Hey folks :)
Here's your summary of what happened around Wikidata over the past week. Enjoy!
Discussions
- Wikidata, a stable source for disambiguation items? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikidata.2C_a_stable_source_for_disambiguation_items.3F
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Find, Prioritize, and Recommend: An article recommendation system to fill knowledge gaps across Wikipedia https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/27/article-recommendation-system/ - Upcoming: CSVconf http://csvconf.com - Upcoming: Open Tech Summit http://opentechsummit.net
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Commons now has arbitrary access https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Wikidata_support:_arbitrary_access_is_here - Work on ORES to make vandalism fighting easier is progressing well. "Damaging" and "goodfaith" models for Wikidata are now online. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-May/008641.html - Wikimind https://wikimind.mindmup.com - New coverage maps have been created: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_Map_April_2016_Huge.png and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_items_map_with_difference,_... - We have new images you can use to indicate your website/app/service is using data from Wikidata. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Powered_by_Wikidata (2 of the files have a problem still. We're working on a fix and will reupload.)
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Loop ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2798, sound power https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2797, 3DMet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2796, locality or place https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2795, Index Hepaticarum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2794, clearance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2793, ASF KID Cave Tag Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2792, power consumed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2791, net tonnage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2790, connects with https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2789, Czech neighbourhood ID code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2788, longest span https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2787, aerodrome reference point https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2786, Mercalli intensity scale https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2784 - Category reports on without claims by site https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/without_claims_by_site now link to PetScan's fast "has no statements"-option. A report for your preferred Wikipedia can be added. - Query examples: software with most versions https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%28COUNT%28%3Fstat%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP348%20%3Fstat.%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0ALIMIT%2010 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/724724966491623425), oldest software https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fsoftware%20%3FsoftwareLabel%20%3Fdate%20%28ROUND%28%28NOW%28%29%20-%20%3Fdate%29%2F365.2425%29%20AS%20%3Fage%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP139*%20wd%3AQ7397.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fsoftware%20p%3AP348%20%5B%20pq%3AP577%20%3Fdate%20%5D.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28BOUND%28%3Fdate%29%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate%0ALIMIT%2010 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/724727692210352128), map of U1 stations in Berlin https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Map%20of%20U1%20subway%20stations%20in%20Berlin%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3FstationLabel%20%3Fcoord%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%09%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP81%20wd%3AQ99691%20.%0A%09%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%22%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/johl/status/726025270159921152)
Development
- Created the first MediaInfo entity through the API (screenshot https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/725606133747077120, a bit more background https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-April/008606.html) - Substantially reduced server load for item and property displaying ( phab:T132662 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132662) - There are currently some issues with the order of latitude/longitude inn coordinates in the query service map visualization. It will be fixed tonight. - Removed unsupported sort and dir parameters from the wikibase.api.RepoApi JavaScript module. This may break user JavaScript calling getEntitiesByPage (phab:T119856 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119856). - Worked on new flyers for institutions that want to cooperate with Wikidata and developers wanting to use our data (will be published on Commons once they're done) - Moved forward with internationalization of the query service interface (not on translatewiki.net yet but being worked on) - Worked on making it possible to extend SPARQL queries in simplified natural language version. It will also no longer add query prefixes when editing the query. Those are not live yet. - Fixed a bug where admins got a blank page when trying to view deleted revisions (phabricator:T132645 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132645) - Investigating issues with bad suggestions for properties when adding new statements (phabricator:T132839 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132839)
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