*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- Development input: Client editing prototype https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Client_editing_prototype
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Past: Pre-hackathon https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/Prehackathon_Prague of the Wikimedia Hackathon, May 12th-14th in Prague (see a video of the Wikidata and SPARQL training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBEZpejN844) - Upcoming: Wikimedia Hackathon 2017 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017, May 19th-21st in Vienna. On site or remotely, you can join the Wikidata documentation sprint https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/Wikidata_documentation_sprint - Upcoming: WikiCite https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2017, May 23rd-25th in Vienna - Next Wikidata meetup in Berlin: June 7th in WikiBÄR https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin - You can still register for the Wikidata/election data hackathon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/de:Wikipedia:Wikidata-Wahldaten-Workshop in Ulm, Germany (June 23-25)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Discuss the movement strategy on Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Strategy_2017. The Cycle 2 started on May, 11. - WikidataCon: join the program committee and other teams! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#WikidataCon:_join_the_program_committee_and_other_teams.21 - TwoColConflict is now enabled on Wikidata https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2017-May/010708.html - OSMgadget https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Bjohas/OSMgadget is a tool to help Wikipedia editors find objects in OpenStreetMap, and tag them with their Wikidata IDs - The OSM ↔ Wikidata matcher https://osm.wikidata.link/ tool - Two language properties will be merged https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Merge_of_language_properties but the discussion still needs to go on https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion#P364 - Tabular data files datatype is now enabled https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat/Archive/2017/05#Significant_change:_new_data_type_for_tabular_data_files - The constraint table has been updated https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Constraint_table_updated
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: NLL player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3955, Italian Senate ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3954, ALPG golfer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3953, Stereo Ve Mono artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3952, BioRxiv ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3951, narrower external class https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3950, Juwra.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3949, MLL player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3948, Directorio Grierson ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3946, RANM member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3945, Old Bailey Proceedings ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3944, Tumblr ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3943, Bmx-results.com rider ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3942, Israel Antiquities Authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3941, OlimpBase Chess Olympiad player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3940, ESTC citation number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3939, named by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3938, Reactome pathway ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3937, NFF person profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3936, Chamber of Deputies of Italy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3935, face value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3934, Cinema ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3933, Digital Valencian Library author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3932, copyright owner https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3931, Rallye-info.com driver or co-driver ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3930, V&A item ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3929, MotoGP racer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3928, eWRC-results.com athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3927, USATF athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3926, Track and Field Statistics male athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3925, Track and Field Statistics female athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3924, Diamond League athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3923 - Query examples: - Paintings in the Louvre Museum, with heights and widths https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fheight%20%3Fwidth%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP195%20wd%3AQ3044768%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP2048%20%3Fheight%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP2049%20%3Fwidth%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fratio%20%20 (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/863355114932842496) - Chart of USA cities founded per year https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABarChart%0ASELECT%28SAMPLE%28%3Fyear%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%20%28COUNT%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3FcitesFounded%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ515%20.%20%23%20instance%20of%20city%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ30%20.%20%23%20in%20U.S.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Finception%20.%20%23%20inception%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28str%28YEAR%28%3Finception%29%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fyear (source https://twitter.com/connorstack/status/863557112487493632) - Country flags including a symbol of sun https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ186516%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP180%2a%20wd%3AQ525%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1001%20%3Fcountry%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/863140921612828672) - Birthplace of Spanish Queen Consorts https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Place%20of%20birth%20of%20spanish%20queen%20consorts%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fkoord%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP39%20wd%3AQ6104617%20.%0A%20%20%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fjaiolekua%20.%0A%20%20%09%3Fjaiolekua%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fkoord.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/864087564604628992)
Development
- More work on Special:NewLexeme page (Phab:T164582 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164582) - Correctly compare time values on constraints (Phab:T164279 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164279) - Check wording of messages/constraint check results (Phab:T164354 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164354) - Creating grammatical features for Forms (Phab:T160525 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160525)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. Monthly Tasks
- Help adding missing statements to properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Properties/Adding_missing_statements - 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 - 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