*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>

   - Today: Edit tools for Wikidata
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Powerek38/Wikiponiedzia%C5%82ek>,
   on-line workshop in Polish, access link
   <https://meet.google.com/qxo-cxno-vvb>, March 30, 17:00 GMT (7pm Warsaw
   time)
   - Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #7
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#7>,
   April 5
   - Upcoming: Wikidata for beginners
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_for_beginners>,
   April 1
   - Upcoming: Wiki Workshop <https://wikiworkshop.org/2020/>, researchers
   forum (fully remote), on April 21. More information
   <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013914.html>,
   registration
   
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2ctfYVIokWYsvUfxcdF-FNwrymgzpNZLh25EhU8JbvKp1tA/viewform>
   - Upcoming: The Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020> will take
   place fully remotely in July 2020. Call for submissions with remote formats
   is open until April 30th.
   - Upcoming: the Wikidata Wochenende
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Wochenende_Ulm_2020>
   (previously in Ulm) will take place fully remote on June 12-14

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

   - Video: How can Wikimedia projects help fight the pandemic
   <https://vimeo.com/399597324>, by Susanna Ånäs
   - *Investigating Software Usage in the Social Sciences: A Knowledge
   Graph Approach
   
<https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Investigating-Software-Usage-in-the-Social-A-Graph-Schindler-Zapilko/1553ebb524a1716f7667b8d577b37f6a2ffb8e02?email_index=0-0-0>*
   ("we linked the entities of the knowledge graph to other knowledge bases
   such as the Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph, the Software Ontology, and
   Wikidata")
   - *Wikidata Queries around the SARS-CoV-2 virus and pandemic
   <https://egonw.github.io/SARS-CoV-2-Queries/>* (free eBook)
   - Video: Live SPARQL editing in French by Vigneron
   <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/577443863>
   - Video: Live editing in English by Ainali and Abbe98: Youtube
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgdn8gziCPo>, Twitch
   <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/578473221>, Periscope
   <https://www.pscp.tv/w/1vOxwoYWDPDxB>, Facebook
   <https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/2787102894670857/>

Tool of the week

   - IdentifierInput
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:1Veertje/identifierInput>: when
   adding identifiers, it lets you paste the full URL, and extracts the ID part

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - About Wikidata dumps:
      - No second XML dump in March
      <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-March/093207.html>
      - RDF and JSON dumps generation is broken
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248612> (no new dump since March
      11th, fix in progress)
   - Wikidata knowledge imbalance dashboard - Alpha release
   <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013903.html>
   - Internet Archive has launched a National Emergency Library
   
<https://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/>
   and would like to work together with WikiCite
   <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-March/013905.html>
   - wb_terms migration: a temporary table has been created, the current
   wb_terms table will be emptied on April 6th (more details
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Important_for_tool_maintainers:_last_steps_of_wb_terms_table_migration>
   )

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: generational suffix
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8017>, LiverTox likelihood
      score <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8026>, size designation
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8030>, perpetrator
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8031>, victim
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8032>
      - External identifiers: IGCD game ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8018>, Kickstarter project ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8019>, Gram.pl game ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8020>, Kooora/Goalzz player
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8021>, RFI Musique artist
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8022>, VideoGamer.com
      game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8023>, Nobel
      Laureate API ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8024>, VGMRips
      system ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8025>, VGMRips
      company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8027>, GameRevolution
      game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8028>, PIV Online ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8029>, Movie Review Query
      Engine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8033>, VcBA ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8034>, m3db.com film ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8035>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry identifier
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Clinical_Trial_Registry_identifier>,
      donated to
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/donated_to>,
      number of hospitalized cases
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_hospitalized_cases>,
      number of home cases
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_home_cases>,
      ARK formatter
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ARK_formatter>,
      Filceolaire
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filceolaire>,
      viability on surface
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/viability_on_surface>,
      entry receptor
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/entry_receptor>,
      birth rate
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/birth_rate>
      - External identifiers: SAN archive producer ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAN_archive_producer_ID>,
      SAR ancestor ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAR_ancestor_ID>,
      National Catalog of Hospitals ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Catalog_of_Hospitals_ID>,
      Pinakes copyist or possessor ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pinakes_copyist_or_possessor_ID>,
      Frankfurter Personenlexikon ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Frankfurter_Personenlexikon_ID>,
      Encyklopedia Solidarności ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyklopedia_Solidarno%C5%9Bci_ID>,
      Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters author ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geschichtsquellen_des_deutschen_Mittelalters_author_ID>,
      identifiant Geneastar
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Geneastar>,
      Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters work ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geschichtsquellen_des_deutschen_Mittelalters_work_ID>,
      Women of Scotland ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_of_Scotland_ID>,
      Women of Scotland subject ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_of_Scotland_subject_ID>,
      World Biographical Information System ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Biographical_Information_System_ID>,
      COTREX trail ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/COTREX_trail_ID>,
      Natural Atlas ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Natural_Atlas_ID>,
      Apache Project ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Apache_Project_ID>,
      Amazon Prime Video ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amazon_Prime_Video_ID>,
      Archival Resource Key
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archival_Resource_Key>,
      UM-BBD compound ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UM-BBD_compound_ID>,
      BitterDB Compound ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BitterDB_Compound_ID>,
      FooDB compound ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FooDB_compound_ID>,
      ModelSEED compound ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ModelSEED_compound_ID>,
      Hopital.fr ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hopital.fr_ID>,
      BookBrainz publisher ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BookBrainz_publisher_ID>,
      Macdonald Dictionary ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macdonald_Dictionary_ID>,
      FHF hospital group ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FHF_hospital_group_ID>,
      FHF establishment ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FHF_establishment_ID>,
      Ameli ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ameli_ID>,
Pascal
      et Francis ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pascal_et_Francis_ID>,
      Retronews ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Retronews_ID>,
      Elephind.com
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elephind.com>,
      What Do They Know organisation ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/What_Do_They_Know_organisation_ID>,
      Papers Past
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Papers_Past>,
      Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Internetowy_Polski_S%C5%82ownik_Biograficzny_ID>,
      I-Revues ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/I-Revues_ID>,
      BDSP ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BDSP_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - People born more than a year after one of their parents
      <https://w.wiki/LbG>
      - UK MPs who were born after their father's death <https://w.wiki/Lbc>
      (source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1244351531882893316>)
      - National flags representing mountains <https://w.wiki/Lbe> (source
      <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1244364986723577861>)
      - Map of Umgebindehäuser (Upper Lusatian houses) <https://w.wiki/Lbf>
      (source <https://twitter.com/saxorum/status/1243967738999169026>)
      - Map of megaliths in Morbihan (Bretagne) <https://w.wiki/Lbh> (source
      <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1242906385605591041>)

Development

   - Fix an issue with the Wikidata dumps (phab:T248612
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248612>)
   - Migrate to and read from new store for item terms (phab:T219123
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219123>)
   - Create wb_terms_no_longer_updated to ease the transition to the new
   tables
   - Bridge: improve the rendering of references (phab:T238661
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238661>)
   - More work on editing references (phab:T240333
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240333>)
   - Continue setting up a test system to work on federated properties
   - More research on suggesting references

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

   - Create a scraper for Mix'n'match
   <https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/> from the catalogue list.
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mix%27n%27match/Catalogues>
   - 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

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

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