*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: MisterSynergy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/MisterSynergy, Queryzo https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Queryzo, ChristianKl https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/ChristianKl
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Upcoming: Wahlsalon https://codefor.de/wahlsalons/ (event Codefor.de about election data): Kickoff on May 24th in Berlin - Upcoming: Open Science: the National Plan and you https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/NPOS2017 meeting for Dutch researchers: May 29th in Delft, The Netherlands - Current: WikiCite https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2017, May 23rd-25th in Vienna - Current: Met Open Access Artworks Challenge https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Met_Open_Access_Artworks_Challenge (May 15th-June 30th) help improving the data about the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art! - Past: Wikimedia Hackathon 2017 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017, May 19th-21st in Vienna - Paper: Becoming Wikidatians: evolution of participation in a collaborative structured knowledge base https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Becoming_Wikidatians:_evolution_of_participation_in_a_collaborative_structured_knowledge_base. (Alessandro Piscopo, Christopher Phethean, Elena Simperl)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The extension RevisionSlider is now available https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#RevisionSlider by default on Wikidata. Try it on a talk or project page! - Check out some updates about the WikidataCon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Update_about_WikidataCon - We reached Q30,000,000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30000000! Help us improve it and make a showcase item out of it. - An additional 10k article placeholders on Welsh Wikipedia https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicipedia:Negeseuon_Saesneg_y_Caffi#10.2C000_article_placeholders_to_be_indexed_in_search_engines will be made indexable in search engines
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Unifrance person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3980, Unifrance company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3979, IECIC 2015 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3978, Songkick venue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3977, BVMC work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3976, secretary general https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3975, Nature preserve in North Rhine-Westphalia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3974, PIM authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3973, PASE Domesday place https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3972, PASE Domesday person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3971, channel number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3970, signed form https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3969, CETS no. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3968, final event https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3967, programming paradigm https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3966, Bridgeman artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3965, BDCYL authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3964, Clochers de France ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3963, Global Trade Item Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3962, Unifrance film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3961, Base biographique AUTOR ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3960, NNL work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3959 - Query examples: - Websites but without an official website https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ35127.%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP856%20%3Fsite.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2Cde%2Cnl%2Cja%2Cfr%2Cno%22.%20%7D%0A%7D - Plants with associated emoji https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Plant%20Species%20with%20emoji%2C%20lol%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3FUnicode_character%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%28wdt%3AP31%3F%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ756.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ7432.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP487%20%3FUnicode_character.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/K4_713/status/865874238066094080) - Languages ordered by number of speakers https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%20%3Froot%20%3FrootLabel%20%3Fnspeakers%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ34770%20%20.%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP279%20%3Froot.%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP1098%20%3Fnspeakers.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%0A%7D%20%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fnspeakers%0A (source https://twitter.com/geophf/status/866682595001733120) - HMDB identifiers with more than one item https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Find%20duplicate%20HMDB%20identifiers%0A%0ASELECT%20%2a%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fid%20%28COUNT%28%3Fobj%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3Fobj%3B%20SEPARATOR%20%3D%20%22%20%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fitems%29%20WHERE%20%7B%20%3Fobj%20wdt%3AP2057%20%3Fid.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fid%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fcount%20%3E%201%29%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/865850322706628608) - Painters with a lot of identifiers on Wikidata, but few Wikipedia articles https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fname%20%3Fidcount%20%3Fsitelinks%20%3Frato%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ1028181%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Aidentifiers%20%3Fidcount%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3Fsitelinks%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fsitelinks%20%3E%200%20%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%20%28%20xsd%3Afloat%28%3Fidcount%29%20%2F%20xsd%3Afloat%28%3Fsitelinks%29%20as%20%3Frato%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Aidentifiers%20%3Fidcount%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3Fsitelinks%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fsitelinks%3D0%20%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%20%28%20xsd%3Afloat%28%3Fidcount%29%20%2F%20xsd%3Afloat%281%29%20as%20%3Frato%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fname%20.%0A%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Frato%20%29%0ALIMIT%20500 (source https://twitter.com/mdammers/status/865622957745459200) - Buildings with the greatest numbers of elevators https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Felevators%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1301%20%3Felevators%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Felevators%29%0ALIMIT%2030 (source https://twitter.com/envlh/status/865962677088210945) - Map of female writers on Wikidata by birthplace- generated by SPARQL query https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fdob%20%3Fprecision%20%3Fcoords%20%3FGender%20%3FOccupation%20%3FPlace_of_Birth%20%3Fimage%0A%28COUNT%28distinct%20%3Farticle%29%20as%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%20%0A%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ36180%20.%0A%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20.%0A%20%3Fperson%20p%3AP569%2Fpsv%3AP569%20%3FdobNode%20.%0A%20%3FdobNode%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fdob%20.%0A%20%3FdobNode%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%3Fprecision%20.%0A%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP19%20%3FbirthPlace%20.%0A%20%3FbirthPlace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20%7D%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%27en%27%20.%0A%20%3Fperson%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpersonLabel%20.%0A%20%3FbirthPlace%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FPlace_of_Birth%20.%0A%20%3Foccupation%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FOccupation%20.%0A%20%3Fgender%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FGender%20.%0A%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fdob%20%3Fprecision%20%3Fcoords%20%3FGender%20%3FOccupation%20%3FPlace_of_Birth%20%3Fimage%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%20%28%3Fcount%29 (source https://twitter.com/emcandre/status/864773436379451394) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: WikiProject Counter-Vandalism https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Counter-Vandalism, WikiProject Documentation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Documentation
Development
- Participating to the Wikimedia hackathon 2017 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/search/query/Yg.9XwRACgvQ/#R, having a lot of interesting talks with users, designers, developers... - Helping improving the documentation for the property constraints https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T165730, the beginner documentation about Wikidata https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T159216, how to install Wikibase https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164465 - Rewriting most constraint violation messages to include more useful information (phab:T164354 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164354, help update translations https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&group=ext-wikibasequalityconstraints&filter=%21translated&action=translate ) - Working on a tree view for the Query Service (phab:T152676 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152676) - Setting up a constraints development/testing wiki https://wikidata-constraints.wmflabs.org/ - Moving PropertySuggester extension from github to gerrit (phab:T104309 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104309) - Working on performance of change dispatching so database of wikidata goes read-only in lower rate (phab:T162557 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T162557) - Reducing number of duplicates rows in our database table for labels, descriptions and aliases to make it faster (phab:T163551 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T163551)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. 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 - proposals needing attention https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed - 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