Hello all,
*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- We need your imput about how you edit lists on Wikipedia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:List_generation_input
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Upcoming: First Wikidata workshop in the Czech Republic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mezi_bajty/Workshop_2016, 3rd September, University of Pardubice https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728840 - Past: Wikidata workshop https://twitter.com/vgratian/status/769775636403617792/photo/1 by Asaf Bartov during the CEE WikiConv https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2016 in Dilijan, Armenia - Past: Wikidata presentation https://twitter.com/juschuetze/status/769510979289964544 during Django Girls in Berlin https://djangogirls.org/berlin/ - GSoC at Wikimedia (Part 1 of 3) https://medium.com/@alangiderick/gsoc-at-wikimedia-part-1-of-3-38a089a36fe8#.d5r4gd45o, by Alangi Derick - Modeling books in Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Books#Wikiproject_Books_2.0 by Aubrey and Chiara Storti - Paper: Vandalism Detection in Wikidata http://is.uni-paderborn.de/uploads/tx_sibibtex/heindorf2016_CIKM.pdf, by Stefan Heindorf, Martin Potthast, Benno Stein and Gregor Engels
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Planet to Earth https://tools.wmflabs.org/planettoearth/: this tool uses data from Wikidata to visualise the links between places on an astronomical body named after a place on planet Earth. - WikiDataScape http://apps.cytoscape.org/apps/wikidatascape is a Cytoscape app for interactive browsing of Wikidata. - The property "KML file" was created last week (see list below) and has already a full list of values, sample LUA module and property documentation page available (Property talk:P3096 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P3096) - enabling data access in user language https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat/Archive/2016/08#enabling_Wikidata_data_access_in_user_language will be deployed on Wikidata on August 29
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Tela Botanica ID (Metropolitan France) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3105, Gare & Connexions ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3104, has tense https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3103, Plantarium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3102, FloraBase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3101, Flora of Australia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3100, Internet Bird Collection species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3099, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3098, ISBN identifier group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3097, KML file https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3096, practiced by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3095 - Query examples: - RADA alumni with a good or featured article on Wikipedia https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20RADA%20alumni%20with%20a%20good%20or%20featured%20article%20on%20Wikipedia%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FbadgeLabel%20%3Flang%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP69%20wd%3AQ523926%20.%0A%20%20%3Fsitelink%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%3Fsitelink%20wikibase%3Abadge%20%3Fbadge%20.%0A%20%20%3Fsitelink%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%3Flang%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28SUBSTR%28str%28%3Fsitelink%29%2C%2011%2C%2015%29%20%3D%20%22.wikipedia.org%2F%22%29%20.%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/769527843369938944) - Historians with links to French Wikipedia or Wikisource, but missing VIAF ID https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Historians%20with%20links%20to%20French%20Wikipedia%20or%20Wikisource%2C%20but%20missing%20VIAF%20id%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ201788%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Here%20we%20ask%20people%20with%20no%20VIAF%20id%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP214%20%3Fviaf%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20But%20the%20ones%20we%20already%20know%20they%20don%27t%20have%20one%20show%20up%20anyway%0A%20%20%23%20so%20we%20filter%20out%20people%20with%20%22No%20value%22%20for%20VIAF%20id%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20rdf%3Atype%20wdno%3AP214%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fwikilink%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fwikilink%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikisource.org%2F%3E%20.%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwikilink%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/769443574282870784) - Unicorn taxa, including the Indian rhinoceros https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Ftaxon%20%3FtaxonName%20%3FtaxonLabel%20%3FtaxonCommonName%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Ftaxon%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ16521%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP225%20%3FtaxonName.%0A%20%20FILTER%28STRENDS%28%3FtaxonName%2C%20%22unicornis%22%29%29.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Ftaxon%20wdt%3AP1843%20%3FtaxonCommonName.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FtaxonName (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/769274960552615937) - Mithras shrines, as a map https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FterritorialEntityLabel%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1151014%20.%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20.%20%7D%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3FterritorialEntity%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP276%20%3Fplace%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%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FterritorialEntityLabel%20%3FitemLabel (source https://twitter.com/Harmonia_Amanda/status/769257983968772096) - 2.300 Wikidata archaeological sites without coordinates https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%20%3Flocation%20%3FlocationLabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ839954%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Flocation%20%7D%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fdummy%20%7D%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%20%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/769195301152456704) - All items on Wikidata whom we know we don't know their sex or gender: https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fhuman%20%3FhumanLabel%20where%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20FILTER%20isBLANK%28%3Fgender%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/Harmonia_Amanda/status/768799132479782912) - Drug-disease interactions https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fdrug%20%3FdrugLabel%20%28concat%28%227FFF00%22%29%20as%20%3Frgb%29%20%3Fdisease%20%3FdiseaseLabel%20%28concat%28%22FFA500%22%29%20as%20%3Frgb2%20%29%20%3Fdoid%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fdisease%20wdt%3AP699%20%3Fdoid%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP279%2B%20wd%3AQ18123741%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP2176%20%3Fdrug%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%0A (source https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/768477000935714816) - Nicknames of serial killers https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%2a%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%3Fsk%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ484188%3B%0A%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1449%20%3Fnick.%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/Coyau/status/768469756831752192) - Dynamic data map of all U-bahn lines in Berlin with colors https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23Map%20of%20all%20subway%20stations%20in%20Berlin%20with%20color%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3FstationLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Flayer%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%09%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP81%2Fwdt%3AP361%20wd%3AQ68646%20.%0A%09%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP81%20%3Fline.%20%0A%20%20%09%3Fline%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer.%20filter%28lang%28%3Flayer%29%20%3D%20%27de%27%29%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%22%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/innovimax/status/768364397551030272) - Timeline of internet services by type to celebrate 25 yrs of the web http://histropedia.com/showcase/wikidata-viewer.html?query=%23Internet%20Services%20By%20Type%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20?webService%20?webServiceLabel%20%0A%0A%28SAMPLE%20%28?inception%29%20as%20?inception%29%0A%28SAMPLE%20%28?image%29%20as%20?image%29%0A%28SAMPLE%20%28?type%29%20as%20?type%29%0A%28SAMPLE%20%28?precision%29%20as%20?precision%29%0A%28COUNT%20%28DISTINCT%20?article%29%20as%20?rank%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A?webService%20wdt:P31/wdt:P279*%20wd:Q1668024.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%09%09%23Subclass%20of%20service%20on%20internet%0A%0A?webService%20p:P571%20?inceptionStatement%20.%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23That%20has%20inception%20date%0A?inceptionStatement%20psv:P571%20?inceptionStatementNode%20.%09%09%09%09%0A%20%20%20%20?inceptionStatementNode%20wikibase:timeValue%20?inception%20.%09%09%09%23Get%20inception%20date%0A%20%20%09?inceptionStatementNode%20wikibase:timePrecision%20?precision%20.%09%09%23Get%20date%20precision%0A%0A?webService%20wdt:P31%20?typeItem%20.%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23Get%20the%20service%20type%0A?typeItem%20rdfs:label%20?type%20filter%20%28lang%28?type%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%09%09%09%09%23and%20the%20label%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B?webService%20wdt:P18%20?image%7D%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23Get%20image%20if%20available%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B?webService%20wdt:P154%20?image%7D%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23Get%20logo%20image%20if%20avilable%0A%0A%0A?article%20schema:about%20?webService%20.%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23Count%20article%20links%20for%20rank%0ASERVICE%20wikibase:label%20%7Bbd:serviceParam%20wikibase:language%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20?webService%20?webServiceLabel%0A%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%20%28?rank%29&url=webService&title=webServiceLabel&from=inception&fromPrecision=precision&imageUrl=image&colourCodeBy=type&threshold=1&view=timeline (source https://twitter.com/Histropedia/status/768151563571462144) - Network of color https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqjhzcPWYAA39al.jpg:large (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/768112859213623296) - Dynamic data map of all country by year of joining the United Nations https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fpays%20%28floor%28year%28%3Fdate%29%2F10%29%2a10%20as%20%3Flayer%29%20%3Fdate%20%3Fimage%20%3Flocation%20WHERE%20%7B%20%0A%20%20%3Fpays%20p%3AP31%20%3Fproperty.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fproperty%20ps%3AP31%20wd%3AQ160016.%0A%20%20%09%20%20%3Fproperty%20pq%3AP580%20%3Fdate.%0A%20%20%3Fpays%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Flocation.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fpays%20wdt%3AP41%20%3Fimage.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D (source https://twitter.com/innovimax/status/768401700667400192) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Theatre https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Theatre - Newest gadgets: - Newest external tools: Wikidata Class Browser (includes subclass counts and instance counts) https://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/WikidataClasses.php - Newest database reports: - New feature/gadget requests: - Showcase items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items:
Development
- Fixed a but where the text field doesn't always load when trying to add a statement (phabricator:T115267 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115267) - We're now also creating mediainfo entities when a statement is added to a non-existent media info entity (phabricator:T140760 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140760) - Fixed a but where the suggester would show information twice ( phabricator:T143645 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143645) - The ArticlePlaceholder now also shows the links to other projects in the In Other Projects sidebar (phabricator:T141771 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141771) - Worked more in figuring out how to show usage tracking data ( phabricator:T103091 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103091) - Made progress on Citoid support for Wikidata to make it easier to add useful and complete references (phabricator:T141856 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141856) - Worked on restore "purge without confirm" user right ( phabricator:T143435 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143435)
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