*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Voting on Make family member properties gender neutral https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Make_family_member_properties_gender_neutral: replacement of mother/father with a new "parent" properties - Switch Wikidata entities from http to https: T153563 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153563
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Blog post about the Wikidata workshop at Code for Germany (de) https://blog.wikimedia.de/2016/12/15/gemeinsamer-workshop-zu-wikidata-von-code-for-germany-und-wikimedia-deutschland-in-ulm/ - Wikidata people will be at the Chaos Communication Congress (Hamburg, December 27th-30th) https://events.ccc.de/congress/2016/wiki/Main_Page on the Open Knowledge Assembly stand https://events.ccc.de/congress/2016/wiki/Assembly:Open_Knowledge_Assembly
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Basque language Wikipedia develops a most prominent basque and worlwide person born/death in this day for all the day related articles. For example, eu:Abenduaren 19 https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenduaren_19. It also displays interesting red links for people born and dead that day that are not represented in eu:wp. - WDQ about to be shut down https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-December/010036.html (you can add sub-tasks for remaining uses to T153439 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153439) - SQID now supports PrimarySources https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-December/010037.html - Project Grants program will fund 12 community-led projects https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaannounce-l/2016-December/001364.html, several of them directly related to Wikidata - Citoid, a script for editing references that can automatically populate parts of the reference, is now available for testing! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Citoid_script - New parser function has been enabled https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Parser_function_Statements_enabled - Histropedia added new features to the Wikidata query timeline https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#%21topic/histropedia-i/Yog3nLqt8uo
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Yle Areena ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3414, Leopoldina member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3413, Protected areas of Canada ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3412, Saxon Academy of Sciences member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3411, Clergy of the Church of England database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3410, Catalogus Professorum Lipsiensis ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3409, FINA Athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3408, Klosterdatenbank https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3407, Saccharomyces Genome Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3406, Nederlands Soortenregister ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3405, The Vogue List ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3404, coextensive with https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3403 - Query examples: - Timeline of the Christmas movies https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Ffilm%20%3FfilmLabel%20%3Fdate%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Ffilm%20wdt%3AP136%20wd%3AQ28026639.%0A%20%20%3Ffilm%20wdt%3AP577%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/Dorialexander/status/810189413980508160) - All Theatre World Award winners, in a timeline with pictures https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Faward_label%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fphoto%29%20AS%20%3Fpic%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP166%20%3FawardStatement%20.%0A%20%20%3FawardStatement%20ps%3AP166%20%3Faward%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20VALUES%20%28%3Faward%20%3Faward_label%29%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%28wd%3AQ1131356%20%22Theatre%20World%20Award%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28wd%3AQ28007396%20%22Dorothy%20Loudon%20Award%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28wd%3AQ28007416%20%22Special%20Award%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28wd%3AQ28007447%20%22John%20Willis%20Award%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28wd%3AQ28007406%20%22Lunt-Fontanne%20Award%22%29%0A%20%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fphoto%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%20%7D%0A%7DGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Faward_label%20%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fyear (source https://twitter.com/Harmonia_Amanda/status/809074328826429440) - Birthplaces of people buried in Norra Begravningsplatsen https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20birthplaces%20of%20people%20buried%20in%20Norra%20Begravningsplatsen%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%28SAMPLE%28%3FbirthCoords%29%20AS%20%3FbirthCoords%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Flayer%29%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fcemetery%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ252312%20%23%20Norra%20Begravningsplatsen%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP119%20%3Fcemetery%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP19%2Fwdt%3AP625%20%3FbirthCoords.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP27%20%3Fcountry.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcountry%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Flayer%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/808978089770414084) - Planets, their moons, and the things they are named after https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fplanet%20%3FplanetLabel%20%3FplanetDescription%20%3Fnom%20%3FnomLabel%20%3FnomDescription%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%09%3Fplanet%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ3132741%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fplanet%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fnom.%0A%20%20%3Fplanet%20wdt%3AP397%20%3Fparent.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D.%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fparent%29 (source https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/809745512584937472) - Items with no father or no mother https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20items%20with%20no%20father%20or%20no%20mother%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20a%20wdno%3AP22.%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20a%20wdno%3AP25.%20%7D%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Arank%20%5B%5D.%20%7D%20%23%20filter%20out%20statement%20nodes%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/810106474596892672) - People born on Christmas day http://histropedia.com/showcase/wikidata-viewer.html?query=%23People%20born%20on%20christmas%20day%0ASELECT%20?personItem%20?person%20?personDescription%20?date%20?Country_of_citizenship%20?Occupation%20?Gender%20?image%20?rank%20%28if%28BOUND%28?personDescription%29,%20CONCAT%28?person,%27%20%28%27,?personDescription,%27%29%27%29,%20?person%29%20as%20?title%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%7B%0ASELECT%20?personItem%20?date%20?countryItem%20?occupationItem%20?genderItem%0A%28SAMPLE%28?image%29%20as%20?image%29%0A%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20?article%29%20as%20?rank%29%20%0AWHERE%20%7B%09%0A?personItem%20wdt:P569%20?date%20.%0A?personItem%20wdt:P18%20?image%20.%0A?personItem%20wdt:P21%20?genderItem%20.%0A?personItem%20wdt:P106%20?occupationItem%20.%0A?personItem%20wdt:P27%20?countryItem%20.%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20?article%20schema:about%20?personItem%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28SUBSTR%28STR%28?article%29,12,19%29%20%3D%20%22wikipedia.org/wiki/%22%29%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%0AFILTER%20%28datatype%28?date%29%20%3D%20xsd:dateTime%20&&%20month%28?date%29%20%3D%2012%20&&%20day%28?date%29%20%3D%2025%29%09%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20?personItem%20?date%20?countryItem%20?occupationItem%20?genderItem%0A%7D%0ASERVICE%20wikibase:label%20%7B%0Abd:serviceParam%20wikibase:language%20%27en%27%20.%0A?personItem%20schema:description%20?personDescription%20.%0A?personItem%20rdfs:label%20?person%20.%0A?countryItem%20rdfs:label%20?Country_of_citizenship%20.%0A?occupationItem%20rdfs:label%20?Occupation%20.%0A?genderItem%20rdfs:label%20?Gender%20.%0A%7D%0A%7D%20%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28?rank%29&url=personItem&title=title&from=date&imageUrl=image&colourCodeBy=Country_of_citizenship&threshold=1&filterBy=Gender,Occupation&view=timeline (source https://twitter.com/Histropedia/status/810192838730412037) - Newest external tools: “short author name” resolver tool https://tools.wmflabs.org/sourcemd/new_resolve_authors.php - Newest database reports: hospital lists https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Medicine/Hospitals_by_country
Development
- Statements will soon be ordered as specified in MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties ( phab:T150788 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150788) - Getting ready the basic Lexeme prototype (phab:T146662 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146662), we're discussing some details in the data model (phab:T152019 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152019) - Continued work on federation basics (phab:T149580 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149580) - We removed the page property wb-status, old entries will not be updated any more (phab:T146792 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146792) - Removed a visible jump while an entity page loads (gerrit:325924 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/325924) - Fixed a formatting issue in which the geo coordinate formatter may output "60 seconds" (phab:T153429 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153429) - Fixed a bug in Special:NewProperty https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:NewProperty where it was not possible to provide the property type as part of the URL (phab:327496 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/327496) - Working on a major rewrite of Special:EntitiesWithoutLabel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntitiesWithoutLabel/Description https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntitiesWithoutDescription, one of many steps to phase numeric entity IDs out (phab:T140891 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140891)
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! - 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 - Help with one of the bot requests https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Bot_requests - Help merge identical items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects.