*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions - Restrict merging rights to autoconfirmed users <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Restrict_merging_rights_to_autoconfirmed_users> - Change "Nearby" link to list items nearby the item? <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Change_.22Nearby.22_link_to_list_items_nearby_the_item.3F> - New request for comments: P31 or P279 for geo-objects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/P31_or_P279_for_geo-objects> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/ Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Upcoming: Wikifying Westminster <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikifying-westminster-workshop-tickets-36864455579>: Wikidata workshop around UK political data, August 19th, London - Past: Wikimania, Wikimedia hackathon. A lot of things happened during these events, reports and news should be published in the next days. - Exploring the world with Wikidata and OpenStreetMap <https://blog.mapbox.com/exploring-the-world-with-wikidata-and-openstreetmap-30f1bfe954d3>, by Mapbox - Enriching catalogue pages in Evergreen with Wikidata <https://coffeecode.net/enriching-catalogue-pages-in-evergreen-with-wikidata.html> by Dan Scott - Why data partners should link their vocabulary to Wikidata: a new case study <http://pro.europeana.eu/blogpost/why-data-partners-should-link-their-vocabulary-to-wikidata-a-new-case-study> on Europeana blog Wikimania - You can try the demo system for lexicographical data <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Wiktionary#Talk_at_Wikimania_and_demo_page> - Talk: Structured Commons: what changes are coming? <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Structured_Data_on_Commons_-_What_changes_are_coming%3F_-_presentation_at_Wikimania_2017.pdf> by Sandra Fauconnier - Talk: New Frontier: Using Wikidata on Commons <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Using_Wikidata_on_Commons_-_August_2017.pdf> by Jarekt - List of wishes <https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikidata_Pink_Pony_Session#Notes> during the "Wikidata pink pony session" - Talk: the (Wiki)data (R)evolution <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2017_-_The_%28Wiki%29Data_%28R%29Evolution.pdf>, by Lydia Pintscher - Talk: Wikidata and performing arts <https://www.slideshare.net/beatestermann/wikidata-and-performingarts20170811> by Beat Estermann during Wikimania - Talk: How to use Wikidata in infoboxes <https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_and_infoboxes_panel.pdf> (panel) - New template: A fully automated template system was presented: Oh!WTFs <https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_and_infoboxes#Theklan:_Automatic_infoboxes_with_Wikidata> - Talk: WikiCite: Citations needed for the sum of all human knowledge <https://figshare.com/articles/WikiCite_Citations_needed_for_the_sum_of_all_human_knowledge/5306122/1> - Notes about the Wikispecies & Wikidata session <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimania2017-Wikispecies%2BWikidata> - Documents to organize a Wikidata translathon: level 1 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_translathon_worshop_2017_Level_1_instructions.pdf>, level 2 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_translathon_worshop_2017_Level_2_instructions.pdf>, level 3 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_translathon_worshop_2017_Level_3_instructions.pdf> (by Kvardek_du) and the translathon tool <http://tools.dicare.org/translathon/> (by Envel) - Talk: Sum of all paintings is just the start <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Sum_of_all_paintings_is_just_the_start_Wikimania_2017.pdf>, by Multichill Other Noteworthy Stuff - Share your feedback on the *draft strategic direction <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction>*, a basis on which strategic plans will be built. - Wikidata reached Q36000000 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36000000>. The number of items has been increased by 20% in less than three months Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: YCBA agent ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4169>, IEDB Epitope ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4168>, Dagens Næringsliv topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4167>, Georgian National Register of Monuments ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4166>, CODECS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4165>, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4164>, magnification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4163>, AUR package <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4162>, Michelin Voyages ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4161>, Michelin Restaurants ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4160>, WeRelate person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4159>, autores.ar id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4158>, MEG ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4157>, Czech Registration ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4156>, separator <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4155>, National Forest Foundation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4154> - Query examples: - Most-depicted musical instruments <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20most-depicted%20musical%20instruments%0ASELECT%20%3Finstrument%20%3FinstrumentLabel%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fwork%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fimage%29%20AS%20%3FsampleImage%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Finstrument.%0A%20%20%3Finstrument%20wdt%3AP279%2B%20wd%3AQ34379.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Finstrument%20%3FinstrumentLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/896146542507114496>) - People who died in 2017 without a French label <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fdod%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Fnom%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdod%20.%0A%09FILTER%20%28%20%3Fdod%20%3E%3D%20%222017-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z%22%5E%5Exsd%3AdateTime%20%26%26%20%3Fdod%20%3C%3D%20%222017-12-31T00%3A00%3A00Z%22%5E%5Exsd%3AdateTime%20%29%0A%20%20%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fv%20%7D%0A%20%20%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1559%20%3Fnom%20%7D%0A%20FILTER%28NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flang_label.%0A%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Flang_label%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%0A%20%7D%29%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%2C%20%22nl%22%2C%20%22it%22%2C%20%22ru%22%2C%20%22ja%22.%20%7D%20%20%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/Harmonia_Amanda/status/896816010577227776>) - Moar goats <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Goats%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Fgoats.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fgoats%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ2934%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ172923%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ27713372%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/896224747155058689>) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: WikiProject Goats <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Goats>, WikiProject Torture <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Torture> - Newest external tools: WD edits stats <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/wd_edit_stats.php> counting edits mades on a certain dataset between two dates Development Most of the team was at Wikimania, talking to people, getting meaningful input from the editors, giving talks, hacking around :) 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> -- 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.