*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*

Discussions

- New request for comments: Split identifier into KEGG Drug Identifier, KEGG Compound Identifier, etc? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P665 - Closed request for comments: Clarifying rights and responsibilities of Property Creators https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Clarifying_rights_and_responsibilities_of_Property_Creators

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

- Past: 26 November 2018: Adding your own stuff to Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/SWIB_2018. Workshop at SWIB18 http://swib.org/swib18/, Bonn, Germany - Past: 04 December 2018: Chancen und Risiken einer komplementären Nutzung von GND und Wikidata https://www.slideshare.net/jneubert/chancen-und-herausforderungen-einer-komplementren-nutzung-von-gnd-und-wikidata. Präsentation auf der GNDCon https://wiki.dnb.de/display/GNDCON2018/GNDCon+2018 in Frankfurt Main, Germany - Past: 11–12 December 2018 in Namburu, India: Wiki Advanced Training 2018 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/VVIT_Wiki_Advanced_Training_2018 (with special focus on Wikidata) by Asaf Bartov - Upcoming: 35th Chaos Communication Congress, December 27-30, Leipzig. There will be Wikidata staff and volunteers and Wikidata-related sessions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:35C3

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

- 6 "inside-out" activities librarians are doing http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/2018/12/6-inside-out-activities-librarians-are.html — numbers 4 and 5 involve Wikidata - From the "Annalen der Pharmacie" to the "European Journal of Organic Chemistry" https://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2018/12/from-annalen-der-pharmacie-to-european.html about using Wikidata for capturing (some of) the history of chemistry - Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons https://pro.europeana.eu/page/issue-10-innovation-agenda#structured-data-on-commons, by Sandra Fauconnier, in *EuropeanaTech 10 Insight Issue 10: Innovation Agenda* - Many faces of Wikibase: Lingua Libre makes languages audible https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/12/14/many-faces-of-wikibase-lingua-libre-makes-%CB%88laengw%C9%99%CA%A4%C9%99z-audible/, by Jens Ohlig (also available in German https://blog.wikimedia.de/2018/12/14/many-faces-of-wikibase-lingua-libre-macht-%cb%88%ca%83p%ca%81a%cb%90x%c9%99-hoerbar/ )

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- Call for contribution for the WikiWorkshop http://wikiworkshop.org/2019/, forum bringing together researchers exploring all aspects of the Wikimedia projects, held in May 2019 in San Francisco, is now open until January 31st - Research questionnaire https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_h3LPcPgM2V3W5tNdRdWjw3ayRUq73nD0HyhVz07SKwE0Hw/viewform?usp=sf_link about Wikidata as a learning platform by Shani Evenstein https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Esh77 as part of her PhD research. - Interactive map of the Sibthorp & Bauer Expedition http://glam-discovery.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/botany/, produced by the Bodleian Libraries, powered by Wikidata - Scholia's "missing" pages (example https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia/topic/Q12156/missing) now link to the new Author Disambiguator https://tools.wmflabs.org/author-disambiguator/?doit=Look+for+author&name=N%20Nakagawa tool, and a Listeria list https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData/Wikidata_lists/Famous_people_with_unidentified_co-authors is available to help prioritize co-author disambiguation for authors with sitelinks. - Draft of behavior norms policy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Behavior_norms, feel free to leave comments - Wikimedia hackathon in Prague: apply for a scholarship until January 4th https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019/Register_and_Attend - Discuss if you can edit your own item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Editing_your_own_item, and vote here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Autobiography#Final_version on the proposed policy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Autobiography.

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: real estate developer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6237, collection creator https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6241, digital representation of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6243, specific age inside fictional universe https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6249, catchphrase https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6251, subject lexeme https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6254, right ascension https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6257, declination https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6258, epoch https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6259, galactic longitude https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6260, galactic latitude https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6261 - External identifiers: ARLLFB member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6226, Flora of Wisconsin ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6227, RegiowikiAT identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6228, Discord Store game SKU https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6229, Bavarian protected area ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6230, BDEL ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6231, Danske Taler speaker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6232, Place Names Register ID (Estonia) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6233, Biographie nationale de Belgique ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6234, ARB person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6235, Monument aux morts ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6238, IEC commemorative monument of Catalonia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6239, MMLO https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6240, Meteorological Service of Canada climate site ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6242, Volksbund ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6244, PomBase systematic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6245, Paris Musées work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6246, LEGO design ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6247, LEGO element ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6248, iTunes music movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6250, BSRussia player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6252, Beachsoccer.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6253, SinemaTürk person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6255, SinemaTürk film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6256, Wikia article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6262, MinDat mineral ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6263, Harvard Index of Botanists ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6264, MinDat Locality ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6265 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Garzanti Linguistica https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Garzanti_Linguistica, Buried in this place https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Buried_in_this_place, specific rotation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/specific_rotation, Data interval https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Data_interval, Minimum wage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Minimum_wage, Danmarks svampeatlas ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danmarks_svampeatlas_ID, friend of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/friend_of, copyright representative https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/copyright_representative, rights statement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/rights_statement, co-director https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/co-director, Berliner Schutzgebiets-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Berliner_Schutzgebiets-ID, preparation instructions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/preparation_instructions - External identifiers: SVT Open archive https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SVT_Open_archive, Hymnary.org page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary.org_page, Anbytarforum https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anbytarforum, Multiplayer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Multiplayer_ID, Amazon Music artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amazon_Music_artist_ID, Parliament of South Africa ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parliament_of_South_Africa_ID, Objectif Gard topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Objectif_Gard_topic_ID, Epic Games Store ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Epic_Games_Store_ID, Hymnary author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary_author_ID, IPPDH ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IPPDH_ID, French Academy of Sciences member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/French_Academy_of_Sciences_member_ID, OTRS ticket number 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OTRS_ticket_number_2, MNopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MNopedia_ID, NCpedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NCpedia_ID, ICCD IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICCD_IDs, Weeds in Ontario ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Weeds_in_Ontario_ID, AllMusic performance ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AllMusic_performance_ID, bbcmicro.co.uk identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bbcmicro.co.uk_identifier, YSA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YSA_ID - Query examples: - (UK) Ambassador by country list https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_British_Politicians/ambassadors/ambassador_by_country_list - Listeria report which writes 240 by-country reports on UK Ambassadors - h/t NavinoEvans https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:NavinoEvans for the approach - Presidents of the United States ranked by the number of species named after them https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0A%23species%20named%20after%20US%20presidents%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fpres%20%3FpresLabel%20%3Fimage%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%20%3Fpres.%0A%20%20%3Fpres%20wdt%3AP39%20wd%3AQ11696.%0A%20%20%3Fpres%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1075288060793741312) - Communes of France whose name starts with "Saint" https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3Flabel%20%3Fcoord%20%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ142%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ484170.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FlabelWithLanguage.%0A%20%20FILTER%28CONTAINS%28LCASE%28STR%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%29%2C%20%22saint%22%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%0A%20%20BIND%28STR%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%20AS%20%3Flabel%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/GromNaN/status/1074668877387366405) - Italian toponyms with suffixes of Celtic origin (-ago, -ate, -asco) https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23Toponyms%20of%20Celtic%20origin%20in%20Italy%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3Flabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ38.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ747074.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FlabelWithLanguage.%0A%20%20BIND(STR(%3FlabelWithLanguage)%20AS%20%3Flabel)%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22it%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER(STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22ago%22)%20%7C%7C%20STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22ate%22)%20%7C%7C%20STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22asco%22))%0A%20%20FILTER((LANG(%3FlabelWithLanguage))%20%3D%20%22it%22)%20%0A%20%20BIND(%0A%20%20%20%20IF(STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22ago%22)%2C%20%22CC3333%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20IF(STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22ate%22)%2C%20%2233AACC%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20IF(STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22asco%22)%2C%20%22AA33CC%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%22%22)))%20AS%20%3Frgb).%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1074523595924074496) - List of ABBA songs in A major https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP826%20wd%3AQ277793%3B%20%23%20tonality%3A%20A%20major%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fwdt%20%5B%20wdt%3AP463%3F%20wd%3AQ18233%20%5D.%20%23%20linked%20via%20any%20property%20%28since%20I%20don%E2%80%99t%20know%20if%20it%20should%20be%20%E2%80%9Ccomposer%E2%80%9D%2C%20%E2%80%9Cperformer%E2%80%9D%20or%20something%20else%29%20to%20ABBA%20or%20one%20of%20its%20members%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1074839418182209536 ) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Wikidata:WikiProject Policies https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Policies - Newest database reports: Nicolas Cage filmography https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/Filmography/Nicolas_Cage - expanded list of Christmas films https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/lists/films_by_genre/Christmas_films

Development

- Test that the issue with blocked users will not happen anymore ( phab:T211120 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211120) - Finish up on showing Language and Language codes when editing glosses ( phab:T209931 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209931) - Work towards having QualityContraints on Beta (phab:T209957 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209957) - Work on tracking usage of Wikibase Lua Functions (phab:T191416 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191416) - Some more work on string length limits (phab:T154660 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154660) - Work on some Wikidata toolkit improvements (phab:T209399 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209399) - Fix some errors happening in production (phab:T208924 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208924) - More under-the-hood work for the termbox on mobile

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