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>

   - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
   call: New co-facilitator introductions and tools for editathons, 14 July.
   Agenda
   
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sxv0tbESnZVOqyPvLMMbcnxEObfngKmtq7phQXhigKw/edit?usp=sharing>
   - Upcoming video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #12,
   18 July Facebook
   
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3051148598266284/>,
   YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Btvs8POzUk>
   - Past: Celtic Knot Wikimedia language conference
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020>, online,
   July 9-10. Videos, documentation and slides of sessions are accessible from
   the program page.

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

   - Using OpenRefine with Wikidata for the first time
   
<https://addshore.com/2020/07/using-openrefine-with-wikidata-for-the-first-time/>,
   by Addshore
   - Using Wikidata in Mathematica and Wolfram
   
<https://blog.wolfram.com/2020/07/09/accessing-the-world-with-the-wolfram-language-external-identifiers-and-wikidata/>,
   by Toni Schindler
   - Fostering the presence of museums on Wikipedia and Wikidata
   
<http://icom.museum/en/news/imd2020-fostering-the-presence-of-museums-on-wikipedia-and-wikidata/>,
   by Debora Lopomo
   - Extending the Met’s reach with Wikidata
   
<https://wikiedu.org/blog/2020/07/07/extending-the-mets-reach-with-wikidata/>,
   by Jennie Choi
   - Wikidata-related videos from the Celtic Knot Conference:
      - Wikidata and how you can use it to support minority languages
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfhkk4qdkTE> (Mohammed Sadat)
      - Wikidata-powered infoboxes
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk9AdUIzeeA?t=221> (Pau Cabot)
      - Hands-on Wikidata and lexicographical data
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDM5QJAJzNc> (Nicolas Vigneron and
      Léa Lacroix)
      - FAIR linguistic data thanks to norm data – Wikidata as part of the
      research project VerbaAlpina
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ROTQ9N_8w> (Christina Mutter)
      - Sámi placenames on Wikidata
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L5uoMiJoA4> (Jon Harald Søby)
   - Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - Wikidata editing #11 Facebook
   
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3043539535693857/>,
   YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzqX5iTfzb4>
   - Video: Introducing the Wikidata powered Dictionary of Welsh Biography
   timeline (Jason Evans), YouTube
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6uMVRVji-U>
   - Video: Diving into Wikidata workshop (Will Kent), YouTube
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f756VlWN360>
   - Video: Linked data for libraries with Wikibase, Infrastructure track
   (Jens Ohlig), YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVmxpaB-Th4>

Tool of the week

   - DragNDrop.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yarl/DragNDrop.js>
   makes it possible to show a Wikipedia article and drag items to Wikidata.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - GQIS can now render results from a Wikidata SPARQL query with a new
   plugin <https://twitter.com/AlbinPCLarsson/status/1280007567859576832>.
   - New feature in *V for Wikipedia* that uses Wikidata identifiers to
   direct users to their favorite streaming app
   <https://twitter.com/frankrausch/status/1281291081452306434>.

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: Dowker-Thistlethwaite name
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8416>
      - External identifiers: AlloCiné theater ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8414>, Maniadb artist ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8415>, Group Properties wiki
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8417>, Oberwolfach
      mathematician ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8418>, Archive
      Of Our Own tag <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8419>, GameBanana
      video game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8420>, Spanish
      Olympic Committee athlete ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8421>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: Image link
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Image_link>,
      numeric ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/numeric_ID>,
      peak bagging classification
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/peak_bagging_classification>,
      vanDerWaalsConstantA
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vanDerWaalsConstantA>,
      vanDerWaalsConstantB
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vanDerWaalsConstantB>,
      road name formatter
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/road_name_formatter>,
      road number formatter
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/road_number_formatter>,
      Medical Service
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medical_Service>,
      Ofsted inspection rating
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ofsted_inspection_rating>,
      OpenStreetMap numeric user ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenStreetMap_numeric_user_ID>,
      traffic sign template image
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/traffic_sign_template_image>,
      Vietnamese middle name
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vietnamese_middle_name>
      - External identifiers: Wiki Loves Earth Ukraine identifier
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wiki_Loves_Earth_Ukraine_identifier>,
      OHM Relation ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OHM_Relation_ID>,
      Filmstarts title ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmstarts_title_ID>,
      UK Research and Innovation person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UK_Research_and_Innovation_person_ID>,
      SmallGroup ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SmallGroup_ID>,
      Personendatenbank Germania Sacra ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Personendatenbank_Germania_Sacra_ID>,
      SAH Archipedia building ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAH_Archipedia_building_ID>,
      SAH Archipedia architect ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SAH_Archipedia_architect_ID>,
      Our Campaigns candidate ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Our_Campaigns_candidate_ID>,
      VPE railway line ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VPE_railway_line_ID>,
      Churches in Limburg
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Churches_in_Limburg>,
      The Draft Review ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Draft_Review_ID>,
      ANZSCO 2013 ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANZSCO_2013_ID>,
      ANZSOC ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ANZSOC_ID>,
ASCRG
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASCRG_ID>,
      Encyclopédie berbère
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclop%C3%A9die_berb%C3%A8re>,
      雑誌コード
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%E9%9B%91%E8%AA%8C%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89>,
      OpenStreetMap user name
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenStreetMap_user_name>,
      National Registry of Exonerations Case ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Registry_of_Exonerations_Case_ID>,
      Svenska Akademiens Ordbok ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Svenska_Akademiens_Ordbok_ID>,
      QLD Biota ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/QLD_Biota_ID>,
      Australian Weed ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Weed_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - Illustrated Basque word of the day for children <https://w.wiki/WMN>
      - Oldest UK MPs at the time of election <https://w.wiki/WRB> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1280844765135802369>)
      - Map of archives in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/Wg3> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/M_Gasser/status/1281989283302301696>)

Development

   - Continued building out documentation for Federated Properties (
   phabricator:T255651 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255651>) and
   making interface improvements to the first stage of the feature (incl.
   phabricator:T246886 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246886>, changes
   to special pages that interact with both Items/Properties, and
   phabricator:T255581 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T255581>, changes
   to Special:ListDataTypes when federation is enabled)
   - More work on the consistent design system
   - More work on decoupling the different Wikibase extensions from each
   other to make development easier
   - Finalizing research and interviews to better understand what could be
   improved in the way developers access Wikidata's data (APIs, SPARQL)
   - Testing the first prototype of the Simple Query Builder
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Improve_the_workflows_for_queries_and_lists/Simple_query_Builder>
   with some editors to get final input before coding starts
   - Sorting of language links on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia
   projects was broken (presumably by a change in MediaWiki core). A fix is
   being worked on. (phabricator:T257625
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T257625>)

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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