*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>
- Upcoming: Open Source Ladies
<https://www.meetup.com/opensourceladies/events/242038340/>, meetup for
women who want to start coding for Mediawiki and other open source
projects, August 22nd, Berlin
- Data Partnerships in Wikidata: Project Durchblick with Humboldt
University
<https://blog.wikimedia.de/2017/08/21/data-partnerships-in-wikidata-project-durchblick/>
by Jens Ohlig (in German
<https://blog.wikimedia.de/2017/08/21/datenpartnerschaften-mit-wikidata-projekt-durchblick/>
)
- What do Wikidata and Wikipedia have in common? An analysis of their
use of external references <https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/412922/> by
Alessandro Piscoppo et al.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- New documentation page: How to use Wikidata data on Wikimedia projects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:How_to_use_data_on_Wikimedia_projects>
(feel free to help improving it)
- The growth of items continues: we have Q37000000
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37000000> and even Q37500000
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37500000>; Scientific article (Q13442814
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13442814>) becomes the most used
Wikidata item (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Database_reports/Popular_items&diff=next&oldid=540656154>
)
- More than 80K locations in Belgium added to Mix'n'Match
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/catalog/377>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: World Heritage
Tentative List ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4171>, eParks
unit ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4170>
- Query examples:
- Surnames, similar to Muller, according to Cologne phonetics,
Caverphone and Soundex algorithms
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23TEMPLATE%3D%7B%22template%22%3A%22Surnames%2C%20similar%20to%20%3Fsurname%2C%20according%20to%20Cologne%20phonetics%2C%20Caverphone%20and%20Soundex%20algorithms%22%2C%22variables%22%3A%7B%22%3Fsurname%22%3A%7B%22query%22%3A%22%20SELECT%20%3Fid%20%7B%20%3Fid%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ101352%20%3B%20wdt%3AP3879%20%5B%5D%20%3B%20wdt%3AP3880%20%5B%5D%20%3B%20wdt%3AP3878%20%5B%5D%20%7D%20LIMIT%20100%20%22%7D%20%7D%20%7D%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20BIND%28wd%3AQ28800754%20AS%20%3Fsurname%29%0A%20%20%3Fsurname%20wdt%3AP3879%20%3Fcologne.%0A%20%20%3Fsurname%20wdt%3AP3880%20%3Fcaverphone.%0A%20%20%3Fsurname%20wdt%3AP3878%20%3Fsoundex.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ101352.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP3879%20%3Fcologne.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP3880%20%3Fcaverphone.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP3878%20%3Fsoundex.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fitem%20%21%3D%20%3Fsurname%29%0A%7D>
- Shortest streets in Moscow
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Flength_in_meters%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%27None%27%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%2a%20wd%3AQ649%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ79007%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP2043%2Fpsn%3AP2043%2Fwikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Flength_in_meters%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22ru%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Flength_in_meters%0ALIMIT%20100>
- A timeline of theologians with a connection to Berlin
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20A%20Timeline%20of%20Theologians%20Active%20in%20Berlin%0A%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%3Ftheologian%20%3FtheologianLabel%20%3Fdate_of_birth%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Ftheologian%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ1234713.%0A%20%20%3Ftheologian%20wdt%3AP937%20wd%3AQ64.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Ftheologian%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdate_of_birth.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Ftheologian%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/andersoncliffb/status/898520000796950528>
)
- Timeline of the life of Honoré de Balzac
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Ft%20%3FppLabel%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3FrrLabel%20%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%7Bwd%3AQ9711%20%3Fprop%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28datatype%28%3Ft%29%3Dxsd%3AdateTime%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fvalue%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Fprop.%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20wd%3AQ9711%20%3Fq%20%3Fstatement%20%20FILTER%20regex%20%28STR%28%3Fq%29%2C%22prop%2FP%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20%3Fp%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20regex%20%28STR%28%3Fp%29%2C%20%22prop%2Fqualifier%2FP%22%29%20FILTER%20%28datatype%28%3Ft%29%3Dxsd%3AdateTime%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20%3Fr%20%3Fvalue%20FILTER%20regex%20%28STR%28%3Fr%29%2C%22prop%2Fstatement%2F%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%20BIND%28IRI%28CONCAT%28CONCAT%28SUBSTR%28STR%28%3Fr%29%2C1%2C29%29%2C%22direct%2F%22%29%2CSUBSTR%28STR%28%3Fr%29%2C40%29%29%29%20as%20%3Frprop%29%20%20%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Frprop%20.%20%20%0A%20%20%20BIND%28IRI%28CONCAT%28CONCAT%28SUBSTR%28STR%28%3Fp%29%2C1%2C29%29%2C%22direct%2F%22%29%2CSUBSTR%28STR%28%3Fp%29%2C40%29%29%29%20as%20%3Fpprop%29%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fpp%20%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Fpprop%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20wd%3AQ9711%20wdt%3AP800%20%3Fvalue%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fvalue%20%3Fprop%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28datatype%28%3Ft%29%3Dxsd%3AdateTime%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20wdt%3AP800%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fpp%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Fprop.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Ft>
(source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/898539789963677697>)
- Twin cities of places in South Africa
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23twin%20cities%20of%20places%20in%20South%20Africa%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%2a%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP190%20%3Fsister%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20%3Fsister%20wdt%3AP131%2a%20wd%3AQ258%20.%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/897566209511763969>)
- 51st UK parliament (1992) was the first one with more women than
Johns
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20UK%20parliaments%20with%20count%20of%20Johns%20and%20count%20of%20women%0A%23defaultView%3ALineChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fdate%20%3Fcount%20%3Flabel%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20all%20MPs%20with%20their%20associated%20parliament%0A%20%20SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fmp%20%3Fparliament%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20new%20data%20model%3A%20position%20held%20%E2%80%93%20Member%20of%20the%20nth%20Parliament%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20p%3AP39%2Fps%3AP39%20%3Fposition.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fposition%20wdt%3AP279%20wd%3AQ16707842%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP279%2Fpq%3AP2937%7Cwdt%3AP2937%20%3Fparliament.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20old%20data%20model%3A%20member%20of%20%E2%80%93%20nth%20Parliament%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20p%3AP463%2Fps%3AP463%20%3Fparliament.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fparliament%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ21094819.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25MPsWithParliament%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20count%20of%20Johns%20in%20each%20parliament%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fparliament%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fmp%29%20AS%20%3Fjohns%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25MPsWithParliament.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20wdt%3AP735%20wd%3AQ4925477.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fparliament%0A%7D%20AS%20%25johns%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20count%20of%20women%20in%20each%20parliament%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fparliament%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fmp%29%20AS%20%3Fwomen%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25MPsWithParliament.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20wdt%3AP21%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ6581072.%20%23%20%28P279%2a%3A%20include%20transgender%20females%20%E2%80%93%20non%20yet%2C%20but%20will%20probably%20happen%20in%20the%20future%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fparliament%0A%7D%20AS%20%25women%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20get%20%3Fjohns%20and%20%3Fwomen%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25johns.%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25women.%0A%20%20%23%20fan%20out%20single%20result%0A%20%20%23%20%3Fparliament%20%3Fjohns%20%3Fwomen%0A%20%20%23%20into%20two%20results%0A%20%20%23%20%3Fparliament%20%22Johns%22%20%3Fjohns%0A%20%20%23%20%3Fparliament%20%22women%22%20%3Fwomen%0A%20%20%23%20so%20the%20line%20chart%20works%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Flabel%20%7B%20%22Johns%22%40en%20%22women%22%40en%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Flabel%20%3D%20%22Johns%22%40en%2C%20%3Fjohns%2C%20%3Fwomen%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0A%20%20%23%20get%20parliament%20date%20for%20the%20chart%0A%20%20%3Fparliament%20wdt%3AP571%7Cwdt%3AP580%20%3Fdate.%0A%20%20%23%20add%20labels%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%3Fdate>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/898918062661017600>)
- All places that are named "earth" in at least one language
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fplace%20%28STR%28%3Flabel%29%20AS%20%3FplaceLabel%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%27None%27%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28wd%3AQ2%20AS%20%3Fearth%29%20.%0A%20%20%3Fearth%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel%20.%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fearth%20%21%3D%20%3Fplace%29%20.%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ17334923%20.%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/897499609844535297>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Parliaments
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Parliaments>
Development
- Working on making constraints work on qualifiers and references (
phabricator:T168532 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T168532>)
- Working on making it easier to see when input in property or value
fields is not recognized/wrong (phabricator:T170531
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170531>)
- Added new language codes (eya, fuf, ood, pjt, yap, zun) for use in
monolingual text values
- Fixed an issue with badges not being shown next to interwiki links on
Wikipedia and co (phabricator:T172592
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T172592>)
- Worked on showing labels when linking to a redirect (phabricator:T96553
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T96553>)
- Worked on making change dispatching to Wikipedia and co work better so
changes made on Wikidata show up there in a reasonable time. There were
issues because of significantly increased edit activity on Wikidata.
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.