*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past: Wikidata meetup during the Wikimedia Summit, March 29th in
Berlin (collaborative notes
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataMeetupSummit2019>)
- Upcoming: Wikidata workshop for archives
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/AAFSaint%C3%8919> in
Saint-Etienne, France, on April 3rd and 5th
- Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in Berlin
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin/2019-04-14> in
Wikibär on April 14th
- Upcoming: Where iNaturalist meets Wiki
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_iNaturalist/Event_20190416_Where_iNaturalist_meets_Wiki>
April 16th, in Meise (Belgium)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- WikidataCon 2019 application, program submission and scholarship
processes are now open until April 29th
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Topic:Uwnvvuwlnox50iw8>
- Structured Data on Commons: You can now test creating depicts
statements
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Feedback_requests/Depicts_testing>
- While editing OpenStreetMap from the iD editor, it will now be possible
<https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/5544#issuecomment-477810460>
to match map data with Wikidata by typing in names and getting an
autocompleted label.
- OpenStreetMap is participating in this year's Google Summer of Code,
and quite a few of the project ideas
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2019/Project_Ideas>
involve Wikidata integration.
- Discussion going on in W3C SPARQL 1.2 Community Group
<https://www.w3.org/community/sparql-12/> about the improvements in
SPARQL language
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: capacity factor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6639>, position in
Forsyth-Edwards Notation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6648>
- External identifiers: Libreflix ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6614>, Kicker.de player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6615>, Library of Parliament
of Canada person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6616>, RoMEO
publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6617>,
Federal-State
Cooperative System ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6618>, XING
company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6619>, L'Express
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6620>, Le Figaro
tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6621>, Le Parisien
tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6622>, Gamepedia
article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6623>, FSkate.ru
skater ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6624>, Salvador
Dali Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6625>, Index
to American Botanical Literature ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6626>, FaroeSoccer player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6627>, FaroeSoccer coach ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6628>, Artcurial lot ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6629>, SNISB ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6630>, Tainacan MHN ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6631>, 100 bombardirov
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6632>, Cini
Foundation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6633>, LinkedIn
personal profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6634>, ACA
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6635>, CDEC ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6636>, AWARE ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6637>, JRC Names id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6640>, Zomato ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6641>, TV Spielfilm series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6643>, Fandango theater ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6644>, Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6645>, JMdictDB
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6646>, Zagat ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6647>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: First attestation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/First_attestation>,
match interval
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/match_interval>,
réédité par
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/r%C3%A9%C3%A9dit%C3%A9_par>,
calligrapher
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/calligrapher>,
Ordained by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ordained_by>,
code produit
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_produit>,
Wikidata property example for media
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikidata_property_example_for_media>
- External identifiers: Baden-Württemberg Schutzgebiete-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg_Schutzgebiete-ID>,
K10plus editions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/K10plus_editions>,
Utpictura18 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Utpictura18_ID>,
Le Vif tag ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Vif_tag_ID>,
Common Sense Media review ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Common_Sense_Media_review_ID>,
Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pro-Linux.de_DBApp_ID>,
Libregamewiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Libregamewiki_ID>,
Democracy Club Election ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Democracy_Club_Election_ID>,
MARGS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MARGS_ID>, Kobo
author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kobo_author_ID>,
WoRMS source ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WoRMS_source_ID>,
Kobo narrator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kobo_narrator_ID>,
NGMDb Prod ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NGMDb_Prod_ID>,
Memórias da Ditadura ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mem%C3%B3rias_da_Ditadura_ID>,
Placar UOL Eleições ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Placar_UOL_Elei%C3%A7%C3%B5es_ID>,
AntWiki
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AntWiki>, MESH
Concept ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MESH_Concept_ID>,
MESH Term ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MESH_Term_ID>,
Desaparecidos Políticos ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Desaparecidos_Pol%C3%ADticos_ID>
- Query examples:
- Siblings who have won the Israel Prize
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fitem1Label%20%28year%28%3Fdate1%29%20AS%20%3Fyear1%29%20%3Fitem2%20%3Fitem2Label%20%28year%28%3Fdate2%29%20AS%20%3Fyear2%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem1%20p%3AP166%20%3Fprize_stmt1%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fprize_stmt1%20ps%3AP166%20wd%3AQ616568%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fprize_stmt1%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate1%7D%20.%0A%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem1%20wdt%3AP3373%20%3Fitem2%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem2%20p%3AP166%20%3Fprize_stmt2%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fprize_stmt2%20ps%3AP166%20wd%3AQ616568%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fprize_stmt2%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate2%20%7D%20.%0A%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%28%3Fdate1%20%3C%20%3Fdate2%29%20%7C%7C%20%28%20%28%21%28%3Fdate2%20%3C%20%3Fdate1%29%29%20%26%26%20%28str%28%3Fitem1%29%20%3C%20str%28%3Fitem2%29%29%20%29%20%29.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fyear1>
(source <https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1111364649805590528>)
- British female engineers, 1919-2019
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fsort%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Farticle%20%0A%20%20%20%20(GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT%20%3Focc_label%3B%20SEPARATOR%20%3D%20'%20%2F%20')%20AS%20%3Foccs)%20%0A%20%20%20%20(GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT%20%3Ffield_label%3B%20SEPARATOR%20%3D%20'%20%2F%20')%20AS%20%3Ffields)%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdob%20%3Fdod%0A%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ81096%20%5Ewdt%3AP279*%20%3Focc%20.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20(%3Focc%20!%3D%20wd%3AQ183945)%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Focc%20%5Ewdt%3AP106%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND(COALESCE%20(year(%3Fdob)%2C%209999)%20AS%20%3Fsort)%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdod%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20(!bound(%3Fdod)%20%7C%7C%20!(year(%3Fdod)%20%3C%201919)).%0A%20%20%20%20VALUES%20%3Fuk%20%7Bwd%3AQ145%20wd%3AQ174193%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP27%7C((wdt%3AP937%7Cwdt%3AP19%7Cwdt%3AP20)%2Fwdt%3AP131*)%20%3Fuk%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP101%20%3Ffield%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Ffield%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Ffield_label.%20FILTER(lang(%3Ffield_label)%20%3D%20'en')%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Focc%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Focc_label.%20FILTER(lang(%3Focc_label)%20%3D%20'en')%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20%7D%20.%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%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Farticle%20%3Fdob%20%3Fsort%20%3Fdod%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fsort%20%3FitemLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1112481031267987456>)
- Female scientific illustrators
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fhuman%20%3FhumanLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072.%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ19507792.%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%201000>
(source
<https://twitter.com/SiobhanLeachman/status/1111750683068264448>)
- French archivists with a picture
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23archiviste%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fimg%20%3Foccupation%20%3FoccupationLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ635734.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP27%20wd%3AQ142.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20%3Foccupation.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A>
(source
<https://twitter.com/daieuxdailleurs/status/1111663587746029568>)
- Archive institutions in Switzerland and how much they hold
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Finstitution%20%3FinstitutionLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Ftotal%29%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3FLieuLabel%3B%20SEPARATOR%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3FLieux%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Finstitution%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ166118.%0A%20%20%3Finstitution%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ39.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Finstitution%20wdt%3AP131%20%3FLieu.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FLieu%20rdfs%3Alabel%3F%20%3FLieuLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3FLieuLabel%29%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP485%20%3Finstitution.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cfr%2Cde%2Cit%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Finstitution%20%3FinstitutionLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Ftotal%29%20%3FinstitutionLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/GillianeKern/status/1111245906857345024>)
- Graph of open source research software by field
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fsoftware%20%3FsoftwareLabel%20%3Ffield%20%3FfieldLabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ5500964.%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%20%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP275%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ1156659.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP101%7Cwdt%3AP136%7Cwdt%3AP366%20%3Ffield.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%20%20%0A%7D>
(source
<https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1111654700334620673>)
- Groups of characters in the Marvel universe
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Les%20groupes%20de%20personnages%20de%20l%E2%80%99univers%20Marvel%0A%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fchar%20%3FcharLabel%20%3Fgroup%20%3FgroupLabel%20%28%227FFF00%22%20as%20%3Frgb%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%09%3Fgroup%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ14514600%20%3B%20%20%23%20group%20of%20fictional%20characters%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1080%20wd%3AQ931597.%20%20%23%20from%20Marvel%20universe%0A%20%3Fchar%20wdt%3AP463%20%3Fgroup%20%23%20member%20of%20group%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/kembellec/status/1111643799443390464>)
- In what type of places are ancient Greek potteries stored?
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20%3Ftype%20%3FtypeLabel%20(COUNT(%3Fq)%20AS%20%3Fc)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ738680%20%3B%20wdt%3AP276%2Fwdt%3AP31%20%3Ftype%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Ftype%20%3FtypeLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1111570250057875456>)
Development
- Work on a dashboard for external identifiers (phab:T204440
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204440>)
- Add baserevid to WikibaseLexeme API modules (phab:T217243
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217243>)
- Add tests for embed.html (phab:T212649
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T212649>)
- Improve features for wikibase vandalism detection model (phab:T194737
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194737>)
- Improve Property Info cache performance (phab:T218115
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218115>, phab:T218197
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218197>)
- Adding nofollow to external identifiers links (phab:T175230
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T175230>)
- Hide query helper by default in Query Service (phab:T217886
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217886>)
- More work on wb_terms normalization (Phab board
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/3972>)
- Enable trimming whitespace around Label/Description/Aliases and Schema
text (phab:T215761 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215761>)
- Prevent moving Schemas between namespaces (and generally) (phab:T219313
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219313>)
- Limit the length of Schema labels, descriptions, aliases, and schema
text in the frontend (phab:T218867
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218867>)
- Add tracking for clicks on the “check entities against this Schema”
link (phab:T218899 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218899>)
- Disallow importing of Schemas from another wiki or XML files to avoid
ID conflicts (phab:T218181 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218181>)
- Make sure RTL text is being handled correctly in the Schema labels,
descriptions and aliases table (phab:T219136
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219136>)
- Add a publish button on mobile termbox: (phab:T218573
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218573>)
- Building the wbeditentity request to be fired on save request: (
phab:T218577 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218577>)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. If you
want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority>.
Monthly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed
above.
- Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>
- Suggested and open tasks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks>
!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items>
.
- Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats>
or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
- Help merge identical items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across
Wikimedia projects.
- Help write the next summary!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.