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

   - New request for comments: Talk pages consultation 2019
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Talk_pages_consultation_2019>
   (feel free to add more sub-sections)

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

   - Past: Wikidata hackathon in Ulm with Open Knowledge Foundation. Video
   of the presentation of the projects
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3LxLA4OoMg> (in German)
   - Running until March 2nd: International Mother Language Day edit-a-thon
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/IMLD_2019>
   - Upcoming: Wikidata and the Diversity of Knowledge
   <https://elevate.at/en/schedule/e19wikidata/> workshop in Graz, Austria,
   on March 3rd
   - Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in Berlin
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin/2019-03-12>, March
   12th
   - Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in Paris
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris>, March 15th
   - Upcoming: Wikidata & Wikipedia workshop
   
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-with-wikidata-wikimedia-and-wikipedia-tickets-55756262482>
   in Aberdeen, Scotland, on March 19th

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

   - Inside the Alexa-Friendly World of Wikidata
   <https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-alexa-friendly-world-of-wikidata/>,
   by Tom Simonite on Wired
   - Align BNF's video games and Wikidata with Dataiku DSS
   
<https://www.lehir.net/alignement-des-jeux-video-de-la-bnf-avec-wikidata-grace-a-dataiku-dss/>
   (in French) by Envel Le Hir

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - If you're using Wikidata's data dumps, you may want to give feedback
   on a potential change about when those dumps are generated (ticket
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216160>)
   - Some games and tools developed during the Wikidata hackathon in Ulm
   <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wikidataulm19>:
      - Card game generator <https://cardgame.morr.cc>
      - Multiplayer game Guess the (German) Politician
      <https://gtp.krmax44.de/>
      - Telegram bot @WikidataMisfitBot, sending pictures with one wrong
      label
      - WikiProjekt offeneregister.de
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProjekt_offeneregister.de>
   - If you're developing new tools or hear about new tools, please add
   them to Wikidata:Tools <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools> so
   other people can find them :)

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: expression of
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6524>, provisional house
      number in the Czech Republic
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6529>, has role in modeling
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6530>, observed in
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6531>, has phenotype
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6532>, type of front
      suspension <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6533>, type of
      rear suspension <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6534>
      - External identifiers: AICTE Permanent ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6513>, DOGC ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6514>, DoBIH Number
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6515>, ScaleNet ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6516>, WhoSampled artist ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6517>, Business Registry
      code (Estonia) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6518>, ISO
      639-3 Change Request ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6519>,
      Lokalhistoriewiki article
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6520>, Crew united person ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6521>, Fondation Maeght
      artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6525>, data.gouv.fr
      dataset ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6526>, V.League
      men's player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6527>, V.League
      women's player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6528>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: Total assists in career
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Total_assists_in_career>,
      Total points in career
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Total_points_in_career>,
      Career plus-minus rating
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Career_plus-minus_rating>,
      Penalty minutes in career
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Penalty_minutes_in_career>,
      Total power play goals in career
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Total_power_play_goals_in_career>,
      Total power play assists in career
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Total_power_play_assists_in_career>,
      Total shots in career
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Total_shots_in_career>,
      MeSH Descriptor
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MeSH_Descriptor>,
      Former street name
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Former_street_name>
      - External identifiers: NZ On Screen person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NZ_On_Screen_person_ID>,
      NZ On Screen work ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NZ_On_Screen_work_ID>,
      Brazilian Electoral Unit ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brazilian_Electoral_Unit_ID>,
      Catálogo de Patrimonio Cultural de Castilla-La Mancha ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cat%C3%A1logo_de_Patrimonio_Cultural_de_Castilla-La_Mancha_ID>,
      PCAD firm ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PCAD_firm_ID>,
      Inventário dos Monumentos RJ ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Invent%C3%A1rio_dos_Monumentos_RJ_ID>,
      SICRIS researcher ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SICRIS_researcher_ID>,
      Physics History Network ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Physics_History_Network_ID>,
      Sachsen-Anhalt Schutzgebiete-ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sachsen-Anhalt_Schutzgebiete-ID>,
      Amis du Louvre ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amis_du_Louvre_ID>,
      Nationation Wrestling Hall of Fame d'un lutteur
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nationation_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame_d%27un_lutteur>,
      Brillant Wiki ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brillant_Wiki_ID>,
      Official Charts artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Official_Charts_artist_ID>,
      Nationation Wrestling Hall of Fame d'une équipe universitaire
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nationation_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame_d%27une_%C3%A9quipe_universitaire>,
      Dimensions.guide ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dimensions.guide_ID>,
      SensaCine movie ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SensaCine_movie_ID>,
      SensaCine series ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SensaCine_series_ID>,
      Bilibili channel ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bilibili_channel_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - Women having a good or featured article on Russian Wikipedia but no
      article on French Wikipedia
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0A%0A%23%20Featured%2FGood%20articles%20in%20one%20language%20that%20don't%20have%20a%20French%20Wikipedia%20page%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3FfeaturedArticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%3FfeaturedArticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22ru%22.%0A%20%20%3FfeaturedArticle%20wikibase%3Abadge%20%3FbadgeValues.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072.%0A%20%20VALUES%20(%3FbadgeValues)%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20(wd%3AQ17437796)%0A%20%20%20%20(wd%3AQ17437798)%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fsitelink%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fsitelink%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22fr%22.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Cen%2Cru%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER(!BOUND(%3Fsitelink))%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel>
      (source <https://twitter.com/deans_/status/1100049985230520320>)
      - Timeline of Renaissance humanists
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0APREFIX%20dct%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fdc%2Fterms%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20skos%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2004%2F02%2Fskos%2Fcore%23%3E%0APREFIX%20dbc%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fresource%2FCategory%3A%3E%0APREFIX%20yago%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fclass%2Fyago%2F%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20%20DISTINCT%20%3Fwditem%20%3FwditemLabel%20%3Fdate%20%3Fwork%20%3FworkLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fsparql%3E%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20dct%3Asubject%7Cdct%3Asubject%2Fskos%3Abroader%7Cdct%3Asubject%2Fskos%3Abroader%2Fskos%3Abroader%20dbc%3AItalian_Renaissance_humanists%20%3B%0A%23%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20rdf%3Atype%20yago%3AWikicatPioneersOfPhotography%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20owl%3AsameAs%20%3Fwditem%20FILTER%20regex%20(%3Fwditem%2C%20%22wikidata.org%22)%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql%3E%20%7B%0A%09%20%20%3Fwditem%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%23%20%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fwditem%20wdt%3AP800%20%3Fwork%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fwditem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%20.%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fwditem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FwditemLabel%20FILTER%20(LANG(%3FwditemLabel)%3D%22en%22)%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0A>
      (source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1099680820888043520>)
      - Map of cities from the Hanseatic League
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Map%20of%20hanseatic%20cities%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20*%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31*%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ707813%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fgeo%20.%0A%7D>
      (source <https://twitter.com/MonsieurBraun/status/1099387428501106688>
      )
      - Image gallery of musicians who have a software title named after
      them
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGridimag%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fafter%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ7397.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fafter.%0A%20%20%3Fafter%20wdt%3AP106%20%3Fmusician.%0A%20%20%3Fmusician%20wdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ639669.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fafter%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%7D%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/WikiDigi/status/1098662033107472384>)
      - Frequency of first letter in Breton words in Wikidata
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3FfirstLetter%20(COUNT(%3Fform)%20AS%20%3Fcount%20)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Flexeme%20a%20ontolex%3ALexicalEntry%20%3B%20dct%3Alanguage%20%3Flanguage%20%3B%20ontolex%3AlexicalForm%20%3Fform%20.%0A%20%20%3Fform%20ontolex%3Arepresentation%20%3Fword%20.%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP218%20'br'%20.%0A%20%20BIND%20(%20SUBSTR(UCASE(%3Fword)%2C%201%2C%201)%20AS%20%3FfirstLetter%20)%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%3FfirstLetter%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC(%3Fcount)>
      (source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1097852745032392704>)
      - Items about buildings with coordinates and at least one sitelink,
      but no image
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fq%20%3Flinkcount%20%3Floc%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ41176%20%3B%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Floc%20%3B%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3Flinkcount%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP18%20%5B%5D%20%7D%20FILTER%20(%20%3Flinkcount%20%3E%3D%201%20)%0A%20%20%7D%0A>
      (source <https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1100038599473618948>)

Development

   - Updated some icons with the new WikimediaUI icon set (phab:T209259
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209259>)
   - Fixed an issue that was causing occasional failures when creating new
   Items (phab:T194299 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194299>)
   - Investigated Wikidata Tours not loading correctly (phab:T215919
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215919>)
   - Adjusted spacing between Sense ID, bar and Gloss (phab:T215502
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215502>)
   - Fixing a long time issue with introducing new data types in production
   (phab:T216728 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216728>)
   - Fixing docs for backup of wikibase container images (phab:T214941
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214941>)
   - Making undo, rollback and restore work on schema content pages (
   phab:T214399 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214399>)
   - Improving edit summaries for schema content pages (phab:T213724
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213724>)
   - Tightening up the process for editing "identifying information" for
   Schemas (phab:T214466 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214466>)

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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