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Tree of Life Newsletter

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;Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

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|+Newly recognized content

{{icon|FL}} List of felids by {{noping|PresN}}

{{icon|FA}} Masked booby by {{noping|Casliber}}

{{icon|GA}} Letter-winged kite by {{noping|Casliber}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Plains zebra by {{noping|LittleJerry}}, reviewed by {{noping|starsandwhales}}

{{icon|GA}} Ornithogalum umbellatum by {{noping|Michael Goodyear}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

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|+Newly nominated content

{{icon|FAC}} Letter-winged kite by {{noping|Casliber}}

{{icon|FAC}} Megabat by {{noping|Enwebb}}

{{icon|FAC}} Onychopterella by {{noping|Super Dromaeosaurus}}

{{icon|GAN}} Dvulikiaspis by {{noping|Super Dromaeosaurus}}

{{icon|GAN}} Kosmoceratops by {{noping|FunkMonk}}

{{icon|GAN}} Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee by {{noping|Hunter Kahn}}

{{icon|GAN}} Giant golden-crowned flying fox by {{noping|Enwebb}}

{{icon|GAN}} Myxomatosis by {{noping|Rabbit Vet}}

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Two Tree of Life editors in WikiCup round of 16

The WikiCup, an annual editing competition, is now in its fourth round. Casliber, consistent participant since 2010 and winner in 2016, is currently dominating Group A with 601 points. Largely responsible is the successful Featured Article nomination of Masked booby. The other remaining Tree of Life participant, Enwebb, is participating in her first ever WikiCup. In this round, she has a grand total of...5 points. But with the recent Featured Article nomination of Megabat, she stands to gain 600 points if successful. As it stands, though, it appears that at least one ToL editor is headed to the fifth and final round of 8 contestants, which begins September 1.

Thus far, all participants in the WikiCup have generated 17 Featured Articles, 116 Good Articles, 16 Featured Lists, and 57 Featured Pictures. The Good Article Nominations backlog has been reduced as well, with 286 Good Article Reviews.

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Editor spotlight: Photographing the tree of life

For this month's editor spotlight we're joined by {{noping|Charlesjsharp}}, a longtime contributor to Wikimedia Commons with a plethora of featured pictures on English Wikipedia.

1) Starsandwhales: How long have you been editing Wikipedia, and how did you get interested? How did you begin your journey of photographing wildlife?

Charlesjsharp: I uploaded my first pictures to Wikipedia twelve years ago for fun, to show my kids how it works. The pictures of my daughter (static trapeze), my son (Revell), my dog (Border Terrier) and my parents’ home (Tealing) are all still in the articles! I then started to upload wildlife images.

:I’d got my first camera aged eight and went on my first safari in the Kruger Park, South Africa in 1970. I was hooked. I switched to digital in 2004, but didn’t buy any high-end lenses till 2014. Such a shame that hundreds of great photos I took before then look so dreadful by today’s quality standards. My 100-400mm lens transformed mammal and bird photography opportunities and when I got my 100mm macro lens in 2016, the whole new world of insects was open for business.

File:Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis) female eating chick.jpg

2) S&W: Over the years, you've taken photos of many different organisms from birds to insects to big cats; you have an [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Charlesjsharp/favourites extensive list of favorite images]. Which animals have been the most exciting for you to photograph?

Charlesjsharp: The trophy animals the hunters used to shoot are the ones I like to shoot too: it was lion, elephant and baboon in 1970. More recently, hunting for tiger by jeep in Kanha National Park in India was exciting and so was searching for jaguar by boat in the rivers of the Pantanal in Brazil. Our encounters with the mountain gorillas in Rwanda and Uganda was amazing, but the actual photography was no challenge.

:But photographing animal behaviour is the most exciting and challenging. There’s usually movement and it all happens so fast, like when [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giant_kingfisher_(Megaceryle_maxima)_female_composite.jpg a bird captures its prey]. Every now and then you snap something really unusual – like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_kingfisher#/media/File:Pied_kingfisher_(Ceryle_rudis_rudis)_female_eating_chick.jpg cannibal kingfisher]

3) S&W: Many articles under ToL have requests for people to add images that can go unanswered. What can the community do to improve the coverage of different organisms on Wikipedia, especially when it comes to images?

Charlesjsharp: It’s a very time consuming process because the Wikipedia code is cumbersome (*see below). It take an age to upload to Commons: to describe, categorize, geocode. Many of the categories don’t exist so have to be created. If the image is of a subspecies, then all the images have to be checked before you can nominate an image for VI. It’s also takes ages to nominate images for VI and QI on Commons. May be some users use sophisticated tools to lighten the load, but I don’t know if they exist. In other words, Wikipedia is OK, but Commons is a nightmare. Hundreds of really poor quality photos clog up the system and some users are too lazy to filter and edit their nominations.

:Recently, some thoughtless editor added a ‘caption’ box to Commons. A waste of time. The image title should act as the caption.

:I applied for a grant to attend Wikimania, but was unsuccessful. Not much can happen without some funding to kickstart and then drive improvements forward.
Here was my response to the question: "How can we increase the quality and diversity of images being uploaded and, in particular, improve the Featured Picture, Quality Image and Valued Image projects?"

File:Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) male Nosy Be.jpg

::1. Work together on pre-defined projects to develop a team spirit that will help us develop a set of shared values

::2. Through brainstorming, Identify what we need to do to improve the quality and diversity of images being uploaded and, in particular, identify what we need to do to improve the credibility of the Featured Picture, Quality Image and Valued Image projects

::3. By sharing our photographic skills, find ways to share skills with the community. Knowledge transfer is time-consuming and we need to set limited objectives and realistic time frames. This will require compromise as individuals have to listen and find ways to agree. This is going to be much easier through face-to-face meetings

::3. Identify what we need to do to improve the quality and diversity of images being uploaded (diversity of contributor and diversity in subject) and, in particular, identify what we need to do to improve the credibility of the Featured Picture, Quality Image and Valued Image projects

::4. Spend more time talking about values and knowledge transfer than sharing photography tips amongst delegates, then getting all delegates to agree to DO SOMETHING WHEN THEY GET HOME to take things forward.

4) S&W: What advice would you give to people new to photographing wildlife?

Charlesjsharp: An impossible question unless you know what someone’s objective is. So you’re on your first safari? Borrow or rent a decent camera and a quality 300mm lens. Then read a few of the dozens of free advice pages on the internet. Then when you’re out and about, take the lens cap off and set the camera to fully automatic sports mode. Be ready. If you’ve time, get in the right place (sunlight/background). Watch the animal’s behaviour. Point and shoot. Glance at the screen. If OK, repeat. Only then start playing with the settings to optimise shutter speed, F number and ISO.

5) S&W: What would the Tree of Life community be surprised to learn about your life off-wiki?

Charlesjsharp: I used to be a high-end stamp collector (early USA). My photography is a sort of collecting. And I’m a keen bridge player.

* An example of cumbersome code: getting the layout of my responses to your questions. So dated, and no online spellchecker.

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July DYKs

* ... that the wildlife of Senegal includes a critically endangered subspecies of the giant eland and the common Senegal one-striped grass mouse? (July 1)

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{{main page image|image=Rat-Catching at the Blue Anchor Tavern (cropped).jpg|caption=Tiny the Wonder, killing rats
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{{main page image|image=Episcia cupreata (9631125202).jpg|caption=Episcia cupreata flower|width=140}}

... that the free-living, solitary coral Cycloseris distorta (pictured) can subdivide its stony skeleton and form two new individuals? (July 4)
... that the wildlife of Nigeria includes 940 species of bird and all eight known species of West African mangrove? (July 6)
... that Hypericum olympicum , an Award of Garden Merit winner, is toxic to dogs, cats, and horses? (July 10)
... that flyways used by migrating wetland birds have traditional staging points where they can rebuild their energy reserves? (July 12)
... that in two species of megabat, males have been observed to produce milk? (July 13)
... that the cave-nesting rockwarbler has also been called the "hanging dick" because of its nest? (July 15)
... that Strombosia pustulata is one of over two hundred species of tree growing in the Omo Forest Reserve? (July 16)
... that Tiny the Wonder (pictured) could kill 200 rats per hour in London's rat-baiting pits? (July 17)
... that the clingfish Diplecogaster bimaculata has been photographed cleaning a moray eel? (July 17)
... that in South Africa, the mosquito Anopheles funestus used to breed in fast-moving streams but now prefers swamps? (July 18)
... that while the leaf shape varies among hybrids of Episcia cupreata (pictured), the flowers always have the same form? (July 19)
... that Sommen charrs are a relict population that has survived because of Lake Sommen's great depth, and its cold and oxygen-rich waters? (July 20)
... that the extinction of the Bramble Cay melomys was described as the first for a mammal species due to anthropogenic climate change? (July 21)
... that Félicette, the first cat in space, was subjected to 9.5 g of acceleration and five minutes of weightlessness? (July 22)
... that the fly Phytobia betulae is just {{convert|5|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} long but the tunnel made by its larva inside a birch tree may reach {{convert|17|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}? (July 23)
... that rooks are intelligent birds and can rival or even beat chimpanzees in puzzle-solving tests? (July 24)
... that the Guinean striped mojarra is one of the fish caught in the less polluted part of the Ébrié Lagoon (July 27)
... that a new disease which is deadly to corals is spreading from the Florida Keys to other parts of the Caribbean? (July 28)
... that the yellow-footed honeyguide probably includes beeswax in its diet? (July 30)

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Wikidata weekly summary #376

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

Events
Upcoming: OSM TW x Wikidata Taipei Meetup, August 12nd - [https://www.facebook.com/events/2454549144584559/ Facebook event]
Upcoming: Wikimania, 16-18 August in Stockholm. Full program, list of Wikidata-related sessions

Press, articles, blog posts
[https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/10886 Wikidata: From "an" Identifier to "the" Identifier], Theo van Veen , Information Technology and Libraries, 38(2), 72-81.
''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-15200-0_27 Opening up Research Data in Film Studies by Using the Structured Knowledge Base Wikidata]', Adelheid Heftberger et al, in "Digital Cultural Heritage", pp 401-410.
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306437918302436?via%3Dihub Bridging the gap between linked open data-based recommender systems and distributed representations], Pierpaolo Basile, et al, Information Systems, Volume 86, December 2019, pp 1-8.
[https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/OpenRefine+Beginners+Tutorial/0_y5bxsswq OpenRefine Beginners Tutorial], video tutorial by Emmacarroll3 demonstrating how to import a dataset with OpenRefine.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
[https://github.com/Wikidata/soweego soweego] version 1.0 is out: a machine learning system that links Wikidata to large-scale third-party catalogs
New data type for EntitySchemas will be available on August 7th

Did you know?

New property proposals to review:
General datatypes: axis, Principal, Epigraph, contact area count, Cases consolidated, detail of painting, exonerated of, possibly reproduction of, Werke ohne Opuszahl, obituary of, significant place
External identifiers: Poincaré Papers person ID, Acharts album ID, Rollerstory.net skater ID, CHESNO politician ID, Nauka Ukrainy scientist ID, OhRanger.com ID, Wynk artist ID, Plus Music artist ID, WP Muzyka artist ID, Interia Muzyka artist ID, Empik author ID, merlin.pl author ID, The Top Tens ID, Raptekster.dk ID

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/6fP French female authors whose work is in the public domain] ([https://george2etexte.wordpress.com/2019/07/30/une-carte-de-france-des-autrices-dans-le-domaine-public/ source])
[https://w.wiki/6oo Timeline of hypertext systems] ([https://twitter.com/nichtich/status/1158105666894082048 source])
[https://w.wiki/6oq Megaliths in the Basque Country, color-coded by type] ([https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1157975728060870656 source])
[https://w.wiki/6or Heavy metal bands from Finland with or without picture and date of the picture] ([https://twitter.com/sukkoria/status/1157969988898250752 source])
[https://w.wiki/6or Types of GLAMs in Wikidata] ([https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1157248579330879488 source])

Development
Fix logging for errors on wbcontentlanguages requests (phab:T228888)
Add request information to request timeout errors (phab:T228885)
Show an error message when saving fails on mobile termbox (phab:T222884)
Add editing widget/input to client edit modal (phab:T226998)
Show the current Wikidata value in the Bridge modal (phab:T226997)
EntitySchema datatype (phab:T214884)
Reduce the number of ResourceLoader modules that WikibaseClient register: (phab:T203696)
Reduce text returned by EntityContent::getTextForFilters (phab:T226216)
Fixed a bug with PHP Warning (phab:T229482)
Fixing a bug about value pickers being broken (phab:T229604)
Fixed BadMethodCallException wbgetentities when getting Lexeme subentities (phab:T223995)
Investigate on Graphoid issues (phab:T229236)
Fix issues on Wikidata Tours (phab:T214884)
Make logging warning or info of not finding entity for revision configurable (phab:T229574)
Fix Grafana Datamodel References dashboard (phab:T214894)
Move "Wikidata item" link outside of "toolbox" sidebar to "other projects" sidebar (phab:T66315)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority 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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 15:11, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Weather or not to delete the WPC article

One butterfly may flap its wings to create a tornado, but [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Western_Power_Corporation&diff=910175997&oldid=910175721 one editor] does not a WP:SNOWstorm make. Mitch Ames (talk) 06:41, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

''This Month in GLAM'': July 2019

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Armenia report: Members of the National Assembly of Armenia
Australia report: Staying warm over winter
Germany report: Heidelberg symposium
Indonesia report: Cultural Gardener Summer Project in Indonesia
Ireland report: Collaboration with the PhotoIreland Foundation
Italy report: Archeology in alpine valleys
Norway report: Sámi place names – collaboration with the Sámi Várdobáiki Language Center
Sweden report: More bibliographic data on Wikidata; National Library of Sweden; GLAM activities Wikimania
UK report: Oxford and Coventry Updates
Uganda report: #1Lib1Ref Uganda 2019
USA report: Summer meetups and Picnics
Map the GLAM report: Visualising the status and the spread of a cultural collection in Wikipedia
Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons report: Other statements; Wikimania; blog posts on SDC
Wikipedia Library report: Books & Bytes–Issue 34, May–June 2019
Wikidata report: I ain't no square with my corkscrew hair
WMF GLAM report: OpenGLAM, Wikimania and Structured Commons
Calendar: August's GLAM events

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Re: Bingo

What a weird article ... and a weird topic for an article ... but it is probably notable enough. Per Google Maps it's in Siesta Park, which is yet another of the localities around here that doesn't have an article ... I've tried to fix the estate article up a bit. Graham87 09:05, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

:How's that? Gotta run now ... Graham87 10:01, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

Re: Bendu case

Hi - my mistake, thought I had pressed publish on that page already - is done now! Ta for bringing up Jay4283 (talk) 10:36, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #377

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

Press, articles, blog posts
Conclusion of 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana [https://www.goifoundation.org/2019-parliament-of-ghana-wikipedia-and-wikidata-edit-a-thons/ Wikidata Editathon] (grant report)
[https://www.oclc.org/research/publications/2019/oclcresearch-creating-library-linked-data-with-wikibase-project-passage.html "Creating Library Linked Data with Wikibase: Lessons Learned from Project Passage"] OCLC Research. DOI: 10.25333/faq3-ax08

Other Noteworthy Stuff
The open source geocoder w:en:Nominatim used by the OpenStreetMap project is participating in the Google Summer of Code with an internship working on integrating Wikidata as a ranking metric for its search results. Check the [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/tchaddad/diary development blog].

Did you know?

Newest properties:
General datatypes: musical bar, epigraph (literature), copyright exemption, significant place
External identifiers: München Wiki article ID, Poincaré Papers person ID, Acharts.co album ID, NOTAM (FAA), CHESNO politician ID, Rollerstory.net skater ID, Nauka Ukrainy scientist ID, OhRanger.com ID, Wynk artist ID

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/6qP Bands whose name is part of Tolkien's legendarium] ([https://twitter.com/Harmonia_Amanda/status/1158751061684867073 source])
[https://w.wiki/726 Map of offshore windfarms] ([https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1159857815177048065 source])
[https://w.wiki/728 Cities having more Wikipedia sitelinks than their country] ([https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1159492457270317057 source])

Development
Fix a caching problem on termbox (phab:T228978)
Investigate options for termbox load testing (phab:T229790)
Use thumbnail preferences for thumbnail of Commons media file (phab:T224189)
Add tags parameter to Wikibase APIs that edit entities (phab:T229917)
Move "Data item" link outside of sidebar toolbox (phab:T66315)
Create Maintenance Script to Remove Terms in a Language from Current Revision (phab:T222606)
Fix Grafana Datamodel References dashboard (phab:T214894)
Add editing widget/input on Bridge (phab:T226998)

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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 14:33, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Wandering threads

Consistent indentation [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3AWikiProject_Western_Australia&type=revision&diff=911087800&oldid=911082691 here] would make the wandering less exhausting, and the discussion easier to follow... Please pay some heed to WP:THREAD. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:33, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #378

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

Discussions
New request for comments: Improved instructions for translation admin

Events
Current: Wikimania in Stockholm and hackathon, August 14 to 18. Check out the list of all Wikidata-related events. Each session page should include notes, slides and streaming if available.

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.
NameGuzzler allows you to automatically add an identical label or alias into many languages (for example, the name of a person or a place). You can define your own custom list of languages that you want to add.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
There is now a Wikiquote page for Wikidata
[https://tools.wmflabs.org/isa/ ISA] is a new tool to easily add structured data to Commons files, including from mobile
You can help improve the vandalism detection by [https://labels.wmflabs.org/ui/wikidatawiki completing a set of labels for ORES]
QuickStatements won the Coolest Tool Award, category "editor", during the first ceremony at Wikimania 2019
New Wikidata-related projects developed during the Wikimania hackathon:
Documentation translation sprint: several people translated Wikidata help pages in their own language. Feel free to continue the efforts to make Wikidata more accessible!
Item creation helpers helps create similar items, and link them together, with a simple form. Example with skating competitions

Did you know?

Newest properties:
General datatypes: manner of inhumane treatment, cases consolidated, typically sells, noun class, does not have effect, substitute director/manager, school class
External identifiers: Empik author ID, WP Muzyka artist ID, Interia Muzyka artist ID, The Top Tens ID, merlin.pl author ID, Plus Music artist ID, Kinsky–Halm Catalogue, Raptekster.dk ID, Acharts.co song ID, FGrHist ID, register of real estate NKP, Hacker News User ID, shmup.com ID, TA2 ID, Gaana.com album ID, XING profile ID, Cinestaan film ID, Cinestaan person ID, job ID in Service d'Information sur les Etudes et les Professions, Planespotters.net aircraft ID, PLIA ID, IBP 4-letter bird species alpha code, EPW author ID

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/7EW Books in Bengali Wikisource that are validated] ([https://twitter.com/GerardMeijssen/status/1162015688111865856 source])
[https://w.wiki/7ET Flightless birds of New Zealand] ([https://twitter.com/andrawaag/status/1163069740270727168 source])
[https://w.wiki/7EX Islands in Germany] ([https://twitter.com/BerndWMDE/status/1160920192484040707 source])
[https://w.wiki/7EZ Clandestine center of detention and torture in Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina] ([https://twitter.com/OpenGLAM/status/1159901359392600065 source])
[https://w.wiki/7Eb Same-sex married couples where neither partner has a sexual orientation] ([https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1163072396930232320 source])
Schema examples:
Danish numerals
Danish hyphenation

Development
Fix an issue with the pop up of Wikidata Tours (phab:T223999)
Call WikibaseLexeme API with baserevid parameter from the UI (phab:T217245)
Fix a bug with CheckConstraintsJob (phab:T227450)
Fix a bug with wbgetentities when getting Lexeme subentities (phab:T223995)
Add editing widget/input to client edit modal: (phab:T226998)
Add tags parameter to Wikibase APIs that edit entities: (phab:T229917)
More work on the the production Termbox service
tidying up our browser test suite (phab:T229910)
adding browser tests for basic editing (phab:T230187)

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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 16:50, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

MfD nomination of [[:Portal:Death]]

30px :Portal:Death, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Death and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of :Portal:Death during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 02:13, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

:(Notification: nomination of Sesquicentenary Celebrations Series at articles for deletion. (TW))

Nomination of [[:Sesquicentenary Celebrations Series]] for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article :Sesquicentenary Celebrations Series is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sesquicentenary Celebrations Series until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 15:36, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #379

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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: Wikimania recap, 27 August. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ljx_0n8tjEeKk2sXoWqWQhDpfqC7k_MhdLSjaAkIJik/edit?usp=sharing Agenda]

Press, articles, blog posts
[https://opensym.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/os19-paper-A17-piscopo.pdf What we talk about when we talk about Wikidata quality: a literature survey], by Alessandro Piscopo and Elena Simperl
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfS1qTKFQoI Introduction to OpenRefine in video by Emma (University of Edimburgh)] (12min)
Old but gold: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24DOvuZWaD0short introduction to Wikidata by Asaf Bartov] (7min)

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.
Integraality generates tables to assess the completeness of properties on sets of items, such as properties on railway stations for instance. Tables are automatically updated and highly configurable.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
[https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?oldid=1000000000 Edit 1,000,000,000] - the one-billionth, or 10⁹ - was the creation of {{Q|Q66665412}} by User:Stevenliuyi
New termbox interface on mobile is enabled - you can view and edit easily the labels, descriptions and aliases on mobile devices ([https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-August/013355.html full announcement])
Random finds from WikiProject Random
Starting from July 2019, Wikimedia Sverige and the Wikimedia Foundation's GLAM team work together to create a more sustainable technical infrastructure for global heritage and content partnerships. Read more about this initiative on meta.wikimedia.org.
Wiki Loves Monuments and other Wikimedia Commons campaign organizers can now specify structured data fields in the campaign UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons.
The [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-August/013355.html new termbox interface is now enabled on mobile], you can edit labels, descriptions and aliases from a mobile device

Did you know?

New property proposals to review:
General datatypes: associated with, present on map, translated title, Wikia Article URL 2, position in sequence, color produced, Itch.io ID, mobile formatter, subscribers, Attribution text, difficulty
External identifiers: RPGGeek, Faculté des sciences de Nancy ID, DIBAVOD ID, Fundación Goya en Aragón ID, Estudanky ID, LongSwimsDB ID, L-number, Dove.org work ID, WTA ID, iTunes (gb) artist ID, Arnet Miner publication ID, Chinese Engineering Expert Tank ID, Open Science Framework ID, Laws & Regulations Database of the Republic of China ID, NLP ID, SCTrails ID, Transporter Classification Database ID, UN treaty reference, musicbrainz tag, Identification code for universities and colleges, Toons Mag, YouTube Music channel ID, The Independent topic ID, Pandora artist ID

Query examples:
https://w.wiki/7UY timeline of competitions of the 2019-2020 figure skating season]
[https://w.wiki/7Ua Future figure skating competitions]
[https://w.wiki/7Uc Currently happening figure skating competitions]
[https://w.wiki/7Lz French ships whose name start with an A] ([https://twitter.com/Querybook/status/1164427144791019520 source])
[https://w.wiki/7UW Map of birth places of delegates to the Alaska Constitutional Convention] ([https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1164619573129338887 source])
Schema examples:
human chromosome, built on chromosome, built on sequence assembly
Lunar crater

Development
Deploy mobile termbox, follow-up and bug fixing
Deploy then rollback the move of "Wikidata item" link on clients due to cache issues (phab:T66315)
Work on adjusting the save button of the Entity Schema editor (phab:T230398)
Work on the bridge emitting button (phab:T230326)
Introduce a header for the bridge modal (phab:T230328)
Produce initial statistics/indicators for the Wikidata Languages Landscape (phab:T223119)

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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 15:05, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

PetScan for spiders not tagged for Australian biota

If you want to find spiders not yet tagged for Australia, try [https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?edits%5Bflagged%5D=both&edits%5Banons%5D=both&templates_no=WikiProject%20Australia&interface_language=en&ns%5B0%5D=1&edits%5Bbots%5D=both&categories=Spiders%20of%20Australia&active_tab=tab_templates_n_links&templates_use_talk_no=on&search_max_results=500&language=en&project=wikipedia&wikidata_label_language=&doit= this search]. It may take some time to run, so be patient. Plantdrew (talk) 17:42, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

August 2019 Tree of Life Newsletter

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;{{big|August 2019—Issue 005}}

;{{huge|Tree of Life}}

;Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

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|+Newly recognized content

{{icon|FA}} Letter-winged kite by {{noping|Casliber}}

{{icon|FA}} Megabat by {{noping|Enwebb}}

{{icon|FA}} Rock parrot by {{noping|Casliber}}

{{icon|GT}} Adelophthalmidae by {{noping|Super Dromaeosaurus}}

{{icon|GA}} Giant golden-crowned flying fox by {{noping|Enwebb}}, reviewed by {{noping|Starsandwhales}}

{{icon|GA}} Myxomatosis by {{noping|Rabbit Vet}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Tylopterella by {{noping|Super Dromaeosaurus}}, reviewed by {{noping|Starsandwhales}} and {{noping|Enwebb}}

{{icon|GA}} Kosmoceratops by {{noping|FunkMonk}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Slender glass lizard by {{noping|SL93}}, reviewed by {{noping|Casliber}}

{{icon|GA}} Guano by {{noping|Enwebb}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Dvulikiaspis by {{noping|Super Dromaeosaurus}}, reviewed by {{noping|Casliber}}

{{icon|GA}} Rock parrot by {{noping|Casliber}}, reviewed by {{noping|The Rambling Man}}

{{icon|GA}} Leptospirosis by {{noping|Cerevisae}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ajpolino}}

{{icon|GA}} Hepatitis E by {{noping|Ozzie10aaaa}}, reviewed by {{noping|Casliber}}

{{icon|GA}} Cardabiodon by {{noping|Macrophyseter}}, reviewed by {{noping|FunkMonk}}

{{icon|GA}} Clostridium tetani by {{noping|Ajpolino}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

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|+Newly nominated content

{{icon|FAC}} Kosmoceratops by {{noping|FunkMonk}}

{{icon|GAN}} Western yellow robin by {{noping|Casliber}}

{{icon|GAN}} Pekarangan by {{noping|Dhio270599}}

{{icon|GAN}} Hibbertopterus by {{noping|Ichthyovenator}}

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What's the relevance of WikiJournals to WP:TOL?

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Guest column by Thomas Shafee ({{noping|Evolution and evolvability}}), Editor in Chief of WikiJournal of Science''

The Tree of Life WikiProject and its sprawling phylogeny of daughter projects is one of the largest and most active communities in Wikipedia. It encompasses approximately 570 Featured Articles and well over a thousand Good Articles (second only to military history). The WikiJournal of Science (one of three current journals in the user group) has a few aims that may closely align with the interests of the ToL community.

;Review of existing articles

Firstly, WikiJSci can be a complementary system for FA review (getting external review, input, and validity). When an Wikipedia article is nominated (via WP:JAN), journal editors go out to non-Wikipedian academics and researchers who have published on the subject on the last five years and invite them to give feedback comments (e.g. Peripatric speciation and Baryonyx). The resulting changes can then be integrated back into the Wikipedia article.

;Attracting new articles and contributors

Getting more editors involved in Wikipedia is always a high priority. WikiJSci can also be a way to encourage new people to contribute articles (especially on missing/stub/start topics). An example of an article that was written from scratch by a group of non-Wikipedians is Teladorsagia circumcincta. This not only resulted in a new Wikipedia page on an underdeveloped topic, but introduced the idea of Wikimedia contribution to a group of people who had previously never considered it.

;Images, videos, sound and galleries

The journal can be a way to get multimedia content reviewed or encourage contribution. The same approach could be easily adapted to sounds (e.g. frog mating calls) or videos (e.g. starfish feet motion). It also allows for tracking of those images in new articles via Altmetric ([https://dimensions.altmetric.com/details/3455098/news this example] has >200, which is bananas). There aren't any biology examples in WikiJSci yet, but the sister medical journal has published a few summary diagrams, photography, and image galleries. Examples include this gallery by Blausen Medical or the diagram of cell disassembly during apoptosis.

;Other projects

For those interested in other Wikimedia sister projects, there's also broad scope for interactions with the WikiJournals. Perhaps peer reviewed teaching resources could be useful to sit alongside sets of Wikipedia articles and be integrated into Wikiversity courses (like this or this)? Can sections of Wikidata & Wikispecies be peer reviewed? What are the potential avenues for integration with WikiCite, WikiFactMine, Scholia, etc.? Currently, WikiJSci is aiming to be very flexible and try out different formats so long as they can be externally peer reviewed.

For more info, see the 2019-06-30 Signpost article and the current sister project proposal.

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Editor spotlight: Cwmhiraeth

1) Enwebb: You're very prolific with DYKs, with over 2,000 nominations credited (in fact, I'll highlight which DYK nominations this month were yours below). What made you become so involved in this part of Wikipedia? Why should Tree of Life editors nominate articles for DYK?

:Cwmhiraeth: I became aware of the WikiCup in 2012 and entered the contest. The scoring structure seemed to me to favour DYKs, and I went to considerable trouble to identify short stubs that could be expanded into qualifying start class articles with multiple bonus points. Casliber introduced me to preparing articles for FAC and Sasata helped me with my first solo FA. I won the WikiCup that year, and repeated that success the following year, after which the Cup got a bit more competitive. By that time, nominating articles for DYK was an ingrained habit, and I have continued doing so ever since, but at a rather slower rate. I do more work behind the scenes at DYK now, reviewing other people's nominations in excess of my QPQ requirement, and building prep sets ready to go on the main page, and I retired from competing in the WikiCup and became a judge instead. I would encourage ToL editors to nominate suitable articles for DYK because it gives great satisfaction to know that hundreds or even thousands of people have appreciated your work, and it provides a foil for the biographies and historical articles that predominate there.

2) Enwebb: I noticed that your DYK nominations reflect a diverse array of flora and fauna, from trees, marine invertebrates, birds, fishes, and mammals. How do you decide what to work on?

:Cwmhiraeth: As I look around different articles I keep a note of things I might work on, red links, stub articles that need expanding or places in articles where I would like to add a wikilink but no suitable target page exists. So I have this list, but more often than not I choose a new article to work on based on a Google book that I have been using in a previous article. I like Google books; some of them are really useful for species articles, the main annoyance being when certain pages are permanently unavailable, although I am quite good at tricking the books into revealing pages that they were trying to prevent me from viewing. Eventually I get bored with African rodents, or whatever my present topic is, and move on. I am particularly interested in organisms living in extreme habitats, endangered species, invasive species, pest species, parasites or creatures with interesting behavioural traits.

3) Enwebb: Which of your Wikipedia accomplishments are you most proud of?

:Cwmhiraeth: Well, Sea really. Again that was inspired by the WikiCup, and working in collaboration with Chiswick Chap, we took it from virtually nothing, little more than a list of seas, through DYK and GA, culminating in a really tough FA. That was very satisfying (as were the 1000 odd points it gained me at the WikiCup). In complete contrast was the article Tree. I completely rewrote it in a sandbox as an entry for the "Core contest". The previous version had been quite short with a section on "Record breaking trees" which I hived off into a separate article. My new version was immediately challenged and an edit war would have erupted had I not decided to retire from the fray. My version had some serious flaws, I had never studied botany and I had used a book source which misled me. However, after corrections, my version largely remained in place and I later joined Chiswick Chap in bringing the article to GA status.

4) Enwebb: What motivates you to keep contributing? What's your 10,000 ft view (pardon the non-SI) of the community and Tree of Life?

:Cwmhiraeth: I think Wikipedia is a really great project. The idea of Wikipedia as a pool of knowledge contributed to by thousands of individuals in hundreds of countries is inspiring. It would be nice if we had no vandalism and everyone co-operated with everyone else in an amicable spirit, but as we are all human, it does not quite work out like that. I like to think of my efforts as a legacy that will continue in existence after I am gone.

6) Enwebb: How did you first become interested in natural history?

:Cwmhiraeth: When I was young I had an elderly aunt who used to come to stay and who would take me for walks in the countryside, during which we would watch birds and identify wild flowers. She would take me out at weekends from my girls-only boarding school and we would search for orchids on the Wiltshire Downs. My school was not geared up for science, we just did general science for O-levels, and when it came to A-levels, I was the only pupil in my year to do zoology and chemistry, and one of only two to do physics, for which we had to cycle off to the grammar school on the other side of town. I wanted to be a vet, but was discouraged by my father, obtained a BSc in biochemistry and ended up in an unrelated job. If I were to live my life again, things might work out differently, but then I dare say we could all say that!

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August DYKs

{{main page image|image=Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) - cropped.jpg|caption=Weebill|width=150}}

{{main page image|image=The freshwater crabs of Macau (10.3897-zookeys.810.30726) Figure 2, Nanhaipotamon macau.jpg|caption=Nanhaipotamon macau|width=180}}

{{main page image|image=Paracoccidioides lutzii.png|caption=P. lutzii (yeast phase)|width=150}}

{{main page image|image=Xylocarpus granatum.jpg|caption=Cannonball mangrove|width=133x150}}

{{main page image|image=Ruspolia nitidula male (3788698376).jpg|caption=Ruspolia nitidula male|width=180}}

{{main page image|image=Ugandan kobs (Kobus kob thomasi) female and calf (square crop).jpg|caption=Female kob and calf|width=150}}

... that falguera, a plant known from only one valley in Spain, is threatened by rock climbers and by road maintenance? (1 August)
... that Dioscorea chouardii is known from a single crag in the Pyrenees and has been monitored using scaffolding and telescopes? (3 August)
... that the tree Humbertia madagascariensis, whose durable timber is used in heavy construction, is a member of the morning glory family? (4 August)
... that the new pine knot-horn is a serious pest of maritime pine plantations? (5 August)
... that William Pope created "the first comprehensive, well executed pictorial record of Canadian birds"? (7 August)
... that fronds of the seaweed Halimeda tuna each consist of a single cell? (8 August)
... that Elongatoolithus, Macroolithus, and Nanhsiungoolithus were the first types of fossil eggs to be given names in the modern classification system? (9 August)
... that the maple Acer beckianum was described from a piece of petrified wood found near Vantage, Washington, in 1954? (10 August)
... that the queen parrotfish feeds on the algae it scrapes from corals and other surfaces, resulting in bioerosion? (11 August)
... that the weebill (pictured), measuring {{cvt|8|to|9|cm|abbr=on}} long, is Australia's smallest bird? (12 August)
... that sheep infected with the parasitic nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta may suffer from protein deficiency? (12 August)
... that the Sahel bush sparrow, found in the Oti Valley Faunal Reserve, is one of 676 species of bird recorded in Togo? (13 August)
... that the Ethiopian white-footed mouse and the Ethiopian forest brush-furred rat are two of the most abundant rodents in the montane forests of Ethiopia? (13 August)
... that Dardanus deformis is one of at least 24 species of hermit crab that transfer sea anemones to a new shell? (14 August)
... that the ornate rainbowfish can survive in water as acidic as orange juice? (14 August)
... that the African giant shrew was first described from a mummified specimen found in an ancient Egyptian tomb? (15 August)
... that the brown-cheeked hornbill is among the eleven species of hornbill native to Ivory Coast? (15 August)
... that among the many uses of Erythrophleum ivorense and Lannea welwitschii, trees growing in Assagny National Park, are rope-making, canoe-building and to poison fish? (16 August)
... that the densely-populated territory of Macau is home to a recently discovered, endemic species of freshwater crab of the genus Nanhaipotamon (pictured){{-?}} (17 August)
... that the crimson seedcracker has two morphs, large-billed and small-billed, but this trait is not related to sex, age, body size, or location? (18 August)
... that the large leaves of Marantochloa purpurea are used for wrapping cola nuts to prevent them from becoming desiccated? (18 August)
... that the sea anemone Anemonia sulcata is known as {{lang|es|ortiguilla}} in southern Spain, where it is a popular seafood? (19 August)
... that the Sorana bean is grown in such small quantities and is in such demand that it commands prices six to ten times higher than those of other cannellini beans? (19 August)
... that antelope grass can recover quickly after wildfires even in the middle of the dry season? (19 August)
... that the Namib brush-tailed gerbil uses ultrasonic whistles and foot drumming to communicate? (20 August)
... that deforestation in Brazil could be linked to higher rates of the severe fungal infection caused by P. lutzii (pictured), a neglected tropical disease?
... that in Cameroon, edible caterpillars are cultivated on dwarf red ironwood leaves? (20 August)
... that the lesser seedcracker enjoys rice and the large, hard seeds of carrycillo? (21 August)
... that despite their names, the greater Egyptian gerbil and the lesser Egyptian gerbil are found across much of North Africa? (21 August)
... that it is not known whether larvae of Deretaphrus beetles spin their cocoons from their mouths or anal glands? (22 August)
... that the toxic bark of a Madagascan tree species has been used as a poison in trials by ordeal? (23 August)
... that the cannonball (pictured) and white-flowered black mangroves are among the ten species of mangrove listed as occurring in Mozambique? (24 August)
... that strips of bark from the West African copal are used to make beehives, while the flowers are attractive to bees? (24 August)
... that the swamp musk shrew scrambles around among aquatic vegetation in the dark? (25 August)
... that the rock parrot often nests in the old burrows of seabirds? (26 August)
... that the bush cricket Ruspolia nitidula (pictured) is commonly eaten in Uganda, where the price per unit weight is periodically higher than that of beef? (26 August)
... that despite its reported disappearance from Britain and other European countries, the fountain spleenwort is still considered to have a stable population trend? (27 August)
... that the African hut tampan can transmit relapsing fever in humans and African swine fever in pigs? (28 August)
... that in 1946, entomologists E. B. Pinniger and Cynthia Longfield were the first to identify the dainty damselfly in Britain? (28 August)
... that the Argus tortoise beetle is named after the mythical Greek giant Argus Panoptes? (28 August)
... that Pollichia campestris was first described in 1789 by the Scottish botanist William Aiton in the publication Hortus Kewensis, a catalogue of all the plants then being cultivated at Kew Gardens? (30 August)
... that the wildlife of Uganda includes the Ugandan kob (pictured), the Uganda mangabey, and the Ugandan musk shrew? (30 August)
... that the blue korhaan favours habitats with short grass, dwarf shrubs, and termite mounds, but few trees? (31 August)
... that forests in the Guineo-Congolian region of Africa include patches dominated by a single species of tree, such as Brachystegia laurentii, Julbernardia seretii, Michelsonia microphylla, or Gilbertiodendron dewevrei{{-?}} (31 August)
Highlighted DYKs were submitted by this month's spotlighted editor, Cwmhiraeth

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Wikidata weekly summary #380

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

Press, articles, blog posts
[https://space.wmflabs.org/2019/08/27/working-with-structured-data-on-commons-a-status-report/ Working with Structured Data on Commons: A Status Report], by Lucas Werkmeister
[https://peerj.com/articles/cs-214/ Citation.js: a format-independent, modular bibliography tool for the browser and command line], article in PeerJ Computer Science (Q27726596) by Lars Willighagen (Q45907528)
[https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DTA-12-2018-0110/full/html A systematic literature review on Wikidata] (paywalled) - Marçal Mora-Cantallops et al.
[https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/4-114/v1 GeneDB and Wikidata] - Magnus Manske, et al.
[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.11153.pdf Wikidata from a Research Perspective -- A Systematic Mapping Study of Wikidata] - Mariam Farda-Sarbas, Claudia Mueller-Birn
[http://eprints.rclis.org/38628/ 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.
[https://coli-conc.gbv.de/cocoda/app/ 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 [https://github.com/Nudin/LexData/ Python library to create bots, scripts and tools for lexicographical data] by MichaelSchoenitzer
[https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-August/013392.html There is now a new API parameter to add tags on edits summaries]
[https://soweego.readthedocs.io/ 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 [https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1768759 software engineer] for its Search Platform team, including work on Wikidata Query Service
Wikimedia Deutschland is looking for [https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/3696022/UX-Designer-m-f-d-?jobDbPVId=13064858&l=en a UX designer] and [https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/4361894/Full-Stack-Developer-m-f-d-?jobDbPVId=12124039&l=en 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

Query examples:
[https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcreator%20%3FcreatorLabel%20WHERE%20%0A%7B%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP136%20wd%3AQ557141%20.%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fsub0%20.%20%0A%20%20%3Fsub0%20%28wdt%3AP131%29%2A%20wd%3AQ23939248%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20%3Fcreator%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcreator%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D Public art in London by female artists]
[https://w.wiki/7dV People used as examples in Wikidata properties] ([https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1167120966515920897 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)] ([https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1167092693438259200 source])
[https://w.wiki/7ij Hillforts mapped with their heritage designation/protection status]
[https://w.wiki/7jD YouTubers without a YouTube channel]
[https://w.wiki/7kF Racing automobile drivers who died in a car crash] ([https://twitter.com/envlh/status/1168159154395111424 source])
Schema examples:
[https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E89 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 (phab:T230398)
Get Grafana Datamodel References dashboard back up and running (phab:T214894)
Fix an issue in EntitySchema tests that caused some CI failures (phab:T231065)
Localize Wikibase API help links (phab:T231269)
Support tags parameter on Wikibase APIs that edit entities (phab:T229917)
Add in Wikidata support for sitelinks to https://nap.wikisource.org (phab:T212886)
Reading property terms from new store in production now (phab:T225053)
Adding WDQS lag to maxlag info, to avoid stress on WDQS machines (phab:T221774)
Implementing the fallback version of the new better edit summary messages on items through API (phab:T224010)
Fixing the issue of an invisible quality constrain violation indicator (phab:T227866)
Switching item terms to migration stage of writing to both wb_terms and the new store (phab:T225055)
Preparing to run migration of item terms (phab:T219123)
Allowing to access Wikibase entities from multiple (Wikibase) databases (phab:T214557)
Hiding non-supported languages in old termbox (phab:T227083)
Work on a new solution to move "Data item" link outside of sidebar toolbox avoiding the cache issues (phab:T66315)
Bridge: saving the Wikidata edit when submitting (phab:T226999)
Showing the current Wikidata value in the edit modal (phab:T226997)

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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[[:Category:Fishing companies]] has been nominated for discussion

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:Category:Fishing companies, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 18:46, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #381

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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. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/14oW7DoEMRQ8hy2Rj7V1kjbeNiL2chGTsPrqf239N3sY/edit?usp=sharing Agenda]

Press, articles, blog posts
[https://doi.org/10.1109/IV.2019.00058 Merging Open Data Sources to Plan Learning Activities for Online Students] - Antonio Sarasa Cabezuelo, et al., in: 2019 23rd International Conference Information Visualisation (IV)
[http://blogs.harvard.edu/britton/2019/09/06/open-access-society-publishers-in-wikidata/ 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 (phab:T230762)
Recent tool: [https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@WikidataBot @Wikidatabot], a Telegram bot that allows you to search for something on Wikidata from Telegram
New game: [https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@WikidataMallBot Wikidata Mall], a Telegram management simulation game where content is generated from Wikidata

Did you know?

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:
[https://w.wiki/7vc UK Cabinet Ministers and their links in the UK National Archives] | ([http://histropedia.com/showcase/wikidata-viewer.html?q=SELECT%20?person%20?personLabel%20?positionLabel%20?date%20?image%20(URI(CONCAT(%22https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/%22,?ukna))%20AS%20?url)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A?person%20wdt:P3029%20?ukna;%20%23%20person%20in%20UK%20National%20Archives%0A%20%20%20wdt:P39%20?position%20.%20?position%20wdt:P361%20wd:Q112014.%20%23%20held%20position%20in%20Cabinet%20of%20the%20UK%0A%20?person%20wdt:P570%20?date%20;%20%20%23%20death%20date%0A%20%20wdt:P18%20?image%0ASERVICE%20wikibase:label%20%7B%20bd:serviceParam%20wikibase:language%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D,en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D&l=url&t=personLabel&s=date&i=image&c=positionLabel&v=t Histropedia timeline])
[https://w.wiki/87G Most common properties on Senses] ([https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1170681272806576131 source])
[https://w.wiki/87J Place of birth of actors in The Matrix] ([https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/1170079436768563200 source])
[https://w.wiki/87K Graph of all species in the Heron (Ardeidae) family with an IBP alpha code] ([https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1169368504325165056 source])

Development
Wikidata got a high-resolution logo, thanks to Odder (phab: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 (phab:T227866)
Make Lua's function mw.wikibase.entityExists return true for redirects (phab:T192462)
Reviewed and followed up on highlighting statements when using "#P" in URL (phab:T178745)
Wikidata Bridge: saving the Wikidata edit when submitting (phab:T226999)
Showing the label for the Property instead of the id (phab:T227759)
Overcoming a conceptional oversight between mediawiki and standard language codes (phab:T231833)

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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''This Month in GLAM'': August 2019

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This Month in GLAM – Volume IX, Issue VIII, August 2019

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Côte d'Ivoire report: Strategic salon around GLAM perspectives
Finland report: Continuing our work with the Saami communities
Indonesia report: Digitization of banknotes and introduction to structured data on Commons (continued)
Netherlands report: Wikidata map making workshop
Norway report: Women in Red: collaboration with The National Library in Norway and Oslo Metropolitan University
Sweden report: GLAM communities of practice; Problematic data
UK report: New and old collaborations
USA report: Wikimania 2019
Special story: Wikimania GLAM
Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons report: Recent presentations, workshops and blog posts
Wikidata report: Work for us, or just tell us what you think of us
WMF GLAM report: Updates on OpenGLAM
Calendar: September's GLAM events

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New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019

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Hello {{BASEPAGENAME}},

;Backlog

Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.

;Coordinator

A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.

;This month's refresher course

Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired {{U|Ballonman}}, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.

;Deletion tags

Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon (you will need to have 'Nominated for deletion' enabled for this in your filters) may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders using Twinkle. They require your further verification.

;Paid editing

Please be sure to look for the tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. WMF policy requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.

;Subject-specific notability guidelines' (SNG). Alternatives to deletion

Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves once more with notability guidelines for organisations and companies.
Blank-and-Redirect is a solution anchored in policy. Please consider this alternative before PRODing or CSD. Note however, that users will often revert or usurp redirects to re-create deleted articles. Do regularly patrol the redirects in the feed.

;Not English

A common issue: Pages not in English or poor, unattributed machine translations should not reside in main space even if they are stubs. Please ensure you are familiar with WP:NPPNE. Check in Google for the language and content, and if they do have potential, tag as required, then move to draft. Modify the text of the template as appropriate before sending it.

;Tools

Regular reviewers will appreciate the most recent enhancements to the New Pages Feed and features in the Curation tool, and there are still more to come. Due to the wealth of information now displayed by ORES, reviewers are strongly encouraged to use the system now rather than Twinkle; it will also correctly populate the logs.

Stub sorting, by SD0001: A new script is available for adding/removing stub tags. See User:SD0001/StubSorter.js, It features a simple HotCat-style dynamic search field. Many of the reviewers who are using it are finding it an improvement upon other available tools.

Assessment: The script at User:Evad37/rater makes the addition of Wikiproject templates extremely easy. New page creators rarely do this. Reviewers are not obliged to make these edits but they only take a few seconds. They can use the Curation message system to let the creator know what they have done.

{{noping|DannyS712 bot III}} is now patrolling certain categories of uncontroversial redirects. Curious? Check out its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=patrol&user=DannyS712+bot+III&page=&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype= patrol log].

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New article [[Wawasan Nusantara]]

Hi JarrahTree! I just happened to see the new article Wawasan Nusantara. Does WP really need this article? Poor sources, doubtful notabilty. Even most Indonesians would scratch their head seeing this. Bring it to AfD? – Austronesier (talk) 09:27, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Stub maker 2000

Rather than filling up Justlettersandnumbers' talk page, I left the following for you there:

::::::Hi. (Apologies in advance - I don't know how to do diffs). I'm basing the assertion on edit histories like Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux, where the history shows a series of edits between 18 and 24 Nov 2018 by D A R C 12345 which includes [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Bayeux&oldid=870316716| one on 23 Nov] by the IP address, surely by the same editor. Also, the combination of subjects - Australian local government, mediaeval French church subjects and ancient titular sees - is very distinctive. Also, the editing errors in the historical articles across the three identities are identical - to name just one, linking dates and centuries. I haven't yet got an explicit overlap between Stub maker and the IP address but is one needed? Is that enough for your purposes? All best, Ingratis (talk) 13:35, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

I've now found another article - :Teutsind - where the IP address and Stub maker 2000 appear together (series of edits on 2 September), which would be quite a coincidence if they were not the same editor when compared to :Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux as above, but I leave it to you to take forward more formally if you wish - I don't involve myself in this sort of thing. Ingratis (talk) 23:06, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #382

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

Events
Past: Wikidata et Wiktionnaire session at the French-speaking WikiConvention by Pamputt (slides)
Upcoming: WikidataWednesday in Vienna, September 18th
Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in Paris, September 20th
Upcoming: [https://www.facebook.com/events/2456357704647897/ #4 Wikidata tea party/第4回ウィキデータ茶話会], 20 Sep 2019 in Tokyo, Japan
Upcoming: [https://peatix.com/event/1301388/ Wikibase Workshop/ウィキベースワークショップ], 28 Sep 2019 in Tokyo, Japan

Press, articles, blog posts
[https://magazine.multilingual.com/previewissue/sept-oct-2019/wikidata-gets-wordier/ Wikidata gets wordier], by Christian Lieske and Felix Sasaki on Multilingual
[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.01109.pdf Non-Parametric Class Completeness Estimators for Collaborative Knowledge Graphs -- The Case of Wikidata] - Michael Luggen et al.

Tool of the week
Hauki lets you browse existing Lexemes, add Senses to them, and easily create new Lexemes for common languages and lexical categories.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
мир (L99999) (peace), мир (100000) (world/earth) and L166666 were created

Did you know?

Newest properties:
General datatypes: cumulative elevation gain, climbing route
External identifiers: Lower Austrian Museum ID, Auckland Museum ID, MUBI film ID, MUBI person ID, Al-Jazeera topic ID, Digital Giza ID, Grammy Awards artist ID, Highland Historic Environment Record ID, Online PWN Encyclopedia, Downdetector ID, TOP500 System ID, National Wildlife Refuge Trails ID, Maine Trail Finder ID

New property proposals to review:
General datatypes: Masters Thesis, OFLC classification (New Zealand), worn by, station type, interchange, status, first, last and so on, front and backside
External identifiers: Archnet Site ID, Trail Finder ID, ExplorePaTrails ID, code DANE, ICD-11, SMHI drainage basin ID, Letteraturaitaliana.net author ID, NMM artist ID, Pathway Ontology ID, Mixer game ID, Vudu video ID

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/8Tb Number of times a Wikidata item for Carl von Linnaeus was created]
[https://w.wiki/8TM Picture of species were the author(s) of the first scientific description is in WD and connected to Uppsala University Alvin database]
[https://w.wiki/8TQ same query but where we miss a picture in Wikidata]
[https://w.wiki/8TX Twins with different places of birth] ([https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1172905478902505472 source])
[https://w.wiki/8TY Places in Scottish local government areas] ([https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1172506297985654784 source])
[https://w.wiki/8Ta Libraries in Austria] ([https://twitter.com/LibrErli/status/1171748646980902912 source])
Schema examples:
[https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E119 space probe]
[https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E115 Tsunami]
Newest WikiProjects: Textile arts, Dark

Development
Started working on two new projects: improving the resource loader module and tainted references
Wikidata Bridge: save the Wikidata edit when submitting (phab:T226999)
Show the label for the Property instead of the id (phab:T227759)
Warn user about blank edit summary on EntitySchema (phab:T230399)

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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 15:25, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

[[:Category:Fishing companies in Australia]] has been nominated for discussion

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:Category:Fishing companies in Australia, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:31, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

''Cumberland'' (1827 ship)

Hi JarrahTree, My apologies. I got so involved in further correcting the article after I saw your corrections I forgot to thank you. My key original error was to put W in the coords, not E, moving the locus into the Pacific Ocean, rather than just off WA. Once I got that sorted out everything else was clear. Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 12:02, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #383

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

Events
Upcoming: Wikidata Zurich Training in Zurich on the weekend of November 2-3. There will be presentations and hands-on sessions on editing, querying and coding for Wikidata.
Upcoming: Wikidata Zurich Hackathon in Zurich on the weekend of November 23-24.
Upcoming: [https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2019/abstracts/#29_a Wikidata as a hub for the Linked Data cloud] - tutorial (full day) at Dublin Core Metadata Initiative 2019 conference, Seoul, on September 25.
Past: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata - Awesome Together during State of the Map 2019 (slides of part one)

Press, articles, blog posts
[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3406623 Wikidata ist für alle (Bibliotheken) offen]. Presentation at 34. Austrian Librarian conference 2019 (Q67368932), September 11th. (in German)
[https://wikiedu.org/blog/2019/09/17/opening-up-the-linked-data-world-of-wikidata-to-new-editors/ Opening up the linked data world of Wikidata to new editors], by Will Kent (WikiEdu)

Tool of the week
Namescript fills in labels, descriptions and aliases of items about names, making it easier to create such items (you only need to provide a few statements).

Other Noteworthy Stuff
Structured Data on Commons: Please help to build a basic data model for describing Wikimedia Commons file with structured data! Your help is welcome to solve different modeling challenges, including how to model dates, sources and authors. You can also look at current Wikimedia Commons infobox templates and discuss how the information in wikitext can be translated to structured data.
Structured Data on Commons: the team is going to develop computer-aided tagging for depicts statements on Commons. You can read the project page and participate on the talk page.
Your comments on the vision and strategy papers are still welcome on the associated talk page.
WikidataCon Award 2019: you can nominate your favorite Wikidata or Wikibase project or tool! 🏆 Participation open until October 7th
Wikidata passed 8B triples on the 19th September ([https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000489/wikidata-query-service?orgId=1&panelId=7&fullscreen&from=1568800306000&to=1569059506359 grafana])

Did you know?

Newest properties:
General datatypes: IP Code, number of decimal digits, OFLC classification, amount cataloged, Hardware Version Identification Number
External identifiers: Aozora Bunko author ID, Aozora Bunko work ID, Rate Your Music label ID, TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi ID, iHeartRadio artist ID, Behind The Voice Actors short ID, ExplorePaTrails ID, Labelcode, Trail Finder ID, Marine Regions Geographic IDentifier (MRGID), Archnet site ID, iHeartRadio podcast ID, DANE code, MobyGames genre ID, ICD-11 ID, Letteraturaitaliana.net author ID, NMM artist ID, Pathway Ontology ID, Vudu video ID, Mixer game ID

New property proposals to review:
General datatypes: Peer review location, fineness, regnal ordinal, Wikinews coverage, educational stage, faculty, Kivid.info ID, Fossiilid.info ID, CITES Appendix, Content descriptor
External identifiers: Wi-Fi Certification ID, GCF Reference, Rivals.com ID, sixpackfilmdata, Dirección General de Bibliotecas ID, Elitefootball player ID, The Wind Power ID, IGNrando ID, ISSN-L, Skiddle artist ID, Juno Download album ID, See Tickets artist ID, Ticketmaster artist ID

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/8WU Library systems in California]
[https://w.wiki/8dH Waterfalls without a drainage basin yet]
[https://w.wiki/8m4 Works of art depicting kisses] ([https://twitter.com/lubianat/status/1174844824618446848 source])
[https://w.wiki/8m6 Longest English word without a repeated letter] ([https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1174053415447666689 source])
[https://w.wiki/8m7 Longest alphabetically sorted words in English] ([https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1174087986016935936 source])
Newest WikiProjects: Q68235346

Development
Wikidata Bridge: add an edit tag parameter when saving (phab:T227003)
Adapt buttons' texts to UI language (phab:T228259)
More work on setting up the technical background to work on tainted references
More work on reducing the resources needed to load pages
Create a dependency graph of existing RessourceLoader modules (phab:T232728)

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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 15:23, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 35, July – August 2019

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Books & Bytes

Issue 35, July – August 2019

Wikimania
We're building something great, but..
Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
A Wikibrarian's story
Bytes in brief

Read the full newsletter

On behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:58, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 15

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Newsletter • September 2019

A final update, for now:

The third grant-funded round of WikiProject X has been completed. Unfortunately, while this round has not resulted in a deployed product, I am not planning to resume working on the project for the foreseeable future. Please see the final report for more information.

Regards,

-— Isarra ༆ 19:24, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Category:Boats designed by Bruce Farr]]

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A tag has been placed on :Category:Boats designed by Bruce Farr requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:55, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #384

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

Discussions
Open request for adminship: Catherine Laurence

Events
Past: [https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/20970 Using Wikidata to Provide Visibility to Women in STEM] during Dublin Core 2019
Upcoming: WikiCon, meeting of the German speaking Community from 4th to 6th of October 2019 in Wuppertal (Germany)
Upcoming: [https://www.facebook.com/events/975293739498295/ #5 Wikidata tea party/第5回ウィキデータ茶話会], 18 Oct 2019 in Tokyo, Japan
Upcoming: Wikidata Zurich Training in Zurich on the weekend of November 2-3. There will be presentations and hands-on sessions on editing, querying and coding for Wikidata.
Upcoming: Wikidata Zurich Hackathon in Zurich on the weekend of November 23-24.

Press, articles, blog posts
Scottish witches [https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/map-of-scots-women-accused-of-witchcraft-published-for-first-time-1-5009814 in] [https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/interactive-map-gives-fascinating-insight-into-witches-in-aberdeen-and-aberdeenshire/ the] [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/map-visualizes-scale-16th-and-17th-century-scottish-witch-hunts-180973226 press] and [https://twitter.com/emcandre/status/1177372049884557313 on TV]
[https://ammienoot.com/brain-fluff/some-witchy-history-and-a-very-smart-woman-in-data-science/ Some witchy history and a very smart woman in data science]
[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.11980.pdf Spoken Conversational Search for General Knowledge] - Lina Maria Rojas-Barahona, et al.
[https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/4-114 GeneDB and Wikidata], by Magnus Manske

Tool of the week
This [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pltools/rech/ Recent changes tool] allows to get a list of unpatrolled Wikidata changes with enhanced filters that are more adapted to Wikidata than the standard Recent Changes page. Available actions include mass patroling and easier revert interface.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
The state library of Berlin is using Wikidata to display a map of pictures from their architecture journals: [https://digital.zlb.de/viewer/berlinfotos/ Berlin um 1900 - eine fotografische Zeitreise]
Edit summaries coming from the wbeditentity API (for example from the mobile termbox) will be improved from October 2nd ([https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-September/013562.html announcement], ticket)
You can nominate your favourite Wikidata and Wikibase projects for the WikidataCon Award until October 7th

Did you know?

Newest properties:
General datatypes: regnal ordinal, peer review URL
External identifiers: GCF Reference, Wi-Fi Certification ID, Rivals.com ID, sixpackfilmdata film ID, sixpackfilmdata person ID, Dirección General de Bibliotecas ID, Elitefootball player ID, The Wind Power farm ID, IGNrando' ID, Fossiilid.info ID, Kivid.info ID

Deleted properties: P5130 (island of location)
Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/98F Civil parishes of Scotland, revealed through their listed buildings] ([https://twitter.com/Tagishsimon/status/1178500168313954304 source])
[https://w.wiki/98G Scottish civil parishes by county and present-day council area] ([https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1177720382683566080 source])
[https://tora.entryscape.net/snorql/?query=PREFIX+wd%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%0D%0APREFIX+wdt%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0D%0ASELECT+DISTINCT+%3Finstance+%3FTORA_label+%3FTORA_province_name+%3FwdLabel+%3FwdAdminLabel++%3FTORA_parishcode+%3FTORA_wd+%3FTORA_wd+%3FWD+%3FWDsame+%3Fitem+%3FWiki%0D%0AWHERE+%7B+%3Finstance+a+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fdata.riksarkivet.se%2Ftora%2Fschema%2FModernParish%3E.%0D%0A%3Finstance+skos%3AprefLabel+%3FTORA_label+.%0D%0AOPTIONAL+%7B%3Finstance+tora%3Aprovince_name+%3FTORA_province_name%7D%0D%0A%3Finstance+tora%3Aparishcode+%3FTORA_parishcode+.%0D%0A%3Finstance++rdfs%3AseeAlso+%3FTORA_wduri+.%0D%0ABIND+%28REPLACE%28str%28%3FTORA_wduri%29%2C%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2F%22%2C%22%22%29+AS+%3FTORA_wd%29.%0D%0ABIND+%28REPLACE%28str%28%3Fitem%29%2C%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%22%2C%22%22%29+AS+%3FWD%29.%0D%0A++BIND%28%0D%0A+++IF%28%3FWD+%3D+%3FTORA_wd%2C+%22Y%22%2C++%22N%22%29%0D%0A++++AS+%3FWDsame%29.%0D%0ASERVICE+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fsparql%3E+%7B+%0D%0A++++%3Fitem+wdt%3AP31+wd%3AQ1523821%3B+wdt%3AP777+%3FTORA_parishcode+.+%0D%0A%09OPTIONAL+%7B%0D%0A%09%09%3Fitem+rdfs%3Alabel+%3FwdLabel.%0D%0A%09%09FILTER%28LANG%28%3FwdLabel%29+%3D+%22sv%22%29.%0D%0A%09%7D%0D%0A+++++++OPTIONAL+%7B+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++%3Fitem+wdt%3AP131+%3FWDAdmin.%0D%0A+++++++++++++++%3FWDAdmin+wdt%3AP31+wd%3AQ193556.%0D%0A%09%09%3FWDAdmin+rdfs%3Alabel+%3FwdAdminLabel.%0D%0A%09%09FILTER%28LANG%28%3FwdAdminLabel%29+%3D+%22sv%22%29.%0D%0A%09%7D%0D%0A%7D%0D%0AFILTER+%28%28+STRSTARTS%28str%28%3FTORA_wduri%29%2C+%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2F%22%29%29+%26%26+%3FWDsame+%3D+%22N%22+%29%0D%0A%7D+order+by++%3FTORA_label Federated SPARQL query] from the Swedish National Archive TORA project to Wikidata
[https://w.wiki/98L Librairies in Africa] ([https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1177571656103055362 source])
[https://w.wiki/98P Most recently dissolved enterprises that were over 200 years old] ([https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1176999379112255493 source])
Newest WikiProjects: Red pandas

Development
More work done on removing some resource loader modules in order to speed up the load of pages
Wikidata Bridge: add an edit tag parameter when saving (phab:T227003)
Adapt buttons' texts to UI language (phab:T228259)
research regarding permissions/protection (phab:T231209)
More preparation work for improving references

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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 15:04, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

September 2019 Tree of Life Newsletter

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;{{big|September 2019—Issue 006}}

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;Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

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|+Newly recognized content

{{icon|FA}} Kosmoceratops by {{noping|FunkMonk}}

{{icon|FA}} Onychopterella by {{noping|Super Dromaeosaurus}}

{{icon|FA}} Western yellow robin by {{noping|Casliber}}

{{icon|GA}} Western yellow robin by {{noping|Casliber}}, reviewed by {{noping|Josh Milburn}}

{{icon|GA}} Apororhynchus by {{noping|Mattximus}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Pekarangan by {{noping|Dhio-270599}}, reviewed by {{noping|Cerebellum}}

{{icon|GA}} Fritillaria by {{noping|Michael Goodyear}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Embioptera by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}} and {{noping|Cwmhiraeth}}, reviewed by {{noping|Vanamonde93}}

{{icon|GA}} Durio graveolens by {{noping|NessieVL}}, reviewed by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}

{{icon|GA}} Big brown bat by {{noping|Enwebb}} and {{noping|Gen. Quon}}, reviewed by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}

{{icon|GA}} King brown snake by {{noping|Casliber}}, reviewed by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}

{{icon|GA}} Staffordshire Bull Terrier by {{noping|Atsme}}, reviewed by {{noping|FunkMonk}}

{{icon|GA}} Ambush predator by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Enwebb}}

{{icon|GA}} Belemnitida by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

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|+Newly nominated content

{{icon|FAC}} Apororhynchus by {{noping|Mattximus}}

{{icon|FAC}} Meinhard Michael Moser by {{noping|J Milburn}}

{{icon|FAC}} St. Croix macaw by {{noping|FunkMonk}}

{{icon|GAN}} Paleocene by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}

{{icon|GAN}} Orcinus meyeri by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}

{{icon|GAN}} Snakefly by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}} and {{noping|Cwmhiraeth}}

{{icon|GAN}} Tricolored bat by {{noping|Enwebb}}

{{icon|GAN}} Halloween darter by {{noping|Enwebb}}

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News at a Glance

*An end in sight for the WikiCup

:The 2019 WikiCup is in its fifth and final round, with two of the eight remaining contestants from the ToL community. The 2016 winner {{noping|Casliber}} is in first place as of 1 October, and {{noping|Enwebbb}} is in seventh place.

Getting spooky for Halloween

:It's the most wonderful time of the year...Halloween, that is. With articles on skeleton frogs, ghost bats, and Satanic nightjars, Wikipedia has more spooky taxa than a graveyard has ghosts. In the new Spooky Species Contest, Tree of Life editors are turning Wikipedia into Spookypedia, working from a crowd-sourced list of taxa. There's still time to sign up! How can you let an article like Draculoides bramstokeri pass you by?

The never-ending article title

:September saw the creation of (takes deep inhalation) Cneoridium dumosum (Nuttall) Hooker F. Collected March 26, 1960, at an Elevation of about 1450 Meters on Cerro Quemazón, 15 Miles South of Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, México, Apparently for a Southeastward Range Extension of Some 140 Miles. Just two characters shy of Wikipedia's limit on article title length, Cneoridium dumosum...140 Miles now has the longest article title of any on English Wikipedia. In contrast to its verbose title, the journal article that is the subject of the article is only five words long.

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Welcoming WikiProject Diptera and Project Creation Trends

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This month saw a vanishingly rare occurrence for the Tree of Life: a new WikiProject joined the fold. WikiProject Diptera, however, is also unusual in being a [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Washington_University_in_St_Louis/Behavioral_Ecology_(Fall_2019) classroom project]. Whether or not this project will stay active once the semester ends remains to be seen. It does not bode well, however, that {{noredirect|WP:WikiProject Vespidae}}—a creation from the same instructor at St. Louis University—faded to obscurity shortly after the fall semester concluded in 2014. WikiProject Vespidae is defunct and now redirects to the Hymenoptera task force of WikiProject Insects.

Since 2014, the Tree of Life has seen a string of years where one or zero projects or task forces were created. The only projects and task forces created since then are WikiProject Animal anatomy (2014), Hymenoptera task force (2016), Bats task force (2017), WikiProject Hypericaceae (2018), and now WikiProject Diptera (2019). The year 2006 saw the greatest creation of WikiProjects and task forces, with fourteen still active and the remaining six as "semiactive", "inactive", or "defunct".

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September DYKs

{{main page image|image=Enischnomyia with Vetufebrus 1.jpg|caption=Enischnomyia fossil in {{nowrap|Dominican amber}}|width=120}}

{{main page image|image=Newtonia hildebrandtii00.jpg|caption=Lebombo wattle in the sand forest|width=x120}}

{{main page image|image=Betula leopoldae SRIC SR02-22-19.jpg|caption=Betula leopoldae {{nowrap|leaf fossil}}|width=120}}

{{main page image|image=Pholiota squarrosoides (4501590245).jpg|caption=Pholiota squarrosoides|width=180}}

{{main page image|image=SciurusIsabellaWolf.jpg|caption=Lady Burton's rope squirrel|width=133x150}}

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... that the Natal cycad and the dune false currant are among the 1,900 endemic plant species found in the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot? (1 September)
... that the Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat uses its hind feet to comb its fur and its tongue to wash its face, wing membranes, and genital region? (3 September)
... that the scaly ground roller mostly eats earthworms and centipedes, but has been known to also eat frogs, lizards, and shrews? (4 September)
... that Kihaule's mouse shrew is named after the medical-entomological technician who collected the type specimen from the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania? (5 September)
... that the bat fly Enischnomyia (pictured) was first described from a specimen fossilized with Vetufebrus malaria in its gut? (5 September)
... that Duthie's golden mole and the long-tailed forest shrew are among the wildlife of South Africa that are both endemic and "vulnerable"? (7 September)
... that the Lebombo wattle (pictured), the water ironplum, and the Zulu coshwood grow in the Southern African Sand Forest, where they are often swathed in pinhead orchids and other epiphytes? (8 September)
... that Zenker's fruit bat often forages in areas of forest where Haumania liebrechtsiana grows, a plant favoured by gorillas and chimpanzees? (8 September)
... that the hard seeds of the Guinea plum are dispersed by elephants, and crushed and eaten by Sanje mangabeys? (9 September)
... that the extinct birch Betula leopoldae (leaf fossil pictured) is named after conservationist Estella Leopold? (10 September)
... that the Namib day gecko can sprint at {{convert|2.5|m/s|0|abbr=on}} in bright light? (10 September)
... that there are believed to be fewer than 100 mature specimens of Dacrydium guillauminii, which is considered critically endangered? (11 September)
... that the parasite Enteromyxum scophthalmi causes a severe illness in farmed turbot for which no cure is known? (13 September)
... that the nymphs of the mayfly Ephemera simulans are able to burrow? (14 September)
... that the Asian garden dormouse can enter torpor, a state in which it may remain for several days? (14 September)
... that Alexander's bush squirrel is named after Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, a British Army officer, explorer, and ornithologist? (15 September)
... that the mushroom Pholiota squarrosoides (pictured) has decayed logs of the trees Acer saccharum and Tilia glabra in the Great Lakes region of the US? (15 September)
... that a dark form of the Angolan slender mongoose is found to the south of the Cunene River and a pale form to the north? (16 September)
... that clover grass used to grow in the Pacific Ocean, but has not been seen there since a severe storm in 1996? (16 September)
... that despite the Zulu serotine bat having a widespread distribution in Africa, it is not known where it roosts during the day? (17 September)
... that Lady Burton's rope squirrel (pictured) was named in honour of Isabel Burton, wife of British explorer Sir Richard Burton? (17 September)
... that there is a myth that the pieces of the broken tail of the slender glass lizard can grow into new lizards? (18 September)
... that Thomas's rope squirrel can communicate with other squirrels vocally or by stamping? (18 September)
... that the cut flesh of the bitter tooth mushroom smells of watermelon? (19 September)
... that although honeynut squash originated about forty years ago, it has only been in markets for four years? (19 September)
... that the phloem sap of Phyllanthus balgooyi contains up to 16.9 per cent nickel by weight, giving it a bright green color? (20 September)
... that although Schreber's yellow bat is believed to be an insectivore, the related white-bellied yellow bat has been observed to eat dead bats in captivity? (20 September)
... that nests of the black-tailed tree rat resemble those of the red-billed buffalo weaver? (21 September)
... that jackfruits and chili peppers (pictured) are among the many crops planted in Indonesian home gardens? (22 September)
... that the African tropical tree Pouteria adolfi-friedericii was named after a German explorer? (23 September)
... that the Celebes warty pig has been domesticated and introduced into other Indonesian islands? (23 September)
... that the metabolic rate of Rhoptropus bradfieldi is about a quarter of that of other desert lizards? (24 September)
... that the dune hairy-footed gerbil locates its burrows close to plants, where the roots stabilise the shifting sand? (28 September)

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Wikidata weekly summary #385

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

Discussions
New request for comments: Structured path for property definition changes, Import of item into wikidata private instance
Closed requests for comments: Notability wording

Events
[https://jneubert.github.io/slides/wd-ak-archive-2019/#/ Wikidata (für Archive)] beim Herbsttreffen des [https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/infrastrukturen/forschungsinfrastrukturen-in-der-leibniz-gemeinschaft/informationsinfrastrukturen/archive-in-der-leibniz-gemeinschaft.html AK Archive der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft] (in German)
Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4-Wikidata Affinity Group call: Finding GLAMs campaign 08 October. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kpmf2ak1D34ApyGHWHe2mp4V8z-CYcNecy2HN_9Nrj0/edit?usp=sharing Agenda]

Press, articles, blog posts
[https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0678/beb055f681c73383c2e40fc9de0ca63c5b58.pdf Generating "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Questions Sets Automatically from Wikidata], Markus Wohlan, et al.
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1532046419302114?via%3Dihub Wikidata: A large-scale collaborative ontological medical database], Houcemeddine Turki et al.
[https://pro.europeana.eu/post/wikidata-wikibase-for-national-libraries-the-inaugural-meeting Wikidata & Wikibase for National Libraries: the inaugural meeting] by Wendy Byrne and Liam Wyatt
[https://medium.com/@giovanni.bergamin/una-lezione-di-biblioteconomia-8e78f75aed2 Una lezione di biblioteconomia, o Del nome corto dell’autore], {{Q|61727262}}

Tool of the week
[https://soweego.readthedocs.io/ soweego] links Wikidata to large third-party catalogs. Together with its friend [https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/ Mix'n'match], it helps Wikidata to become the universal linking hub of open data.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
The WikiProject India will send a quarterly newsletter, more info and subscribe here
Two Wikidata users were nominated for a “WikiEule”, the German Wikipedia community’s annual awards: MisterSynergy (nomination) for an “EngagementEule” (special commitment to the wiki projects) and Tobias1984 (nomination) for an “OrgaEule” (organizational work).
You can nominate projects for the WikidataCon award until October 7th at 23:59 UTC (today).
During the summer, [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikidataJS WikidataJS] became WikibaseJS! More specifically:
wikidata-sdk became [https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-sdk wikibase-sdk] ([https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-sdk/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#700---2019-05-31 changelogs])
wikidata-edit became [https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-edit wikibase-edit] ([https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-edit/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#300---2019-08-17 changelogs])
wikidata-cli became [https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli wikibase-cli] ([https://github.com/maxlath/wikibase-cli/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#800---2019-10-01 changelogs])

Did you know?

Newest properties:
General datatypes: content descriptor, educational stage, MWNF ID, worn by, tussenvoegsel, item disputed by
External identifiers: Gazetteer for Scotland person ID, Gazetteer for Scotland place ID, FootballDatabase.eu team ID, GENUKI ID, NTS Radio artist ID, Ticketmaster artist ID, See Tickets artist ID, DC Books author ID, Diccionari de la Literatura Catalana ID, FootballFacts.ru team ID, LaPreferente.com player ID, UEFA coach ID, UEFA team ID, Ukrainian Premier League player ID, ISSN-L, FIDAL team ID, China Martyrs ID, FAIMER school ID, JournalBase ID, National Library of Chile ID, PCEngine Catalog Project identifier, Beatport label ID, memoriademadrid publication ID

Deleted properties:
Query examples:
Biographical entries in the Gazetteer for Scotland, with no article on English Wikipedia
[https://w.wiki/9cX Map of medical facilities in Murshidabad district, India, color-coded by type] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1180007139785560065 source])
[https://w.wiki/9cZ Map of flight connections between airports in India] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1179644751714254849 source])
[https://w.wiki/9cb GLAMs institutions located north of Umeå] ([https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1179003838021414913 source])
Newest WikiProjects: WikiProject Climate Change

Development
Continue work on removing and optimizing resource loader modules
Wikidata Bridge: obey wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish (phab:T228260)
Canceling the modal (phab:T231282)
Research regarding permissions/protection (phab:T231209)
Investigation to ensure editing with the same credentials (phab:T231887)

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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 15:06, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

''This Month in GLAM'': September 2019

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This Month in GLAM – Volume IX, Issue IX, September 2019

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Colombia report: The GLAM team from Wikimedia Colombia in OpenConLatAm
Finland report: Photographs and events
France report: European Heritage Days
Indonesia report: Image donation by Indonesian Air Force
Italy report: Wikimedia Italia Summer School
Sweden report: Open cultural heritage; More libraries in Africa on Wikidata; Global MIL Week 2019 Feature Conference; Kulturhistoria som gymnasiearbete; Wiki Loves Monuments
UK report: Oxford, Khalili Collections and Endangered Archives
USA report: Hispanic Heritage and Disability Awareness Month
Special story: Help the Movement Learn about Content Campaigns & Supporting newcomers in Wikidata training courses!
Wikidata report: Tie a knot in your handkerchief
WMF GLAM report: GLAM Manager Role Announced!
Calendar: October's GLAM events

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Wikidata weekly summary #386

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

Events
Upcoming: Monthly workshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 17th
Upcoming: [http://www.passages.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article737 Talk about connections between Wikidata, Wikipedia and OSM], Bordeaux, France, October 17th
Upcoming: Monthly workshop in Paris, France, October 18th
Upcoming: Wikidata goes Library, Talks and Workshops, Vienna, Austria, October 18th
Upcoming: WikidataCon 2019 and side events: Wikibase workshop, iNaturalist workshop, October 24th to 27th, Berlin

Press, articles, blog posts
[https://commonists.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/my-message-to-video-game-databases-wekidata-come-in-peace/ My message to video game databases: We(kidata) come in peace], by Jean-Frédéric (the subject is broader than just video games)
Lei (Nico) Zheng, et al. (2019) The Roles Bots Play in Wikipedia. Proceedings of the ACM: Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 3, Issue CSCW, Article 215 (November 2019), 20 pages. DOI: [https://doi.org/10.1145/3359317 10.1145/3359317] (also [https://medium.com/@Nico9225/6e13270bf716 blog post]).
Lina M. Rojas-Barahona, et al. (2019) Spoken Conversational Search for General Knowledge. Proceedings of the 20th Annual SIGdial Meeting on Discourse and Dialogue. [https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/W19-5914/ ACL Anthology ID: W19-5914] + arXiv:1909.11980

Tool of the week
ShowTalkLabels: with this script enabled, when a talk page is shown on your watchlist or similar pages, the label of the related entity is shown.

Other noteworthy stuff
We now have d:Q70000000 (3,5-dimethyl-3H-pyrazole, chemical compound) and Lexeme:L200000 (spiritualistically, English adverb)
Your feedback is welcome about Computer-aided tagging designs for Structured data for Commons
The next office hour will take place on November 5th on Telegram (see [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-October/013607.html full announcement])

Did you know? =

Query examples:
[https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20settlements%20in%20Scottish%20parishes%0A%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22hide%22%3A%5B%22%3Fpoint%22%2C%20%22%3Fline%22%2C%20%22%3Flayer%22%5D%7D%0ASELECT%20%3Fpoint%20%3Fline%20%3Fpar%20%3FparLabel%20%3Fsett%20%3FsettLabel%20%28%3FparLabel%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fpar%20%28AVG%28%3Flat%29%20AS%20%3Favg_lat%29%20%28AVG%28%3Flong%29%20AS%20%3Favg_long%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP709%20%5B%5D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP131%20%3Fadm_stmt%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fadm_stmt%20pq%3AP3831%20wd%3AQ5124673%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fadm_stmt%20ps%3AP131%20%3Fpar%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP625%20%3Fcoord_stmt%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcoord_stmt%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcoord_stmt%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flong%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fpar%0A%7D%20AS%20%25par_data%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fpar%20%3Fpoint%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25par_data%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%27POINT%20%28%27%2C%20str%28%3Favg_long%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20str%28%3Favg_lat%29%2C%20%27%29%27%29%20AS%20%3Fstr%29%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28STRDT%28%3Fstr%2C%20geo%3AwktLiteral%29%20AS%20%3Fpoint%29%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25points%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fsett%20%3Fpar%20%3Fline%20%3Fpoint%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25par_data%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fpar%20wdt%3AP1383%20%3Fsett%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fsett%20p%3AP625%20%3Fsett_stmt%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fsett_stmt%20ps%3AP625%20%3Fpoint%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fsett_stmt%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Fsett_lat%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fsett_stmt%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Fsett_long%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%27LINESTRING%20%28%27%2C%20STR%28%3Fsett_long%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20STR%28%3Fsett_lat%29%2C%20%27%2C%27%2C%20STR%28%3Favg_long%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20STR%28%3Favg_lat%29%2C%20%27%29%27%29%20AS%20%3Fstr%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28STRDT%28%3Fstr%2C%20geo%3AwktLiteral%29%20AS%20%3Fline%29%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20%0A%7D%20AS%20%25lines%0A%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20INCLUDE%20%25points%20%7D%20%20UNION%20%7B%20INCLUDE%20%25lines%20%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A Map of Scottish settlements linked to the average coordinates of Historic Scotland items within civil parishes] - demonstrating the use of map lines to highlight possible data quality issues ([https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1181609576279531523 source])
[https://w.wiki/9i3 Bundesliga football results] - exemplar of a report predicated mainly on statement qualifiers ([https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Request_a_query&oldid=1028180747#Result_of_a_sports_match source])
[https://w.wiki/9jk On which side of the road do cars drive?] - demonstrating the use of geoshapes to fill a map ([https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1181864751648911360 source])
[https://w.wiki/9nX Map of the embassies to Belgium] ([https://twitter.com/Pymouss/status/1182021492596514817 source])
[https://w.wiki/94v Graph showing direct descendants of Prithwiraj Kapoor] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1181094303222976512 source])
[https://w.wiki/A5T Nobel laureates by award type and gender] ([https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1182980356930244610 source])
Newest database reports: Mersenne numbers

Development
Abuse filter has been improved so saving an edit should be a bit faster now. (phab:T156095)
A new Lua function is providing the site's global ID of the wiki where this function is used (phab:T194023)
Wikidata Bridge: test data for the demo system (phab:T224834)
Research regarding permissions/protection (phab:T231209)
Investigate of the purging strategy (phab:T227758)
Restyling of mobile termbox (phab:T223452)
Adding "fewer languages" button at the end of the expanded list of "all entered languages" (phab:T232595)
More work on reducing the resource loader modules
More work on tainted references

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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 15:25, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

No bother at all...

...I did some more of the necessary. Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar (talk) 08:04, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #387

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

Events
Upcoming: WikidataCon 2019 on October 25-26. If you're not attending, you can follow most of the sessions remotely with live stream.
Upcoming: Wikidata's seventh birthday, on October 29th. You can organize an event in your area and add it to the list!
Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Finding GLAMs campaign cont. with OpenRefine demo, 22 October. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rxo5dF5q6AVJ4xvBkBwCsy2nXdSqYdGHudZxPmSqKfk/edit?usp=sharing Agenda]
Upcoming: Wikidata and Archival Metadata : opportunities and challenges for heritage institutions by Baptiste de Coulon in [http://adochs.be/linking/ Study day on Linked Data], {{label|Q239}}, Friday November 22th, 2019.
Past: Several sessions at Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2019 (11–13 October):
Wikidata content oriented projects, talk by Mārtiņš Bruņenieks ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKYdRUXNdtQ&t=8762 video])
Using Wikidata as an Educational Platform, talk by Nebojša Ratković ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKYdRUXNdtQ&t=10608 video])
Beyond the basics: Intermediate Wikidata tools, workshop by Asaf Bartov (not recorded)
Your first Wikidata Lua infobox, workshop by Tobias Schönberg (not recorded)

Press, articles, blog posts
[https://medium.com/@david.prihoda/querying-wikidata-rdf-with-sql-using-rdf2x-324f18219adf?source=friends_link&sk=5f7c4155d5444c6c23b38f9d1ba1f7d7 Querying Wikidata RDF with SQL using RDF2X]
[https://iphylo.blogspot.com/2019/08/ozymandias-in-canberra.html Ozymandias in Canberra] - how the Atlas of Living Australia could be enhanced using Wikidata
[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-30793-6_16 Knowledge Graph Consolidation by Unifying Synonymous Relationships] - Jan-Christoph Kalo, et al.
PhD thesis: Candela Romero, Gustavo (2019). [https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/97353/1/tesis_gustavo_candela_romero.pdf Publicación y enriquecimiento semántico de datos abiertos en bibliotecas digitales] (in Spanish).
[https://esterpantaleo.github.io/wikidata_wordmap/ Wikidata Wordmap]

Tool of the week
The [https://esterpantaleo.github.io/wikidata_wordmap/ Wikidata Wor(l)dmap] is showing translations of the same concept on a world map. To use it, type a word (for example "water") in the search field, then observe the map. You can zoom in the map. The data comes from Wikidata item labels and the coordinate location property of the language.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
Wikidata won an [https://openpublishingawards.org/ Open Publishing Award] ([https://openpublishingawards.org/index.php/wikidata/ description]).
[https://pananda.sector4f.com/ Panandâ], a mobile app powered by Wikidata (and Wikimedia Commons), [https://www.facebook.com/gdgphilippines/posts/1659621320836459 was selected] as one of the five finalists in the App for Social Good category in the Android Masters 2019 competition organized by Google Developer Group Philippines. The final event will be held on November 16.
Issue with Wikidata Query Service: aggregate variables can no longer reuse the names of other variables (T235540).
You can translate labels in the background image of Wikidata front page by adding translation to this file

Did you know?

New property proposals to review:
General datatypes: MOHW HospID, graph diameter, ICP filing, aspect, key col, key col of
External identifiers: FlashScore.com match ID, GHR Conditions ID, Eu-football.info coach ID, Soccerbase referee ID, Edvard Munchs correspondance person ID, Neliti Journal ID, Broadway Photographs person ID, National Marine Biological Library authority ID, Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph Serviceperson ID, iNaturalist place ID, dp.ru persons ID, IISG ID, ifixit ID, Wolfram Language entity type, CinemaRx person ID, Kinématoscope - Literary work, Kinématoscope - Film director, Kinématoscope - Writer, Stathletics-ID, BDFutbol team ID

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/AQs Map of châteaux in the French world heritage site "the Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes"] ([https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1185636531433852929 source])
[https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fimage1%20%3Fitem1Label%20%3Frgb%20%3Fitem2%20%3Fimage2%20%3Fitem2Label%20%3FedgeLabel%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem1%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%28%3Fcharacter%20as%20%3Fitem1%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ7889.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP179%20wd%3AQ219623.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP674%20%3Fcharacter.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Find%20sport%20-%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%28%3Fsport%20as%20%3Fitem1%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ7889.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP179%20wd%3AQ219623.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP674%20%3Fcharacter.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcharacter%20wdt%3AP641%20%3Fsport.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Find%20games%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%28%3Fgame%20as%20%3Fitem1%29%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ7889.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP179%20wd%3AQ219623.%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28%227FFF00%22%20as%20%3Frgb%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25item1%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%28%3Fitem1%20AS%20%3Fitem2%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25item1.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25item2%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25item1%20.%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25item2%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fwdt%20%3Fitem2%20.%0A%20%20%3Fedge%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Fwdt%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20a%20wikibase%3AProperty%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem1%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage1%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem2%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage2%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 Graph of the personal relationships between Tekken characters and their fighting styles] ([https://twitter.com/JeanFred/status/1186197330468442112 source])
[https://w.wiki/AWk Timeline of the chief ministers of Haryana and Maharashtra] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1186167733253074944 source])
[https://w.wiki/AWn Language representation of descriptions in Wikidata for objects connected to Ksamsök] ([https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1185827875850739717 source])
[https://w.wiki/AWp Cricketers who have ever played on an Indian Super League team] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1185805345332973568 source])

Development
Fixed the DuplicateReferences gadget that was broken due to refactoring work needed to make pages load faster and development easier (phab:T234094)
Wikidata Bridge: restricting the length of string value inputs (phab:T229241)
research delayed kicking in of Bridge (phab:T233305)
enable/disable save button depending on Bridge state (phab:T230342)
More work on reducing the resource loader modules
More work on tainted references

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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 15:36, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

[[Toodyay Post Office]] - is it still a post office or not?

I was just updating {{tl|Australian Post Offices}} which divides the post office articles in each state into current post offices and former post offices. The WA ones were all listed as current but two are definitely former POs and, while the Toodyay Post Office article doesn't say either way, photos show no Australia Post signage and there is a modern building in Toodyay that claims to be the post office so I put it into the "former" list. But I just thought you might know for certain what the status is. Thanks Kerry (talk) 05:09, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

:former post office, now a local arts & craft place, the current PO is on piesse street Gnan garra 11:24, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

::{{ping|Gnangarra}} Thanks, I'll add that it's "former" to the article. Kerry (talk) 01:55, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

::: thanks folks for clarifying that JarrahTree 02:19, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Wirraminna Environmental Education Centre

Hi Jarrah Tree, I just finished fixing up some aspects of the above article (i.e. infobox and categories). I then looked at the Talk Page and discovered that it had been nominated for deletion in 2016, the discussion agreed to deletion and the order to execute the article had not been carried out! Can you arrange for its disposal? Regards Cowdy001 (talk) 09:46, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Re: your hahaha

You mean [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Busselton_Jetty&diff=prev&oldid=922949259 that], right? I just couldn't help myself ... I went along there on the train today. Now I can finally say I've done it ... Graham87 10:34, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

New Wikimedian in Residence table

A new wikimedian in residence table should soon be implemented based on data from outreach:Wikimedian_in_residence ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Evolution_and_evolvability/sandbox&oldid=923237430 draft table]). If there are any WiRs you know that are missing, please add them. In the meantime, [https://w.wiki/AqW see the map]! T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 08:48, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #388 & Wikidata Birthday

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

Happy birthday, Wikidata!
Today, on October 29th, it’s Wikidata’s 7th birthday. Time to reflect and celebrate and to look forward to see where we are going from here. Message from the Wikidata development team
You can also write a birthday message or add a present to the list

Events
Past: Several sessions at Wikidata goes Library, Vienna, {{Q|1020347}} (18 October):
Wikidata is amazing, talk by Jean-Fréd
Uses of Wikidata and Wikibase in France, talk by Nicolas Vigneron
[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3515882 Using Wikidata for Video Game Research], talk by Tracy Hoffmann
Wikidata based extended search queries, talk by {{Q|67173261}}
Past: WikidataCon 2019 in Berlin. You can see [https://media.ccc.de/c/wikidatacon2019 the videos of the sessions] and the list of slides and notes, also from the program. Among them, here are few suggestions of sessions to watch:
[https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-3-glimpse_over_wikidata Glimpse over Wikidata] & [https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-2-wikidata_and_languages Wikidata and languages] (Lydia Pintscher)
[https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-16-birthday_celebration_presents_demo Birthday presents demo] (various people presenting new tools and features)
[https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-17-wikidatacon_award_ceremony WikidataCon awards ceremony] (Birgit Müller & Liam Wyatt)
[https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-1060-new_usages_of_wikidata_to_support_underserved_language_communities New usages of Wikidata to support underserved language communities] (Lucie-Aimée Kaffee)
[https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-1035-data_import_process_overview Overview of the data import process] (Navino Evans)
A lot of interesting tools and projects presented [https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-18-lightning_talks_1 during the two] [https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-19-lightning_talks_2 lightning talks sessions]
Upcoming: plenty of events taking place for Wikidata's seventh birthday! [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-birthday-party-in-london-tickets-76951807929 In London on 29th], in Cape Town on 31st, a datathon organized in India, [https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquiprojecte:Dimecres_de_dataf%C3%ADlia_2019 in Barcelona on November 13th], etc.

Press, articles, blog posts
[https://figshare.com/articles/Analysis_of_Urban_Information_of_Colombia_on_Wikidata/10032185 Analysis of Urban Information of Colombia on Wikidata], 2nd [http://www.catai.fr/catai2019/ CATAÏ Workshop], Bogota, Colombia, 23-24 October 2019 ([https://easychair.org/publications/preprint/DvhT Preprint])
[https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/799684v1.full Wikidata as a FAIR knowledge graph for the life sciences] (preprint in Biorxiv)

Tool of the week
[https://tools.wmflabs.org/machtsinn/ MachtSinn] is a game to easily add Senses to Lexemes, based on suggestions from Items labels. It helps improving the data about languages in Wikidata.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
Open request for oversight permission: -revi
[https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.3-beta OpenRefine 3.3 beta] was released
The Community Wishlist Survey 2020 from Wikimedia Foundation started. This year, it is focused on small projects and Wikidata-related wishes will not be included.
You can help [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mix'n'match/Catalogues expanding the list] of databases, encyclopedias, etc. which could be added to [https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match Mix'n'match]. Can be used for property creation too.

Did you know?

New property proposals to review:
General datatypes: religion or world view, Comorbidity, CMF identifier, masculine form, feminine form, XML namespace, Commons category for the interior of the item, statement is regarded as spoiler for, menu items
External identifiers: Austrian Parliament 1848 – 1918 ID, Eu-football.info match ID, playmarkerstats.com match ID, Soccerway match ID, Jeugdliteratuur ID, Fussballdaten.de team ID, Van Wijngaarden quarry ID, NZPCN ID, Women Film Pioneers ID, ACL Anthology article ID, Ovrtur Biography ID, Golden ID, Ben Yehuda author ID, Estonian biographical database ID, startrek.com Database ID, Chinese Professional Baseball League player ID, Software Preservation Society game ID

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/AyX Tree map of members of the 16th Lok Sabha, grouped by state represented] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1189066836316475392 source])
[https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20pictures%20of%20animals%20with%20female%20grammatical%20gender%20in%20German%20but%20male%20grammatical%20gender%20in%20French%0A%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fanimal%20%3FdeLemmas%20%3FfrLemmas%20%3Fimage%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fanimal%20%28STRLANG%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FdeLemma%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2F%22%29%2C%20%22de%22%29%20AS%20%3FdeLemmas%29%20%28STRLANG%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FfrLemma%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2F%22%29%2C%20%22fr%22%29%20AS%20%3FfrLemmas%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fde%20dct%3Alanguage%20wd%3AQ188%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AlexicalCategory%20wd%3AQ1084%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Alemma%20%3FdeLemma%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP5185%20wd%3AQ1775415%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ontolex%3Asense%20%5B%20wdt%3AP5137%20%3Fanimal%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ffr%20dct%3Alanguage%20wd%3AQ150%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AlexicalCategory%20wd%3AQ1084%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Alemma%20%3FfrLemma%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP5185%20wd%3AQ499327%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ontolex%3Asense%20%5B%20wdt%3AP5137%20%3Fanimal%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fanimal%20wdt%3AP279%2B%20wd%3AQ729.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fanimal%0A%7D%20AS%20%25animals%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fanimal%20%3FanimalLabel%20%3FdeLemmas%20%3FfrLemmas%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25animals.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25animalsWithLabels%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25animalsWithLabels.%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%22haswbstatement%3AP180%3D%22%2C%20STRAFTER%28STR%28%3Fanimal%29%2C%20STR%28wd%3A%29%29%29%20AS%20%3Fsearch%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Amwapi%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aapi%20%22Search%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aendpoint%20%22commons.wikimedia.org%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Asrsearch%20%3Fsearch%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Asrnamespace%20%226%22%3B%20%23%20NS_FILE%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Asrlimit%20%22max%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftitle%20wikibase%3AapiOutput%20mwapi%3Atitle.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28IRI%28CONCAT%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%3AFilePath%2F%22%2C%20STRAFTER%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%22File%3A%22%29%29%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%0A%7D Pictures of animals with female grammatical gender in German but male grammatical gender in French] ([https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1188954285616353280 source])
[https://w.wiki/AyZ Map of bus stops in Biscay] ([https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1188529112320745472 source])
[https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0APREFIX%20gas%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigdata.com%2Frdf%2Fgas%23%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3FlinkTo%20WHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20gas%3Aservice%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aprogram%20gas%3AgasClass%20%22com.bigdata.rdf.graph.analytics.SSSP%22%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Ain%20wd%3AQ320578%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3AtraversalDirection%20%22Forward%22%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aout%20%3Fitem%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aout1%20%3Fdepth%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3AmaxIterations%2010%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3AlinkType%20wdt%3AP184%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP184%20%3FlinkTo%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7Bbd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%0A%23 Tree graph of doctoral advisors going backward from Abhijit Banerjee] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1186892509114519553 source])

Development
Wikidata Bridge: Create progressive disabled version of save button (phab:T235055)
Save original revision data in store (phab:T235052)
Add interface for tracking/logging (phab:T236233)
Make app change button attributes depending on state of store (phab:T235056)
More work on reducing the resource loader modules
More work on tainted references

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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October 2019 Tree of Life Newsletter

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;{{big|October 2019—Issue 007}}

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;Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

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|+Newly recognized content

{{icon|FA}} Meinhard Michael Moser‎ by {{noping|J Milburn}}

{{icon|GA}} Paleocene by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}, reviewed by {{noping|Casliber}}

{{icon|GA}} Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee by {{noping|Hunter Kahn}}, reviewed by {{noping|Valereee}}

{{icon|GA}} Halloween darter by {{noping|Enwebb}} and {{noping|Cwmhiraeth}}, reviewed by {{noping|J Milburn}}

{{icon|GA}} Deathwatch beetle by {{noping|Cwmhiraeth}}, reviewed by {{noping|Enwebb}}

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|+Newly nominated content

{{icon|FAC}} King brown snake by {{noping|Casliber}}

{{icon|FAC}} Paleocene by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}

{{icon|FAC}} Megarachne by {{noping|Ichthyovenator}}

{{icon|FLC}} List of canids by {{noping|PresN}}

{{icon|GAN}} Devils Hole pupfish by {{noping|Enwebb}}

{{icon|GAN}} Dryomyza anilis by {{noping|AnuBalasubramanian}}

{{icon|GAN}} Plasmodium knowlesi by {{noping|Ajpolino}}

{{icon|GAN}} Black coral by {{noping|Aven13}}

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News at a Glance

*The first Spooky Species Contest wrapped up this week. Two articles were promoted to Good Article as a result (:Halloween darter and :Deathwatch beetle) and three Did You Know hooks on Halloween were related to the contest (Halloween darter, skeleton frog, and :Coffin Cave mold beetle. Two new articles were created, including Longan witches broom-associated virus and Boophis popi, the skeleton frog species that appeared at DYK.

The [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2020/Wikispecies 2020 Community Wishlist] Survey is live (focusing on non-Wikipedia content projects), with two proposals so far for WikiSpecies. The Wikimedia Foundation will prioritize the top 5 proposals across all sister projects.
The 2019 WikiCup has finally concluded, with {{noping|Casliber}} taking home the bronze. The bulk of their points this round came from two Featured Articles: :rock parrot and :western yellow robin.

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Alphabet Soup: Explaining DYK, GA, FA, and More

By request from another editor, this month I wrote an overview of ways that content is featured on Wikipedia. Below I have outlined some of the processes for getting content featured:

=Did You Know (DYK)=

What is it: A way for articles to appear on the main page of Wikipedia. A short hook in the format of "Did you know...that ___" presents unusual and interesting facts to the reader, hopefully making the reader want to click through to the article

How it works: The DYK process has fairly low barriers for participation. The eligibility criteria are few and relatively easy to meet. Some important guidelines:

To be eligible, article is either new (newly created or moved to mainspace), a 5x expansion, or passed a GA review. Its creation, expansion, or promotion to GA must have been in the past 7 days.
Article must be long enough, with more than 1,500 characters of prose (this doesn't include embedded lists)
I find Shubinator's DYKcheck script useful in determining whether an article is eligible for nomination.

The process for creating the nomination is somewhat tedious. Instructions can be found here (official instructions) and here ("quick and nice" guide to DYK). Experience is the best teacher here, so don't be afraid to try and fail a few times. The last few DYK nominations I've done, however, have been with the help of SD0001's DYK-helper script, which makes the process a bit more streamlined (you create the template from a popup box on the article; created template is automatically transcluded to nominations page and article talk page)

Once your nomination is created and transcluded, it will need to be reviewed. The reviewer will check that the article meets the eligibility criteria, that the hook is short enough, cited, and interesting, and that other requirements are met, such as for images. If you've been credited with more than 5 DYKs, the reviewer will also check that you've reviewed someone else's nomination for each article that you nominate. This is called QPQ (quid pro quo). You can check how many credited DYKs you've had [https://tools.wmflabs.org/betacommand-dev/cgi-bin/dyk.py here] to see if QPQ is required for you to nominate an article for DYK.

=Good Article (GA)=

What it is: A peer review process to determine that an article meets a set of criteria. This adds a {{icon|GA}} symbol to the top of the article. About 1 in 200 articles on Wikipedia is a GA.

How it works: You follow the instructions to nominate an article, placing a template on its talk page. Anyone can nominate an article—you don't have to be a major contributor, though it is considered polite to inform the major contributors that you are nominating the article. The article is added to a queue to await a review. In the ToL, it seems that reviews happen pretty quickly, thanks to our dedicated members. Once the review begins, the reviewer will offer suggestions to help the article meet the 6 GA criteria. Upon addressing all concerns, the reviewer will pass the article, and voilà! Good Article!

Advice to a first-time nominator: Look at other Good Articles in related areas before nominating. If you're unsure about nominating, consider posting to the talk page of your project to see what other editors think. You can also have a more experienced editor co-nominate the article with you.

=Featured Article (FA)=

What it is: An exhaustive peer review to determine that an articles meets the criteria. This adds a {{icon|FA}} to the top of the article. About 1 in 1,000 articles on Wikipedia is a FA.

How it works: You follow the instructions to nominate an article, placing a template on its talk page. Nominated articles are usually GAs already. Uninvolved editors can nominate, though the article's regular editors should be consulted first. Several editors will come by offering feedback, eventually supporting or opposing promotion to FA. A coordinator will determine if there is consensus to promote the article to FA. For an editor's first FA, spot checks to verify that the sources support the text are conducted.

Advice to a first-time nominator: The Featured Article Candidate (FAC) process is a bit intimidating, but several steps can make your first one easier (speaking as someone who has exactly one). If you also did the GA nomination of the article, you can ask the reviewer for "extra" feedback beyond the GA criteria. You can also formally request a peer review and/or a copy edit from the Guild of Copy Editors to check for content and mechanics. First-time nominators are encouraged to seek the help of a mentor for a higher likelihood of passing their first FAC.

=Good and Featured Topics (GT and FT)=

What it is: It took me a while to realize we even had GT and FT on Wikipedia, as they are not very common relative to GA and FA. Both GT and FT are collections of related articles of high quality (all articles at GA or FA, all lists at Featured List). GT/FT have to be at least 3 articles with no obvious gaps in coverage of the topic, along with other criteria. For GT, all articles have to be GA quality and all lists must be FL. For FT, at least half the articles must be FA or FL, with the remaining articles at GA.

How it works: Follow the nomination procedures for creating a new topic or adding an article to an existing topic. Other editors weigh in to support or oppose the proposal. Coordinators determine if there is consensus to promote to GT/FT.

Advice to a first-time nominator: There are very few GT/FT in Tree of Life (5 GT and 11 FT). Most of the legwork appears to be improving a cohesive set of articles to GA/FA.

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October DYKs

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... that the silk made by webspinners is produced from glands on their forelegs? (1 October)
... that falguera, a plant known from only one valley in Spain, is threatened by rock climbers and by road maintenance? (1 October)
... that the nudibranch Tritoniella belli is avoided by several predatory starfishes but is inefficiently preyed on by the sea anemone Isotealia antarctica? (5 October)
... that larvae of the drain fly can be found in trickling filter systems used to process sewage? (6 October)
... that the correct spelling of "liliifolia" in the name of the orchid Liparis liliifolia has been debated for decades? (7 October)
... that Polish entomologist Sergiusz Toll amassed a collection of about 8,000 bird eggs and 12,000 butterflies and moths while in Bydgoszcz? (10 October)
... that the female garden symphylan stores sperm in its mouth? (11 October)
... that adult apple maggot flies (example pictured) use their wing patterns defensively to mimic spiders? (15 October)
... that Hildegarde had a bat, a mouse and a shrew named in her honour? (16 October)
... that the naked-rumped tomb bat is among a number of species of bat that roost in different parts of the Karnak Temple Complex in Egypt? (17 October)
... that the cause of the decline in hornleaf riverweed, a foundation species in swift-flowing rivers in North America, is unclear? (18 October)
... that botanist Betty Flint continued research in a voluntary capacity at Lincoln University and Landcare Research until she was 100 years old? (23 October)
... that the gut bacteria of Drosophila subobscura can influence its mating behavior? (23 October)
... that the warehouse beetle usually develops within about two months, but may enter an active diapause and take two years? (24 October)
... that the nectar-rich flowers of the African locust-bean are visited by bats, dormice, and pottos? (25 October)
... that populations of the russet rice rat have been shown to have a monogamous mating system? (30 October)
... that infestations of the common plaster beetle have caused hygiene problems in a hospital? (31 October)
... that a tree at least 700 years old, reputedly planted by Robert the Bruce, was destroyed by an arson attack in 2004?
... that structural biologist Erica Ollmann Saphire traveled to Africa to observe rodents in the field in order to study how viruses like Ebola are spread? (31 October)
... that the Coffin Cave mold beetle may not actually be found in Coffin Cave? (31 October)
... that the skeleton frog Boophis popi can be identified by its bright red irises? (31 October)
... that the common name of the Halloween darter refers to the orange and black coloration that individuals develop during the breeding season? (31 October)

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New Page Review newsletter November 2019

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Hello {{BASEPAGENAME}},

This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.

;Getting the queue to 0

There are now {{NUMBERINGROUP:patroller}} holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.

Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.

Want to join? Consider adding the NPP Pledge userbox.

Our next newsletter will announce the winners of some really cool awards.

; Coordinator

Admin {{U|Barkeep49}} has been officially invested as NPP/NPR coordinator by a unanimous consensus of the community. This is a complex role and he will need all the help he can get from other experienced reviewers.

;This month's refresher course

Paid editing is still causing headaches for even our most experienced reviewers: This official Wikipedia article will be an eye-opener to anyone who joined Wikipedia or obtained the NPR right since 2015. See The Hallmarks to know exactly what to look for and take time to examine all the sources.

;Tools

It is now possible to select new pages by date range. This was requested by reviewers who want to patrol from the middle of the list.
It is now also possible for accredited reviewers to put any article back into the New Pages Feed for re-review. The link is under 'Tools' in the side bar.

;Reviewer Feedback

Would you like feedback on your reviews? Are you an experienced reviewer who can give feedback to other reviewers? If so there are two new feedback pilot programs. New Reviewer mentorship will match newer reviewers with an experienced reviewer with a new reviewer. The other program will be an occasional peer review cohort for moderate or experienced reviewers to give feedback to each other. The first cohort will launch November 13.

;Second set of eyes

Not only are New Page Reviewers the guardians of quality of new articles, they are also in a position to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged for deletion and maintenance and that new authors are not being bitten. This is an important feature of your work, especially while some routine tagging for deletion can still be carried out by non NPR holders and inexperienced users. Read about it at the Monitoring the system section in the tutorial. If you come across such editors doing good work, don't hesitate to encourage them to apply for NPR.
Do be sure to have our talk page on your watchlist. There are often items that require reviewers' special attention, such as to watch out for pages by known socks or disruptive editors, technical issues and new developments, and of course to provide advice for other reviewers.

;Arbitration Committee

The annual ArbCom election will be coming up soon. All eligible users will be invited to vote. While not directly concerned with NPR, Arbcom cases often lead back to notability and deletion issues and/or actions by holders of advanced user rights.

;Community Wish list

There is to be no wish list for WMF encyclopedias this year. We thank Community Tech for their hard work addressing our long list of requirements which somewhat overwhelmed them last year, and we look forward to a successful completion.

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Thanks

Thanks mate. Wikipedia still just has too many dickheads for it to be a regular timesink - there really is a point at which if I'm going to deal with the hassle of that I need to get paid for my time - but I've been enjoying fiddling around the edges once in a while when in the mood. The Drover's Wife (talk) 08:47, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

:Thanks for the welcome Jarrah. Those dickheads never get old... last visit I attracted one serious cuckoo who went all out. Kinda important fellow he was (his view) but a real windbag actually who annoyed quite a few up the tree due to his failure to read :D Anyway I had some free time today so I waltzed back for a bit. I'll leave some of the trash for others to clean before I head back to real life later tonight :D -- Longhair\^talk 09:09, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #389

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

Events
Past: Wikidata Zurich Training 2019
Upcoming: Next Wikidata office hour on Tuesday, November 5th [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Wikidata+Telegram+office+hour&iso=20191105T18&p1=37&ah=1 at 18:00 Berlin time (UTC+1)] on the [https://t.me/joinchat/AZriqUj5Uag92TB4U9eBdQ the Wikidata Telegram channel]
Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Martin Poulter on Wikidata projects at the University of Oxford, 05, November. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e09HBXcLQxGJggEjGiaurZPLt9V4DKA5jLbb9bmbFuA/edit?usp=sharing Agenda]

Press, articles, blog posts
ZBW Labs: [http://zbw.eu/labs/en/blog/20th-century-press-archives-data-donation-to-wikidata 20th Century Press Archives: Data donation to Wikidata]
[https://www.lehir.net/the-wikidatacon-card-game/ The WikidataCon Card Game], Envel Le Hir
[https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/11/the-greater-bear-using-wikidata-to-generate-better-artwork/ The Great(er) Bear - using Wikidata to generate better artwork]
''[https://2019.semantics.cc/language-related-linked-open-data-knowledge-solutions-artificial-intelligence-and-more/Language-related Linked (Open) Data for Knowledge Solutions, Artificial Intelligence and more] presentation touching amongst others Wikidata and schema.org at Semantics 2019 by Felix Sasaki and Christian Lieske
[https://hal.telecom-paristech.fr/hal-02096356/file/2019-ESWC-wikidatahistory.pdf Querying the Edit History of Wikidata] - Thomas Pellissier Tanon & Fabian Suchanek
[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1910.12596.pdf Online Disinformation and the Role of Wikipedia] - Diego Saez-Trumper (WMF)

Tool of the week
[https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/sparql_rc.php SPARQL RC] is showing the recent changes on items that are listed from a specific query. It is very useful to monitor the changes on a specific subset of data, for example data that you recently imported in Wikidata.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
[https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/5246357?jobDbPVId=14376022&l=de Wikimedia Deutschland is hiring a Product Manager for Wikibase]
Live Wikidata editing videos: Jan Ainali makes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf76lM8FMQE&list=PLjMC1biQ0gMSb_mlBkf3bRFQURyhEqn_h&index=4 videos showing his process while editing Wikidata]. Magnus Sälgö also makes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QskooXZvbVE&list=UUyWx9F1ym3pDsS-VFz4E58Q&index=2 videos showing specific features and tools]
{{query page}} is a new template that can be used to store SPARQL queries on a dedicated wiki page, to be transcluded in various styles (announcement)
New feature on Mix'n'match: [https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1189921082825940992 job management]

Did you know?

Newest properties:
General datatypes: comorbidity, audio system, election called by, XML namespace
External identifiers: Austrian Parliament 1848 - 1918 ID, Eu-football.info match ID, playmarkerstats.com match ID, Soccerway match ID, Fussballdaten.de team ID, NZPCN ID, Wolfram Language entity type, Women Film Pioneers ID, Van Wijngaarden quarry ID, Golden ID, Ovrtur Biography ID, Jeugdliteratuur ID, ACL Anthology article ID, Naver Encyclopedia ID, Ben Yehuda author ID, Estonian biographical database ID, doujinshi.org author ID

Deleted properties: P2035 (LinkedIn personal profile URL), P1946 (N6I ID)
Query examples:
[https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20distinct%20%3FpartyLabel%20%3FseatLabel%20%3FmpLabel%20%20%20%3Fimage%20%20%3Fcoords%20%3Frgb%20%28%3FpartyLabel%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%0Awhere%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20p%3AP39%20%3Fcurrps%20.%20%3Fcurrps%20ps%3AP39%20%3Fcurrterm%20.%20%3Fcurrterm%20wdt%3AP279%20wd%3AQ16707842%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fcurrps%20pq%3AP582%20%3Fcurrend%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcurrps%20pq%3AP768%20%3Fseat%20.%20%3Fseat%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%20%3Fcurrps%20pq%3AP4100%20%3Fparty%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20optional%20%7B%20%3Fmp%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fparty%20wdt%3AP465%20%3Frgb%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22hide%22%3A%5B%22%3Fcoords%22%2C%20%22%3Flayer%22%2C%20%22%3Frgb%22%5D%7D Map of UK MPs coloured by party] ([https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1190391516289753089 source]) - may change in the next few weeks
[https://w.wiki/BGJ Maintenance query: items which have a value of "unknown" (Q24238356) rather than the "unknown" special value] ([https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1190604932761759746 source])
[https://w.wiki/BNS 100 cities closest to the North pole with more than 200k inhabitants] ([https://twitter.com/liopic/status/1189252693166088194 source])
[https://w.wiki/BNX Actors with whom Shah Rukh Khan collaborated, in a bubble chart showing how many times it happened] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1190516387858571264 source])
New Integraality dashboards: Journals by publisher, Theses by institution
Schema examples:
Painting
Member of parliament from Sweden
Malayalam lexeme
Newest WikiProjects: Sum of all Podcasts
Newest database reports:
Uniform Resource Name (URN) in Wikidata
Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) constraint check

Development
Made the Lua functions mw.wikibase.getBestStatements and mw.wikibase.getAllStatements faster if called more than once for the same statement on a single page
Fix a bug on the mobile termbox (phab:T236677)
Update Wikibase Lua documentation (phab:T225497)
Highlight individual statements when selecting them in the URL (phab:T234079)
Add monolingual language code "sa-Sidd", "pi-Sidd", tnq (Taíno), car (Kalinago) and bdr (phab:T230881, phab:T220284, phab:T234330)
Make it possible to collapse the "All entered languages" section when at the end of the section (phab:T232595)
Cache php.getEntityStatements in mw.wikibase (phab:T236491)
Tracking Wikidata Bridge openings by Datatype in Grafana (phab:T231204)
Not showing Bridge edit pens when the editor cannot edit the article (phab:T235152)
A bugfix to only show scrollbars where they are supposed to be shown (phab:T235622)
Enabling/Disabling the Save button depending on the bridge state (phab:T230342)
More work on tainted references

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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Family businesses

Hi JarrahTree, you're listed as the creator of :Category:Family businesses back in 2017, which had been deleted previously in a 2011 CfD. The new category still has the problems that led to the initial deletion, but since there's clearly an interest in the topic, I've opened a discussion at WP:Business as to how to proceed.-- choster (talk) 23:10, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

New Rater

There's a new version of Rater you may want to try, see WT:RATER#New version of Rater! Beta tester wanted! - Evad37 [talk] 08:43, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #390

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

Discussions
New request for comments: Wikidata to use data schemas to standardise data structure on a subject

Events
Past: Wikidata office hour (notes)
Past: "Using Wikidata to describe the structure of a book" Webinar by Martin Poulter for LD4P2 project [https://stanford.zoom.us/recording/play/D1VuJKF4stRiEysoXj0Q8h40T_-bVcAOMonncNCI_Ouq0WpC-642R0aXLoJJEeNE?startTime=1572972276000 (Video)], [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zPayHge1v-v_1_7c9kxrWYb3FM_-EmBO/view (Slides)], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e09HBXcLQxGJggEjGiaurZPLt9V4DKA5jLbb9bmbFuA/view (Notes)]
Upcoming: Wikidata Workshop OpenRefine in Prague on 12 November
Upcoming: Online editathon in Swedish 17 November

Tool of the week
[https://tools.wmflabs.org/speedpatrolling/ Speedpatrolling] is a tool to easily patrol Wikidata recent changes, typically on mobile devices.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
Wikipedia Personality Infobox in Catalan and French display now the Heritage Institution in charge of their archives via P485 (archives at).
The Discord server [https://discord.gg/e8xxGMP Wikimedia Community] has now a Wikidata channel.
[https://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2019/11/wikipedia-talks-about-wikidata.html?fbclid=IwAR3dKqt8-kVXcB4pFz1zFhaaliEbwjv3SXU5Qo3Sn-p46IosHWHR3u9Nzmk @Wikipedia talks about @Wikidata] by GerardM

Did you know?

Newest properties:
General datatypes: landscape architect, charge conjugation quantum number, statement is regarded as spoiler for, room number, scope and content
External identifiers: startrek.com Database ID, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant ID, Chinese Professional Baseball League player ID, Software Preservation Society ID, Sega Retro ID, classicamiga ID, Filmový přehled film ID, Filmový přehled person ID, Gaming-History company ID, SK cinema authority ID, SK cinema film ID, CA PROP 65 ID, ePSD identifier, Czech cadastral area ID, dp.ru company ID, Fortuna liga player ID, MEA Indian Mission ID, AaRC person ID, MIC market code

New property proposals to review:
General datatypes: general law, population rank, area rank, population density rank, references, territorial entity ranking context, mentions named entity, plot features event, Jyutping (2)
External identifiers: National Health Portal hospital ID, IPC ID, Plusliga player ID, Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List ID, Sinemalar person ID, UVL game ID, WikiTreeCategories, Ahotsak Lexeme, UVL platform ID, Inguma database ID, UVL company ID, UVL group ID, Home of the Underdogs game ID, name-suggestion-index identifier, OGDB game title ID, common exchange code, Memorial Book Bundesarchiv ID, CISCE school code, CBSE Affiliation No., JNAF artist ID, OGDB compilation ID

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/BYM Persons in the genealogy family tree WikiTree were WIkidata has a source from the Swedish National Archives Birth/Death records]
[https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23%20minimum%20temperatures%20on%20Earth%20%0A%23%20from%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FProperty_talk%3AP7422%0ASELECT%20%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%3Fdegrees_Fahrenheit%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Flocation%20%3FlocationLabel%20%3Fdate%20%3Fcoor%20%3Flayer%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20p%3AP7422%20%3Fst%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fst%20psv%3AP7422%20%20%5B%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%3B%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ25267%20%5D%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%20%28%20ROUND%20%28%20%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%2a%201.8%20%2B%2032%20%29%20as%20%3Fdegrees_Fahrenheit%20%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20UNION%0A%09%7B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fst%20psv%3AP7422%20%20%5B%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Fdegrees_Fahrenheit%20%3B%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ42289%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28%20ROUND%28%20%28%20%3Fdegrees_Fahrenheit%20-%2032%20%29%20%2F%201.8%20%2a%2010%29%2F10%20as%20%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fst%20pq%3AP276%20%3Flocation%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Flocation%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoor0%20%7D%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fst%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoor1%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%20COALESCE%28%3Fcoor0%2C%20%3Fcoor1%29%20as%20%3Fcoor%29%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%20CONCAT%28str%28Floor%28%3Fdegrees_Celsius%20%2F%2010%29%29%2C%220s%20%C2%B0C%22%29%20as%20%3Flayer%29%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%20%7D%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20ASC%28%3Fdegrees_Celsius%29%0ALIMIT%201000 Minimum temperature records on Earth]
[https://w.wiki/Bqt Map of districts of India by ratio of illiterate to literate population in 2011] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1193415490485411840 source])
[https://w.wiki/Bqv List of episodes of Detective Conan's Case Closed, with date and place of publication and series and season number, sorted by date of publication] ([https://twitter.com/rachmatwhd/status/1193081706728738816 source])
[https://w.wiki/Bqw Parent and child who both had a governor mandate in the USA] ([https://twitter.com/iamlemec/status/1192210436726374400 source])
[https://w.wiki/Bqy Belgian artists whose work will be in public domain starting in 2020] ([https://twitter.com/JolanWuyts/status/1192092099468046340 source])
Newest WikiProjects: Wolfram Language, most frequent first names in Poland, Paintings and images of signatures of painters

Development
In order to decrease the size of what we store in caches we stopped storing the actual EntityUsage objects in ParserOutput and now just store minimal identifier strings (phabricator:T236749)
Investigated why Termbox broke on an update (phabricator:T235261)
Removed auto jump of focus from Property field to value field (phabricator:T234322 - thanks to Envlh for the patch)
Removed non-functional site link groups for other Wikibase installations that don't need them (phabricator:T232248)
Continued working on the migration of the wb_terms table to address scalability issues
Continued working on the shortened version of edit summaries for edits made through the mobile termbox (phabricator:T224013)
For the Wikidata Bridge we are not showing edit pens when the user can not edit the article anymore (phabricator:T235152)
Working on viewing existing references in the Wikidata Bridge (phabricator:T233397)
Worked on showing an information popup when clicking the tainted reference icon to tell you what went wrong and how to solve it.
Worked on defining first version of Federation for wikis outside Wikimedia
Commons search have stopped indexing statements (structured data) since 30 October 2019 (phabricator:T237849)

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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''This Month in GLAM'': October 2019

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Australia report: WikiD at the Design Museum
Colombia report: Wikimedia Colombia in Argentinean event
Czech Republic report: Wikipedia Week of Libraries in Broumov
Estonia report: Nordic cooperation + Wikisource + library information
Finland report: Collaborative histories
France report: GLAM working group at WMFr; Partnership with AAF
Indonesia report: Numismatic items from Sumatran Numismatic Museum
Malaysia report: Wikipedia Penang Meetup 2 @ Tuanku Fauziah Museum and Gallery, University of Science Malaysia
Netherlands report: Share Your Data master classes for GLAMs; New project manager WMNL; Images from Africa
Norway report: Radio Cinema at the National Library in Oslo
Sweden report: Nordic Museum publications on Wikidata and Commons; Wikipedia training in Härnösand; Open cultural heritage data in focus in Visby
UK report: Khalili; Museums + Tech; Oxford WIR placement ends
USA report: Spooky Autumn meetups
Special story: #WikiForHumanRights
Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons report: Getting started, Tool highlights, Blog posts and presentations about SDC
Wikipedia Library report: Books & Bytes–Issue 35, July–August 2019
Wikidata report: We Are Seven
Wikimedia and Libraries User Group report: October 16th meeting minutes
Wikisource report: Community Wishlist Survey 2020 and Wiki Advanced Training 2019
WMF GLAM report: 1Lib1Ref, Wikimedia Sweden Research and other updates
Calendar: November's GLAM events

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Wikidata weekly summary #391

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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: Recap of WikidataCon and WikiConference North America, 19 November. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16AEiMlnyPCjLb_I4lPB39ktk1RG6DvF-S7jkGuWWSr0/edit?usp=sharing Agenda]

Press, articles, blog posts
[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1910.12596.pdf Online Disinformation and the Role of Wikipedia]

Tool of the week
The Mix'n'Match gadget displays on an item all unconfirmed matches on Mix'n'match, allowing to quickly add them.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
There are now over 2.5 million Wikidata Infoboxes in Commons categories.
OpenRefine is awarded a USD 200,000 grant by the [https://chanzuckerberg.com Chan Zuckerberg Initiative] to fund [http://openrefine.org/blog/2019/11/14/czi-eoss.html its development in 2020].
Autojump from a field to another will be removed
[https://pananda.sector4f.com/ Panandâ], a mobile app powered by Wikidata (and Wikimedia Commons), [https://mobile.facebook.com/pananda.mobile/photos/a.182337685761331/435584870436610/ won the top prize] in the App for Social Good category in the Android Masters 2019 competition organized by Google Developer Group Philippines. [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:seav Eugene], the app's developer, recently gave a [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Program/Sessions/Lightning_talks_2 lightning talk about the app] at WikidataCon 2019.

Did you know?

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/CGf Adaptations of The War of the Worlds] ([https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1195089562357444618 source])
[https://w.wiki/CGq Graves at the Stockholm church Riddarholmskyrkan who use book Riddarholmskyrkan - inventories and graves (Q61765464) as a source], [https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1195335657041907713?s=20 source]
[https://w.wiki/CJK Map of sisterly relationships with cities in India] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1195589817720963073 source])
[https://w.wiki/CJL Map of the languages without any Wikidata Lexemes yet] ([https://twitter.com/belett/status/1195021476694568961 source])
Newest database reports: translations for port/starboard and windward/leeward

Development
Tainted references: Show warning icon if statement value is changed but reference is not changed in the same edit (phab:T231728)
Make WikibaseQualityConstraints link using SpecialMyLanguage (phab:T233003)
Work on the issue of property labels not showing up on some pages (phab:T237984)
Track Bridge openings by property datatype (phab:T231204)
Viewing existing references in the Bridge (phab:T233397)
Attaching the link listener sooner, so the user gets a bit less often wrongly forwarded to wikidata (phab:T235765)

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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Books & Bytes – Issue 36

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Books & Bytes

Issue 36, September – October 2019

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#1Lib1Ref 2019 stories and learnings

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Heritage sites

It's fine to have strong views, but you've got to be able to articulate why if you want other people to heed them. Our coverage of heritage sites in Queensland and New South Wales is objectively vastly better in breadth, depth and quality than on those in states where there hasn't been a CC-BY project, with South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania being particularly bad. WA is a bit of an exception due to the extensive local projects in some areas, which surpass the CC-BY efforts in at least breadth, but the breadth is very much concentrated in those areas, with even metropolitan National Trust museums still lacking articles. Even in places where the breadth of articles is okay, the user-created articles are heavily lacking in depth compared to the articles we've been able to get through CC-BY material. This is why an argument that is just "I don't like CC-BY material" is not something people are going to care very much about, or why calls for an evaluation are going to fall on deaf ears: the CC-BY material just holds up extremely well by any comparison.

Now, if there are things that can be fixed beyond "I don't like CC-BY content", they're things we can talk out and possibly walk through - but that requires that people explain what those issues actually are. The Drover's Wife (talk) 07:02, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

:Why would they be assessed separately to the process for any other article? You're absolutely correct that no one is interested in assessment, and that's always been substantially the case across the entire Australian WikiProject, largely because it's never served a clear purpose to many people beyond appearing in a metric that nobody much pays attention to: the assessment itself will be ticked off once with no real process and then maybe looked at it again in a decade. It's an issue that's got absolutely nothing to do with heritage places or CC-BY content, and the point and purpose of that assessment process needs a thorough evaluation much more than the addition of good content to the project does. The Drover's Wife (talk) 10:43, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #392

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

Events
Join the global m:WikiForHumanRights Campaign by participating with WikiProject Human rights. The campaigns is focused on increasing coverage of human rights topics on Wikimedia projects through January 30.
Upcoming: Online editathon in Swedish 1 December
Past: [http://prowd.id/ ProWD], a tool for PROfiling the multi-dimensional completeness of WikiData, was presented at [https://dblp.org/db/conf/kcap/kcap2019.html the K-CAP 2019 conference] on Nov 21, 2019 in Marina del Rey, USA. Using ProWD, one may compare, for example, [http://prowd.id/#/profile/compare/68 the completeness of computer scientists by nationality and sex]. The slides are available by clicking [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12aMPGVjUa8w1E8ckb_ErR8dEABEWrurKQMlelmjvbHw/edit?usp=sharing this link]. The ProWD developers are welcoming any feedback!
Past: WikiTechStorm in Amsterdam. See the videos of the sessions, including a lot of Wikidata-related introductions
Past: [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich_Hackathon2019| Wikidata Zurich Hackathon]
Past: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWqKyC7gt0s Wikimedia Tech Talk: Wikidata, behind the curtain], by Ladsgroup

Press, articles, blog posts
Die Datenlaube launched [https://diedatenlaube.github.io diedatenlaube.github.io] - a collection of blog posts, links and scripts around "wikidatafying" the big German Wikisource project [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Die_Gartenlaube Die Gartenlaube] (in German).

Tool of the week
[https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/cradle/#/ Cradle] enables editors to create a new item by completing a form. You can create a new form on the Cradle help page. Cradle forms can be used as templates to ensure that similar new items are structured the same way. This can be especially helpful for specific WikiProjects or datathons, and is a great timesaver if you are creating many similar items by hand.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
570k VIAF identifiers have been added to Wikidata items in an effort of synchronisation between the two databases, thanks to Bargioni. In order to report errors in VIAF an apposite page has been created. More information here.
Query Service lag now affects maxlag. You may need to retry/reset error multiple times when you run QuickStatement or OpenRefine in busy hours.
Wikidata now documented more than six million people, more than the number of articles in English Wikipedia
New documentation page: Wikidata:Map data

Did you know?

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/Cno Paintings of people with cats] ([https://twitter.com/mmmenno/status/1197074711970271232 source])
[https://w.wiki/Cnp Number of English Lexemes in Wikidata by first letter] ([https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1199266895792398337 source])
[https://w.wiki/Cnq Tree map of 1990s National Film Award winners, sorted by specific award] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1198488920645885952 source])
[https://w.wiki/CYU Map of world's disputed areas] ([https://twitter.com/planemad/status/1198058657767972864 source])
Newest WikiProjects: WikiProject Human Rights
Newest database reports: poems by Emily Dickinson

Development
Add Wikidata query service lag to Wikidata maxlag (phab:T221774)
More work on tainted references and getting the feature ready to be tested
Fix a bug with Wikibase test builds (phab:T238575)
More work on improving the edit summaries (phab:T224013)
Bridge: Viewing existing references (phab:T233397)
Preserving native behavior on key+click (phab:T234060)
Speeding up initialization, by attaching link listeners sooner (phab:T235765) and reducing the size of the init module (phab:T235771)
Recording metrics for bridge opening performance (phab:T237368)

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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Hi JarrahTree - just wanted to thank you for your very kind message! You've explained things really clearly and i will definitely take up your offer of reviewing content before it is published so as not to cause any issues. Thanks for making me feel part of the community. Msquidnunc (talk) 14:14, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Category:Transport ministries in Australia]]

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A tag has been placed on :Category:Transport ministries in Australia requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

Wikidata weekly summary #393

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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: Gadgets, 3 December. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/160LGAHy5OGM19JX7VRshwAlscRRuXBVB7Kt2_zQpsks/edit?usp=sharing Agenda]

Press, articles, blog posts
[http://blogs.harvard.edu/britton/2019/11/24/open-access-directorys-list-of-blogs-wikidata-ingest/ Open Access Directory’s List of Blogs: Wikidata Ingest] by A. Britton
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LinkingThePast_20191122-1_bdc.pdf Wikidata and Archival Metadata ; opportunities and challenges for heritage institutions] by Baptiste de Coulon, 22.11.2019, Linking the Past, {{label|Q383931}}, {{label|Q239}}.
[https://space.wmflabs.org/2019/11/26/introducing-isa-a-cool-tool-for-adding-structured-data-on-commons/ Introducing ISA – a cool tool for adding structured data on Commons] by Isla Haddow-Flood
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgOj3u38GpU Video of live queries building] by [https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts WikidataFacts]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSb8QnBmZX4 Video of the Wikidata editathon in Swedish] with Jan Ainali, Magnus Sälgö and UncleCJ

Tool of the week
Alt Labels displays item labels in other languages when there is no label in your default language. You may click a label to add it as the label for your language. This tool is very helpful for labels for people, books, articles, or films that do not need their labels to be translated.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
Special:EntitiesWithoutLabel and Special:EntitiesWithoutDescription will use ElasticSearch, improving display and ranking
Edit summaries coming from wbeditentity API will have a new format

Did you know?

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/D9X Graph of shared borders between regions of Myanmar] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1201025635923218433 source])
[https://w.wiki/D9Y Plurals in German ending with only "n" (not "en")] ([https://twitter.com/belett/status/1199604655971545088 source])
[https://w.wiki/D9Z Women's + Gender History Digital Humanities list] ([https://twitter.com/abritton1630/status/1199494434498502656 source])
Newest database reports: descendants of Charlemagne

Development
Fix security issues impacting the Query Service GUI ([https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-November/013689.html more details])
Work on a a new Parser function (commaSeparatedList) (phab:T224013)
Implement Shortened version for edit summary (phab:T224013)
Add user agent to Wikidata Query UI code examples (phab:T226709)
Add label and description collision detectors for new terms store (phab:T232040)
Wikidata Bridge: showing a loading bar during initialization (phab:T232468)
Showing an error dialog if users can’t edit on Wikidata (phab:T235154)

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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 16:27, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

November 2019 Tree of Life Newsletter

Wikidata weekly summary #394

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

Events
Upcoming: Online editathon in Swedish, 15 December
Upcoming: [https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sydney-wikimedia-meetup--tickets-82886619109 Sydney Wikidata Workshop], 16 December

Press, articles, blog posts
Use of Wikidata in GLAM institutions, research report done by the user experience team at Wikimedia Deutschland
[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.02761.pdf Measuring Social Bias in Knowledge Graph Embeddings]
[http://wikimedia.eus/2019/11/letra-zopak-eta-scrabble-zein-da-euskarazko-letrarik-ohikoena/ Letra zopak, Scrabble eta euskarazko letrarik ohikoena], about the most common characters in Basque language, and how this should affect automatic letter-soups and Scrabble point-system.
Two new blog posts about GLAM pilot projects for Structured Data on Commons:
[https://space.wmflabs.org/2019/12/04/how-we-helped-a-small-art-museum-to-increase-the-impact-of-its-collections-with-wikimedia-projects-and-structured-data/ How we helped a small art museum to increase the impact of its collections, with Wikimedia projects and structured data] by Sandra Fauconnier
[https://space.wmflabs.org/2019/12/07/how-can-structured-data-on-commons-wikidata-and-wikisource-walk-hand-in-hand-a-pilot-project-with-punjabi-qisse/ How can Structured Data on Commons, Wikidata, and Wikisource walk hand in hand? A pilot project with Punjabi Qisse] by Satdeep Gill

Tool of the week
overpass: Embeds a map displaying features tagged with the current item in OpenStreetMap. Powered by overpass turbo. It helps check if the Wikidata object is mapped in OSM and also if it's correct.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
A WikiCite event will take place in May 2020 in Cologne. Call for contributions is now open ([https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-December/013698.html more info])

Did you know?

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/DYn Number of lexemes on Wikidata in Indian languages] ([https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1203562350755950593 source])
[https://w.wiki/DYo Collections of the National Gallery of Armenia imported into Wikidata] ([https://twitter.com/wikimedia_am/status/1202928823551049729 source])
[https://w.wiki/DYp Movie directors having the longest carrier] ([https://twitter.com/belett/status/1202588402253811712 source])

Development
Implement Shortened version for edit summary (phab:T224013)
Add monolingual language code WLS (Wallisian) (phab:T239411)
DumpRDF for MediaInfo entities loads each page individually (phab:T222497)
Add user agent to Wikidata Query UI code examples (phab:T226709)
Wikidata Bridge: Showing a loading bar during initialization (phab:T232468)

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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 15:58, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

''This Month in GLAM'': November 2019

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Australia report: Wiki Loves Monuments
Finland report: Combining the old and the new
France report: Wikimedia training workshops; Conference in the city of Arles
Netherlands report: IHLIA starts monthly Wikipedia writing sessions, Wiki Techstorm 2019
New Zealand report: Wellington talks and edit-a-thons
Poland report: Transgressing the boundaries of internal academic discourse
Sweden report: Minor grants and Library training
USA report: A busy conference season, a new Caribbean community and introducing a tool for adding artwork metadata
Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons report: Continued development, documentation, and blog posts
Wikipedia Library report: Books & Bytes-Issue 36, September–October 2019
Wikidata report: Research published
Wikisource report: Results of Community Wishlist Survey 2020
Calendar: December's GLAM events

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Rename

Rename a catetory.

From :Category:Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Elephant

To :Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the White Elephant,

please, thank you.--G.B.T. (Boonparit Thuanthai) (cn:Dr.Man) (talk) 12:53, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

question...

Hi JarrahTree, as discussed a few weeks ago, I'm trying to have the company that I work for's page edited as it's very out of date. No one responded to my Talk page request so I've followed your advice and done a userspace draft. As I wanted to make edits rather than rewrite the whole article I'm not sure that's the way to go. Is there a better way for me to do this? Also, separate topic, I would like to start editing some non-conflict of interest pages, ideally starting with some simple language tidy-up type activities, any advice on where to start? thanks and happy Monday! Msquidnunc (talk) 15:02, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Weekly Summary #395

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

Press, articles, blog posts
More WikidataCon 2019 reports:
WikidataCon 2019 report on the Latvian Wikipedia
[https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/seav/diary/391594 Wikidata+OSM at State of the Map 2019 and WikidataCon 2019]

Tool of the week
Recoin displays information about the relative completeness of a Wikidata item by comparing its statements with those found on other similar items. Especially useful for editors working in a knowledge area that is new to them.

Other Noteworthy Stuff
Following a discussion on generalizing P2572 to all hashtags and the rejections of Instagram hashtag, Flickr tag, and Gfycat tag properties propositions, the formerly 'Twitter hashtag' property is now a platform-agnostic hashtag (P2572) property. A tool was created to be used as formatter url and link to those different platforms regrouping content by hashtags: :toolforge:hashtags-hub.
New tool: [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wdumps/ WDumper], generating customized Wikidata RDF dumps. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-December/013703.html More information]
[https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-December/013706.html Call for Proposals for grants to support WikiCite satellite events]
[https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-December/013708.html MediaWiki Technical Advice IRC Meetings will not continue in 2020]

Did you know?

Newest properties:
General datatypes: superfamicom.org ID, nominalized form, PlayStation DataCenter ID, implies
External identifiers: Aberdeenshire HER ID, e-WV ID, Français libres ID, Maine: An Encyclopedia ID, Musée de la Résistance ID, National Library of Lithuania ID, Slovak National Library ID, SNESmusic.org game ID, The Sierra Chest ID, Spanish Quora topic ID, Europeana Entity, SNESmusic.org company ID, ScienceOpen author ID, ScienceOpen publication ID, Joconde author ID, Joconde domain ID, SNESmusic.org composer ID, tDAR creator ID, World Flora Online ID, ACMA Broadcast Service Licence Number, Vaare falne ID, Complex Portal accession ID

Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/Dx2 Wikidata properties] > 7000
[https://w.wiki/Dx3 Wikidata External identifiers] > 4590
[https://w.wiki/Dx4 Map of locations of "big cities"] ([https://twitter.com/danbri/status/1204718675720314881 source])
[https://w.wiki/Dw3 Seats which changed party in the 2019 UK General Election] ([https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1206358563813236737 source]) ([https://w.wiki/Dvz mapped])
[https://w.wiki/DyX artists in Wikidata mapped to the Swedish National museums but are not an entity in Europeana] ([https://w.wiki/Dya image view])
Newest WikiProjects: d:Wikidata:WikiProject Human Rights (created to support m:WikiForHumanRights)

Development
Work on deploying the first version of tainted references on test Wikidata
Bridge: show an error dialog if users can’t edit on the repo wiki (phab:T235154)
Set up a shared Vue component library for Wikibase (phab:T240329)
More work on the new term store
Add Wikidata support for mnwwiki" (phab:T235745)
New languages for monolingual strings: mfa, ckt, abq-Latn, dag
Help identifying an issue with QuickStatements when one user is blocked on Wikidata (phab:T240316)
Hide non-supported languages in the termbox (phab:T227083)

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 · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 18:24, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter December 2019

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;Reviewer of the Year

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This year's Reviewer of the Year is {{noping|Rosguill}}. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.

Special commendation again goes to {{noping|Onel5969}} who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to {{noping| Boleyn}} and {{noping|JTtheOG}} who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.

Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.

Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.

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|Rosguill (talk)

| data-sort-value="Onel5969" |47,395

|Patrol Page Curation

|Onel5969 (talk)

| data-sort-value="Rosguill" |41,883

|Patrol Page Curation

|JTtheOG (talk)

| data-sort-value="JTtheOG" |11,493

|Patrol Page Curation

|Arthistorian1977 (talk)

| data-sort-value="Arthistorian1977" |5,562

|Patrol Page Curation

|DannyS712 (talk)

| data-sort-value="Boleyn" |4,866

|Patrol Page Curation

|CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk)

| data-sort-value="DannyS712" |3,995

|Patrol Page Curation

|DragonflySixtyseven (talk)

| data-sort-value="Cwmhiraeth" |3,812

|Patrol Page Curation

|Boleyn (talk)

| data-sort-value="Ymblanter" |3,655

|Patrol Page Curation

|Ymblanter (talk)

| data-sort-value="CAPTAIN" |3,553

|Patrol Page Curation

|Cwmhiraeth (talk)

|3,522

|Patrol Page Curation

(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)

;Redirect autopatrol

A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by {{noping|DannyS712 bot III}}.

;Source Guide Discussion

Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.

;This month's refresher course

While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag.

Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 16:10, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

[[Murders of Margaret and Seana Tapp]]

There's a non-paywalled article out that you could cannibalise to expand the Wikipedia article - https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/why-the-murders-of-mother-and-daughter-margaret-and-seana-tapp-remain-unsolved/news-story/e119219dfada953cc2c60560123ffc53 PAustin4thApril1980 (talk) 12:20, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

new year

2020 already...

message

Not sure what you mean? The Drover's Wife (talk) 05:41, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Best wishes for the festive season for you and your family. Hoping to be more active in the new year. Cheers. -- Longhair\^talk 09:05, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Canberra / ACT

: In each country I usually follow the established order, in this case the higher categories follow that type of categorization, Merry Christmas to you too---> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sports_venues_in_Canberra ----> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sports_venues_in_the_Australian_Capital_Territory ----> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sports_venues_in_Australia_by_state_or_territory ----> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sports_venues_in_Australia

::Caracas is like any big Latin American city with safe sectors and insecure sectors, I live quietly here, the main problem we have now is the economy and the authoritarian government of Maduro, but Venezuela as Australia is a very diverse country in terms of climates and landscapes , Venezuela has incredible places (from the Andes to the Amazon rainforest, spectacular Caribbean beaches and huge deserts) but the economy is poorly managed and the government is very corrupt. We have a relief lately ... because the economy is being dollarized and there are greater economic freedoms on prices, it is a very complex issue. Sorry for my English--Warairarepano&Guaicaipuro (talk) 23:27, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

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Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:55, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

PS: Don't get much chance since my expensive E-grand fell apart 2 years ago, but we'll find a pianner somewhere in BKK... Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:58, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy holidays

:File:Appalachian Bewildered Cat.jpg (talk) 16:12, 24 December 2019 (UTC)]]

:{{clear}}

Season's Greetings

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Hello JarrahTree, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2020.
Happy editing,

Donner60 (talk) 07:32, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

{{resize|96%|Spread the love by adding {{tls|Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.}}

Can you send me the link

Hey JarrahTree Just wondering can you please send me the template for wiki project birds thanks Tramfan1203 (talk) 14:05, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #396

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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last 2 weeks.

Discussions:
New request for comments: Handle genealogical information, Sort identifiers

Press, articles, blog posts
[https://space.wmflabs.org/2019/12/13/data-roundtripping-a-new-frontier-for-glam-wiki-collaborations/ Data Roundtripping: a new frontier for GLAM-Wiki collaborations], by Sandra Fauconnier
[https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/12/leveraging-open-data-at-the-national-library-of-wales/ Leveraging open data at the National Library of Wales], by Jason Evans
[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.06214.pdf Context-aware Entity Linking with Attentive Neural Networks on Wikidata Knowledge Graph], Isaiah Onando Mulang et al. (on Arxiv)
[https://blog.factgrid.de/archives/1808 Celebrating FactGrid’s Q100000: Conrad Alexandre Gérard]
[https://digitalscholarshipleiden.nl/articles/descartes-social-networks-and-popular-culture Descartes, social networks and popular culture: An excursion into digital scholarship]
[https://synapta.it/blog/il-film-di-natale-sceglilo-con-sparql/ How to select your Christmas movie using SPARQL and Wikidata]

Tool of the week
The revised version of the very powerful [https://petscan.wmflabs.org/ PetScan] offers to edit or create items based on Wikipedia categories, search, SPARQL, links with filters by label or properties

Other Noteworthy Stuff
New tool: [http://zone47.com/crotos/dwynwen/cosmos/?l=en&p=&nb=20&disp=0&s=&f=31&n=1 Dwynwen], adapted from [http://zone47.com/crotos/ Crotos], provides users with a search interface designed specifically for artworks and other visual digital content from Commons, using Wikidata.
MichaelSchoenitzer is [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/2019-December/001509.html looking for co-maintainers] for the tool [https://tools.wmflabs.org/machtsinn/ MachtSinn] and the [https://github.com/Nudin/LexData Lexeme Python library]
We now have Q80000000
Wikimedia Deutschland is looking for a [https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/5681755/UX-Designer-Wikidata-Wikibase-m-f-d-?jobDbPVId=15549395&l=en UX designer to work on Wikidata and Wikibase] as well as a [https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/5681080/Technical-Writer-m-f-d-?jobDbPVId=15546960&l=en technical writer]

Did you know?
Newest properties:
General datatypes: litter size, legislative committee
External identifiers: Fossilworks ID for journal article, Wikispore ID, TLFi ID, The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture ID, Littré ID, PlanetMath ID, GUI number
New property proposals to review:
General datatypes: filename in archive, Microworld ID, Position with respect to the noun, network bands, Viewpoint heading, egg incubation period, author's wikimedia username, unit of measurement, type of age limit, attested as, provides data, recipient, external type, Amino community ID, used in phrase, type of external page
External identifiers: Australian National Maritime Museum ID, Australian National Maritime Museum person ID, The Video Games Museum system ID, Vikidia article, National Aviation Hall of Fame person ID, RationalWiki ID, The Video Games Museum game ID, CEEB K-12 school code, D-MSX ID, Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging, VGMPF ID, Games Database system ID, ICD-11 ID (foundation), AdoroCinema, Games Database game ID, Games Database developer ID, LFE player ID, PersonalData.IO ID, Games Database publisher ID, The Digital Local Culture Encyclopedia of Korea ID, textove.com, textove.com Song ID, kino-teatr.ru person ID, dovidka.com.ua person ID, Russian PFL player ID, Ten-Bruggencatenummer, J-GLOBAL ID, The Good Old Days ID, AuthenticusID, Ciência ID, ExoticA ID, Decine21 person ID, Identifier for a resource held by the Smithsonian Institution, Macintosh Garden game ID, UCUM code, PragerU presenter ID, Ukrainica ID, Macintosh Repository ID, LaunchBox Games Database platform ID
Query examples:
[https://w.wiki/ETK Map] showing objects named after a person represented in Europeana
[https://w.wiki/DvJ Locations where paintings were made] ([https://twitter.com/mdammers/status/1206235751014420481 source])
[https://w.wiki/E23 Swedish citizens who died in 1949 and whose works will enter the public domain on 1 January 2020 with profession and image, ordered by number of Wikimedia articles] ([https://twitter.com/Larissa_Borck/status/1206606722665787393 source])
[https://w.wiki/E4k Oldest subways] ([https://twitter.com/liopic/status/1207067954011164676 source])
[https://w.wiki/EfX Popes who were children of other popes] ([https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1210551310942187520 source])
[https://w.wiki/EfY Colorful flags] ([https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1210551348317638656 source])

Development
Worked on better error dialogues for the Wikidata Bridge
Investigated and fixed labels for some Properties not being shown (phabricator:T237984)
Continued working on the new database tables that replace wb_terms
Expanded documentation for 3rd party Wikibase installs
Continued working on making sure components in different areas of Wikibase can easily be shared to make development easier (phabricator:T240329)
Enjoying the holidays. Hope so are you :)

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 · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 19:17, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy New Year

My best wishes echo to everyone I've had a good relationship with. I don't feel benevolent enough yet to extend the same towards those I dislike. I'm mean spirited, so I reserve the right to wish good health and blissful days to you and yours, JarrahTree... Iryna Harpy (talk) 09:40, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Re: hahah

Gah, I don't wanna know ... the real world is complicated enough as it is! Graham87 14:31, 2 January 2020 (UTC)