Hey folks :)

Here is your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past week.

Discussions

- Closed request for adminship: Mahir256 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Mahir256 (as successful)

Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage

- Getting data from Wikidata into WordPress custom taxonomy https://blogs.pjjk.net/phil/getting-data-wikidata-wordpress-custom-taxonomy/ - PIDapalooza https://pidapalooza.org/ - Girona, 23-24 January,with a session on PIDs in Wikidata http://sched.co/Cwmd by Andy Mabbett - The EuropeanaTech Call for Proposals is open till February 7 https://easychair.org/cfp/europeanatech2018. Themes are Data, Discovery, Delivery. The conference will take place in Rotterdam, NL, May 15-16, 2018. - Call for papers for Celtic Knot conference is open https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Cynhadledd_Celtic_Knot_2018

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- Nominations for the Steward elections are open https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2018 - Grant proposal for GlobalFactSync https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/DBpedia/GlobalFactSync - repology https://repology.org is a nice new project about software packages with the help of Wikidata. They have a list of potentially outdated packages on Wikidata https://repology.org/metapackages/?inrepo=wikidata&outdated=1 that might need updating or fixing. - Painters https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/painters.php gives you a list of paintings that don't have a creator statement but "painting by" in the description - Big City Lights: where are the cities whose items are most used across the Wikimedia projects? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_Concepts_Monitor/WDCM_Journal#§_WDCM_Journal,_18._January_2018._Big_City_Lights

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: Commons compatible image available at URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4765, is a hydrated form of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4770, biological phase https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4774, lot number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4775, MAC Address Block Large ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4776, has boundary https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4777 - External identifiers: SRCBB coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4751, Manus Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4752, Ecocrop ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4753, Harvard botanical journal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4754, UK railway station code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4755, V Live channel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4756, Songwriters Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4757, MONA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4758, Luminous-Lint ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4759, LTI Korea Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4760, Images d'Art artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4761, Common Database on Designated Areas ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4762, crates.io ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4763, Arcade artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4764, Australian honours ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4766, cinematografo company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4767, cinematografo name ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4768, GameRankings game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4769, compArt institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4771, compArt person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4772, MobyGames company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4773, USA Rugby player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4778, MYmovies actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4779, MYmovies movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4780, MYmovies director ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4781, Movieplayer characters ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4782, Movieplayer film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4783, Movieplayer TV-series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4784, MYmovies name ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4785 - Query examples: - Map of nuclear tests https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0Aselect%20%3Fbooks%20%3FbooksLabel%20%3Fdate%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%0A%7B%0A%3Fbooks%20wdt%3AP31%20%20wd%3AQ210112%20%20%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fbooks%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate%20.%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fbooks%20wdt%3AP18%7Cwdt%3AP154%20%3Fimage%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20fr%2C%20de%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20 (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/953009741680214018) - Languages with more than one writing system https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20languages%20with%20more%20than%20one%20writing%20system%0ASELECT%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3FwritingSystem%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FwritingSystemLabel%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3FwritingSystems%29%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Flanguage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Flanguage%20p%3AP282%2Fps%3AP282%20%3FwritingSystem.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Flanguage%0A%20%20HAVING%28COUNT%28%3FwritingSystem%29%20%3E%201%29%0A%7D%20AS%20%25languages%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25languages.%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20p%3AP282%2Fps%3AP282%20%3FwritingSystem.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Flanguage%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FlanguageLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FwritingSystem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FwritingSystemLabel.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%0AHAVING%28%3Fcount%20%3E%201%29%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%20ASC%28%3FlanguageLabel%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/953959895535161344) - Subclasses of malware https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0APREFIX%20gas%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigdata.com%2Frdf%2Fgas%23%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fpic%20%3FlinkTo%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20gas%3Aservice%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aprogram%20gas%3AgasClass%20%22com.bigdata.rdf.graph.analytics.SSSP%22%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20gas%3Ain%20wd%3AQ14001%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20gas%3AtraversalDirection%20%22Reverse%22%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20gas%3Aout%20%3Fitem%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20gas%3Aout1%20%3Fdepth%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20gas%3AmaxIterations%204%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20gas%3AlinkType%20wdt%3AP279%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP279%20%3FlinkTo%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7Bbd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/954058770862215169) - Male actors who starred in a trilogy of movies when they were in their 20s and then no fewer than 40 years later played the same character again https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20male%20actors%20who%20starred%20in%20a%20trilogy%20of%20movies%20when%20they%20were%20in%20their%2020s%20and%20then%20no%20fewer%20than%2040%20years%20later%20played%20the%20same%20character%20again%0A%23%20source%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40hitRECordJoe%2Fa-new-old-skywalker-253efda3809c%2C%2013th%20paragraph%0A%23%20%28%E2%80%9Cyoung%E2%80%9D%2C%20%E2%80%9Cprotagonist%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9Cas%20an%20older%20man%E2%80%9D%20are%20elided%3B%20%E2%80%9Cactor%E2%80%9D%20is%20taken%20to%20be%20implied%20by%20a%20%E2%80%9Ccast%20member%E2%80%9D%20statement%20on%20a%20movie%20without%20requiring%20an%20%E2%80%9Coccupation%E2%80%9D%20statement%20on%20the%20actor%29%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Factor%20%3FactorLabel%20%3FcharacterLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Factor%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581097%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob.%0A%20%20%3Fmovie1%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ11424%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP179%20%3Ftrilogy%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP161%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP161%20%3Factor%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP453%20%3Fcharacter%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP577%20%3Fmovie1Publication.%0A%20%20%3Ftrilogy%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ13593818.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fdob%20%2B%20%22P20Y%22%5E%5Exsd%3Aduration%20%3C%3D%20%3Fmovie1Publication%20%26%26%20%3Fmovie1Publication%20%3C%20%3Fdob%20%2B%20%22P30Y%22%5E%5Exsd%3Aduration%29%0A%20%20%3Fmovie2%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ11424%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP161%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP161%20%3Factor%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP453%20%3Fcharacter%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP577%20%3Fmovie2Publication.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fmovie1Publication%20%2B%20%22P40Y%22%5E%5Exsd%3Aduration%20%3C%20%3Fmovie2Publication%29%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/WikidataFacts/status/954134597096427520 - see whole thread for more) - Bands from the UK whose member's average age is at least 70 https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fband%20%3FbandLabel%20%28AVG%28%3Fage%29%20AS%20%3FavgAge%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fband%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ215380%20.%0A%20%20%3Fband%20%28p%3AP740%2Fps%3AP740%2Fp%3AP17%2Fps%3AP17%29%7C%28p%3AP495%2Fps%3AP495%29%20wd%3AQ145%20.%20%23%20country%20of%20inception%20%2F%20country%20of%20origin%3B%20Q145%20is%20UK%0A%20%20%3Fband%20p%3AP527%20%3Fms%20.%0A%20%20%3Fms%20ps%3AP527%20%3Fmember%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fms%20pq%3AP582%20%5B%5D%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%3Fmember%20p%3AP569%2Fps%3AP569%20%3Fdob%20.%0A%20%20BIND%20%28YEAR%28NOW%28%29%29%20-%20YEAR%28%3Fdob%29%20AS%20%3Fage%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fband%20%3FbandLabel%0AHAVING%20%28AVG%28%3Fage%29%20%3E%3D%2070%20%26%26%20COUNT%28%3Fage%29%20%3E%201%29%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3FavgAge%29 (source https://twitter.com/korenchkin/status/955410384323792898) - Disney movie narrative locations https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Disney%20animated%20movies%20and%20their%20narrative%20location%20on%20a%20map%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fmovie%20%3FmovieLabel%20%3Fnarrative_location%20%3Fnarrative_locationLabel%20%3Fcoordinates%20%3Fcompany%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP840%20%3Fnarrative_location%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ29168811%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP272%20%3Fcompany%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fcompany%20wdt%3AP127%2a%20wd%3AQ7414%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fnarrative_location%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoordinates%20.%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/csl_/status/955506614085316608)

Development

- Worked on persistent editing of grammatical features of a lexeme’s form (phab:T173742 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173742) - Made diffs for statements, grammatical features and representations of a form work (phab:T182424 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182424) - Turned off access to lexicographical data from the clients for now ( phab:T178904 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T178904) - Started logging warning on pages that use too many items (phab:T184319 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184319) - Added support for relation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2309 instance or subclass of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30208840 in the constraint checks ( phab:T169858 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169858) - Now also checking single value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19474404 and multi value https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21510857 constraints on qualifiers and references (phab:T175566 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T175566) - Now also checking difference within range https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21510854 constraints on qualifiers and references (phab:T175565 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T175565) - Fixed a bug with duplicate items in “distinct values” violation message in the constraint checks gadget (phab:T184705 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184705)

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 - 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

Anything to add? Please share! :)

Cheers Lydia