*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Upcoming: WikidataCon 2019
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019> on October
25-26. If you're not attending, you can follow most of the sessions
remotely with live stream.
- Upcoming: Wikidata's seventh birthday
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday>, on October
29th. You can organize an event in your area and add it to the list!
- Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
call: Finding GLAMs campaign cont. with OpenRefine demo, 22 October.
Agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rxo5dF5q6AVJ4xvBkBwCsy2nXdSqYdGHudZxPmSqKfk/edit?usp=sharing>
- Upcoming: Wikidata and Archival Metadata : opportunities and
challenges for heritage institutions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/LkPast-WD> by Baptiste de
Coulon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:2le2im-bdc> in Study day on
Linked Data <http://adochs.be/linking/>, Brussels, Friday November 22th,
2019.
- Past: Several sessions at Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2019
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2019> (11–13
October):
- Wikidata content oriented projects
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2019/Programme/Submissions/Wikidata_content_oriented_projects>,
talk by Mārtiņš Bruņenieks (video
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKYdRUXNdtQ&t=8762>)
- Using Wikidata as an Educational Platform
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2019/Programme/Submissions/Using_Wikidata_as_an_Educational_Platform>,
talk by Nebojša Ratković (video
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKYdRUXNdtQ&t=10608>)
- Beyond the basics: Intermediate Wikidata tools
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2019/Programme/Submissions/Beyond_the_basics:_Intermediate_Wikidata_tools>,
workshop by Asaf Bartov (not recorded)
- Your first Wikidata Lua infobox
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2019/Programme/Submissions/Your_first_Wikidata_Lua_infobox>,
workshop by Tobias Schönberg (not recorded)
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Querying Wikidata RDF with SQL using RDF2X
<https://medium.com/@david.prihoda/querying-wikidata-rdf-with-sql-using-rdf2x-324f18219adf?source=friends_link&sk=5f7c4155d5444c6c23b38f9d1ba1f7d7>
- *Ozymandias in Canberra
<https://iphylo.blogspot.com/2019/08/ozymandias-in-canberra.html>* - how
the Atlas of Living Australia could be enhanced using Wikidata
- *Knowledge Graph Consolidation by Unifying Synonymous Relationships
<https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-30793-6_16>* -
Jan-Christoph Kalo, et al.
- PhD thesis: Candela Romero, Gustavo (2019). *Publicación y
enriquecimiento semántico de datos abiertos en bibliotecas digitales*
<https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/97353/1/tesis_gustavo_candela_romero.pdf>
(in Spanish).
- Wikidata Wordmap <https://esterpantaleo.github.io/wikidata_wordmap/>
Tool of the week
- The *Wikidata Wor(l)dmap
<https://esterpantaleo.github.io/wikidata_wordmap/>* is showing
translations of the same concept on a world map. To use it, type a word
(for example "water") in the search field, then observe the map. You can
zoom in the map. The data comes from Wikidata item labels and the
coordinate location property of the language.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata won an Open Publishing Award
<https://openpublishingawards.org/> (description
<https://openpublishingawards.org/index.php/wikidata/>).
- Panandâ <https://pananda.sector4f.com/>, a mobile app powered by
Wikidata (and Wikimedia Commons), was selected
<https://www.facebook.com/gdgphilippines/posts/1659621320836459> as one
of the five finalists in the App for Social Good category in the Android
Masters 2019 competition organized by Google Developer Group Philippines.
The final event will be held on November 16.
- Issue with Wikidata Query Service: aggregate variables can no longer
reuse the names of other variables (T235540
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235540>).
- You can translate labels in the background image of Wikidata front
page by adding translation to this file
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_nodes_in_white.svg>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: image backside
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7417>, frontside image
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7418>, gender educated
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7419>, image with frame
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7420>, line(s)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7421>, minimum temperature
record <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7422>, glacier status
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7442>, number of processor
threads <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7443>, reason for
preferred rank <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7452>, creator's
signature <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7457>
- External identifiers: Professional Football League of Ukraine
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7423>, Rotterdam
City Archives actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7425>,
FreeBSD port <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7427>, Bluetooth
Declaration ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7428>, Bundle
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7429>, Dictionary of
Sculptors in Britain ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7430>,
Wolfram Language quantity ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7431>, Steam bundle ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7432>, FantLab author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7433>, NAD place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7434>, Eu-football.info
referee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7435>,
WorldReferee.com
referee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7436>, FantLab
award ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7437>, FantLab
publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7438>, FantLab
work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7439>, FIG gymnast
(no licence) identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7440>,
WorldFootball.net competition ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7441>, Rijksmuseum Research
Library authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7444>, Basis
Wien person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7445>, Basis
Wien institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7446>, Basis
Wien event ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7447>, Basis
Wien object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7448>, NARCIS
researcher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7449>, Turkish
Football Federation Team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7450>, Czech Fortuna liga
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7451>, 90minut.pl
team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7453>, Soccerbase
team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7454>,
Transfermarkt.com
match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7455>, AAAS keyword
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7456>, Kinematoscope film
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7458>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: MOHW HospID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MOHW_HospID>,
graph diameter
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/graph_diameter>,
ICP filing
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ICP_filing>,
aspect
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/aspect>, key
col <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/key_col>,
key col of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/key_col_of>
- External identifiers:
FlashScore.com match ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FlashScore.com_match_ID>,
GHR Conditions ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GHR_Conditions_ID>,
Eu-football.info coach ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eu-football.info_coach_ID>,
Soccerbase referee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerbase_referee_ID>,
Edvard Munchs correspondance person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Edvard_Munchs_correspondance_person_ID>,
Neliti Journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Neliti_Journal_ID>,
Broadway Photographs person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Broadway_Photographs_person_ID>,
National Marine Biological Library authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Marine_Biological_Library_authority_ID>,
Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph Serviceperson ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Auckland_War_Memorial_Museum_Online_Cenotaph_Serviceperson_ID>,
iNaturalist place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iNaturalist_place_ID>,
dp.ru persons ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dp.ru_persons_ID>,
IISG ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IISG_ID>,
ifixit
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ifixit_ID>,
Wolfram
Language entity type
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wolfram_Language_entity_type>,
CinemaRx person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CinemaRx_person_ID>,
Kinématoscope - Literary work
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kin%C3%A9matoscope_-_Literary_work>,
Kinématoscope - Film director
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kin%C3%A9matoscope_-_Film_director>,
Kinématoscope - Writer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kin%C3%A9matoscope_-_Writer>,
Stathletics-ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stathletics-ID>,
BDFutbol team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BDFutbol_team_ID>
- Query examples:
- Map of châteaux in the French world heritage site "the Loire Valley
between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes" <https://w.wiki/AQs> (source
<https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1185636531433852929>)
- Graph of the personal relationships between Tekken characters and
their fighting styles
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fimage1%20%3Fitem1Label%20%3Frgb%20%3Fitem2%20%3Fimage2%20%3Fitem2Label%20%3FedgeLabel%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem1%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%28%3Fcharacter%20as%20%3Fitem1%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ7889.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP179%20wd%3AQ219623.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP674%20%3Fcharacter.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Find%20sport%20-%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%28%3Fsport%20as%20%3Fitem1%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ7889.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP179%20wd%3AQ219623.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP674%20%3Fcharacter.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcharacter%20wdt%3AP641%20%3Fsport.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Find%20games%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%28%3Fgame%20as%20%3Fitem1%29%20%3Frgb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ7889.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgame%20wdt%3AP179%20wd%3AQ219623.%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28%227FFF00%22%20as%20%3Frgb%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25item1%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%28%3Fitem1%20AS%20%3Fitem2%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25item1.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25item2%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25item1%20.%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25item2%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fwdt%20%3Fitem2%20.%0A%20%20%3Fedge%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Fwdt%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20a%20wikibase%3AProperty%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem1%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage1%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem2%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage2%20.%20%7D%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/JeanFred/status/1186197330468442112>)
- Timeline of the chief ministers of Haryana and Maharashtra
<https://w.wiki/AWk> (source
<https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1186167733253074944>)
- Language representation of descriptions in Wikidata for objects
connected to Ksamsök <https://w.wiki/AWn> (source
<https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1185827875850739717>)
- Cricketers who have ever played on an Indian Super League team
<https://w.wiki/AWp> (source
<https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1185805345332973568>)
Development
- Fixed the DuplicateReferences gadget that was broken due to
refactoring work needed to make pages load faster and development easier (
phab:T234094 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234094>)
- Wikidata Bridge: restricting the length of string value inputs (
phab:T229241 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T229241>)
- research delayed kicking in of Bridge (phab:T233305
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T233305>)
- enable/disable save button depending on Bridge state (phab:T230342
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230342>)
- More work on reducing the resource loader modules
- More work on tainted references
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.