Wikidata October 2016

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We plan to drop the wb_entity_per_page table
by hoo 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

Hey folks, we plan to drop the wb_entity_per_page table sometime soon[0], because it is just not required (as we will likely always have a programmatic mapping from entity id to page title) and it does not supported non -numeric entity ids as it is now. Due to this removing it is a blocker for the commons metadata. Is anybody using that for their tools (on tool labs)? If so, please tell us so that we can give you instructions and a longer grace period to update your scripts. Cheers, Marius [0]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T95685

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Hello Wikidata!
by Glorian Yapinus 02 Apr '17

02 Apr '17

Hi folks! My name is Glorian Yapinus, but you can simply call me Glorian ;) . For the next 6 months, I will assist Lydia in supporting you all. Regarding to my educational background, I hold a bachelor's degree in Information Technology and currently, I am working on my Master's in Software Engineering and Management. I am a warm and nice person. So, please do not hesitate to reach out to me for any queries :-) Last but not least, I am looking forward to working with you. Cheers, Glorian -- Glorian Yapinus Product Management Intern for Wikidata Imagine a world, in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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WDQS examples migrated
by Stas Malyshev 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

Hi! I've finished migrating SPARQL examples to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/queries/examples - this is now the official examples page. I've also created a redirect: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_examples for convenience. The old page at mediawiki.org is now soft redirect to a new one. Please notify me if you see any issues. Thanks, -- Stas Malyshev smalyshev(a)wikimedia.org

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Greater than 400 char limit for Wikidata string data types
by Sebastian Burgstaller 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

Hi all, I think this topic might have been discussed many months ago. For certain data types in the chemical compound space (P233, canonical smiles, P2017 isomeric smiles and P234 Inchi key) a higher character limit than 400 would be really helpful (1500 to 2000 chars (I sense that this might cause problems with SPARQL)). Are there any plans on implementing this? In general, for quality assurance, many string property types would profit from a fixed max string length. Best, Sebastian Sebastian Burgstaller-Muehlbacher, PhD Research Associate Andrew Su Lab MEM-216, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine The Scripps Research Institute 10550 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 @sebotic

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Master thesis
by Nazanin Kamali 10 Nov '16

10 Nov '16

Dear all, My name is Nazanin and I am a Wikipedia editor. I studied statistics in my undergraduate program and recently I have begun my master program also in statistics. According to my interests in Wikimedia projects, I would like to choose a Wikidata-related project as my master thesis. I have already worked on descriptive statistics and I look forward to working on Monte Carlo methods for forcasting, simulation and modelling. How can I help in Wikidara and how could we have a productive cooperation? All the best, Nazanin

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Stable Interface Policy: Database Schema as a stable API
by Daniel Kinzler 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

Hi all! I plan to add the wikibase (SQL) database schema as a stable interface. Typically, a database schema is considered internal, but since we have tools on labs that may rely on the current schema, breaking changes to the schema should be announced as such. To address this, I plan to add the following paragraph to the Stable Public APIs section: The database schema as exposed on Wikimedia Labs is considered a stable interface. Changes to the available tables and fields are subject to the above notification policy. In addition, I plan to add the following paragraph to the Extensibility section: In a tabular data representation, such as a relational database schema, the addition of fields is not considered a breaking change. Any change to the interpretation of a field, as well as the removal of fields, are considered breaking. Changes to existing unique indexes or primary keys are breaking changes; changes to other indexes as well as the addition of new unique indexes are not breaking changes. If you have any thoughts ob objections, please let me know at <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Stable_Interface_Policy#Databas…> -- Daniel Kinzler Senior Software Developer Wikimedia Deutschland Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.

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#WikidataBirthday present: new release of Wikipedia and Wikidata Tools for Google Spreadsheets add-on
by Thomas Steiner 01 Nov '16

01 Nov '16

Dear Wikidata Community, Following user feedback [0], I have made working with Wikidata data from within a Google Sheets context a lot easier by creating a special #WikidataBirthday release of the Wikipedia and Wikidata Tools for Google Spreadsheets add-on [1]. See a concrete example in [2]. Happy birthday, Wikidata 🎉! Humbled by all the work the Wikidata team are doing; thank you all! Cheers, Tom -- [0] https://github.com/tomayac/wikipedia-tools-for-google-spreadsheets/issues/12 [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikipedia-and-wikidata-to/aiilcel… [2] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QuUVFl6x3c1Yj3J7jd_OTHYD2haVFVtebIw… -- Dr. Thomas Steiner, Employee (http://blog.tomayac.com, https://twitter.com/tomayac) Google Germany GmbH, ABC-Str. 19, 20354 Hamburg, Germany Managing Directors: Matthew Scott Sucherman, Paul Terence Manicle Registration office and registration number: Hamburg, HRB 86891 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.29 (GNU/Linux) iFy0uwAntT0bE3xtRa5AfeCheCkthAtTh3reSabiGbl0ck0fjumBl3DCharaCTersAttH3b0ttom hTtPs://xKcd.cOm/1181/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Tool to identify the articles versions across Wikipedia language editions?
by Reem Al-Kashif 31 Oct '16

31 Oct '16

Hi, Hope this finds you all well. I'm wondering if there is a way/tool to identify the articles that exist in the one edition of Wikipedia and have counterparts in another. I'm also wondering if there is a way to generate a list of these articles' titles for certain categories. Best, Reem -- *Kind regards,Reem Al-Kashif*

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Wikidata weekly summary #233
by Léa Lacroix 31 Oct '16

31 Oct '16

*Hello !Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Wikidata's birthday <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourth_Birthday>: presents, stories and events The birthday week started and already a lot of events happened, presents have been shared, stories have been told! Here's what you may have missed: - a word from the development team <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourth_Birthday> by Lydia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lydia_Pintscher_%28WMDE%29> - a new version of the map showing all the Wikidata items <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_Map_October_2016_Small.png> with geolocalisation, by Addshore <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore>, who explains how he generated it in a blog post <https://addshore.com/2016/10/wikidata-map-october-2016/> - The 4th birthday logo <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_fourth_Wikidata_Birthday.png> by Incabell <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Incabell> - A new release of the Wikipedia and Wikidata Tools for Google Spreadsheets <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikipedia-and-wikidata-to/aiilcel…> add-on has made working with Wikidata a lot easier <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QuUVFl6x3c1Yj3J7jd_OTHYD2haVFVtebIw…> for Google Sheets users, by Tomayac <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Tomayac> - A guide to SPARQL and the Wikidata Query Service <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:TweetsFactsAndQueries/A_Guide_To_WDQS>, by TweetsFactsAndQueries <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:TweetsFactsAndQueries> - Four new types of charts for the Query Service <http://query.wikidata.org>: line chart, bar chart, scatter chart and area chart (read more and try examples in the documentation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/Wikidata_Query_…>) by Jonas <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jonas_Kress_%28WMDE%29> - {{#statements:…}}, a new parser function is currently in development with better features that you can try on beta <https://de.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Statements> by the Wikidata dev team and volunteers - Search field added in Scholia <https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia/>, a tool to create scholarship profiles, by fnielsen <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Fnielsen> - 10 cool queries for Wikidata that will blow your mind. Number 7 will shock you <https://blog.wikimedia.de/2016/10/30/10-cool-queries-for-wikidata-that-will…>, by Jens <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jens_Ohlig_%28WMDE%29> and Cornelius <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Cornelius_Kibelka_%28WMDE%29> - 4 years of Wikidata <http://stryn.eu/blog/2016/10/4-years-of-wikidata/> by Stryn <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Stryn> - A lot of people celebrating and posting pictures on Twitter <https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23Wikidatabirthday&…> or on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikidata%27s_4th_birthday>! The birthday party is not finished yet, every day until November 4th you will discover new presents and stories. Follow the project chat <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat> or the mailing-list <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata> or #Wikidatabirthday <https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23Wikidatabirthday&…> to get the news! Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Wikidata birthday in Kanpur (India) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourth_Birthday/Events/Kanpur>, November 3rd - Wikidata birthday in Berlin (Germany) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourth_Birthday/Events/Berlin>, November 4th - Wikidata birthday in Rennes (France) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourth_Birthday/Events#Rennes.2C_Nov…>, November 5th - OKlab Berlin hacknights <https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/OK-Lab-Berlin/>, October 31st and November 7th - Pidapalooza <http://pidapalooza.org/>, Reykjavik, November 9-10 - Past: Ladies that FOSS (livetweet report <https://twitter.com/i/moments/793022723370909696>) Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: SummitPost ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3309>, lib.reviews ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3308>, Galiciana Author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3307>, ICAA rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3306>, KINENOTE person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3305>, NGS pumping station ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3304>, third-party formatter URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3303>, Open Media Database film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3302>, broadcast by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3301> - Query examples: - Deities and their families <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fdeity%20%3…> - Most frequently variants of given names <https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.o…> (source <https://twitter.com/seeksanusername/status/793083234703867904>) - Cheese made with cow milk <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Cheeses%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%0A…> (source <https://twitter.com/SimonXIX/status/793057379088789504>) - Abandoned villages in the Czech Republic <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fi…> (source <https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR/status/793088729841856512>) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: WikiProject Informatics: File Formats <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Informatics/File_formats> - Newest database reports: Liam Neeson filmography <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/Filmography/Liam_…> Development - We proposed a meaningful initial order for the statementSort gadget <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-statementSort.js> ( phabricator:T147062 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147062>) - Commons media file properties now support pasting full Wikimedia Commons URLs (phabricator:T147917 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147917>) - Added distinct hover tooltips to rank and snak type selectors, as well as some of the "add" buttons (phabricator:T139356 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139356>) - Our concept base URI will be exposed as part of the meta=siteinfo <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&meta=siteinfo…> API (phabricator:T143910 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143910>). Thanks, user Lokal Profil! - Progress on the list=wbsubscribers API module to query entity usage information (phabricator:T145880 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145880>) - Progress on the new parser function for rich, formatted statements ( phabricator:T142940 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142940>) - Released Wikibase DataModel 6.2.0 <https://github.com/wmde/WikibaseDataModel/releases/tag/6.2.0> - Released ValueView 0.18.0 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/GDVV/browse/master/RELEASE-NOTE…> 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.

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Birthday: Parser function, Scholia, and a new story
by Léa Lacroix 31 Oct '16

31 Oct '16

Hello folks, Today I start by sharing *a blog post <http://stryn.eu/blog/2016/10/4-years-of-wikidata/> from @Stryn <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Stryn>:* who's involved on Wikidata since the beginning of the project! Thank you Stryn :) We received several birthday presents from editors, that's so great! Maybe you already know about *Scholia <https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia/>*, a tool to create scholarship profiles built on the Query Service. Its creator fnielsen <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Fnielsen> added a search field, you can now type the name of a person (or the Qid) to see more about researchers' education, employers and publications. Thanks Finn for your work! Lastly, let me introduce you a improved feature my colleagues are offering you for the birthday: *the parser function {{#statements:…}}*. As you may know, for three years the function {{#property:…}} is deployed on all Wikimedia projects and allows you to display data from Wikidata, without using LUA. For example, the code {{#property:P1559|from=Q42}} will display Douglas Adams. We improved this tool in a new parser function: {{#statements:…}}. The new wikitext format renders statement values as *syntactically meaningful elements* instead of just plain text. For example, entity IDs are clickable links that link to the corresponding article, external identifiers link to the external authority, and Commons media files are rendered as thumbnails. The new output format will be available via a new {{#statements:…}} parser function, via a new “formatStatements” Lua function, and via the “wbformatentity” API, when used with “generate=text/x-wiki”. The new parser function is in early development. The output produce may change any time. {{#statements:…}} is currently disabled on all wikis except the beta cluster. We hope to enable it within the next weeks when we consider the feature stable enough. For now, you can see and test it on the beta German Wikipedia. *See an example and the difference between the two functions <https://de.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Statements?uselang=en>*. We are really interested by your feedbacks: please leave comments on the Phabricator ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142940> or on Wikidata:Contact the development team <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contact_the_development_team>. This feature was built by multiple developers from the Wikidata team with help from volunteers. Mostly hoo_man <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Hoo_man> and Thiemo Mättig (WMDE) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Thiemo_M%C3%A4ttig_%28WMDE%29> as well as Daniel Kinzler (WMDE) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Kinzler_%28WMDE%29> and Jonas Kress (WMDE) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jonas_Kress_%28WMDE%29>. Special thanks to the volunteers that contributed in Phabricator discussions, especially Izno <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Izno>! Cheers, -- 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.

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