*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>

   - Past: Remote Wikimedia Hackathon
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020/Remote_Hackathon>,
   May 9-10 (see the showcase replay
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E19-sDvjXD8> and the description of
   projects <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wmhackshowcase2020>). Several
   Wikidata-related sessions took place:
      - Working on Wikidata Lexeme Forms tool by Lucas Werkmeister: Part 1
      <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615768147>, Part 2
      <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/616026827>
      - Wikidata: Figure skating workflow, starting from scratch
      (installing and configuring everything on a new computer) by Harmonia
      Amanda: Part 1 <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615903450>, Part 2
      <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615927776>, Part 3
      <https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615974489>
   - Past: Wikidata local school gathering was organised by Wikidata
   Taiwan. Link to Event page
   <https://web.facebook.com/events/1532825603551114/> and dashboard
   
<https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikidata_Taiwan/Wikidata_%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E5%AD%B8%E5%B0%88%E9%A1%8C%E7%AC%AC%E5%9B%9B%E6%AC%A1%E5%B0%8F%E8%81%9A_%E9%A4%A8%E9%80%A3%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E5%A0%B4_(20200509)/home>
   - Upcoming: Live SPARQL queries session in French about Lexemes
   <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/SPARQLFR> by Vigneron, May 12th at
   20:00 CEST
   - Upcoming: Live Wikidata editing about video games by JeanFred
   <https://twitter.com/JeanFred/status/1258365590005309440>, May 13th at
   19:30 CEST

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

   - Webinar introducing Wikidata and adding wikidata=* tags into
   OpenStreetMap objects for OpenStreetMap contributors in the Philippines (in
   English and Tagalog): YouTube <https://youtube.com/watch?v=JhjBebDnwGY>
   - Wikidata Course at TAU: Hosting Mark Graham from the Internet Archive
      - Part 1 - Meet the Archive: YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfpDu7EsXcw>
      - Part 2 - The IA & Wikimedia: YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6gGYIJQh6k>
   - Wikidata Course at TAU: Hosting Lydia Pintscher from Wikimedia
   Deutschland
      - Part 1 - Wikidata - current state: YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obWNv4iBImQ>
      - Part 2 - Wikibase & Lexemes: YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=300gde9Hcto>
      - Part 3 - Shape Expressions & Schemas: YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXva9u3V0lc>
   - How to create external identifiers on Wikidata (in Italian): YouTube
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLDY056tPhk>
   - Open Data and Wikidata training (in Mandarin Chinese): YouTube
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSBkMhOy8Vc>
   - Bandaid: using Wikidata to generate band names
   <https://www.textjuicer.com/2020/05/bandaid-a-band-name-generator/>

Tool of the week

   - WikidataExtract <http://wikishape.weso.es/wikidataExtract> extracts
   schemas (shape expressions) from Wikidata entities

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - Wikidata:WikiProject Authority control/VIAF linking to multiple items
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Authority_control/VIAF_linking_to_multiple_items>
   has been created: most of the items listed probably need merging - have a
   look!
   - New tool: universal almanac based on Wikidata
   <http://vintagedata.org/almanac/query.php> by Alexander Doria
   <https://twitter.com/Dorialexander/status/1257333182871015424>
   - A proposal for a new Wikiproject Wikilambda
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilambda> that allows creating
   multilingual content in Wikidata that can be used in all Wikipedias.
   Signatures of support are needed and discussion and questions are welcomed!
   - V1 of Wikidata Bridge is almost ready to be tested on Catalan Wikipedia
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Vlrzy9sw6ownhafs>

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: general property-based URL formatter
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8183>, hardiness of plant
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8193>, hardiness zone
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8194>, ex-libris
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8195>, voting system
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8196>, supported metadata
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8203>, tabular case data
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8204>, Gazette of India
      notification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8206>
      - External identifiers: motorsportstats.com team ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8178>, Canadiana NCF ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8179>, Indian Railways train
      number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8180>, SNCF Station
      Identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8181>, South
      African Company Registration Number
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8182>, DART-Europe thesis ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8184>, DoME exhibition ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8185>, DPE school code
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8186>, Epistemonikos ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8187>, Lexikon der
      Filmbegriffe ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8188>, National
      Library of Israel J9U ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8189>, UK Modern House Index
      architect ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8190>, UK
      Modern House Index building ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8191>, Joconde technique ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8192>, PragerU presenter ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8197>, regional government
      of Sicily ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8198>, Anagrafe
      Istituti Culturali Ecclesiastici ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8199>, BeWeb cultural
      institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8200>, ACUM
      work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8201>, Reta Vortaro
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8202>, Mozilla Developer
      Network article <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8205>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: social media followers
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/social_media_followers>,
      Gobbledygook
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gobbledygook>,
      forearm length
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/forearm_length>,
      number of stepchildren
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_stepchildren>,
      number of adopted children
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_adopted_children>,
      CV <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CV>, axe
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/axe>, banned
      in
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/banned_in>
      - External identifiers: NMMA built heritage ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMMA_built_heritage_ID>,
      NMMA antiquities ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMMA_antiquities_ID>,
      Super Mario Wiki ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Super_Mario_Wiki_ID>,
      Philadelphia Museum of Art person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art_person_ID>,
      Archaeology in Greece Online place ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archaeology_in_Greece_Online_place_ID>,
      iDAI.gazetteer ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iDAI.gazetteer_ID>,
      iDAI.chronontology ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iDAI.chronontology_ID>,
      identifiant SILL d'un logiciel
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_SILL_d%27un_logiciel>,
      Lower Austrian Castle ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lower_Austrian_Castle_ID>,
      Naturdenkmal-ID Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naturdenkmal-ID_Landkreis_Oberspreewald-Lausitz>,
      Bookogs credit ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bookogs_credit_ID>,
      Bookogs work ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bookogs_work_ID>,
      Bookogs book ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bookogs_book_ID>,
      GMC membership number
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GMC_membership_number>,
      Bibliography of the History of Slovakia ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bibliography_of_the_History_of_Slovakia_ID>,
      LombardiaBeniCulturali author ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LombardiaBeniCulturali_author_ID>,
      Augustins de l'Assomption ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Augustins_de_l%27Assomption_ID>,
      ASUT ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASUT_ID>, Niden
      INE
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Niden_INE>
   - Query examples:
      - Films claimed to pass the Bechdel test with less than 2 female cast
      members in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/QLx>
      - African-American librarians in Wikidata that don't have Wikipedia
      articles <https://w.wiki/AXU> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/violetbfox/status/1259515391493181449>)
      - Magicians with known precise birth date <https://w.wiki/QWi> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1259468993699643392>)
      - Sheffield Shield cricket players and the number of states they have
      played in <https://w.wiki/QRm> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/FreoPope/status/1259462397456080902>)
      - Number of Twitter followers of scientists at Dutch universities
      <https://w.wiki/HFY> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1259411749142507520>)
      - Former United Kingdom Parliament MP's still living (by first
      election) <https://w.wiki/QP7> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1259206450590691328>)
      - Number of paintings in National Gallery with artist and gender
      <https://w.wiki/QLR> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/janedarnell/status/1259030507838476288>)
      - Nearby table tennis tables to public spaces for the Wiki Explorer
      Android application <https://w.wiki/Q3p> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/Jokrates/status/1257940691931533312>)
      - Map of Ramsar sites in France <https://w.wiki/PzE> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1257736872891121665>)
      - Highest software version numbers recorded on Wikidata
      <https://w.wiki/QXK> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1257385647490379781>)
   - Newest WikiProjects
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
   Speed skating
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Speed_skating>,
   Witches <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Witches>

Development

   - Display statements with federated properties (phab:T246606
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246606>)
   - Federated properties: fix a bug that caused some properties to not
   appear in search results (phab:T252024
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252024>)
   - Wikidata Bridge: more work on error messages
   - Prevent Wikibase schema updaters to modify database directly (
   phab:T249598 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249598>)
   - Write a technical RFC about site-wide edit rate limiting (phab:T247459
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247459>)
   - Fix an issue on Wikibase: property names are missing when rendering (
   phab:T247196 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247196>)
   - More work on automated references
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/4760/query/all/>

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

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

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.

Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
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Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
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