*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator#.D8.AF.D9.8A.D9.81.D9.8A.D8.AF_.D8.B9.D8.A7.D8.AF.D9.84_.D9.88.D9.87.D8.A8.D8.A9_.D8.AE.D9.84.D9.8A.D9.84_2>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Economists in Wikidata: Opportunities of Authority Linking
<http://zbw.eu/labs/en/economists-in-wikidata-opportunities-of-authority-linking>
- FOSDEM, February 4-5th in Brussels <https://fosdem.org/2017/> Come and
talk about Wikidata with us! See also the talk about UX and users' needs
for Wikidata
<https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/osd_finding_user_needs/>
- Web Search and Data Mining Conference, February 6-10th, Cambridge
<http://www.wsdm-conference.org/2017/>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Data donation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Data_donation>:
BBC Things ID (P1617) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1617> for
news topics, kindly supplied by the BBC. All now uploaded, via Mix'n'Match
- The StrepHit grant tool was renewed
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grants_talk:IEG/StrepHit:_Wikidata_Statements_Validation_via_References/Renewal&diff=0&oldid=16187358>,
so the Primary Sources tool can be improved in the future
- The Bodleian Libraries (Oxford University) are looking for a Wikimedia
data assistant <https://twitter.com/BodEdLib/status/824963716932313089>
to work on Wikidata
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: FIBA player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3542>, MLB ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3541>,
NFL.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3539>, fussballdaten.de ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3538>, FootballDatabase.eu ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3537>,
euroleague.net ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3536>, JapanTour ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3535>, Australian Government
Organisations Register ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3534>,
draftexpress.com ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3533>,
databaseFootball.com
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3532>, AZBilliards ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3531>, par
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3530>, median income
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3529>, Luding game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3528>,
eurobasket.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3527>,
wisdenindia.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3526>,
acb.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3525>, Simple Modular
Architecture Research Tool ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3524>, Rfam ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3523>,
NHL.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3522>, EuroTour ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3521>,
databaseOlympics.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3520>, Pfam ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3519>, Smithsonian trinomial
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3518>, Geographical Names Board
of New South Wales ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3517>, National
Park Foundation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3516>, NPCA
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3515>, U.S. National
Geodetic Survey ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3514>, peakware
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3513>, means of locomotion
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3512>, VGMDb label ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3511>, Dagens Nyheter topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3509>, Bivouac Mountain
Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3507>, Luding
designer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3506>, BoardGameGeek
designer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3505>, Florentine
Inventario Palatina art ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3504>,
LombardiaBeniCulturali building ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3503>, Ameblo username
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3502>, Catholic rite
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3501>, Ringgold identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3500>, Gentoo package
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3499>
- Query examples:
- Most articles about films in each Wikipedia
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3FwikipediaLabel%20%3Ffilmcount%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwikipedia%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ10876391%20.%0A%20%20%3Fwikipedia%20wdt%3AP424%20%3Fsprachcode%20.%0A%20%20%3Fwikipedia%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FwikipediaLabel%20%0A%20%20FILTER%28lang%28%3FwikipediaLabel%29%20%3D%20%22de%22%29%20%0A%20%20%7B%20SELECT%20%3Fsprachcode%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Ffilm%29%20as%20%3Ffilmcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%09%3Ffilm%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ11424%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%09%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Ffilm%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%09%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%3Fsprachcode%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fsprachcode%20%0A%20%20%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%20%28%3Ffilmcount%29%20LIMIT%2010>
- Largest companies by revenue in USD
<https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20psv%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2Fvalue%2F%3E%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3FcounLabel%3B%20SEPARATOR%3D%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fcountry%29%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3FhqLabel%3B%20SEPARATOR%3D%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fheadquarters%29%20%3Frevenue%20%3Frevenue_USD%20%3FunitLabel%20%3Fdate%20%20%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ4830453.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP2139%20%3Fstatement.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP159%20%3Fhq.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcoun.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20wikibase%3Arank%20%3Frank.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP2139%20%3Fstatement1.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstatement1%20wikibase%3Arank%20wikibase%3APreferredRank.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Frank%20%21%3D%20wikibase%3APreferredRank%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Fstatement1%20%21%3D%20%3Fstatement%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20psv%3AP2139%20_%3Ab9.%0A%20%20%20%20_%3Ab9%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Frevenue.%0A%20%20%20%20_%3Ab9%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ4917.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28wd%3AQ4917%20AS%20%3Funit%29%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%3Frevenue%20AS%20%3Frevenue_USD%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20psv%3AP2139%20_%3Ab10.%0A%20%20%20%20_%3Ab10%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Frevenue.%0A%20%20%20%20_%3Ab10%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20%3Funit.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Funit%20p%3AP2284%20%3Funit_statement.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Funit_statement%20wikibase%3Arank%20%3Funit_rank.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Funit_statement%20psv%3AP2284%20_%3Ab11.%0A%20%20%20%20_%3Ab11%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ4917.%0A%20%20%20%20_%3Ab11%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Fusd.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Funit%20p%3AP2284%20%3Funit_statement1.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Funit_statement1%20%28psv%3AP2284%2Fwikibase%3AquantityUnit%29%20wd%3AQ4917.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Funit_statement1%20wikibase%3Arank%20wikibase%3APreferredRank.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Funit_rank%20%21%3D%20wikibase%3APreferredRank%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Funit_statement1%20%21%3D%20%3Funit_statement%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%3Frevenue%20*%20%3Fusd%20AS%20%3Frevenue_USD%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Funit%20%21%3D%20wd%3AQ4917%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Funit_rank%20%21%3D%20wikibase%3ADeprecatedRank%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%21BOUND%28%3Funit_statement1%29%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemLabel%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcoun%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcounLabel%20.%0A%20%20%3Fhq%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FhqLabel%20.%0A%20%20%3Funit%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FunitLabel%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Frank%20%21%3D%20wikibase%3ADeprecatedRank%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%21BOUND%28%3Fstatement1%29%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Frevenue%20%3Frevenue_USD%20%3FunitLabel%20%3Fdate%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Frevenue_USD%29%0ALIMIT%2015>
- Characters whose actors died recently
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3FactorLabel%20%3FcharacterLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%5B%5D%20p%3AP161%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP161%20%3Factor%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP453%20%3Fcharacter%0A%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcharacter%20wdt%3AP175%20%3Factor.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fcharacter%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ95074.%0A%20%20%3Factor%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdied.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fdied%20%3E%3D%20NOW%28%29-%22P50D%22%5E%5Exsd%3Aduration%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Factor>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/825442291586330624>)
- Stock-listed US companies with founders who (or whose parents) were
born outside the US
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20stock-listed%20US%20companies%20with%20founders%20who%20%28or%20whose%20parents%29%20were%20born%20outside%20the%20US%0ASELECT%20%3FcompanyLabel%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3FfounderLabel%3B%20separator%3D%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Ffounders%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fcompany%20wdt%3AP112%20%3Ffounder%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ30.%0A%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fcompany%20wdt%3AP414%7Cwdt%3AP249%20%5B%5D.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Ffounder%20%28wdt%3AP22%7Cwdt%3AP25%29%3F%2Fwdt%3AP19%20%3FplaceOfBirth.%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3FplaceOfBirth%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ30.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Ffounder%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FfounderLabel.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FfounderLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcompany%20wdt%3AP2403%7Cwdt%3AP2137%7Cwdt%3AP2139%7Cwdt%3AP2226%7Cwdt%3AP2295%20%3Fmoney.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3FcompanyLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28MAX%28%3Fmoney%29%29%20%3FcompanyLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/825450518390722560>)
- Wizards from Harry Potter and their houses/groups
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fwizard%20%3FwizardLabel%20%3FgroupLabel%20%3Fgroup%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%3Fwizard%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ15298259%3B%20%23%20in%20Harry%20Potter%20universe%20%20%0A%20%20wdt%3AP463%20%3Fgroup.%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/824592846003003393>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Wikidata:WikiProject Companies
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Companies>
- Newest database reports: film festivals this month
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/lists/film_festivals_this_month>
Development
- RDF exports will contain sitelink page names as strings in addition to
the URLs (phab:T148923 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148923>)
- Switching the remaining special pages for labels, descriptions and
aliases to the OOUI design (phab:T48248
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T48248>)
- Finalizing the security review of the Cognate extension for Wiktionary
(phab:T149082 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149082>)
- We plan to provide og:image Open Graph tags for sharing Item pages in
social networks (phab:T51859 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T51859>)
- Introducing a new test framework for special pages (phab:T69122
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T69122>)
- Refactoring the wbeditentity API to work with the new Lexeme entity
type (phab:T154288 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154288>)
- Added docs/change-op-serializations.wiki
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/EWBA/browse/master/docs/change-op-serializations.wiki>
documenting how to use the wbeditentity API
- Added a CREDITS
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/EWBA/browse/master/CREDITS>
file to the Wikibase code base, listing all authors
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
Project Manager Community Communication 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.