*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions - New request for comments: Split identifier into KEGG Drug Identifier, KEGG Compound Identifier, etc? <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P665> - Closed request for comments: Clarifying rights and responsibilities of Property Creators <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Clarifying_rights_and_responsibilities_of_Property_Creators> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Past: 26 November 2018: Adding your own stuff to Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/SWIB_2018>. Workshop at SWIB18 <http://swib.org/swib18/>, Bonn, Germany - Past: 04 December 2018: Chancen und Risiken einer komplementären Nutzung von GND und Wikidata <https://www.slideshare.net/jneubert/chancen-und-herausforderungen-einer-komplementren-nutzung-von-gnd-und-wikidata>. Präsentation auf der GNDCon <https://wiki.dnb.de/display/GNDCON2018/GNDCon+2018> in Frankfurt Main, Germany - Past: 11–12 December 2018 in Namburu, India: Wiki Advanced Training 2018 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/VVIT_Wiki_Advanced_Training_2018> (with special focus on Wikidata) by Asaf Bartov - Upcoming: 35th Chaos Communication Congress, December 27-30, Leipzig. There will be Wikidata staff and volunteers and Wikidata-related sessions <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:35C3> Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - 6 "inside-out" activities librarians are doing <http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/2018/12/6-inside-out-activities-librarians-are.html> — numbers 4 and 5 involve Wikidata - From the "Annalen der Pharmacie" to the "European Journal of Organic Chemistry" <https://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2018/12/from-annalen-der-pharmacie-to-european.html> about using Wikidata for capturing (some of) the history of chemistry - Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons <https://pro.europeana.eu/page/issue-10-innovation-agenda#structured-data-on-commons>, by Sandra Fauconnier, in *EuropeanaTech 10 Insight Issue 10: Innovation Agenda* - Many faces of Wikibase: Lingua Libre makes languages audible <https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/12/14/many-faces-of-wikibase-lingua-libre-makes-%CB%88laengw%C9%99%CA%A4%C9%99z-audible/>, by Jens Ohlig (also available in German <https://blog.wikimedia.de/2018/12/14/many-faces-of-wikibase-lingua-libre-macht-%cb%88%ca%83p%ca%81a%cb%90x%c9%99-hoerbar/> ) Other Noteworthy Stuff - Call for contribution for the WikiWorkshop <http://wikiworkshop.org/2019/>, forum bringing together researchers exploring all aspects of the Wikimedia projects, held in May 2019 in San Francisco, is now open until January 31st - Research questionnaire <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_h3LPcPgM2V3W5tNdRdWjw3ayRUq73nD0HyhVz07SKwE0Hw/viewform?usp=sf_link> about Wikidata as a learning platform by Shani Evenstein <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Esh77> as part of her PhD research. - Interactive map of the Sibthorp & Bauer Expedition <http://glam-discovery.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/botany/>, produced by the Bodleian Libraries, powered by Wikidata - Scholia's "missing" pages (example <https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia/topic/Q12156/missing>) now link to the new Author Disambiguator <https://tools.wmflabs.org/author-disambiguator/?doit=Look+for+author&name=N%20Nakagawa> tool, and a Listeria list <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData/Wikidata_lists/Famous_people_with_unidentified_co-authors> is available to help prioritize co-author disambiguation for authors with sitelinks. - Draft of behavior norms policy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Behavior_norms>, feel free to leave comments - Wikimedia hackathon in Prague: apply for a scholarship until January 4th <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019/Register_and_Attend> - Discuss if you can edit your own item <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Editing_your_own_item>, and vote here <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Autobiography#Final_version> on the proposed policy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Autobiography>. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: real estate developer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6237>, collection creator <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6241>, digital representation of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6243>, specific age inside fictional universe <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6249>, catchphrase <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6251>, subject lexeme <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6254>, right ascension <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6257>, declination <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6258>, epoch <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6259>, galactic longitude <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6260>, galactic latitude <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6261> - External identifiers: ARLLFB member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6226>, Flora of Wisconsin ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6227>, RegiowikiAT identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6228>, Discord Store game SKU <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6229>, Bavarian protected area ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6230>, BDEL ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6231>, Danske Taler speaker ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6232>, Place Names Register ID (Estonia) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6233>, Biographie nationale de Belgique ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6234>, ARB person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6235>, Monument aux morts ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6238>, IEC commemorative monument of Catalonia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6239>, MMLO <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6240>, Meteorological Service of Canada climate site ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6242>, Volksbund ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6244>, PomBase systematic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6245>, Paris Musées work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6246>, LEGO design ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6247>, LEGO element ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6248>, iTunes music movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6250>, BSRussia player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6252>, Beachsoccer.ru person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6253>, SinemaTürk person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6255>, SinemaTürk film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6256>, Wikia article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6262>, MinDat mineral ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6263>, Harvard Index of Botanists ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6264>, MinDat Locality ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6265> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: Garzanti Linguistica <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Garzanti_Linguistica>, Buried in this place <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Buried_in_this_place>, specific rotation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/specific_rotation>, Data interval <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Data_interval>, Minimum wage <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Minimum_wage>, Danmarks svampeatlas ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danmarks_svampeatlas_ID>, friend of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/friend_of>, copyright representative <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/copyright_representative>, rights statement <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/rights_statement>, co-director <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/co-director>, Berliner Schutzgebiets-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Berliner_Schutzgebiets-ID>, preparation instructions <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/preparation_instructions> - External identifiers: SVT Open archive <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SVT_Open_archive>, Hymnary.org page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary.org_page>, Anbytarforum <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anbytarforum>, Multiplayer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Multiplayer_ID>, Amazon Music artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amazon_Music_artist_ID>, Parliament of South Africa ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parliament_of_South_Africa_ID>, Objectif Gard topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Objectif_Gard_topic_ID>, Epic Games Store ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Epic_Games_Store_ID>, Hymnary author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary_author_ID>, IPPDH ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IPPDH_ID>, French Academy of Sciences member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/French_Academy_of_Sciences_member_ID>, OTRS ticket number 2 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OTRS_ticket_number_2>, MNopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MNopedia_ID>, NCpedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NCpedia_ID>, ICCD IDs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICCD_IDs>, Weeds in Ontario ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Weeds_in_Ontario_ID>, AllMusic performance ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AllMusic_performance_ID>, bbcmicro.co.uk identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/bbcmicro.co.uk_identifier>, YSA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YSA_ID> - Query examples: - (UK) Ambassador by country list <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_British_Politicians/ambassadors/ambassador_by_country_list> - Listeria report which writes 240 by-country reports on UK Ambassadors - h/t NavinoEvans <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:NavinoEvans> for the approach - Presidents of the United States ranked by the number of species named after them <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0A%23species%20named%20after%20US%20presidents%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fpres%20%3FpresLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP225%20%3FtaxonName.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ7432.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fpres.%0A%20%20%3Fpres%20wdt%3AP39%20wd%3AQ11696.%0A%20%20%3Fpres%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%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/ReaderMeter/status/1075288060793741312>) - Communes of France whose name starts with "Saint" <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3Flabel%20%3Fcoord%20%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ142%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ484170.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FlabelWithLanguage.%0A%20%20FILTER%28CONTAINS%28LCASE%28STR%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%29%2C%20%22saint%22%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%0A%20%20BIND%28STR%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%20AS%20%3Flabel%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/GromNaN/status/1074668877387366405>) - Italian toponyms with suffixes of Celtic origin (-ago, -ate, -asco) <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23Toponyms%20of%20Celtic%20origin%20in%20Italy%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3Flabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ38.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ747074.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FlabelWithLanguage.%0A%20%20BIND(STR(%3FlabelWithLanguage)%20AS%20%3Flabel)%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22it%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER(STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22ago%22)%20%7C%7C%20STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22ate%22)%20%7C%7C%20STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22asco%22))%0A%20%20FILTER((LANG(%3FlabelWithLanguage))%20%3D%20%22it%22)%20%0A%20%20BIND(%0A%20%20%20%20IF(STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22ago%22)%2C%20%22CC3333%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20IF(STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22ate%22)%2C%20%2233AACC%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20IF(STRENDS(%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22asco%22)%2C%20%22AA33CC%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%22%22)))%20AS%20%3Frgb).%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1074523595924074496>) - List of ABBA songs in A major <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP826%20wd%3AQ277793%3B%20%23%20tonality%3A%20A%20major%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fwdt%20%5B%20wdt%3AP463%3F%20wd%3AQ18233%20%5D.%20%23%20linked%20via%20any%20property%20%28since%20I%20don%E2%80%99t%20know%20if%20it%20should%20be%20%E2%80%9Ccomposer%E2%80%9D%2C%20%E2%80%9Cperformer%E2%80%9D%20or%20something%20else%29%20to%20ABBA%20or%20one%20of%20its%20members%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/WikidataFacts/status/1074839418182209536> ) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: Wikidata:WikiProject Policies <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Policies> - Newest database reports: Nicolas Cage filmography <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/Filmography/Nicolas_Cage> - expanded list of Christmas films <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/lists/films_by_genre/Christmas_films> Development - Test that the issue with blocked users will not happen anymore ( phab:T211120 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211120>) - Finish up on showing Language and Language codes when editing glosses ( phab:T209931 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209931>) - Work towards having QualityContraints on Beta (phab:T209957 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209957>) - Work on tracking usage of Wikibase Lua Functions (phab:T191416 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191416>) - Some more work on string length limits (phab:T154660 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154660>) - Work on some Wikidata toolkit improvements (phab:T209399 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209399>) - Fix some errors happening in production (phab:T208924 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208924>) - More under-the-hood work for the termbox on mobile 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> -- 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.
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