Hey folks :) Here is your summary of what happened around Wikidata over the past week. Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/ Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Past: Zugang Gestalten <http://www.zugang-gestalten.de/> (slides by multichill <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zugang_Gestalten_2017_Wikidata_for_GLAMs.pdf> ) - Past: Coding Da Vinci <https://codingdavinci.de/> (slides by Jonas <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RMUEzU6Q8_UE5gvmi0HK5ML_-Qb9jFX9AyB3q11qPsQ/edit> ) - Upcoming: Wikidata Birthday Tokyo, 27 October from 12:00 to 14:00 in Roppongi Hills - Upcoming: WikiArabia 2017 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiArabia/2017>, Cairo, Egypt, 23-25 October - Upcoming: *WikidataCon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017>*, Berlin, 28-29 October (sold out) - Upcoming: Wikidata Birthday Seoul <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fifth_Birthday/Events/Seoul>, 29 October from 15:00 to 18:00 - Upcoming: Biographical Data in a Digital World 2017 <https://sites.google.com/view/bd2017/home> 6-7 November 2017 (in cooperation with Wikimedia Austria) - COOL-WD: A Completeness Tool for Wikidata <https://iswc2017.semanticweb.org/wp-content/uploads/papers/PostersDemos/paper466.pdf> (tool website <http://cool-wd.inf.unibz.it>) - Provenance Information in a Collaborative Knowledge Graph: an Evaluation of Wikidata External References <https://iswc2017.ai.wu.ac.at/wp-content/uploads/papers/MainProceedings/71.pdf> - Question Answering Benchmarks for Wikidata <https://iswc2017.ai.wu.ac.at/wp-content/uploads/papers/PostersDemos/paper555.pdf> - Using Word Embeddings for Search in Linked Data with Ontodia <https://iswc2017.semanticweb.org/wp-content/uploads/papers/PostersDemos/paper505.pdf> (tool website <http://ontodia-prop-suggest.apps.vismart.biz/wikidata.html>) - Unlocking the human potential of Wikidata <http://blog.hatnote.com/post/166535657877/unlocking-the-human-potential-of-wikidata> - Textes d’Affiches, des films à lire sur Gallica <http://zone47.com/dozo/textes-daffiches-des-films-a-lire-sur-gallica> Other Noteworthy Stuff - If you have a present or organize an event for the Wikidata's fifth birthday, feel free to add link and pictures here <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fifth_Birthday> - New version of the Alexa skill for Wikidata by metaphacts <https://www.amazon.de/metaphacts/dp/B0745KLCFX/> - Nice short gif tutorial for writing a Wikidata query <https://twitter.com/Jokrates/status/921831269499068416> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Ontario Sports Hall of Fame athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4412>, Quora username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4411>, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4410>, Baseball Almanac ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4409>, sports.ru player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4408>, Opera Vivra singer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4407>, Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4406>, NLBPA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4405>, MusicBrainz recording ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4404>, caliber <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4403>, Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4402>, Museus.br ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4401>, Memória Globo <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4400>, Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4399>, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4398>, International Paralympic Committee athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4397>, Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4396>, BrainInfo ID (hierarchical) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4395>, NeuroNames ID (plain mode) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4394>, Anvisa drug ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4393>, BC Sports Hall of Fame athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4392>, TheSports.org athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4391>, mapping relation type <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4390>, Science Museum people ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4389>, Mappy place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4388>, update method <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4387>, Virginia Sports Hall of Fame ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4386>, Missouri Sports Hall of Fame ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4385>, DAMIT asteroid ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4384>, Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4383>, LFB player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4382>, Soccerdonna player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4381>, Sandrart.net artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4380>, youth wing <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4379> - Query examples: - Average age of members of the 19th German Bundestag <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20average%20age%20of%20members%20of%20the%2019th%20German%20Bundestag%20%0ASELECT%20%28AVG%28%3Fage%29%20AS%20%3FavgAge%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fmdb%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP39%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP39%20wd%3AQ1939555%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP2937%20wd%3AQ30579723%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob.%0A%20%20BIND%28FLOOR%28%28NOW%28%29%20-%20%3Fdob%29%2F365.2425%29%20AS%20%3Fage%29%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/920558884913385472>) - Mountains in CH by height (topographic prominence) <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23All%20ski%20resorts%20in%20Switzerland%20per%20Canton%20with%20coordinates%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23%20%20%3Fitem%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP625%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fstatementnode.%0A%23%20%20%3Fstatementnode%20%20%20%20%20%20psv%3AP625%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fvaluenode.%0A%23%20%20%3Fvaluenode%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%20%3Flat.%0A%23%20%20%3Fvaluenode%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flon.%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fprominence%20%3Flayer%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ8502.%20%23%20a%20mountain%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ39.%20%23%20in%20Switzerland%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2660%20%3Fprominence%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28%0A%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Fprominence%20%3C%201000%2C%20%22%3C1000%20metres%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Fprominence%20%3C%202000%2C%20%221000%20-%202000%20metres%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Fprominence%20%3C%203000%2C%20%222000%20-%203000%20metres%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Fprominence%20%3C%204000%2C%20%223000%20-%204000%20metres%22%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%22%3E%204000%20metres%22%29%29%29%29%0A%20%20%20%20AS%20%3Flayer%29.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%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/csarasuagar/status/921239164225490944>) - Mountains in CH by height (elevation above sea level) <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fheight%20%3Flayer%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ8502.%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ39.%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2044%20%3Fheight%20.%20BIND%28%20IF%28%3Fheight%20%3C%201000%2C%20%22%3C1000%20metres%22%2C%20IF%28%3Fheight%20%3C%202000%2C%20%221000%20-%202000%20metres%22%2C%20IF%28%3Fheight%20%3C%203000%2C%20%222000%20-%203000%20metres%22%2C%20IF%28%3Fheight%20%3C%204000%2C%20%223000%20-%204000%20metres%22%2C%20%22%3E%204000%20metres%22%29%29%29%29%20AS%20%3Flayer%29.%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%20%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/csarasuagar/status/921379848903380992>) - Monuments in Berlin for which Berlin cultural heritage ID and geolocation are known in Wikidata <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Items%20with%20Berlin%20cultural%20heritage%20ID%0A%23%20Eintr%C3%A4ge%20mit%20Objektdokumentennummer%20der%20Berliner%20Denkmaldatenbank%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fdenkmal%20%3FdenkmalLabel%20%3Fcoordinates%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fdenkmal%20wdt%3AP2424%20%3Fid%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoordinates%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cde%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/922024751211732997>) - Initial characters of names of free software <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20initial%20characters%20of%20free%20software%0A%23defaultView%3ABarChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fcharacter%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ341.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ7397%3B%20wdt%3AP275%2F%28wdt%3AP31%7Cwdt%3AP279%29%2a%20wd%3AQ3943414.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Flabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%20%20BIND%28UCASE%28SUBSTR%28%3Flabel%2C%201%2C%201%29%29%20AS%20%3Fcharacter%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fcharacter> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/922562671785865216>) - Initial characters of names of nonfree software <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20initial%20characters%20of%20nonfree%20software%0A%23defaultView%3ABarChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fcharacter%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ7397.%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ341.%20%7D%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP275%2F%28wdt%3AP31%7Cwdt%3AP279%29%2a%20wd%3AQ3943414.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Flabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%20%20BIND%28UCASE%28SUBSTR%28%3Flabel%2C%201%2C%201%29%29%20AS%20%3Fcharacter%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fcharacter> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/922562671785865216>) - First World Heritage site per country <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%28MIN%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fdate%29%20%3Fcountry%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP1435%20%3Fstatement%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20ps%3AP1435%20wd%3AQ9259%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP580%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP1435%20%3Fstatement%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20ps%3AP1435%20wd%3AQ9259%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP580%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FitemLabel> (source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/922563280043835392>) - Newest database reports: list of kinship types <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Parenthood/lists/kinship_types> Development - Query Service throttling has been tweaked, to block a type of abusive client <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2017-October/011280.html> - Adding diff support for Lexeme-related edits - More work on checking constraints on qualifiers and references ( phabricator:T168532 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T168532>) - Now caching constraints results to make it ready for rollout for more users - Continued work on more fine-grained usage tracking so we better know which parts of an item is used on an article on Wikipedia and the other sister projects - Improved the way Wikidata changes are shown in watchlist and recent changes on Wikipedia and Co so they are more in-line with the other changes (phabricator:T48329 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T48329>, phabricator:T50684 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T50684>) Thanks Matej! - Released the Wikibase DataModel <https://github.com/wmde/WikibaseDataModel> component in version 7.2.0 ( phabricator:T177486 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177486>) 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.