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Weekly Summary #358
by Léa Lacroix 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Past: Wikidata meetup during the Wikimedia Summit, March 29th in Berlin (collaborative notes <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataMeetupSummit2019>) - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop for archives <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/AAFSaint%C3%8919> in Saint-Etienne, France, on April 3rd and 5th - Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in Berlin <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin/2019-04-14> in Wikibär on April 14th - Upcoming: Where iNaturalist meets Wiki <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_iNaturalist/Event_201904…> April 16th, in Meise (Belgium) Other Noteworthy Stuff - WikidataCon 2019 application, program submission and scholarship processes are now open until April 29th <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Topic:Uwnvvuwlnox50iw8> - Structured Data on Commons: You can now test creating depicts statements <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Fee…> - While editing OpenStreetMap from the iD editor, it will now be possible <https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/5544#issuecomment-477810460> to match map data with Wikidata by typing in names and getting an autocompleted label. - OpenStreetMap is participating in this year's Google Summer of Code, and quite a few of the project ideas <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2019/Project_Ideas> involve Wikidata integration. - Discussion going on in W3C SPARQL 1.2 Community Group <https://www.w3.org/community/sparql-12/> about the improvements in SPARQL language Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: capacity factor <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6639>, position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6648> - External identifiers: Libreflix ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6614>, Kicker.de player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6615>, Library of Parliament of Canada person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6616>, RoMEO publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6617>, Federal-State Cooperative System ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6618>, XING company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6619>, L'Express person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6620>, Le Figaro tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6621>, Le Parisien tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6622>, Gamepedia article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6623>, FSkate.ru skater ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6624>, Salvador Dali Museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6625>, Index to American Botanical Literature ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6626>, FaroeSoccer player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6627>, FaroeSoccer coach ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6628>, Artcurial lot ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6629>, SNISB ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6630>, Tainacan MHN ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6631>, 100 bombardirov person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6632>, Cini Foundation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6633>, LinkedIn personal profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6634>, ACA author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6635>, CDEC ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6636>, AWARE ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6637>, JRC Names id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6640>, Zomato ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6641>, TV Spielfilm series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6643>, Fandango theater ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6644>, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6645>, JMdictDB ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6646>, Zagat ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6647> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: First attestation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/First_attestation>, match interval <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/match_interval>, réédité par <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/r%C3%A9%C3%A9dit%C…>, calligrapher <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/calligrapher>, Ordained by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ordained_by>, code produit <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_produit>, Wikidata property example for media <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikidata_property_…> - External identifiers: Baden-Württemberg Schutzgebiete-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baden-W%C3%BCrttem…>, K10plus editions <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/K10plus_editions>, Utpictura18 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Utpictura18_ID>, Le Vif tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Vif_tag_ID>, Common Sense Media review ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Common_Sense_Media…>, Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pro-Linux.de_DBApp…>, Libregamewiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Libregamewiki_ID>, Democracy Club Election ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Democracy_Club_Ele…>, MARGS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MARGS_ID>, Kobo author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kobo_author_ID>, WoRMS source ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WoRMS_source_ID>, Kobo narrator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kobo_narrator_ID>, NGMDb Prod ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NGMDb_Prod_ID>, Memórias da Ditadura ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mem%C3%B3rias_da_D…>, Placar UOL Eleições ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Placar_UOL_Elei%C3…>, AntWiki <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AntWiki>, MESH Concept ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MESH_Concept_ID>, MESH Term ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MESH_Term_ID>, Desaparecidos Políticos ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Desaparecidos_Pol%…> - Query examples: - Siblings who have won the Israel Prize <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fitem1Label%20%28year%28%…> (source <https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1111364649805590528>) - British female engineers, 1919-2019 <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fsort%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3F…'%20%2F%20')%20AS%20%3Foccs)%20%0A%20%20%20%20(GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT%20%3Ffield_label%3B%20SEPARATOR%20%3D%20'%20%2F%20')%20AS%20%3Ffields)%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdob%20%3Fdod%0A%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ81096%20%5Ewdt%3AP279*%20%3Focc%20.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20(%3Focc%20!%3D%20wd%3AQ183945)%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Focc%20%5Ewdt%3AP106%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND(COALESCE%20(year(%3Fdob)%2C%209999)%20AS%20%3Fsort)%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdod%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20(!bound(%3Fdod)%20%7C%7C%20!(year(%3Fdod)%20%3C%201919)).%0A%20%20%20%20VALUES%20%3Fuk%20%7Bwd%3AQ145%20wd%3AQ174193%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP27%7C((wdt%3AP937%7Cwdt%3AP19%7Cwdt%3AP20)%2Fwdt%3AP131*)%20%3Fuk%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP101%20%3Ffield%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Ffield%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Ffield_label.%20FILTER(lang(%3Ffield_label)%20%3D%20'en')%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Focc%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Focc_label.%20FILTER(lang(%3Focc_label)%20%3D%20'en')%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Farticle%20%3Fdob%20%3Fsort%20%3Fdod%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fsort%20%3FitemLabel> (source <https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1112481031267987456>) - Female scientific illustrators <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fhuman%20%3FhumanLabel%20WHERE%20%7B…> (source <https://twitter.com/SiobhanLeachman/status/1111750683068264448>) - French archivists with a picture <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23archiviste%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel…> (source <https://twitter.com/daieuxdailleurs/status/1111663587746029568>) - Archive institutions in Switzerland and how much they hold <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Finstitution%20%3FinstitutionLabel%2…> (source <https://twitter.com/GillianeKern/status/1111245906857345024>) - Graph of open source research software by field <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fsoftware%2…> (source <https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1111654700334620673>) - Groups of characters in the Marvel universe <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Les%20groupes%20de%20personnages%20de%20l%E2…> (source <https://twitter.com/kembellec/status/1111643799443390464>) - In what type of places are ancient Greek potteries stored? <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20%3Ftype…> (source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1111570250057875456>) Development - Work on a dashboard for external identifiers (phab:T204440 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204440>) - Add baserevid to WikibaseLexeme API modules (phab:T217243 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217243>) - Add tests for embed.html (phab:T212649 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T212649>) - Improve features for wikibase vandalism detection model (phab:T194737 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194737>) - Improve Property Info cache performance (phab:T218115 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218115>, phab:T218197 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218197>) - Adding nofollow to external identifiers links (phab:T175230 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T175230>) - Hide query helper by default in Query Service (phab:T217886 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217886>) - More work on wb_terms normalization (Phab board <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/3972>) - Enable trimming whitespace around Label/Description/Aliases and Schema text (phab:T215761 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215761>) - Prevent moving Schemas between namespaces (and generally) (phab:T219313 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219313>) - Limit the length of Schema labels, descriptions, aliases, and schema text in the frontend (phab:T218867 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218867>) - Add tracking for clicks on the “check entities against this Schema” link (phab:T218899 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218899>) - Disallow importing of Schemas from another wiki or XML files to avoid ID conflicts (phab:T218181 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218181>) - Make sure RTL text is being handled correctly in the Schema labels, descriptions and aliases table (phab:T219136 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219136>) - Add a publish button on mobile termbox: (phab:T218573 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218573>) - Building the wbeditentity request to be fired on save request: ( phab:T218577 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218577>) You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filt…>. 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.

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