*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: Updating References for External Data
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Updating_References_for_External_Data>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Registration is open for the Celtic Knot Conference 2017
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017> (July 6th,
Edinburgh)
- Pre-hackathon
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/Prehackathon_Prague>
of the Wikimedia Hackathon, May 12th-14th in Prague
- Wikimedia Hackathon 2017
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017>, May 19th-21st
in Vienna. On site or remotely, you can join the Wikidata documentation
sprint
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/Wikidata_documentation_sprint>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- *Vote in the board election
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Board_of_Trustees>*
(see also Voter guides and rationales
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Board_of_Trustees#Voter_guides_and_rationales>
- Sitelinks for the new Doteli Wikipedia (dtywiki)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29048035> can be added
<https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UnconnectedPages?namespace=0&uselang=en>
- You can now track the number of identifier properties for an item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Track_the_number_of_identifier_properties>
- We provide weekly a new type of database dumps: nt truthy dumps
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New:_truthy_dumps>
- Wikipedia article-draft-generator developed by Pharos for Met Museum
project
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2017-May/010695.html>
-
Schema.org proposes to encourage the use of Wikidata as a common
entity base for the target of the sameAs relation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Schema.org>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: light sector
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3922>, Wikidata SPARQL query
equivalent <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3921>, Canadian
Coastguard Lighthouse ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3920>, contributed
to published work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3919>
- Query examples:
- All places (with coordinates) that gave its name to something
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23All%20places%20%28with%20coordinates%29%20that%20gave%20its%20name%20to%20something%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoord%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%09%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/860864172724281345>)
- Paintings depicting monkeys
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fpainting%20%3FpaintingLabel%20%3FpaintingImage%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fpainting%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ3305213%20.%0A%09%3Fpainting%20wdt%3AP180%20wd%3AQ1367%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fpainting%20wdt%3AP18%20%3FpaintingImage%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%09%09bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fi%2C%20en%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fpainting%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpaintingLabel.%0A%09%7D%20%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%20100>
(source <https://twitter.com/vjuutilainen/status/860386659740856320>)
- Artworks with presumably depicted persons
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0A%23%20oeuvres%20avec%20personnes%20pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9es%20repr%C3%A9sent%C3%A9es%0ASELECT%20%3Foeuvre%20%3FoeuvreLabel%20%3Fpersonne_representee_presumeeLabel%20%3Fpersonne_representee_presumee%20%3Fimg%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%09%3Foeuvre%20p%3AP180%20%5B%20ps%3AP180%20%3Fpersonne_representee_presumee%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP1480%20wd%3AQ18122778%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fpersonne_representee_presumee%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%09%3Foeuvre%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20%23BabelRainbow%0A%20%09%09bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Cen%2Car%2Cbe%2Cbg%2Cbn%2Cca%2Ccs%2Cda%2Cde%2Cel%2Ces%2Cet%2Cfa%2Cfi%2Che%2Chi%2Chu%2Chy%2Cid%2Cit%2Cja%2Cjv%2Cko%2Cnb%2Cnl%2Ceo%2Cpa%2Cpl%2Cpt%2Cro%2Cru%2Csh%2Csk%2Csr%2Csv%2Csw%2Cte%2Cth%2Ctr%2Cuk%2Cyue%2Cvec%2Cvi%2Czh%22%0A%20%09%7D%20%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/shona_gon/status/859833793666056192>)
- Newest database reports: list of oldest lighthouses
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Lighthouses/lists/oldest_lighthouses>
Development
- Worked more on support for lexicographical data (specifically support
for lexicographic category and statements on forms)
- Dealt with issues after the deployment of automatic interwiki links
for Wiktionary
- Worked on constraint violation user script based on your feedback
(improving messages to make it more understandable, layout, etc)
- Add support for the following new language codes for monolingual text
properties: brx, chn, cop, gez, quc, kjh, nr (will become available in a
few days)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>.
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>
- proposals
needing attention
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed>
- 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>
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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.
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Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.