*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: Wikidata Wahldaten Workshop 2017 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Wahldaten_Workshop_2017 – 30 September 2017 in Vienna, Austria - Upcoming: Wikimedia Research Showcase https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#September_2017 - Past: Wikidata workshop in Zurich https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich (the slides of the speakers are linked on the page) - Past: GLAMhack Wikidata workshop in Lausanne (see the slides of the Query Service introduction https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hwUBbtP0TppAKrEpjtSjdOXePZ_7OIRNDWsAHzVk0NA/edit#slide=id.g1f4d0124c0_0_0 ) - Past: Wikidata workshop in Kolkata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_workshop_Kolkata_2017, India - Bridging real and fictional worlds https://medium.com/wiki-playtime/bridging-real-and-fictional-worlds-1af32ee65a26 in Wikidata, by Martin Poulter - Weekend at the Museum (of Brittany) https://www.lehir.net/weekend-at-the-museum-of-brittany/, by Envel Le Hir https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Envlh - Wiki Loves Monuments und Wikidata http://archivalia.hypotheses.org/67371, by SW - The French Connection at the Wikimania 2017 Hackathon https://www.lehir.net/the-french-connection-at-the-wikimania-2017-hackathon/, by Envel Le Hir https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Envlh
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata ontology explorer https://lucaswerkmeister.github.io/wikidata-ontology-explorer/: creates a tree of a class or property, shows common properties and statements - Join the mysterious group of Wikidata:Flashmob https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Flashmob who improve labels, or summon them on an item - A breaking change to the *wbcheckconstraints* API output format was announced https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#BREAKING_CHANGE:_wbcheckconstraints_API_output_format - Q40000000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40000000 was created - Improvements coming soon to Recent Changes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Improvements_coming_soon_to_Recent_Changes - Several new catalogs in Mix'n'Match https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#.2Fcatalog.2F547 incl. Encyclopædia Britannica, National Gallery artists and ArtCyclopedia
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: United Nations Treaty Series Registration Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4231, Sefaria ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4230, ICD-10-CM https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4229, Encyclopedia of Australian Science ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4228, Indonesian Small Islands Directory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4227, Cyworld ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4226, IPA Braille https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4225, category contains https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4224, Enciclopedia Italiana ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4223, United Nations Treaty Series Volume Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4222, National Criminal Justice ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4221, order of battle https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4220, Tyrolean Art Cadastre inventory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4219, shelf life https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4218, UK Electoral Commission ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4217, LNB Pro A player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4216, nLab ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4215, highest observed lifespan https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4214, Unicode hex codepoint https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4213, PACTOLS thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4212, Bashkir encyclopedia (Russian version) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4211, Bashkir encyclopedia (Bashkir version) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4210 - Query examples: - Algorithms and the problems they solve https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Falgorithm%20%3FalgorithmLabel%20%20%3FprobLabel%0A%7B%0A%09%3Falgorithm%20wdt%3AP2159%20%3Fprob%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2Cen%22%20%20%7D%20%20%20%20%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/908717947937591298) - Swiss items with article in exactly one of German-, French-, Italian-, and Romansh-language Wikipedias https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20map%20of%20Swiss%20items%20with%20article%20in%20exactly%20one%20of%20German-%2C%20French-%2C%20Italian-%2C%20and%20Romansh-language%20Wikipedias%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Ftitle%29%20AS%20%3FitemLabel%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Flocation%29%20AS%20%3Flocation%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Flanguage%29%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%2a%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ39%20p%3AP1332%2Fpsv%3AP1332%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Fn%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP1333%2Fpsv%3AP1333%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Fs%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP1334%2Fpsv%3AP1334%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Fe%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP1335%2Fpsv%3AP1335%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Fw.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25switzerlandBoundingBox%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fwiki%20%7B%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fit.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Frm.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ39%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Flocation.%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20a%20schema%3AArticle%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Fwiki%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%3Flanguage%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aname%20%3Ftitle.%0A%20%20%23%20filter%20out%20some%20stray%20results%20that%20have%20country%20Switzerland%20but%20coordinates%20outside%20it%20%28e.%E2%80%AFg.%20rivers%29%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25switzerlandBoundingBox.%0A%20%20BIND%28geof%3Alatitude%28%3Flocation%29%20AS%20%3Flat%29%0A%20%20BIND%28geof%3Alongitude%28%3Flocation%29%20AS%20%3Flon%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fs%20%3C%3D%20%3Flat%20%26%26%20%3Flat%20%3C%3D%20%3Fn%20%26%26%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fw%20%3C%3D%20%3Flon%20%26%26%20%3Flon%20%3C%3D%20%3Fe%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%0AHAVING%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fwiki%29%20%3D%201%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/908444126999441408) - Popular gender-neutral given names https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20names%20that%20were%20used%20gender-neutrally%20among%20people%20on%20Wikidata%0ASELECT%20%3Fname%20%3FnameLabel%20%3Fwomen%20%3Ftotal%20%3Fratio%20%28ABS%28%3Fratio-0.5%29%20AS%20%3FdiffFrom5050%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fname%20%28COUNT%28%2a%29%20AS%20%3Ftotal%29%20%28SUM%28%3Fwoman%29%20AS%20%3Fwomen%29%20%28SUM%28%3Fwoman%29%2FCOUNT%28%2a%29%20AS%20%3Fratio%29%20WHERE%20%7B%20%23%20should%20be%20%28%3Fwomen%2F%3Ftotal%20AS%20%3Fratio%29%20%E2%80%93%20see%20T172113%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP735%20%3Fname%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP21%20%3FsexOrGender%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3FsexOrGender%20IN%20%28wd%3AQ6581072%2C%20wd%3AQ1052281%29%2C%201%2C%200%29%20AS%20%3Fwoman%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fname%0A%20%20%20%20HAVING%28%3Ftotal%20%3E%3D%2010%20%26%26%200.4%20%3C%3D%20%3Fratio%20%26%26%20%3Fratio%20%3C%3D%200.6%29%20%23%20arbitrary%20limits%2C%20feel%20free%20to%20tweak%0A%20%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%28%3Ftotal%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/907740126150873089) - Computer network protocols and their ports https://query.wikidata.org/#%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FportLabel%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ15836568%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1641%20%3Fport%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/WikiDigi/status/907614182564036609) - Software developers by number of software titles https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fdeveloper%20%3FdeveloperLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fsoftware%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fsoftware%20%28p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ7397.%0A%20%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP178%20%3Fdeveloper.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fdeveloper%20%3FdeveloperLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0ALIMIT%20100 (source https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/907961753606045696) - Spacecraft and what they were named after https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fobj%20%3FobjLabel%20%3FobjDescription%20%3Fnom%20%3FnomLabel%20%3FnomDescription%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%7B%3Fobj%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ40218%20%7D%20%23%20type%20of%20spacecraft%0AUNION%20%7B%20%3Fobj%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ13226541%20%7D%20%23%20or%20spaceflight%20programme%0A%3Fobj%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fnom%20%23named%20after%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20ASC%28%3FobjLabel%29 (source https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/908774078080802818) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: WikiProject property constraints https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_property_constraints
Development
- Worked more on the constraints gadget in order to make it also qork for references and qualifiers - Made progress on persistently storing edits for the new Lexeme entity type (next to items and properties) - Worked on the RDF mapping for full URIs of external identifiers ( phabricator:T121274 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121274)
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