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

- New request for comments: Improved instructions for translation admin https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Improved_instructions_for_translation_admin

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

- Current: Wikimania in Stockholm and hackathon, August 14 to 18. Check out the list of all Wikidata-related events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2019. Each session page should include notes, slides and streaming if available.

Tool of the week

- *In this new section, you can share your favourite tool with the other Wikidata users. You can add some suggestions here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Status_updates/Next#Tool_of_the_week_section.* - NameGuzzler https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jitrixis/nameGuzzler.js allows you to automatically add an identical label or alias into many languages (for example, the name of a person or a place). You can define your own custom list of languages that you want to add.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- There is now a Wikiquote page for Wikidata https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikidata - ISA https://tools.wmflabs.org/isa/ is a new tool to easily add structured data to Commons files, including from mobile - You can help improve the vandalism detection by completing a set of labels for ORES https://labels.wmflabs.org/ui/wikidatawiki - QuickStatements https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:QuickStatements won the Coolest Tool Award https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award, category "editor", during the first ceremony at Wikimania 2019 - New Wikidata-related projects developed during the Wikimania hackathon: - Documentation translation sprint https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227581: several people translated Wikidata help pages in their own language. Feel free to continue the efforts to make Wikidata more accessible! - Item creation helpers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ash_Crow/creation-helpers helps create similar items, and link them together, with a simple form. Example with skating competitions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ash_Crow/skating-competitions-creation-helper.js

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: manner of inhumane treatment https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7160, cases consolidated https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7162, typically sells https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7163, noun class https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7165, does not have effect https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7167, substitute director/manager https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7169, school class https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7174 - External identifiers: Empik author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7154, WP Muzyka artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7155, Interia Muzyka artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7156, The Top Tens ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7157, merlin.pl author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7158, Plus Music artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7159, Kinsky–Halm Catalogue https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7161, Raptekster.dk ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7164, Acharts.co song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7166, FGrHist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7168, register of real estate NKP https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7170, Hacker News User ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7171, shmup.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7172, TA2 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7173, Gaana.com album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7175, XING profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7176, Cinestaan film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7177, Cinestaan person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7178, job ID in *Service d'Information sur les Etudes et les Professions* https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7179, Planespotters.net aircraft ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7180, PLIA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7181, IBP 4-letter bird species alpha code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7182, EPW author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7183 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: graph radius https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/graph_radius, Belgian Species List ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Belgian_Species_List_ID, amino acid (start, end) position https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/amino_acid_(start,_end)_position, ordeal by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ordeal_by, protected region scheme https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/protected_region_scheme, image revision-id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_revision-id, region within image https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/region_within_image, access restriction status https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/access_restriction_status, georeferencing data https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/georeferencing_data, number of processor threads https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_processor_threads, part number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/part_number, CPUID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CPUID, based on tabular data https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/based_on_tabular_data, Siddham script name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Siddham_script_name, Number of active electronic terminals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_active_electronic_terminals - External identifiers: OpenWeatherMap city ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenWeatherMap_city_ID, Scribd Publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scribd_Publication_ID, moly.hu azonosító https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/moly.hu_azonos%C3%ADt%C3%B3, Hungarian Movie Database film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hungarian_Movie_Database_film_ID, Lyrics007 artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lyrics007_artist_ID, jog.fm artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/jog.fm_artist_ID, Hype Machine artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hype_Machine_artist_ID, Liber Liber author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Liber_Liber_author_ID, Dizionario biografico dei Friulani ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_biografico_dei_Friulani_ID, Just Hear It artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Just_Hear_It_artist_ID, Lyrics Translations artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lyrics_Translations_artist_ID, LINE BLOG user ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LINE_BLOG_user_ID, Digitalt Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digitalt_Museum_ID, MTV UK artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTV_UK_artist_ID, MTV Germany artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTV_Germany_artist_ID, MTV Polska artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTV_Polska_artist_ID, Vox FM artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vox_FM_artist_ID, Allcinema person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Allcinema_person_ID, Eiga.com person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eiga.com_person_ID, Eiga.com movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eiga.com_movie_ID, GoodRx https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GoodRx, BEACON ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BEACON_ID - Query examples: - Books in Bengali Wikisource that are validated https://w.wiki/7EW (source https://twitter.com/GerardMeijssen/status/1162015688111865856) - Flightless birds of New Zealand https://w.wiki/7ET (source https://twitter.com/andrawaag/status/1163069740270727168) - Islands in Germany https://w.wiki/7EX (source https://twitter.com/BerndWMDE/status/1160920192484040707) - Clandestine center of detention and torture in Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina https://w.wiki/7EZ (source https://twitter.com/OpenGLAM/status/1159901359392600065) - Same-sex married couples where neither partner has a sexual orientation https://w.wiki/7Eb (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1163072396930232320) - Schema examples: - Danish numerals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E65 - Danish hyphenation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E68

Development

- Fix an issue with the pop up of Wikidata Tours (phab:T223999 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223999) - Call WikibaseLexeme API with baserevid parameter from the UI ( phab:T217245 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217245) - Fix a bug with CheckConstraintsJob (phab:T227450 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227450) - Fix a bug with wbgetentities when getting Lexeme subentities ( phab:T223995 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223995) - Add editing widget/input to client edit modal: (phab:T226998 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226998) - Add tags parameter to Wikibase APIs that edit entities: (phab:T229917 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229917) - More work on the the production Termbox service - tidying up our browser test suite (phab:T229910 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229910) - adding browser tests for basic editing (phab:T230187 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230187)

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