Hey folks :)
Here is your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past
week.
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Mahir256
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Mahir256>
- Closed request for adminship: Jarekt
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Jarekt>
(as successful)
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in Vienna
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Vienna/2017-02-03>
- WikiJabber podcast with Andy Mabbett
<https://wikijabber.org/wikijabber-0005-with-pigsonthewing>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- GraFa, a new faceted browser for Wikidata is looking for feedback.
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-January/011721.html>
- Analysis: How much are items about scientific articles, genes and
chemical entities used on the Wikimedia projects?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_Concepts_Monitor/WDCM_Journal#§_WDCM_Journal,_11._January_2018._How_much_use_of_Scientific_Article,_Gene,_and_Chemical_Entity_Items_Do_You_Make_in_Your_Project>
- New catalogs in Mix'n'match - for example Nobel Prize People Nomination
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/catalog/864> (More than 600
properties now have a corresponding catalog in Mix'n'match.
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%20%7B%20%3Fq%20rdf%3Atype%20wikibase%3AProperty%20%3B%20wdt%3AP2264%20%3Fmnm%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20>
)
- Next round of Projects Grants
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> is open for
applications until the end of January (see also this blog post
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/01/08/inspire-new-readers-campaign/>)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: National
Historic Ships certificate no.
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4750>, Dictionnaire des auteurs
luxembourgeois ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4749>, Line
Music album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4748>, Line
Music artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4747>, Elhuyar
ZTH ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4746>, is proceedings
from <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4745>,
Basketball-Reference.com
NBDL player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4744>, animal
breed <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4743>, Uniform Resource
Identifier Scheme <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4742>,
OpenEdition
journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4741>, Brooklyn
Museum artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4740>, Musée
des Augustins artwork ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4739>, Yale
Center for British Art artwork ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4738>, Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4737>, IBM
graphic character global identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4736>, IBM coded character set
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4735>, IBM code page
identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4734>, produced sound
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4733>, IUPAC GoldBook ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4732>, The Baseball Cube player
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4731>, Mir@bel journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4730>, INRAN Italian Food ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4729>, uBio ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4728>, Deutsche Synchronkartei
dubbing voice actor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4727>, Sign@l
journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4726>, C-SPAN
organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4725>, Le
Maitron person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4724>, GSMArena
phone ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4723>, Érudit journal
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4722>
- Query examples:
- Gallery of photography techniques
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1439691.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%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>
- Street names that exist several times in Berlin
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Flabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fstreet%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3Fstreet%29%20AS%20%3Fstreets%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fstreet%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ79007%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ183%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP131%2B%20wd%3AQ64.%20hint%3APrior%20hint%3Agearing%20%22forward%22.%0A%20%20%3Fstreet%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Flabel%29%20%3D%20%22de%22%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Flabel%0AHAVING%28%3Fcount%20%3E%201%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/952260901008232448>)
- Average length of movie by genre and year
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20average%20duration%20of%20movies%20by%20genre%20and%20year%0A%23defaultView%3ALineChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fyear%20%28AVG%28%3FdurationInMinutes%29%20AS%20%3FavgDurationInMinutes%29%20%3FgenreLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fgenre%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Ffilm%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ11424%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP136%20%3Fgenre.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fgenre%0A%20%20%20%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Ffilm%29%29%0A%20%20%20%20LIMIT%2025%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Ffilm%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ11424%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP577%20%3Fdate%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP2047%2Fpsn%3AP2047%2Fwikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FdurationInSeconds%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP136%20%3Fgenre.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3FdurationInMinutes%20%3C%2060%2a24%29%20%23%20I%20take%20the%20editorial%20liberty%20to%20exclude%20these%20films%20%28some%20stupidly%20long%20documentaries%29%2C%20because%20they%20just%20absurdly%20skew%20the%20averages%0A%20%20BIND%28STR%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%0A%20%20BIND%28%3FdurationInSeconds%2F60%20AS%20%3FdurationInMinutes%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fyear%20%3FgenreLabel%0AHAVING%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Ffilm%29%20%3E%3D%2010%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/950503579881701376>)
- Inventions by Republicans
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20things%20Republicans%20have%20%E2%80%9Cdiscovered%20or%20invented%E2%80%9D%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Frepublican%20%3FrepublicanLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Frepublican%20wdt%3AP102%20wd%3AQ29468.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP61%20%3Frepublican.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/csl_/status/950510713541361665>)
- Celebrities born in January of a leap year
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%0A%20%20%28COUNT%28%3Fpage%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fperson%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirthdate%20.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28MONTH%28%3Fbirthdate%29%20AS%20%3Fmonth%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fmonth%20%3D%201%29%0A%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20p%3AP569%2Fpsv%3AP569%20%3Ftimenode%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftimenode%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%2011%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20VALUES%20%3Fyear%20%7B%201956%201960%201964%201968%201972%201976%201980%201984%201988%201992%201996%202004%202008%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28YEAR%28%3Fbirthdate%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20LIMIT%201000000%0A%7D%20AS%20%25persons%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25persons%0A%20%20%3Fpage%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0ALIMIT%20200%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/950705578376036353>)
- Countries with no rivers
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20countries%20with%20no%20rivers%0ASELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%3FcountryLabel%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcountry%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Friver%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ4022%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25countriesWithRivers%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ160016.%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20INCLUDE%20%25countriesWithRivers.%20%7D%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ19953632.%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%3FcountryLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/951568753816457217>)
- Female aviation pioneers born before 1900
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0Aselect%20%3Fbooks%20%3FbooksLabel%20%3Fdate%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%3Fbooks%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP106%20%20wd%3AQ2095549%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdate%20FILTER%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%3C1900%29%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fbooks%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20fr%2C%20de%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/951582861399871488>)
- People who died on K2
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Zgin%C4%99li%20na%20K2%0ASELECT%20%3Fhimalaista%20%3FhimalaistaLabel%20%3Fdata%20%3FplecLabel%20%3Filustracja%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fhimalaista%20wdt%3AP20%20wd%3AQ43512%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdata%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fplec%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fhimalaista%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Filustracja%20.%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/dziennikarz/status/952629249944547329>)
- Showcase items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
15 January 2018 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45919591>
Development
- Wikidata moved to a new and bigger server.
- Added support for a constraint scope in the constraint check gadget (
phabricator:T183542 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T183542>)
- Now ignoring deprecated constraints in the constraint check gadget (
phabricator:T180874 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180874>)
- Added new Lua function getAllStatements (phabricator:T166056
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T166056> - thanks Eran!)
- Worked on diff support and edit summaries for edits on Forms (
phabricator:T182424 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182424>)
- Worked on persistent editing of the grammatical features of a Form (
phabricator:T173742 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173742>)
- Google Code-In 2017 work on the Wikidata Query Service UI:
- add highlight and selection for query result table, by Anpans (
phabricator:T183807 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T183807>)
- keyboard accessibility, by eflyjason (phabricator:T173213
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173213> and subtasks)
- make more areas translatable, by Albert221 (phabricator:T171636
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T171636>)
- mobile / responsive menus, by eflyjason (phabricator:T154890
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154890>)
- lazy loading in ImageGrid, by Sydney (phabricator:T166216
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T166216>)
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>
- 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>
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers
Lydia
--
Lydia Pintscher -
http://about.me/lydia.pintscher
Product Manager 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.