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

- New request for comments: Changes in email property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Changes_in_email_property, Datatype of P667 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Datatype_of_P667 - Closed request for comments: Close-out of statements formerly using P794 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Close-out_of_statements_formerly_using_P794

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

- Plenty of Wikidata 6th birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sixth_Birthday events happen all around the world. You can check the Commons category https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikidata%27s_6th_birthday and the hashtag #WikidataBirthday on social networks. - Past: Wikimedia Technical Conference https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018, October 22-25

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

- WikibaseNYC conference explores the frontier of linked open data infrastructure https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/10/24/wikibasenyc-conference/ &report on the Wikibase workshop https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Wikidata_for_research/Meetups/2018-09-19-21-New-York that took place on September 19-21 in New Yor City - Now Wikidata is 6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2018-10-28/Special_report_2, by Charles Matthews

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- Proposal on on how to answer newcomers on help pages https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Community/How_to_work_with_newcomers_on_help_desk. Feel free to give feedback on the talk page. - Fork-Awesome https://forkawesome.github.io/Fork-Awesome now ships with a Wikidata icon https://forkawesome.github.io/Fork-Awesome/icon/wikidata/ - Presents from the community for the Wikidata 6th birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sixth_Birthday: - Banner for Wikidata birthday events https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata6thbday.png by KannanVM https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:KannanVM - Profiling Wikidata https://prowd-prototype.herokuapp.com/ ( announcement https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-September/012402.html, documentation https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g4RHaJyUCvS5ggpu7ViB5a1e4gk5k3_O/view ) - Birthday User Template for userpage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:User_Wikidata_birthday_2018 - List of Wikidata & GLAM usecases https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dT-pJmLm8DGjtwFuocLT9s4xGcpvvwhhg9-0RwcTkF4/edit, by Beat Eastermann - QuickStatements v2 now supports lexicographical data https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:PC#QuickStatements_v2_now_supports_lexicographical_data - DerDieDas http://auregann.fr/derdiedas/, a game to practice German articles based on lexicographical data, by Auregann https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Auregann - CSV to QuickStatements https://tools.wmflabs.org/ash-django/csv2qs/ now fully compatible with QuickStatements v2 - Possibility to query Lexemes in the Query Service https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-October/012545.html - Senses for lexicographical data https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-October/012552.html - Beta feature: suggestions based on constraints https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-October/012546.html - Dedicated Dashboard https://www.lehir.net/dedicated-dashboard-another-tool-to-improve-the-data-quality-in-wikidata/, another tool to improve the data quality in Wikidata, by Envlh https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Envlh - cookiecutter-toolforge https://github.com/lucaswerkmeister/cookiecutter-toolforge, a template to easily create tools, by Lucas Werkmeister https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister - WDFS https://gitlab.com/Nudin/wdfs: Mount Wikidata as a filesystem, by MichaelSchoenitzer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MichaelSchoenitzer - Wikidata Comparison Tool https://tulana.ga/

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: carbon footprint https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5991, attenuation coefficient https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5992, compressive modulus of elasticity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5993, recycling code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5994, kit supplier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5995, category for films in this language https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5996, stated in reference as https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5997, distributary https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5998, water footprint https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6000, applies to people https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6001, flexural strain at break https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6014, body pose or movement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6022 - External identifiers: APNI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5984, Literaturaren Zubitegia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5985, Getty Iconography Authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5986, Indiancine.ma film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5987, Deezer show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5988, Indiancine.ma person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5989, Movies Anywhere ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5990, Japan PlayStation Store ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5999, WikiArt ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6002, Center for Biological Diversity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6003, Brasiliana Iconográfica ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6004, Muck Rack journalist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6005, Museum Universe Data File ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6006, Salons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6007, Agoda hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6008, Techopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6009, Encyclopedia of Alabama ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6010, Internet Pinball Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6011, California Office of Historic Preservation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6012, Encyclopedia of Appalachia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6013, Handbook of Texas ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6015, Tennessee Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6016, CanalPlan AC place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6017, SeaLifeBase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6018, Species at Risk public registry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6019, d'Art d'Art ! ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6020, Hymenoptera Online taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6021 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: ENADE IGC continuous https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ENADE_IGC_continuous, INEP IGC discrete https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/INEP_IGC_discrete, Digital representation of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_representation_of, Container title https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Container_title, Systematic Catalog of Culicidae ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Systematic_Catalog_of_Culicidae_ID, Plant Parasites of Europe ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Plant_Parasites_of_Europe_ID, date of opening https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/date_of_opening, uses capitalization for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/uses_capitalization_for, phase https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/phase, Trainer von Sportmannschaft https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trainer_von_Sportmannschaft, research site https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/research_site - External identifiers: New York Times short URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/New_York_Times_short_URL, ECOS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ECOS_ID, IGF entrant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IGF_entrant_ID, Clé des langues ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cl%C3%A9_des_langues_ID, CMS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CMS_ID, Hypericum MySpecies ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hypericum_MySpecies_ID, ResearchGate author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ResearchGate_author_ID, Oiseaux.net ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oiseaux.net_ID, Missouri Botanical Garden ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Missouri_Botanical_Garden_ID, Steere Herbarium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Steere_Herbarium_ID, Wild Herps ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wild_Herps_ID, Sea Slug Forum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sea_Slug_Forum_ID, OSF Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OSF_Online_ID, MNHN ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MNHN_ID, Neotropical Birds ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Neotropical_Birds_ID, GRIN ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GRIN_ID, Birds of America ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Birds_of_America_ID, Echinoid Directory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Echinoid_Directory_ID, AFD ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AFD_ID, FEIS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FEIS_ID, New Zealand Birds Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/New_Zealand_Birds_Online_ID, BirdLife Australia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BirdLife_Australia_ID, NOAA Fisheries Species Directory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NOAA_Fisheries_Species_Directory_ID, Espèces Envahissantes Outre-mer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Esp%C3%A8ces_Envahissantes_Outre-mer_ID, AFAS author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AFAS_author_ID, Prosopomaths ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Prosopomaths_ID, ARD Mediathek ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ARD_Mediathek_ID, GT IBMA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GT_IBMA_ID, Mantodea Species File ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mantodea_Species_File_ID, Coreoidea Species File ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coreoidea_Species_File_ID, Cockroach Species File ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cockroach_Species_File_ID, Red List of South African Plants ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Red_List_of_South_African_Plants_ID, Biographie vosgienne ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographie_vosgienne_ID, Larousse ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Larousse_ID, MoEML ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MoEML_ID, Scoresway basketball person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scoresway_basketball_person_ID, Scoresway volleyball person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scoresway_volleyball_person_ID, Scoresway ice hockey person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scoresway_ice_hockey_person_ID, Scoresway rugby person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scoresway_rugby_person_ID, Scoresway baseball person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scoresway_baseball_person_ID, Polish Olympic Committee https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polish_Olympic_Committee, GameFAQs platform ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GameFAQs_platform_ID, DCMOTO identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DCMOTO_identifier, BirdLife International IBA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BirdLife_International_IBA_ID, British Museum bioID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Museum_bioID, Discogs composition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Discogs_composition_ID, Discogs track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Discogs_track_ID, NYC Building Identification Number (BIN) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NYC_Building_Identification_Number_(BIN), Cineuropa person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cineuropa_person_ID, RIA Novosti reference https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RIA_Novosti_reference, The Guardian article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Guardian_article_ID - Query examples: - Number of properties by datatype, with a (random) example property https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Ftype%20%28COUNT%28%3Fproperty%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fproperty%29%20AS%20%3Fexample%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Flabel%29%20AS%20%3FexampleLabel%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%0A%20%20%3Fproperty%20wikibase%3ApropertyType%20%3Ftype%20.%0A%20%20%3Fproperty%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Flabel%29%3D%22en%22%29%20.%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Ftype%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29 (source https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1056159632455024640) - Number of depicted subjects by gender https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20number%20of%20depicted%20subjects%20by%20gender%0A%23%20uncomment%20the%20last%20part%20of%20line%207%20to%20limit%20the%20query%20to%20human%20subjects%2C%0A%23%20and%20change%20%3Fdepicted%20to%20DISTINCT%20%3Fdepicted%20in%20line%205%20to%20only%20count%20each%20subject%20once%20regardless%20of%20how%20many%20works%20depict%20them%0ASELECT%20%3Fgender%20%3FgenderLabel%20%3Fcount%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fgender%20%28COUNT%28%3Fdepicted%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Fdepicted.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdepicted%20%23%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fgender%0A%7D%20AS%20%25results%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25results.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%21ISBLANK%28%3Fgender%29%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0A%23%20%28note%20that%20this%20query%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20group%20any%20genders%20together%20automatically%2C%20but%20when%20using%20this%20data%2C%0A%23%20you%20should%20probably%20do%20so%20manually%20%E2%80%93%20e.%E2%80%AFg.%20include%20transgender%20%3Cgender%3E%20in%20the%20numbers%20for%20%3Cgender%3E%2C%20in%20accordance%20with%20their%20%E2%80%9Csubclass%20of%E2%80%9D%20statements%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1055789916708356096 ) - People at Svensktöversättarlexikon missing a LIBRISXL authority record ordered by number of articles in Wikipedia https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3FLibrisXL%20(%3Farticle%20as%20%3FWikipedia)%20%3FSBL%20%3FTrans%20%3Fimg%20(count(%3Flinks)%20as%20%3Flinkcount)%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP5147%20%3FTransid.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP3217%20%3FSBLid%7D%0A%20%20BIND(URI(CONCAT(%22https%3A%2F%2Flitteraturbanken.se%2F%25C3%25B6vers%25C3%25A4ttarlexikon%2Fartiklar%2F%22%2C%3FTransid))%20AS%20%3FTrans)%0A%20%20BIND(URI(CONCAT(%22https%3A%2F%2Fsok.riksarkivet.se%2Fsbl%2FPresentation.aspx%3Fid%3D%22%2C%3FSBLid))%20AS%20%3FSBL)%0A%20%20minus%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP5587%20%3FLibrisid%7D%0A%20%20BIND(URI(CONCAT(%22https%3A%2F%2Flibris.kb.se%2Fkatalogisering%2Fsearch%2Flibris%3F_limit%3D100%26q%3D%22%2C%3FLibrisid))%20AS%20%3FLibrisXL)%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP569%20%3FbirthDate%7D%0A%20%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3FdiedDate%7D%0A%20%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%7D%0A%20%20%3Flinks%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22sv%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0Agroup%20by%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3FLibrisXL%20%3Farticle%20%3FSBL%20%3FTrans%20%3Fimg%0Aorder%20by%20desc(%3Flinkcount)%0A%0A (source https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1054646945938063361) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Wikidata:WikiProject Africa https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Africa, Wikidata:WikiProject Open Government Data https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Open_Government_Data - Newest database reports: indirect translation of lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data/Statistics/indirect_translations

Development

- Several developers and members of the team attended to the Wikimedia Technical Conference - Fix an issue with interwikilinks and connection between Wikidata and sister projects (phab:T208077 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208077, phab:T208124 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208124) - Refactor Wikibase so that it can use alternative termbox views ( phab:T206863 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206863) - Pass the entity data on the client side (phab:T207462 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207462) and server side ( phab:T207467 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207467) - Investigate an error on some Wikidata pages (phab:T208142 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208142)

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