*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions - Open request for adminship: Catherine Laurence <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Catherine_Laurence> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Past: Using Wikidata to Provide Visibility to Women in STEM <https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/20970> during Dublin Core 2019 - Upcoming: WikiCon <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCon_2019>, meeting of the German speaking Community from 4th to 6th of October 2019 in Wuppertal (Germany) - Upcoming: #5 Wikidata tea party/第5回 ウィキデータ茶話会 <https://www.facebook.com/events/975293739498295/>, 18 Oct 2019 in Tokyo, Japan - Upcoming: Wikidata Zurich Training <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich_Training2019> in Zurich <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72> on the weekend of November 2-3. There will be presentations and hands-on sessions on editing, querying and coding for Wikidata. - Upcoming: Wikidata Zurich Hackathon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich_Hackathon2019> in Zurich <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72> on the weekend of November 23-24. Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Scottish witches in <https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/map-of-scots-women-accused-of-witchcraft-published-for-first-time-1-5009814> the <https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/interactive-map-gives-fascinating-insight-into-witches-in-aberdeen-and-aberdeenshire/> press <https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/map-visualizes-scale-16th-and-17th-century-scottish-witch-hunts-180973226> and on TV <https://twitter.com/emcandre/status/1177372049884557313> - Some witchy history and a very smart woman in data science <https://ammienoot.com/brain-fluff/some-witchy-history-and-a-very-smart-woman-in-data-science/> - Spoken Conversational Search for General Knowledge <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.11980.pdf> - Lina Maria Rojas-Barahona, et al. - GeneDB and Wikidata <https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/4-114>, by Magnus Manske Tool of the week - This Recent changes tool <https://tools.wmflabs.org/pltools/rech/> allows to get a list of unpatrolled Wikidata changes with enhanced filters that are more adapted to Wikidata than the standard Recent Changes page. Available actions include mass patroling and easier revert interface. Other Noteworthy Stuff - The state library of Berlin is using Wikidata to display a map of pictures from their architecture journals: Berlin um 1900 - eine fotografische Zeitreise <https://digital.zlb.de/viewer/berlinfotos/> - Edit summaries coming from the wbeditentity API (for example from the mobile termbox) will be improved from October 2nd (announcement <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-September/013562.html>, ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220696>) - You can nominate your favourite Wikidata and Wikibase projects for the WikidataCon Award <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Program/WikidataCon_Award> until October 7th Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: regnal ordinal <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7338>, peer review URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7347> - External identifiers: GCF Reference <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7336>, Wi-Fi Certification ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7337>, Rivals.com ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7339>, sixpackfilmdata film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7340>, sixpackfilmdata person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7341>, Dirección General de Bibliotecas ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7342>, Elitefootball player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7343>, The Wind Power farm ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7344>, IGNrando' ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7345>, Fossiilid.info ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7346>, Kivid.info ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7348> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: bus <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bus>, mwnf <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mwnf>, Maximum number of playable characters <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maximum_number_of_playable_characters>, FIDAL team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FIDAL_team_ID>, candidate name string <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/candidate_name_string>, IP range start <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IP_range_start>, code (image) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_(image)>, name in hiero markup <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/name_in_hiero_markup>, disputed by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/disputed_by>, name (image) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/name_(image)>, style of karate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/style_of_karate> - External identifiers: NTS Radio artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NTS_Radio_artist_ID>, Gazetteer for Scotland ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gazetteer_for_Scotland_ID>, Gazetteer for Scotland person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gazetteer_for_Scotland_person_ID>, FootballFacts.ru team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FootballFacts.ru_team_ID>, FootballDatabase.eu team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FootballDatabase.eu_team_ID>, GENUKI ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GENUKI_ID>, DC Books author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DC_Books_author_ID>, LaPreferente.com player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LaPreferente.com_player_ID>, Ukrainian Premier League player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ukrainian_Premier_League_player_ID>, UEFA team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UEFA_team_ID>, UEFA coach ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UEFA_coach_ID>, Naver Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naver_Encyclopedia_ID>, FAIMER school ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FAIMER_school_ID>, China Martyrs ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/China_Martyrs_ID>, JournalBase ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JournalBase_ID>, PCEngine Catalog Project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PCEngine_Catalog_Project_ID>, PubPeer article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PubPeer_article_ID>, memoriademadrid publication ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/memoriademadrid_publication_ID>, doujinshi.org author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/doujinshi.org_author_ID>, Beatport label ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Beatport_label_ID>, Knesset Law Id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Knesset_Law_Id>, caves.4at.info ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/caves.4at.info_ID>, ADL Hate Symbols Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ADL_Hate_Symbols_Database_ID>, Amazon Music album ID 2 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amazon_Music_album_ID_2>, Qobuz album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qobuz_album_ID>, Plus Music album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Plus_Music_album_ID>, eska.pl release ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eska.pl_release_ID>, iHeartRadio album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iHeartRadio_album_ID>, Three Decks people ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Three_Decks_people_ID>, Diccionari de la Literatura Catalana ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Diccionari_de_la_Literatura_Catalana_ID>, Empik e-book or album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Empik_e-book_or_album_ID>, identificador GENavarra <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identificador_GENavarra>, Oricon News artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oricon_News_artist_ID>, Turkish Football Federation Match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkish_Football_Federation_Match_ID>, Turkish Football Federation Team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkish_Football_Federation_Team_ID>, Turkish Football Federation Referee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkish_Football_Federation_Referee_ID>, Turkish Football Federation Stadium ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkish_Football_Federation_Stadium_ID>, Fortuna liga player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fortuna_liga_player_ID> - Deleted properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion>: P5130 (island of location) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_deletions/Archive/2018/Properties/1#P5130> - Query examples: - Civil parishes of Scotland, revealed through their listed buildings <https://w.wiki/98F> (source <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1178500168313954304>) - Scottish civil parishes by county and present-day council area <https://w.wiki/98G> (source <https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1177720382683566080>) - Federated SPARQL query <https://tora.entryscape.net/snorql/?query=PREFIX+wd%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%0D%0APREFIX+wdt%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0D%0ASELECT+DISTINCT+%3Finstance+%3FTORA_label+%3FTORA_province_name+%3FwdLabel+%3FwdAdminLabel++%3FTORA_parishcode+%3FTORA_wd+%3FTORA_wd+%3FWD+%3FWDsame+%3Fitem+%3FWiki%0D%0AWHERE+%7B+%3Finstance+a+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fdata.riksarkivet.se%2Ftora%2Fschema%2FModernParish%3E.%0D%0A%3Finstance+skos%3AprefLabel+%3FTORA_label+.%0D%0AOPTIONAL+%7B%3Finstance+tora%3Aprovince_name+%3FTORA_province_name%7D%0D%0A%3Finstance+tora%3Aparishcode+%3FTORA_parishcode+.%0D%0A%3Finstance++rdfs%3AseeAlso+%3FTORA_wduri+.%0D%0ABIND+%28REPLACE%28str%28%3FTORA_wduri%29%2C%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2F%22%2C%22%22%29+AS+%3FTORA_wd%29.%0D%0ABIND+%28REPLACE%28str%28%3Fitem%29%2C%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%22%2C%22%22%29+AS+%3FWD%29.%0D%0A++BIND%28%0D%0A+++IF%28%3FWD+%3D+%3FTORA_wd%2C+%22Y%22%2C++%22N%22%29%0D%0A++++AS+%3FWDsame%29.%0D%0ASERVICE+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql%3E+%7B+%0D%0A++++%3Fitem+wdt%3AP31+wd%3AQ1523821%3B+wdt%3AP777+%3FTORA_parishcode+.+%0D%0A%09OPTIONAL+%7B%0D%0A%09%09%3Fitem+rdfs%3Alabel+%3FwdLabel.%0D%0A%09%09FILTER%28LANG%28%3FwdLabel%29+%3D+%22sv%22%29.%0D%0A%09%7D%0D%0A+++++++OPTIONAL+%7B+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++%3Fitem+wdt%3AP131+%3FWDAdmin.%0D%0A+++++++++++++++%3FWDAdmin+wdt%3AP31+wd%3AQ193556.%0D%0A%09%09%3FWDAdmin+rdfs%3Alabel+%3FwdAdminLabel.%0D%0A%09%09FILTER%28LANG%28%3FwdAdminLabel%29+%3D+%22sv%22%29.%0D%0A%09%7D%0D%0A%7D%0D%0AFILTER+%28%28+STRSTARTS%28str%28%3FTORA_wduri%29%2C+%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2F%22%29%29+%26%26+%3FWDsame+%3D+%22N%22+%29%0D%0A%7D+order+by++%3FTORA_label> from the Swedish National Archive TORA project to Wikidata - Librairies in Africa <https://w.wiki/98L> (source <https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1177571656103055362>) - Most recently dissolved enterprises that were over 200 years old <https://w.wiki/98P> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1176999379112255493>) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: Red pandas <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Red_pandas> Development - More work done on removing some resource loader modules in order to speed up the load of pages - Wikidata Bridge: add an edit tag parameter when saving (phab:T227003 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227003>) - Adapt buttons' texts to UI language (phab:T228259 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228259>) - research regarding permissions/protection (phab:T231209 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T231209>) - More preparation work for improving references 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.