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

- Open request for adminship: Kostas20142 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Kostas20142_2

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

- March 7: Wikidata introductions and editathon https://2020.openbelgium.be/civic-lab-summit during OpenDataDay in Hasselt, Belgium - July 2-4, Lisbon: WikiData Days 2020 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiData_Days_2020. Call for proposals is open until April 15. - Program submissions for the Celtic Knot Conference https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020 are open until March 30th. Submissions about languages on Wikidata, GLAM or supporting minority languages are very welcome.

Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage

- Tutorial on how to use machine learning with Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Pywikibot_-_Python_3_Tutorial/Machine_learning_with_Wikidata . - Bob DuCharme's blog post: Populating a Schema.org dataset from Wikidata http://www.bobdc.com/blog/wd2so/ - About Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons: - Explainer video with a beginner-level introduction about Structured Data on Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Introduction_to_Structured_Data_on_Wikimedia_Commons.webm - Connecting the work of three generations of decorative artists, with structured data https://space.wmflabs.org/2020/02/26/connecting-the-work-of-three-generations-of-decorative-artists-with-structured-data/, by Sandra Fauconnier - Structured Data on Commons and GLAM: open questions and fresh challenges https://space.wmflabs.org/2020/02/28/structured-data-on-commons-and-glam-open-questions-and-fresh-challenges/, by Sandra Fauconnier - OpenRefine: results of the 2020 user survey http://openrefine.org/blog/2020/02/20/2020-survey-results.html

Tool of the week

- Wikidata graph builder https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/ is a front-end on top of the Query service, allowing to easily build graphs.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- The Wikidata Languages Landscape dashboard https://wmdeanalytics.wmflabs.org/WD_LanguagesLandscape/ provides insights into the ways languages are organized and used in Wikidata and across the Wikimedia projects that reuse Wikidata.

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: business model https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7936, format of creative work https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7937, associated electoral district https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7938 - External identifiers: Adelsvapen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7931, Irish playography play ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7932, Irish playography person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7934, Corpus Corporum author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7935, Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7939, Adventure Gamers company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7940, Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland: 1880-2000 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7941, NHLR ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7942, The Washington Post writer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7943 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Type of bow used https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Type_of_bow_used, staking lock-up period https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/staking_lock-up_period, validator bond lock-up period https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/validator_bond_lock-up_period, URL match pattern https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/URL_match_pattern, Pertainym https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pertainym, cognate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cognate, symbol of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/symbol_of, transactions per month https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/transactions_per_month, compatible wallets https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/compatible_wallets, minimum amount to run a validator https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/minimum_amount_to_run_a_validator, minimum amount to participate in voting https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/minimum_amount_to_participate_in_voting - External identifiers: Kooora player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kooora_player_ID, Marvel Comics creators ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Marvel_Comics_creators_ID, DC Comics talent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DC_Comics_talent_ID, EcuRed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EcuRed, IGCD fictional car ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IGCD_fictional_car_ID, Chicago Landmarks ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chicago_Landmarks_ID, URL on Nintendo eShop https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/URL_on_Nintendo_eShop, BC Register of Historic Places ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BC_Register_of_Historic_Places_ID - Query examples: - Updated chart of the number of infections and deaths caused since the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, as reported by the World Health Organisation https://w.wiki/J8S - British Prime Ministers with children under the age of 5 when elected, or born during their time in office https://w.wiki/JU3 ( source https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1233904114872000513) - Timeline of countries of origin of the winner of the European Film Award for Best European Film https://w.wiki/JWT - People with profiles on the *Washington Post* website https://w.wiki/JVT

Development

- Started working on Federated Properties for Wikibase - Bridge: more style adjustments - Research on reference rendering for the Bridge (phab:T244987 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T244987) - Disable WDQS jump to focus when used in an iframe (phab:T245637 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T245637)

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