Hey folks :)
Here is your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past
week.
Discussions
- New request for comments: Verifiability and living persons
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Verifiability_and_living_persons>,
RfP voting eligibility
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/RfP_voting_eligibility>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Past: Wikimania! The Wikidata-related program parts including slides
and notes can be found on the Wikidata Wikimania page
<https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata#Presentations>.
- TIB and HsH project approved: The replication of Open-Access images
<https://www.tib.eu/en/service/news/details/tib-and-hsh-project-approved-the-replication-of-open-access-images-noa/>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- EasyQuery is now a gadget that you can enable in your preferences. It
gives you an icon next to each statement value. That gives you a list of
other items with the same statement.
- Stats <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/stats.php?reverse> have
been updated and show a significant jump in references.
- SQID now shows references (example
<http://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid/#/view?id=Q42>)
- INSPIRE HEP has been added to Mix'n'match
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/?mode=catalog_details&catalog=215>
- PAWS <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/PAWS> is now available. It
lets you easily run a Jupyter notebook and much more.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: language used
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2936>, connector
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2935>, Encyclopedia of Triangle
Centers identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2931>,
INSPIRE-HEP
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2930>, lighthouse
range <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2929>, memory capacity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2928>, water as percent of area
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2927>, InterPro ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2926>, domain of saint or deity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2925>
- Query examples: sandwich ingredients
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fsandwich%20%3Fingredient%20%3FsandwichLabel%20%3FingredientLabel%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fsandwich%20wdt%3AP31%3F%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ28803%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP527%20%3Fingredient.%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fingredient%20wdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ7802.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%2C%20%22fr%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20UCASE%28STR%28%3FsandwichLabel%29%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/747145937072570369>),
inventors
killed by their own invention
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Finventor%20%3FinventorLabel%20%3Fgadet%20%3FgadgetLabel%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Finventor%20wdt%3AP157%20%3Fgadget%20.%0A%20%20%3Fgadet%20wdt%3AP61%20%3Finventor%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Finventor%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FinventorLabel%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fgadget%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FgadgetLabel%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/tobias47n9e/status/746330854922817536>),
objects
with most mass
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fobject%20%3FobjectLabel%20%28MAX%28%3Fmass%29%20AS%20%3Fmass%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fobject%20p%3AP2067%2Fpsv%3AP2067%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FbaseMass%3B%0A%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP2370%2Fpsv%3AP2370%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FunitMass%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ11570%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%5D%0A%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20BIND%28%3FbaseMass%20%2a%20%3FunitMass%20AS%20%3Fmass%29.%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fobject%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3647172.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fobject%20%3FobjectLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fmass%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/745933733711200256>),
music
genres
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3F_image%20%3F_subclass_of%20%3F_subclass_ofLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ188451.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP279%20%3F_subclass_of.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3F_image.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/JonasMKress/status/745677348352180224>), number
of jurisdictions by driving side
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3FsideLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fjurisdiction%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fjurisdiction%20wdt%3AP1622%20%3Fside.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3FsideLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FsideLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/745926057627377664>)
Development
- The majority of the Wikidata developers team atteded Wikimania
<https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/>
- You can now embed query results from
query.wikidata.org in other
websites (example
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3F_coordinate_location%20%3F_image%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ4022.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3F_coordinate_location.%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3F_image.%20%0A%7D>
)
- Linking MediaInfo entities to media files in the "MediaInfo for
Commons" prototype (phabricator:T134473
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134473>)
- Tracking more statistics for the ArticlePlaceholder (
phabricator:T138500 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138500>)
- Adding support for quantity values with unknown uncertainty (
phabricator:T115269 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115269>)
- Worked on fix for bug where new entities can be created with wrong
language (phabricator:T138725 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138725>
)
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/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.
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers
Lydia
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Lydia Pintscher -
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Product Manager for Wikidata
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