*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>

   - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call June
   13, 2023: Helen Williams will discuss her work with Wikidata at the London
   School of Economics Agenda
   
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H8Ro0bYUgRVZe3vo5qPgJam9DinJusbCw99vko65npM/>
   - Wikidata Workshop 2023 <https://wikidataworkshop.github.io/2023/> will
   be co-located with the 22nd International Conference on Semantic Web (ISWC)
   in November 2023 in Athens. The submission deadline is Thursday, 20 July
   2023. More details and call for papers
   
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vVdkYYj05NUKl9g3PH2dUDQaHR4vJ-fQ1wVnzK_20Bs/edit?usp=sharing>

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

   - Modeling and Querying Awards in Wikidata
   <https://cthoyt.com/2023/06/08/wikidata-awards.html>
   - Creating Bengali Freebase Using Wikidata
   <https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=125244>
   - Probability of having notable parents by country of citizenship
   
<https://observablehq.com/@pac02/probability-of-having-notable-parents-by-country-of-citize>

Tool of the week

   - narrow.css <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Nikki/narrow.css> attempts
   to make the Wikidata desktop interface work better on narrower screens.

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
      - General datatypes:
         - quality is the result of process
         <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11821> (quality that this
         process/activity directly correlates to and produces)
      - External identifiers: theCrag ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11816>, ‎SEC Kerala code
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11817>, Modern History
      Database person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11818>, Netflix
      person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11819>, Enciclopedia
      machiavelliana ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11820>, PM20
      film section ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11822>, The
      Homicide Report person ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11823>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to
   review:
      - General datatypes:
         - ISCED field
         <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISCED_field>
(mapping
         of a particular course's local fields according to the International
         Standard Classification of Education)
         - Romanian river code
         
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Romanian_river_code>
(River
         codes from ApeleRomâne)
      - External identifiers: Artmajeur artist ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artmajeur_artist_ID>
      , UETK ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UETK_ID>,
Trésors
      de Nice ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tr%C3%A9sors_de_Nice_ID>
      , German University Collections PersonID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/German_University_Collections_PersonID>
   - Query examples:
      - Terminus stations of the Transilien railroad network
      <https://w.wiki/6pYf> (source
      <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1666484618793549825>)
      - List of children of Johann Sebastian Bach <https://w.wiki/6pYi> (
      source <https://twitter.com/nopiedra/status/1666905105860288536>)

Development

   - Wikibase REST API <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API>:
      - We finished work on accessing data for Properties (phab:T337720
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T337720>)
      - We started work on supporting conditional HTTP headers for
      accessing Property data (phab:T338138
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T338138>)
   - You can now add sitelinks to outreach wiki (phab:T171140
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T171140>)
   - Query Builder <https://query.wikidata.org/querybuilder>: Fixed an
   issue with missing icons in the language selector (phab:T335754
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T335754>)
   - EntitySchemas <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Schemas>: Final
   polishing on the new datatype before wider testing.

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>


-- 
Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement & Events Consultant
Contractor for Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
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