*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

- RDFIO: extending Semantic MediaWiki for interoperable biomedical data management https://jbiomedsem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13326-017-0136-y - Paper demonstrating interoperatility between WikiData and Semantic MediaWiki, among other things. - Données structurées, la puissance de Wikidata au service de Wikimedia Commons http://arbido.ch/fr/edition-article/2017/metadonn%C3%A9es-donn%C3%A9es-de-qualit%C3%A9/donn%C3%A9es-structur%C3%A9es-la-puissance-de-wikidata-au-service-de-wikimedia-commons - French-language article by Rama https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Rama about Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data. - Europeana is interested in linking its new Entity Collection to Wikidata https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2017/Contents/Wikidata_report, and will talk about this at the WikidataCon. - Upcoming (21.9.2017): "Wikidata as a linking hub for knowledge organization systems? Integrating an authority mapping into Wikidata and learning lessons for KOS mapping". Presentation by Joachim Neubert https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jneubert at the 17th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop https://at-web1.comp.glam.ac.uk/pages/research/hypermedia/nkos/nkos2017/programme.html, TPDL 2017 Conference, Thessaloniki (Greece) - Upcoming: Wikidata Zurich https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich, one day dedicated to Wikidata and the Query Service in Zurich, Switzerland, September 14th - Upcoming: Monthly Wikidata meetup in Paris, France https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris/2017-09-15, September 15th - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in Kolkata, India https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_workshop_Kolkata_2017, September 16th and 17th - Past: Wikidata workshop in Chandigarh, India https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_workshop_Chandigarh_2017

WikidataCon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017

- The program of the WikidataCon is now published on-wiki https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program. You will find there a lot of different formats, topics and speakers, during the two days of the conference. - The official visuals have also be released! Check out the conference logo https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:WikidataCon_2017.svg and the volunteers visual https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Crew_Icon_%28semitransparent%29.png, both designed by Bleeptrack under CC-BY-SA. - The event is now complete, no more tickets available. The last tickets have been attributed to the first persons who registered on the waitlist. If some more seats get free because another attendee cancels participation, the next person on the waitlist will be informed.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- Q39000000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39000000 was created - Wikidata passed 7 average statements per item - The ArticlePlaceholder is now deployed on Albanian Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sq:Speciale:AboutTopic/Q13520818

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: danskfilmogtv title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4209, Billboard artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4208, Italian National Earthquake Center ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4207, Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4206, Foursquare username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4205, The Times of India Topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4204, ROARMAP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4203, WFD Chemical status https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4202, PagesJaunes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4201, Christie's creator id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4200, Google Play Music album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4199, Google Play Music artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4198, Graphic character set global ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4197, cytogenetic location https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4196, category for employees of the organization https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4195, CNPS taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4194, Familypedia person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4193, LNH player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4192, Alljudo athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4191, Rivers.gov river ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4190 - Query examples: - Places of education of the UK members of Parliament https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20places%20of%20education%20of%20UK%20MPs%20by%20number%20of%20MPs%20educated%20there%2C%20with%20%25%20of%20total%20UK%20MPs%0A%23%20%28only%20counting%20MPs%20since%201800%2C%20since%20there%20was%20no%20United%20Kingdom%20before%20the%20Acts%20of%20Union%201800%20%E2%80%93%20the%20Parliament%20of%20Great%20Britain%20is%20a%20separate%20entity%29%0ASELECT%20%3Finstitution%20%3FinstitutionLabel%20%3Fcount%20%28100%2a%3Fcount%2F%3Ftotal%20AS%20%3Fpercent%29%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Finstitution%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fmp%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP39%2Fps%3AP39%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ16707842%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP69%2Fps%3AP69%20%3Finstitution.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Finstitution%20%3FinstitutionLabel%0A%7D%20AS%20%25institutions%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fmp%29%20AS%20%3Ftotal%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP39%2Fps%3AP39%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ16707842.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25MPs%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25institutions.%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25MPs.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/906054049195274241) - Pairs of churches in the UK that are within 25 metres of each other https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Churches%2C%20with%20another%20church%20really%20close%20by%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fchurch%20%3FchurchLabel%20%3Fchurchloc%20%3Fdist%20%3Fother%20%3FotherLabel%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fchurch%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16970%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20this%20thing%20is%20a%20church%0A%20%20%3Fchurch%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ145%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20and%20it%27s%20in%20the%20UK%0A%20%20%3Fchurch%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fchurchloc%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20and%20it%20has%20a%20location%0A%20%20%3Fother%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16970%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20another%20thing%20is%20also%20a%20church%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Aaround%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fother%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fotherloc%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Acenter%20%3Fchurchloc%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aradius%20%220.025%22%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20and%20is%20pretty%20much%20exactly%20on%20the%20same%20spot%20%28%C2%B125m%29%0A%20%20%7D%20%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28STR%28%3Fchurch%29%20%3E%20STR%28%3Fother%29%29%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20filter%20so%20each%20pair%20only%20shows%20up%20once%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28geof%3Adistance%28%3Fchurchloc%2C%20%3Fotherloc%29%20as%20%3Fdist%29%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdist (source https://twitter.com/generalising/status/906231146131968000) - National parks in India https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20National%20parks%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fnational_park%20%3Fnational_parkLabel%20%3Fcoordinate_location%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%3Fnational_park%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ46169.%0A%20%3Fnational_park%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ668.%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fnational_park%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoordinate_location.%20%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fnational_park%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%7D%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%20140 (source https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/906554390772715520) - Persons buried more than 13000 km away from their death place https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3Fdist%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP20%2Fwdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord1%20%3B%20wdt%3AP119%2Fwdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord2%20.%0A%20BIND%28geof%3Adistance%28%3Fcoord1%2C%20%3Fcoord2%29%20as%20%3Fdist%29%0A%20FILTER%28%3Fdist%20%3E%2013000%29%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%2050 (warning: some errors needing correction) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: WikiProject India https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India - Newest user scripts: Overpass https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/User_scripts#overpass (adds a map showing features tagged, in OpenStreetMap, with the ID of the current Wikidata item, if any)

Development

- The new Echo notification is now deployed on all wikis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_notification_on_wikis_when_a_page_is_connected_to_Wikidata - Looked into further possible improvements for change dispatching - Worked on persistently storing edits in more parts of a Lexeme - Worked on getting expanded URIs for identifiers into the RDF exports ( phabricator:T121274 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121274) - Continued work on caching constraints results so we can roll it out for more users (phabricator:T173696 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173696) - Fixing a bug that highlights input in value fields as not recognized when it shouldn't be (phabricator:T175525 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T175525) - Released version 2.1.0 of the Serialization JavaScript component https://github.com/wmde/WikibaseSerializationJavaScript ( phabricator:T174011 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174011) - Released version 2.0.0 of the DataValues base component https://github.com/DataValues/DataValues (phabricator:T168681 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T168681) - Released version 0.9.0 of the DataValues JavaScript component https://github.com/wmde/DataValuesJavaScript (phabricator:T172916 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T172916) - Released version 0.8.6 of the DataValues Time component https://github.com/DataValues/Time (phabricator:T151088 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151088)

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