*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

- Upcoming: July 3rd: UGent Wikidata and Wikibase Workshop 2019 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/UGent_Wikidata_and_Wikibase_Workshop_2019#Programme - Upcoming: OSM TW x Wikidata TW Meetup, June 3rd, Taipei, Taiwan - Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/419053822210609 - Upcoming: Wikidata Lab XVII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XVII in São Paulo, Brazil, July 11th - Upcoming: Inventaire & OpenData Week 2019 https://wiki.inventaire.io/wiki/Inventaire-OpenData-Week-2019 in Wurzen, Germany, July 18th-25th - State of the Map 2019 https://2019.stateofthemap.org/: early bird tickets are available until July 7th. The program will include a Wikidata workshop https://2019.stateofthemap.org/program/

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

- Placing EveryPolitician on hold https://www.mysociety.org/2019/06/26/placing-everypolitician-on-hold/ by MySociety ("it's clear that Wikidata should be the natural global home for this type of data") - Celebrity Profiling https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b637/63015ff6659fb755a4a3ec72bb0353cf7300.pdf?_ga=2.6261939.140871088.1561579037-708203100.1559741642 by Matti Wiegmann et al., - Published in ArXiv: - DocRED: A Large-Scale Document-Level Relation Extraction Dataset https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.06127.pdf by Yuan Yao et al. - ConTrOn: Continuously Trained Ontology based on Technical Data Sheets and Wikidata https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.06752.pdf by Kobkaew Opasjumruskit et al. - Wikidata as opportunity for special collections: the 20th Century Press Archives use case https://www.slideshare.net/jneubert/wikidata-as-opportunity-for-special-collections-the-20th-century-press-archives-use-case. Presentation at LIBER 2019 (LOD working group of the Association of European Research Libraries), by Joachim Neubert https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jneubert

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- The Wikibase community Telegram group has been recreated, here's the invitation link https://t.me/joinchat/HGjGexZ9NE7BwpXzMsoDLA

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: LilyPond notation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6883, target muscle https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6884, historical region https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6885, writing language https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6886, match interval https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6887, microarchitecture https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6889, literacy rate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6897, era name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6902, seconded by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6938, moved by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6939 - External identifiers: MELPA package ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6888, Nchdb asset ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6890, National Film Board of Canada director identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6891, Fundamental.org Baptist Church ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6892, Offizielle Deutsche Charts artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6893, Beatport artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6894, Bangladesh administrative division code (2017-) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6895, Djshop artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6896, NeoGeoSoft ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6898, New York City Neighborhood Tabulation area ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6899, NicoNicoPedia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6900, NooSFere edition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6901, ArtBrokerage artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6903, ATRF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6904, Bebo profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6905, National Library of Aruba ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6906, BVLarramendi ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6907, Cameo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6908, Charts in France artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6909, CIN ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6910, Dutch Charts artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6911, Equipboard artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6912, Facebook Gaming game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6913, Gaana.com artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6914, Gambay ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6915, Heritage Gazetteer of Cyprus https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6916, Historical Archives of the European Union ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6917, hitparade.ch artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6918, Indian gallantry awardee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6919, Juno Download artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6920, MangaSeek person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6921, Metro topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6922, Moov artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6923, Murfie artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6924, Musicalics composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6925, Nederlandse Top 40 artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6926, NME artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6927, PCE Daisakusen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6928, CUT code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6929, Pro Football Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6930, Repology project name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6931, Rogerebert.com film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6932, SA Flora ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6933, Syriac Biographical Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6934, The DJ List artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6935, Who's Who of American Comic Books ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6936, SNBP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6937 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: double major https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/double_major, Poster https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Poster, Throwing handedness https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Throwing_handedness, Batting handedness https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Batting_handedness, Institut-ID in der Unternehmensdatenbank der BaFin https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Institut-ID_in_der_Unternehmensdatenbank_der_BaFin, Wolfram Language unit code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wolfram_Language_unit_code, National Transportation Safety Board report https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Transportation_Safety_Board_report, enemy of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/enemy_of, PHI Latin Texts author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PHI_Latin_Texts_author_ID, default description for instances https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/default_description_for_instances - External identifiers: ACNP journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACNP_journal_ID, Personnel de l'administration préfectorale ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Personnel_de_l%27administration_pr%C3%A9fectorale_ID, Bursa Malaysia stock code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bursa_Malaysia_stock_code, etrain.info station ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/etrain.info_station_ID, Rupa Publications author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rupa_Publications_author_ID, Pro Kabaddi League player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pro_Kabaddi_League_player_ID, OYO Hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OYO_Hotel_ID, Anime Characters Database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anime_Characters_Database, IMFDB work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IMFDB_work_ID, Australian Faunal Directory publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Faunal_Directory_publication_ID, Ident.Nr. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ident.Nr., Sverigetopplistan artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sverigetopplistan_artist_ID, Musiikkituottajat artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Musiikkituottajat_artist_ID, Radio Courtoisie show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Radio_Courtoisie_show_ID, Biyografya ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biyografya_ID - Query examples: - Nouns without grammatical gender in a chosen language https://w.wiki/5VP (source https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1144863672336039936) - Current UK Members of Parliament ranked by number of Wikimedia sitelinks https://w.wiki/5VR (source https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1144722074386280453) - Architectural drawings depicting cathedrals in France https://w.wiki/5VS (source https://twitter.com/daieuxdailleurs/status/1144604075004256256) - Music bands named after Tolkien's universe, by genre https://w.wiki/5VT (source https://twitter.com/sukkoria/status/1142149043398893569) - Newest database reports: education by country https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Education/education_by_country_or_region

Development

- More work on preparing the technical setup for Wikidata Bridge https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/4074 development - Implement Feature Flag for Wikidata Bridge (phab:T225935 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225935) - Discuss the best way to connect template parameter to corresponding Wikidata property (phab:T224832 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224832) - Improve the documentation for Wikibase sites setup (phab:T218282 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218282) - Prepare the last steps for reading from new term store implementation ( phab:T225603 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225603) according to the migration plan (phab:T221765 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221765) - Fixed a bug and reduced significantly the amount of addUsagesForPage jobs in our jobs queue (phab:T205045 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T205045) - Removed feature flag for the bugfix for wbeditentity setting aliases to empty array (phab:T223305 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223305) - Decreased EntityUsageTable addUsage batch size to 100 (phab:T225500 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225500) - Configured query service lag for Wikidata maxlag (phab:T222193 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222193) - Helped fixing an issue with moving files on Commons (phab:T226672 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226672)

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