*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Zolo
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator#Zolo_2>
- New request for comments: Proposed client side disambiguation page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_for_comment/Proposed_client_side_disambiguation_page>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) helps unlock millions of
connections between scholarly research
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/04/06/initiative-for-open-citations/>,
on WMF blog, by Dario Taborelli
- Le canal de Nantes à Brest sur Wikidata (fr)
<https://www.lehir.net/le-canal-de-nantes-a-brest/> by Édouard Hue
- Comprende!, a quiz interface on top of MediaWiki/WikiBase
<http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=446> by Magnus Manske
- Next Wikidata meetup in Berlin
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin>: April 26th,
18:00 in WMDE's office
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Deadline for submitting a talk, workshop or roundtable for Wikimania
<https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions> is *today*, April
10th, at midnight (UTC)!
- There's now also a #100wikidays
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays> challenge on Wikidata,
aptly named #100wikidatadays
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:100wikidatadays>! It is a
personal challenge in which a person very significantly improves (at least)
one Wikidata items per day, for 100 days in a row. There was already a
version of the challenge on various Wikipedias, on Commons and on
Wikisource - now on Wikidata as well. Participate and make Wikidata shine!
- New filters for Recent Changes: the beta deployment is rescheduled on
May 9th
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_filters_for_Recent_Changes_-_Beta_deployment_scheduled>
- Grant application to extend the work of John Commings at UNESCO
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedian_in_Residence_at_UNESCO_2017-2018>
- New MapRoulette challenges: Add missing Wikidata ids to cities and
capitals on OpenStreetMap
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/PlaneMad/diary/40814>
- You can be a candidate for the Wikimedia Foundation's board of trustees
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2017-April/010533.html>
- Log of the last IRC office hour with Wikidata development team
<https://wm-bot.wmflabs.org/logs/%23wikimedia-office/20170405.txt>
- Help us translating this short message in your language
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Lea_Lacroix_%28WMDE%29/Cognate_announcement>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: TV Guide person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3845>, Deutsche
Synchronkartei film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3844>, DLV
athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3843>
- Query examples:
- Notable integers
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Notable%20integers%0ASELECT%20%2a%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%0A%20%20%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fitem%29%20as%20%3Fitem%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fen_label%29%20as%20%3Fname%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fvalue%29%20as%20%3Fvalue%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fen_class_label%3B%20SEPARATOR%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fclasses%29%0A%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ12503.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1181%20%3Fvalue.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%20%3Fclass.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fen_label.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Fen_label%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fclass%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fen_class_label.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Fen_class_label%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fname%29>
- Longest streets of Moscow
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fstreet%20%3FstreetLabel%20%3Flength%0A%7B%0A%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%27None%27%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstreet%20wdt%3AP131%2a%20wd%3AQ649%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstreet%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ79007%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstreet%20p%3AP2043%2Fpsn%3AP2043%2Fwikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Flength%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22ru%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Flength%29%20%3Fstreet%0ALIMIT%20100>
- Top 20 of heaviest humans in Wikidata
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0A%23TEMPLATE%3D%7B%20%22template%22%3A%20%22The%20top%2020%20of%20heaviest%20%3Ftype%20%22%2C%20%22variables%22%3A%20%7B%20%22%3Ftype%22%3A%20%7B%20%22query%22%3A%20%22SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fid%20WHERE%20%7B%20%3Fi%20wdt%3AP2067%20%3Fv.%20%3Fi%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Fid%7D%22%20%7D%20%7D%20%7D%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fmass%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20BIND%28wd%3AQ5%20AS%20%3Ftype%29%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Ftype%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP2067%2Fpsn%3AP2067%2Fwikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Fmass%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2Ces%2Cfr%2Cde%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fmass%29%0ALIMIT%2020>
(source <https://twitter.com/JonasMKress/status/851346228830982145>)
- Timeline of Paris marathons
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%3Fmarathon%20%3FmarathonLabel%20%3Fedition%20%3Fdate%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fmarathon%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1071285%20.%0A%20%20%3Fmarathon%20wdt%3AP585%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20%3Fmarathon%20wdt%3AP393%20%3Fedition%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/850999081803681792>)
- Countries not involved in any world war
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20countries%20not%20involved%20in%20any%20world%20war%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcountry%20%3FcountryLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20%E2%80%9Ccountry%E2%80%9D%20%28sovereign%20state%20and%20UN%20member%29%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3624078%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP463%20wd%3AQ1065.%0A%20%20%23%20not%20participant%20of%20any%20world%20war%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3FworldWar%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ103495%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP710%2Fwdt%3AP527%3F%20%3Fcountry.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20extant%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP576%7Cwdt%3AP582%20%3Fend.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/849664251442728960>)
- People whose place of birth is named after them
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplace.%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fperson.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%2C%20%22ru%22%2C%20%22zh%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/849300308748619777>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Figure skating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Figure_skating>
- Newest external tools: Sistercities
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/sistercities/>, an overview of sister cities
of German cities on Wikipedia and Wikidata
- Newest database reports: list of duos
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Q5/lists/duos>
Development
- Preparing for making more ArticlePlaceholder indexable by search
engines on Welsh Wikipedia (phab:T162244
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T162244>)
- Preparing the deployments of Cognate and geoshape data type
- Lexemes: starting adding sections for forms and senses
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.
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.