*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New administrator: Pyb <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pyb> is now
admin on Wikidata!
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Wikidata: the new hub for cultural heritage
<https://www.oxfordaspiremuseums.org/blog/wikidata>
- Past: WikiIndaba, Ghana
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2017/>
- Upcoming: FOSDEM, Brussels, February 4-5th <https://fosdem.org/2017/>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Coordinates on Russian Wikipedia now link to maps generated with
the Kartographer
extension <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Kartographer>.
The map includes the location outline, if that object exists in
OpenStreetMap (OSM) with a corresponding Wikidata ID (ways and relations
only, not nodes). Example: w:ru:Зальцбург
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ru:%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3>
(click coordinates in the upper right corner, or in the infobox on the
side). If you create a Wikidata item about a specific administrative area,
building, or other physical individual object which appears on maps, then
please add the Wikidata ID to the relevant object in OSM, using
key:wikidata= <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:wikidata> (here's how
to contribute to OSM
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/How_to_contribute>).
- QuickStatements V2 <https://tools.wmflabs.org/quickstatements/> can
now run your commands in the background, no need to keep the browser tab
open anymore
- List of churches generated from Wikidata on Cymraeg Wikipedia
<https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadog#Eglwysi>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: ZNIEFF Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3498>, teams classification by
time <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3497>, cycling teams
classification by points
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3496>, FilmPolski.pl
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3495>, points classification
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3494>, legal status (medicine)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3493>, basic reproduction number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3492>, muscle insertion
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3491>, muscle origin
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3490>
- Query examples:
- Tide mills in France
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3FdepartmentLabel%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ493694%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ142%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP131*%20%3Fdepartment%20.%0A%20%20%3Fdepartment%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6465%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FdepartmentLabel%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3FitemLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/822189709728370688>)
- Wind mills in Paris
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ38720%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Farrdt%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20%3Farrdt%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ90%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/822182751759646720>)
- Mathematical formulae containing HTML escapes
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fformula%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2534%20%3Fformula.%0A%20%20FILTER%28CONTAINS%28%3Fformula%2C%20%22%26amp%3B%22%29%20%7C%7C%20CONTAINS%28%3Fformula%2C%20%22%26quot%3B%22%29%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/822491902863872003>)
- Fire stations in Paris
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Fire%20stations%20in%20Paris%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fadresse%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1195942%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP969%20%3Fadresse%20.%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ90%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3FitemLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/Ayack_fr/status/822789876735242241>)
Development
- Created a new Special:EntityPage, needed for federation (
phabricator:T153499 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153499>)
- Sitelink "name" and "badges" in diffs are now translated (
phabricator:T111016 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111016>)
- Worked on finalizing mockups for editing Wikidata from Wikipedia and
co. Now working on the click-dummy for it so we can try it with you.
- Last touches for automated sitelinks for Wiktionary.
- A ton of refactoring needed for Wiktionary support.
- More research on improving our input widgets (for example URL and
date).
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>.
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/R8GRzX1eH0tb/#R>.
- Help develop the next summary here!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
- 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 pages in your own language!
- Help merge identical items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across
Wikimedia projects.
- 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>
- proposals
needing attention
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed>
--
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.