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

   - Open requests for adminship: Deror avi
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Deror_avi>,
   Wildly boy
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Wildly_boy>

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

   - February 19th: Wikidata meetup in London - Facebook event
   <https://www.facebook.com/events/275262183152535>
   - Incoming: Wikidata Lab XII
   
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XII>
   in São Paulo, Brazil, February 14th.

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

   - Making Wikidata visible
   <http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2019/01/23/making-wikidata-visible/>,
   by Martin Poulter on Bodleian Digital Library's blog
   - How to query Wikidata using R
   <https://www.lehir.net/how-to-query-wikidata-in-r/>, by Envel Le Hir
   - Inventory of the Cleveland Museum of Art images
   <http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=604>, by Magnus Manske

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - There is now a tool to validate mappings between Wikidata and external
   RDF vocabularies
   <https://tools.wmflabs.org/tptools/wd_mapping_validator.php> done with
   the properties equivalent property
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1628> and equivalent class
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1709>.
   - Topic matcher <https://tools.wmflabs.org/topicmatcher/#/>, a tool to
   help you adding a "main topic" or "depicts" statement to items about
   streets, articles, painting, etc.
   - Editing Wikidata - Swedish Cuisine
   <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/370861021> by JanAinali on Twitch
   - City-Country-Shapes <https://cities.k-nut.eu/> visualization based on
   Wikidata: how many of a country's largest cities do you need to put on a
   map to be able to recognise the country?

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: none
      - External identifiers: ELNET ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6394>, iTunes book ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6395>, iTunes movie ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6398>, Romanian Soccer
      player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6399>, Skimap ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6400>, sports.md athlete ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6401>, Gault et Millau ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6402>, Theatreonline.com ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6403>, Dizionario di Storia
      Treccani ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6404>, Smarthistory
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6405>, vodnimlyny.cz ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6406>, World Cube
      Association ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6407>, COOL
      species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6408>, CORE ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6409>, LevskiSofia.info
      coach ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6410>, LevskiSofia.info
      player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6411>, Gran
      Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6412>, JORFSearch
      organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6413>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: journal series
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/journal_series>,
      has alt-text
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_alt-text>,
      has lyrics
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_lyrics>,
      day of regular release
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/day_of_regular_release>,
      CBFC rating
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CBFC_rating>,
      full work on commons
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/full_work_on_commons>
      - External identifiers: sport-strana.ru article ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sport-strana.ru_article_ID>,
      football.odessa.ua person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/football.odessa.ua_person_ID>,
      NMSRCP reference number
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMSRCP_reference_number>,
      AKB48 member ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AKB48_member_ID>,
      TV Spielfilm Series ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV_Spielfilm_Series_ID>,
      MCULE ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MCULE_ID>,
Global
      Species ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Global_Species_ID>,
      Georgian National Filmography ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgian_National_Filmography_ID>,
      Bureau van Dijk Orbis company ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bureau_van_Dijk_Orbis_company_ID>,
      Bureau van Dijk Orbis person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bureau_van_Dijk_Orbis_person_ID>,
      Musicbrainz Event ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Musicbrainz_Event_ID>,
      ManualsLib brand ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ManualsLib_brand_ID>,
      LGD local body code
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LGD_local_body_code>,
      Hymnary hymnal ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary_hymnal_ID>,
      Hymnary tune ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary_tune_ID>,
      Hymnary instance ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary_instance_ID>,
      Getty Images ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Getty_Images_ID>,
      Amsterdam code
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amsterdam_code>
   - Query examples:
      - Things depicted in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art
      *and* the Ashmolean Museum
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3Fdepicted%20%3FdepictedLabel%20%3Fashcount%20%3Fashexample%20%3FashexampleLabel%20%3Fclevcount%20%3Fclevexample%20%3FclevexampleLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%7BSELECT%20%3Fdepicted%20(Sample(%3Fitemash)%20AS%20%3Fashexample)%20(COUNT(DISTINCT%20%3Fitemash)%20AS%20%3Fashcount)%20(sample(%3Fitemclev)%20as%20%3Fclevexample)%20(COUNT(DISTINCT%20%3Fitemclev)%20AS%20%3Fclevcount)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%3Fitemclev%20wdt%3AP195%20wd%3AQ657415%3B%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Fdepicted.%0A%3Fitemash%20wdt%3AP195%20wd%3AQ636400%20%3B%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Fdepicted.%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fdepicted%20%7D%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC(%3Fashcount%20%2B%20%3Fclevcount)>
      (source <https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/1089830718576967680>)
      - Stradivari(us) instruments
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fimage%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%20%3Fsitelinks%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ34379%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP170%20wd%3AQ182011.%0A%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ1068162.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3Fsitelinks.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fsitelinks%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fsitelinks%29>
      (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1086695364462329857>
      )
      - Rivers whose names in Spanish start with "Guad"
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ4022%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemLabel%3B%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20.%20%3Fcountry%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20.%20FILTER%20%28lang%28%3FcountryLabel%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28lang%28%3FitemLabel%29%20%3D%20%22es%22%29%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20regex%20%28%3FitemLabel%2C%20%22%5EGuad%22%29%20.%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel>
      (source
      <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1088467306257285125>)
   - Newest WikiProjects
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
   WikiProject Protected areas in Germany
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Protected_areas_in_Germany>

Development

   - Started development on Shape Expressions
   - Termbox: show an expanded-by-default section for the user's preferred
   languages (phab:T211865 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211865>)
   - Provide visualization LUA usage on a dashboard (phab:T211768
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211768>)
   - Fixed issues with sense ID wrapping (phab:T210502
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T210502>)
   - Background work to support the deployment of the next pieces for
   Structured Data on Commons

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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