*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments:
- Sort identifier statements on items that are instances of human
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Sort_identifier_statements_on_items_that_are_instances_of_human>
- Make "developer" and "programmer" properties clearer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/make_%22developer%22_and_%22programmer%22_properties_clearer>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Wikidata and GLAM workshop day
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/EuropeanaTech_2018_Wikidata_workshop_day>
in the context of the EuropeanaTech Conference, Rotterdam, Monday 14 May
2018
- Wikidata access methods
<https://stuff.coffeecode.net/2018/wikidata_access_ld4p/#/>, slides by
Dan Scott
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- More than 850 living people' articles from the English Wikipedia
<https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=4312431> which have date of death
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P570> or place of death
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P20> on their Wikidata item:
manual checks needed. You can also check Category:P570 missing in
Wikipedia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32220845>
- Florian will be improving Wikidata support
<https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/josm-dev/2018-April/008028.html>
in the Wikipedia plugin for OpenStreetMap's JOSM editor, for the Google
Summer of Code 2018
- Prssanna Desai will work on improvements for the Query Service
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-May/012027.html>
during Google Summer of Code
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: Deutsche Bahn station category
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5105>, has grammatical gender
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5109>, has grammatical person
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5110>, Wikimedia outline
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5125>, assistant director
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5126>, island of location
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5130>, possible medical
findings <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5131>, suggests the
existence of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5132>, has
evaluation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5133>, evaluation
of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5134>, greater than
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5135>, less than
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5136>
- External identifiers: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5106>, Behind The Voice
Actors character ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5107>, HanCinema
film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5108>, Italian
School ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5114>, Directory
of Open Access Journals ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5115>, LGDB game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5116>, LGDB emulator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5117>, LGDB tool ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5118>, LGDB engine ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5119>, TFRRS athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5120>, All About Jazz
musician ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5121>, Ontario
public library ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5122>, Swedish
Literature Bank book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5123>,
WikiCFP event ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5124>, WikiCFP
conference series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5127>, ICAA
film catalogue ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5128>, Stepwell
Atlas ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5129>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: IMDA rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IMDA_rating>,
is program committee member of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_program_committee_member_of>,
officialized by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/officialized_by>,
KAVI rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KAVI_rating>,
topographic map
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/topographic_map>,
child monotypic taxon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/child_monotypic_taxon>,
Köppens klimaklassifisering
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/K%C3%B6ppens_klimaklassifisering>,
Möllendorff transliteration
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/M%C3%B6llendorff_transliteration>,
attested
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/attested>,
geographic
center
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/geographic_center>,
season of club or team
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/season_of_club_or_team>,
sports competition competed at
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sports_competition_competed_at>,
factorizsation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/factorizsation>,
coastline
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/coastline>,
forest
cover
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/forest_cover>,
vehicles per capita
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vehicles_per_capita>,
audio transcription
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/audio_transcription>
- External identifiers: e-MEC entry
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/e-MEC_entry>,
Norwegian war sailor register ship ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Norwegian_war_sailor_register_ship_ID>,
Thesaurus For Graphic Materials
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thesaurus_For_Graphic_Materials>,
GNOME Wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GNOME_Wiki_ID>,
Israel Film Fund ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Israel_Film_Fund_ID>,
The New Fund for Cinema and Television (Israel) ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_New_Fund_for_Cinema_and_Television_(Israel)_ID>,
Cinema Project ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cinema_Project_ID>,
Chinese Political Elites Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Political_Elites_Database_ID>,
Israeli Movie Testimonial Database Person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Israeli_Movie_Testimonial_Database_Person_ID>,
Israeli Movie Testimonial Database Movie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Israeli_Movie_Testimonial_Database_Movie_ID>,
JMA Seismic Intensity Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JMA_Seismic_Intensity_Database_ID>,
Portale della Canzone italiana IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Portale_della_Canzone_italiana_IDs>,
Trustpilot company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trustpilot_company_ID>,
Ester ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ester_ID>,
Dictionary
of Swedish Translators
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary_of_Swedish_Translators>
- Properties lacking use created > 3 months:
- Sign@l journal ID (P4726)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4726>, INRAN Italian Food ID
(P4729) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4729>, produced
sound (P4733) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4733>, IBM
code page ID (P4734) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4734>, IBM
graphic character global ID (P4736)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4736>, Line Music album ID
(P4748) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4748>, Line Music
artist ID (P4747) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4747>, is
proceedings from (P4745)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4745>, National Historic
Ships certificate no. (P4750)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4750>, Manus Online ID
(P4752) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4752>
- Deleted properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion>:
Réunion des musées nationaux ID (P5100)
- Query examples:
- Map of birth places of authors in the Portuguese Wikisource
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fsubj%20%3Flabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fbirthyear%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%09%3Fsubj%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%20%23who%20are%20human%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fpage%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fsubj.%0A%09%3Fpage%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpt.wikisource.org%2F%3E%20.%20%23who%20are%20on%20pt.wikisource.org%20%20%0A%20%20%20%3Fsubj%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplace%20.%20%23lugar%20de%20nascimento%0A%20%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%20%23coordenadas%0A%20%20%20%3Fsubj%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel%20filter%20%28lang%28%3Flabel%29%20%3D%20%22pt%22%29%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fsubj%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%20.%7D.%20%23data%20de%20nascimento%0A%09BIND%28YEAR%28%3Fdob%29%20as%20%3Fbirthyear%29.%20%23exibe%20ano%20de%20nascimento%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22pt%22%20.%0A%20%7D%0A%7D>
- Video games that are set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe by game
mode
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fapplication%20%3FapplicationLabel%20%3FmodeLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fapplication%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ7889.%0A%20%20%3Fapplication%20wdt%3AP1434%20wd%3AQ3551295.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fapplication%20wdt%3AP404%20%3Fmode%7D.%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/WikiDigi/status/992380733778952192>)
- Timeline of Programming Languages
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fdate%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ9143%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%2C%20en%2C%20fr%2C%20es%2C%20it%2C%20cz%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20>
(source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/991232215970443266>)
- Timeline of people named Karl born in Karlsruhe
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fdob%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20BIND%28wd%3AQ1040%20AS%20%3Fcity%29%0A%20%20%3Fcity%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Finception.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP19%2Fwdt%3AP131%2a%20%3Fcity%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP735%20wd%3AQ15731830.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fdob%20%3E%3D%20%3Finception%29%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/WikidataFacts/status/992363693441781760>)
Development
- Allow continuing Wikidata entity dumps (phab:T193688
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193688>)
- Make sure Wikidata entity dump scripts run for a short amount of time (
phab:T190513 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T190513>)
- Add monolingual language code shy (phab:T184783
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184783>)
- More work on preparing QuickStatements to be run by other parties (
phab:T193606 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193606>, phab:T192079
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192079>, phab:T192365
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192365>)
- Expand references with constraint violations (phab:T177970
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177970>)
- Improving validation of Form representations on WikibaseLexeme (
phab:T193011 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193011>)
- Fixing a bug that replaces a representation by another (phab:T192264
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192264>)
- Enable finding forms using wbsearchentities API (phab:T191981
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191981>)
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>
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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.