Hey folks :)
Here's your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past week. Enjoy!
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Writing a bachelor's thesis at Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. http://blog.wikimedia.de/2016/04/20/writing-a-bachelors-thesis-at-wikimedia-deutschland-e-v - Europeana Art History Challenge begins https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/19/europeana-art-history-challenge - TED is partnering with the Wikimedia community to add “ideas worth spreading” to Wikimedia projects https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/22/ted-wikimedia-collaboration - Wikidata meets world literature http://weltliteratur.net/Wikidata-Meets-World-Literature/ - Centralizing content and distributing labor: a community model for curating the very long tail of microbial genomes (conference poster) https://figshare.com/articles/Force11Putman_48_44_pdf/3187411 - Past: Wikimedia Conference https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- SQUID: a new class and property browser for Wikidata https://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid (background info https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-April/008554.html) - Wikidata Graph Builder https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/ now can visualize graphs with different node sizes. See for instance, types of artists with number of people, occupied with each subclass item https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P279&item=Q483501&limit=2&mode=reverse&size_property=P106 - List of items that have English, German, and French sitselinks, but no statements https://tools.wmflabs.org/pagepile/api.php?id=2871&action=get_data - List of articles on English Wikipedia with a video where the corresponding item has no video http://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=5007 - Listeria bot (the one generating lists on Wikipedia based on Wikidata data) will now begin auto-replacing simple WDQ queries with SPARQL ones - Magnus is looking for a designer to help with a logo for PetScan https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/722835003365789700 - Arbitrary access for Wikimedia Commons is coming as planned on the 26th - Wikidata surpassed English Wikipedia in items/articles using files from Wikimedia Commons
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Danish listed buildings case ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2783, Models.com client ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2782, Race time https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2781, IAT diver ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2780, IAT weightlifter ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2779, IAT triathlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2778, FIS snowboarder ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2777, FIS Nordic combined skier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2776, FIS ski jumper ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2775, FIS freestyle skier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2774, FIS cross-country skier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2773, FIS alpine skier ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2772, D-U-N-S https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2771, source of income https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2770, budget https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2769, BNE journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2768, JudoInside.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2767, ISO 4063 process number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2766, blue-style.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2765, Wrestlingdata person id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2764, Danish protected area ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2763, Skyscraper Center building complex ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2762, Research Papers in Economics Series handle https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2761, NUTTAB Food Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2760, AUSNUT Food Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2759, CNC film rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2758, EIRIN film rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2756, exploitation visa number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2755, production date https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2754, Dictionary of Canadian Biography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2753, New Zealand Organisms Register ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2752, Roller Coaster Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2751, Photographers' Identities Catalog ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2750, PRONOM software identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2749, PRONOM file format identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2748, Filmiroda rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2747 - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Olympics https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Olympics - Query examples: songs with longest melody https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fsong%20%3FsongLabel%20%3Fcode%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fsong%20wdt%3AP1236%20%3Fcode.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28STRLEN%28REPLACE%28%3Fcode%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20%22%22%29%29%29%0ALIMIT%2010 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/722886802797801472), subjects with most art dedicated to them https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fdedicatee%20%28SAMPLE%28%3FdedicateeLabel%29%20AS%20%3Flabel%29%20%28COUNT%28%3Fwork%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ838948.%0A%20%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP825%20%3Fdedicatee.%0A%20%20%3Fdedicatee%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FdedicateeLabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FdedicateeLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fdedicatee%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0ALIMIT%2020 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/723512502512922624), versions of The Scream https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%0A%20%20%3Fitem%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%20%28%3FitemL%29%20AS%20%3Ftitle%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%20%28%3Fy%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%20%28%3FtypeL%29%20AS%20%3Ftype%29%0A%20%20%28group_concat%28distinct%20%3FmaterialL%20%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20as%20%3Fmaterials%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%20%28%3FcollectionL%29%20AS%20%3Fcollection%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%20%28%3Fimg%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%0A%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemL%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fy%29%20%3FtypeL%20%3FcollectionL%20%3Fimg%20%3FmaterialL%0A%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP179%20wd%3AQ471379%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Finstance%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemL%20filter%20%28lang%28%3FitemL%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Finstance%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FtypeL%20filter%20%28lang%28%3FtypeL%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP195%20%3Fcollection%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcollection%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcollectionL%20filter%20%28lang%28%3FcollectionL%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP186%20%3Fmaterial%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fmaterial%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FmaterialL%20filter%20%28lang%28%3FmaterialL%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fyear%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/723576880151048192)
Development
- There will be some maintenance on the query service in a few hours https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-April/008586.html - Redesigned the rank selector as well as snak type selector icons ( phab:T129033#2217402 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129033#2217402, gerrit:283968 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/283968) - The snak type selector icon also has a tooltip now (gerrit:283945 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/283945) - The term table header row as well as language column will now be marked as <th> instead of <td> (gerrit:283395 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/283395) - Fixed an issue with newline characters in quantity values (phab:T110728 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110728) - Fixed the month-precision time parser ignoring the minus in "January -150" (phab:T132441 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132441) - Continued working on diffing and patching support for new entity types (phab:T132442 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132442) - Continued working on support for creating entities of new types as part of the work for Wikimedia Commons support (phab:T132964 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132964) - Rolled out a little query explanation field to query.wikidata.org to help you better understand a query if you don't understand SPARQL well - Fixed a bug where the map wouldn't show in the visualization of a query result (phabricator:T132669 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132669) - Fixed issues with the duplicate references gadget (phabricator:T131920 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131920) - Added basic support for more languages to the query service ( phabricator:T132756 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132756)
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! - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia