*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>

   - Upcoming: Wikidata & Wikipedia workshop
   
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-with-wikidata-wikimedia-and-wikipedia-tickets-55756262482>
   in Aberdeen, Scotland, on March 19th
   - Upcoming: Training "Valoriser les collections patrimoniales et la
   recherche en histoire de l’art sur Wikipédia, WikiCommons et Wikidata"
   
<https://www.inha.fr/fr/agenda/parcourir-par-annee/en-2019/mars-2019/valoriser-les-collections-patrimoniales-et-la-recherche-en-histoire-de-l-art-sur-wikipedia.html>
   in Paris, 28 and 29 March (in French)
   - Upcoming: GLAM and Wikidata
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/GLAM_%26_Wikimedia_CH#Wikidata>
   in National Library, Bern (Switzerland), on March 28th (in German and
   French).
   - Upcoming: Wikidata Workshop for GLAM
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Atelier_2019_%C3%A0_Lausanne#Lieu>
   in Lausanne (Switzerland), on March 29th (in French).
   - Upcoming: Monthly Wikidata meetup
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Argentina> in Buenos Aires

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

   - What Wikidata offers Oxford’s GLAM Digital Strategy
   
<http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2019/03/14/what-wikidata-offers-oxfords-glam-digital-strategy/>

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - A new data type is available : musical notation
   <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-March/012843.html>
   - A research report is now available for the project Wikimedia Commons
   Data Roundtripping
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons_Data_Roundtripping>.
   The research investigates which (updated) metadata cultural institutions
   would like to retrieve back from (Structured) Wikimedia Commons, and what
   the main barriers are. Research summary
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons_Data_Roundtripping/Research>
   / presentation slides
   
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vR2OUQzE7ClAbV1FARkQ89cCbihc1hjkF6scBwgqBiA2pPjCC_s4tQKO_zRPma6_d_axdNtwqcjRLhJ/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.p>
   / full report
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Research_Report_%E2%80%93_Returning_commons_community_metadata_additions_and_corrections_to_source.pdf>
   - If you're using Wikidata dumps, please note that the update schedule
   may change from fixed weekday to fixed day of the month. More info in
   this ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216160>
   - Slides of the Wikidata presentation
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_Presentation_at_UNESCO_by_Shani_Evenstein.pdf>
   during UNESCO's Mobile Learning Week by Shani Evenstein
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Esh77> now available on Commons.
   - A project to link branded businesses in Open Street Maps to Wikidata
   <https://osmlab.github.io/name-suggestion-index/brands/index.html>

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: Guggenheim fellows ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6594>, Sandbox-Musical
      Notation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6604>
      - External identifiers: Paintings by Salvador Dalí ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6595>, a-tremasov.ru
      biography ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6596>, Digital
      Dictionary of Surnames in Germany ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6597>, flgr-results.ru
      athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6598>, HCA Red
      List of Endangered Crafts ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6599>, Resident Advisor
      artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6600>, Resident
      Advisor label ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6601>,
Rhineland-Palatinate
      protected area ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6602>, film-documentaire.fr
      author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6603>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: average speed
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/average_speed>,
      Digital Author Identifier
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_Author_Identifier>,
      date of the latest value change
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/date_of_the_latest_value_change>,
      chữ Nôm
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ch%E1%BB%AF_N%C3%B4m>,
      capacity factor
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/capacity_factor>,
      study or design for
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/study_or_design_for>,
      motif (music)
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/motif_(music)>,
      chess position
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/chess_position>
      - External identifiers: Salvador Dali Museum ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Salvador_Dali_Museum_ID>,
      Tainacan MHN ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tainacan_MHN_ID>,
      AWARE ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AWARE_ID>, Cini
      Foundation ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cini_Foundation_ID>,
      Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stedelijk_Museum_Amsterdam_ID>,
      Semantic Scholar topic ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_Semantic_Scholar_topic_ID>,
      Artcurial ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artcurial_ID>,
      Ashmolean museum ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ashmolean_museum_ID>,
      Index to American Botanical Literature ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Index_to_American_Botanical_Literature_ID>,
      Periscope pscp.tv
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Periscope_pscp.tv>,
      LinkedIn personal profile ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LinkedIn_personal_profile_ID>,
      Library of Parliament Person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Library_of_Parliament_Person_ID>,
      Gamepedia Article ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gamepedia_Article_ID>,
      100 bombardirov person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/100_bombardirov_person_ID>,
      JRC Names id
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JRC_Names_id>,
      Fandango theater ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fandango_theater_ID>,
      Epitafier.se
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Epitafier.se>
   - Query examples:
      - Color associations in national flags
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcolor1%20%3Fcolor1Label%20%3Fcolor2%20%3Fcolor2Label%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fflag%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fflag%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ186516%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1001%20%3Fcountry%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP462%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20%3Fcolor1%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP462%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20%3Fcolor2%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcolor1%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1075%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcolor2%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1075%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3624078%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP576%20%3Fx%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fcolor1%20wdt%3AP279%20%3Fc%20.%20%3Fc%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1075%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fcolor2%20wdt%3AP279%20%3Fc%20.%20%3Fc%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1075%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fcolor1%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fcolor1L%20filter%20%28lang%28%3Fcolor1L%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcolor2%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fcolor2L%20filter%20%28lang%28%3Fcolor2L%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28xsd%3Astring%28%3Fcolor1L%29%20%3C%20xsd%3Astring%28%3Fcolor2L%29%29%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%3Fcolor1%20%3Fcolor1Label%20%3Fcolor2%20%3Fcolor2Label%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%20%3Fcolor1Label%20%3Fcolor2Label>
      (source
      <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1106502235360583680>)
      - List of German-language female science fiction authors
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20German-language%20female%20science%20fiction%20authors%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3FdateOfBirth%20%3FdateOfDeath%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP21%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ6581072.%0A%20%20%23%20speaks%2Fwrites%20German%2C%20or%20citizen%20of%20Germany%2C%20Austria%20or%20Liechtenstein%20%28since%20%E2%80%9Clanguages%20spoken%2C%20written%20or%20signed%E2%80%9D%20alone%20is%20not%20very%20complete%3B%20Swiss%20citizenship%20would%20probably%20include%20too%20many%20French-%20or%20Italian-writing%20authors%29%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP1412%20wd%3AQ188.%0A%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20VALUES%20%3Fcountry%20%7B%20wd%3AQ183%20wd%3AQ40%20wd%3AQ347%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP27%20%3Fcountry.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20genre%20science%20fiction%2C%20or%20occupation%20science%20fiction%20author%2C%20or%20genre%20science%20fiction%20as%20qualifier%20on%20occupation%20author%20statement%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP136%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ24925.%0A%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP106%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ28225718.%0A%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fauthor%20p%3AP106%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20a%20wikibase%3ABestRank%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP106%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ482980%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP136%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ24925%0A%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP569%20%3FdateOfBirth.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP570%20%3FdateOfDeath.%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/WikidataFacts/status/1106121219441676289>
      )
      - List of the Wikimedia projects in French and languages of France
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Liste%20des%20projets%20Wikimedia%20localis%C3%A9s%20dans%20les%20langues%20r%C3%A9gionales%20et%20minoritaires%20de%20France%0A%23%20telles%20que%20d%C3%A9finies%20par%20la%20DGLFLF%0A%23%20auxquelles%20s%27ajoutent%20le%20fran%C3%A7ais%20et%20le%20luxembourgeois%0A%23%20Manquent%20%3A%20%0A%23%20-%20Wikisource%20en%20al%C3%A9manique%20%28sur%20als%3A%29%0A%23%20-%20Wikisource%20en%20corse%20%28sur%20oldwikisource%29%0A%23%20-%20Wikisource%20en%20occitan%20%28sur%20oldwikisource%29%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%20%3FwpURL%20%3FwiktURL%20%3FwsURL%20%3FwnURL%20%3FwqURL%20%3FwbURL%20%3FwvURL%20%3FwvoyURL%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20VALUES%20%3Flanguage%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ150%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ33302%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ9051%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP361%2Fwdt%3AP361%20wd%3AQ496250%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fwp%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ10876391%20.%0A%20%20%3Fwp%20p%3AP407%20%3FwpLangStatement%20.%0A%20%20%3FwpLangStatement%20ps%3AP407%20%3Flanguage%20.%0A%20%20%3Fwp%20wdt%3AP856%20%3FwpURL%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwikt%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ22001389%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwikt%20p%3AP407%20%3FwiktLangStatement%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FwiktLangStatement%20ps%3AP407%20%3Flanguage%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwikt%20wdt%3AP856%20%3FwiktURL%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fws%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ15156455%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fws%20p%3AP407%20%3FwsLangStatement%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FwsLangStatement%20ps%3AP407%20%3Flanguage%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fws%20wdt%3AP856%20%3FwsURL%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwn%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ20671729%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwn%20p%3AP407%20%3FwnLangStatement%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FwnLangStatement%20ps%3AP407%20%3Flanguage%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwn%20wdt%3AP856%20%3FwnURL%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwq%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ22001361%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwq%20p%3AP407%20%3FwqLangStatement%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FwqLangStatement%20ps%3AP407%20%3Flanguage%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwq%20wdt%3AP856%20%3FwqURL%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwb%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ22001316%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwb%20p%3AP407%20%3FwbLangStatement%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FwbLangStatement%20ps%3AP407%20%3Flanguage%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwb%20wdt%3AP856%20%3FwbURL%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwv%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ22001390%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwv%20p%3AP407%20%3FwvLangStatement%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FwvLangStatement%20ps%3AP407%20%3Flanguage%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwv%20wdt%3AP856%20%3FwvURL%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwvoy%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ19826567%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwvoy%20p%3AP407%20%3FwvoyLangStatement%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FwvoyLangStatement%20ps%3AP407%20%3Flanguage%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwvoy%20wdt%3AP856%20%3FwvoyURL%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FlanguageLabel>
      (source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1106586650459717634>)

Development

   - Prepare new constraint
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Property_constraints_portal>
   icons (phab:T191322 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191322>)
   - View history revisions of entities on new termbox mobile (phab:T210615
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T210615>)
   - Caching termbox output on the Wikibase side (phab:T214679
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214679>)
   - Fix emojis breaking the termbox layout in Chrome (phab:T217244
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217244>)
   - Work on multilingual support for schemas (phab:T215387
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215387>)
   - Implement a length limit for the schema text (phab:T216148
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216148>)
   - Replace the heading/title for schema pages similar to what Wikibase
   does (phab:T215759 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215759>)
   - Deploy the shex-simple website, which can be used to check entities
   against a schema in the browser, on Toolforge (phab:T217333
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217333>)
   - Deploy the score data type to production

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>

-- 
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata

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www.wikimedia.de

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