Hey folks :)
Here's your summary of what happened around Wikidata over the past week.
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Upcoming: *WikidataCon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017*, Berlin, 28-29 October (sold out) - We will have two exciting keynotes. The first keynote speaker is Fabian M. Suchanek https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41777585, professor at Télécom Paris Tech University, working on the knowledge base YAGO https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8045810. The second keynote speaker is Michael Kreil https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41778315, datajournalist working on the project Data Sciences and Stories. - Please volunteer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Volunteer for some tasks at the conference if you are attending. - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop at XLDB https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/XLDB2017, October 12th, Clermont-Ferrand, France - Rebuild the map of famous artwork with Wikidata https://blog.ash.bzh/fr/oeuvres-emblematiques/ by Poulpy (in French) - Research libraries and Wikimedia: A shared commitment to diversity, open knowledge, and community participation https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/10/04/libraries-wikipedia-york-university-project
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- There is now a good start for documentation for QuickStatements https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:QuickStatements. Feel free to help improve it! - New Mix’n’match mode to show just the entries with multiple matches ( example https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/list/169/multi_match)
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Lega Pallavolo Serie A player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4303, KNAU ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4302, PfaF id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4301, YouTube Playlist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4300, Wheelchair ITF player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4299, VBL player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4298, MIL-STD-2525 Symbol Identification Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4297, stellar rotational velocity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4296, readership https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4295, PROSPERO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4294, PM20 folder ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4293, possessed by spirit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4292, panorama view https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4291, official app https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4290, LFH player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4289, UK National Fruit Collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4288, Riigikogu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4287, Nominis saint ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4286, Theses.fr person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4285, Nominis given name ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4284, LUMIERE director ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4283, LUMIERE film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4282, LNV player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4281, International Standard Text Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4280, hydrological order number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4279, FCI rider ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4278, Daum movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4277, Cinémathèque québécoise work identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4276, Japanese Database of National important cultural properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4275, Tunisian geographic code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4274, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4273, DPLA subject ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4272, rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4271, Daum TV series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4270, half maximal effective concentration https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4269, half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4268, Landtag of Liechtenstein ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4267, Bavarian geotope ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4266, Reddit user name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4265, LinkedIn company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4264, THW Kiel player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4263, Footoféminin.fr player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4262, FFVoile sailor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4261, NPB player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4260, Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4259, Gallica ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4258, National Museums of Japan e-museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4257, Spanish "Boletín Oficial del Estado" ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4256, Banglapedia (English version) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4255, Banglapedia (Bengali version) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4254, number of constituencies https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4253, All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4252 - Query examples: - Women who won the Nobel Prize in Physics https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fhuman%20%3FhumanLabel%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20%3B%20p%3AP166%20%5B%20rdf%3Atype%20wikibase%3ABestRank%20%3B%20ps%3AP166%20wd%3AQ38104%20%3B%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate%20%5D%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fyear (source https://twitter.com/envlh/status/915958948800458753) - For each award, percentage of women who received it https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Faward%20%3FawardLabel%20%3Ftotal%20%3Fwomen%20%3Fwomen_percentage%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22%20.%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Faward%20%28COUNT%28%2a%29%20AS%20%3Ftotal%29%20%28SUM%28IF%28%3Fgender%20%3D%20wd%3AQ6581072%2C%201%2C%200%29%29%20AS%20%3Fwomen%29%20%28ROUND%281000%20%2F%20COUNT%28%2a%29%20%2a%20SUM%28IF%28%3Fgender%20%3D%20wd%3AQ6581072%2C%201%2C%200%29%29%29%20%2F%2010%20AS%20%3Fwomen_percentage%29%0A%20%20%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP166%20%3Faward%20%3B%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Faward%0A%20%20%20%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Ftotal%29%0A%20%20%20%20LIMIT%20200%0A%20%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%3Faward%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FawardLabel%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3FawardLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Ftotal%29%0A (source https://twitter.com/envlh/status/915993195493957632) - Intelligent personal assistants described in Wikidata https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Flabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3467906.%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%20100 (source https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/915266506182873088) - Units of measurement named after German people https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20units%20of%20measurement%20named%20after%20Germans%0A%23%20%28%E2%80%9ETag%20der%20Deutschen%20Einheit%E2%80%9C%20is%20%E2%80%9CGerman%20Unity%20Day%E2%80%9D%2C%20but%20can%20also%20be%20translated%20as%20%E2%80%9CDay%20of%20the%20German%20Unit%E2%80%9D%2C%20since%20%E2%80%9EEinheit%E2%80%9C%20can%20mean%20both%20%E2%80%9CUnity%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9CUnit%E2%80%9D.%29%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Funit%20%3FunitLabel%20%3FpersonLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Funit%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ47574%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fperson.%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP27%2Fwdt%3AP156%2a%20wd%3AQ183.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP103%20wd%3AQ188.%20%7D%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%3FpersonLabel (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/915173749703561223) - Buildings constructed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0Aselect%20%3Fbuilding%20%3FbuildingLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%3Fbuilding%20wdt%3AP84%20wd%3AQ151759%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fbuilding%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20fr%2C%20de%2C%20pl%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/917345282786037762) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Delhi Metro https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Delhi_Metro - Newest database reports: television series by camera setup https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/lists/television_series_by_camera_setup
Development
- Breaking change https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/2017-October/001175.html: "wb_entity_per_page" table will not be updated and replicated on ToolLabs anymore - A mw.wikibase.getLabelByLang Lua function will be added ( phabricator:T173262 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173262) - The mw.wikibase.sitelink Lua function will accept a second parameter with the global identifier of a wiki (e.g. "enwiki") to link to ( phabricator:T142903 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142903) - Had to temporarily turn off showing Wikidata's changes on Commons and Russian Wikipedia because of database issues. We're working on turning it back on. - Continued work on persistently storing edits to Forms on Lexemes - Finishing work on checking constraints on qualifiers and references with the constraint checks gadget - Fixed a bug where notification emails for Wikidata changes were sent when they shouldn't have been (phabricator:T174794 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174794) - Full URIs for external identifiers will soon be in the RDF export ( phabricator:T121274 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121274)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. 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
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia