Hey everyone :)

Here's your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past
week:

Discussions

   - New request for comments: Reforming the property creation process
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Reforming_the_property_creation_process>

Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>

   - Past: Color History with the Smithsonian!
   
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Color_History_with_the_Smithsonian%21>
   - Past: Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the DC Public Library
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/DCPL_March_2016>
   - Past: Admin meetup of the German-language Wikipedia
   <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AdminConvention_2016>
   - Automatic Extraction of Knowledge from Biomedical literature
   
<http://www.slideshare.net/petermurrayrust/automatic-extraction-of-knowledge-from-biomedical-literature>
   - Identifying problematic statements in Wikidata via multi-level
   modeling theory <http://www.inf.ufes.br/%7Egguizzardi/wiki-www-2016.pdf>
   - Wikidata as a semantic framework for the Gene Wiki initiative
   <http://database.oxfordjournals.org/content/2016/baw015.long>
   - Adding disclosures to Wikidata with Bioclipse
   
<http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.de/2016/03/adding-disclosures-to-wikidata-with.html>

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - Dutch language Wikipedia has a consistently low number of articles
   unconnected to Wikidata: Duplicity statistics for nlwiki
   
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/duplicity.php?wiki=nlwiki&mode=stats>
   - MusicBrainz now uses Wikidata to fetch images for their entities
   <http://blog.musicbrainz.org/2016/03/21/server-update-2016-03-21/>
   - The query service is now linked in the sidebar
   - Mix'n'match <https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match> has new catalogs
   among them TED speakers
   - Maarten made some reports to make it easier to connect paintings on
   Wikidata with images on Wikimedia Commons
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Multichill/Image_suggestions>

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: BBFC rating
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2629>, German tax authority ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2628>, ISO 9362 SWIFT/BIC code
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2627>, DNF person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2626>, PASE ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2625>, MetroLyrics ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2624>, MEK ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2623>, Companies House ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2622>, Site of Special
   Scientific Interest (England) ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2621>, ISO 15924 numeric code
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2620>, Hungarian company ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2619>, SHOWA ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2618>, formatterURL for
   Wikidata ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2617>, World
   Heritage criteria (2005) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2614>, TED
   talk ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2613>, TED topic ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2612>, TED speaker ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2611>
   - Query examples: distribution of public art by place
   
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%28COUNT%28*%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP136%20wd%3AQ557141%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%20%3FplaceLabel>

Development

   - The query service now has Ctrl+enter as a shortcut to run a query
   - Started working on improving input for geocoordinates and dates
   (changing the advanced settings)
   - Worked on database performance improvements for the client (Wikipedia
   and co) (phabricator:T125838 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125838>)
   - Experimenting with arbitrary access for Wikimedia Commons on
   http://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org
   - Converted more identifiers from string datatype to identifier datatype
   - Worked on improved localization of dates that are very far in the past
   or future (phabricator:T127820
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127820>)
   - Fixed undo actions going through abuse filter (phabricator:T126861
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126861>)
   - Fixed issues in the query service with Internet Explorer 11
   - Improved query service display on small screens
   - Improved autocompletion in the query service
   - Fixed a bug with an add button for qualifiers being shown when it
   shouldn't (phabricator:T128317
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128317>)
   - Further work on Wikimedia Commons support (Special Pages, API)
   - You can now add a default view to a query like here
   
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Paintings%20by%20Gustav%20Klimt%0A%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20*%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3305213%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20wd%3AQ34661%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic%20.%0A%7D%0A>.
   This then shows the defined view (map, table, image grid) when executing
   the query.

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>.
Monthly Tasks

   - Hack on one of these
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/R8GRzX1eH0tb/#R>.
   - Help develop the next summary here!
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
   - Contribute to a Showcase item
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>
   - Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats>
   or proofread pages in your own language!
   - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed
   above.

Anything to add? Please share! :)

Cheers
Lydia
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Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher
Product Manager for Wikidata

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