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: Wikidata Parliament of Ghana contest <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ghana/Parliament_of_Ghana/Members_of_the_5th_Parliament_of_the_4th_Republic_of_Ghana/Contest> launch (replay <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN-3xtS-A7E>) - Upcoming: Biohackathon 2020 <https://www.biohackathon-europe.org/index.html> Barcelona 2020 November 9th - 13th The accepted wikidata related proposal: Knowledge graphs and wikidata subsetting <https://github.com/elixir-europe/BioHackathon-projects-2020/tree/master/projects/35> - Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #20 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#20>, July 12 - Upcoming: Celtic Knot conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020>, July 9-10, including several sessions about Wikidata, a Wikidata helpdesk Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Why Ariadne uses Getty AAT over Wikidata <https://ariadne-infrastructure.eu/why-does-ariadne-use-the-getty-aat-and-not-wikidata-as-its-main-reference-vocabulary/> - Video: LIVE Wikidata editing #10 - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2iTKemFrq4> Tool of the week - Ptable <https://tools.wmflabs.org/ptable> displays the periodic table automatically extracted from information provided by Wikidata; it also provides a check that all the elements are there with some basic properties. Additional pages provide charts of the nuclides under different criteria such as half-life. Each element or nuclide is linked to its Wikidata item for more information or to edit if necessary. Other Noteworthy Stuff - Abstract Wikipedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia> was approved. - OpenRefine 3.4 beta 2 <https://openrefine.org/download.html> was released. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: Open Data portal <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8402>, theorised by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8403>, DOI formatter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8404>, set in environment <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8411>, academic appointment <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8413> - External identifiers: House Divided ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8400>, thefreedictionary medical term ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8401>, People's Representative Council of Indonesia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8405>, Grove Art Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8406>, Supreme Court of Sweden case number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8407>, KBpedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8408>, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency OBJECTID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8409>, Oxford Bibliographies ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8410>, Swiss Timber Bridges ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8412> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: taxon synonym string <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/taxon_synonym_string>, PM20 subject code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PM20_subject_code>, PM20 geo code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PM20_geo_code>, number of downloads <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_downloads>, Interactive element <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Interactive_element>, course <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/course>, Zoning symbol <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zoning_symbol>, vanDerWaalsConstant <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vanDerWaalsConstant>, has pattern <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_pattern> - External identifiers: AlloCiné theater ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AlloCin%C3%A9_theater_ID>, Cistercian Biography Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cistercian_Biography_Online_ID>, Pitchfork artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pitchfork_artist_ID>, Archive Of Our Own tag <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archive_Of_Our_Own_tag>, Austrian encyclopedia of music online <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Austrian_encyclopedia_of_music_online>, Swiss Tunnel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swiss_Tunnel_ID>, ANZSRC 2020 FoR ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANZSRC_2020_FoR_ID>, CPJF ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CPJF_ID>, TripAdvisor ID 2 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TripAdvisor_ID_2>, Wien Kulturgut: Kunstwerke im öffentlichen Raum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wien_Kulturgut:_Kunstwerke_im_%C3%B6ffentlichen_Raum_ID>, public transport stop <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/public_transport_stop>, Homebrew formula name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Homebrew_formula_name>, Offizielle Deutsche Charts song ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Offizielle_Deutsche_Charts_song_ID>, British Museum object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Museum_object_ID>, ToS;DR service numerical identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ToS;DR_service_numerical_identifier>, code EHESS d'une commune <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_EHESS_d%27une_commune>, IAPH code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IAPH_code>, ProtonDB video game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ProtonDB_video_game_ID> - Query examples: - France <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142> has a new Prime Minister <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1587677>: see the list of all ministers <https://w.wiki/WCX> in French history (very long scroll). If you want to know more, see this notebook <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:PAC2/Ministres> - Open data portals in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/WAg> (using the newly created property Open Data portal (P8402) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8402>) - Objects that are named after people on Wikidata <https://w.wiki/W7N> (Source <https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1279735963401494528>) Development - More work on the consistent design system (Phabricator board <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/4857/>) - More work on decoupling the different Wikibase extensions from each other - Proposal to stop registering WikibaseLib as a separate extension <https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/master/php/adr_0013.html> - Polishing the first step of Federation (using Wikidata's Properties in another Wikibase installation) (incl. preventing users from selecting a federated property with a non-supported data type (phab:T252012 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T252012>) and preventing users from accessing Special:NewProperty when federation is enabled (phab:T255576 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255576>) and viewing a list of all properties when federation is enabled (phab:T246339 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246339>)) - Continuing research and interviews around the topic of making it easier to access Wikidata's data for programmers - Doing first testing of mockups and prototypes of the first version of the Query Builder - coding can start soon - Convert a few properties from string to external identifier: Linguasphere code (P1396), KOATUU identifier (P1077) and ISIN (P946) 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> -- Mohammed Sadat *Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase* Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. 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