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Wikidata weekly summary #380
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Press, articles, blog posts
 * Working with Structured Data on Commons: A Status Report, by Lucas Werkmeister
 * Citation.js: a format-independent, modular bibliography tool for the browser and command line, article in PeerJ Computer Science (Q27726596) by Lars Willighagen (Q45907528)
 * A systematic literature review on Wikidata (paywalled) - Marçal Mora-Cantallops et al.
 * GeneDB and Wikidata - Magnus Manske, et al.
 * Wikidata from a Research Perspective -- A Systematic Mapping Study of Wikidata - Mariam Farda-Sarbas, Claudia Mueller-Birn
 * Enriquecimiento de entidades de Wikidata mediante un modelo de descomposición y mapeado de categorías de Wikipedia ("Enrichment of Wikidata entities through a decomposition model and mapping of Wikipedia categories") - Tomás Saorín et al.; text in Spanish


 * Tool of the week
 * In this new section, you can share your favourite tool with the other Wikidata users. You can add some suggestions here.
 * Cocoda is a web application to manage mappings between authority files. It supports editing Wikidata-mappings including GND, Basisklassifikation, Regensburg Classification, Iconclass, and Nomisma. Cocoda can be used like mix'n'match but for more complex mappings.


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * The vision and strategy papers for Wikidata and Wikibase have been published - comments welcome on the talk page
 * Follow-up from Wikimania: you can now give input about the language barrier on Wikidata and federating Wikibase instances with Wikidata
 * New tool: a Python library to create bots, scripts and tools for lexicographical data by MichaelSchoenitzer
 * There is now a new API parameter to add tags on edits summaries
 * soweego version 1.1 is on its way, thanks to a WMF Rapid Grant
 * Several job offers related to Wikidata were published in the last few weeks:
 * Scribe, a Wikimedia Foundation funded software and research project, is looking for a full-stack software engineer
 * The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a software engineer for its Search Platform team, including work on Wikidata Query Service
 * Wikimedia Deutschland is looking for a UX designer and a full-stack developer for Wikidata


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: access restriction status, in defining formula
 * External identifiers: RPGGeek ID, DIBAVOD ID, Fundación Goya en Aragón ID, AccuRadio artist ID, eSTUDÁNKY ID, LongSwimsDB ID, WTA trail ID, Scribd Item ID, Dove.org work ID, Chinese Engineering Expert Tank ID, Open Science Framework ID, SCTrails trail ID, Laws & Regulations Database of the Republic of China ID


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: Mediawiki Wiki, Pilze Deutschland ID, Moose Deutschland ID, scope and content, Number of nodes, Performance, use restriction status, Significant number, FCC Product Code, Hardware Version Identification Number, amount cataloged, number of decimal digits, Gregorian calendar, food energy, pronunciation
 * External identifiers: YouTube Music channel ID 2, Pandora artist ID 2, The Independent topic ID 2, NÖ Proposal ID, Guia dos Quadrinhos brazilian comic ID, Guia dos Quadrinhos international comic ID, Guia dos Quadrinhos brazilian publishing house ID, Guia dos Quadrinhos international publishing house ID, Guia dos Quadrinhos artist ID, Guia dos Quadrinhos character ID, ScienceOpen author ID, ScienceOpen publication ID, Newspapers.com ID, ESPN.com College Football Player ID, WGA writer ID, WGA project ID, FCC Grantee Code, Spectrum Management System Company Number, Radio Equipment List Certification Number, National Equipment Registration System Supplier Number, Prime Pages ID, New Encyclopedic Dictionary of Czech, Peakbagger climber ID, Naver Music artist ID, Naver Music album ID, Hiking Project area ID, Hiking Project site ID, Slovo i Dilo person ID, playmarkerstats.com team ID, WorldFootball.net team ID, FNL player ID, Peakbagger key col ID, MUBI film ID, MUBI person ID


 * Query examples:
 * Public art in London by female artists
 * People used as examples in Wikidata properties (source)
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcountry1Label%20%3Fcountry2Label%20%3Fcapital1Label%20%3Fcapital2Label%20%3Fdistance%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcountry1%20%3Fcountry2%20%3Fcapital1%20%3Fcapital2%20%3Fdistance%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcountry1%20p%3AP463%20%3Fstatement1%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP36%20%3Fcapital1%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fstatement1%20ps%3AP463%20wd%3AQ1065%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fstatement1%20pq%3AP582%20%3Fx%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fcountry1%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3024240%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcountry2%20p%3AP463%20%3Fstatement2%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP36%20%3Fcapital2%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fstatement2%20ps%3AP463%20wd%3AQ1065%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fstatement2%20pq%3AP582%20%3Fx%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fcountry2%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3024240%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcapital1%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords1%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcapital2%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords2%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28xsd%3Astring%28%3Fcountry1%29%20%3C%20xsd%3Astring%28%3Fcountry2%29%29%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcountry1%20p%3AP47%20%3FstatementBorder%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FstatementBorder%20ps%3AP47%20%3Fcountry2%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3FstatementBorder%20pq%3AP5102%20%3Fx%20%7D%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3FstatementBorder%20pq%3AP5102%20wd%3AQ15104814%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28ROUND%28geof%3Adistance%28%3Fcoords1%2C%20%3Fcoords2%29%29%20AS%20%3Fdistance%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fdistance%3C200%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdistance Closest capitals of non bordering countries (<200 km)] (source)
 * Hillforts mapped with their heritage designation/protection status
 * YouTubers without a YouTube channel
 * Racing automobile drivers who died in a car crash (source)
 * Schema examples:
 * Public library branch in The Netherlands
 * Newest database reports: papers about Wikipedia


 * Development
 * Adjust label of save button of the Entity Schema and add accesskey for easier editing editor (T230398)
 * Get Grafana Datamodel References dashboard back up and running (T214894)
 * Fix an issue in EntitySchema tests that caused some CI failures (T231065)
 * Localize Wikibase API help links (T231269)
 * Support tags parameter on Wikibase APIs that edit entities (T229917)
 * Add in Wikidata support for sitelinks to https://nap.wikisource.org (T212886)
 * Reading property terms from new store in production now (T225053)
 * Adding WDQS lag to maxlag info, to avoid stress on WDQS machines (T221774)
 * Implementing the fallback version of the new better edit summary messages on items through API (T224010)
 * Fixing the issue of an invisible quality constrain violation indicator (T227866)
 * Switching item terms to migration stage of writing to both wb_terms and the new store (T225055)
 * Preparing to run migration of item terms (T219123)
 * Allowing to access Wikibase entities from multiple (Wikibase) databases (T214557)
 * Hiding non-supported languages in old termbox (T227083)
 * Work on a new solution to move "Data item" link outside of sidebar toolbox avoiding the cache issues (T66315)
 * Bridge: saving the Wikidata edit when submitting (T226999)
 * Showing the current Wikidata value in the edit modal (T226997)

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) 15:03, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-36
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * You can use the new termbox interface if you edit Wikidata on a mobile device. This is to edit labels, descriptions and aliases easier on the mobile pages.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki has been deployed during the last week.
 * The previously announced change of positions of the "Wikidata item" link on all wikis has been rollbacked due to unexpected cache issues.
 * The limit for rollbacks has been increased from 10 to 100 rollbacks per minute.
 * The advanced version of the edit review pages (Recent Changes, Watchlist, and Related Changes) now include two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces. However the "All discussions" filter does not include pseudo talk pages, like discussions that are in the Project: or Wikipedia: namespaces. But it will include changes happening on Project talk: or the Wikipedia talk:.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
 * When you log in, the software checks your password to see if it follows the Password policy. From this week, it will also complain if your password is one of the most common passwords in the world. If your password is not strong enough, please consider to change your password for a stronger password.

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 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * You will be able to read but not to edit Wikidata for up to 30 minutes on September 10 at 05:00 (UTC).
 * You will be able to read but not to edit some mid-sized wikis for up to 30 minutes September 17 at 05:00 (UTC). You can see which wikis.
 * You will be able to read but not to edit some mid-sized wikis for up to 30 minutes September 24 at 05:00 (UTC). You can see which wikis.
 * You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for up to 30 minutes on September 26 at 05:00 (UTC).

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019). Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Floquenbeam • Lectonar
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana

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Technical news
 * Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
 * The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.

Arbitration
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 * A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.

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Wikidata weekly summary #381
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Events
 * Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: References in Wikidata, 10 September. Agenda


 * Press, articles, blog posts
 * Merging Open Data Sources to Plan Learning Activities for Online Students - Antonio Sarasa Cabezuelo, et al., in: 2019 23rd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)
 * Open-Access Society Publishers in Wikidata by A. Britton


 * Tool of the week
 * moveClaim allows you to move or copy claims from one item to another. This is especially useful when splitting items, or creating lots of similar items.


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Seventh birthday of Wikidata: you can start thinking about organizing a meetup in your area to celebrate the birthday, or about a present for the community!
 * The first draft of the program of the WikidataCon is now available. The content of the three main session rooms will be live-streamed and recorded for people who cannot participate in the conference.
 * Because of a database switch, Wikidata will be in read-only more on September 10th at 05:00 UTC, for max. 30min (T230762)
 * Recent tool: @Wikidatabot, a Telegram bot that allows you to search for something on Wikidata from Telegram
 * New game: Wikidata Mall, a Telegram management simulation game where content is generated from Wikidata


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties:
 * General datatypes: mobile formatter URL, degree of difficulty, color produced, computer performance, use restriction status, FCC Product Code, Itch.io ID, Gregorian calendar start date
 * External identifiers: Identification code for Japanese universities and colleges, Pilze Deutschland ID, Moose Deutschland ID, Guia dos Quadrinhos artist ID, Toons Mag ID, Newspapers.com ID, Transporter Classification Database ID, ESPN.com College Football Player ID, Prime Pages ID, FCC Grantee Code, FNL player ID, Guia dos Quadrinhos brazilian comic ID, Guia dos Quadrinhos brazilian publishing house ID, Guia dos Quadrinhos character ID, Guia dos Quadrinhos comic ID, Guia dos Quadrinhos international publishing house ID, Hiking Project area ID, Hiking Project site ID, National Equipment Registration System Supplier Number, Naver Music album ID, Naver Music artist ID, New Encyclopedic Dictionary of Czech, Pandora artist ID, Peakbagger climber ID, Peakbagger key col ID, playmarkerstats.com team ID, Radio Equipment List Certification Number, Slovo i Dilo person ID, Spectrum Management System Company Number, The Independent topic ID, WGA project ID, WGA writer ID, WorldFootball.net team ID, Bursa Malaysia stock code, CPUID, L-number, Arnet Miner publication ID, NLP ID (record)


 * New property proposals to review:
 * General datatypes: IP Code, dénivelé cumulé positif, Supports qualifier, climbing route, madhhab, TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi ID
 * External identifiers: Auckland Museum ID, Al-Jazeera Topic ID, Highland Historic Environment Record ID, Grammy Awards artist ID, SNK ID, Online PWN Encyclopedia, VAT identification number, TOP500 System ID, ACUF unique ID (UFI), Marine Regions Geographic IDentifier, Downdetector ID, National Wildlife Refuge Trails ID, Behind the voice Actors short ID, Rate Your Music label ID, Labelcode, Maine Trail Finder ID, Aozora Bunko author ID, Aozora Bunko work ID, iHeartRadio podcast ID, iHeartRadio artist ID, WeChat ID


 * Query examples:
 * UK Cabinet Ministers and their links in the UK National Archives | (Histropedia timeline)
 * Most common properties on Senses (source)
 * Place of birth of actors in The Matrix (source)
 * Graph of all species in the Heron (Ardeidae) family with an IBP alpha code (source)


 * Development
 * Wikidata got a high-resolution logo, thanks to Odder (T230120)
 * New monolingual code languages are added, thanks to Jon Harald Søby: TLI (Tlingit), clc (Tsilhqotʹin), alc (Kawésqar), kld (Gamilaraay), peo (Old Persian)
 * Fixed a bug in constraint violations indicator that was not showing up sometimes (T227866)
 * Make Lua's function mw.wikibase.entityExists return true for redirects (T192462)
 * Reviewed and followed up on highlighting statements when using "#P" in URL (T178745)
 * Wikidata Bridge: saving the Wikidata edit when submitting (T226999)
 * Showing the label for the Property instead of the id (T227759)
 * Overcoming a conceptional oversight between mediawiki and standard language codes (T231833)

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) 15:50, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

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