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.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
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