Hey folks :)
I hope you're having a good weekend. Here's your summary of what's been happening over the past week around Wikidata.
Discussions
- New request for comments: Derived properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Derived_properties, Are colors instance-of or subclass-of color https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Are_colors_instance-of_or_subclass-of_color
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Poof it works - using wikidata to build Wikipedia articles about genes http://i9606.blogspot.de/2015/10/poof-it-works-using-wikidata-to-build.html - Wikidata, SPARQL and huskies http://ashtree.eu/wordpress/wikidata-sparql-et-chiens-de-traineaux/ (French) - Wikidata, SPARQL and elected dynasties http://ashtree.eu/wordpress/wikidata-sparql-et-dynasties-electives/ (French) - The birth and death of German playwrights https://dlina.github.io/The-Birth-and-Death-of-German-Playwrights/ - Distributed stats http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=369 - Past: Wikidata training at Wikimedia UK - Upcoming: Wikidata's 3rd birthday \o/ (on 29th) - Upcoming: SemWeb.Pro http://www.semweb.pro/semwebpro-2015.html in Paris
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- There's a new Wikidata taxonomy browser https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2015-October/007411.html - Meta, MediaWiki and Wikispecies now have access to sitelinks on Wikidata. Welcome to Wikidata, sisters! - Harvest templates https://tools.wmflabs.org/pltools/harvesttemplates. New tool to copy data from templates to Wikidata. - Number of articles that are not connected to a Wikidata item on Italian Wikipedia has been brought down significantly. https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/duplicity.php?mode=stats&wiki=itwiki How about yours? - The Wikidata Game https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/distributed/ now has a primary sources game and one to match Wikispecies pages to Wikidata items - The National Gallery of Arts was added to Mix'n'match https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/?mode=catalog_details&catalog=110 - Some more query examples: Dracula movies and their actors https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20p%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20v%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20q%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fqualifier%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20rdfs%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0A%0Aselect%20distinct%20%3Fmovie%20%3FmovieLabel%20%3FactorLabel%20%28year%28%3Fdate%29%20as%20%3Fyear%29%0Awhere%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ11424%20.%20%23film%0A%20%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP577%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20%3Fmovie%20p%3AP161%20%3FactorS%20.%20%23avec%20des%20acteurs%0A%20%20%3FactorS%20v%3AP161%20%3Factor%20.%20%20%0A%20%20%3FactorS%20q%3AP453%2Fwdt%3AP144*%20wd%3AQ3266236%20%23r%C3%B4le%20%3A%20Dracula%20ou%20succ%C3%A9dan%C3%A9s%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Cen%22%0A%20%20%7D%20%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate, movies with links to videos https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20p%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20v%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20q%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fqualifier%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20rdfs%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0A%0Aselect%20distinct%20%3Fmovie%20%3FmovieLabel%20%28year%28%3Fdate%29%20as%20%3Fyear%29%20%3FCommons%20%3FInternetArchive%20%3FYoutube%20%20%3Furl%20%0Awhere%20%7B%0A%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ11424%20.%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP10%20%3FCommons%20.%7D%20%0A%20%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ11424%20.%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP724%20%3FInternetArchive%20.%7D%0A%20%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ11424%20.%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP1651%20%3FYoutube%20.%7D%0A%20%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ11424%20.%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP963%20%3Furl%20.%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP577%20%3Fdate.%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Cen%22%0A%20%20%7D%20%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate%0A
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Debrett's People of Today ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2255, maximum operating altitude https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2254, DfE URN https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2253, NGA artist id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2252, life expectancy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2250, Refseq Genome ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2249, argument of periapsis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2248, periapsis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2244
Development
- ctrl-space now enables autocomplete for labels on http://query.wikidata.org . Should make it easier for you to find the right items and properties. - Worked on birthday present :) - From Monday on a bzip2 compressed version of the Wikidata json dumps will be published, along with the gzip compressed version. - Made it possible to get from the search results page to the article placeholder. This was one of the last holdups for a first demo version.
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/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.
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers
Lydia