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

   - Closed request for adminship: Fralambert
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Fralambert>, Kostas20142
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Kostas20142>, welcome on board!
   - New request for comments: Restrictions on making items
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Restrictions_on_making_items>

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

   - WikiGap Challenge <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Challenge>,
   online editing challenge to improve the coverage of women on Wikipedia and
   Wikidata, from March 8th to April 8th

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

   - *Knowledge Graphs on the Web -- an Overview
   <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.00719.pdf>* - Nicolas Heist, et al.
      - Some issues with this paper's reporting of Wikidata are identified
      in this Twitter thread
      <https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1235261045998002177>
   - The List Revolution: Creating dynamic lists using linked data
   
<https://space.wmflabs.org/2020/03/04/lists-in-the-wikimedia-movement-part-3-the-list-revolution-creating-dynamic-lists-using-linked-data/>,
   by Alex Stinson

Tool of the week

   - wikibase-cli <https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli> (Q87194660
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87194660>) now (>= v9.2.0) has a batch
   mode
   
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/blob/master/docs/write_operations.md#batch-mode>,
   and EditGroups support
   
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/blob/master/docs/write_operations.md#edit-group>
   (auto-activated for batch edits targeting Wikidata): ready to make some
   mass edit, and open for feedback
   <https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/issues>!

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - The WikidataCon 2019 grant report
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Wikidata_Con_2019/Report>
   has been published
   - EqualStreetNames.Brussels <https://equalstreetnames.brussels/> shows
   streets in Brussels named after men and women, visualized with data from
   OpenStreetMap and Wikidata

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: none
      - External identifiers: The Washington Post contributor ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7943>, DoME artist ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7944>, ArchiWebture ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7945>, Museu de Memes ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7946>, WeChangEd ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7947>, GreatSchools ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7948>, Czech War Graves
      Register <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7949>, Marvel
      Comics creators ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7950>, DC
      Comics talent ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7951>, The
      First Amendment Encyclopedia ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7952>, Indiegogo project ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7953>, RealGM basketball
      coach ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7954>, Global Music
      Rights work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7955>, SESAC
      work number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7956>, Directory
      of Maîtres d'art <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7957>, Chicago
      Landmarks ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7958>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: SIUSA archive conservator ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SIUSA_archive_conservator_ID>,
      ToposText IDs
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ToposText_IDs>,
      content partnership category
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/content_partnership_category>,
      eligible award recipient
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eligible_award_recipient>,
      NetBSD package
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NetBSD_package>,
      OpenBSD port
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenBSD_port>,
      Number of recoveries
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_recoveries>,
      footedness
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/footedness>,
      HTML autocomplete attribute
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HTML_autocomplete_attribute>,
      SoloTutes
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SoloTutes>, see
      talk page discussion at
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/see_talk_page_discussion_at>
      - External identifiers: BC Register of Historic Places ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BC_Register_of_Historic_Places_ID>,
      Encyclopédie sur le développement des jeunes enfants ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclop%C3%A9die_sur_le_d%C3%A9veloppement_des_jeunes_enfants_ID>,
      RFI Musique ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RFI_Musique_ID>,
      Moravian Lives
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moravian_Lives>,
      EL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EL>,
Dictionnaire
      des femmes de l’ancienne France ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionnaire_des_femmes_de_l%E2%80%99ancienne_France_ID>,
      Google Scholar case ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Scholar_case_ID>,
      TaDiRAH ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TaDiRAH_ID>,
      Movie Review Query Engine ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Movie_Review_Query_Engine_ID>,
      SkiMo Stats ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SkiMo_Stats_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - Subjects and panelists of the BBC radio programme *In Our Time*
      <https://w.wiki/JzU> (source
      <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1236720206485114882>)
      - People affected by COVID-19 <https://w.wiki/JzZ>
      - Map of hillforts in the UK <https://w.wiki/K4A> (source
      <https://twitter.com/jnicho02/status/1235184841139859456>)
      - Images for language items <https://w.wiki/K4C> (source
      <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1234564431625019392>)

Development

   - Querying the URL datatype with haswbstatement is now possible (
   phab:T243693 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T243693>). It will take
   two to three months before URLs are indexed for all Wikidata items.
   - Wikidata Bridge: more style fixes, preparing a prototype to show how
   we will display references
   - Fixing various production errors
   - Monitoring the run of wb_terms migration
   - Fixing an issue with the Commons files search field (phab:T196165
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196165>)

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>
   - 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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