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

Discussions

- Closed request for comments: Semi-automatic Addition of References to Wikidata Statements https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Semi-automatic_Addition_of_References_to_Wikidata_Statements

Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage

- Past: Wikidata introduction by Pigsonthewing at DJUK 2016

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- Items without statements is down to 5% for enwiki (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/without_claims_by_site ) - Wikidata:WikiProject Biographical Identifiers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Biographical_Identifiers

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Auckland Art Gallery artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3372, Observatoire du Patrimoine Religieux ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3371, Géopatronyme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3370, Prabook ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3368, GECD film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3367, GECD person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3366, Enciclopedia Treccani https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3365, stereoisomer of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3364, Tennishof ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3363, operating income https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3362, PictoRight ID code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3361, Nobel Prize People Nomination ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3360, negative prognostic predictor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3359, positive prognostic predictor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3358, negative diagnostic predictor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3357, positive diagnostic predictor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3356, negative therapeutic predictor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3355, positive therapeutic predictor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3354, National Recreation Trails Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3353 - Query example : List of sovereign state flags by proportion https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fheight%20%3Fwidth%20%3Fratio%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ186516%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1001%20%3Fcountry%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3624078%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP576%20%3Fx%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP2048%20%3Fstatement%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20ps%3AP2048%20%3Fheight%20.%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP2049%20%3Fwidth%20.%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP2049%20%3Fy%20%7D%20.%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2049%20%3Fwidth%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%20%28%3Fwidth%20%2F%20%3Fheight%20AS%20%3Fratio%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fratio%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FitemLabel (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/802977276539367424) - Newest tool: Display the link to Wikiversity in the title of Wikipedia using Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/User_scripts#Display_the_link_to_Wikiversity_in_the_title_of_Wikipedia - Newest database report: Unique films: film items with a link to a single Wikipedia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/Numbers/unique_films

Development

- Adding new wikis to interwiki sort order and move sort orders to WMF config. phab:T111023 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111023

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. Monthly Tasks

- Hack on one of these https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/R8GRzX1eH0tb/#R. - Help develop the next summary here! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next - 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 pages in your own language! - Help merge identical items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects. - 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 - proposals needing attention https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed