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

Discussions

   - Closed request for adminship: Pintoch
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Pintoch>,
   Addshore
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Addshore_2>
   (both successful)
   - New request for comments: Why do we have an item for dogs and another
   one for *Canis lupus familiaris*?
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Why_do_we_have_an_item_for_dogs_and_another_one_for_%27%27Canis_lupus_familiaris%27%27%3F>

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

   - IRC office hour, on May 29th at 18:00 (UTC+2, Berlin time), on the IRC
   channel #wikimedia-office. Special topic: Lexemes on Wikidata

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

   - Paper on Cellosaurus
   <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5945021/>, with mappings
   to Wikidata, by Amos Bairoch
   - Blog post from Galder Gonzalez announcing the Lexemes
   
<http://wikimedia.eus/2018/05/jcioqetik-171081era-informazio-lexikografikoa-igo-daiteke-jada-wikidatara/>
   (in Basque)

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - Ongoing: On 24 May, there was a significant outage affecting Wikidata
   and sister projects that use Wikidata. As a result, some features of are
   temporarily disabled: Wikidata's property suggester, Lua modules and parser
   functions calling by label instead of ID, search for the
   ArticlePlaceholder. We apologize for the inconvenience, we're working to
   get them back as soon as possible. For technical details, see:
   phab:T195520 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195520> & Incident
   documentation/20180524-wikidata
   
<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20180524-wikidata>
   .
   - As announced last week
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_constraint_types>,
   the “integer
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Property_constraints_portal/Integer>”
   constraint type and the “separators
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4155>” parameter for the “single
   value
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Property_constraints_portal/Single_value>”
   and “single best value
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Property_constraints_portal/Single_best_value>”
   constraint types are now supported in WikibaseQualityConstraints.
   - Lexicographical data is now available on Wikidata! Check the
   announcement
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data#First_experiment_of_lexicographical_data_is_out>
   for more details. Feel free to try adding words and give feedback
   - Structured Data on Commons has designs for displaying and using
   multilingual captions on the file page
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Feedback_requests/Multilingual_Captions_and_MediaInfo>.
   Feedback is welcome on the talk page.
   - You can try the new Drag&Drop gadget developed by Yarl
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Drag'n'drop_gadget_rewrite_–_feedback_welcomed>
   and give feedback
   - The European Commission announces a review
   
<https://www.communia-association.org/2018/05/10/database-directive-study-options-neutralising-sui-generis-right/>
   of the Database Directive
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Database_Directive>.
   - OpenRefine 3.0 beta <https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases>
   was released. You can get an overview of the new Wikidata-related
   features
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/OpenRefine/Editing> with
   tutorials and videos.
   - TextRazor <https://www.textrazor.com/> (Q54365914
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54365914>) is a web service which
   analyses text and identifies the entities and concepts discussed, giving
   the corresponding Wikidata QIDs.

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: grammatical gender
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5185>, conjugation class
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5186>, word stem
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5187>, Sandbox-Lexeme
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5188>, Sandbox-Form
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5189>, synonym
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5190>, derived from
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5191>, Wikidata property
      example for lexemes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5192>, Wikidata
      property example for forms
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5193>, officialized by
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5194>, Wikidata dataset
      import page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5195>, output
      method <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5196>, IMDA rating
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5201>, adapted by
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5202>, topographic map
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5203>, date of
      commercialization <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5204>, stroke
      count <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5205>, has conjugation
      class <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5206>
      - External identifiers: CIVICUS Monitor country entry
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5180>, Relationship Science
      organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5181>, JMA
      Seismic Intensity Database ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5182>, Eurohockey.com club ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5183>, Daum Encyclopedia ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5184>, Melon song ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5197>, ASC Leiden Thesaurus
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5198>, British Library
      system number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5199>, eBird
      hotspot ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5200>, BAG public
      space ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5207>, BAG building
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5208>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: Vocalized form
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vocalized_form>,
      display technology
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/display_technology>,
      compound of
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/compound_of>,
      Chromosome number
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chromosome_number>,
      Vietnamese character reading pattern
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vietnamese_character_reading_pattern>,
      fanqie
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fanqie>,
      evokes
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/evokes>,
homograph
      lexeme
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/homograph_lexeme>,
      homograph form
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/homograph_form>,
      prime factor
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/prime_factor>,
      classifier
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/classifier>,
      Accomplice
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Accomplice>,
      Slavic Alphabet
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slavic_Alphabet>,
      signum
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/signum>
      - External identifiers: BMRB ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BMRB_ID>, ICSC
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICSC_ID>,
      Baidu Baike ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baidu_Baike_ID>,
      Tree of Life Web Project ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tree_of_Life_Web_Project_ID>,
      Argentine biography deputy ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Argentine_biography_deputy_ID>,
      B.R.A.H.M.S. ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/B.R.A.H.M.S._ID>,
      Chromosome numbers of the flora of Germany database ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chromosome_numbers_of_the_flora_of_Germany_database_ID>,
      Filmow ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmow_ID>,
Cité
      de la musique ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cit%C3%A9_de_la_musique_ID>,
      Giant Bomb ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Giant_Bomb_ID>,
      OpenCorporates corporate grouping
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenCorporates_corporate_grouping>,
      Artists in Canada record number
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artists_in_Canada_record_number>,
      RollDaBeats ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RollDaBeats_ID>,
      Songfacts ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Songfacts_ID>,
      ARWU ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ARWU_ID>
   - Properties not really used
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Edgars2007/Dormant_properties>,
   created >3 months:
      - Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture control number
      (P4814) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4814>, Amtrak
      station code (P4803)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4803>, make-up
      artist (P4805) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4805>, sets
      environment variable (P4809)
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4809>, Technical Element
      Score (P4815) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4815>, Rugby
      Australia ID (P4799) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4799>, TORA
      ID (P4820) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4820>, Panoptikum
      identifier (P4818) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4818>, Cour
      des comptes magistrate ID (P4821)
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4821>, La Poste personality
      ID (P4822) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4822>
   - Query examples:
      - Map of places of birth of Liverpool's football players
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FmurLabel%20%3Fcoordinates%20%3Ffoto%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ937857%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP54%20wd%3AQ1130849%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fmur.%0A%20%20%3Fmur%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoordinates.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Ffoto.%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22pl%2C%20en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A>
      (source <https://twitter.com/dziennikarz/status/1000433044161998850>)
      - Areas of Malaysia states
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fstate_of_Malaysia%20%3Fstate_of_MalaysiaLabel%20%3Farea%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fstate_of_Malaysia%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ15063586.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fstate_of_Malaysia%20wdt%3AP2046%20%3Farea.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%28%3Farea%29%0ALIMIT%20100>
      (source <https://twitter.com/sweemeng/status/999843265120628736>)
      - People and the distance between their place of birth and place of
      death
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FplaceBirthLabel%20%3FplaceDeathLabel%20%3FcoordsBirth%20%3FcoordsDeath%20%3Fdistance%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP19%20%3FplaceBirth%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP20%20%3FplaceDeath%20.%0A%20%20%3FplaceBirth%20wdt%3AP625%20%3FcoordsBirth%20.%0A%20%20%3FplaceDeath%20wdt%3AP625%20%3FcoordsDeath%20.%0A%20%20BIND%20%28geof%3Adistance%28%3FcoordsBirth%2C%20%3FcoordsDeath%29%20AS%20%3Fdistance%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fdistance%20%3E%2019000%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fdistance%29>
      (source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/999724326327857155>)
      - Grammatical cases of languages
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FcaseLabel%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fcases%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP2989%20%3Fcase.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Flanguage%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FlanguageLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcase%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcaseLabel.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28COUNT%28%3Fcase%29%29>
      (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/999412738123292672>)

Development

   - Deployed and activate WikibaseLexeme on wikidata.org so you can now
   store the first lexicographical data on Wikidata (phab:T191457
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191457>)
   - Fixing the encoding issues on labels of items linked on Lexemes (
   phab:T195470 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195470>, phab:T195359
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195359>)
   - Fixed an issue that was preventing adding Forms and Lexemes in
   statements (phab:T195402 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195402>)
   - Suppressed the browser's autocomplete that covers WikibaseLexeme's
   suggestion on Special:NewLexeme (phab:T195383
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195383>, phab:T191526
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191526>)
   - Worked on a bug about representation overwriting other representation
   with the same language code (phab:T193636
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193636>)
   - Changed title of the field of a lemma language to make it less likely
   for people to add a translation as a second Lemma (phab:T193603
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193603>)
   - Working on the RDF mapping of WikibaseLexeme (phab:T160260
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160260>)
   - Working on implementing fulltext search for Lexemes (phab:T189739
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189739>)
   - Working on showing Lemmas for linked Lexemes instead of just their ID
   on special pages like Special:AllPages (phab:T195382
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195382>)
   - Fixing issues that happened after dropping an index from the wb_terms
   table (phab:T194270 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194270>,
   phab:T195642 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195642>, phab:T195611
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195611>)
   - Made constraint check result appear directly after adding a new
   statement (phab:T194247 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194247>)
   - Working on looking up entities by external identifiers on
   Special:Search (phab:T99899 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T99899>)
   - Added Docker image to Wikibase website (phab:T189936
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189936>)
   - Added WikibaseImport script to Docker images to make it easier for
   people to start their own Wikibase install with some data imported from
   Wikidata (phab:T192080 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192080>)

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>




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