Hey everyone :) Here's your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past week. Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Replicator: Wikidata import tool <https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2016/01/25/replicator-a-cli-tool-for-wikidata/> - The Facebook of German Playwrights <https://dlina.github.io/The-Facebook-of-German-Playwrights/> - Language usage on Wikidata <http://addshore.com/2016/02/language-usage-on-wikidata/> - Past: FOSDEM (slides of talk by Lucie <http://www.slideshare.net/frimelle/increasing-access-to-free-and-open-knowledge-for-speakers-of-underserved-languages-on-wikipedia> ) Other Noteworthy Stuff - Please help us classify a bunch of edits to improve anti-vandalism tools on Wikidata <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-January/008052.html> - Over 18000 people who made at least one edit over the last month! - some visualizations: - Family tree of King Halo, race horse <https://tools.wmflabs.org/family/ancestors.php?q=Q11297913> - Doctoral students of Gauss <https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P184&item=Q6722&direction=reverse> - Tributaries of the Danube <https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P974&item=Q1653&lang=de&iterations=7> - Children of Kronos <https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P40&item=Q44204&lang=de&iterations=7> - Influenced by Leibnitz <https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P737&item=Q9047&lang=de&direction=both&iterations=15> - Graphs <https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P279&item=Q141488&direction=reverse> - Zika virus papers <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-timeline/#/timeline?query=CLAIM%5B921:202864%5D%20OR%20CLAIM%5B921:8071861%5D> - KasparBot is now removing all PersonData template usages from English Wikipedia. They added machine-readable information to articles. - Wikiversity will get the first phase of Wikidata support (language links) on February 23rd. - Upcoming deployments of new datatypes, In Other Projects Sidebar, Article Placeholder and more <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-February/008068.html> - WD-FIST <https://tools.wmflabs.org/fist/wdfist/index.html> now supports SPARQL queries Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: National Historic Sites of Canada ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2526> - Query example: horses <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Chevaux%20sur%20Wikidata%0A%0APREFIX%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%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcheval%20%3FchevalLabel%20%3Fmere%20%3Fpere%20%28year%28%3Fnaissance%29%20as%20%3FNaissance%29%20%28year%28%3Fdeces%29%20as%20%3FD%C3%A9c%C3%A8s%29%20%3Fsexe%0Awhere%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%3Fcheval%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ726%20.%7D%20%20%20%20%23%20Instance%20et%20sous-classes%20de%20Q726-Cheval%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fcheval%20wdt%3AP25%20%3Fmere%20%20.%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20P25%20%20%3A%20M%C3%A8re%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fcheval%20wdt%3AP22%20%3Fpere%20.%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20P22%20%20%3A%20P%C3%A8re%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fcheval%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fnaissance%20.%7D%20%23%20P569%20%3A%20Date%20de%20naissance%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fcheval%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdeces%20.%7D%20%20%20%20%20%23%20P571%20%3A%20Date%20de%20d%C3%A9c%C3%A8s%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fcheval%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fsexe%20.%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20P21%20%20%3A%20Sexe%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20%23BabelRainbow%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Car%2Cbe%2Cbg%2Cbn%2Cca%2Ccs%2Cda%2Cde%2Cel%2Cen%2Ces%2Cet%2Cfa%2Cfi%2Che%2Chi%2Chu%2Chy%2Cid%2Cit%2Cja%2Cjv%2Cko%2Cnb%2Cnl%2Ceo%2Cpa%2Cpl%2Cpt%2Cro%2Cru%2Csh%2Csk%2Csr%2Csv%2Csw%2Cte%2Cth%2Ctr%2Cuk%2Cyue%2Cvec%2Cvi%2Czh%22%20%0A%20%20%7D%20%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fcheval>, French sculptors by year of birth <http://demo.seco.tkk.fi/visu/#/?sparqlEndpoint=https:%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fbigdata%2Fnamespace%2Fwdq%2Fsparql&query=PREFIX%20wikibase:%20%3Chttp:%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20wd:%20%3Chttp:%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%20%0APREFIX%20wdt:%20%3Chttp:%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20rdfs:%20%3Chttp:%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fyear%20%28COUNT%20%28DISTINCT%20%3Fa%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fa%20wdt:P31%20wd:Q5%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fa%20wdt:P2380%20%3FRSF%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fa%20wdt:P569%20%3Fdate%20.%20%0A%20%20%20BIND%28year%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fyear%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fyear&outputType=gchart&chartConfig=%7B%22containerId%22:%22chart%22,%22options%22:%7B%22hAxis%22:%7B%22useFormatFromData%22:true,%22viewWindow%22:%7B%22max%22:null,%22min%22:null%7D,%22minValue%22:null,%22maxValue%22:null%7D,%22title%22:%22%22,%22useFirstColumnAsDomain%22:true,%22vAxes%22:%5B%7B%22useFormatFromData%22:true,%22viewWindow%22:%7B%22max%22:null,%22min%22:null%7D,%22minValue%22:null,%22maxValue%22:null%7D,%7B%22useFormatFromData%22:true,%22viewWindow%22:%7B%22max%22:null,%22min%22:null%7D,%22minValue%22:null,%22maxValue%22:null%7D%5D,%22isStacked%22:false,%22animation%22:%7B%22duration%22:500%7D,%22booleanRole%22:%22certainty%22,%22legend%22:%22right%22,%22width%22:600,%22height%22:371%7D,%22state%22:%7B%7D,%22view%22:%7B%7D,%22isDefaultVisualization%22:false,%22chartType%22:%22ColumnChart%22%7D> - Newest external tools: Template:Complex constraint <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Complex_constraint> - Newest database reports: Help:Wikimedia language codes/lists/all <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Wikimedia_language_codes/lists/all> - New feature/gadget requests: badge for templates using Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat/Archive/2016/01#Badge_for_templates_using_Wikidata.3F> Development - und, mis, mul and zxx will be supported language codes for monolingual text. More will come later. - Working on adjusting the layout of the ArticlePlaceholder generated pages - Final touches on making search work on mobile - Finishing identifier datatype and section 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 -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. 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