*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- Closed request for comments: Political alliance vs P4100 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Political_alliance_vs_P4100, Changes to P2737 and P2738 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Changes_to_P2737_and_P2738, Why do we have an item for dogs and another one for *Canis lupus familiaris*? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Why_do_we_have_an_item_for_dogs_and_another_one_for_%27%27Canis_lupus_familiaris%27%27%3F, start time / end time vs. publication date of 1st / last episode https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/start_time_/_end_time_vs._publication_date_of_1st_/_last_episode, Mapping and improving the data import process https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Mapping_and_improving_the_data_import_process, Familypedia links removed for "described at URL" https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Familypedia_links_removed_for_%22described_at_URL%22, Allow the creation of links to redirects in Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Allow_the_creation_of_links_to_redirects_in_Wikidata
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past: Several Wikidata-related presentations at International Data Week http://www.internationaldataweek.org/ from November 5-8 in Gaborone: - Wikidata and Wikibase as global platforms for democratizing data publishing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lqrgbA-Z0BQmkXDqDZtdR6EbHqDl0MM9POeyqmHG6KE/edit#slide=id.p - WikiCite and Scholia - a Linked Open Data approach to exploring the scholarly literature and related resources https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScidataCon_2018_poster_168_-_WikiCite_and_Scholia_-_a_Linked_Open_Data_approach_to_exploring_the_scholarly_literature_and_related_resources.pdf - A wiki approach to collecting, curating and managing citizen science data https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScidataCon_2018_poster_150_-_A_wiki_approach_to_collecting,_curating_and_managing_citizen_science_data.pdf - A wiki perspective on an Open Science Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScidataCon_2018_poster_208_-_A_wiki_perspective_on_an_Open_Science_Commons.pdf - Past: Several Wikidata-related presentations at GLAMWiki conference https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program, including: - Wikidata — what's new? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Wikidata_%E2%80%94_What%27s_new%3F - Open your structured GLAM data with Wikibase — install your own instance of the technology behind Wikidata https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Open_your_structured_GLAM_data_with_Wikibase_%E2%80%94_install_your_own_instance_of_the_technology_behind_Wikidata - Incoming: a new Illuminatis Data Mining workshop https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-November/012595.html on 16-17 November in Gotha - Incoming: Wikidata workshop in Vienna https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmRcl2bnmtSsk98IFHSmP49Hk-4Kh9gC9T8tu7aKhjagkN9w/viewform - Incoming: Wikidata train the trainers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Train_the_trainers/GermanyAustria in Cologne, Berlin and Vienna (in German)
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Incoming partnership with the German National Library https://blog.wikimedia.de/2018/11/02/gemeinsam-wieder-neuland-betreten-die-deutsche-nationalbibliothek-und-wikimedia-deutschland/ by Jens Ohlig (in German) - How Wikidata Is Solving Its Chicken-or-Egg-Problem in the Field of Cultural Heritage https://www.societybyte.swiss/2018/11/07/how-wikidata-is-solving-its-chicken-or-egg-problem-in-the-field-of-cultural-heritage/, by Beat Eastermann
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- wikitable.info is a visualization of Wikidata items in HTML tables in many languages, easy to print and export. Feedback goes to Germartin1 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Germartin1 - OpenRefine 3.1 beta https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.1-beta is out, with many fixes and improvements to the Wikidata integration suggested by the community. - There's a new Wikidata game: Commons category matches https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/distributed/#game=44
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: location of sense usage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6084, dramaturge https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6086, head coach of sports team https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6087, beer bitterness https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6088, beer color https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6089, INEP IGC discrete grade https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6095, clinical trial phase https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6099, maintained by WikiProject https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6104, uses capitalization for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6106 - External identifiers: NYC Building Identification Number (BIN) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6082, Cineuropa person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6083, The Guardian article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6085, Caselaw Access Project case ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6090, MGG Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6091, Map of Life ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6092, AfroMoths ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6093, FloraWeb ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6094, FLOW ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6096, AllPowerlifting.com person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6097, Info Flora ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6098, YÖK Academic Profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6100, Mushroom Observer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6101, Schleswig-Holstein object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6102, Michigan Flora ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6103, Observation.org ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6105 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: Vice https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vice, sense associated with form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sense_associated_with_form, declared patrimony https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/declared_patrimony, season ends https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/season_ends, inscription mentions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inscription_mentions, DanNet 2.2 word ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DanNet_2.2_word_ID, Study fees https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Study_fees, HASC https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HASC, exchange rate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/exchange_rate, Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Verspreidingsatlas.nl_ID - External identifiers: AllMusic release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AllMusic_release_ID, DBU profile https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBU_profile, MusicNotes product ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MusicNotes_product_ID, MusicNotes song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MusicNotes_song_ID, Nobel Prize in Literature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature_ID, Code de l'Autorité de l'Aviation Civile argentine https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Code_de_l%27Autorit%C3%A9_de_l%27Aviation_Civile_argentine, Playbill venue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Playbill_venue_ID, Digital Flora of Central Africa ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_Flora_of_Central_Africa_ID, Portal to the Flora of Italy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Portal_to_the_Flora_of_Italy_ID, Envanter.gov.tr Monument ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Envanter.gov.tr_Monument_ID, B3Kat Joint Union Catalogue https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/B3Kat_Joint_Union_Catalogue, Santiebeati ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Santiebeati_ID, Soccerway team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerway_team_ID, identifiant Littera https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Littera, Letterboxd actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Letterboxd_actor_ID, Letterboxd film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Letterboxd_film_ID, Threatened Species Link ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Threatened_Species_Link_ID, VD 18 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VD_18_ID, Siamzone film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Siamzone_film_ID, Thaifilm ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thaifilm_ID, National Portrait Gallery (United States) object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Portrait_Gallery_(United_States)_object_ID, Newseum newspaper front page ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Newseum_newspaper_front_page_ID, Playbill person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Playbill_person_ID, SWH Release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SWH_Release_ID, APA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/APA_ID, Virtual Guide to the Flora of Mongolia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Virtual_Guide_to_the_Flora_of_Mongolia_ID, identifiant À nos grands hommes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_%C3%80_nos_grands_hommes, BioOne ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BioOne_ID, Academy Awards Database film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Academy_Awards_Database_film_ID - Query examples: - Currently happening figure skating competitions https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcompetition%20%3FcompetitionLabel%20%3Fdate%20%3Fend%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ2990963.%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16510064.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP361%20%3Fcomp.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcomp%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ2990963.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP361%20%3Fsegment.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fsegment%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16510064.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP580%20%3Fstart.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP582%20%3Fend.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP585%20%3FpointInTime.%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28COALESCE%28%3Fstart%2C%20%3FpointInTime%29%20AS%20%3Fdate%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28BOUND%28%3Fstart%29%29%20%7C%7C%20%28BOUND%28%3FpointInTime%29%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fend%20%3E%3D%20%28NOW%28%29%20-%20%22P1D%22%5E%5Exsd%3Aduration%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28NOW%28%29%29%20%3E%3D%20%3Fdate%29%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate (source https://twitter.com/Harmonia_Amanda/status/1060962816268664833) - Software developed by groups within Google https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fdev%20%3FdevLabel%20%3Flogo%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP178%20%3Fdev.%0A%20%20%3Fdev%20wdt%3AP361%20wd%3AQ95.%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/1060876779294846976) - Knowledge organization systems https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fbroader%20%3FbroaderLabel%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ6423319%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP279%20%3Fbroader%3B%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1060440441013833728) - Most common election days by country https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fweekday%20%3Fcount%20%3FtotalCount%20%3Fpercentage%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%3Foffset%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Felection%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Felection%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ40231%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP585%2Fpsv%3AP585%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fdate%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%3Fprecision%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Fprecision%20%3E%3D%20%2211%22%5E%5Exsd%3Ainteger%29%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP156%7Cwdt%3AP576%7Cwdt%3AP582%20%3Fend.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%3Fdate%20-%20%221776-07-04%22%5E%5Exsd%3AdateTime%20AS%20%3FoffsetInt%29%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%3FoffsetInt%20-%20%287%20*%20xsd%3Ainteger%28xsd%3Afloat%28%3FoffsetInt%29%20%2F%207.0%29%29%20AS%20%3FoffsetSigned%29%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3FoffsetSigned%20%3C%200%2C%20%3FoffsetSigned%20%2B%207%2C%20%3FoffsetSigned%29%20AS%20%3Foffset%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%3Foffset%0A%7D%20AS%20%25offsets%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%3Fweekday%20%3Fcount%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25offsets.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%200%2C%20%22Thursday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%201%2C%20%22Friday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%202%2C%20%22Saturday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%203%2C%20%22Sunday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%204%2C%20%22Monday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%205%2C%20%22Tuesday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%206%2C%20%22Wednesday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%22unknown%20day%22%40en%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20AS%20%3Fweekday%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25weekdays%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%28MAX%28%3Fcount%29%20AS%20%3FmaxCount%29%20%28SUM%28%3Fcount%29%20AS%20%3FtotalCount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25weekdays.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%0A%20%20HAVING%28%3FtotalCount%20%3E%3D%203%29%20%23%20filter%20out%20countries%20with%20not%20enough%20data%20%283%20is%20a%20very%20generous%20limit%29%0A%7D%20AS%20%25maxWeekdayCount%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fweekday%29%20AS%20%3Fweekday%29%20%3Fcount%20%3FtotalCount%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25weekdays.%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25maxWeekdayCount.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Fcount%20%3D%20%3FmaxCount%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%3Fcount%20%3FtotalCount%0A%7D%20AS%20%25maxWeekday%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25maxWeekday.%0A%20%20BIND%28%3Fcount%20%2F%20%3FtotalCount%20AS%20%3Fratio%29%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28SUBSTR%28STR%28100%20*%20%3Fratio%29%2C%201%2C%205%29%2C%20%22%25%22%29%20AS%20%3Fpercentage%29%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%3FtotalCount%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1059611336802553856 )
Development
- Displaying Senses before Forms (phab:T208592 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208592) - Making quality constraints play nicer with the Query Service - Putting in the ground work to have quality checks run in jobs - Enabling arbritrary access on oldwikisource - Allowing configuration of the licence in .ttl output - Configuration of more string limits, such as URL and mono / multilingual texts - Moving wdqs frontend to a blubber deployment (phab:T192006 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192006) - Asserting a users name so they can't edit when accidently logged out ( phab:T124451 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124451) - Showcase a termbox placeholder in the mobile frontend of m.wikidata.org (phab:T206200 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206200)
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