*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: Help:Modelling https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Help:Modelling
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past: Celtic Knot Conference, including a Wikidata track https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2018/Submissions/Wikidata_track, 5-6 July, Aberystwyth (Wales) - Upcoming: Wikidata Lab: Structured narratives in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_IX, São Paulo, August 9th
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Ewan McAndrew publishes case study for teaching data science with Wikidata: see the case study on Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_in_the_Classroom_-_Data_Science_for_Design_MSc_case_study_2nd_July_2018.pdf - "Wikidata and GLAM catalogues: a round-up" https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2018/07/04/wikidata-and-glam-catalogues-a-round-up/ by Martin Poulter
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Structured Data on Commons: There is a workshop on Commons to identify properties that files will need for statements. You are invited to participate https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Feedback_requests/Properties_for_Commons . - Querying Wikidata with SPARQL for Absolute Beginners https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Querying_Wikidata_with_SPARQL_for_Absolute_Beginners.webm, a new video tutorial by Asaf Bartov - Items now contain an average of 10 statements https://grafana.wikimedia.org/dashboard/db/wikidata-datamodel-statements?refresh=30m&panelId=4&fullscreen&orgId=1&from=now-2y&to=now . - For the first time Wikidata has less than 2 million empty items https://grafana.wikimedia.org/dashboard/db/wikidata-datamodel-statements?refresh=30m&orgId=1&panelId=10&fullscreen . - Input for m:Creation of separate user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Creation_of_separate_user_group_for_editing_sitewide_CSS/JS is being sought.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: Romanization of Belarusian (2007 system) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5412, has decorative pattern https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5422, floor number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5423, Han character in this lexeme https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5425, Japanese pitch accent type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5426, position of accent nucleus https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5427, position of devoiced vowel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5428, number of viewers/listeners https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5436, signum https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5438, research measurement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5439, model year https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5444, reference value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5446, lower limit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5447, upper limit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5448 - External identifiers: mhk object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5407, Fantastic Fiction author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5408, Île en île author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5409, Flanders Music Centre person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5410, CeBeDem composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5411, Ricochet author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5413, The Paris Review interviewee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5414, Whonamedit? doctor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5415, Common procurement vocabulary https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5417, Pasteur Institute person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5418, NYRB contributor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5419, GS1 Global Product Classification brick code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5420, The Trading Card Database person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5421, Lega Serie A team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5424, IPTC Newscode https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5429, Poetry International Web poet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5430, Setlist FM artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5431, Setlist FM venue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5432, Gfycat user ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5434, pixiv ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5435, EuroVoc ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5437, Elysee.fr president ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5440, Herder Encyclopedia author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5441, Biographical Articles of the Library of Congress of Chile https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5442, Collège de France professor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5443, Language Council of Norways termwiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5445 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: confers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/confers, Narrative role https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Narrative_role, CJKV variant character https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CJKV_variant_character, synonym https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/synonym, derived from form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/derived_from_form, station category https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/station_category, Number of twitter follower https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_twitter_follower, mentioned in work https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mentioned_in_work, model year code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/model_year_code, peninsula of location https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/peninsula_of_location, position of nasal sonant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/position_of_nasal_sonant, number of people depicted https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_people_depicted, artist-info artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/artist-info_artist_ID, artist-info curator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/artist-info_curator_ID, artist-info location ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/artist-info_location_ID, Mormon Literature and Creative Arts Database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mormon_Literature_and_Creative_Arts_Database, The Reptile Database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Reptile_Database - External identifiers: Logicielsmoto identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Logicielsmoto_identifier, House of Representatives Morocco ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/House_of_Representatives_Morocco_ID, BIA PSY ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BIA_PSY_ID, My Heritage Surname ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/My_Heritage_Surname_ID, identifiant Inventaire des sanctuaires français https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Inventaire_des_sanctuaires_fran%C3%A7ais, USNPL ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USNPL_ID, Guide to Pharmacology Target ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Guide_to_Pharmacology_Target_ID, Historia de la Medicina ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historia_de_la_Medicina_ID, TasteAtlas ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TasteAtlas_ID, GlyphWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GlyphWiki_ID, AE member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AE_member_ID, Conseil constitutionnel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Conseil_constitutionnel_ID, French Academy in Rome ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/French_Academy_in_Rome_ID, RHE doctor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RHE_doctor_ID, Scottish Poetry Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scottish_Poetry_Library_ID, RHE professor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RHE_professor_ID, SBN books ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SBN_books_ID, Australian Poetry Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Poetry_Library_ID, A Church Near You church ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_Church_Near_You_church_ID - Deleted properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion: GHS hazard statement (P728) + GHS precautionary statements (P940) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion#GHS_hazard_statement_(P728)_+_GHS_precautionary_statements_(P940), spectral line (P2224) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion#spectral_line_(P2224) - Query examples: - Map of places in the UK starting with "Llan" https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3Flabel%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ145.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FlabelWithLanguage.%0A%20%20BIND%28STR%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%20AS%20%3Flabel%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28STRSTARTS%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22Llan%22%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WiciCymru/status/1016306641850036224) - Number and percentage of articles about female scientists for all Wikipedias (compared to all articles about scientists) https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fproject%20%3FfemaleArticles%20%3FallArticles%20%3FpercentFemale%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fproject%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Farticle%29%20AS%20%3FfemaleArticles%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Fproject%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fproject%20wikibase%3AwikiGroup%20%22wikipedia%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP21%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ6581072%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP106%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ901.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fproject%0A%7D%20AS%20%25femaleArticles%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fproject%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Farticle%29%20AS%20%3FallArticles%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Fproject%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fproject%20wikibase%3AwikiGroup%20%22wikipedia%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP106%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ901.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fproject%0A%7D%20AS%20%25allArticles%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25femaleArticles.%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25allArticles.%0A%20%20BIND%28100%2a%3FfemaleArticles%2F%3FallArticles%20AS%20%3FpercentFemale%29%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3FfemaleArticles%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1016055633265725440 ) - Statements disputed by their subject https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20statements%20disputed%20by%20their%20subject%0ASELECT%20%3Fsubject%20%3FsubjectLabel%20%3FpropertyLabel%20%3FobjectLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fproperty%20a%20wikibase%3AProperty%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aclaim%20%3Fp%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AstatementProperty%20%3Fps.%0A%20%20%3Fsubject%20%3Fp%20%3Fstatement.%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20%3Fps%20%3Fobject%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP1310%20%3Fsubject.%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/WikidataFacts/status/1015654925508993025 ) - Emulators and what they emulate https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Femulator%20%3FemulatorLabel%20%3Ftarget%20%3FtargetLabel%20%28%2200FFFF%22%20AS%20%3Frgb%29%0A%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Femulator%20%20%28p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ202871%20.%0A%20%20%3Femulator%20wdt%3AP4043%20%3Ftarget%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/1015225741347205120) - Map of items near me that have a label in English but not in Welsh https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Flocation%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Aaround%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Flocation.%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Acenter%20%22%5BAUTO_COORDINATES%5D%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aradius%20%221%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Adistance%20%3Fdist.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemLabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FitemLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FfrLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FfrLabel%29%20%3D%20%22cy%22%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/Auregann/status/1015166358638809088) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Categories https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Categories - Newest tools: TopicMatcher http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=540, by MagnusManske, looks for items related to topics
Development
- Making progress towards being able to query for constraint violations in the query service - Included the dispatch lag in the maxlag parameter to give better feedback to tools and bots if they can edit at the moment (phab:T194950 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194950) - Added support for linking to a particular statement (not just a statement group) (phab:T169224 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169224) - Set up L as an alias for the Lexeme namespace (phab:T195493 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195493) - Worked on making lexical category, language and grammatical feature show up on WhatLinksHere (phab:T195302 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195302) - Worked on Persistent IDs for Senses (phab:T198033 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198033) - Improve placeholder text for Lexeme language and lexical category field on Special:NewLexeme (phab:T195439 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195439) - Show description on the item selector on Special:NewLexeme ( phab:T165597 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T165597) - Add "mis" language code to the list of language code options on Special:NewLexeme (phab:T194771 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194771)
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