*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>

   - July 2021 Wikidata+Wikibase office hours
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2021-07-28>
   logs
   - July 2021 Wikibase Live sessions
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Meetings/2021-07-29>
   logs

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

   - Videos
      - What is Wikidata (in German) - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jF9sDZz4T8>

Tool of the week

   - User:Mahir256/syndepgraph.js
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mahir256/syndepgraph.js> is used to
   make interesting SVG-based syntactic dependency graphs generated with
   {{Syndepgraph}} <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Syndepgraph> to
   appear.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - Portuguese version of the Wikidata Query Service tutorial tool is now
   available <https://wdqs-tutorial.toolforge.org/?lang=pt-br>.
   - *Advisory board call for members for the Web2Cit project*: Web2Cit:
   Visual Editor for Citoid Web Translators
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Diegodlh/Web2Cit:_Visual_Editor_for_Citoid_Web_Translators>
   project is moving! With Diegodlh
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Diegodlh> we are inviting people to
   apply to be an Advisory Board member. Is this you? Is this someone you
   know? Check the Call for members
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Web2Cit/Advisory_Board/Call_for_members>
   and apply to be an Advisory Board member *before August 6th!*. If you
   are too busy this time around to apply, don't worry: we get it. You can
   also help us by spreading the word!
   - The moveClaim.js
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mat%C4%9Bj_Such%C3%A1nek/moveClaim.js>
   user script has been updated using code created by Melderick
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Melderick> to support changing a
   property of a claim within an entity. Please switch to the updated version
   if you used the other one, and report any bugs.
   - New tool: Lexemes Party
   <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/party.php> displays lexemes linked
   to a list of Wikidata items, so you can improve related lexicographical
   data in the languages you know. You can build your own lists and several
   examples are available. A weekly challenge is also proposed, theme of the
   week: Olympic Games
   <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=1>.

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: symbol represents
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9758>, bridge number
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9759>, syntactic dependency
      head relationship
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9763>, syntactic
      dependency head position
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9764>
      - External identifiers: Raakvlak inventory number
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9754>, Scenic Washington
      scenic drives and road trips ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9755>, Schoenberg Database
      of Manuscripts name ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9756>,
      Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9757>, Treccani's
      Enciclopedia del Cinema ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9760>, IRIS SNS author ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9761>, U.S. Ski & Snowboard
      athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9762>, Great
      Ukrainian Encyclopedia Online ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9765>, FIBA 3x3 player ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P9766>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: cabinet
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/cabinet>, title
      of a church
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/title_of_a_church>,
      Apple App Store classification
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Apple_App_Store_classification>,
      amount of medals
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/amount_of_medals>,
      GRAC/GRB content descriptor
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GRAC/GRB_content_descriptor>,
      GRAC/GRB rating category
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GRAC/GRB_rating_category>,
      Igromania developer/publisher ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Igromania_developer/publisher_ID>,
      commentator
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/commentator>,
      FLOSS development policy URL
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FLOSS_development_policy_URL>
      - External identifiers: BMC Id
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BMC_Id>, Joods
      Biografisch Woordenboek ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Joods_Biografisch_Woordenboek_ID>,
      Online Begraafplaatsen cemetery ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Online_Begraafplaatsen_cemetery_ID>,
      Rock Paper Shotgun game ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rock_Paper_Shotgun_game_ID>,
      police zone ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/police_zone_ID>,
      Tax identification number
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tax_identification_number>,
      Lessico del XXI Secolo ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lessico_del_XXI_Secolo_ID>,
      The Women’s Print History Project person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Women%E2%80%99s_Print_History_Project_person_ID>,
      USA Climbing member ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USA_Climbing_member_ID>,
      Online Begraafplaatsen memorial ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Online_Begraafplaatsen_memorial_ID>,
      Yale Center for British Art artwork Lido ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yale_Center_for_British_Art_artwork_Lido_ID>,
      Ordbog over det danske sprog ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ordbog_over_det_danske_sprog_ID>,
      Vokrug sveta Encyclopedia ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vokrug_sveta_Encyclopedia_ID>,
      Nationalencyklopedin ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nationalencyklopedin_ID>,
      MPAA certificate number
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Property_proposal/MPAA_certificate_number&action=edit&redlink=1>,
      Magyar írók élete és munkái ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Magyar_%C3%ADr%C3%B3k_%C3%A9lete_%C3%A9s_munk%C3%A1i_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - List of film directors who have worked with Jean-François Stevenin
      the most
      
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fdirector%20%3FdirectorLabel%20%28COUNT%28%2A%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP161%20wd%3AQ1684856%3B%0A%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP57%20%3Fdirector.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fdirector%20%3FdirectorLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29>
      (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Talk:Q1684856>) Jean-François
      Stevenin is a French actor, dead the 27th of July
      - French municipalities containing the word "ville"
      <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1421231692103233537> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1421231692103233537>)
      - Most frequently occurring titles found on audio tracks
      <https://twitter.com/exmusica/status/1421157733210935298> (Source
      <https://w.wiki/3jvn>)
      - Museums within 70 km of Dresden <https://w.wiki/3h5R> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/saxorum/status/1420727420399783949>)

Development

   - Continuing the work on the Mismatch Finder
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder>. Focusing on
   wrapping up the store part of the tool and moving on to the UI for
   reviewing mismatches.
   - Made it so that Special:EntityData doesn't throw an exception when
   called with an invalid flavor parameter (phabricator:T286275
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T286275>)
   - Limit languages of entity stubs in RDF output (Breaking change
   
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/BYLN3ZLOKOCNJ457KPBQ36OEJ7VLIXK2/>
   )

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*

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