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

   - New request for comments: Improved instructions for translation admin
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Improved_instructions_for_translation_admin>

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

   - Current: Wikimania in Stockholm and hackathon, August 14 to 18. Check
   out the list of all Wikidata-related events
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2019>. Each session
   page should include notes, slides and streaming if available.

Tool of the week

   - *In this new section, you can share your favourite tool with the other
   Wikidata users. You can add some suggestions here
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Status_updates/Next#Tool_of_the_week_section>.*
   - NameGuzzler
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jitrixis/nameGuzzler.js> allows you
   to automatically add an identical label or alias into many languages (for
   example, the name of a person or a place). You can define your own custom
   list of languages that you want to add.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - There is now a Wikiquote page for Wikidata
   <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikidata>
   - ISA <https://tools.wmflabs.org/isa/> is a new tool to easily add
   structured data to Commons files, including from mobile
   - You can help improve the vandalism detection by completing a set of
   labels for ORES <https://labels.wmflabs.org/ui/wikidatawiki>
   - QuickStatements <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:QuickStatements>
   won the Coolest Tool Award
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award>, category "editor",
   during the first ceremony at Wikimania 2019
   - New Wikidata-related projects developed during the Wikimania
   hackathon:
      - Documentation translation sprint
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227581>: several people
      translated Wikidata help pages in their own language. Feel free
to continue
      the efforts to make Wikidata more accessible!
      - Item creation helpers
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ash_Crow/creation-helpers> helps
      create similar items, and link them together, with a simple form. Example
      with skating competitions
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ash_Crow/skating-competitions-creation-helper.js>

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: manner of inhumane treatment
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7160>, cases consolidated
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7162>, typically sells
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7163>, noun class
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7165>, does not have effect
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7167>, substitute
      director/manager <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7169>, school
      class <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7174>
      - External identifiers: Empik author ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7154>, WP Muzyka artist ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7155>, Interia Muzyka artist
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7156>, The Top Tens ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7157>, merlin.pl author ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7158>, Plus Music artist ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7159>, Kinsky–Halm Catalogue
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7161>, Raptekster.dk ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7164>, Acharts.co song ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7166>, FGrHist ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7168>, register of real
      estate NKP <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7170>, Hacker
      News User ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7171>, shmup.com
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7172>, TA2 ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7173>, Gaana.com album ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7175>, XING profile ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7176>, Cinestaan film ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7177>, Cinestaan person ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7178>, job ID in *Service
      d'Information sur les Etudes et les Professions*
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7179>, Planespotters.net
      aircraft ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7180>, PLIA ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7181>, IBP 4-letter bird
      species alpha code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7182>, EPW
      author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7183>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: graph radius
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/graph_radius>,
      Belgian Species List ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Belgian_Species_List_ID>,
      amino acid (start, end) position
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/amino_acid_(start,_end)_position>,
      ordeal by
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ordeal_by>,
protected
      region scheme
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/protected_region_scheme>,
      image revision-id
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_revision-id>,
      region within image
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/region_within_image>,
      access restriction status
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/access_restriction_status>,
      georeferencing data
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/georeferencing_data>,
      number of processor threads
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_processor_threads>,
      part number
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/part_number>,
      CPUID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CPUID>,
      based on tabular data
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/based_on_tabular_data>,
      Siddham script name
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Siddham_script_name>,
      Number of active electronic terminals
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_active_electronic_terminals>
      - External identifiers: OpenWeatherMap city ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenWeatherMap_city_ID>,
      Scribd Publication ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scribd_Publication_ID>,
      moly.hu azonosító
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/moly.hu_azonos%C3%ADt%C3%B3>,
      Hungarian Movie Database film ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hungarian_Movie_Database_film_ID>,
      Lyrics007 artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lyrics007_artist_ID>,
      jog.fm artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/jog.fm_artist_ID>,
      Hype Machine artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hype_Machine_artist_ID>,
      Liber Liber author ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Liber_Liber_author_ID>,
      Dizionario biografico dei Friulani ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dizionario_biografico_dei_Friulani_ID>,
      Just Hear It artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Just_Hear_It_artist_ID>,
      Lyrics Translations artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lyrics_Translations_artist_ID>,
      LINE BLOG user ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LINE_BLOG_user_ID>,
      Digitalt Museum ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digitalt_Museum_ID>,
      MTV UK artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTV_UK_artist_ID>,
      MTV Germany artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTV_Germany_artist_ID>,
      MTV Polska artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MTV_Polska_artist_ID>,
      Vox FM artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vox_FM_artist_ID>,
      Allcinema person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Allcinema_person_ID>,
      Eiga.com person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eiga.com_person_ID>,
      Eiga.com movie ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eiga.com_movie_ID>,
      GoodRx
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GoodRx>, BEACON
      ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BEACON_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - Books in Bengali Wikisource that are validated <https://w.wiki/7EW>
      (source
      <https://twitter.com/GerardMeijssen/status/1162015688111865856>)
      - Flightless birds of New Zealand <https://w.wiki/7ET> (source
      <https://twitter.com/andrawaag/status/1163069740270727168>)
      - Islands in Germany <https://w.wiki/7EX> (source
      <https://twitter.com/BerndWMDE/status/1160920192484040707>)
      - Clandestine center of detention and torture in Chile, Uruguay, and
      Argentina <https://w.wiki/7EZ> (source
      <https://twitter.com/OpenGLAM/status/1159901359392600065>)
      - Same-sex married couples where neither partner has a sexual
      orientation <https://w.wiki/7Eb> (source
      <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1163072396930232320>)
   - Schema examples:
      - Danish numerals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E65>
      - Danish hyphenation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E68>

Development

   - Fix an issue with the pop up of Wikidata Tours (phab:T223999
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223999>)
   - Call WikibaseLexeme API with baserevid parameter from the UI (
   phab:T217245 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217245>)
   - Fix a bug with CheckConstraintsJob (phab:T227450
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227450>)
   - Fix a bug with wbgetentities when getting Lexeme subentities (
   phab:T223995 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223995>)
   - Add editing widget/input to client edit modal: (phab:T226998
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226998>)
   - Add tags parameter to Wikibase APIs that edit entities: (phab:T229917
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229917>)
   - More work on the the production Termbox service
   - tidying up our browser test suite (phab:T229910
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229910>)
   - adding browser tests for basic editing (phab:T230187
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230187>)

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

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de

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