*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 - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group call November 1, 2022: Egon Willighagen (User:Egonw https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Egonw) on SARS-CoV-2 queries, a a well-documented series of Wikidata queries around the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the pandemic. This work contributes to Wikidata:Wikiproject COVID-19 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiproject_COVID-19 and documentation is currently available in Japanese, Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese. Agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/16sbQyqaYluG3x9OK_TFKXxULHuKareudZzSNzoE1Mfg/edit?usp=sharing . - Past - Wikidata's 10th birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday: see the list of events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday#Events_calendar (some of them are taking place in November), the presents and birthday messages https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tenth_Birthday/Presents, and the Commons category with photos and videos of the events https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikidata%27s_10th_birthday_videos - Some additional materials have been made available from the Wikimedia session https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2022/session-list/#int19%20the%20role%20of%20the%20wikimedia%20ecosystem%20in%20linking%20biodiversity%20data at the Biodiversity Information Standards annual conference (TDWG 2022 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111972123) that took place from 17-21 October in Sofia, Bulgaria, and online: - Transforming Closed Silos into Shared Resources: Opening up data on historical collection agents affiliated with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin https://doi.org/10.7479/xayt-p335 - Community Data Mobilization in Wikidata: A paleontology perspective https://paleo-data.github.io/outreach - Connecting IndExs Editors and exsiccata IDs with Wikidata for Disambiguation of People Names and Work in Botanical and Mycological Collections https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7251862

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

- Blogs - Make Wikidata also Colorful: Using Media in Wikidata https://observablehq.com/@johnsamuelwrites/make-wikidata-also-colorful by Jsamwrites https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jsamwrites - Interview of Lydia Pintscher for Wikidata's 10th birthday (English https://blog.wikimedia.de/2022/10/27/wikidata-birthday-interview/ and German https://blog.wikimedia.de/2022/10/27/wikidata-geburtstag-interview/) - Videos - Wikidata's 10th birthday collaborative video (Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQOUMJQY-GM&ab_channel=wikimediaDE, Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata%27s_10th_birthday_collaborative_video.webm ) - Livestream with Jan Ainali, Abbe98, Denny Vrandečić and Sandra Fauconnier for Wikidata's birthday (Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sc8BH8NjI&ab_channel=WikipediaWeekly ) - Threads - History of Wikidata https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/1586266909355388929?t=XHohPAHmd7oUEL-4oH4hUw&s=19 by Denny Vrandečić - 10 ways you can contribute to Wikidata https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1584123183250096129 - 10 WikiProjects you should join https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1585244659911380992 - 10 tools and helpers to help you around Wikidata https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1582751186460897280 - 10 websites and apps built on top of Wikidata https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1579496646718943233 - 10 queries that teach you something about the world https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1580864600756539394 - 10 things you didn't know about Wikidata https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1581926903966879746

🧰 Tool of the week

- sparklis http://www.irisa.fr/LIS/ferre/sparklis/osparklis.html?endpoint=https%3A//query.wikidata.org/sparql&wikidata_mode=true&class_hierarchy=false&property_hierarchy=false&intentional_init_concepts=false&nary_relations=true&entity_lexicon_select=http%3A//www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema%23label&entity_lexicon_lang=en&concept_lexicons_select=http%3A//www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema%23label&concept_lexicons_lang=en (source https://github.com/sebferre/sparklis) : query builder in natural language that allows people to explore and query SPARQL endpoints with all the power of SPARQL and without any knowledge of SPARQL, nor of the endpoint vocabulary.

✨ Other Noteworthy Stuff

- Word Finder https://piecesofuk.neocities.org/Linguistics/Word_Finder/ is a tool based on Wikidata Lexemes that solves anagrams and find missing letters in crosswords.

🤔 Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: embargoed until https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11140 - External identifiers: HomeComputer Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11122, Förvaltningshistorisk Ordbok ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11123, Basic Korean Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11124, Standard Korean Language Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11125, Rowing Australia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11126, MEXT school code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11127, SA Parliament member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11128, C64-Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11129, Merriam-Webster online dictionary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11130, Undiscovered Scotland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11131, Mod DB engine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11132, Nouvelle-Aquitaine Inventory identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11133, CCB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11134, Project Identification Code (Dams) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11135, shortened URL formatter https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11136, Reddit topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11137, Sõnaveeb lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11138, Ma Dada organisation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11139, Asian Tour player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11141, WikiProjectMed ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11143, Chrome Platform Status feature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11144 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: about https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/about, Rotational speed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rotational_speed , NIP https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NIP, Imagem da platibanda https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Imagem_da_platibanda , tiratge https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tiratge, Dictionary.com entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary.com_entry , software feature https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/software_feature , Base Units https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Base_Units , processes to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/processes_to , build system https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/build_system , one of class https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/one_of_class , Mac OS creator code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mac_OS_creator_code - External identifiers: Mines ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mines_ID, Listal.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Listal.com_ID , identifiant web Léonore https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_web_L%C3%A9onore , FDIC Certificate ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FDIC_Certificate_ID , NCUA Charter ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NCUA_Charter_ID , AUTC heritage object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AUTC_heritage_object_ID , Famous Birthdays ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Famous_Birthdays_ID , RISM siglum https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RISM_siglum , Cinemaazi ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cinemaazi_ID , Hypothèses notebook ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hypoth%C3%A8ses_notebook_ID , SMA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SMA_ID, KBR Catalogue ID for writers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KBR_Catalogue_ID_for_writers , Aathavanitli Gani song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aathavanitli_Gani_song_ID , Aathavanitli Gani film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aathavanitli_Gani_film_ID , Identificador Musicsperlacobla de sardana https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identificador_Musicsperlacobla_de_sardana , Identificador musicsperlacobla de compositor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identificador_musicsperlacobla_de_compositor , Identificador boig sardanista de sardana https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identificador_boig_sardanista_de_sardana , travelweekly hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/travelweekly_hotel_ID , Cordial Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cordial_Dictionary_ID , Universal Spectrum Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Universal_Spectrum_Identifier , Cinemaazi people ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cinemaazi_people_ID - Query examples: - Collaborative map of events taking place for Wikidata's 10th birthday https://w.wiki/5tm7 - Birth year of winning candidate of the last eight U.S. presidential elections https://w.wiki/5tkv (source https://twitter.com/aureliengeron/status/1586541423997771776) - Number of music albums by language in descending order https://w.wiki/5tky (source https://twitter.com/ErnestMM95/status/1585925059004465152) - French préfets with their signature on Commons https://w.wiki/5tkz (source https://twitter.com/daieuxdailleurs/status/1585903780536909825) - Graph of filmi music composers https://w.wiki/5tm3 (source https://twitter.com/smjalageri/status/1585754402732003329) - Map of the highest points of Spain provinces https://w.wiki/5tm5 ( source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1585734970504617984) - Twitter usernames and associated mastodon adresses https://w.wiki/5tmg

🧑🏿‍💻 Development

- Sitelinks to Redirects are now available on Wikidata https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/JDFSOGTY5P7ZGRFIQOXY5ZMU6T3B2KGA/ - Lexicographical data: We are replacing the existing Special:NewLexeme page with the new one (phab:T307866 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T307866) - Mismatch Finder https://mismatch-finder.toolforge.org/: Working on improving the handling of calendar models and precision in dates ( phab:T288511 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T288511) - REST API: Continued working on better error handling for PATCH routes ( phab:T320358 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T320358)

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