*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions - Open request for adminship: Zolo <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator#Zolo_2> - New request for comments: Proposed client side disambiguation page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_for_comment/Proposed_client_side_disambiguation_page> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/ Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) helps unlock millions of connections between scholarly research <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/04/06/initiative-for-open-citations/>, on WMF blog, by Dario Taborelli - Le canal de Nantes à Brest sur Wikidata (fr) <https://www.lehir.net/le-canal-de-nantes-a-brest/> by Édouard Hue - Comprende!, a quiz interface on top of MediaWiki/WikiBase <http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=446> by Magnus Manske - Next Wikidata meetup in Berlin <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin>: April 26th, 18:00 in WMDE's office Other Noteworthy Stuff - Deadline for submitting a talk, workshop or roundtable for Wikimania <https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions> is *today*, April 10th, at midnight (UTC)! - There's now also a #100wikidays <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays> challenge on Wikidata, aptly named #100wikidatadays <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:100wikidatadays>! It is a personal challenge in which a person very significantly improves (at least) one Wikidata items per day, for 100 days in a row. There was already a version of the challenge on various Wikipedias, on Commons and on Wikisource - now on Wikidata as well. Participate and make Wikidata shine! - New filters for Recent Changes: the beta deployment is rescheduled on May 9th <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_filters_for_Recent_Changes_-_Beta_deployment_scheduled> - Grant application to extend the work of John Commings at UNESCO <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedian_in_Residence_at_UNESCO_2017-2018> - New MapRoulette challenges: Add missing Wikidata ids to cities and capitals on OpenStreetMap <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/PlaneMad/diary/40814> - You can be a candidate for the Wikimedia Foundation's board of trustees <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2017-April/010533.html> - Log of the last IRC office hour with Wikidata development team <https://wm-bot.wmflabs.org/logs/%23wikimedia-office/20170405.txt> - Help us translating this short message in your language <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Lea_Lacroix_%28WMDE%29/Cognate_announcement> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: TV Guide person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3845>, Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3844>, DLV athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3843> - Query examples: - Notable integers <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Notable%20integers%0ASELECT%20%2a%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%0A%20%20%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fitem%29%20as%20%3Fitem%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fen_label%29%20as%20%3Fname%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fvalue%29%20as%20%3Fvalue%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fen_class_label%3B%20SEPARATOR%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fclasses%29%0A%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ12503.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1181%20%3Fvalue.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%20%3Fclass.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fen_label.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Fen_label%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fclass%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fen_class_label.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Fen_class_label%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fname%29> - Longest streets of Moscow <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fstreet%20%3FstreetLabel%20%3Flength%0A%7B%0A%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%27None%27%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstreet%20wdt%3AP131%2a%20wd%3AQ649%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstreet%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ79007%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstreet%20p%3AP2043%2Fpsn%3AP2043%2Fwikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Flength%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22ru%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Flength%29%20%3Fstreet%0ALIMIT%20100> - Top 20 of heaviest humans in Wikidata <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0A%23TEMPLATE%3D%7B%20%22template%22%3A%20%22The%20top%2020%20of%20heaviest%20%3Ftype%20%22%2C%20%22variables%22%3A%20%7B%20%22%3Ftype%22%3A%20%7B%20%22query%22%3A%20%22SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fid%20WHERE%20%7B%20%3Fi%20wdt%3AP2067%20%3Fv.%20%3Fi%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Fid%7D%22%20%7D%20%7D%20%7D%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fmass%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20BIND%28wd%3AQ5%20AS%20%3Ftype%29%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Ftype%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP2067%2Fpsn%3AP2067%2Fwikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Fmass%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2Ces%2Cfr%2Cde%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fmass%29%0ALIMIT%2020> (source <https://twitter.com/JonasMKress/status/851346228830982145>) - Timeline of Paris marathons <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%3Fmarathon%20%3FmarathonLabel%20%3Fedition%20%3Fdate%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fmarathon%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1071285%20.%0A%20%20%3Fmarathon%20wdt%3AP585%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20%3Fmarathon%20wdt%3AP393%20%3Fedition%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate%0A> (source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/850999081803681792>) - Countries not involved in any world war <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20countries%20not%20involved%20in%20any%20world%20war%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcountry%20%3FcountryLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20%E2%80%9Ccountry%E2%80%9D%20%28sovereign%20state%20and%20UN%20member%29%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3624078%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP463%20wd%3AQ1065.%0A%20%20%23%20not%20participant%20of%20any%20world%20war%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3FworldWar%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ103495%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP710%2Fwdt%3AP527%3F%20%3Fcountry.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20extant%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP576%7Cwdt%3AP582%20%3Fend.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/849664251442728960>) - People whose place of birth is named after them <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplace.%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fperson.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%2C%20%22ru%22%2C%20%22zh%22.%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/849300308748619777>) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: Figure skating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Figure_skating> - Newest external tools: Sistercities <https://tools.wmflabs.org/sistercities/>, an overview of sister cities of German cities on Wikipedia and Wikidata - Newest database reports: list of duos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Q5/lists/duos> Development - Preparing for making more ArticlePlaceholder indexable by search engines on Welsh Wikipedia (phab:T162244 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T162244>) - Preparing the deployments of Cognate and geoshape data type - Lexemes: starting adding sections for forms and senses 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 Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. 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