*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events

- Next Wikidata and Wikibase office hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours on July 28th at 16:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata Telegram group https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg - The next Wikibase live session https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2021.07.29 is at 16:00 UTC on Thursday 29th July 2021 (18:00 Berlin time). This month, we welcome Luca Mauri https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucamauri to give a presentation about installing Wikibase from scratch. - 2021 LD4 Conference on Linked Data in Libraries - Issues and Challenges in optimum utilization of Linked Data in Indian libraries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJUszx6l_Po - Tutorial: Introduction to the Wikidata lexicographical data project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmoSdoUcslY - Tutorial: Wikidata: Intro to the Basics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B59vEET-nEk - Tutorial: Writing Data to Wikidata Using Spreadsheets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZukSQB8fki8 - Wikibase: Free, Flexible and Collaborative Linked Data https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eujbI5wQfBU - Rune inscriptions in Wikidata / Wikibase; Sampo Model and Portal Series on the Semantic Web https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeDXzInR_mA - Wikidata In Classroom • Creating Linked Data from Books and Magazines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbR4ASe4lE - LD4 meeting: Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ludJFf06w94 - Introduction to Wikidata (in Indonesian) part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z2OwpnsUMQ, part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw-uuOvKYyU, part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS3lYlaEOHE - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls call: Andra Waagmeester on work with Shape Expressions in Wikidata to describe the genomics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus; [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/14wazqg7XJM3Asqq4kFcNHCVgBOGODRp0U8yFc-22WM8/edit?usp=sharing, July 27th. - COSCUP 2021 OpenStreetMap x Wikidata 2020.07.31-08.01 Online website https://coscup.org/2021/en/、Meta-wiki https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/COSCUP_2021 - Openstreetmap x Wikidata meetup 2021.08.09 Mozilla Community Space Taipei (Q61752245) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61752245

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

- Blogs - Typed Citations in the Journal of Cheminformatics https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-physicalsciences/2021/07/20/typed-citations-journal-of-cheminformatics/ - What happens in Wikibase when you make a new Item? https://addshore.com/2021/07/what-happens-in-wikibase-when-you-make-a-new-item/ - Discovering new comics with Wikidata’s powerful tools https://wikiedu.org/blog/2021/07/22/discovering-new-comics-with-wikidatas-powerful-tools/ - Two metadata directions. Metadata practice is evolving. I discuss two important trends here: entification and pluralization https://www.lorcandempsey.net/metadata-directions/ - Still mapping! https://mapio.cymru/en/2021/07/dal-i-fapio/ *"Our team has been working continuously on improving the number of Welsh place names that appear online since our inception in 2017 as partt of the Welsh Government’s Welsh Government #Cymraeg2050 project"..."we will also use Wikidata to store and share Welsh language information".* - Making the Camino de Santiago visible on Wikidata https://www.wikimedia.es/2021/07/22/camino-santiago-wikidata/

Tool of the week

- User:Nikki/LexemeInterwikiLinks.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/LexemeInterwikiLinks.js adds Wiktionary interwiki links in the sidebar on lexeme pages.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- Job opening: Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions is hiring software engineers and an engineering manager https://twitter.com/wikifunctions/status/1417536522752978946. - Job opening: Digital Channels Outreach Manager https://jobs.tepapa.govt.nz/jobtools/jncustomsearch.viewFullSingle?in_organid=17768&in_jnCounter=224745389 ("mentions contributing to Wikidata and Wikimedia platforms")

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: Wikimedia Incubator URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9748, symbol represents https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9758, bridge number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9759 - External identifiers: Adventure Corner video game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9747, FRB person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9749, Apple TV episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9750, Apple TV show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9751, FRB event ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9752, Wikidata language code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9753, Raakvlak inventory number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9754, Scenic Washington scenic drives and road trips ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9755, Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9756, Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9757, Enciclopedia del Cinema ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9760 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Plant life-form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Plant_life-form, cabinet https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cabinet, title of a church https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/title_of_a_church - External identifiers: VI.BE Platform ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VI.BE_Platform_ID, Smartify artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Smartify_artwork_ID, Women Also Know History ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_Also_Know_History_ID, IrishTheatre.ie Company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IrishTheatre.ie_Company_ID, BMC Id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BMC_Id, Joods Biografisch Woordenboek ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Joods_Biografisch_Woordenboek_ID, Online Begraafplaatsen cemetery ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Online_Begraafplaatsen_cemetery_ID, Rock Paper Shotgun game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rock_Paper_Shotgun_game_ID - Query examples: - List of all stage winners in the Tour de France with links to the list of stages won https://w.wiki/3gUY (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Tour_de_France) - Map of miniature parks https://w.wiki/3feT (Source https://twitter.com/geospacedman/status/1418145496481337344) - Map of open data portals https://w.wiki/Wnw(Source https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1418120931692666882) - Video games published before 1980, and their authors https://w.wiki/3fei (Source https://twitter.com/KarlXOblique/status/1418115195998715905) - Protected bridges over the Zadorra river basin https://w.wiki/3fAn (Source https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1417510382005018636) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: WikiProject Govdirectory https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory

Development

- Added a tags parameter to the wbmergeitems API so Item merges can now also get an edit tag (T286778 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T286778 ) - Mismatch Finder: Continued working on the store part. This week we focused on uploading a file with potential mismatches and the UI for getting a list of all uploaded mismatch files. - Addressing comments from the security review of the Query Builder so we can hopefully soon move it from the test system to its proper place under query.wikidata.org

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 - 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