Wikidata October 2020

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Re: [Wikidata] Entity data serialized in JSON
by j s 26 Oct '20

26 Oct '20

Thanks and apologies that I should have included screenshots when describing what I experienced. Wondering what caused the default setting for Firefox browser when one item (below), a user must expand to see the data in other property, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q151580.json <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q151580.json> while others need not, data were displayed not collapsed like the one above. Is it the Firefox browser or data source that triggered the collapsing of data for Q151580? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q2833128.json <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q2833128.json> Thanks! —Jackie > > > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:01:41 -0500 > From: Thad Guidry > To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project > Subject: Re: [Wikidata] Entity data serialized in JSON > > > "Collapse All" on the menu row for the JSON display. > Then expand 2 levels with the dropdown arrows... you will then see they > have the same top-level structure... labels, descriptions, aliases, claims, > sitelinks (essentially, the Wikidata data model > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/DataModel> ) > entities > Q151580 > pageid 152997 > ns 0 > title "Q151580" > lastrevid 1292352369 > modified "2020-10-15T23:04:00Z" > type "item" > id "Q151580" > labels {?} > descriptions {?} > aliases {?} > claims {?} > sitelinks {?} > > entities > Q2833128 > pageid 2713503 > ns 0 > title "Q2833128" > lastrevid 1276579382 > modified "2020-09-13T09:02:49Z" > type "item" > id "Q2833128" > labels {?} > descriptions {?} > aliases {?} > claims {?} > sitelinks {?} > > Thad > https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ > > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 9:02 AM j s <aa3544bd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Does anyone know the cause of the JSON returns for the two entities below >> as they are so different on Firefox display? >> >> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q151580.json >> vs. >> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q2833128.json >> >> Is this something worth noting? Thank you. >> >> ?Jackie >> _________________

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Wikidata 8th birthday online datathon in India
by Jinoy Tom Jacob 25 Oct '20

25 Oct '20

Greetings to all, The celebration of the 8th birthday of Wikidata has already started and as part of it several events are currently happening online and offline across the world. As part of it, a 5 days long data-thon is planned to improve India-specific Wikidata Properties and celebrate Wikidata's Birthday by contributing to the free open data movement. The primary objective of this "data-thon" is to add / improve the usage of Wikidata Properties related to India in Wikidata. Currently there are 76 India-specific properties available in Wikidata. But most of the properties are used less in numbers in the statements. So this data-thon is organised to improve the usage of those properties in items and improve the structured data in Wikidata. We hope to encourage participation from other Wikidata communities. Please have a look at the event page[1] and please consider joining the editathon. Event Link - https://w.wiki/iUa Start time - October 25, 2020, 00:00 IST End time - October 29, 2020 23:59 IST Regards, *Jinoy* User:Gnoeee *Please don’t print this e-mail unless you really need to.Every 3000 sheets consume a tree. Conserve Trees for a better tomorrow!*

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Entity data serialized in JSON
by j s 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

Does anyone know the cause of the JSON returns for the two entities below as they are so different on Firefox display? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q151580.json <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q151580.json> vs. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q2833128.json <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q2833128.json> Is this something worth noting? Thank you. —Jackie

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Fwd: Any API available for extraction based on Q#?
by j s 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

Hi Fariz, This is simply marvelous… The JSON serialization returns just the WB P and value which may take less effort to extract value for what we need at the moment. TTL returns so much more info which we should be able to do more at a later time. Very exciting. Thank you so very much! --- Jackie Shieh Descriptive Data Management Discovery Services Division > Begin forwarded message: > > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:38:56 +0700 > From: Fariz Darari > To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project > Subject: Re: [Wikidata] Any API available for extraction based on Q#? > > > Hello Jackie, > > not necessarily an answer, but you could get description/statements of Q# > via: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q#.ttl > > So, for instance, the (turtle syntax) statements of Indonesia would be: > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q252.ttl > > Regards, > Fariz > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 7:23 PM j s <aa3544bd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am extremely new to SPARQL and have yet to find how I could feed a file >> containing a series of Q item numbers in order to extract statements for >> our needs. >> >> I suspect some of you may have succeeded in this. Would you recommend an >> API tool (or combination of tools) to use to extract all statements from a >> file that contains a series of Q item number? I must preface to say that I >> am a metadata person not a software developer. >> >> Thank you very much for any pointers! >> >> With regards, >> --Jackie > *****************************************

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Any API available for extraction based on Q#?
by j s 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

Hi, I am extremely new to SPARQL and have yet to find how I could feed a file containing a series of Q item numbers in order to extract statements for our needs. I suspect some of you may have succeeded in this. Would you recommend an API tool (or combination of tools) to use to extract all statements from a file that contains a series of Q item number? I must preface to say that I am a metadata person not a software developer. Thank you very much for any pointers! With regards, --Jackie

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Celebrate Wikidata Education week with us! Oct 26th-30th
by Sailesh Patnaik 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

Hello all, Wikidata's 8th birthday <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday> is next week, and in honor of this we're hosting "Wikidata Education Week." Join us for fun events and activities! Don't miss live interviews with Wikimedians who do amazing things in education with Wikidata! You can find everything you need to know here < https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Wikidata_Education_W… > . Let's get #Wikidata and #EduWiki trending! Wikidata in education is the future :) See you next week! -Sailesh & the Education Team -- *Sailesh Patnaik* Wikimedia Foundation | Program Associate, Education User:SPatnaik (WMF)

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Announcing the WikiCite grant and eScholarship recipients
by Liam Wyatt 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

I am pleased to announce the 23 recipients of the *WikiCite* project grants and eScholarships. The WikiCite initiative focuses the development of open citations and linked bibliographic data to serve free knowledge. There is impressive diversity among these recipients in terms of: - the types of activities (content creation & upload, outreach & training, software development, and documentation/localization), - the topics (everything from Balinese palm-leaf manuscripts, to Brazilian legislation, to Nigerian newspapers...) - and the recipient locations (15 countries, the majority of which are in the global South). Combined these grants are valued at $69k USD, yet we received more than double the number of excellent applications than the budget could support. To learn about each recipients’ project see this blogpost: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/10/22/wikicite-awards-23-grants-escholarshi… And while I’ve got your attention... The WikiCite 2020 Virtual Conference is happening on Monday-Wednesday. Sessions will be live-streamed on several platforms, in time zones across the globe, and with presentations in English, French, German, Indonesian, and Portuguese. Please come and join us. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite/2020_Virtual_conference -- *Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]* WikiCite <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite> Program Manager & Okapi <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Okapi> Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation

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Wikidata's 8th birthday: online and onsite events
by Léa Lacroix 22 Oct '20

22 Oct '20

Hello all, Wikidata's birthday is happening soon, on October 29th, and as every year, plenty of people and local groups got together to organize events for this occasion. Some of these events already happened, most of them will take place in the next few days. I'm pretty amazed by the diversity of the participants and the quality of the topics, and I think it is definitely worth having a look, especially as most of these events will be accessible from remote! Here's an overview of the upcoming events, you can find the links and details in the main calendar <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday>. - Wikidata Cross-Domain Forum in Taipei, Taiwan <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Taiwan> and online, on October 24th - Wikidata Eighth Birthday Celebration in Lagos, Nigeria <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Nigeria>, on October 24th: meetup, training and editing contest - Birthday Celebration in Ulm, Germany <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ulm/Neu-Ulm#Wikidata-Geburtstag>, and online, on October 24th - Wikidata Party in São Paulo, Brazil <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_port…>, and online, on October 24th: interactive presentations, activities and presents - Several Wikidata and Wikibase-related presentations at the Italian WikiCon <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ItWikiCon/2020/Programma/en>, on October 24-25, online - Wikidata+OSM talk in Malayalam <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Kerala/Events/Wikidata%2…>, online, on October 25th - Wikidata+Wikipedia+OpenStreetMap workshop in Rennes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Rennes>, France, on October 25th - WikiCite virtual conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite/2020_Virtual_conference>, online, on October 26-28, with several sessions and multiple speakers in English, German, Portuguese and French - Wikidata Education Week <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Wikidata_Education_W…>, online, on October 26-30 - Wikidata & Wikibase office hour <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours>, online, on October 27th: update from the development team and discussions - 24-hours online meetup <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/24-hours_meetup>, on October 28-29: an open discussion with plenty of community members facilitating exchange around the topic "what makes you enthusiastic about Wikidata" - Gene Wiki: how to synchronize and curate primary sources with and in Wikidata, online, on October 29th - Birthday celebration in Rennes, France <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Rennes>, on October 29th - Birthday Celebration in Accra, Ghana, and online, on October 29th For many of these events, you will be able to watch the content in replay afterwards, like for the WikidataLab videos that are available on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikidata_Labs_videos>. Congratulations to all events organizers! It's awesome to see that despite the difficult context and lack of onsite opportunities, plenty of people dedicated time and energy to organize birthday celebrations <3 As usual, you can also prepare a birthday present and add it to this page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Presents>, as well as birthday wishes. Cheers, -- Léa Lacroix Community Engagement Coordinator Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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Any way to get non-English descriptions in "wbsearchentities" API?
by Yaron Koren 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

Hi, When you call the "wbsearchentities" API, the main label and description returned for each item are always hardcoded in English. (Which is strange.) Thankfully, it also returns the label for each item in the specified language - here is an example: https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&language=fr&type… However, it doesn't seem like there's any way to get the *description* of each item in the specified language. Is there? -Yaron -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com

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Weekly Summary #438
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 19 Oct '20

19 Oct '20

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions - Other: Proposal to spin-off non-Earth coordinates from property P625 (coordinates location), currently only 7000 of 8 million values: see Property proposal/planetary coordinates <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/planetary_coordina…> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Upcoming: live SPARQL queries <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> on Twitch and in French by Vigneron, October 20 at 18:00 CEST - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: hands-on work with Wikidata on creating items for authors of COVID 19 papers and brainstorming for future hands-on work, 20 October. Agenda <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LicYD3PQAV7gs7zConkyEaC039J_kcjHT1SmmNX…> - Upcoming: Wikidata Lab XXV: Interoperabilidade e acesso aos dados <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eighth_Birthday/Wikidata_Lab_XXV>, in Portuguese by Ederporto <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ederporto> (Wiki Movimento Brasil <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Movimento_Brasil>) - October 22 17:00 UTC (14:00 BRT) - *WikiCite* 2020: Virtual Conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite/2020_Virtual_conference> happening 26-28 October 2020. Many live-stream sessions across several *languages* and *timezones*. LWyatt (WMF) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:LWyatt_(WMF)> (talk <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:LWyatt_(WMF)>) Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Tisane Labs announce new feature in Tisane API, allowing tagging and extraction of Wikidata entities: blog post <https://blog.tisane.ai/index.php/2020/10/14/tisane-labs-solutions-on-micros…> - Video: LIVE Wikidata editing at HACK4OPENGLAM <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxjjkCMC0aY> - YouTube - Video: Wikidata Lexeme BY Mahir256 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFG5yEZLfC8> - YouTube - Video: Introduction to Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVfenfa7Oz4> (in Swedish) - YouTube - Video: Introduction to SPARQL <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpJnMskNqgo> (in Swedish) - YouTube - Video: Bibliographic data on Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiVWXnFGhac> (in Swedish) - YouTube Tool of the week - Prepbio tool <https://magnustools.toolforge.org/prepbio.php?q=> uses Wikidata to create the beginnings of a Wikipedia stub biography article. (2020-10-19) Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: ritual object <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8706> - External identifiers: Scottish Brick History Brick & Tileworks ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8700>, Spotify playlist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8704>, Artist ID of the department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8705>, NBIC taxon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8707>, Danish educational institution number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8708>, CTAN package ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8709>, Dresden Street ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8710>, Emojipedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8711>, FIBA Hall of Fame ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8712>, Stadtwiki Dresden article <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8713> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: Unicode name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Unicode_name>, branch or affiliate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/branch_or_affiliate>, economy of topic <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/economy_of_topic>, checkin and checkout times (v.2) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/checkin_and_checko…>, maximum current <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/maximum_current>, Skipsrevyen ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Skipsrevyen_ID>, route operated <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/route_operated>, power plant unit <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/power_plant_unit>, annual average daily traffic <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/annual_average_dai…>, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Tasking Manager project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Humanitarian_OpenS…>, isotopically modified form of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/isotopically_modif…>, Numérisé par <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Num%C3%A9ris%C3%A9…> - External identifiers: Kramerius of Moravian Library UUID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kramerius_of_Morav…>, Hungarian Water Polo Federation player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hungarian_Water_Po…>, Irish Statute Book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Irish_Statute_Book…>, Mir@bel publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mir@bel_publisher_…>, CCFr library ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CCFr_library_ID>, Decorati onorificenze repubblica <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Decorati_onorifice…>, BHL name ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BHL_name_ID>, AWMDB person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AWMDB_person_ID>, AVN person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AVN_person_ID>, American Heritage ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/American_Heritage_…>, xHamster ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/xHamster_ID>, Great Places ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Great_Places_ID>, Famepedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Famepedia_ID>, Nachlässe in Austria <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nachl%C3%A4sse_in_…>, Archivio Storico Ricordi opera ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archivio_Storico_R…>, PAN member <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PAN_member>, DC Historic Sites ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DC_Historic_Sites_…>, Literary Encyclopedia (1929-1939) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Literary_Encyclope…>, Concise Literary Encyclopedia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Concise_Literary_E…>, aagm people ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/aagm_people_ID>, aagm sites ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/aagm_sites_ID>, Yandex Zen ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yandex_Zen_ID>, GeoGuessr ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GeoGuessr_ID>, Polski Słownik Judaistyczny ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polski_S%C5%82owni…>, SMB-digital ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SMB-digital_ID>, identifiant station Vélib' Métropole <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_statio…> - Query examples: - Gallery of 3D models of structures mapped in OpenStreetMap that are available under Creative Commons licenses at Wikimedia Commons <https://sophox.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20DISTINC…> - OSM/Wikidata query (sophox.org) - Item named after item named after item named after item named after item named after item <https://w.wiki/gvC> - UK parliament members' opposition posts, start dates and end dates where Wikidata has a Parliament ID for that member <https://w.wiki/hXn> (Source <https://twitter.com/philbgorman/status/1318102897448669184>) - Count of Irish Statutory Instruments, 1948-2020 <https://w.wiki/hRb> (Source <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1317995924132630528>) - Movie genre trends <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fdecade%20%3Fgenre%20%3FgenreLabel%2…> (Source <https://twitter.com/cdrini/status/1317515817790091272>) - Scientific papers explaining backward contact tracing <https://w.wiki/fAy> (Source <https://twitter.com/podehaye/status/1317452852684595200>) - List of sovereign states in en, fr, de, ru <https://w.wiki/gyB> ( Source <https://twitter.com/dpsSpiders/status/1316850740946755585>) - Locations depicted in paintings <https://w.wiki/hNQ> (Source <https://twitter.com/AlbinPCLarsson/status/1317745681277353984>) - The most commonly depicted locations <https://w.wiki/hQZ> (Source <https://twitter.com/AlbinPCLarsson/status/1317805515687251968>) Development - Blocked users trying to create new Items no longer make us skip QIDs ( phab:T232620 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232620>) - So far we don't have JSON dumps for Lexemes. We're working on regularly generating them as well now (phab:T264883 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T264883>) - Continuing work on getting the Query Builder to generate the first query. Almost there. - Started the feedback round for the REST API <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API_feedback_round>. Please provide your input if you are currently using the action API or plan to develop against Wikidata's API in the future. You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filt…>. Monthly Tasks - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. - Comment on property proposals: all open proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview> - Contribute to a Showcase item <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items> . - Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats> or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! - Help merge identical items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across Wikimedia projects. - Help write the next summary! <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next> -- Mohammed Sadat *Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase* Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de

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