Hey everyone :)

Here is your summary of what happened around Wikidata over the past week. Enjoy!

Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage

- Upcoming: OpenData.ch http://opendata.ch/projects/conference-2016/ - Upcoming: HackHPI http://www.hackhpi.org/ - Upcoming: ELAG https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:ELAG - Documentation of the outcomes of WikiCite https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2016#Outcomes - Wikidata showing chemical properties with references http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.de/2016/06/wikidata-showing-chemical-properties.html

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- SQID https://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid now also shows references for statements and received a whole bunch of other nice features https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-June/008831.html - wikidata-cli https://www.npmjs.com/package/wikidata-cli now has a wdsparql command to work with SPARQL from the command line - It seems we already have almost 0.4% of the current population of Finland on Wikidata. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-June/008860.html

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: exact match https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2888, reserve number (Canada) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2887, Shakeosphere person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2886, mains voltage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2884, HKMDb film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2883, relegated https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2882, promoted https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2881, NIOSHTIC-2 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2880 - Query examples: body of water with the most watercourses ending in it https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Bodies%20of%20water%20that%20most%20watercourses%20end%20in%20%28transitive%29.%0A%23%20For%20example%2C%20over%204000%20watercourses%20eventually%20flow%20into%20the%20Ob%2C%0A%23%20and%20since%20the%20Ob%20flows%20into%20the%20Kara%20Sea%2C%20the%20Kara%20Sea%20has%20over%204000%20results%20as%20well.%0ASELECT%20%3Fmouth%20%28COUNT%28%3Fwatercourse%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwatercourse%20wdt%3AP403%2B%20%3Fmouth.%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fmouth%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0ALIMIT%2010 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/737955626790322176), French communes with names ending in ac https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoord%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%09wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ484170%3B%0A%09%09%09%09wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ142%3B%0A%09%09%09%09rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemLabel%3B%0A%09%09%09%09wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%3B%0A%09FILTER%20%28lang%28%3FitemLabel%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29.%20%0A%09FILTER%20regex%20%28%3FitemLabel%2C%20%22ac%24%22%29.%0A%09FILTER%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ33788%20%7D%20%23%20excluding%20Koumac%2C%20New%20Caledonia...%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/737363280222638080), birthplaces of Europeana280 artists https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0APREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fcreator%20%3FplacebirthLabel%20%3Fgeoloc%20where%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ838948%20.%20%20%23%20%C5%93uvre%20d%E2%80%99art%20et%20ss-classe%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP608%20wd%3AQ20980830.%20%23%20du%20projet%20Europeana%20280%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20%3Fcreator.%20%23%20cr%C3%A9ateur%20%0A%09%3Fcreator%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplacebirth.%20%23%20lieu%20de%20naissance%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fplacebirth%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fgeoloc%20.%20%23coordonn%C3%A9es%20g%C3%A9o%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Ces%2Cen%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%0A (source https://twitter.com/Wittylama/status/737710539648999424), popular eye colors https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20%3FeyeColorLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fperson%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP1340%20%3FeyeColor.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3FeyeColorLabel (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/737739089039003648)

Development

- Fixed the bug where the language selector in Special:NewItem doesn't recognize certain languages (phabricator:T115792 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115792) - Fixed issues that prevented editing in Internet Explorer ( phabricator:T136543 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T136543) - Added new visualization to the query service to visualize graphs like family trees. It is now deployed yet but will come soon. https://twitter.com/JonasMKress/status/736533243445514242 - Worked on new visualization for the query service to visualize results with data on different dimensions https://twitter.com/JonasMKress/status/734698189778001920 - Improved build and deploy process for the query service. The site should load faster now. - Improved the formatting of dates and more in the query service. - More fixes to get ArticlePlaceholder ready for the second round of wikis - Worked on a fix for the issue where sometimes an old label is shown in the main header of an item (phabricator:T135714 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T135714)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. Monthly Tasks

- Hack on one of these https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/R8GRzX1eH0tb/#R. - Help develop the next summary here! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next - Contribute to a Showcase item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items - Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread pages in your own language! - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Anything to add? Please share! :)

Cheers Lydia