Hello Christopher,

Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately, most of the url shorteners are blocked on the wiki, and I can't make a separate version for the mails.
However, the Foundation has a project to host our own url shortener. Once this is ready, we will use it for the query service and also in the weekly summary.

On 14 February 2017 at 13:19, Christopher Johnson <chjohnson39@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Lea,

I appreciate the weekly updates.  I would, however, suggest simply posting tiny urls for the query examples.  

Cheers,
Christopher


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   1. Re: Wikimedia Hackathon registration & scholarships
      (Timothy Horan)
   2. Weekly Summary #247 (Léa Lacroix)


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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:55:57 -0800
From: Timothy Horan <thoraniii@gmail.com>
To: "Discussion list for the Wikidata project."
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Subject: Re: [Wikidata] Wikimedia Hackathon registration &
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To Whom It May Concern

Would you please remove me from the discussion group mailing list?  My
email is thoraniii@gmail.com

Thank you,

Timothy Horan

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 2:00 AM, Léa Lacroix <lea.lacroix@wikimedia.de>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> The Wikimedia hackathon will take place on May 19-21 in Vienna, and the
> registration is now open: https://www.mediawiki.org/
> wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017
> Deadline for scholarships is February 26th.
>
> Also, we plan to organize a documentation session for Wikidata, I'll let
> you know as soon as I have more information!
>
> See you there,
>
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> Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
> Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
> 10963 Berlin
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From: Léa Lacroix <lea.lacroix@wikimedia.de>
To: "Discussion list for the Wikidata project."
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Subject: [Wikidata] Weekly Summary #247
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*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*

Discussions

   - New request for comments: P171 (property "parent taxon")
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/P171>, changing
   the label of property "has role"
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Property_talk:P2868>

Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>

   - Probing Parliament(s) with Wikidata
   <https://medium.com/@infobomb/probing-parliament-s-with-wikidata-8cdb54e5221b#.oqnx1rccn>,
   by Martin Poulter
   - Jan Dittrich
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jan_Dittrich_%28WMDE%29> and Charlie
   Kritschmar
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Charlie_Kritschmar_%28WMDE%29> gave
   a talk at FOSDEM
   <https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/osd_finding_user_needs/> on
   finding user needs and gave some examples from their work.
   - A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners by Asaf
   Bartov: video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrAx3AmUvA> and slides
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_-_A_Gentle_Introduction_for_Complete_Beginners_%28WMF_February_2017%29.pdf>
   - Validating Wikidata tags on OpenStreetMap
   <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Amisha%20Singla/diary/40451>
   - Reminder: the deadline for Wikimania's scholarship is February 20
   <https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships> (and you can discuss
   about your ideas for Wikidata here
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2017>)

Other Noteworthy Stuff

   - The satisfaction survey concerning Flow has been published
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Collaboration/Flow_satisfaction_survey/Report>
   (and Wikidata is the community which prefers Flow the most)
   - Module Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Module:Wikidata> on
   Wikidata received an update to improve its performance. If your wiki has
   forked this one, consider updating it and report any problems
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Module_talk:Wikidata> (already reported
   one <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T157868>).
   - Experimental c:Template:Category contains
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Category_contains> for
   categories on Commons, including a per-category Wikidata query. See
introductory
   discussion
   <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Links_between_Commons_and_Wikidata_.28and_vice-versa.29>
   on Commons Village Pump. Presented together with current statistics on
   Commons category <-> Wikidata links
   - ContentMine looking for a Wikimedian in Residence to work on Wikidata
   and WikiFactMine in Cambridge <http://contentmine.org/jobs>
   - It is now possible to edit the Wikidata description from the Wikipedia
   app in some languages in beta
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Editing_Wikidata_descriptions_from_Wikipedia_app_.28beta.29>

Did you know?

   - Newest properties
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: base salary
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3618>, Visions of Britain place
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3616>, Visions of Britain
   unit ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3615>, DigDag ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3614>, Sweden Nature Reserve ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3613>, Le Monde diplomatique
   subject ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3612>, Borden Code
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3611>, fare zone
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3610>, Recreation.gov area ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3609>, EU VAT number
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3608>, Booking.com hotel ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3607>, BOLD Systems taxon ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3606>, 90minut player ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3605>, ITU triathlete ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3604>, Minneapolis Institute of
   Art Constituent ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3603>, candidacy
   in election <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3602>, MarineTraffic
   Lighthouse ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3601>, protected
   heritage site in Brussels ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3600>, Archives nationales
   producer record <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3599>,
Hockey-reference
   player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3598>, F-Droid package
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3597>, Danish ancient monument
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3596>, BLF article ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3595>, Araneae Spider ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3594>, AFI Catalog of Feature
   Films ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3593>
   - Query examples:
      - Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
      <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Everything%20on%20Wikidata%20tagged%20as%20in%20the%20collection%20or%20physically%20located%20at%20the%20Ashmolean%2C%20Oxford%2C%20UK%0A%23%20Created%20by%20argotechnica%20on%2011%2F2%2F2017%0A%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FTitle%20%3FCreator%20%28YEAR%28%3FDate%29%20AS%20%3FYearCreated%29%20%3FImage%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP195%20wd%3AQ636400.%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP276%20wd%3AQ636400.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FTitle.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20%3FQCreator.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3FCreator%29%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3FDate.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3FImage.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3FTitle%29%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%7D>
      - Office-holders convicted of crimes
      <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20office-holders%20convicted%20of%20crimes%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3FpositionLabel%3B%20separator%3D%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fpositions%29%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3FcrimeLabel%3B%20separator%3D%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fcrimes%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20wdt%3AP39%20%3Fposition%3B%0A%20wdt%3AP1399%20%3Fcrime.%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpersonLabel.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FpersonLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%20%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fposition%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpositionLabel.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FpositionLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%20%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcrime%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcrimeLabel.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FcrimeLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fcrime%29%29%20%3Fcrimes>
      (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/830872600603684866>)
      - Monarchs convicted of regicide
      <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20monarchs%20convicted%20of%20regicide%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fmonarch%20%3FmonarchLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%3Fmonarch%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%28wdt%3AP106%7Cwdt%3AP39%29%2F%28wdt%3AP31%7Cwdt%3AP279%29*%20wd%3AQ116%3B%20%23%20occupation%20or%20position%20held%3A%20some%20kind%20of%20monarch%0A%20wdt%3AP1399%20wd%3AQ1475448.%20%23%20convicted%20of%3A%20regicide%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
      (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/830871259684671489>)
      - Timeline of antipopes
      <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Antipopes%0A%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%3Fantipope%20%3FantipopeLabel%20%3Fborn%20%3Ffloruit%20%3Fdied%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%3Fantipope%20p%3AP39%2Fps%3AP39%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ172748.%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fantipope%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fborn.%20%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fantipope%20wdt%3AP1317%20%3Ffloruit.%20%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fantipope%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdied.%20%7D%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20COALESCE%28%3Fborn%2C%3Ffloruit%2C%3Fdied%29>
      (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/830187845734301698>)
      - Battles etc of the U.S. Civil War, that have maps
      <https://query.wikidata.org/#%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcommonscat%20%3Fdate%20%3Fmap%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP361%2B%20wd%3AQ8676%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP580%20%3Fdate%7D%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP585%20%3Fdate%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%7D%20.%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1621%20%3Fmap%7D%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1943%20%3Fmap%7D%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1944%20%3Fmap%7D%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP242%20%3Fmap%7D%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP373%20%3Fcommonscat%7D%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate>
      (source
      <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Other_categories:_.22Category_contains.22>)
      -- but the results are a bit patchy.
      - Grade I listed buildings in Bedfordshire
      <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Grade%20I%20listed%20buildings%20in%20Bedfordshire%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fclass%20%3Fcommonscat%20%3Fimg%20%3Flayer%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fcoord%29%20AS%20%3Fcoord%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%2B%20wd%3AQ23143%20%3B%20wdt%3AP1435%20wd%3AQ15700818%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%3F%2Fwdt%3AP279%2A%20wd%3AQ41176%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP373%20%3Fcommonscat%0A%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP279%20%5B%5D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28%27class%27%20AS%20%3Fclass%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%0A%20%20%20%09%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28IF%28bound%28%3Fimg%29%2C%27image%27%2C%27no%20image%27%29%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fclass%20%3Fcommonscat%20%3Fimg%20%3Flayer%20%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fclass%29%20%3FitemLabel>
      (source
      <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Bedfordshire>:
      Commons "category contains" template)
   - Newest external tools: new reconciliation for OpenRefine
   <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2017-February/010254.html>

Development

   - Doing a trial run of allowing search engines to index a number of
   ArticlePlaceholder pages on Welsh Wikipedia. If there are no major issues
   we will enable this for all placeholders.
   - Improving Federation-related after initial tests,
   - Getting ready to deploy automated sitelinks for Wiktionary
   - Further work on the new datatype for geoshapes (phabricator:T57549
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T57549>)

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
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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