*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>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- International Open Data Day <http://opendataday.org/> was on Saturday,
4 March (tweets about Wikidata
<https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23odd17%20wikidata&src=typd>
)
- Wikidata documentation sprint
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/Wikidata_documentation_sprint>
during the Wikimedia hackathon (May 19-21): We need your help to improve
Wikidata help pages!
- Getting to know Wikidata
<http://www.snee.com/bobdc.blog/2017/02/getting-to-know-wikidata.html>
(from Bob DuCharme, author of the book "learning SPARQL")
- Tutorial to mashup Wikidata and government data with Dataiku DSS and
Palladio
<http://www.lespetitescases.net/realiser-mashup-donnees-Dataiku-DSS-Palladio>
(fr)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Library of Congress updated their inventory of Format Description
Documents to include Wikidata URIs
<http://campuspress.yale.edu/knowledgepermaculture/2017/02/27/library-of-congress-digital-preservation-using-wikidata-uris/>
- Surfacing Wikidata objects with coordinates to match them with OSM
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/sabas88/diary/40577>
- The Wikiproject Welcome
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Welcome> has been
created to work on welcoming the new editors, feel free to participate
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: FIH player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3742>, seed dispersal
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3741>, number of works
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3740>, inflorescence
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3739>, minimum wavelength of
electromagnetic sensitivity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3738>, maximum wavelength of
electromagnetic sensitivity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3737>, Eurovision Song Contest
song ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3736>, Ghetto
Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3735>, category
for value same as Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3734>,
MOOMA artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3733>, PhilPapers
record <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3732>, Serbia cadastral
municipality ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3731>, next
higher rank <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3730>, next lower
rank <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3729>, New Zealand
Heritage List number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3728>, Serbia
municipality ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3727>,
Eu-football.info
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3726>, CEV player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3725>, USHMM Holocaust
Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3724>, USCG
Lighthouse ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3723>, Commons
maps category <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3722>, public key
fingerprint <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3721>
- Query examples:
- Countries with similar populations
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fpopulation%0A%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3FcountryBLabel%20%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3FsimilarPopulation%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6256%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP1082%20%3Fpopulation%20.%0A%20%20%3FcountryB%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6256%20.%0A%20%20%3FcountryB%20wdt%3AP1082%20%3FpopulationB%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fcountry%20%21%3D%20%3FcountryB%20%26%26%20%3FpopulationB%20%3E%3D%20%3Fpopulation%20%2a%200.95%20%26%26%20%3FpopulationB%20%3C%3D%20%3Fpopulation%20%2a%201.05%29%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20.%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3FcountryLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%3FcountryB%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcountryBLabel%20.%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3FcountryBLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fpopulation%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/838345314604105728>)
- Items that have "feminist art" as a value
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fproperty%20%3FpropertyLabel%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%3Fp%20wd%3AQ1246516%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20a%20%3Ftype%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fproperty%20%3Fref%20%3Fp%20.%0A%20%20%3Fproperty%20a%20wikibase%3AProperty%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fproperty%20%3Fitem>
(source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/838068085735190529>)
- Books, incipits, concatenating a sentence to the incipit
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Thanks%20Harmonia_Amanda%20for%20es%0A%23%20Thanks%20R%C3%A9mi%20Mathis%20for%20la%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3Ftitle%20%3Flang%20%3Ftext%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1922%20%3F_incipit%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ571%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28LANG%28%3F_incipit%29%20as%20%3Flang%29%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Flang%20IN%20%28%27de%27%2C%20%27en%27%2C%20%27es%27%2C%20%27fr%27%2C%20%27la%27%29%29%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20VALUES%20%28%3Flang%20%3Fcompl%29%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%28%27en%27%20%22%20And%20then%20the%20murders%20began.%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28%27es%27%20%22%20Entonces%20comenzaron%20los%20asesinatos.%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28%27de%27%20%22%20Und%20dann%20begannen%20die%20Morde.%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28%27fr%27%20%22%20Et%20puis%20les%20meurtres%20ont%20commenc%C3%A9.%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28%27la%27%20%22%20Tunc%20caedes%20inceperunt.%22%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%3F_incipit%2C%20%3Fcompl%29%20AS%20%3Ftext%29%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Ftitle%20.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Ftitle%29%20%3D%20%3Flang%29%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/838380145564057600> and
inspiration
<https://twitter.com/marc_laidlaw/status/837537399416610818>)
- Paintings by Vermeer depicting maps
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%20%3Fdimensions%20%3FlocationLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20wd%3AQ41264%20.%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP180%2Fwdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ4006%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP180%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ4006%20%7D%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP276%20%3Fstatement%20.%20%3Fstatement%20ps%3AP276%20%3Flocation%20.%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP582%20%3Fx%20%7D%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Flocation%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20%7D%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2048%20%3Flength%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2049%20%3Fwidth%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%20%28CONCAT%28STR%28%3Flength%29%2C%22%C3%97%22%2CSTR%28%3Fwidth%29%29%20AS%20%3Fdimensions%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/838494794846519296>)
- Painters sorted by the number of Wikipedia articles about their
works
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Classement%20des%20peintres%20selon%20le%20nombre%20d%27articles%20Wikip%C3%A9dia%20%28%7E%29%20sur%20leurs%20%C5%93uvres%0ASELECT%20%3FPeintre%20%3FPeintreLabel%20%28SUM%28%3FNbArticles%29%20as%20%3FTotalArticles%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ3305213.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20%3FPeintre.%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20wd%3AQ4233718%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3FNbArticles%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Cen%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3FPeintre%20%3FPeintreLabel%20%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3FTotalArticles%29%0ALIMIT%20100>
(source <https://twitter.com/shona_gon/status/837591118082629633>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
WikiProject Fashion
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Fashion>
Development
- Finishing touches on the new geo shape data type. It is available on
the first test wiki now
<https://wikidata.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties/geo-shape>
(phabricator:T57549 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T57549>).
- SetLabel, SetDescription, SetAliases, SetLabelDescriptionAliases,
SetSiteLink have been migrated to ooUI. Thanks, Ricordisamoa! (
phabricator:T48248 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T48248>)
- Making progress on integrating the new Lexeme entity type with the
wbeditentity API (phabricator:T155699
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T155699>).
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>.
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/R8GRzX1eH0tb/#R>.
- Help develop the next summary here!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
- Contribute to a Showcase item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items>
- Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats>
or proofread pages in your own language!
- Help merge identical items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across
Wikimedia projects.
- 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>
--
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.