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

- Closed request for adminship: Fralambert https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Fralambert, Kostas20142 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Kostas20142, welcome on board! - New request for comments: Restrictions on making items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Restrictions_on_making_items

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

- WikiGap Challenge https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Challenge, online editing challenge to improve the coverage of women on Wikipedia and Wikidata, from March 8th to April 8th

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

- *Knowledge Graphs on the Web -- an Overview https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.00719.pdf* - Nicolas Heist, et al. - Some issues with this paper's reporting of Wikidata are identified in this Twitter thread https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1235261045998002177 - The List Revolution: Creating dynamic lists using linked data https://space.wmflabs.org/2020/03/04/lists-in-the-wikimedia-movement-part-3-the-list-revolution-creating-dynamic-lists-using-linked-data/, by Alex Stinson

Tool of the week

- wikibase-cli https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli (Q87194660 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87194660) now (>= v9.2.0) has a batch mode https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/blob/master/docs/write_operations.md#batch-mode, and EditGroups support https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/blob/master/docs/write_operations.md#edit-group (auto-activated for batch edits targeting Wikidata): ready to make some mass edit, and open for feedback https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/issues!

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- The WikidataCon 2019 grant report https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Wikidata_Con_2019/Report has been published - EqualStreetNames.Brussels https://equalstreetnames.brussels/ shows streets in Brussels named after men and women, visualized with data from OpenStreetMap and Wikidata

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: The Washington Post contributor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7943, DoME artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7944, ArchiWebture ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7945, Museu de Memes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7946, WeChangEd ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7947, GreatSchools ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7948, Czech War Graves Register https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7949, Marvel Comics creators ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7950, DC Comics talent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7951, The First Amendment Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7952, Indiegogo project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7953, RealGM basketball coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7954, Global Music Rights work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7955, SESAC work number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7956, Directory of Maîtres d'art https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7957, Chicago Landmarks ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7958 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: SIUSA archive conservator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SIUSA_archive_conservator_ID, ToposText IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ToposText_IDs, content partnership category https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/content_partnership_category, eligible award recipient https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eligible_award_recipient, NetBSD package https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NetBSD_package, OpenBSD port https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenBSD_port, Number of recoveries https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_recoveries, footedness https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/footedness, HTML autocomplete attribute https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HTML_autocomplete_attribute, SoloTutes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SoloTutes, see talk page discussion at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/see_talk_page_discussion_at - External identifiers: BC Register of Historic Places ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BC_Register_of_Historic_Places_ID, Encyclopédie sur le développement des jeunes enfants ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclop%C3%A9die_sur_le_d%C3%A9veloppement_des_jeunes_enfants_ID, RFI Musique ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RFI_Musique_ID, Moravian Lives https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moravian_Lives, EL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EL, Dictionnaire des femmes de l’ancienne France ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_des_femmes_de_l%E2%80%99ancienne_France_ID, Google Scholar case ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Scholar_case_ID, TaDiRAH ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TaDiRAH_ID, Movie Review Query Engine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Movie_Review_Query_Engine_ID, SkiMo Stats ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SkiMo_Stats_ID - Query examples: - Subjects and panelists of the BBC radio programme *In Our Time* https://w.wiki/JzU (source https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1236720206485114882) - People affected by COVID-19 https://w.wiki/JzZ - Map of hillforts in the UK https://w.wiki/K4A (source https://twitter.com/jnicho02/status/1235184841139859456) - Images for language items https://w.wiki/K4C (source https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1234564431625019392)

Development

- Querying the URL datatype with haswbstatement is now possible ( phab:T243693 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T243693). It will take two to three months before URLs are indexed for all Wikidata items. - Wikidata Bridge: more style fixes, preparing a prototype to show how we will display references - Fixing various production errors - Monitoring the run of wb_terms migration - Fixing an issue with the Commons files search field (phab:T196165 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196165)

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