*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>

   - Linking the 20th century paper history to the sum of all knowledge
   
<https://www.slideshare.net/jneubert/linking-the-20th-century-paper-history-to-the-sum-of-all-knowledge>
   (Best practice presentation
   <https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2020/abstracts/#2> at DCMI
   Virtual 2020)
   - Upcoming: live SPARQL queries <https://www.twitch.tv/belett> on Twitch
   and in French by Vigneron, September 29 at 18:00 CEST
   - Upcoming: WikiNeocomensia: Wikidata + OpenRefine
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiNeocomensia/Atelier_Wikidata_2020>,
   workshop in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and in French, October 3
   - Upcoming: Online Wikidata editathon in Swedish #32
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Meetup_#32>,
   October 4

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

   - The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
   [IFLA] have published a series of six videos
   <https://www.ifla.org/node/93341> "discussions with professionals in
   order to discuss projects, issues, progress of Wikidata, Wikibase and
   bibliographic data in the field of libraries." Currently available as a
   playlist on YouTube
   <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV81siTMahbsjakNDIdFwbIvdyNqwRNPo>
   under CC-By (Wikimedia Commons upload soon), with subtitles in English,
   Spanish, Portuguese, and French (Arabic and Chinese coming soon). The
   production was made by the IFLA Wikidata Working Group
   <https://www.ifla.org/node/92837> and funded by a *WikiCite
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite>* grant.
   - Sidestepping the limitations of collection catalogues with machine
   learning and Wikidata
   
<https://thesciencemuseum.github.io/heritageconnector/post/2020/09/23/sidestepping-the-limitations-of-collections-catalogues-with-machine-learning-and-wikidata/>
   - Navigating the maze of Wikidata query logs
   <https://hal-udl.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02096714v1> by Angela
   Bonifati, Wim Martens, Thomas Timm
   - Video: Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing #21 - WikiDojo
   on the Global Climate Strike: Facebook
   
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/2769265926691900/>,
   YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2sujkCwHE0>
   - Video: Wikidata tutorial for lecturers (in Czech) - YouTube
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykhKcznpU7Q>
   - Video: Creating and enriching linked data with Wikidata - YouTube
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RApW2x4KJfw>
   - Video: Mix'n'Match Tutorial - YouTube
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp2wbBg6Vqs>
   - Video: Introduction to Wikidata for librarians (in Portuguese) -
   YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he_ezHMVtO8>

Tool of the week

   - omeka-s-wikidata <https://github.com/nishad/omeka-s-wikidata> is an
   Omeka-S <https://omeka.org/s/> module for auto-suggesting Wikidata URIs
   and labels.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - The Wikidata development team is seeking to evaluate and improve the
   process of collecting and reacting to bug reports and feature requests. You
   can give feedback about your experience using this anonymous form
   <https://wolke.wikimedia.de/index.php/apps/forms/qXk3e2LM98ebLcJb> *until
   September 30th* or add feedback publically to Wikidata talk:Contact the
   development team/Process review 2020
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Contact_the_development_team/Process_review_2020>
   .
   - Nominate your favorite tools for the Coolest Tool Award 2020
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> before October 14th.
   - Wikidata Walkabout
   <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-September/014281.html>
   is a new site that lets you browse and drill down through different
   "classes" of data on Wikidata: wikidatawalkabout.org
   - Como <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kristbaum.como>
   is a new Android app, that uses Wikidata lexemes and senses to create a
   word-guessing game. It let's players create new senses and tests them on
   other players to finally save them in Wikidata. The app is developed as
   part of a BA thesis, to determine if this concept is useful to create more
   lexicographical data, and testers would be very welcome.

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: construction point
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8620>, turning radius
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8621>, hill size
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8622>, bibliography
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8625>, opening time
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8626>, closing time
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8627>, engine displacement
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8628>, expansion of
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8646>, Netflix maturity
      rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8652>, TDD number
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8659>
      - External identifiers: American Battlefield Trust battlefield ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8623>, American Battlefield
      Trust ID (person)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8624>, Occupational
      Outlook Handbook ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8629>, Thomas
      Jefferson Encyclopedia ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8630>, Canadian Women
      Artists History Initiative ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8631>, Book Marks ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8632>, Re-Member ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8633>, SPoT skater ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8634>, NDL law ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8635>, McClintock and Strong
      Biblical Cyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8636>,
      L'Officiel des spectacles ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8637>, British and Irish
      Furniture Makers Online ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8638>, Cincinnati Art Museum
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8639>, Dallas Museum of
      Art ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8640>, FBref.com
      squad ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8642>, Dostoyevsky
      and His Entourage ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8643>, Lambiek
      comic magazines ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8644>, Energy
      Identification Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8645>, Library
      of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8647>, Ministry of the
      Interior of Italy ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8648>, National
      Park Service place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8649>, MnDOT
      Historic Bridges ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8650>, Open
      Civic Data Division ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8651>,
      Museen Dresden article ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8653>, SSYK 2012 The Swedish
      Standard Classification of Occupations
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8654>, LoC HABS/HAER/HALS
      place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8655>, Symptom
      Ontology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8656>, photoLondon
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8657>, Syro-Malabar
      Catholic Church ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8658>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: Regional Council of Tuscany ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Regional_Council_of_Tuscany_ID>,
      level of professionalness
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/level_of_professionalness>,
      defined in terms of
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/defined_in_terms_of>,
      form of property constraint
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/form_of_property_constraint>,
      Attraction to
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attraction_to>,
      group identity
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/group_identity>,
      analog television standard
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/analog_television_standard>,
      ritual object
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ritual_object>,
      number of rooms
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_rooms>
      - External identifiers: USA Water Polo Hall of Fame ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USA_Water_Polo_Hall_of_Fame_ID>,
      Encyclopaedia Beliana ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopaedia_Beliana_ID>,
      Indonesian prison database ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indonesian_prison_database_ID>,
      LinkedIn group ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LinkedIn_group_ID>,
      Naver movie ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naver_movie_ID>,
      CINE21 film ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CINE21_film_ID>,
      Movist film ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Movist_film_ID>,
      KOBIS-ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KOBIS-ID>, Max
      Movie film ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Max_Movie_film_ID>,
      The Boardr profile ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Boardr_profile_ID>,
      Slovník českých nakladatelství 1848-1949 person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slovn%C3%ADk_%C4%8Desk%C3%BDch_nakladatelstv%C3%AD_1848-1949_person_ID>,
      Google Play developer slug
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Play_developer_slug>,
      Passion Patrimoine ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Passion_Patrimoine_ID>,
      FVLB work ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FVLB_work_ID>,
      BBC Sound Effects Asset ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BBC_Sound_Effects_Asset_ID>,
      ITHL author ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ITHL_author_ID>,
      Quebec Dams Directory ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Quebec_Dams_Directory_ID>,
      Doktori.hu ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Doktori.hu_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - Table of the 100 most recent additions of interactive OpenStreetMap
      maps to English Wikipedia articles
      
<https://sophox.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%2A%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20Prevent%20optimizer%20from%20querying%20for%20everything%20tagged%20with%20wikidata%3D%2A%20before%20querying%20the%20service%0A%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Query%20the%20MediaWiki%20API%20Query%20Service%20through%20the%20Wikidata%20Query%20Service%2C%20where%20it%20is%20enabled%0A%20%20SERVICE%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql%3E%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Amwapi%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Get%20the%20100%20most%20recent%20%3Cmapframe%3E%20or%20%3Cmaplink%3E%20additions%20to%20English%20Wikipedia%20articles%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aapi%20%22Generator%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aendpoint%20%22en.wikipedia.org%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Alimit%20100%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agenerator%20%22categorymembers%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Inserting%20%3Cmapframe%3E%20and%20%3Cmaplink%3E%20automatically%20adds%20an%20article%20to%20this%20category%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agcmtitle%20%22Category%3APages%20using%20the%20Kartographer%20extension%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Articles%2C%20not%20other%20namespaces%20like%20portals%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agcmnamespace%20%220%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Sort%20by%20most%20recent%20addition%20to%20the%20category%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agcmsort%20%22timestamp%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agcmdir%20%22descending%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Agcmprop%20%22ids%7Ctitle%7Ctimestamp%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Output%20the%20title%2C%20Wikidata%20item%2C%20and%20last-edited%20timestamp%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Ftitle%20wikibase%3AapiOutput%20mwapi%3Atitle.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fwd%20wikibase%3AapiOutputItem%20mwapi%3Aitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Ftimestamp%20wikibase%3AapiOutput%20mwapi%3Atimestamp.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20Some%20articles%20have%20no%20linked%20Wikidata%20item%20yet%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20Leaving%20this%20variable%20unbound%20would%20cause%20the%20query%20to%20search%20for%20all%20Wikidata-tagged%20features%20in%20OpenStreetMap%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28BOUND%28%3Fwd%29%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Query%20OpenStreetMap%20for%20features%20representing%20the%20subject%20of%20the%20article%0A%20%20%3Fosm%20osmt%3Awikidata%20%3Fwd.%0A%7D%0A%23%20Uncomment%20this%20line%20to%20sort%20the%20most%20recently%20edited%20articles%20to%20the%20top%2C%20regardless%20of%20when%20a%20map%20was%20added%20to%20the%20article%0A%23ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Ftimestamp%29>
      - OSM/Wikidata query
      - Map of the birthplace of persons with an ELEM id on Wikidata
      <https://w.wiki/dHP> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/espejolento/status/1308828777917509632>)

Development

   - A long-standing bug has been fixed (T217144
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217144>) where Items and Lexemes
   created via OAuth would not be added to the user’s watchlist even if the
   user had the Add pages I create and files I upload to my watchlist
   setting enabled. (The Add pages and files I edit to my watchlist setting
   was probably likewise ineffective, but this was not tested specifically.)
   Affected tools include QuickStatements
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:QuickStatements>, Mix'n'Match
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mix-n-Match>, and Wikidata
   Lexeme Forms
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_Lexeme_Forms>; users of
   these and other tools may see more pages being added to their watchlists
   now. (This only applies to new edits and page creations; previously created
   or edited pages will not be automatically added to the watchlist
   retroactively.)
   - Working on the basic building blocks of the Query Builder towards
   making it possible to create the first very simple query with it
   - Talking to people about comparing Wikidata's data against other
   databases and flagging mismatches
   - Fixing an issue with Item creations via the API by blocked users
   leading to skipped entity IDs (phab:T232620
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232620>)
   - Fixed an input issue with invisible characters (phab:T261071
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261071>)
   - Finishing the draft of the REST API spec to get it ready for feedback
   - WikibaseManifest: created a separate key for local entities and
   decided what we do about non-local entity sources based on tool-builder
   feedback (phab:T263527 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263527>) and
   specifying the API in OpenApi format (phab:T262919
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T262919>)


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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