Hey everyone :)

I wish you all a happy new year and hope it'll come with loads of Wikidata editing ;-)

Discussions

- New request for comments: Do we want automatic inverse property creation and if so, how should they happen? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Do_we_want_automatic_inverse_property_creation_and_if_so,_how_should_they_happen%3F

Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events

- Video of Lydia's keynote at GNDCon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTDqfb6gF_o

Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage

- Introduction to Wikidata as a platform and data source https://developer.ibm.com/articles/use-wikidata-in-ai-and-cognitive-applications-pt1/ - Europeana Innovation Agenda https://pro.europeana.eu/page/issue-10-innovation-agenda#structured-data-on-commons - The Hand-editor’s Tale http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=599 - mySociety 2018 report including their work on Wikidata https://2018.mysociety.org/ - Using WikiData API to get the sense of words https://medium.com/gowombat/using-wikidata-api-to-get-the-sense-of-words-4db597227e8c - The Evolution of Power and Standard Wikidata Editors: Comparing Editing Behavior over Time to Predict Lifespan and Volume of Edits https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10606-018-9344-y

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- In Pywikibot, you can now add a new statement with qualifiers and/or references in a single edit (phab:T112577 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112577, phab:T170432 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170432) - A couple of gran proposals under review need your input and endorsement https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications - There are now over 2 million Wikidata infoboxes on Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Uses_of_Wikidata_Infobox! - Happy New Year! (L40653) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L40653

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: bgm.tv character identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6296, ACB.com coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6297, bgm.tv person identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6298, PC-9801DB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6299, Hymnary author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6300, The Armory Show at 100 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6301, Dictionnaire de spiritualité ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6302, Swedish Anbytarforum https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6303, researchportal.helsinki.fi profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6304, Wikimedia OTRS ticket number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6305, AllMusic performance ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6306, Wikibase Registry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6307, Scoresway tennis person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6308, Historical RNA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6309, Muséosphère work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6310, pressball.by player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6311, premierliga.ru staff ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6312, premierliga.ru referee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6313, WorldFootball.net referee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6314, TheFinalBall referee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6315, TheFinalBall coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6316, RusTeam player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6317, CFU player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6318, AIC player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6319, AMFR player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6320, teams.by player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6321, vehicle identification number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6322, Centre Pompidou ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6323, INE ID (Portugal) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6324 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: agglomerative https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/agglomerative, urban population https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/urban_population, rural population https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/rural_population, Linear reference https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linear_reference, located in urban area https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/located_in_urban_area - External identifiers: SHARE-VDE author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SHARE-VDE_author_ID, Panorama de l'art ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Panorama_de_l%27art_ID, PCGamingWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PCGamingWiki_ID, MDWS place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MDWS_place_ID, JKT48 member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JKT48_member_ID, Uppsala General Catalogue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Uppsala_General_Catalogue_ID - Query examples: - Graph of student-master relationship of Christian Thielemann https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P1066&item=Q60813 #Neujahrskonzert (source https://twitter.com/Dorialexander/status/1080057680402759680) - Cricket teams in the world by number of players and their gender https://query.wikidata.org/#%23List%20of%20Cricket%20teams%2C%20founding%20year%20and%20players%20on%20Wikidata%0ASELECT%20%20%3Fteam%20%3FteamLabel%20%3FgenderLabel%20%28YEAR%28%3Finception%29%20as%20%3Ffounded%29%20%28count%28%3Fplayer%29%20as%20%3FplayerCount%29%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fplayer%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%20%23%20Player%20is%20a%20human%0A%20%20%3Fplayer%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ12299841.%20%23%20Player%27s%20occupation%20is%20a%20cricketer%0A%20%20%3Fplayer%20wdt%3AP54%20%3Fteam.%20%23%20Player%20is%20a%20member%20of%20a%20sporting%20team%0A%20%20%3Fplayer%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender.%20%23%20Get%20gender%20of%20the%20player%0A%20%20%7B%3Fteam%20wdt%3AP641%20wd%3AQ5375.%7D%20%23%20Sporting%20team%20plays%20cricket%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%3Fteam%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ17376093.%7D%20%23%20Sporting%20team%20is%20a%20cricket%20team%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%20%3Fteam%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Finception.%7D%20%23%20Get%20date%20of%20inception%20of%20the%20team%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fteam%20%3FteamLabel%20%3Finception%20%3Fgender%20%3FgenderLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Finception (source https://twitter.com/planemad/status/1073918749772865536) - Buildings designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0Aselect%20%3Fbuilding%20%3FbuildingLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%3Fbuilding%20wdt%3AP84%20wd%3AQ134165%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fbuilding%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20fr%2C%20de%2C%20pl%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1074067771611340800) - Species have been named after Donald Trump https://query.wikidata.org/#%23species%20named%20after%20Donald%20Trump%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FtaxonName%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP225%20%3FtaxonName.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ7432.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP138%20wd%3AQ22686.%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1075226950971490304) - Catchphrases https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%20%3Fcatchphrase%20%7B%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP6251%20%3Fcatchphrase%20.%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%20%7D (source https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1076076152891035648)

Development

- Not much happened this week because we took some time off over the holidays. Getting back to full speed again in the next days.

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/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority.

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 - Suggested and open tasks https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks ! - 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

Anything to add? Please share! :)

Cheers Lydia