*Here's your first Wikidata Weekly Summary of the year 2018 **(Calendar:
Gregorian)!*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Past: Wikidata team and volunteers were at 34C3. Check the videos, the
tweets
<https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%2334C3%20Wikidata&src=typd>,
a new design made by Bleeptrack for a cake
<https://twitter.com/Auregann/status/946002931899346944>. Videos of
Wikidata-related workshops will be published soon.
- Upcoming: Cultural heritage Wikidata workshop in Prague
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?oldid=613620901#Pam%C3%A1tkov%C3%BD_wikidata_workshop>,
13th January 2018
- Using Scholia as Open Notebook Science tool to support literature
searching
<http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.nl/2017/12/using-scholia-as-open-notebook-science.html>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- New tool that allow users to fill labels and descriptions to Wikidata
items en masse <https://tools.wmflabs.org/weapon-of-mass-description/>
- Change on the editing interface: save becomes publish
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Change_on_the_editing_interface:_save_becomes_publish>.
Please help translating in your language and update documentation
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Minneapolis
Institute of Art ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4712>, CHGIS
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4711>, Guardiana ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4710>, Barnes Foundation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4709>, VOGRIPA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4708>, Rugby Canada ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4707>, Ent'revues ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4706>, World of Spectrum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4705>, Smithsonian American Art
Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4704>, HATVP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4703>, Google Arts & Culture
partner ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4702>, Google Arts &
Culture asset ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4701>, Cairn
journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4700>, Canal-U
channel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4699>, Conseil de
Presse Luxembourg journalist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4698>, Historic Place Names of
Wales ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4697>, CIQUAL2017 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4696>, GEMS Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4695>, Arquivo Arq ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4694>, Argentine deputy ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4693>, American Art
Collaborative object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4692>
- Query examples:
- Landlocked countries bordering coastal countries
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fcountry1%20%3Fcountry1Label%20%3Frgb%20%3Fcountry2%20%3Fcountry2Label%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Flandlocked1%20%3Fcoastal%20%3Flandlocked2%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Flandlocked1%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3624078%2C%20wd%3AQ123480%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP47%20%3Fcoastal.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcoastal%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3624078.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fcoastal%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ123480.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcoastal%20wdt%3AP47%20%3Flandlocked2.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Flandlocked2%20%21%3D%20%3Flandlocked1%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Flandlocked2%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3624078%2C%20wd%3AQ123480.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fswitch%20%7B%20true%20false%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fswitch%2C%20%3Flandlocked1%2C%20%3Fcoastal%29%20AS%20%3Fcountry1%29%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fswitch%2C%20%3Fcoastal%2C%20%3Flandlocked2%29%20AS%20%3Fcountry2%29%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fswitch%2C%20%22FFBB33%22%2C%20%220033CC%22%29%20AS%20%3Frgb%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/946868266546483200>)
- Most common years of birth in Wikidata
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20most%20common%20years%20of%20birth%20in%20Wikidata%0ASELECT%20%3FyearOfBirth%20%28SUM%28%3Fcount%29%20AS%20%3Ftotal%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3FdateOfBirth%20%28COUNT%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20VALUES%20%3Fprecision%20%7B%20%229%22%5E%5Exsd%3Ainteger%20%2210%22%5E%5Exsd%3Ainteger%20%2211%22%5E%5Exsd%3Ainteger%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP569%2Fpsv%3AP569%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3FdateOfBirth%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%3Fprecision%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3FdateOfBirth%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28YEAR%28%3FdateOfBirth%29%20AS%20%3FyearOfBirth%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3FyearOfBirth%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Ftotal%29%0ALIMIT%20100>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/946066633096880130>)
- Map of lighthouses around the world
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fphare%20%3FphareLabel%20%3Fcoord%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fphare%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ39715%20%3B%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/945975443672453121>)
- Bubble chart showing countries with the highest number of children
out of school in 2013
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Bubble%20chart%20showing%20number%20of%20out%20of%20school%20children%20per%20country%20in%202013%0A%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcountry%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fnumber_of_out_of_school_chidren%20%3Fdate%20%3FmethodLabel%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6256%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20p%3AP2573%20%3Fout_of_school_chidren%20.%0A%20%20%3Fout_of_school_chidren%20ps%3AP2573%20%3Fnumber_of_out_of_school_chidren%20.%0A%20%20%3Fout_of_school_chidren%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20%3Fout_of_school_chidren%20pq%3AP459%20%3Fmethod%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28year%28%3Fdate%29%20%3D%202013%29%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%7D%20%0A%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%20%28%3Fnumber_of_out_of_school_chidren%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/NavinoEvans/status/948171228229111809>)
- Playwright dead in 1947 (whose works are now in Public Domain)
<https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20xsd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2001%2FXMLSchema%23%3E%0APREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FdateOfDeath%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fsitelink%29%20AS%20%3Fsites%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%28wdt%3AP106%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ214917.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP570%20%3FdateOfDeath.%0A%20%20%3Fsitelink%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28%3FdateOfDeath%20%3E%3D%20%221947-01-01T00%3A00%3A00%22%5E%5Exsd%3AdateTime%29%20%26%26%20%28%3FdateOfDeath%20%3C%3D%20%221947-12-31T23%3A59%3A59%22%5E%5Exsd%3AdateTime%29%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FdateOfDeath%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fsites%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/derechoaleer/status/947591894153953280>)
Development
- Fixed a problem with references in history of items (phab:T182767
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182767>) Thanks to Matěj Suchánek
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mat%C4%9Bj_Such%C3%A1nek> who helped
providing a workaround
- Make statements on forms persistent for lexicographical data (
phab:T163724 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T163724>)
- Fix a bug that removed the collapse button (phab:T175492
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T175492>)
- Remove cache constraint check results on purge (phab:T182107
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182107>)
- Add sitelinks to hif.wiktionary (phab:T180785
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180785>)
- Read constraint check results from cache and check freshness (
phab:T182106 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182106>)
- Re-label the "Save" links to "Publish" (phab:T161367
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161367>)
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>
--
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.