*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage

- Upcoming: Wikidata workshop https://docarennes.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/26-juin-19h-21h-aux-champs-libres-atelier-de-decouverte-et-de-contribution-a-wikidata/ in Rennes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647, June 26th - Upcoming: Query Service workshop in Berlin https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin, June 28th, 18:00, in WMDE's office - Upcoming: IRC office hour, June 28th, at 20:00 (Berlin time, UTC+2), on the channel wikimedia-office - Past: Hackathon about election data in Ulm, June 23-25 (some documentation in German https://github.com/okfnat/offenewahlen-wikidata ) - Building communities of knowledge with Wikidata https://i9606.blogspot.de/2017/06/building-communities-of-knowledge-with.html, by Benjamin Good of the 'Gene Wiki' project - *ORCID Mania http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=464* (in response to this call for a tool https://groups.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/forum/#%21topic/wikicite-discuss/orRFkcPdt6s to automate the addition of ORCID iDs to Wikidata) - *I use Wikidata for multilingual names https://medium.com/mysociety-for-coders/i-use-wikidata-for-multilingual-names-d35b331f1a59*, by MySociety's 'EveryPoliticianBot' - *Resource discovery and Wikidata http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2017/06/21/resource-discovery-and-wikidata/* - *Where the streets have known names http://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/15720/1/2016-Ballatore-Streets_known_names.pdf* - Academic paper on OSM & Wikidata - *Extracting scientists from Wikipedia http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/article.asp?issue=126&article=003&volume=* - Academic paper - ¿Sabes cómo usar la base de datos Wikidata? (es) http://data.cervantesvirtual.com/blog/2017/06/26/sabes-usar-la-base-datos-wikidata/ by the Cervantes virtual library

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- What are your favorite tools using Wikidata? https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T168057 - Wiktionary sitelinks have been enabled on Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiktionary/Sitelinks - New Wikidata Game: Wikidata Guessr http://guessr.morr.cc guess the locations of random Wikidata items - OpenRefine 2.7 has been released https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/2.7, including the Wikidata Reconcile service - Nice graphics about Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Was_ist_Wikidata%3F.png and the Query Service https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Cheat_Sheet_SPARQL.png (in German) by Bleeptrack - New data donation by Giphy. Some help needed to match the catalogue https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/catalog/487 - Some help needed to map the UNESCO Atlas of World Languages in Danger https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Mapping_languages_on_Wikidata and the Glottolog catalogue https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Languages_on_Wikidata.2C_Glottolog_catalogue_matching

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Irish National Inventory of Architectural Heritage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4088, MyAnimeList manga ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4087, MyAnimeList anime ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4086, MyAnimeList character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4085, MyAnimeList people ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4084, HFC NPS unit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4083, image captured with https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4082, Biodiversity Heritage Library creator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4081, number of houses https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4080, Theatres Trust Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4079, SKIP code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4078, Pizmonet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4077, WorldSBK.com racer identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4076, Czech Monument Catalogue Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4075, FFN swimmer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4074, Wikia wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4073 - Query examples: - BubbleChart of Metal band by country https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20%3FcountryLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ2088357%20%3B%20wdt%3AP136%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ38848%20%3B%20wdt%3AP495%20%3Fcountry%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/878587099183800323) - Viennese composers and their compositions by tonality https://query.wikidata.org/#%23TEMPLATE%3D%7B%20%22template%22%3A%20%22Composers%20of%20%3Fcity%20and%20their%20compositions%20by%20tonality%22%2C%20%22variables%22%3A%20%7B%20%22%3Fcity%22%3A%20%7B%20%22query%22%3A%20%22SELECT%20%3Fid%20WHERE%20%7B%20%3Fcomposition%20wdt%3AP86%20%3Fcomposer%3B%20wdt%3AP826%20%3Ftonality.%20%3Fcomposer%20wdt%3AP19%7Cwdt%3AP20%7Cwdt%3AP551%20%3Fid.%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fid%20%3FidLabel%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fcomposer%29%29%22%20%7D%20%7D%20%7D%0A%23defaultView%3ATree%0ASELECT%20%3Fcomposer%20%3FcomposerLabel%20%3FcomposerImage%20%3Ftonality%20%3FtonalityLabel%20%3Fcomposition%20%3FcompositionLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20BIND%28wd%3AQ1741%20AS%20%3Fcity%29%0A%20%20%3Fcomposer%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP19%7Cwdt%3AP20%7Cwdt%3AP551%20%3Fcity.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcomposer%20wdt%3AP18%20%3FcomposerImage.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fcomposition%20wdt%3AP86%20%3Fcomposer%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP826%20%3Ftonality.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cde-at%2Cde%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FcomposerLabel%20%3FtonalityLabel (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/877601117504503809) - Most prolific authors of scientific articles on Wikidata, who are still alive, without ORCID https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Most%20prolific%20authors%20of%20scientific%20articles%2C%20who%20are%20still%20alive%2C%20without%20ORCID%0ASELECT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%28count%28%3Fpaper%29%20AS%20%3Fpapers%29%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fpaper%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ13442814%20.%20%0A%20%20%3Fpaper%20wdt%3AP50%20%3Fauthor%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP496%20%5B%5D%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP570%20%5B%5D%20%7D%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fpapers%29 (source https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/877538855989252096) - Average age of members of the Landtag of Thuringia https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20average%20age%20of%20members%20of%20the%20Landtag%20of%20Thuringia%0ASELECT%20%3Fperiod%20%3FperiodLabel%20%3FperiodNumber%20%28SUBSTR%28%28AVG%28%3FperiodStart%20-%20%3Fdob%29%29%2F365.2425%2C%200%2C%205%29%20AS%20%3FavgAge%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fabg%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP39%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP39%20wd%3AQ17344251%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP2937%20%3Fperiod%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%3Fperiod%20p%3AP31%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20ps%3AP31%20wd%3AQ15238777%3B%0A%20%20%20%20pq%3AP1545%20%3FperiodNumber%0A%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%3Fperiod%20wdt%3AP580%20%3FperiodStart.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cde%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fperiod%20%3FperiodLabel%20%3FperiodNumber%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FperiodNumber (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/879351634534576129) - Newest external tools: VizQuery https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/vizquery/

Development

- Creating a separate section for constraint statements (example https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P247#constraints) - Adding client-side hooks for saving and removing statements ( phab:T167870 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T167870) - More work on constraints checks (phab:T168629 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T168629) - Enabling Wikidata edits in the enhanced recent changes and watchlist on clients (phab:T46874 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T46874) - Updating constraint check user script and propose to make it a gadget ( phab:T167625 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T167625) - Creating Special:PageData as a canonical entry point for machine readable page data (phab:T163923 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T163923) - Working on editable Glosses on Senses (non-persistent) (phab:T165567 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T165567) - Setting up federation on mediainfo test system (phab:T163119 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T163119)

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