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

   - Versionize property definitions ?
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Versionize_property_definitions_?>
   - Closed request for comments: Non-free content
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Non-free_content>

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

   - Past: Warsaw, 13-14 February: Workshop to develop the data model for
   taxonomic and nomenclatural data in Wikidata
   
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cost_MOBILISE_Wikidata_Workshop>
   - Upcoming: March 12, Amsterdam: Datasprint Amsterdam Time
   Machine/Golden Agents
   <https://www.create.humanities.uva.nl/events/golden-agents-datasprint/>
   with the ECARTICO and ONSTAGE datasets, involving Wikidata.
   - Upcoming: FindingGLAMs Wikidata editing challenge
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FindingGLAMs_Challenge>, improve data
   about cultural heritage institutions, from February 17th to 23rd

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

   - "Wikidata is just a matter of facts", blog post on the Workshop to
   develop a data model for taxonomic and nomenclatural data in Wikidata
   
<https://medium.com/@andra_97224/wikidata-is-just-a-matter-of-facts-334ec1eae66f>
   - Vandalism Detection in Crowdsourced Knowledge Bases
   
<https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e70f/b288ceb09fc244554a274f31cd1217663027.pdf>
   by Stefan Heindorf

Tool of the week

   - Looking for one of the 7000+ Wikidata properties? Try Propbrowse
   <https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/propbrowse> to search and browse all
   properties.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - Cradle tool <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/cradle> can now
   generate forms based on Schemas
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Schemas> (example
   for human <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/cradle/#/shex/E10>)
   - Loading time of pages on Wikidata and Commons has been improved
   <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-February/013827.html>.
   You can learn more about page load performance
   
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Performance_Team/Page_load_performance>
   and developing with ResourceLoader
   
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Developing_with_ResourceLoader>
   .
   - Science Stories <http://www.sciencestories.io/> by Kat Thornton and
   Kenneth Seals-Nutt, an application that tells stories about
   underrepresented people in STEM using Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and
   Wikipedia, is the winner
   <https://twitter.com/joanbcobb/status/1224877187267907585> of the LODLAM
   2020 Challenge <https://lodlam.net/challenge-entries/>!

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: gained territory from
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7903>, gave up territory to
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7904>
      - External identifiers: MOCAGH ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7899>, Denkmalatlas
      Niedersachsen Objekt-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7900>,
      Encyclopedia of Chicago ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7901>, Deutsche Biographie ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7902>, AnimalBase ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7905>, Canmore maritime-type
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7906>, Canmore
      object-type ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7907>, Clavis
      Clavium ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7908>, CYRI ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7909>, DANFS ship ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7910>, Gamekult company ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7911>, Gamekult franchise ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7912>, Gamekult game ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7913>, Gamekult platform ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7914>, GBAtemp game ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7915>, Mendeley publication
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7916>, Museums in Austria
      Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7917>, Médias 19 ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7918>, SerialStation game ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7919>, TheTVDB person ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7920>, TrueAchievements
      series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7921>, Canmore
      monument-type ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7922>,
Bollywood
      Hungama person alphabetic ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7923>, Bibliotheca
      Hagiographica Latina ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7924>,
      Jurisdiction List number
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7925>, Visual AIDS Artist+
      Registry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7926>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: energy consumption per transaction
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/energy_consumption_per_transaction>,
      yearly energy consumption
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/yearly_energy_consumption>,
      church patron saint
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/church_patron_saint>,
      national identification number
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/national_identification_number>,
      Democracy Index
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Democracy_Index>,
      business model
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/business_model>,
      intended subject
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/intended_subject>,
      examination jury
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/examination_jury>,
      depicted format
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/depicted_format>,
      DoME artist ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DoME_artist_ID>,
      historic county
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/historic_county>,
      код персоны на elibrary.ru
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BD%D0%B0_elibrary.ru>,
      applies if regular expression matches
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applies_if_regular_expression_matches>
      - External identifiers: Patamu Certificate ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Patamu_Certificate_ID>,
      Colecovision Addict ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Colecovision_Addict_ID>,
      Annuaire des Maîtres d'art
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Annuaire_des_Ma%C3%AEtres_d%27art>,
      Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographisches_Lexikon_zur_Geschichte_S%C3%BCdosteuropas_ID>,
      GameReactor game ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GameReactor_game_ID>,
      Fandango performer ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fandango_performer_ID>,
      Cell Ontology ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cell_Ontology_ID>,
      ColecoVision.dk ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ColecoVision.dk_ID>,
      BioLexSOE ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BioLexSOE_ID>,
      EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EH.Net_Encyclopedia_of_Economic_and_Business_History_ID>,
      NHS Health A to Z ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NHS_Health_A_to_Z_ID>,
      Corpus Corporum author ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Corpus_Corporum_author_ID>,
      Colecovision Zone ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Colecovision_Zone_ID>,
      Catalogue of Life ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_Catalogue_of_Life_ID>,
      GreatSchools ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GreatSchools_ID>,
      Clavis Patrum Graecorum ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Clavis_Patrum_Graecorum_ID>,
      Clavis Patrum Latinorum ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Clavis_Patrum_Latinorum_ID>,
      Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bibliotheca_Hagiographica_Graeca_ID>,
      Podchaser podcast ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Podchaser_podcast_ID>,
      Mirabile author ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mirabile_author_ID>,
      Mirabile saint ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mirabile_saint_ID>,
      Kanopy ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kanopy_ID>,
Czech
      War Graves Register
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Czech_War_Graves_Register>
   - Query examples:
      - Place names of Bergamo: map with pronunciation audio files
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Faudio%20%3Fcoor%20%3Fimg%20%3Ffilename%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP443%20%5B%20ps%3AP443%20%3Faudio%20%3B%20pq%3AP407%20wd%3AQ652%20%5D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ16137%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoor%20%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28uri%28concat%28%22https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3A%22%2Cstrafter%28wikibase%3AdecodeUri%28str%28%3Faudio%29%29%2C%22FilePath%2F%22%29%29%29%20as%20%3Ffilename%29%20%20%20%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22it%2Cen%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20>
      (source
      
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pronunciation_of_names_of_municipalities_in_the_Province_of_Bergamo>
      )
      - Number words whose number of letters equals their value: with
      Lexemes <https://w.wiki/HNC> (source
      <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1227511627383296000>), with
      labels <https://w.wiki/HND> (source
      <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1227517848219791361>)
      - Graph of the extended Kardashian clan <https://w.wiki/Gxo> (source
      <https://twitter.com/fuzheado/status/1226983830986412033>)
      - Scottish monuments with a commons sitelink, but no image
      <https://w.wiki/HNF> (source
      <https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1229243211459284992>)
      - Number of films with LGBT representation per country
      <https://w.wiki/HNG> (source
      <https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1228979139643920384>)

Development

   - Wikidata Bridge: more work on unsupported edit cases (unsupported
   datatypes phab:T235753 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235753>,
   ambiguous statements phab:T240212
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240212>, deprecated statements
   phab:T238660 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238660>, unknown value
   or no value statements phab:T242747
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T242747>)
   - Including the property label in the title of the Data Bridge dialog (
   phab:T233295 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T233295>)
   - Making the edit based on the user's fixed/updated choice (phab:T238662
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238662>)
   - Style fixes and font size adjustments (phab:T239421
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T239421>, phab:T243192
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T243192>)
   - Create Grafana boards
   
<https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/hyhG5l1Wk/wikidata-tainted-references?orgId=1>
   to track the results of the tainted references feature
   - Increase factor for query service that is taken into account for
   maxlag (later reverted) (phab:T244722
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T244722>)
   - Fix edit summaries not displayed on client wikis (phab:T244129
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T244129>)
   - Fixed some issues causes by the wb_terms migration

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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