*Hello !Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around
Wikidata over the last week.*
Wikidata's birthday <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourth_Birthday>:
presents, stories and events
The birthday week started and already a lot of events happened, presents
have been shared, stories have been told! Here's what you may have missed:
- a word from the development team
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourth_Birthday> by Lydia
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lydia_Pintscher_%28WMDE%29>
- a new version of the map showing all the Wikidata items
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_Map_October_2016_Small.png>
with geolocalisation, by Addshore
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore>, who explains how he
generated it in a blog post
<https://addshore.com/2016/10/wikidata-map-october-2016/>
- The 4th birthday logo
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_fourth_Wikidata_Birthday.png>
by Incabell <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Incabell>
- A new release of the Wikipedia and Wikidata Tools for Google
Spreadsheets
<https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikipedia-and-wikidata-to/aiilcelhmpllcgkhhpifagfehbddkdfp?utm_source=permalink>
add-on has made working with Wikidata a lot easier
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QuUVFl6x3c1Yj3J7jd_OTHYD2haVFVtebIw2It4KNoA/edit?usp=sharing>
for Google Sheets users, by Tomayac
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Tomayac>
- A guide to SPARQL and the Wikidata Query Service
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:TweetsFactsAndQueries/A_Guide_To_WDQS>,
by TweetsFactsAndQueries
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:TweetsFactsAndQueries>
- Four new types of charts for the Query Service
<http://query.wikidata.org>: line chart, bar chart, scatter chart and
area chart (read more and try examples in the documentation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/Wikidata_Query_Help/Result_Views>)
by Jonas <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jonas_Kress_%28WMDE%29>
- {{#statements:…}}, a new parser function is currently in development
with better features that you can try on beta
<https://de.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Statements> by the Wikidata
dev team and volunteers
- Search field added in Scholia <https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia/>, a
tool to create scholarship profiles, by fnielsen
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Fnielsen>
- 10 cool queries for Wikidata that will blow your mind. Number 7 will
shock you
<https://blog.wikimedia.de/2016/10/30/10-cool-queries-for-wikidata-that-will-blow-your-mind-number-7-will-shock-you/>,
by Jens <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jens_Ohlig_%28WMDE%29> and
Cornelius
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Cornelius_Kibelka_%28WMDE%29>
- 4 years of Wikidata <http://stryn.eu/blog/2016/10/4-years-of-wikidata/>
by Stryn <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Stryn>
- A lot of people celebrating and posting pictures on Twitter
<https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23Wikidatabirthday&src=tyah>
or on Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikidata%27s_4th_birthday>!
The birthday party is not finished yet, every day until November 4th you
will discover new presents and stories. Follow the project chat
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat> or the mailing-list
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata> or #Wikidatabirthday
<https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23Wikidatabirthday&src=tyah>
to get the news!
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Wikidata birthday in Kanpur (India)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourth_Birthday/Events/Kanpur>,
November 3rd
- Wikidata birthday in Berlin (Germany)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourth_Birthday/Events/Berlin>,
November 4th
- Wikidata birthday in Rennes (France)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourth_Birthday/Events#Rennes.2C_November_5th>,
November 5th
- OKlab Berlin hacknights <https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/OK-Lab-Berlin/>,
October 31st and November 7th
- Pidapalooza <http://pidapalooza.org/>, Reykjavik, November 9-10
- Past: Ladies that FOSS (livetweet report
<https://twitter.com/i/moments/793022723370909696>)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: SummitPost ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3309>, lib.reviews ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3308>, Galiciana Author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3307>, ICAA rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3306>, KINENOTE person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3305>, NGS pumping station ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3304>, third-party formatter URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3303>, Open Media Database film
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3302>, broadcast by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3301>
- Query examples:
- Deities and their families
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fdeity%20%3FdeityLabel%20%3FgenderLabel%20%3FworshippedByLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fspouse%20%3FspouseLabel%20%3Fchild%20%3FchildLabel%20%3Fmother%20%3FmotherLabel%20%3Ffather%20%3FfatherLabel%20%3Fsister%20%3FsisterLabel%20%3Fbrother%20%3FbrotherLabel%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fdeity%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ178885%20.%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fdeity%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20%7D%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fdeity%20wdt%3AP1049%20%3FworshippedBy%20%7D%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fdeity%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fdeity%20wdt%3AP26%20%3Fspouse%20%7D%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fdeity%20wdt%3AP40%20%3Fchild%20%7D%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fdeity%20wdt%3AP25%20%3Fmother%20%7D%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fdeity%20wdt%3AP22%20%3Ffather%20%7D%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fdeity%20wdt%3AP9%20%3Fsister%20%7D%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fdeity%20wdt%3AP7%20%3Fbrother%20%7D%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D>
- Most frequently variants of given names
<https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20p%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20v%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20q%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fqualifier%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20rdfs%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0APREFIX%20ps%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20psv%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2Fvalue%2F%3E%0A%0A%20%20%20%23%20%20Query%20to%20find%20the%20most-frequently%20represented%0A%20%20%20%23%20%20variants%20of%20the%20male%20given%20name%20%3Ftgt_name%0A%20%20%20%23%20%20when%20%3Ftgt_name%20%3D%20Q2958359%0A%20%20%20%23%20%20Query%20generated%20by%20%5B%5BTemplate%3ANameVariantStatsM%5D%5D%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fname%20%3FnameLabel%20%3Fcount%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22%20.%20%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fname%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fa%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fname%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%3Fname%20wdt%3AP460%2A%20wd%3AQ15235674%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20wd%3AQ15235674%20wdt%3AP460%2A%20%3Fname%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fname%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ12308941%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20LIMIT%20100%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fa%20wdt%3AP735%20%3Fname%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fa%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fname%0A%20%20%7D%20.%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%23%20HAVING%20%28%3Fcount%20%3E%201%29%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%20%3FitemLabel%0A>
(source
<https://twitter.com/seeksanusername/status/793083234703867904>)
- Cheese made with cow milk
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Cheeses%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP279%20wd%3AQ3088299%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/SimonXIX/status/793057379088789504>)
- Abandoned villages in the Czech Republic
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ350895%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ213%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%0A%20%20%7D%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22cs%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR/status/793088729841856512>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
WikiProject Informatics: File Formats
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Informatics/File_formats>
- Newest database reports: Liam Neeson filmography
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/Filmography/Liam_Neeson>
Development
- We proposed a meaningful initial order for the statementSort gadget
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-statementSort.js> (
phabricator:T147062 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147062>)
- Commons media file properties now support pasting full Wikimedia
Commons URLs (phabricator:T147917
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147917>)
- Added distinct hover tooltips to rank and snak type selectors, as well
as some of the "add" buttons (phabricator:T139356
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139356>)
- Our concept base URI will be exposed as part of the meta=siteinfo
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=general>
API (phabricator:T143910 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143910>).
Thanks, user Lokal Profil!
- Progress on the list=wbsubscribers API module to query entity usage
information (phabricator:T145880
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145880>)
- Progress on the new parser function for rich, formatted statements (
phabricator:T142940 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142940>)
- Released Wikibase DataModel 6.2.0
<https://github.com/wmde/WikibaseDataModel/releases/tag/6.2.0>
- Released ValueView 0.18.0
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/GDVV/browse/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md>
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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Communication Manager 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.