*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 meetup in Berlin
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin>, Friday, March
   31st at 19:30 in Neukölln
   - Upcoming: Wikidata IRC office hour, April 5th, 16:00 UTC
   
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2017&month=4&day=5&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=37>,
   on #wikimedia-officeconnect
   <http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-office>
   - A tool to estimate gender gap on Wikidata and Wikipedia
   
<https://www.lehir.net/a-tool-to-estimate-gender-gap-on-wikidata-and-wikipedia/>
   (source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/842283843788906496>)
   - (fr) Odonymie rennaise : que nous apprend Wikidata sur les noms des
   voies de Rennes ? <https://www.lehir.net/odonymie-rennaise/> (source
   <https://twitter.com/EdouardHue/status/843934367227494400>)
   - Wikidata's excellent sample SPARQL queries
   <http://www.snee.com/bobdc.blog/2017/03/wikidatas-excellent-sample-spa.html>
   by Bob DuCharme
   - 10 steps to integrate CIViCdb with other public data in Wikidata
   
<https://figshare.com/articles/10_steps_to_integrate_CIViCdb_with_other_public_data_in_Wikidata/4774777>

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - RFC: Wikidata → OSM lookup table
   <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mcld/diary/40729>
   - Participate to the definition of the Wikimedia movement's strategy
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017>
   - The deadline for Wikimania talks submission has been extended to April
   10th (check what we're planning around Wikidata
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2017>)
   - Conceptual documentation for the Lexemes
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikibaseLexeme/Data_Model> and
   examples
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiktionary/Data_model_examples>
   (feel free to help translating)

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: FI WarSampo army
   unit ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3819>, KMRB film rating
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3818>, FI WarSampo person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3817>, film script
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3816>, volcano observatory
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3815>, BoF person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3814>, Bivouac.com pass ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3813>, Elle.fr person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3812>, Evidence & Conclusion
   Ontology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3811>, Parks.it ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3810>, YerelNET district ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3809>, The Numbers movie ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3808>, S2A3 Biographical
   Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3807>, Mapa place ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3806>, Tax-exempt heritage
   asset ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3805>, TV Guide show ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3804>, original film format
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3803>, Launchpad.net project ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3802>, INEGI municipality ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3801>, Safsal coach ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3800>, Safsal player ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3799>, Star Wars Databank ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3798>, autonomous system number
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3797>, Bureau of Meteorology
   station ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3796>, Flora of
   Israel plant ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3795>, Dictionary
   of Sydney ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3794>, IPv6
   routing prefix <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3793>, rate of
   fire <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3792>, Art Renewal Center
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3791>, AnimeCons.com ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3790>, Telegram username
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3789>, BNA author ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3788>, danskefilm silent film ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3787>, danskefilm person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3786>, danskefilm film ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3785>, CiteSeerX ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3784>, Christie's work ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3783>, Artnet artist ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3782>, has active ingredient
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3781>, active ingredient in
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3780>, negative allosteric
   modulator of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3779>, positive
   allosteric modulator of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3778>, antisense
   inhibitor of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3777>, inhibitor of
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3776>, disrupting agent for
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3775>, blocker of
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3774>, antagonist of
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3773>, agonist of
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3772>, activator of
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3771>, PeakFinder ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3770>, It's Rugby ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3769>, Medieval Libraries of
   Great Britain Book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3768>
   - Query examples:
      - Time zones that are more than 12 hours away from UTC
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20time%20zones%20that%20are%20more%20than%2012%20hours%20away%20from%20UTC%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Ftz%20%3FtzLabel%20%3Foffset%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fcoords%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Ftz%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ12143%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP2907%20%3Foffset.%0A%20%20FILTER%28ABS%28%3Foffset%29%20%3E%2012%29.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Ftz%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Ftz%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Foffset>
      (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/845714223502102528>)
      - Countries which have the same name as their capital in their
      official language
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Flang%20%3Fcapital%20%3FcapitalLabel%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6256%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP37%2Fwdt%3AP218%20%3Flang%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP36%20%3Fcapital%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3FcountryLabel%29%20%3D%20%3Flang%29%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcapital%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcapitalLabel%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3FcapitalLabel%29%20%3D%20%3Flang%29%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%3FcountryLabel%20%3D%20%3FcapitalLabel%29%20.%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%3Flang>
      (source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/845985524145934336>)
      - Roman amphitheatres on Wikidata
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FRomanPlaceLabel%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fcoords%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ7362268%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fplace%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP373%20%3FRomanPlace%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FitemLabel>
      (source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/844655504072806401>)
      - Sluices on canals in Bretagne (France)
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fecluse%20%3FecluseLabel%20%3Fcoords%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fecluse%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ105731%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP361%20%3Fcanal%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcanal%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ12130%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20%23BabelRainbow%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%0A%20%20%7D%20%0A%7D>
      (source <https://twitter.com/EdouardHue/status/844333772891926529>)
   - Newest database reports: film scripts
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/lists/scripts>
   - Showcase items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
   Wressle Castle (Q8037764) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8037764>

Development

   - Fixing a bug that prevented users to edit descriptions in some
   non-latin alphabets (phab:T161263
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161263>)
   - Worked on Special:NewLexeme which will be used to create new Lexemes
   for supporting lexicographical data (phabricator:T157973
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T157973>)
   - Aligned some more colors with Wikimedia color palete (
   phabricator:T151194 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151194>)
   - Added more autocompletion for the Wikidata Query Service (
   phabricator:T150950 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150950>)
   - Started working on support for Forms of words in the UI for supporting
   lexicographical data (phabricator:T160520
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160520>)

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>
- proposals
   needing attention
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed>
   - 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

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www.wikimedia.de

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