*Hello all,Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around
Wikidata over the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- During the British wildlife edit-a-thon 2016
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:GLAM/British_Library/British_wildlife_edit-a-thon_2016>,
attendees added bird sounds from Europeana Sounds to Wikidata and over 60
Wikipedias
- Past: WikiConference in San Diego, USA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_North_America>
- Upcoming: Wikidata workshop
<https://www.wikimedia.nl/activiteit/workshop-wikidata> by Wikimedia
Nederland, October 20, Utrecht
- by Amical Wikimedia (ca)
- A Natural Language Query Engine without Machine Learning
<http://blog.ayoungprogrammer.com/2016/10/natural-lang-query-engine.html/>,
on A Young Programmer's blog
- The Wikimedia Foundation will now directly fund basic expenses for
Wikidata software development
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/10/04/supporting-the-future-of-wikidata/>,
on WMF blog
- People buried on cemetery and if they have a picture of the grave or
not
<https://minancestry.blogspot.fr/2016/08/people-buried-on-q252312-with-grave.html>
by Magnus Sälgö
- Sunday Query : où meurent les Bretons ?
<https://blog.ash.bzh/fr/sunday-query-meurent-bretons/> (fr) by Ash_Crow
- Charts and data about Brexit & US Elections
<https://medium.com/@HectorPerez/5000-people-on-brexit-us-elections-41e3b6376aae#.lhxivmuzj>,
by Hector Perez
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Proposition
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/Creative_Commons_4.0> for
upgrading the default copyright license for Wikimedia projects to CC-by-SA
4.0 (does not affect the structured data part of Wikidata, which uses CC0).
- 3 Wikidata-related projects will be funded by WMF grants : Librarybase
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Harej/Librarybase:_an_online_reference_library>,
Lua module
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Putnik/Wikidata_module>
and WikiFactMine
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ContentMine/WikiFactMine>
- Query service analysis: What kind of things are people doing with WDQS?
<https://github.com/wikimedia-research/Discovery-WDQS-Adhoc-Usage/blob/master/Report.Rmd>
and Who are our WDQS users and where are they from?
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exploration_on_the_Use_of_WDQS_-_Breakdown_by_Geography,_User_Agent_and_Referer_Class.pdf>
- chemical compounds in Wikipedia and Wikidata
<http://www.slideshare.net/sebotic/wikiconference-2016-talk-burgstaller>,
talk by Sebastian Burgstaller
- PetScan tool <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23665536> past half a
million queries since April (source
<https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/782943886989721602>)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: KANTL member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3277>, Angel List ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3276>, storyboard artist
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3275>, content deliverer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3274>, Actorenregister ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3273>, Zeri image ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3272>, compulsory education
(maximum age) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3271>, compulsory
education (minimum age)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3270>, Fotografen.nl
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3269>, PORT organization URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3268>, Flickr user ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3267>, LocFDD ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3266>, MySpace ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3265>, radix
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3264>, base
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3263>, has anatomical branch
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3262>, anatomical branch of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3261>, points awarded
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3260>, intangible cultural
heritage status <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3259>, LiveJournal
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3258>, Queensland place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3257>, Cave E-Cadastre ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3256>, Property proposal
discussion <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3254>, optimum
viable temperature <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3253>, maximum
viable temperature <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3252>, minimum
viable temperature <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3251>
- Query examples:
- Chemistry Nobel prizes through time
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%3Fwinner%20%3FwinnerLabel%20%3Fwhen%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwinner%20%3Fp%20%3Fwds.%0A%20%20%3Fwds%20%3Fv%20wd%3AQ44585.%0A%20%20%3FwdP%20wikibase%3AstatementProperty%20%3Fv.%0A%20%20%3FwdP%20wikibase%3Aclaim%20%3Fp.%0A%20%20%3Fwds%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fwhen%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source
<https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/783646957596184576>)
- Former countries without continent (P30)
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Countries%20%28or%20instances%20of%20subclasses%20of%29%20without%20a%20continent%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%0A%28SAMPLE%28%3FendDate%29%20AS%20%3FendDate%29%0A%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3FsuccessorContinent%20%3B%20separator%3D%22%2F%22%29%20AS%20%3FsuccessorContinent%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ6256%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP30%20%3Fcontinent%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP582%20%3FendDate%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1366*%20%3FsuccessorCountry%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FsuccessorCountry%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%20wd%3AQ6256%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FsuccessorCountry%20wdt%3AP30%20%3FsuccessorContinentItem%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FsuccessorContinentItem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FsuccessorContinent%20.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3FsuccessorContinent%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20%20%20%20%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>
(source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/785057523971883008>)
- Rivers without any mouth specified
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ4022%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP403%20%3Fmouth%20%7D%0A%20%20%23SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/782217057958002688>)
- Interesting items near you
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoords%20%3FstatementCount%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20BIND%28wd%3AQ15260574%20AS%20%3Flocation%29.%20%23%20WMDE%20office%3B%20insert%20your%20location%20here%21%0A%20%20%3Flocation%20wdt%3AP625%20%3FlocationCoords.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Aaround%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords.%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Acenter%20%3FlocationCoords%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aradius%2050.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ1496967.%20%7D%20%23%20territorial%20entities%20%28cities%2C%20%E2%80%A6%29%20are%20boring%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%5Eschema%3Aabout%3F%2Fwikibase%3Astatements%20%3FstatementCount.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3FstatementCount%20%3E%3D%2020%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%2C%20%22de%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/784878804342890497>)
- Newest external tools: new Wikidata game, Alias Candidates
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/distributed/?#game=27> (by
MagnusManske)
- Newest database reports: List of embassies
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikivoyage/Lists/Embassies> has
now summaries by host country and by country represented
Development
- The property talk namespace now has subpages enabled (
phabricator:T146271 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146271>)
- More work on automated sitelinks for Wiktionary (phabricator:T987
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T987>)
- More work on federation for Commons in order to be able to use
Wikidata's items and properties there (phabricator:T76007
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76007>)
- Adding entity usage information in action=edit on Wikipedia and co (
phabricator:T144921 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144921>)
- Working on making it possible to get formatted values back on the
client. With this we will for example link the value to a Wikipedia article
where possible. (phabricator:T142940
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142940>)
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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Communication 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.