Hey folks :)
Here is your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past
week.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Past: WikiCon 2016
<https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCon_2016>
- Past: OASPA conference <http://oaspa.org/conference/> (slides
<http://www.slideshare.net/dartar/citations-needed-for-the-sum-of-all-human-knowledge-wikidata-as-the-missing-link-between-scholarly-publishing-and-linked-open-data>
)
- Past: State of the Map <http://2016.stateofthemap.org>
- Past: National Institute of Health: frontiers in data science lecture
series
<https://datascience.nih.gov/community/datascience-at-nih/frontiers> (
slides
<http://www.slideshare.net/dartar/wikidata-verifiable-linked-open-knowledge-that-anyone-can-edit>
)
- Upcoming: SMWCon
<https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2016>
- Upcoming: office hour on IRC
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>
- Blog post about Wikidata and data about Czech trees
<http://blog.wikimedia.cz/2016/09/agentura-ochrany-prirody-a-krajiny-poskytla-data-o-pamatnych-stromech-podivejte-se-jak-s-nimi-ted-kouzlime>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The query examples have been migrated from
mediawiki.org to
wikidata.org at d:Wikidata:SPARQL examples
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_examples>
- HPI is doing a linked data engineering course online
<https://open.hpi.de/courses/semanticweb2016>
- TXT Werk <http://www.txt-werk.de> is doing automatic entity
recognition in text with the help of Wikidata. Previously only German was
supported. English is now supported as well.
- Andy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing> has mapped
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fprop%20%3FpropLabel%20%3Fvalue%20%7B%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fpred%20%7B%20wdt%3AP1628%20wdt%3AP2235%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%3Fpred%20%3Fvalue%20.%0A%20%20%3Fprop%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Fpred%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%20STRSTARTS%28%20STR%28%3Fvalue%29%2C%20%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2006%2Fvcard%2Fns%22%20%29%20%29%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%20.%0A%7D>
most of the W3C's ontology <https://www.w3.org/TR/vcard-rdf/> for vCard
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:vCard> to Wikidata properties.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Heritage
Lighthouse of Canada ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3211>, Heritage
Railway Station of Canada ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3209>, New General Catalogue ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3208>, Vine user ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3207>, data.gouv.fr ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3206>, patient of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3205>, Ciné-Ressources person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3204>, Ciné-Ressources movie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3203>, UAI code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3202>, Medical Dictionary for
Regulatory Activities ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3201>, Northern
Ireland charity number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3200>, charity
number (Isle of Man)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3199>, JewishGen
Locality ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3198>, Federal
Heritage Buildings ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3197>, USGS
earthquake id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3196>, league
points system <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3195>, INA video
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3194>, GS1 Manufacturer code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3193>, Last.FM music ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3192>, IMIS person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3191>, innervates
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3190>, innervated by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3189>, Nobel prize ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3188>, Marburger
Professorenkatalog ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3187>, TAXREF
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3186>, VKontakte username
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3185>, Czech National
Bibliography book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3184>, WSJ
topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3183>, FANTOIR code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3182>, OpenCitations
bibliographic resource ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3181>
- Query examples: taxonomy of squirrels
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0Aselect%20%3Fchild%20%3FchildLabel%20%3Fparent%20%3FparentLabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP225%20%22Sciuridae%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Fparent%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ2455704%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftop%20wdt%3AP225%20%22Sciuridae%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Ftop%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ2455704%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Fparent%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ34740%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftop%20wdt%3AP225%20%22Sciuridae%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Ftop%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fsf%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fsf%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ2455704%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Fsf%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ34740%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Fparent%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ7432%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/778660283904585728>), good
or featured articles about people on Wikipedia but with no picture on
Wikidata
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Items%20about%20people%2C%20with%20a%20badge%20on%20Wikipedia%20but%20no%20picture%20on%20Wikidata%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fsite%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20wikibase%3Abadge%20%3Fbadge%20.%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Fsite%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/778199158083772416>), Nordic
Cross flags
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FjurisdictionLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3A279%2a%20wd%3AQ208324%20.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP136%20wd%3AQ208324%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1001%20%3Fjurisdiction%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FjurisdictionLabel%20%3FitemLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/777934856059817984>)
Development
- mnc (for Manchu <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Manchu_language>)
will soon be available as a language code for monolingual text values (
phabricator:T137808 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137808>)
- Worked on foreign EntityIds in order to be able to use Wikidata's
items and properties on Commons in the future (phabricator:T145516
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145516>, phabricator:T146030
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146030>, phabricator:T146274
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146274>)
- More work on usage tracking UI (phabricator:T145965
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145965>, phabricator:T143148
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143148>, phabricator:T145189
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145189>, phabricator:T144923
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144923>)
- RFC discussion about Multi-Content-Revisions - another big blocker for
structured data on Commons (phabricator:E273
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/E273>)
- Ran a bot to mark dates that need a check of their calendar model (
phabricator:T105100 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T105100>)
- Getting unit conversion into the query service soon. We'll start with
units for length and then expand based on feedback. (phabricator:T117032
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117032>)
- Working on extension to automatically link pages between languages on
Wiktionary (phabricator:T145412
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145412>)
- Added the value that is responsible for an error in the error message
so it can be found and fixed more easily (phabricator:T144303
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144303>)
- Working on fix for issue with extremely large or small date values in
RDF (phabricator:T146356 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146356>)
- Expanding references again in diffs (phabricator:T129836
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129836>)
- Unbroke CopyReferences gadget. More work is needed. (
phabricator:T142203 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142203>)
- Fixed issue with 2 search suggestion boxes showing up instead of 1 (
phabricator:T119492 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119492>)
- Worked on improving the query service documentation (
phabricator:T133052 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133052>)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>.
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/R8GRzX1eH0tb/#R>.
- Help develop the next summary here!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
- 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 pages in your own language!
- Help merge identical items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across
Wikimedia projects.
- 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>
- proposals
needing attention
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed>
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers
Lydia
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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.