*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- Open requests for adminship: Dan Koehl https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Dan_Koehl, Joalpe https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Joalpe
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Continuing through September and early October: Andy Mabbett is touring Australia https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikidata_Tour_Down_Under_(2018) for a series of open-science and GLAM Wiki-focused talks, workshops, and meetups. - New events added for the sixth birthday of Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sixth_Birthday: Berlin, Oslo, Tehran, Beijing
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- An increasing number of reports from *This Month in GLAM* Wikidata related stories. To follow, subscribe here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/GLAM. Though most country reports include Wikidata activities, highlights from this month include: - Brazilian Wikimedians develop tools for mass contributions: Mbabel and Import-500px https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2018/Contents/Brazil_report - A report about the Wikidata workshop held at the International Federation of Library Associations Conference in Kuala Lampur https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2018/Contents/Malaysia_report - A report discussing increasing interest for mapping the Portugeuse National Library data with Wikidata https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2018/Contents/Portugal_report - More information on the recently funded WMSE Projects https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2018/Contents/Sweden_report - And, of course, the Wikidata Report highlights https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2018/Contents/Wikidata_report - Crotos: a project on visual artworks powered by Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons https://www.visgraf.impa.br/mediascopium/crotos-a-project-on-visual-artworks-powered-by-wikidata-and-wikimedia-commons/ - Wikidata Query Service recipe: qualifiers and the Greek alphabet http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2018/09/wikidata-query-service-recipe.html
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Linking knowledge organization systems via Wikidata https://www.slideshare.net/jneubert/linking-knowledge-organization-systems-via-wikidata/jneubert/linking-knowledge-organization-systems-via-wikidata Presentation at DCMI conference in Porto, by Jneubert https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jneubert - Senses for lexicographical data will be deployed on October 18th https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data#Senses_will_be_released_on_October_18th - The final release of OpenRefine 3.0 https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.0 is out. - Collection Explorer http://glam-discovery.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/, a Wikidata-driven tool bringing together collection data from the Ashmolean Museum, the Bodleian Library, and the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: state of conservation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5816, state of use https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5817, admission rate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5822, is retracted by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5824, ISO 15919 transliteration https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5825, majority opinion by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5826, seed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5828, demonstrates form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5830, usage example https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5831, political coalition https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5832, Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5841, item inherits value from https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5852 - External identifiers: BGCI garden ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5818, International Mathematical Olympiad participant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5819, Film Indonesia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5820, ArhivX LOD https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5821, Belvedere object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5823, National Trust for Historic Preservation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5827, Television Academy Foundation show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5829, Playbill production ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5833, LHW hotel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5834, World Travel Awards ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5835, Relais & Châteaux ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5836, Nintendo GameID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5838, Académie de Marseille member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5839, NPR podcast ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5840, iTunes podcast ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5842, Gynopedia place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5843, Vocabolario Treccani ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5844, AnimeClick anime ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5845, AnimeClick novel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5846, AnimeClick character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5847, AnimeClick person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5848, AnimeClick manga ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5849, Ex-USSR internal airport code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5851 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Cook Partisan Voting Index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index, ONS Community codes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ONS_Community_codes, Implies (necessary condition) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Implies_(necessary_condition), Index herbariorum code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Index_herbariorum_code, limiting oxygen index https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/limiting_oxygen_index, Model item for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Model_item_for, Model item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Model_item, Taxonomic Literature 2 number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Taxonomic_Literature_2_number, Place of devotion https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Place_of_devotion, Stadtteilnummer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stadtteilnummer, restriction of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/restriction_of, blazon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/blazon, ENI number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ENI_number, parties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/parties, term of venery https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/term_of_venery, root https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/root, unicode range https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/unicode_range, Ġabra lexeme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C4%A0abra_lexeme_ID, Ultimate Guitar artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ultimate_Guitar_artist_ID, inflection class https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inflection_class - External identifiers: ResearchGate publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ResearchGate_publication_ID, Indonesian Basic Data of Primary and Secondary Education ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indonesian_Basic_Data_of_Primary_and_Secondary_Education_ID, AnimeClick drama ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AnimeClick_drama_ID, MobyGames platform ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MobyGames_platform_ID, Adelphi author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Adelphi_author_ID, UOL Eleições ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UOL_Elei%C3%A7%C3%B5es_ID, Tourisme et Handicap ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tourisme_et_Handicap_ID, Qualité Tourisme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qualit%C3%A9_Tourisme_ID, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Catalogue_of_the_Lepidoptera_of_Belgium_ID, Northern Ireland Assembly ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_ID, SJPXVII ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SJPXVII_ID, Microsoft Store app ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Microsoft_Store_app_ID, CharacTour character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CharacTour_character_ID, re3data repository ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/re3data_repository_ID, IGN film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IGN_film_ID, Arkivportalen aktor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arkivportalen_aktor_ID, Arkivportalen arkiv ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arkivportalen_arkiv_ID, Muziekweb performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Muziekweb_performer_ID, SPXVI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SPXVI_ID, Spectral Database for Organic Compounds ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spectral_Database_for_Organic_Compounds_ID, LakeNet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LakeNet_ID, Álgu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C3%81lgu_ID, Uralonet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Uralonet_ID, Geheugen van de VU person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geheugen_van_de_VU_person_ID, Comic Vine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Comic_Vine_ID, Shazam track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Shazam_track_ID, IANA Root Zone Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IANA_Root_Zone_Database_ID, ASCE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASCE_ID, Dxomark ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dxomark_ID, PlayStation Store ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PlayStation_Store_ID, Oqaasileriffik online dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oqaasileriffik_online_dictionary_ID - Query examples: - Map of caves with prehistoric art https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%20%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11269813%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%2C%20en%2C%20fr%2C%20es%2C%20it%2C%20cz%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20%0A (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1040217189339594752) - Most cited works with Swedish first author https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3Fcount%20%3Fwork%20%3FworkLabel%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fwork%20%3Fauthor%20(COUNT(%3Fciting_work)%20AS%20%3Fcount)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwork%20p%3AP50%20%3Fauthor_statement%20%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fauthor_statement%20ps%3AP50%20%3Fauthor%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fauthor_statement%20pq%3AP1545%20%221%22%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fauthor%20(wdt%3AP1416%20%7C%20wdt%3AP108%20)%20%2F%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ34%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fciting_work%20wdt%3AP2860%20%3Fwork%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fwork%20%3Fauthor%0A%7D%20AS%20%25results%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25results%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(%3Fcount) (source https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1040636332505219073) - Map of events for Wikidata's 6th Birthday https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3FlocationLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fdate%20%3Fpage%0AWHERE%20%7B%0Awd%3AQ56458770%20p%3AP276%20%3Fstatement.%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20ps%3AP276%20%3Flocation.%0A%3Flocation%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP856%20%3Fpage.%0A%0A%7D%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1039852050174095360) - Heads of the same state whose family names share the first four letters but are not identical https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3FstateLabel%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fitem1Label%20%3Fitem2%20%3Fitem2Label%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fstate%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstate%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ3624078%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP463%20%3FmemberOfStatement.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FmemberOfStatement%20a%20wikibase%3ABestRank%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP463%20wd%3AQ1065.%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3FmemberOfStatement%20pq%3AP582%20%3FendTime.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fstate%20wdt%3AP576%7Cwdt%3AP582%20%3Fend.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25states%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25states.%0A%20%20%3Fstate%20wdt%3AP1906%20%3Fposition.%0A%20%20%3Fitem1%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP39%20%3Fposition%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP734%2Fwdt%3AP1705%20%3FfamilyName1.%0A%20%20%3Fitem2%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP39%20%3Fposition%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP734%2Fwdt%3AP1705%20%3FfamilyName2.%0A%20%20FILTER%28STR%28%3Fitem1%29%20%3C%20STR%28%3Fitem2%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28SUBSTR%28%3FfamilyName1%2C%201%2C%204%29%20%3D%20SUBSTR%28%3FfamilyName2%2C%201%2C%204%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3FfamilyName1%20%21%3D%20%3FfamilyName2%29%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%3FstateLabel (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1040646062061629440 ) - Map of caves containing prehistoric art https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%20%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11269813%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%2C%20en%2C%20fr%2C%20es%2C%20it%2C%20cz%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20%0A (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1040217189339594752)
Development
- Fix a problem with the language of the lemma (phab:T194347 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194347) - Improving the diffs for Lexemes (phab:T185481 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185481) - Exclude es-formal and hu-formal from monolingual text codes ( phab:T203311 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203311, thanks to MarcoAurelio) - Implement the contemporary constraint (phab:T141859 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141859, thanks to Abiàn)
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