*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions

   - Project chat: Wikidata phase 1 regression (interwikis no longer
   visible in new layout used by some Wikipedias and its impact on minority
   languages)
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikidata_phase_1_regression>

Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>

   - Upcoming
      - Working with Siegfried, Wikidata, and Wikibase
      
<https://openpreservation.org/events/working-with-siegfried-wikidata-and-wikibase/>.
      December 2, 2021 4:00 pm CET
      - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Linked_Data_for_Production#LD4-Wikidata_Affinity_Group>
      call: Jan Ainali <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ainali> on
WikiProject
      Govdirectory
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory>, a
      tool and associated Wikiproject for building a user-friendly directory of
      government agencies and their online presence. Agenda with call link
      
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mHIYuDt_1y3zJhMz18O611rPJ-wxyKEvAeFofAyQ4Eo/edit?usp=sharing>,
      November 30.
      - Next LD4 Wikibase Working Hour
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikibase_and_WBStack_Working_Hours>.
      Thurs. 16 December 2021, 11AM-12PM Eastern, (time zone converter
      
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20211216T160000&p1=tz_et&p2=tz_ct&p3=tz_mt&p4=tz_pt&p5=tz_gmt&p6=tz_cet>).
      "*We will continue work developing our WBStack sandbox which seeks to
      explore how Wikibase could help track the usage of alternate labels for
      terms in vocabularies like LCSH*"
      - LIVE Wikidata editing #64 - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht8h6pUxgKo>, Facebook
      
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikidataCommunity/permalink/3115061972112292/>,
      December 4 at 19:00 UTC
      - Online Wikidata meetup in Swedish #89
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Swedish_online_editathon#Träff_#89>,
      December 5 at 13.00 UTC
   - Ongoing
      - Weekly Lexemes Challenge #18, Horse
      <https://dicare.toolforge.org/lexemes/challenge.php?id=18>
   - Past
      - Wikibase live session log
      <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2021.11.25>, month of November
      2021
      - Introduction to Wikibase (part 1), ISKO UK Hands-on Meetup (replay
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCAjhjeJpgY>)

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

   - Blogs
      - Blog post on how Wikimedia Sweden has worked with two museums to
      open up their data and make it available on Wikidata
      
<https://wikimedia.se/2021/11/24/flytta-till-stockholm-och-do-vi-stadar-upp-och-visualiserar-kulturarvsdata/>
      (in Swedish)
      - Indigenous knowledge on Wikipedia and Wikidata
      
<https://wikiedu.org/blog/2021/11/23/indigenous-knowledge-on-wikipedia-and-wikidata/>
   - Videos
      - Video tutorial for Wikidata Scraping, data processing and import
      (Open Refine) (in Czech) - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nFy-ffcjfg>
      - (Wikidata intro) how it acts as one of the levers for the
      discoverability of cultural content in dance (in French) - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEKxq-fwaxg>
      - Archive and register of sound art / sound artists with Wikipedia,
      Wikidata and Wikimedia (in Spanish) - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7pUb5aYMZQ>
      - Reconciliation server demonstration against Wikidata - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX9acrq98LQ>
      - Wikidata: A Magic Portal for Siegfried and Roy - YouTube
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtYJaTyeZJM>

Tool of the week

   - New gadget available in the preferences
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets>:
   "compact items" makes the interface on item pages more compact (it was
   previously a gadget for common.css
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by/compact_items.css>
   )

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - Wikimedia Deutschland is looking for a Full-Stack Developer
   <https://short.sg/j/4361894> to join the Wikidata team.
   - Are you doing research around Wikidata? There is a new fund to support
   research work around the Wikimedia projects
   
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund#Wikimedia_Research_Fund>
   that you can apply to.
   - New strategies for Wikidata and the Wikibase Ecosystem published and
   waiting for your feedback
   
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/3VJ5ZW3MO3CMCVWW4JDWSWDLXLX4XAEU/>.
   Add your comments
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LinkedOpenData/Strategy2021>!

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes: death rate
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10091>, image with color
      chart <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10093>
      - External identifiers: Australian Prints + Printmaking artist ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10086>, Australian Prints +
      Printmaking work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10087>, Dissernet
      institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10088>, DHAC
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10090>,
      Bildatlas-Künstler-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10092>,
      AHPRA registration number
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10094>, FRACS Find a Surgeon
      profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10095>, Databáze
      her ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10096>, 7 Days person
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10097>, Oùvoir.ça film ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10098>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes: Corruption Perceptions Index
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Corruption_Perceptions_Index>,
      surrounds the enclave
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/surrounds_the_enclave>,
      Harvard Art Museums ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Harvard_Art_Museums_ID>,
      GISAID identifier
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GISAID_identifier>,
      Nextstrain identifier
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nextstrain_identifier>,
      homophone lexeme
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/homophone_lexeme>,
      Numista
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Numista>
      - External identifiers: identifiant base Enluminures
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_base_Enluminures>,
      The World of Shakespeare ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_World_of_Shakespeare_ID>,
      oKino.ua film ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/oKino.ua_film_ID>,
      kinobaza.com.ua film ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/kinobaza.com.ua_film_ID>,
      kinobaza.com.ua actor ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/kinobaza.com.ua_actor_ID>,
      oKino.ua actor ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/oKino.ua_actor_ID>,
      Natural History Museum (London) person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Natural_History_Museum_(London)_person_ID>,
      svpressa.ru ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/svpressa.ru_ID>,
      Russian Academy of Sciences person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Academy_of_Sciences_person_ID>,
      The Parliamentary Newspaper ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Parliamentary_Newspaper_ID>,
      Lib.ru author ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lib.ru_author_ID>,
      politika-crimea.ru person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/politika-crimea.ru_person_ID>,
      Institute of the History of Ukraine scientist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Institute_of_the_History_of_Ukraine_scientist_ID>,
      centrasia.org person ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/centrasia.org_person_ID>,
      Music of Armenia ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Music_of_Armenia_ID>,
      Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Transbaikalia_ID>
   - Query examples:
      - Number of items without any statements <https://w.wiki/4Sjy> (last
      week: more than 1,300,000)
      - Number of items without any statements by sitelinks
      <https://w.wiki/4Sn7> (sample: 1757 items link to nlwiki, but have no
      statements).
      - Taxa named after women (by place of birth) <https://w.wiki/4TSu> (
      Source <https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1464316862452359176>)
      - List of articles on Blaise Pascal in all Wikipedias, sorted by
      decreasing article size <https://w.wiki/4T73> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1463887097752961026>)
      - Texts on French Wikisource by people born in Puy-de-Dôme
      <https://w.wiki/4Sq6> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1463528711525965834>)
      - List of countries by the highest elevation point
      <https://w.wiki/4Srs> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1463583163360456708>)
      - Number of distinct (UK parliament) seats returning someone who
      chose to sit elsewhere each year, 1830-1910 <https://w.wiki/4Sd4> (
      Source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1463284279530688512>)
      - List of services that support the OpenRefine Reconciliation service
      <https://w.wiki/4SBV> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/yayamamo/status/1462787283355009031>)
      - Things depicted in art works in the Khalili Collections
      <https://w.wiki/4UDE> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/1465316000275083270>)
      - Images of Wikidata's items linked to UBERON ids
      <https://w.wiki/4sfu> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1462848333026844673>)
      - Population density of administrative subdivisions exceeding 100,000
      km² and 100 inhabitants / km² <https://w.wiki/4Tz5> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1465058060775342082>)
      - List of government agencies in Scotland <https://w.wiki/4TpN> (
      Source <https://twitter.com/Jan_Ainali/status/1464907568246140928>)
      - Which day of the week people died on in the Mauthausen
      concentration camp <https://w.wiki/4Tyv> (Source
      <https://twitter.com/medi_cago/status/1465051707344306182>)

Development

   - Mismatch Finder
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mismatch_Finder>: Continued
   working on last remaining tickets for the first version. Added a footer to
   the site, improved documentation and added ability to delete a batch of
   mismatches.
   - Made good progress on migrating our on-wiki Vue apps to support the
   new Vue.createMwApp compatibility layer in MediaWiki core (phab:T294465
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T294465>)
   - Continued work on making it possible to define a custom ordering of
   grammatical features on Lexemes (phab:T232557
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232557>)
   - More research and discussion on mul language code (phab:T285156
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285156>)
   - Discussing with data re-users about their views on the ontology issue
   classification we worked on earlier this year to get their input (slides
   from Data Quality Days session
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DataQualityDaysontologyissues.pdf>
   )

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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