User talk:Abelmoschus Esculentus/Archive 18

Sara Ali Khan
The article redirect doesn’t show any helpful details about the above subject, i request you to undo your action. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boyofjawad (talk • contribs) 03:56, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Page protected. ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk /  contribs 10:13, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Ottoman dynasty
Difficult to see how this needed rollbacking, when, as an addition, it merely reflected the opening sentence of the lead...and so cannot have been disruptive in the slightest degree. FYI. —— SerialNumber  54129  14:12, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes I agree that the revert should be explained - "the imperial" is not part of or the prefix of "House of Osman". ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk /  contribs 14:19, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
 * So you agree it was a good-faith edit which should not have been rolled back without an edit summary; OK, many thanks. ——  SerialNumber  54129  14:29, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Link to Forbes about selling a completely different song 2ne1 i'm The Best.
There about the song was released in 2011. And sales on the Gaon of this song do not correspond to Forbes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.45.64.146 (talk) 02:00, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Please explain in your edit summary next time. ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk /  contribs 02:05, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Kalbe abid was not an muhtihid
Hi there, i apriciate you but one thing that kalbe abid was not an ayatollah...He have no ijazit to write mujtihid.i am in contact waith lucknow scholars Sharief123 (talk) 07:25, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry I don't understand what are you talking about. ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk /  contribs 07:27, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Kalbe abid was not an mujtahid... Sharief123 (talk) 10:08, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Please tell me what do you want, not something like "qiowzxcv is euyqawjrfg" which I don't understand. ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk /  contribs 10:12, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Chandra Shekher Mishra...
...(blocked) appears to have reappeared as HardSunBadMoon. A sock puppet inquiry has been started. Listed as Sockpuppet investigations/157.43.83.254 because when filed, that was the oldest identified possible sock. David notMD (talk) 14:08, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #342
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Scholarly articles that are book reviews


 * Events
 * Past: SWAT4HCLS in Antwerp Belgium December 3:
 * Wikibase tutorial
 * "Wikidata as an intuitive resource towards semantic data modeling in data FAIRification" short paper
 * "WikiCite, Wikidata, and Scholia: Linking Publications to Topics" (demo /food/ aspect)
 * Past: Workshop "Wikidata - what is that and why it's relevant in the field of geospatial information technologies?"? at Latvia's Geospatial Information Technology (GIT) conference (slides)
 * Past: Introduction to Wikidata for Wikipedians in Stokholm, Sweden, December 4th
 * Upcoming: Introduction to Wikidata for Wikipedians in Göteborg, Sweden, December 10th


 * Press, articles, blog posts
 * "Detailed depictions with IIIF, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons" by Martin Poulter, Bodleian Digital Library blog
 * Report of the GNDCon in the Kurier (in German)


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * iD, the default OSM editor at openstreetmap.org has recently had an update which pulls data from Wikidata.
 * WikidataCon 2019, the conference for open data enthusiasts, will take place on 25-26 October 2019 in Berlin
 * Miniature map will be displayed for coordinate properties
 * New passwords requirements will apply on all wikis to new accounts and privileged accounts starting on December 13th
 * New grant request by MySociety: Wikidata post-election updating toolkit


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: award rationale, heat treating, copyright status, level of description
 * External identifiers: SEINet ID, LIGA profile, BIBSYS work ID, UK Parliament identifier, Jewish Museum Berlin person ID, Vesti.kz person ID, Genius album ID, Genius song ID, TASS reference, OpenTrials ID, NooSFere story ID, DIR3 ID, L'Encyclopédie philosophique ID, TrENSmissions person ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: creator, WordLift ID, Specific age inside fictional universe, type of rear suspensions, type of front suspensions, ride height, approach angle, departure angle, Drag coefficient, related category, SinemaTürk person ID, SinemaTürk film ID, Nombre annuel de passagers
 * External identifiers: BDEL ID, ZVR, NARA record group number, MMLO, IEC database ID commemorative monument of Catalonia, Meteorological Service of Canada climate ID, PomBase systematic ID, Volksbund ID, iTunes music movie ID, Paris Musées ID, Beachsoccer.ru player ID, BSRussia player ID


 * Query examples:
 * Map of fountains in Zürich (source)
 * Timeline of famous bryologists (source)
 * Percentage of people member of the Swedish church per Church parish (source)
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3FcountryLabel%20(GROUP_CONCAT(%3FgenreLabel%3B%20SEPARATOR%3D%22%2C%20%22)%20AS%20%3Fgenres)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20for%20every%20country%2C%20find%20the%20maximum%20number%20of%20performers%20for%20some%20genre%0A%20%20%7B%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20(MAX(%3FgenrePerformers)%20AS%20%3FmaxPerformers)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20for%20every%20country%20and%20genre%2C%20find%20the%20maximum%20number%20of%20performers%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20(MAX(COUNT(DISTINCT%20%3Fperformer))%20AS%20%3FgenrePerformers)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgenre%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ188451%20%3B%20%20%23%20is-a%20musical%20genre%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5Ewdt%3AP136%20%3Fperformer%20%3B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20genre%20of%20performer%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%7B%20%3Fperformer%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ215380%20%7D%20UNION%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20performer%20is-a%20band%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperformer%20((wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*)%7Cwdt%3AP106)%20wd%3AQ639669%20%7D%7D%20%20%23%20%E2%80%A6%20or%20a%20musician%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fperformer%20(wdt%3AP27%7Cwdt%3AP495)%2Fwdt%3AP131*%20%3Fcountry%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20performer%20originating%20in%2Fcitizen%20of%20country%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3624078%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20country%20is%20a%20sovereign%20state%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%3Fgenre%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20for%20every%20country%20and%20genre%2C%20find%20the%20number%20of%20performers%0A%20%20%7B%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%3Fgenre%20%3FgenreLabel%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20(COUNT(DISTINCT%20%3Fperformer)%20AS%20%3Fperformers)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fgenre%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ188451%20%3B%20%20%23%20is-a%20musical%20genre%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5Ewdt%3AP136%20%3Fperformer%20%3B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20genre%20of%20performer%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FgenreLabel%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20also%20fetch%20the%20label%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER(LANG(%3FgenreLabel)%20%3D%20%22en%22)%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%7B%20%3Fperformer%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ215380%20%7D%20UNION%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20performer%20is-a%20band%0A%20%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperformer%20((wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*)%7Cwdt%3AP106)%20wd%3AQ639669%20%7D%7D%20%20%23%20%E2%80%A6%20or%20a%20musician%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperformer%20(wdt%3AP27%7Cwdt%3AP495)%20%3Fcountry%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20performer%20originating%20in%2Fcitizen%20of%20country%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%3Fgenre%20%3FgenreLabel%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER(%3Fperformers%20%3D%20%3FmaxPerformers)%20%20%23%20keep%20only%20those%20combinations%20of%20country%20and%20genre%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20where%20the%20number%20of%20performers%20is%20maximal%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel Musical genres with the most bands and musicians on Wikidata, per sovereign country of origin/citizenship] (source)


 * Development
 * We are now showing the language name instead of the language code of a Gloss (T203457, T209931)
 * We added a Page property for easier programmatic access to the number of Senses and Forms of a Lexeme (T199611)
 * The code samples in the query service have been improved (T207749, thanks abian!)
 * We're working on tracking how often the different Lua functions that Wikibase provides are used in the Wikimedia project to see how that changes over time (T191416)
 * We worked on and fixed a security incident related to blocking (T210953)
 * We are continuing to bring the termbox (showing labels, descriptions, aliases) to mobile viewers

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.


 * Monthly Tasks
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
 * Suggested and open tasks!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item.
 * Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Help write the next summary!

Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 16:05, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-50
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 December. It will be on all wikis from 13 December (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 12 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * New accounts will need passwords that are at least 8 characters long. Admins, interface admins, bureaucrats, oversighters, CentralNotice admins, global renamers, check users, stewards and some other user groups will need passwords that are at least 10 characters long. This is because an attacker could cause damage to the wikis if they took over these accounts.
 * When you hover over a footnote it will show you the reference as a pop-up. This is so you don't have to jump down to the bottom of the page to see a reference. This will happen in 2019. Some wikis already have gadgets that do this. You will be able to turn it off.

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There are a myriad of credible sources about John of god rape and sexual abuse complaints from December 2018. I will leave you some. Thank you.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46497426 https://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2018/12/09/medium-joao-de-deus-e-acusado-de-abuso-sexual-veja-novos-depoimentos-de-mulheres.ghtml

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2018/12/denuncias-de-assedio-por-joao-de-deus-geram-medo-em-cidade-do-interior-goias.shtml

https://odia.ig.com.br/brasil/2018/12/5601241-forca-tarefa-do-mp-de-goias-recebe-40-denuncias-sobre-joao-de-deus.html

Do you need more to add a reference to this important and relevant information about possible criminal activity?Francisco8104 (talk) 07:59, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * See WP:CS for how to cite it. ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk /  contribs 08:35, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

December 2018
You've misunderstood and misrepresented the situation severely. The edit war was started by a different user; my edit was discussed on a talk page with someone else MONTHS ago and my version stood. The user other reverted that and refuses to stop. Furthermore, my most recent change was not a reversion. The entire page is incorrectly titled since things like incitement and threats aren't free speech (and therefore cannot be exceptions to free speech). I gave it an entirely new name and opening paragraph to match. This was all new material.

Please don't troll my page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FreeSpeechGuy (talk • contribs) 10:17, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Your clueless and vandalistic reverting of my edit
So, you, out of the blue, and unaware who or what this guy is, deem my edit as vandalism that this fraud is only "claiming to be a victims advocate" and not a real one shows how lame wikipedia has come to be. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.208.12.85 (talk • contribs)
 * Replied on their talk page. Ian.thomson (talk) 00:31, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * You may wish to RevDel the material I just removed. SemiHypercube ✎ 00:34, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Done here and on IP talk page. They're at the last straw.  Ian.thomson (talk) 00:38, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I will say that this incident shows that you've had rollback back for less than a week and already multiple vandals are getting angry with you. If vandals get angry at you, it's a sign that you're doing a good job. SemiHypercube ✎ 01:29, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I second this. Admin for 15 years, and yep. Bearcat (talk) 02:48, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your work and,  for your kinds words  ― Abelmoschus Esculentus  talk /  contribs 07:03, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * That's the power of having talk page stalkers! SemiHypercube</b> ✎ 12:22, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

A friendly comment regarding the Teahouse
Hello! Just a comment regarding this revert at the Teahouse... it is true that the question was not related to WP, but I believe the appropriate response would have been to direct this new editor to ask their question at the Reference Desk, instead of reverting with no explanation. We even have a handy template for that at Template:HD. Thank you for helping out at the Teahouse! –FlyingAce✈hello 17:01, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Write a Wikipedia for me My Name is Zoyeb Ahmad
Write a Wikipedia for me please this os my kind request please... My Name is Zoyeb Ahmad you will be get all information on google about me just search with my name "Zoyeb Ahmad" or www.zoyebahmad.ml please please i want Wikipedia please please.. i will be your owned — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.207.75.74 (talk) 22:51, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Elvis Blue
What about my edits on Elvis Blue constitute vandalism exactly? Did you even check them or are you always quick on the trigger? 141.138.54.223 (talk) 00:28, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Zia Chishti


A tag has been placed on Zia Chishti requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a real person or group of people that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. &#8209;&#8209; V. S. ( C )( T )  12:27, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * See the page history. I created a redirect only. ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk /  contribs 12:36, 13 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi, I used twinkle to nominate the page for CSD, so by default, it will send the above notice to the page creator. &#8209;&#8209; V. S. ( C )( T )  12:39, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * You should check the history of a page before nominating it for deletion. Thanks for redirecting it again and happy editing. ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk /  contribs 12:49, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

why
why do you use the word `fuck`? --MeKLT (talk) 16:40, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Why are you still active if you wanted to delete your account? If you wanted your account deleted, then you must not want to use the site and yet here you are.  Ian.thomson (talk) 16:50, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Why not? I was not targeting at you ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (alt)  (talk to me) 00:31, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Why was my edit to the Rockets page deleted?
Please add my edits back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rtrivisonno (talk • contribs) 07:57, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

why are you so rude and why cant i delete my account?
when i asked how to delete my account you said`you cant` this is being rude and why cant i delete my account? --MeKLT (talk) 15:16, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
 * , you cannot delete an account you could only log out of your account. If an account is created on Wikipedia it can never be deleted. And please stop asking questions at the teahouse about deleting an account. Also, recently you apologized on my talk page. I suggest you start editing articles.Denim11 (talk) 15:24, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
 * It is impossible to delete an account because, from Wikipedia:Username policy, It is not possible to delete user accounts, as all contributions must be assigned to some identifier; either a username or an IP address. This is for licensing reasons. If you want to functionally delete your account (as in never being able to use it again) you could ask for your account to be renamed to something random and/or change your password to a random scramble of characters that you never remember. <b style="color:#090">Semi</b><b style="color:#099">Hypercube</b> ✎ 15:26, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks and  for your input.  Now you know that I was answering your question correctly, and please do not treat others like that. Thanks and happy editing ― Abelmoschus Esculentus  talk /  contribs 15:32, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Don't be disingenuous. He never said you didn't answer his question correctly. (If you think he did, feel free to quote him.) Instead, he originally asked how to delete his account. You gave an indirect answer that was curt and unhelpful. On this page, he has asked why you were rude. He has also asked you to tell him why he can't delete his account (something others had to do for you). He was right. You were needlessly rude and you treated him poorly. You owe an apology. FreeSpeechGuy (talk) 10:01, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Did I answer their question? Yes. Is my answer appropriate? Yes, since you really can't do it. Am I being rude? Giving indirect answers are not rude. Is my answer unhelpful? Fuck no, at least he can stop searching for ways to delete his account. Are curt answers problematic? No, it is indeed a fact. Are you qualified to judge my actions? I'm not sure. Are talk page stalkers answering questions instead of me makes me rude? No, not everyone goes online 24/7. Did I treat him poorly? Probably yes, up to you. Just stop posting bad-faith comments here. ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk /  contribs 10:54, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * No one said you didn't answer the question. By implying otherwise, you're being disingenuous. Where you say your answer was "appropriate", you're using that term in a way that is disingenuous. You're using it to mean "technically correct" rather than ethically appropriate. Since the issue here is that you were rude, you're trying to shift the goal posts by substituting a word you're intentionally using ambiguously. Yes, giving indirect answers is rude. Yes, you were unhelpful. The user asked HOW to do something. You did not answer his question. It's difficult to imagine a more succinct example of someone being unhelpful. And, no, your answer did not enable him to stop searching for answers. The fact that he felt compelled to seek further clarification proves you objectively wrong; you can't expect people to take your "yes" and "no" answers at face value if you can't/won't support them. This is particualrly true when the answers fail to be on point.


 * "Are curt answers problematic?" Given that a user had a problem with it, yes. You declaring otherwise doesn't change the definition of "problematic".


 * "Not everyone goes online 24/7." This is disingenuous once again. The point was that other people gave him an answer that you couldn't be bothered to give. The frequency of your Internet activity wasn't the issue. But if it was - you took 16 minutes to respond to him.


 * Amazing that you spend so much time saying you were 1) helpful, 2) appropriate, 3) not rude, and 4) not problematic with your curtness, yet you end your whole screed by admitting that you treated another user poorly. Again, you owe him an apology. And, really, you also owe me an apology for claiming I'm not posting in bad faith when it is, in fact, your entire post that is in bad faith as evidenced by your overt contradictions and disingenuous approach. FreeSpeechGuy (talk) 05:20, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Can you just fuck off from my talk page and disengage in this discussion? ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk /  contribs 06:25, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure, just try and remember that if you want to be a productive member of this community in the future, you should do your best to answer people's questions. Indirect answers are often unhelpful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FreeSpeechGuy (talk • contribs) 16:24, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

you took 16 minutes to respond to him. -- That's not long enough for the pizza to be free. Looking at the edit war warning on your talk page, and the original discussion, and considering the fact that you're digging into a week old discussion just to find something to gripe about, your (FreeSpeechGuy's) posts don't really strike me as concern for OP as much as trying to "get even", even if it's on some moral ground you're imagining. Ian.thomson (talk) 06:37, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * That was my point. Abel said he can't always be on the Internet in order to respond, but it only took him 16 minutes to actually respond (sans substance). Moreover, I have no engaged in edit warring. Abel just couldn't be bothered to read the history of the page where decided-upon changes from 6+ months ago are now being changed by others without discussion. The dude is a troll. FreeSpeechGuy (talk) 16:17, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
 * It was very hard to say that this is not edit warring and you are still digging into this... ― Abelmoschus Esculentus talk /  contribs 23:30, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Taking liberties
Hello. I've taken the unusual step of deleting these two posts from your talk page, having warned the editor not to post trivial forum-like comments. I do hope that's OK with you? My apologies if you feel this was inappropriate - I was simply trying to save you time in not having to reply to off-topic trivia, per WP:NOTFORUM. Season's greetings, Nick Moyes (talk) 20:01, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-51
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Recent changes
 * Some templates that show notices about the content of the page will now be shown on the mobile website. In many cases they were hidden before.
 * Admins can no longer unblock themselves, except for self-blocks. A blocked admin can block the user who blocked them but no one else. This is so no one can block all admins on a wiki without being stopped.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The ParserMigration extension has been removed. It compared the result of two versions of the MediaWiki wikitext parsing pipeline. It was used when we moved to the Remex parsing library instead of Tidy.

Problems
 * tags can use parameters such as "name" or "group". For example . If a   tag has more than two parameters all parameters are ignored. You don't get a warning that they don't work. This will soon be fixed.

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Wikidata weekly summary #343
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;">
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Split identifier into KEGG Drug Identifier, KEGG Compound Identifier, etc?
 * Closed request for comments: Clarifying rights and responsibilities of Property Creators


 * Events
 * Past: 26 November 2018: Adding your own stuff to Wikidata. Workshop at SWIB18, Bonn, Germany
 * Past: 04 December 2018: Chancen und Risiken einer komplementären Nutzung von GND und Wikidata. Präsentation auf der GNDCon in Frankfurt Main, Germany
 * Past: 11–12 December 2018 in Namburu, India: Wiki Advanced Training 2018 (with special focus on Wikidata) by Asaf Bartov
 * Upcoming: 35th Chaos Communication Congress, December 27-30, Leipzig. There will be Wikidata staff and volunteers and Wikidata-related sessions


 * Press, articles, blog posts
 * 6 "inside-out" activities librarians are doing &mdash; numbers 4 and 5 involve Wikidata
 * From the "Annalen der Pharmacie" to the "European Journal of Organic Chemistry" about using Wikidata for capturing (some of) the history of chemistry
 * Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons, by Sandra Fauconnier, in EuropeanaTech 10 Insight Issue 10: Innovation Agenda
 * Many faces of Wikibase: Lingua Libre makes languages audible, by Jens Ohlig (also available in German)


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Call for contribution for the WikiWorkshop, forum bringing together researchers exploring all aspects of the Wikimedia projects, held in May 2019 in San Francisco, is now open until January 31st
 * Research questionnaire about Wikidata as a learning platform by Shani Evenstein as part of her PhD research.
 * Interactive map of the Sibthorp & Bauer Expedition, produced by the Bodleian Libraries, powered by Wikidata
 * Scholia's "missing" pages (example) now link to the new Author Disambiguator tool, and a Listeria list is available to help prioritize co-author disambiguation for authors with sitelinks.
 * Draft of behavior norms policy, feel free to leave comments
 * Wikimedia hackathon in Prague: apply for a scholarship until January 4th
 * Discuss if you can edit your own item, and vote here on the proposed policy.


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: real estate developer, collection creator, digital representation of, specific age inside fictional universe, catchphrase, subject lexeme, right ascension, declination, epoch, galactic longitude, galactic latitude
 * External identifiers: ARLLFB member ID, Flora of Wisconsin ID, RegiowikiAT identifier, Discord Store game SKU, Bavarian protected area ID, BDEL ID, Danske Taler speaker ID, Place Names Register ID (Estonia), Biographie nationale de Belgique ID, ARB person ID, Monument aux morts ID, IEC commemorative monument of Catalonia ID, MMLO, Meteorological Service of Canada climate site ID, Volksbund ID, PomBase systematic ID, Paris Musées work ID, LEGO design ID, LEGO element ID, iTunes music movie ID, BSRussia player ID, Beachsoccer.ru person ID, SinemaTürk person ID, SinemaTürk film ID, Wikia article ID, MinDat mineral ID, Harvard Index of Botanists ID, MinDat Locality ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: Garzanti Linguistica, Buried in this place, specific rotation, Data interval, Minimum wage, Danmarks svampeatlas ID, friend of, copyright representative, rights statement, co-director, Berliner Schutzgebiets-ID, preparation instructions
 * External identifiers: SVT Open archive, Hymnary.org page, Anbytarforum, Multiplayer ID, Amazon Music artist ID, Parliament of South Africa ID, Objectif Gard topic ID, Epic Games Store ID, Hymnary author ID, IPPDH ID, French Academy of Sciences member ID, OTRS ticket number 2, MNopedia ID, NCpedia ID, ICCD IDs, Weeds in Ontario ID, AllMusic performance ID, bbcmicro.co.uk identifier, YSA ID


 * Query examples:
 * (UK) Ambassador by country list - Listeria report which writes 240 by-country reports on UK Ambassadors - h/t NavinoEvans for the approach
 * Presidents of the United States ranked by the number of species named after them (source)
 * Communes of France whose name starts with "Saint" (source)
 * Italian toponyms with suffixes of Celtic origin (-ago, -ate, -asco) (source)
 * List of ABBA songs in A major (source)
 * Newest WikiProjects: WikiProject Policies
 * Newest database reports: Nicolas Cage filmography
 * expanded list of Christmas films


 * Development
 * Test that the issue with blocked users will not happen anymore (T211120)
 * Finish up on showing Language and Language codes when editing glosses (T209931)
 * Work towards having QualityContraints on Beta (T209957)
 * Work on tracking usage of Wikibase Lua Functions (T191416)
 * Some more work on string length limits (T154660)
 * Work on some Wikidata toolkit improvements (T209399)
 * Fix some errors happening in production (T208924)
 * More under-the-hood work for the termbox on mobile

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.


 * Monthly Tasks
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
 * Suggested and open tasks!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item.
 * Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Help write the next summary!

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