*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Past: talk about Wikidata at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in
Beijing by Lydia
- Past: Wikidata hackathon during Africa Open Data Conference
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Africa_Open_Data_Conference,_Accra>
in Accra
- Upcoming: Café OpenStreetMap e Wikidata, July 22nd, in São Paulo,
Brazil
- Report of the workshop about election data
<https://blog.wikimedia.de/2017/07/14/bericht-vom-wikidata-wahldaten-workshop/>
(in German)
- Integrating Wikidata and other linked data sources – Federated SPARQL
queries
<http://sulab.org/2017/07/integrating-wikidata-and-other-linked-data-sources-federated-sparql-queries/>,
on The SuLab
WikidataCon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017>
- The scholarship process is now closed. Recipients will be informed
around July 25th.
- You can still suggest ideas
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program/Ideas>
for the program, or submit a project
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program/Submit>
until July 31st. The program of the conference is made by the attendees,
only what you bring will be in there :)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- We now have a page describing our use of RDF
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:RDF>
- We now have Q33000000 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33000000>
- The database reports about items without statements
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/without_claims_by_site>
are updated again. English Wikipedia is up at 4.8% (from 4.6%). Dutch
Wikipedia remains low at 0.8%.
- Check out some improvements to the Query Service
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Improving_toolbar_on_the_Query_Service>,
and a new prototype for the Query Helper
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Prototype_for_improving_the_Query_Helper>
- New Wikidata maps
<https://addshore.com/2017/07/wikidata-map-july-2017/> with a comparison
between October 2016 and July 2017
- Help improving Wikidata documentation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Improving_documentation_during_the_Wikimania_hackathon>
during the Wikimania hackathon
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: NPSN Indonesian
school ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4128>,
EmbassyPages.com
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4127>, ESEC person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4126>, Titan ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4125>, Who's Who in France
biography ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4124>, French
National Assembly ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4123>
- Query examples
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/queries/examples>:
- Graph of operating systems
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fos%20%3FosLabel%20%3FsubclassOf%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fos%20wdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ9135%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fos%20wdt%3AP279%20%3FsubclassOf%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FosLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/885540466237767681>)
- Couples of Members of Parliament in UK
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fperson2%20%3Fperson2Label%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%20wdt%3AP39%20wd%3AQ16707842.%0A%20%20%3Fperson2%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%20wdt%3AP39%20wd%3AQ16707842%20%3B%20wdt%3AP26%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28STR%28%3Fperson2%29%20%3E%20STR%28%3Fitem%29%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/everypolitbot/status/885467159916412929>)
- People who have the same person listed as both their parent and
their child
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23People%20who%20have%20the%20same%20parent%20and%20child%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson1%20%3Fperson1Label%20%3Fperson2%20%3Fperson2Label%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%7B%20%3Fperson1%20wdt%3AP22%20%3Fperson2%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fperson1%20wdt%3AP25%20%3Fperson2%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson1%20wdt%3AP40%20%3Fperson2%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/885261646389817346>)
- Map of “railway things” in Berlin, as classified by
LinkedGeoData.org
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%0APREFIX%20lgdo%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Flinkedgeodata.org%2Fontology%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20geo%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.opengis.net%2Font%2Fgeosparql%23%3E%0APREFIX%20geom%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fgeovocab.org%2Fgeometry%23%3E%0APREFIX%20bif%3A%20%3Cbif%3A%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20%3FrailwayThing%20%3Fgeometry%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Flabel%29%20AS%20%3Flabel%29%20%3Flayer%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Flinkedgeodata.org%2Fsparql%3E%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3FrailwayThing%20a%20lgdo%3ARailwayThing%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20geom%3Ageometry%20%5B%20geo%3AasWKT%20%3Fgeometry%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28bif%3Ast_intersects%28%3Fgeometry%2C%20bif%3Ast_point%2813.383333%2C%2052.516667%29%2C%200.1%29%29%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3FrailwayThing%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3FrailwayThing%20a%20lgdo%3ASubway.%20BIND%28%22subway%22%40en%20AS%20%3Fsubway%29%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3FrailwayThing%20a%20lgdo%3ARail.%20BIND%28%22rail%22%40en%20AS%20%3Frail%29%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3FrailwayThing%20a%20lgdo%3ALightRail.%20BIND%28%22light%20rail%22%40en%20AS%20%3Flightrail%29%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3FrailwayThing%20a%20lgdo%3ATramway.%20BIND%28%22tramway%22%40en%20AS%20%3Ftramway%29%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3FrailwayThing%20a%20lgdo%3APlatform.%20BIND%28%22platform%22%40en%20AS%20%3Fplatform%29%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3FrailwayThing%20a%20lgdo%3AAbandonedRailway.%20BIND%28%22abandoned%20railway%22%40en%20AS%20%3Fabandoned%29%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3FrailwayThing%20a%20lgdo%3AHistoricThing.%20BIND%28%22historic%22%40en%20AS%20%3Fhistoric%29%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28COALESCE%28%3Fsubway%2C%20%3Flightrail%2C%20%3Frail%2C%20%3Ftramway%2C%20%3Fplatform%2C%20%3Fabandoned%2C%20%3Fhistoric%2C%20%22other%22%40en%29%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3FrailwayThing%20%3Fgeometry%20%3Flayer>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/884691401816014848>)
- Map of discovery locations of the objects stored in the Musée
Saint-Raymond
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP195%20wd%3AQ1376%20%3B%20wdt%3AP189%2Fwdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source
<https://twitter.com/christelmolinie/status/885935704139853824>)
- metro stations in Germany with public domain images on Commons
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fstation%20%3FstationLabel%20%3Fpicture%20%28SAMPLE%28%3FpictureCategory%29%20AS%20%3FpictureCategory%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22.%0A%0A%20%20%23%20get%20metro%20stations%20in%20germany%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ928830%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ183%20.%0A%0A%20%20%23%20and%20pictures%20of%20them%0A%20%20%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpicture%20.%0A%0A%20%20%23%20build%20commons%20urls%0A%20%20BIND%28STRAFTER%28str%28%3Fpicture%29%2C%20%22Special%3AFilePath%2F%22%29%20AS%20%3Ffilename%29%0A%20%20BIND%28wikibase%3AdecodeUri%28CONCAT%28%22File%3A%22%2C%20%3Ffilename%29%29%20AS%20%3Ffile%29%0A%0A%20%20%23%20and%20ask%20commons%20for%20the%20categories%20the%20pictures%20are%20in%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Amwapi%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aapi%20%22Categories%22.%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aendpoint%20%22commons.wikipedia.org%22.%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20mwapi%3Atitles%20%3Ffile.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FpictureCategory%20wikibase%3AapiOutput%20mwapi%3Acategory.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20%23%20and%20only%20get%20those%20with%20a%20Public%20Domain%20category%0A%20%20FILTER%28STRSTARTS%28%3FpictureCategory%2C%20%22Category%3APD-%22%29%29%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%2C%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fstation%20%3FstationLabel%20%3Fpicture%0ALIMIT%20100>
(source <https://twitter.com/robbi5/status/884842705137827842>)
- UK Members of Parliament who are born out of the UK
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fbirth_place%20%3Fbirth_placeLabel%20%3Fbirth_place_coords%20%3Fbirth_country%20%3Fbirth_countryLabelWHERE%20%0A%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP39%20wd%3AQ16707842%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fbirth_place%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fbirth_place%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fbirth_place_coords%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fbirth_place%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fbirth_country%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fbirth_country%20%21%3D%20wd%3AQ145%20%29%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fbirth_country%20%21%3D%20wd%3AQ22%20%29%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fbirth_country%20%21%3D%20wd%3AQ25%20%29%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fbirth_country%20%21%3D%20wd%3AQ26%20%29%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fbirth_country%20%21%3D%20wd%3AQ27%20%29%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fbirth_country%20%21%3D%20wd%3AQ161885%20%29%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fbirth_country%20%21%3D%20wd%3AQ174193%20%29%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7Bbd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/everypolitbot/status/884723973216489474>)
Development
- Preparing Lexemes demo for Wikimania
- Fixing links to non-entity namespaces (phab:T169221
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169221>) (thanks to Matěj Suchánek!)
- Tracking labels of quantity units in parser and Lua functions (
phab:T170167 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170167>) (thanks to
Matěj Suchánek!)
- Fixing checking of constraints on deprecated statements (phab:T170391
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170391>)
- Improving the Query Service UI (phab:T170279
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170279>)
- Improving wbsearchentities (phab:T103875
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103875>)
- Removing links from printable version (phab:T87108
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87108>)
- Adding customizable fallback to Special:GoToLinkedPage (phab:T166473
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T166473>)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>.
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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.