*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
- Past: IRC office hour, January 8th https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2019-01-08 - Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in WikiBär, Berlin, January 15th (in German https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin/2019-01-15) - Upcoming: Academic workshop on data quality management in Wikidata, Berlin, January 18th (registration needed https://fardamariam.wixsite.com/wikidatadqworkshop) - Upcoming: Wikidata hackathon in Ulm https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidata-Workshop-Ulm-2019, Germany, on February 22-24. The organization team is looking for people https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Topic:Uryzc19f849qh7a4 who can give introduction to Wikidata, QuickStatements or gadgets (in German).
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Connecting PCGamingWiki and Wikidata https://connorshea.gitlab.io/blog/connecting-pcgw-and-wikidata.html by Connor Shea - VOSviewer supports large number of new data sources https://www.cwts.nl/blog?article=n-r2v284 (including Wikidata) - Interview of Denny Vrandečić https://betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com/episode-25-denny-vrandei on the podcast Between the Brackets, about Wikidata and plenty of other things
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Structured data for Commons: multilingual captions are deployed on Commons on January 10th (documentation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:File_captions) - The Wikidata Query Service has been encountering some data corruption issues that impact the results you can see when running a query. Some may still be running. You can check the current ticket https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213210 for more updates. - New dashboard https://wdcm.wmflabs.org/WD_percentUsageDashboard/ for percentage of pages on a Wikimedia project make use of data from Wikidata (doesn't include sitelinks, doesn't include Commons file and category pages for now) - Science Stories http://www.sciencestories.io/, a project highlighting women in sciences, uses Wikidata
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: urban population https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6343, rural population https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6344, corporate purpose https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6346, closest approach https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6354 - External identifiers: Uppsala General Catalogue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6340, IFPNI species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6341, Dictionnaire des Wallons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6342, The White-files species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6347, Hymnary text ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6348, Lace bugs database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6349, Doctrine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6350, Genius artist numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6351, OLAC video game genre vocabulary https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6352, OSGS-Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6353, MNAM artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6355, IHOI work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6356, Conférence du stage secretary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6357, Musée Picasso artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6358 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: official color https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/official_color, euler characteristic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/euler_characteristic, REDIZO https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/REDIZO, number of articles https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_articles, property for implied values https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/property_for_implied_values, BNP Catalog ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BNP_Catalog_ID, Psyl'list species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Psyl%27list_species_ID, charter URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/charter_URL, works in collection https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/works_in_collection, precedes word-initial https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/precedes_word-initial, WordLift ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WordLift_ID - External identifiers: Litchfield Ledger ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Litchfield_Ledger_ID, NicoNicoPedia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NicoNicoPedia, Bahamut Gamer's Community ACG Database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bahamut_Gamer%27s_Community_ACG_Database, Bunkacho Media Art Database (Development Version): Animation Database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bunkacho_Media_Art_Database_(Development_Version):_Animation_Database, Bunkacho Media Art Database (Development Version): Comic Database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bunkacho_Media_Art_Database_(Development_Version):_Comic_Database, Interpol WOA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Interpol_WOA_ID, MAMVP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MAMVP_ID, VectorBase Taxonomy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VectorBase_Taxonomy_ID, Köztaurusz azonosító https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/K%C3%B6ztaurusz_azonos%C3%ADt%C3%B3, TV Spielfilm https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV_Spielfilm, Norwegian silvertax 1816 contributor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Norwegian_silvertax_1816_contributor_ID, Krugosvet article https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Krugosvet_article, infosport.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/infosport.ru_person_ID, Viperson ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Viperson_ID, iTunes TV season ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iTunes_TV_season_ID, sportufo.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sportufo.ru_person_ID, RBU person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RBU_person_ID, biathlon.com.ua person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/biathlon.com.ua_person_ID, skiresort.info ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/skiresort.info_ID, AiF dossier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AiF_dossier, JORFSearch organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JORFSearch_organization_ID, ELNET ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ELNET_ID, U-DISE code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/U-DISE_code, AISHE code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AISHE_code, EIIN number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EIIN_number - Query examples: - Schools of magic by numbers of students https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fperson%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ52085914.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP69%20%3Fq.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29 (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1084469697737822208) - Members of the Association for Computing Machinery who also gave TED talks https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FtedtalkLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP166%20wd%3AQ18748039.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2611%20%3Fted.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Ftedtalk%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ23011722.%0A%20%20%3Ftedtalk%20wdt%3AP50%20%3Fitem.%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/WikiDigi/status/1083726954618966016) - Languages where some lexemes have more than one grammatical gender entered in Wikidata https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20languages%20where%20some%20lexemes%20have%20more%20than%20one%20grammatical%20gender%0ASELECT%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Flexeme%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Flexeme%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Flexeme%20p%3AP5185%20%3FgenderStatement.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Flexeme%0A%20%20HAVING%28COUNT%28%3FgenderStatement%29%20%3E%201%29%0A%7D%20AS%20%25lexemesWithMultipleGenders%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25lexemesWithMultipleGenders.%0A%20%20%3Flexeme%20dct%3Alanguage%20%3Flanguage.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1082764236441509890 ) - Timeline of early French aviation pioneers https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fdate%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP106%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ2095549%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdate%20FILTER%20(YEAR(%3Fdate)%3C1900).%0A%20%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ142%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%2C%20fr%2C%20en%22%20%7D%0A%0A%20%7D%20 (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1082534647039430656) - Map of schools where virtual twins were educated https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fschool%20%3FschoolLabel%20%3Fgeo%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fitem1Label%20%3Fdob%20%3Fdod%0A%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1889%20%5B%5D%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%20p%3AP1889%2Fpq%3AP1013%20wd%3AQ20978290%20%3B%20wdt%3AP69%20%3Fschool%20%3B%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%20%3B%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdod.%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem1%20wdt%3AP1889%20%5B%5D%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%20p%3AP1889%2Fpq%3AP1013%20wd%3AQ20978290%20%3B%20wdt%3AP69%20%3Fschool%20.%20%0A%20%3Fschool%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fgeo%20.%0A%20FILTER%20%28%3Fitem%20%21%3D%20%3Fitem1%29%0A%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ159979%20%7D%20%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fdob%29%0ALIMIT%204000 (source https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/1082645222125957120) - Most cited Magnuses in Wikidata https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcount%20%3Fmagnus%20%3FmagnusLabel%20%3FmagnusDescription%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20SELECT%20(COUNT(*)%20AS%20%3Fcount)%20%3Fmagnus%20%7B%20%3Fmagnus%20wdt%3AP735%20wd%3AQ18109457%20%3B%20%5Ewdt%3AP50%20%2F%20%5Ewdt%3AP2860%20%5B%5D%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fmagnus%20%7D%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/fnielsen/status/1082623323136290818)
Development
- Solving an issue that blocked deployments over the past weeks ( phab:T212427 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T212427) - Improved the visual appearance of glosses (phab:T207401 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207401) - Fixing problems with reverting Sense addition (phab:T211438 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211438) - Improving our Javascript to be more standard (phab:T210744 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T210744) - Working on performing more constraint type checks in PHP before falling back to SPARQL (phab:T209504 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209504) - Making the query service logo and favicon configurable in one's own Wikibase (phab:T212210 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T212210) - More work on displaying the termbox on mobile (phab:T207150 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207150)
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