*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: Wikidata et Wiktionnaire <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_francophone/2019/Programme/Wikidata_et_Wiktionnaire_:_retour_sur_un_%C3%A9chec_annonc%C3%A9> session at the French-speaking WikiConvention by Pamputt <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pamputt> (slides <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_et_Wiktionnaire_-_retour_sur_un_%C3%A9chec_annonc%C3%A9_Wikiconvention2019.pdf> ) - Upcoming: WikidataWednesday in Vienna <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Vienna/WikidataWednesday>, September 18th - Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in Paris <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris>, September 20th - Upcoming: #4 Wikidata tea party/第4回 ウィキデータ茶話会 <https://www.facebook.com/events/2456357704647897/>, 20 Sep 2019 in Tokyo, Japan - Upcoming: Wikibase Workshop/ウィキベースワークショップ <https://peatix.com/event/1301388/>, 28 Sep 2019 in Tokyo, Japan Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Wikidata gets wordier <https://magazine.multilingual.com/previewissue/sept-oct-2019/wikidata-gets-wordier/>, by Christian Lieske and Felix Sasaki on Multilingual - *Non-Parametric Class Completeness Estimators for Collaborative Knowledge Graphs -- The Case of Wikidata <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.01109.pdf>* - Michael Luggen, , et al. Tool of the week - Hauki <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Vesihiisi/Hauki> lets you browse existing Lexemes, add Senses to them, and easily create new Lexemes for common languages and lexical categories. Other Noteworthy Stuff - мир (L99999) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L99999> (peace), мир (100000) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L100000> (world/earth) and L166666 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L166666> were created Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: cumulative elevation gain <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7297>, climbing route <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7309> - External identifiers: Lower Austrian Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7296>, Auckland Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7298>, MUBI film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7299>, MUBI person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7300>, Al-Jazeera topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7301>, Digital Giza ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7302>, Grammy Awards artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7303>, Highland Historic Environment Record ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7304>, Online PWN Encyclopedia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7305>, Downdetector ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7306>, TOP500 System ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7307>, National Wildlife Refuge Trails ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7308>, Maine Trail Finder ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7310> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: Masters Thesis <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Masters_Thesis>, OFLC classification (New Zealand) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OFLC_classification_(New_Zealand)>, worn by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/worn_by>, station type, interchange, status, first, last and so on <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/station_type,_interchange,_status,_first,_last_and_so_on>, front and backside <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/front_and_backside> - External identifiers: Archnet Site ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archnet_Site_ID>, Trail Finder ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trail_Finder_ID>, ExplorePaTrails ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ExplorePaTrails_ID>, code DANE <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_DANE>, ICD-11 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICD-11>, SMHI drainage basin ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SMHI_drainage_basin_ID>, Letteraturaitaliana.net author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Letteraturaitaliana.net_author_ID>, NMM artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMM_artist_ID>, Pathway Ontology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pathway_Ontology_ID>, Mixer game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mixer_game_ID>, Vudu video ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vudu_video_ID> - Query examples: - Number of times a Wikidata item for Carl von Linnaeus was created <https://w.wiki/8Tb> - Picture of species were the author(s) of the first scientific description is in WD and connected to Uppsala University Alvin database <https://w.wiki/8TM> - same query but where we miss a picture in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/8TQ> - Twins with different places of birth <https://w.wiki/8TX> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1172905478902505472>) - Places in Scottish local government areas <https://w.wiki/8TY> ( source <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1172506297985654784>) - Libraries in Austria <https://w.wiki/8Ta> (source <https://twitter.com/LibrErli/status/1171748646980902912>) - Schema examples: - space probe <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E119> - Tsunami <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E115> - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: Textile arts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Textile_arts>, Dark <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Dark> Development - Started working on two new projects: improving the resource loader module <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/4268> and tainted references <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/4242> - Wikidata Bridge: save the Wikidata edit when submitting (phab:T226999 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226999>) - Show the label for the Property instead of the id (phab:T227759 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227759>) - Warn user about blank edit summary on EntitySchema (phab:T230399 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230399>) 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> -- Léa Lacroix Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.