Hey folks :)
Here's your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past
year:
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Upcoming: Wikimania <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata>
- Upcoming: WikiConvention francophone
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_francophone>
- Past: GLAM Wiki Boot Camp
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp>
- Past: Silicon Mountain Conf <https://twitter.com/sm_conf>
- Past: OpenData.ch <http://opendata.ch/projects/conference-2016/>
- Past: Semantic Web + Wikidata
<https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-web-semantico-wikidata-25858790338>
- Wikidata beim Hackathon HackHPI in Potsdam
<http://blog.wikimedia.de/2016/06/15/wikidata-beim-hackathon-hackhpi-in-potsdam/>
- Data Ex Machina
<http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/05/linked-data-medicinal-chemistry-comment>
- Op-ed in the *Wikipedia Signpost* regarding Wikidata licensing
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-06-15/Op-ed>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- ORES is not available as a beta feature to make it easier to find bad
edits
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#ORES_live_as_a_beta_feature>
- New user script to show the main image of an item is ready for testing
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Header_image_on_items>
- Into football/soccer? WikiProject Association football/Euro 2016
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Association_football/Euro_2016>
could use your help.
- Want to see Wikidata changes in the history of a Wikipedia article? There
is a user script that needs your feedback.
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#user_script_to_show_Wikidata_changes_in_article_history>
- We are looking for people who work on list articles.
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Looking_for_list_article_editors>
- You can test a gadget that lets you easily run a query for more items
with the same statement
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Do_you_want_to_see_statements_like_this.3F>
.
- Language fallback is now happening on Wikipedia and co
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-June/008983.html>
- Maps are now enabled on Wikidata
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Kartographer>
- First beta release of StrepHit <https://github.com/Wikidata/StrepHit>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Great Russian
Encyclopedia Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2924>, focal
height <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2923>, month of the year
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2922>, label in sign language
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2919>, PO Box
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2918>, COAM ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2917>, syntax clarification
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2916>, ECARTICO person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2915>, MSBI person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2914>, date depicted
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2913>, distinctive jersey
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2912>, time gap
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2911>, icon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2910>, SecondHandSongs artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2909>, SecondHandSongs song ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2908>, timezone offset
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2907>
- Query examples: colors of chemical compounds
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20%3Frgb%20%3FcolorLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fcompound%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fcompound%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11173%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP462%20%3Fcolor.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcolor%20wdt%3AP465%20%3Frgb.%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28BOUND%28%3Frgb%29%2C%3Frgb%2C%22CCCCCC%22%29%20AS%20%3Frgb%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Frgb%20%3FcolorLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/742775956666978304>), map
of braodway venues
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23%20Venues%20in%20Broadway%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fvenue%20%3FvenueLabel%20%3Fcoords%20%7B%0A%20%20%09%3Fvenue%20wdt%3AP1217%20%3FIDBDB%20.%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ235065%20wdt%3AP625%20%3FbroadWayLoc%20.%0A%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Aaround%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fvenue%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Acenter%20%3FbroadWayLoc%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aradius%20%221.5%22%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%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>
(source <https://twitter.com/sboissel/status/743890784374689792>),
sculptures
by Max Bill
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FplaceLabel%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%20as%20%3Fyear%29%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ860861%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20wd%3AQ123454%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fplace%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FplaceLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/743880646599319552>), works
of art where the name might be a rhyme
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fwork%20%3Ftitle%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ838948%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1476%20%3Ftitle.%0A%20%20FILTER%28REGEX%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%22%5E%5C%5Cw%2a%28%5C%5Cw%7B3%7D%29%28%5C%5CW%2B%5C%5Cw%2a%5C%5C1%29%2B%24%22%2C%20%22i%22%29%20%26%26%20%21REGEX%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%22%5E%28%5C%5Cw%2B%29%28%5C%5CW%2B%5C%5C1%29%2B%24%22%2C%20%22i%22%29%29.%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20STR%28%3Ftitle%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/743493933049733121>),
works
of art where the title is an alliteration
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fwork%20%3Ftitle%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ838948%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1476%20%3Ftitle.%0A%20%20FILTER%28REGEX%28STR%28%3Ftitle%29%2C%20%22%5E%28%5C%5Cp%7BL%7D%29%5C%5Cw%2B%28%3F%3A%5C%5CW%2B%5C%5C1%5C%5Cw%2B%29%7B2%2C%7D%24%22%2C%20%22i%22%29%29.%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20STR%28%3Ftitle%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/743492549319462912>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Professional Wrestling
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Professional_Wrestling>
- ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 100 can avoid timeouts on Wikidata Query Service
(source
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-June/009018.html>)
Development
- Worked on making it easier to add new query examples right from the
query service by just clicking a button. There are some technical issues
with it still though. Will take a while to sort through.
- More work on creating new Media-Info entities (the equivalent of item
for media file data) on the fly (phabricator:T134259
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134259>)
- Fixed a but with suggestions not showing up (phabricator:T138059
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138059>)
- Improved display of query examples (phabricator:T137589
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137589>) and cleaned them up
- Improved database access (phabricator:T137539
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137539>)
- Fixed a but with the rank selector (phabricator:T109583
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109583>)
- Started concept work for automated list generation
- Discussed the proposal for Wiktionary
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiktionary/Development/Proposals/2015-05>
with a linguist to get more detailed feedback on it. Very positive.
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!
- 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.
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers
Lydia
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Lydia Pintscher -
http://about.me/lydia.pintscher
Product 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
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Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.