*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: Notability and Commons https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Notability#RfC:_Notability_and_Commons
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: WikiIndaba https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2018 in Tunis, 16-18 March. There will be several Wikidata-related sessions https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiIndaba_conference_2018/Submissions/Wikidata_session - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in Paris https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris, March 16th
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Structured Data on Commons is the most important development in Wikimedia's usability https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2018/02/structured-data-on-commons-is-the-most-important-development-in-wikimedias-usability/, by John Lubbock - Data on the history of Scottish witch trials added to Wikidata https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2018/03/data-on-the-history-of-scottish-witch-trials-added-to-wikidata/, by John Lubbock - German Wikidata Workshop on "Wikidata: Potential uses and application examples for digital cultural heritage" https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/dhd2018_wikidata-workshop/ablauf/ during the conference DHd 2018 https://dhd2018.uni-koeln.de/ - Automatically Generating Wikipedia Info-boxes from Wikidata http://aidanhogan.com/docs/infobox-wikidata.pdf, by Tomás Sáez and Aidan Hogan - Linking ImageNet WordNet Synsets with Wikidata http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/pubdb/views/edoc_download.php/7090/pdf/imm7090.pdf, by Finn Årup Nielsen - Towards a Question Answering System over the Semantic Web https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00832, by Dennis Diefenbach et al. - Practical Linked Data Access via SPARQL: The Case of Wikidata https://iccl.inf.tu-dresden.de/w/images/8/85/Wikidata-SPARQL-queries-Bielefeldt-Gonsior-Kroetzsch-LDOW-2018.pdf, by Markus Krötzsch et al.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- WDQS updater switched to Kafka https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-March/011848.html - First version of Lexicographical Data will be released in April https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#First_version_of_Lexicographical_Data_will_be_released_in_April - Wikidata:Database reports/Constraint violations https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Constraint_violations updated - "autopatrolled" entries to be removed from the logging table https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#%E2%80%9Cautopatrolled%E2%80%9D_entries_to_be_removed_from_the_logging_table - You can have a look at the Europeana migration campaign https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Europeana_migration_vocabulary and help with translations in your languages - Mix'n'Match new features: Creation Candidates https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/creation_candidates and Top missing entries https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/group/ig_women_and_feminism - WDCM Journal: gender equity in Wikidata usage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_Concepts_Monitor/WDCM_Journal#%C2%A7_WDCM_Journal,_8._March_2018._Gender_equity_in_Wikidata_Usage
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: calculated from https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4934 - External identifiers: Ready64 identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4916, GameBase 64 identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4917, Plus/4 World identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4919, Rugby Football Union men's player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4920, Snooker.org tournament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4921, Rugby Football Union women's sevens player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4922, Rugby Football Union men's sevens player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4923, CueTracker tournament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4924, Rugby Football Union women's player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4925, PRotein Ontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4926, Invaluable.com artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4927, Ricorso author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4928, AINM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4929, Julien ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4930, Todotango.com artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4931, Todotango.com work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4932, The Big Cartoon DataBase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4933, Small Monuments of Plzeň Catalogue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4935, SFMOMA artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4936, Japan Rugby Football Union men's player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4937, Japan Rugby Football Union women's player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4938, BFMTV.com director ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4939, Japan Rugby Football Union women's sevens player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4940, Japan Rugby Football Union men's sevens player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4941, Societe.com director ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4942, Dominicains ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4943, Premiers préfets ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4944 - Query examples: - Some costume items ending in 'us' https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%2a%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP1014%2Fpq%3AP1810%20%3Fname%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic%7D%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28STRENDS%28%3Fname%2C%20%27us%27%29%29%20.%0A%20%7D - Women on Wikidata without article in any Wikipedia, ordered by number of statements https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20women%20without%20wikipedia%20article%20ordered%20by%20number%20of%20statements%0ASELECT%20%3Fwoman%20%3FwomanLabel%20%3FwomanDescription%20%3Fstatements%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fwoman%20%3Fstatements%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwoman%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072.%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%5B%20wikibase%3AwikiGroup%20%22wikipedia%22%20%5D%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fwoman.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwoman%20wikibase%3Astatements%20%3Fstatements.%20hint%3APrior%20hint%3ArangeSafe%20true.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fstatements%29%0A%20%20LIMIT%201000%0A%7D%20AS%20%25women%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25women.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fstatements%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/971688972580806657) - WikiProjects about women https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20WikiProjects%20about%20women%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3FwikiProject%20%3FwikiProjectLabel%20%3FsubjectLabel%20%3Fwiki%20%3Ftitle%20%3FwikiPage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3FwikiProject%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ21025364%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP921%20%3Fsubject.%0A%20%20%3Fsubject%20wdt%3AP1269%3F%20wd%3AQ467.%0A%20%20%3FwikiPage%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Fwiki%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aname%20%3Ftitle%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aabout%20%3FwikiProject.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FsubjectLabel%20%3FwikiProjectLabel%20%3Fwiki (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/971693428986798081) - Software of the KDE community https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fsoftware%20%3FsoftwareLabel%20%3Ffsf%20%3Fhub%20%3Ffram%20%3Flogo%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fsoftware%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ7397.%0A%20%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP361%20wd%3AQ20712193.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP2537%20%3Ffsf.%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP1972%20%3Fhub.%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP4107%20%3Ffram.%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP154%20%3Flogo.%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/971376020405268480) - Films starring more than one future head of government https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20films%20starring%20more%20than%20one%20future%20head%20of%20government%0ASELECT%20%3Ffilm%20%3FfilmLabel%20%3FfilmDescription%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3FheadOfGovernmentLabel%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20CONCAT%28%3FheadOfGovernmentLabel%2C%20%22%2C%20%22%40en%2C%20%3Fdescription%29%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%3B%20%22%29%20AS%20%3FheadsOfGovernment%29%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Ffilm%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ11424%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP577%20%3FpublicationDate%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP161%20%3FheadOfGovernmentStatement.%0A%20%20%3FheadOfGovernmentStatement%20ps%3AP161%20%3FheadOfGovernment.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3FheadOfGovernmentStatement%20pq%3AP453%20%3Fcharacter.%20%3Fcharacter%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcharacterLabel.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FcharacterLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20%7D%20%23%20label%20service%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20work%20for%20this%20one%20for%20some%20reason%20%E2%80%93%20perhaps%20the%20query%20optimizer%20is%20being%20stupid%20and%20moving%20the%20label%20service%20before%20this%20optional%20block%2C%20so%20that%20%3Fcharacter%20isn%E2%80%99t%20bound%20yet%20when%20the%20label%20service%20runs%0A%20%20%3FheadOfGovernment%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP39%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP39%20%3Fposition%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP580%20%3FstartTime%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%3Fposition%20wdt%3AP279%2B%20wd%3AQ2285706.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3FstartTime%20%3E%20%3FpublicationDate%29%20%23%20%2afuture%2a%20head%20of%20government%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3FheadOfGovernment%20p%3AP39%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP39%20%3FotherPosition%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP580%20%3FotherStartTime%0A%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FotherPosition%20wdt%3AP279%2B%20wd%3AQ2285706.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3FotherStartTime%20%3C%20%3FpublicationDate%29%20%23%20not%20already%20a%20head%20of%20government%20%28some%20people%20held%20multiple%20%E2%80%9Chead%20of%20government%E2%80%9D%20offices%2C%20or%20the%20same%20one%20multiple%20times%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ffilm%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FfilmLabel%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Adescription%20%3FfilmDescription.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FheadOfGovernment%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FheadOfGovernmentLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fposition%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpositionLabel.%0A%20%20%7D%20hint%3APrior%20hint%3ArunLast%20false.%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28BOUND%28%3FcharacterLabel%29%2C%20CONCAT%28%3FcharacterLabel%2C%20%22%20%2F%20%22%40en%2C%20%3FpositionLabel%29%2C%20%3FpositionLabel%29%20AS%20%3Fdescription%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Ffilm%20%3FfilmLabel%20%3FfilmDescription%0AHAVING%28%3Fcount%20%3E%201%29%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%20ASC%28MIN%28%3FpublicationDate%29%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/972819548859662341) - Timeline of prominent Women Computer Scientists http://histropedia.com/showcase/wikidata-viewer.html?q=%23Female%20computer%20scientists%0ASELECT%20?person%20?personLabel%20?birthDate%20?birthPrecision%20?deathDate%20?deathPrecision%20?image%20?educated_at%20?country_of_birth%20?award_received%20?rank%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%7B%0ASELECT%20?person%20?birthDate%20?birthPrecision%20?educationItem%20?birthCountryItem%20?awardsItem%20?rank%0A%28SAMPLE%28?deathDate%29%20as%20?deathDate%29%0A%28SAMPLE%28?deathPrecision%29%20as%20?deathPrecision%29%0A%28SAMPLE%28?image%29%20as%20?image%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A?person%20wdt:P106/wdt:P279*%20wd:Q82594%20.%20%0A?person%20wdt:P31%20wd:Q5%20.%0A?person%20wdt:P21%20wd:Q6581072%20.%0A?person%20p:P569/psv:P569%20?birthDateNode%20.%0A?birthDateNode%20wikibase:timeValue%20?birthDate%20.%0A?birthDateNode%20wikibase:timePrecision%20?birthPrecision%20.%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B?person%20p:P570/psv:P570%20?deathDateNode%20.%0A?deathDateNode%20wikibase:timeValue%20?deathDate%20.%0A?deathDateNode%20wikibase:timePrecision%20?deathPrecision%20.%0A%7D%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B?person%20wdt:P18%20?image%20%7D%20%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B?person%20wdt:P19%20?birthPlaceItem%20.%20?birthPlaceItem%20wdt:P17%20?birthCountryItem%20%7D%20%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B?person%20wdt:P69%20?educationItem%20%7D%20%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B?person%20wdt:P166%20?awardsItem%20%7D%20%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B?article%20schema:about%20?person%20%7D%0A?person%20wikibase:sitelinks%20?rank%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20?person%20?birthDate%20?birthPrecision%20?educationItem%20?birthCountryItem%20?awardsItem%20%20?rank%0A%7D%0ASERVICE%20wikibase:label%20%7B%0Abd:serviceParam%20wikibase:language%20%27en%27%20.%0A?person%20rdfs:label%20?personLabel%20.%0A?educationItem%20rdfs:label%20?educated_at%20.%0A?birthCountryItem%20rdfs:label%20?country_of_birth%20.%0A?awardsItem%20rdfs:label%20?award_received%20.%0A%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%20%28?rank%29&md=true&g=person&l=person&t=personLabel&s=birthDate&sp=birthPrecision&e=deathDate&ep=deathPrecision&i=image&c=country_of_birth&f=educated_at,award_received&v=t (source https://twitter.com/Histropedia/status/971749639396438016) - Newest database reports: list of episodes of *Borgen* https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/lists/episodes_of_Borgen
Development
- Significantly (on average to 1/4th) reduced the number of changes from Wikidata showing up on the watchlists and recent changes on Wikipedias and the other sister projects. This way changes that do not affect an article should no longer show up. We're still holding off roll-out to Commons, Cebuano, Waray-Waray and Armenian Wikipedia because of scalability concerns. - Working on optimizing one of the largest database tables (wb_terms) ( phab:T188279 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T188279) - Fixing a bug on how Wikidata changes are shown on Wikipedia ( phab:T189320 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189320) - Continued addressing security review issues for Wikibase-Lexeme extension (phab:T186726 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T186726)
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/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority . 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
Final note from Léa: thanks to people who participated to the feedback page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Feedback_300th_edition! Today's Weekly Summary is already improved thanks to your suggestions. Feel free to add more comments, and feel free to edit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next the newsletter yourself: all small contributions are welcome :)