*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: Pintoch
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Pintoch>,
Addshore
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Addshore_2>
(both successful)
- New request for comments: Why do we have an item for dogs and another
one for *Canis lupus familiaris*?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Why_do_we_have_an_item_for_dogs_and_another_one_for_%27%27Canis_lupus_familiaris%27%27%3F>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- IRC office hour, on May 29th at 18:00 (UTC+2, Berlin time), on the IRC
channel #wikimedia-office. Special topic: Lexemes on Wikidata
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Paper on Cellosaurus
<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5945021/>, with mappings
to Wikidata, by Amos Bairoch
- Blog post from Galder Gonzalez announcing the Lexemes
<http://wikimedia.eus/2018/05/jcioqetik-171081era-informazio-lexikografikoa-igo-daiteke-jada-wikidatara/>
(in Basque)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Ongoing: On 24 May, there was a significant outage affecting Wikidata
and sister projects that use Wikidata. As a result, some features of are
temporarily disabled: Wikidata's property suggester, Lua modules and parser
functions calling by label instead of ID, search for the
ArticlePlaceholder. We apologize for the inconvenience, we're working to
get them back as soon as possible. For technical details, see:
phab:T195520 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195520> & Incident
documentation/20180524-wikidata
<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20180524-wikidata>
.
- As announced last week
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_constraint_types>,
the “integer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Property_constraints_portal/Integer>”
constraint type and the “separators
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4155>” parameter for the “single
value
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Property_constraints_portal/Single_value>”
and “single best value
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Property_constraints_portal/Single_best_value>”
constraint types are now supported in WikibaseQualityConstraints.
- Lexicographical data is now available on Wikidata! Check the
announcement
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data#First_experiment_of_lexicographical_data_is_out>
for more details. Feel free to try adding words and give feedback
- Structured Data on Commons has designs for displaying and using
multilingual captions on the file page
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Feedback_requests/Multilingual_Captions_and_MediaInfo>.
Feedback is welcome on the talk page.
- You can try the new Drag&Drop gadget developed by Yarl
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Drag'n'drop_gadget_rewrite_–_feedback_welcomed>
and give feedback
- The European Commission announces a review
<https://www.communia-association.org/2018/05/10/database-directive-study-options-neutralising-sui-generis-right/>
of the Database Directive
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Database_Directive>.
- OpenRefine 3.0 beta <https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases>
was released. You can get an overview of the new Wikidata-related
features
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/OpenRefine/Editing> with
tutorials and videos.
- TextRazor <https://www.textrazor.com/> (Q54365914
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54365914>) is a web service which
analyses text and identifies the entities and concepts discussed, giving
the corresponding Wikidata QIDs.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: grammatical gender
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5185>, conjugation class
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5186>, word stem
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5187>, Sandbox-Lexeme
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5188>, Sandbox-Form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5189>, synonym
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5190>, derived from
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5191>, Wikidata property
example for lexemes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5192>, Wikidata
property example for forms
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5193>, officialized by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5194>, Wikidata dataset
import page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5195>, output
method <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5196>, IMDA rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5201>, adapted by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5202>, topographic map
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5203>, date of
commercialization <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5204>, stroke
count <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5205>, has conjugation
class <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5206>
- External identifiers: CIVICUS Monitor country entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5180>, Relationship Science
organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5181>, JMA
Seismic Intensity Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5182>,
Eurohockey.com club ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5183>, Daum Encyclopedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5184>, Melon song ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5197>, ASC Leiden Thesaurus
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5198>, British Library
system number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5199>, eBird
hotspot ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5200>, BAG public
space ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5207>, BAG building
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5208>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Vocalized form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vocalized_form>,
display technology
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/display_technology>,
compound of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/compound_of>,
Chromosome number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chromosome_number>,
Vietnamese character reading pattern
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vietnamese_character_reading_pattern>,
fanqie
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fanqie>,
evokes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/evokes>,
homograph
lexeme
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/homograph_lexeme>,
homograph form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/homograph_form>,
prime factor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/prime_factor>,
classifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/classifier>,
Accomplice
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Accomplice>,
Slavic Alphabet
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slavic_Alphabet>,
signum
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/signum>
- External identifiers: BMRB ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BMRB_ID>, ICSC
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICSC_ID>,
Baidu Baike ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baidu_Baike_ID>,
Tree of Life Web Project ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tree_of_Life_Web_Project_ID>,
Argentine biography deputy ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Argentine_biography_deputy_ID>,
B.R.A.H.M.S. ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/B.R.A.H.M.S._ID>,
Chromosome numbers of the flora of Germany database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chromosome_numbers_of_the_flora_of_Germany_database_ID>,
Filmow ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmow_ID>,
Cité
de la musique ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cit%C3%A9_de_la_musique_ID>,
Giant Bomb ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Giant_Bomb_ID>,
OpenCorporates corporate grouping
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenCorporates_corporate_grouping>,
Artists in Canada record number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artists_in_Canada_record_number>,
RollDaBeats ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RollDaBeats_ID>,
Songfacts ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Songfacts_ID>,
ARWU ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ARWU_ID>
- Properties not really used
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Edgars2007/Dormant_properties>,
created >3 months:
- Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture control number
(P4814) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4814>, Amtrak
station code (P4803)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4803>, make-up
artist (P4805) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4805>, sets
environment variable (P4809)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4809>, Technical Element
Score (P4815) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4815>, Rugby
Australia ID (P4799) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4799>, TORA
ID (P4820) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4820>, Panoptikum
identifier (P4818) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4818>, Cour
des comptes magistrate ID (P4821)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4821>, La Poste personality
ID (P4822) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4822>
- Query examples:
- Map of places of birth of Liverpool's football players
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FmurLabel%20%3Fcoordinates%20%3Ffoto%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ937857%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP54%20wd%3AQ1130849%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fmur.%0A%20%20%3Fmur%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoordinates.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Ffoto.%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22pl%2C%20en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/dziennikarz/status/1000433044161998850>)
- Areas of Malaysia states
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fstate_of_Malaysia%20%3Fstate_of_MalaysiaLabel%20%3Farea%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%3Fstate_of_Malaysia%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ15063586.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fstate_of_Malaysia%20wdt%3AP2046%20%3Farea.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%28%3Farea%29%0ALIMIT%20100>
(source <https://twitter.com/sweemeng/status/999843265120628736>)
- People and the distance between their place of birth and place of
death
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FplaceBirthLabel%20%3FplaceDeathLabel%20%3FcoordsBirth%20%3FcoordsDeath%20%3Fdistance%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP19%20%3FplaceBirth%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP20%20%3FplaceDeath%20.%0A%20%20%3FplaceBirth%20wdt%3AP625%20%3FcoordsBirth%20.%0A%20%20%3FplaceDeath%20wdt%3AP625%20%3FcoordsDeath%20.%0A%20%20BIND%20%28geof%3Adistance%28%3FcoordsBirth%2C%20%3FcoordsDeath%29%20AS%20%3Fdistance%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fdistance%20%3E%2019000%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fdistance%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/999724326327857155>)
- Grammatical cases of languages
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FcaseLabel%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fcases%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP2989%20%3Fcase.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Flanguage%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FlanguageLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcase%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcaseLabel.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28COUNT%28%3Fcase%29%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/999412738123292672>)
Development
- Deployed and activate WikibaseLexeme on
wikidata.org so you can now
store the first lexicographical data on Wikidata (phab:T191457
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191457>)
- Fixing the encoding issues on labels of items linked on Lexemes (
phab:T195470 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195470>, phab:T195359
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195359>)
- Fixed an issue that was preventing adding Forms and Lexemes in
statements (phab:T195402 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195402>)
- Suppressed the browser's autocomplete that covers WikibaseLexeme's
suggestion on Special:NewLexeme (phab:T195383
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195383>, phab:T191526
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191526>)
- Worked on a bug about representation overwriting other representation
with the same language code (phab:T193636
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193636>)
- Changed title of the field of a lemma language to make it less likely
for people to add a translation as a second Lemma (phab:T193603
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193603>)
- Working on the RDF mapping of WikibaseLexeme (phab:T160260
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160260>)
- Working on implementing fulltext search for Lexemes (phab:T189739
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189739>)
- Working on showing Lemmas for linked Lexemes instead of just their ID
on special pages like Special:AllPages (phab:T195382
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195382>)
- Fixing issues that happened after dropping an index from the wb_terms
table (phab:T194270 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194270>,
phab:T195642 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195642>, phab:T195611
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195611>)
- Made constraint check result appear directly after adding a new
statement (phab:T194247 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194247>)
- Working on looking up entities by external identifiers on
Special:Search (phab:T99899 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T99899>)
- Added Docker image to Wikibase website (phab:T189936
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189936>)
- Added WikibaseImport script to Docker images to make it easier for
people to start their own Wikibase install with some data imported from
Wikidata (phab:T192080 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192080>)
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.