*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

- Past: Remote Wikimedia Hackathon https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020/Remote_Hackathon, May 9-10 (see the showcase replay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E19-sDvjXD8 and the description of projects https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wmhackshowcase2020). Several Wikidata-related sessions took place: - Working on Wikidata Lexeme Forms tool by Lucas Werkmeister: Part 1 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615768147, Part 2 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/616026827 - Wikidata: Figure skating workflow, starting from scratch (installing and configuring everything on a new computer) by Harmonia Amanda: Part 1 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615903450, Part 2 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615927776, Part 3 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615974489 - Past: Wikidata local school gathering was organised by Wikidata Taiwan. Link to Event page https://web.facebook.com/events/1532825603551114/ and dashboard https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikidata_Taiwan/Wikidata_%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E5%AD%B8%E5%B0%88%E9%A1%8C%E7%AC%AC%E5%9B%9B%E6%AC%A1%E5%B0%8F%E8%81%9A_%E9%A4%A8%E9%80%A3%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E5%A0%B4_(20200509)/home - Upcoming: Live SPARQL queries session in French about Lexemes https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/SPARQLFR by Vigneron, May 12th at 20:00 CEST - Upcoming: Live Wikidata editing about video games by JeanFred https://twitter.com/JeanFred/status/1258365590005309440, May 13th at 19:30 CEST

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

- Webinar introducing Wikidata and adding wikidata=* tags into OpenStreetMap objects for OpenStreetMap contributors in the Philippines (in English and Tagalog): YouTube https://youtube.com/watch?v=JhjBebDnwGY - Wikidata Course at TAU: Hosting Mark Graham from the Internet Archive - Part 1 - Meet the Archive: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfpDu7EsXcw - Part 2 - The IA & Wikimedia: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6gGYIJQh6k - Wikidata Course at TAU: Hosting Lydia Pintscher from Wikimedia Deutschland - Part 1 - Wikidata - current state: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obWNv4iBImQ - Part 2 - Wikibase & Lexemes: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=300gde9Hcto - Part 3 - Shape Expressions & Schemas: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXva9u3V0lc - How to create external identifiers on Wikidata (in Italian): YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLDY056tPhk - Open Data and Wikidata training (in Mandarin Chinese): YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSBkMhOy8Vc - Bandaid: using Wikidata to generate band names https://www.textjuicer.com/2020/05/bandaid-a-band-name-generator/

Tool of the week

- WikidataExtract http://wikishape.weso.es/wikidataExtract extracts schemas (shape expressions) from Wikidata entities

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- Wikidata:WikiProject Authority control/VIAF linking to multiple items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Authority_control/VIAF_linking_to_multiple_items has been created: most of the items listed probably need merging - have a look! - New tool: universal almanac based on Wikidata http://vintagedata.org/almanac/query.php by Alexander Doria https://twitter.com/Dorialexander/status/1257333182871015424 - A proposal for a new Wikiproject Wikilambda https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilambda that allows creating multilingual content in Wikidata that can be used in all Wikipedias. Signatures of support are needed and discussion and questions are welcomed! - V1 of Wikidata Bridge is almost ready to be tested on Catalan Wikipedia https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Vlrzy9sw6ownhafs

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: general property-based URL formatter https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8183, hardiness of plant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8193, hardiness zone https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8194, ex-libris https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8195, voting system https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8196, supported metadata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8203, tabular case data https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8204, Gazette of India notification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8206 - External identifiers: motorsportstats.com team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8178, Canadiana NCF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8179, Indian Railways train number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8180, SNCF Station Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8181, South African Company Registration Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8182, DART-Europe thesis ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8184, DoME exhibition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8185, DPE school code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8186, Epistemonikos ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8187, Lexikon der Filmbegriffe ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8188, National Library of Israel J9U ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8189, UK Modern House Index architect ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8190, UK Modern House Index building ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8191, Joconde technique ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8192, PragerU presenter ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8197, regional government of Sicily ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8198, Anagrafe Istituti Culturali Ecclesiastici ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8199, BeWeb cultural institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8200, ACUM work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8201, Reta Vortaro ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8202, Mozilla Developer Network article https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8205 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: social media followers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/social_media_followers, Gobbledygook https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gobbledygook, forearm length https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/forearm_length, number of stepchildren https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_stepchildren, number of adopted children https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_adopted_children, CV https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CV, axe https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/axe, banned in https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/banned_in - External identifiers: NMMA built heritage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMMA_built_heritage_ID, NMMA antiquities ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMMA_antiquities_ID, Super Mario Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Super_Mario_Wiki_ID, Philadelphia Museum of Art person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art_person_ID, Archaeology in Greece Online place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archaeology_in_Greece_Online_place_ID, iDAI.gazetteer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iDAI.gazetteer_ID, iDAI.chronontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iDAI.chronontology_ID, identifiant SILL d'un logiciel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_SILL_d%27un_logiciel, Lower Austrian Castle ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lower_Austrian_Castle_ID, Naturdenkmal-ID Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naturdenkmal-ID_Landkreis_Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Bookogs credit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bookogs_credit_ID, Bookogs work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bookogs_work_ID, Bookogs book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bookogs_book_ID, GMC membership number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GMC_membership_number, Bibliography of the History of Slovakia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bibliography_of_the_History_of_Slovakia_ID, LombardiaBeniCulturali author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LombardiaBeniCulturali_author_ID, Augustins de l'Assomption ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Augustins_de_l%27Assomption_ID, ASUT ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASUT_ID, Niden INE https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Niden_INE - Query examples: - Films claimed to pass the Bechdel test with less than 2 female cast members in Wikidata https://w.wiki/QLx - African-American librarians in Wikidata that don't have Wikipedia articles https://w.wiki/AXU (Source https://twitter.com/violetbfox/status/1259515391493181449) - Magicians with known precise birth date https://w.wiki/QWi (Source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1259468993699643392) - Sheffield Shield cricket players and the number of states they have played in https://w.wiki/QRm (Source https://twitter.com/FreoPope/status/1259462397456080902) - Number of Twitter followers of scientists at Dutch universities https://w.wiki/HFY (Source https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1259411749142507520) - Former United Kingdom Parliament MP's still living (by first election) https://w.wiki/QP7 (Source https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1259206450590691328) - Number of paintings in National Gallery with artist and gender https://w.wiki/QLR (Source https://twitter.com/janedarnell/status/1259030507838476288) - Nearby table tennis tables to public spaces for the Wiki Explorer Android application https://w.wiki/Q3p (Source https://twitter.com/Jokrates/status/1257940691931533312) - Map of Ramsar sites in France https://w.wiki/PzE (Source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1257736872891121665) - Highest software version numbers recorded on Wikidata https://w.wiki/QXK (Source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1257385647490379781) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Speed skating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Speed_skating, Witches https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Witches

Development

- Display statements with federated properties (phab:T246606 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246606) - Federated properties: fix a bug that caused some properties to not appear in search results (phab:T252024 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252024) - Wikidata Bridge: more work on error messages - Prevent Wikibase schema updaters to modify database directly ( phab:T249598 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249598) - Write a technical RFC about site-wide edit rate limiting (phab:T247459 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247459) - Fix an issue on Wikibase: property names are missing when rendering ( phab:T247196 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247196) - More work on automated references https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/4760/query/all/

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