*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
- Past: Wikidata meetup during the Wikimedia Summit, March 29th in Berlin (collaborative notes https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikidataMeetupSummit2019) - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop for archives https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/AAFSaint%C3%8919 in Saint-Etienne, France, on April 3rd and 5th - Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in Berlin https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin/2019-04-14 in Wikibär on April 14th - Upcoming: Where iNaturalist meets Wiki https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_iNaturalist/Event_20190416_Where_iNaturalist_meets_Wiki April 16th, in Meise (Belgium)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- WikidataCon 2019 application, program submission and scholarship processes are now open until April 29th https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Topic:Uwnvvuwlnox50iw8 - Structured Data on Commons: You can now test creating depicts statements https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Feedback_requests/Depicts_testing - While editing OpenStreetMap from the iD editor, it will now be possible https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/5544#issuecomment-477810460 to match map data with Wikidata by typing in names and getting an autocompleted label. - OpenStreetMap is participating in this year's Google Summer of Code, and quite a few of the project ideas https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2019/Project_Ideas involve Wikidata integration. - Discussion going on in W3C SPARQL 1.2 Community Group https://www.w3.org/community/sparql-12/ about the improvements in SPARQL language
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: capacity factor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6639, position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6648 - External identifiers: Libreflix ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6614, Kicker.de player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6615, Library of Parliament of Canada person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6616, RoMEO publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6617, Federal-State Cooperative System ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6618, XING company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6619, L'Express person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6620, Le Figaro tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6621, Le Parisien tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6622, Gamepedia article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6623, FSkate.ru skater ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6624, Salvador Dali Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6625, Index to American Botanical Literature ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6626, FaroeSoccer player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6627, FaroeSoccer coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6628, Artcurial lot ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6629, SNISB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6630, Tainacan MHN ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6631, 100 bombardirov person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6632, Cini Foundation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6633, LinkedIn personal profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6634, ACA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6635, CDEC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6636, AWARE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6637, JRC Names id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6640, Zomato ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6641, TV Spielfilm series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6643, Fandango theater ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6644, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6645, JMdictDB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6646, Zagat ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6647 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: First attestation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/First_attestation, match interval https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/match_interval, réédité par https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/r%C3%A9%C3%A9dit%C3%A9_par, calligrapher https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/calligrapher, Ordained by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ordained_by, code produit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_produit, Wikidata property example for media https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikidata_property_example_for_media - External identifiers: Baden-Württemberg Schutzgebiete-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg_Schutzgebiete-ID, K10plus editions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/K10plus_editions, Utpictura18 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Utpictura18_ID, Le Vif tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Le_Vif_tag_ID, Common Sense Media review ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Common_Sense_Media_review_ID, Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pro-Linux.de_DBApp_ID, Libregamewiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Libregamewiki_ID, Democracy Club Election ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Democracy_Club_Election_ID, MARGS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MARGS_ID, Kobo author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kobo_author_ID, WoRMS source ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WoRMS_source_ID, Kobo narrator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kobo_narrator_ID, NGMDb Prod ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NGMDb_Prod_ID, Memórias da Ditadura ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mem%C3%B3rias_da_Ditadura_ID, Placar UOL Eleições ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Placar_UOL_Elei%C3%A7%C3%B5es_ID, AntWiki https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AntWiki, MESH Concept ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MESH_Concept_ID, MESH Term ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MESH_Term_ID, Desaparecidos Políticos ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Desaparecidos_Pol%C3%ADticos_ID - Query examples: - Siblings who have won the Israel Prize https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fitem1Label%20%28year%28%3Fdate1%29%20AS%20%3Fyear1%29%20%3Fitem2%20%3Fitem2Label%20%28year%28%3Fdate2%29%20AS%20%3Fyear2%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem1%20p%3AP166%20%3Fprize_stmt1%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fprize_stmt1%20ps%3AP166%20wd%3AQ616568%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fprize_stmt1%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate1%7D%20.%0A%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem1%20wdt%3AP3373%20%3Fitem2%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem2%20p%3AP166%20%3Fprize_stmt2%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fprize_stmt2%20ps%3AP166%20wd%3AQ616568%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fprize_stmt2%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate2%20%7D%20.%0A%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%28%3Fdate1%20%3C%20%3Fdate2%29%20%7C%7C%20%28%20%28%21%28%3Fdate2%20%3C%20%3Fdate1%29%29%20%26%26%20%28str%28%3Fitem1%29%20%3C%20str%28%3Fitem2%29%29%20%29%20%29.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fyear1 (source https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1111364649805590528) - British female engineers, 1919-2019 https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fsort%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Farticle%20%0A%20%20%20%20(GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT%20%3Focc_label%3B%20SEPARATOR%20%3D%20'%20%2F%20')%20AS%20%3Foccs)%20%0A%20%20%20%20(GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT%20%3Ffield_label%3B%20SEPARATOR%20%3D%20'%20%2F%20')%20AS%20%3Ffields)%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdob%20%3Fdod%0A%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ81096%20%5Ewdt%3AP279*%20%3Focc%20.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20(%3Focc%20!%3D%20wd%3AQ183945)%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Focc%20%5Ewdt%3AP106%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND(COALESCE%20(year(%3Fdob)%2C%209999)%20AS%20%3Fsort)%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdod%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20(!bound(%3Fdod)%20%7C%7C%20!(year(%3Fdod)%20%3C%201919)).%0A%20%20%20%20VALUES%20%3Fuk%20%7Bwd%3AQ145%20wd%3AQ174193%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP27%7C((wdt%3AP937%7Cwdt%3AP19%7Cwdt%3AP20)%2Fwdt%3AP131*)%20%3Fuk%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP101%20%3Ffield%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Ffield%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Ffield_label.%20FILTER(lang(%3Ffield_label)%20%3D%20'en')%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Focc%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Focc_label.%20FILTER(lang(%3Focc_label)%20%3D%20'en')%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Farticle%20%3Fdob%20%3Fsort%20%3Fdod%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fsort%20%3FitemLabel (source https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1112481031267987456) - Female scientific illustrators https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fhuman%20%3FhumanLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072.%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ19507792.%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%201000 (source https://twitter.com/SiobhanLeachman/status/1111750683068264448) - French archivists with a picture https://query.wikidata.org/#%23archiviste%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fimg%20%3Foccupation%20%3FoccupationLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ635734.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP27%20wd%3AQ142.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20%3Foccupation.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A (source https://twitter.com/daieuxdailleurs/status/1111663587746029568) - Archive institutions in Switzerland and how much they hold https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Finstitution%20%3FinstitutionLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Ftotal%29%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3FLieuLabel%3B%20SEPARATOR%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3FLieux%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Finstitution%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ166118.%0A%20%20%3Finstitution%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ39.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Finstitution%20wdt%3AP131%20%3FLieu.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FLieu%20rdfs%3Alabel%3F%20%3FLieuLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3FLieuLabel%29%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP485%20%3Finstitution.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cfr%2Cde%2Cit%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Finstitution%20%3FinstitutionLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Ftotal%29%20%3FinstitutionLabel (source https://twitter.com/GillianeKern/status/1111245906857345024) - Graph of open source research software by field https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fsoftware%20%3FsoftwareLabel%20%3Ffield%20%3FfieldLabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ5500964.%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%20%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP275%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ1156659.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP101%7Cwdt%3AP136%7Cwdt%3AP366%20%3Ffield.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%20%20%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1111654700334620673) - Groups of characters in the Marvel universe https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Les%20groupes%20de%20personnages%20de%20l%E2%80%99univers%20Marvel%0A%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fchar%20%3FcharLabel%20%3Fgroup%20%3FgroupLabel%20%28%227FFF00%22%20as%20%3Frgb%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%09%3Fgroup%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ14514600%20%3B%20%20%23%20group%20of%20fictional%20characters%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1080%20wd%3AQ931597.%20%20%23%20from%20Marvel%20universe%0A%20%3Fchar%20wdt%3AP463%20%3Fgroup%20%23%20member%20of%20group%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/kembellec/status/1111643799443390464) - In what type of places are ancient Greek potteries stored? https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20%3Ftype%20%3FtypeLabel%20(COUNT(%3Fq)%20AS%20%3Fc)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ738680%20%3B%20wdt%3AP276%2Fwdt%3AP31%20%3Ftype%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Ftype%20%3FtypeLabel (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/1111570250057875456)
Development
- Work on a dashboard for external identifiers (phab:T204440 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204440) - Add baserevid to WikibaseLexeme API modules (phab:T217243 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217243) - Add tests for embed.html (phab:T212649 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T212649) - Improve features for wikibase vandalism detection model (phab:T194737 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194737) - Improve Property Info cache performance (phab:T218115 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218115, phab:T218197 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218197) - Adding nofollow to external identifiers links (phab:T175230 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T175230) - Hide query helper by default in Query Service (phab:T217886 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217886) - More work on wb_terms normalization (Phab board https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/3972) - Enable trimming whitespace around Label/Description/Aliases and Schema text (phab:T215761 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215761) - Prevent moving Schemas between namespaces (and generally) (phab:T219313 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219313) - Limit the length of Schema labels, descriptions, aliases, and schema text in the frontend (phab:T218867 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218867) - Add tracking for clicks on the “check entities against this Schema” link (phab:T218899 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218899) - Disallow importing of Schemas from another wiki or XML files to avoid ID conflicts (phab:T218181 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218181) - Make sure RTL text is being handled correctly in the Schema labels, descriptions and aliases table (phab:T219136 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219136) - Add a publish button on mobile termbox: (phab:T218573 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218573) - Building the wbeditentity request to be fired on save request: ( phab:T218577 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218577)
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
Finally. A wonderful gift for Science and Students.
MESH Concept ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MESH_Concept_ID, MESH Term ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MESH_Term_ID WoRMS source ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WoRMS_source_ID