known) lived in Timaru from 1938 and moved to Christchurch in 1951 to be minister at Knox Church. Our historian was seven at that point. That fits the Te Ara bio. Schwede66 00:45, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Women in architecture

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A W NZ are bringing back the New Zealand Women in Architecture WikiProject Walking Tour and Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for 2024 with two concurrent in-person events in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland on Saturday 18th May 2024. We will build from the good work of 2023 and welcome any contributions, in-person or off-site.

More information: New Zealand Women in Architecture WikiProject.

We welcome new editors or those who want a refresher, so please let any Auckland friends / whānau who might be interested know.

Ngā mihi, Pakoire (talk) 10:12, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Pakoire! Will put that in my diary. DrThneed (talk) 23:29, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'll revise your lists from last time too :) Pakoire (talk) 23:32, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Let me know if you think there's anything useful to add or change.DrThneed (talk) 23:56, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and I forgot to say - it's GREAT that this event is repeating! DrThneed (talk) 00:41, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

'Named after' on Wikidata

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Hi Tamsin! Do you know if there's a best practice way to use the 'named after' property on Wikidata? I have a hill, Coronation Peak, likely named after the Coronation of Elizabeth II. Would it be better to point to the coronation event (Q3797766) or the person herself (Q9682)? I could see being more specific as something potentially detrimental (e.g. Coronation Peak wouldn't come up in a query of locations named after Elizabeth II). --Prosperosity (talk) 22:39, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Prosperosity. Interesting question! I think I would argue that the peak is named after the coronation event and not the Queen, and so the way you've modelled it is correct. And if I query for everything named after QEII (https://w.wiki/9yix) then I don't find anything with coronation or jubilee in the label, which suggests to me that noone is pointing to the person rather than the event. Although there are only 90 items somehow!
The question then becomes if you were looking for things named in honour of the Queen that included her coronation, her jubilees, etc, could you find them through this modelling? The queen is listed as the only participant in her coronation (!) but not directly from the Silver Jubilee item. However there is a list of significant events on Elizabeth II (Q9682) and I would suggest people looking for items connected to the Queen would probably think to look for items connected to those events as well. It's certainly useful to be able to distinguish, I think, between items named after her and items commemorating a particular event connected to her. I note that the Silver Jubilee Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (Q7516094) has a couple of things linked through named after (event item), and one through commemorates (event item), so this wouldn't be a new way of doing things.
If you want to tie Coronation Peak a bit more directly to QEII then you could consider adding a statement saying it commemorates QEII, I think, as that's a bit looser than named after and therefore arguably correct. There are only six (?!) items commemorating QEII currently though so it's hard to judge consistency of modelling. https://w.wiki/9yj4 It could be useful to find a bunch of other Coronation things and add similar modeling to them to make it easier for other people to find and copy that modelling. DrThneed (talk) 23:55, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! That makes a lot of sense. I've added a 'commemorates' field, but I feel a little uneasy about it (it feels more appropriate for something constructed with that person in mind, or even something like a tree that was planted to commemorate a person). Prosperosity (talk) 00:18, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agree, it doesn't feel as appropriate for geographical features. If I come across a property that works better I'll let you know! DrThneed (talk) DrThneed (talk) 01:33, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #626

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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 2024-05-06.
Translations are available.

Discussions

Events

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

  • Wikidata periodic table - Tool by User:Ricordisamoa, to browse all chemical elements available on Wikidata, with atomic number, chemical symbol, and localized label. It also includes two charts of the nuclides, with links to every isotope in Wikidata, colored by half-life or decay mode.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

  • A new UI mode is available for the online validator for EntitySchemas. It represents validation reports as a table rather than a very long string, and replaces most links with hyperlinks with some of the text behind them; making them easier to read. Currently being tested at https://shex-validator.toolforge.org/packages/shex-webapp/doc/shex-simple-improved.html, we are looking for participants to evaluate this tool. Some experience with editing Wikidata is appreciated, but no experience working with Schemas is required. If you are interested, you can sign up here. We hope to begin interviews around May 13. For more details, visit User:M.alten.tue

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

  • We attended the Wikimedia Hackathon.
  • REST API: We are finishing the route for creating an Item (phab:T342990) and modify the data of a Property (phab:T347394)
  • EntitySchemas: We are continuing the work on creating the new datatype to link to EntitySchemas in statements (phab:T214884)

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

A new Wikidata item for an IBA report

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Hi DrThneed, this is a simple one. Please guide me in creating a new Wikidata item for this report: [3] My main question is: what the most appropriate choice for: Instance of ??. As a secondary question, what label/ title would you suggest. The reason for asking is that there is a recommended citation on the page after the cover, including a title, but this is not what is on the front page, so I am left a bit confused. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks :) Marshelec (talk) 05:10, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Marshelec. Instance of report (Q10870555) would probably be appropriate (that's a subclass of document & scientific publication). The fact they've given a different title in the suggested citation is a little odd, but I would suggest that most users would look for under the title as it is displayed on the front page, so I'd add that as the label and the value for the title property, but then add the alternative title as an alias. DrThneed (talk) 08:15, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #627

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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 2024-05-13.
Please help Translate.

Discussions

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

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.

Weekly Tasks

Wikidata weekly summary #628

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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 2024-05-20. Please help Translate.

Discussions

  • New requests for permissions/Bot:
    • Browse9ja Bot - Task: Automated data retrieval focusing on Nigerian / African-based information, integrating a chatbot, NLP API, knowledge graph, and machine learning model.
    • DhlizBot - Task: add Dhliz ID (P12696) for persons/films/TV series that exist in Dhliz (Q125863802) database.
    • AmeisenBot 2 - Task: Working on bot requests at WD:RBOT using QuickStatements.

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

  • Wikidata GenderStats measures gender bias at the user level by computing stats on created items.
  • Created items : a list of items created by a user with labels. This not new but this has been repaired.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

  • We have completed the preparation work to migrate the Query Builder's front end from Wikit to Codex (phab:T360096)
  • We also continued work on the EntitySchema data type and refining the CI flow for EntitySchemas (phab:T362000)

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

Women in Red June 2024

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Women in Red | June 2024, Volume 10, Issue 6, Numbers 293, 294, 308, 309, 310


Online events:

Announcements from other communities

Tip of the month:

Other ways to participate:

Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

--Lajmmoore (talk 07:04, 23 May 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #629

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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 2024-05-27. Please help Translate.

Discussions

Events

  • Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call May 28, 2024: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, 28 May, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter). Please join us for a community discussion on the LCCN Wikidata Bot with Mary Campany, Steven Folsom, and Matt Miller. 2024-05-28: Wikidata Affinity Group Call Agenda
  • Coordinate Me 2024 (Spanish): An international Wikidata competition around geolocation content, from towns, hospitals, public art and natural monuments to improve or create Wikidata elements with a coordinate location (P625) in focus countries. Contest ends 31 May 2024.

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

  • Wikipedia:WE-Framework: WE-Framework is a tool developed by Sergey Vladimirov that allows editing related Wikidata elements in an article without having to go to Wikidata. When you save your Wikidata edit, it will reference the utility in the edit summary.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

Newest properties and property proposals to review

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Did you know?

Development

  • EntitySchemas: We continued work on the new datatype for linking to EntitySchemas in statements. We focused on the input so it shows the label of the EntitySchema when entering the ID. Search by label and aliases will follow. (phab:T362004)
  • Wikibase REST API:
    • We looked into how to improve error messages.
    • We wrapped up the route for modifying the data of a Property. (phab:T347394
    • We are nearing the finish line for the route for creating a new Item. (phab:T342990)
    • We are continuing work on the route for modifying an Item. (phab:T342993)
  • Developer advocacy: We are collecting content for a new landing page for developers who want to build applications with Wikidata's data.

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

Wikidata weekly summary #630

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Discussions

  • Open request for adminship: The Squirrel Conspiracy - RfP scheduled to end after 9 June 2024 06:47 (UTC).
  • New requests for permissions/Bot: TongcyBot - Task: Linking the Chinese and English Wiktionary, specifically in categories using Template:auto cat, and pages in the Template, Module, Appendix, Reconstruction, and Rhymes namespaces.
  • Open request for permissions/Bot: IliasChoumaniBot - Task: Automatic updating of data from JSON files on German scientists.
  • Closed request for comments: IP Masking Engagement - The RfC was closed due to inactivity. Discussions are still welcomed on Meta.

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<translate> Events

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<translate> Press, articles, blog posts, videos

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<translate> Tool of the week

  • WikiTwister - RoloWiki: Replace the interwiki links of a Wikipedia article with a pop-up card full of useful Wikidata, & Wikidata Quick Dip: Browse the Wikidata properties used by the pages in a category.

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</translate> <translate> Newest properties and property proposals to review

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Wikidata weekly summary #631

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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 2024-06-10. Please help Translate.

Discussions

  • Open request for adminship: Kadı - RfP scheduled to end after 14 June 2024 17:51 (UTC)
  • Closed request for adminship: The Squirrel Conspiracy - Closed as successful. Welcome back Squirrel!
  • New requests for permissions/Bot:

Events

  • Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call June 11, 2024: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, 11 June, 2024 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter). Please join us for a community discussion on SMALL GLAM SLAM Pilot 1 with Ismael Olea. Link to agenda.
  • Celtic Knot Wikimedia Conference, September 25-27, 2024 in Waterford City, Ireland. This conference usually hosts Wikidata-related sessions. You can now propose your contributions to the program until July 14th, and apply for a scholarship until June 30th (full announcement and links)
  • WikiIndaba conference 2024, 4 - 6 October 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This conference typically hosts Wikidata-related sessions. Program submissions 05 - 30 June 2024.

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

  • Paulina: Data for the Public Domain - Explore the cultural heritage of humanity. Search Paulina by author and discover if they have freely accessible works in the Public Domain.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

  • Propose to transform an existing CSS or Javascript script (i.e. scripts that you can enable in your common.css and common.js pages) into a gadget: Wikidata:Tools/Potential gadgets

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

  • The UnpatrolledEdits gadget now shows a notice when there are older and multiple unpatrolled edits, previously it only showed the notice when the most recent edit was unpatrolled. Please help translate the messages here.
  • Query Service: We are fixing a bug where no examples are shown in the example dialog (phab:T366871)
  • EntitySchemas: We have enabled the new datatype for testing on test.wikidata.org and are preparing the rollout to Wikidata (phab:T365686)
  • Item UI: We fixed an issue where labels were not shown for badges or after making an edit (phab:T366236)
  • Wikibase REST API: We have continued the work on the route for modifying the data of an Item (phab:T342993)

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

Precious anniversary

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Precious
Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:41, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weekly Summary #632

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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 2024-06-17.

Discussions

Events

  • Looking ahead
    • Lexico Days 2024 is coming up. June 28 - 30, there will be a packed programme of presentations, discussions and workshops on Lexicographical data. This is an online event.
    • Wikidata Workshop for Botanists at the XX Intl. Botanical Congress, July 21 - 27, 2024, Madrid, Spain.

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

Other Noteworthy Stuff

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals! Did you know?

Development

  • EntitySchemas: We are preparing for the rollout of the new datatype to link to EntitySchemas in statements.
  • Wikibase REST API:
    • We are continuing the work on the route for modifying an Item (phab:T342993)
    • We are working on improving errors and error messages in the API
  • Query Service UI: We fixed a bug. The example dialog was empty and not showing any examples (phab:T366871)
  • We changed the datatype of two Properties to external ID as requested (phab:T367174)

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

Anything to add? Please share! :)

Sandbox pages

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Please don't add any categories to your sandbox pages while they're in sandbox. Even if you're moving the page from your sandbox into mainspace, you still have to do the page move first and then add categories to it second, not vice versa, because if you do it the other way around it leaves a phantom redirect from the former userspace title sitting in the category despite its status as a redirect — if you look at this search, for example, there are 13 of your sandbox titles sitting there when there should be zero, and they're all there specifically because you added categories to the pages before moving them into mainspace instead of after.

They need to not be there, however, because it actively interferes with the important maintenance job of removing inappropriate categories from pages that are still in userspace — but the only way for me to clean them up now would be to move all the pages back to the userspace titles, disable the categories, wait until the titles finally drop from the search results (which could be up to an hour), and then move them back into mainspace again, which is not something I'm particularly keen on doing.

So in future, please do not add any categories to the pages so long as they're still in userspace. Move them to mainspace first, and then add the categories second. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 14:59, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry @Bearcat that was unintentional, I'll clean up and ensure I don't do it again. Thanks. DrThneed (talk) 21:43, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #633

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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 2024-06-24. Please help Translate.

Events

  • Past: The 200th online Wikidata meetup in Swedish was held.
  • Upcoming: Lexicodays, online event dedicated to Lexemes on Wikidata, will take place on June 28-30. It takes place across time zone and both in English and Indonesian. Check the program and find the access links on the event page.

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

  • Wikidata in Prometheus - Prometheus is a non-commercial image archive for art and cultural studies. It hosts images from a variety of image and media databases and now works can be connected with Wikidata.
  • New Mix'n'match feature: For lists of (full or auto) matches where both the MnM entry and the Wikidata Item have coordinates, it now shows the distance between them in the description. (source)

Other Noteworthy Stuff

  • The Wikidata development team at Wikimedia Deutschland is planning a brief survey to understand the various ways people contribute to the project and identify user contribution patterns. A request has been made for a CentralNotice banner to deploy the survey to a broad audience. Your feedback, comments, and questions on this request are welcome: m:CentralNotice/Request/Wikidata Community Survey 2024
  • The second iteration of the Wikidata:Open Online Course will begin from July 1 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?

Development

  • [Breaking Change Announcement] Upcoming Changes to Wikibase: EntitySchema data type
  • EntitySchemas: We prepared for the release of the new data type to link to EntitySchemas in statements on July 2nd.
  • Mul language code: We picked up the remaining issues before enabling it by default on Wikidata
  • Wikibase REST API:

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

Women in Red July 2024

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Women in Red | July 2024, Volume 10, Issue 7, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 312, 313


Online events:

Announcements from other communities

Tip of the month:

  • A foreign language biography does not guarantee notability for English Wikipedia.
    Check the guidelines before you start.

Other ways to participate:

Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

--Lajmmoore (talk 14:27, 30 June 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]


ITN recognition for Diana Hill (scientist)

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On 12 July 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Diana Hill (scientist), which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 03:55, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #641

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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 2024-08-26. Please help Translate.

Discussions

  • Open request for adminship:
    • Gwanki - RfP scheduled to end after 26 August 2024 05:54 (UTC)
    • Putnik 2 - RfP scheduled to end after 27 August 2024 23:17 (UTC)
  • Closed request for adminship: Both requests successful, welcome new admins: Mohammed Qays and Wüstenspringmaus!
  • New requests for permissions/Bot: Leaderbot - Task/s: reminds users when their rights are to expire (see Phab:T370842)
  • Closed request for permissions/Bot: Bot5958 1b - RfP successful!
  • New request for comments:

Events

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

Other Noteworthy Stuff

  • New AI Project Manager to join Wikimedia Deutschland: We’re pleased to announce that a new AI project manager will be joining our team next week. Lydia and Jonathan (Director of Engineering) have been prototyping in this area and recently presented their work at the AI_dev summit (YouTube link). Our goal is to bring knowledge graphs and generative AI closer together, making AI more equitable, truthful, participatory, and open. More updates to come soon!

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

  • Not much happened this week. Many of the developers are still on vacation, and some are out sick.

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

September 2024 at Women in Red

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Women in Red | September 2024, Volume 10, Issue 9, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 316, 317


Online events:

Announcements from other communities

Tip of the month:

Other ways to participate:

Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

--Rosiestep (talk) 18:56, 26 August 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Thank you

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Kia ora DrThneed. Thank you for all the amazing work you have been doing celebrating women in NZ - it is fantastic. Can you please consider doing a profile for Suliana Mone from the University of Auckland?? She is an inspiring Pacific Law academic who deserves greater recognition! 130.216.211.81 (talk) 03:48, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, you're very kind! Thank you also for the tip. I have added Suliana Mone to Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129972351), where information about her can be collected. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia biographies are summaries of pre-existing independent coverage, and on that basis I think it may be a little early for Mone, as I didn't find enough information (outside of this profile) to justify an article (notability criteria for academics can be found here FYI). I don't want to create an article too soon, as that risks it being nominated for deletion and that is not a fun process, and makes creating an article later more difficult. However if you are aware of any significant coverage I might have missed or awards Mone has won, then do let me know and I'll add them to her Wikidata profile to help demonstrate notability. DrThneed (talk) 04:06, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #643

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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 2024-09-02.

Discussions

  • Project chat: Wikidata:Project chat#Mass-import policy - A new mass-import policy has been proposed, focusing on improving the quality of existing items rather than importing new ones, with a suggested limit of 100 new items before requiring community approval.

Events

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Tool of the week

  • Display Wikidata Info on sister projects by User:Yair rand. This user-script will add the articles corresponding Wikidata item Label, Q-ID, Description and Short Desc. neatly under the article title. If no Wikidata item is linked, option to CreateNewItem page on Wikidata is provided.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

Newest properties and property proposals to review

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

Development

  • Wikidata Query Service:
    • The WMF Search Platform team is putting the finishing touches on the new Query Service servers that contain the two parts of the split graph.
    • We are analyzing which percentage of current queries are better served by other systems like the REST API or search.
  • Wikimedia projects integration:
    • We have worked on moving the Wikidata Item link out of the toolbox section of the sidebar of an article. It has been rolled out to the first wikis: ukwiki, hewiki, fawiki (phab:T66315)
    • We are working on decreasing the amount of irrelevant changes from Wikidata in the watchlist and recent changes on Wikipedia and co by correcting the tracking behaviour of the Lua function mw.wikibase.entity:getSitelink() (phab:T295356)
  • Wikibase REST API: We continued improving errors and error messages.

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

University of Canterbury Women Faculty

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Kia ora DrThneed. Thank you for all the amazing work you have been doing celebrating, including creating the recent page on Annick Masselot. This has helped me a lot in creating my UC Faculty of Law page. I was wondering if you could please consider doing a profile for Lynne Taylor from the University of Canterbury. I know she is notable given she is well published (see her leading texts on Company and Insolvency Law) and also she already has a wikidata item. Thanks as always, let me know any way I can help you out too. MitchellMatchbox (talk) 11:01, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @MitchellMatchbox you're very kind! Lynne Taylor shows up on my worklist of women professors, but unfortunately I have not found enough sources to make an article with yet. Pretty much all I've found are her university profile and a couple of mentions in the press, when what I really need are three good independent sources profiling her, or at the very least one profile and two talking about the importance of her work. It's quite possible such sources exist and I haven't found them. If you know of any more sources then do let me know (you can cite them here), I'd love to write about her! Thanks DrThneed (talk) 19:49, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm having a poke around and there are three academics in New Zealand of this name! Crikey. Lynne Taylor (Q125855682) (Canterbury) is a very private person indeed; there is stuff all online about her. Lynne Taylor (Q96781334) (Otago) looks more promising. And Lynne Taylor (Q92501592) (Auckland) is a curious case; her thesis lists her as Margaret Taylor (I've linked the items) but I can't check whether there's something wrongly recorded as researchspace.auckland.ac.nz appears to be down. Schwede66 03:27, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The thesis is under the name Margaret Lynne Taylor but from her pubs it must be her. Are you going to link her on Mixnmatch or should I? DrThneed (talk) 20:59, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I went through her list of publications on her uni website as I thought that for such a recent thesis, she would list it, and there it was. You can do the Mixnmatch honours :-) Schwede66 00:36, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Great, thanks @Schwede66, matched, likely running a batch (containing a couple of hundred other matches) in the next few days so edits will get made during that. DrThneed (talk) 00:49, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Thank you - made my day

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Dr Thneed, I would like to thank you for the work you are doing for Women in Red, which has led to my inclusion in Wikipedia. I see I am part of your Academic women a day project. I keep a vague eye on my web presence but on this occasion my husband exclaimed with delight "You are on Wikipedia". My "article" is mostly correct although could be somewhat massaged. I took great pleasure in reading who else you had written on, many of whom are friends and colleagues. So, i just wanted to let you know your work is noticed and appreciated. Warmly Professor Rebecca Grainger 139.80.239.101 (talk) 04:58, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rebecca, Thank you so much for your kind words. They made my day too! I always view the pages I write as being a starting point, and ripe for improvement by other Wikipedia editors. It can be tricky piecing a page together from publicly available sources! If there are outright mistakes feel free to let me know. You might also like to know that another way to fix things or get new information added (next time you win an award, for instance!) would be to post a brief message on the 'talk page' that sits behind the page, with a publicly available source if you can.
Note you could also have an image on your page if you like! If you have a nice selfie you can upload it yourself at Wikimedia Commons, or if you want to use a photo that someone else took you will need them to upload it (it needs to be the person that took the photo that uploads it, or else it will just end up getting deleted). Cheers, DrThneed (talk) 04:00, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Women in architecture edit-a-thon

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Saturday 21 September 2024 Walking Tour and Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

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We‘re please to welcome the Wikipedia Walking Tour and Edit-a-thon for 2024. The two-part event will be running over two days, the walking tour on Saturday (for photos) and the edit-a-thon on Sunday.

This is a continuation from past edit-a-thons increase articles about women and non-binary people who work in architecture and related fields in or from Aotearoa New Zealand.

Please feel free to sign up to the dash board and contribute remotely, or attend in person if you are in Auckland - we appreciate all contributions.

Project link: A W NZ Wikiproject Edit-a-thon 22 SEPTEMBER 2024 ~ Pakoire (talk) 01:04, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vivienne Gray

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I've had a look and added a wee bit, but even a ProQuest search doesn't turn up anything else. Academics shouldn't be allowed to be so media-shy! Schwede66 01:30, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Schwede66 As public orator I doubt she was shy, I think she just falls in that difficult area of all the sources being either offline or having been online but disappeared. And still alive so no obit! But I'll go ahead with her anyway (when I finish Ruth Bonita), I think she's done enough as an author to survive a challenge. DrThneed (talk) 01:52, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
she's done enough as an author to survive a challenge I agree with that. Schwede66 02:00, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pages on women

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We have a list of NZ women who potentially meet notability on the Auckland Museum WikiProject page, none of whom are sportspeople. If you're looking for pages to make, there may be some interesting people here! --Prosperosity (talk) 00:35, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Auckland Museum Wiki-Award

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The Auckland Museum Wiki-Award
Congratulations DrThneed! You've received the The Auckland Museum Wiki-Award as a thank you for creating articles on Linda Tyler, Hilary Mitchell, and Hilary Lapsley, who were all on the museum's requested article list. Great job! --Prosperosity (talk) 23:10, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Aww thanks @Prosperosity that's made my day! DrThneed (talk) 23:14, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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