*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>
--
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.