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

   - New request for comments: Unifying GO activities and enzyme articles
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Unifying_GO_activities_and_enzyme_articles>

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

   - Upcoming: ld4-Wikidata Affinity Group call
   <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-June/013167.html>
   on June 18th
   - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in Paris
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris>, France, on June
   21st
   - Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in Wellington
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington_7>, New
   Zealand, on June 22nd

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

   - *EventKG - the Hub of Event Knowledge on the Web - and Biographical
   Timeline Generation <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.08794.pdf>* - Simon
   Gottschalk, Elena Demidova (in ArXiv)
   - *Assessing The Factual Accuracy of Generated Text
   <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.13322.pdf>* Ben Goodrich, et al. (in ArXiv)
   - *Enriching Bibliographic Data by Combining String Matching and the
   Wikidata Knowledge Graph to Improve the Measurement of International
   Research Collaboration
   <https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1905/1905.13226.pdf>* Xuan Nguyen,
   et al. (in ArXiv)
   - Treasured Manuscript collection gets the Wikidata Treatment
   
<https://blog.library.wales/treasured-manuscript-collection-gets-the-wikidata-treatment/>,
   on the National Library of Wales' blog
   - On the road to joint embedding with Wikidata lexemes?
   
<https://finnaarupnielsen.wordpress.com/2019/06/13/on-the-road-to-joint-embedding-with-wikidata-lexemes/>
   by Finn Årup Nielsen
   - Wikipedia and Wikidata user contributions
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_Peace/Europride_Vienna_2019/Results>
   as part of Wikipedia for Peace at Europride Vienna 2019
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_Peace/Europride_Vienna_2019>

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - Wikidata-Toolkit 0.10.0
   <https://github.com/Wikidata/Wikidata-Toolkit/releases/tag/v0.10.0> was
   released
   - New Grafana board: number of edits per namespace
   
<https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000170/wikidata-edits?refresh=1m&orgId=1&panelId=13&fullscreen>

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: title in HTML
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6833>, title in LaTeX
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6835>, student organization
      of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6840>, emergency services
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6855>, average speed
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6856>
      - External identifiers: Pro Football Reference coach ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6836>, Keybase username
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6837>, Elhuyar Dictionary ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6838>, TV Tropes identifier
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6839>, ITF tournament ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6841>, Campendium ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6842>, Malaysia company
      number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6843>, abART person ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6844>, abART document ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6845>, abART exhibition ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6846>, abART group ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6847>, abART institution ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6848>, DR.dk topic ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6849>, ABA League ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6850>, Biographical
      Dictionary Of Iowa ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6851>, CCDC
      Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6852>, Coco Game List
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6853>, Dimensions grant ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6854>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: text of verse
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/text_of_verse>,
      literary motif
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/literary_motif>,
      scribe.amanuensis or copyist.illuminator
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/scribe.amanuensis_or_copyist.illuminator>,
      distribution format
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/distribution_format>,
      phosphorylates
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/phosphorylates>,
      RogerEbert.com film ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RogerEbert.com_film_ID>,
      literacy rate
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/literacy_rate>,
      Retrosheets ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Property_proposal/Retrosheets_ID&action=edit&redlink=1>
      - External identifiers: 7digital United Kingdom artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/7digital_United_Kingdom_artist_ID>,
      Metacritic person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Metacritic_person_ID>,
      Nacionālā enciklopēdija
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nacion%C4%81l%C4%81_enciklop%C4%93dija>,
      IMVDb artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IMVDb_artist_ID>,
      Offizielle Deutsche Charts artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Offizielle_Deutsche_Charts_artist_ID>,
      Charts in France artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Charts_in_France_artist_ID>,
      VG-lista artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VG-lista_artist_ID>,
      Beatport artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Beatport_artist_ID>,
      Djshop artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Djshop_artist_ID>,
      Gaana.com artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gaana.com_artist_ID>,
      Juno Download artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Juno_Download_artist_ID>,
      Moov artist ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moov_artist_ID>,
      Murfie artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Murfie_artist_ID>,
      Napster artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Napster_artist_ID>,
      Qobuz artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qobuz_artist_ID>,
      YouTube Music channel ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YouTube_Music_channel_ID>,
      Bebo profile ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bebo_profile_ID>,
      Steam profile ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Steam_profile_ID>,
      Pandora artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pandora_artist_ID>,
      SNBP ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SNBP_ID>,
Fundamental.org
      Baptist Church ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fundamental.org_Baptist_Church_ID>,
      EMIS codes for Pakistani provinces
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EMIS_codes_for_Pakistani_provinces>,
      RIAA artist ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RIAA_artist_ID>,
      Gambay ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gambay_ID>,
Facebook
      Gaming game ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Facebook_Gaming_game_ID>,
      Cameo ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cameo_ID>,
Amburger
      database ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amburger_database_ID>,
      BVLarramendi
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BVLarramendi>,
      Equipboard artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Equipboard_artist_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - Table of counts of distinct MPs, legislative terms and per
      constituency P39s for UK parliamentary constituencies, with links to per
      constituency reports
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_British_Politicians/MP_terms_by_constituency>
      (source <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1138975389152415745>)
      - Reverse taxon names of 100 mosquitoes <https://w.wiki/4tr> (source
      <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1139098520982499329>)
      - Five-letter words beginning with "f", from wikidata's lexeme
      collection <https://w.wiki/4wm> (source
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Request_a_query&oldid=961363362#Five-letter_words_beginning_with_%22f%22>
      )
      - Péniches in Lyon <https://w.wiki/4yy>
      - Lexemes ordered according to compound parts <https://w.wiki/4$y> (
      source <https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1140279480042360832>)
      - Airports named after a person, color-coded by gender
      <https://w.wiki/4$z> (source
      <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/977329156257038336>)
      - Timeline of the Chief Mousers of 10 Downing Street, with
      photographs when available <https://w.wiki/52Q>
   - Newest WikiProjects
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
   European Colonialism
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_European_Colonialism>

Development

   - Grafana now tracks the number of edits per namespace
   
<https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000170/wikidata-edits?refresh=1m&orgId=1&panelId=13&fullscreen>
   (phab:T218901 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218901>) and the
   EntitySchemas on the entity by type board
   
<https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000167/wikidata-datamodel?refresh=30m&orgId=1&panelId=3&fullscreen>
   (phab:T216835 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216835>)
   - Fixed a bug Special:MobileDiff for an EntitySchema Revision (
   phab:T224545 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224545>)
   - Make possible to edit items via wbeditentity when they have same label
   and description, if the edit is about making them different (phab:T222621
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222621>)
   - Fix a bug on ArticlePlaceholder hook on SpecialSearch (phab:T207235
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207235>)
   - Add CC0 License overlay popup on termbox editing (phab:T221835
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221835>)
   - More maintainance on the WDCM dashboards T214586 (phab:T217997
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217997>)
   - Maintain the WDCM Biases Dashboard to make it fully client-side
   dependent

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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