*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: علاء https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1 - New request for comments: How to capture negative results in Wikidata? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/How_to_capture_negative_results_in_Wikidata%3F - Comment about approach on items about pages in cebwiki created by Lsjbot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Dealing_with_our_second_planet - Comment about whether to have a "Wikimedia username" property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion#Property:P4174
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Upcoming: WikiArabia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiArabia/2017, in Cairo, Egypt, on 23-25 October. They're looking for a volunteer to give a Wikidata workshop. Please contact them if you're interested! - A Glimpse into Babel: An Analysis of Multilinguality in Wikidata http://opensym.lero.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/a14-kaffee.pdf, by Lucie-Aimée Kaffee et al. (Q37859976 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37859976) - *The Gene Wiki: Using Wikipedia and Wikidata to organize biomedical knowledge* August Wikimedia Research Showcase (second half), presented by Andrew Su, about how GeneWiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Portal:Gene_Wiki is using Wikidata. Video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa0Ztv2iF4w&feature=youtu.be&t=1929 - *Citation.js: Endpoint on RunKit https://larsgw.blogspot.nl/2017/08/citationjs-endpoint-on-runkit.html* shows a demo REST API to convert Wikidata entries into BibTeX, Bib.TXT, citations, and CSL-JSON. - Video of 3 Wikimania 2017 sessions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2e9zRWCKuw: Wikidata Revolution, Performing arts in Wikidata, and Sum of all paintings. Others videos can be found on Andrew's channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UNtpnYbBVDd-dM6sAX9sQ.
WikidataCon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017
- The organization team is still looking for sponsors to support the event and provide even more awesome stuff to the attendees. If your company can support the WikidataCon, please get in touch with Lydia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lydia_Pintscher_%28WMDE%29. - Seeing the enthusiasm of the community for the WikidataCon, we raised our attendees limit from 150 to 200 persons. The last tickets will be released on September 1st. People who registered on the waitlist will be notified when a ticket is available. - The program committee is currently reviewing and organizing the submissions. We will contact the speakers soon, and publish the program in the beginning of September (around 6th). - We're looking for a keynote speaker who could bring an external point of view on ontologies. If you know interesting people, feel free to help https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Topic:Tx37uyqyxuvstxmq
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Q38000000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38000000 was created - Language fallback indicators hidden on variant fallback languages https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Announcement:_Fallback_indicators_hidden_on_variant_fallbacks
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: National Natural Landmarks site ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4182, GujLit Book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4181, GujLit Person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4180, tabular population https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4179, Beazley Archive Pottery Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4178, Finnish National Gallery person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4177, effective firing range https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4176, Patreon person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4175, Wikimedia username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4174, Instagram location ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4173, America's Byways road ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4172 - Query examples: - number of persons per QID (using P735=Q4925477) https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ALineChart%0A%23%20number%20of%20persons%20per%20QID%20%28using%20P735%3DQ4925477%29%0A%23%20by%20Jura1%2C%202017-08-27%0ASELECT%20%3Fn%20%28COUNT%28%3Fitem%29%2a72%20as%20%3Fct%29%0A%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP735%20wd%3AQ4925477%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28ROUND%28xsd%3Ainteger%28strafter%28str%28%3Fitem%29%2C%22y%2FQ%22%29%29%2F1000000%29%20as%20%3Fn%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fn (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Names/lists#Number_of_persons_by_QID_using_P735 ) - QID milestones by date https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3ALineChart%0A%23%20by%20Jura1%2C%202017-08-28%0ASELECT%20%3Fdate%20%3Fqid%0A%7B%0A%20%20wd%3AQ38074555%20p%3AP1114%20%5B%20ps%3AP1114%20%3Fqid%20%3B%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate%20%5D%0A%7D - Timeline for biochemist and Nobel Laureate Hans Adolf Krebs https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Ft%20%3FrrLabel%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%7Bwd%3AQ57191%20%3Fprop%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28datatype%28%3Ft%29%3Dxsd%3AdateTime%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fvalue%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Fprop.%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20wd%3AQ57191%20%3Fq%20%3Fstatement%20%20FILTER%20regex%20%28STR%28%3Fq%29%2C%22prop%2FP%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20%3Fp%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20regex%20%28STR%28%3Fp%29%2C%20%22prop%2Fqualifier%2FP%22%29%20FILTER%20%28datatype%28%3Ft%29%3Dxsd%3AdateTime%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20%3Fr%20%3Fvalue%20FILTER%20regex%20%28STR%28%3Fr%29%2C%22prop%2Fstatement%2F%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%20BIND%28IRI%28CONCAT%28CONCAT%28SUBSTR%28STR%28%3Fr%29%2C1%2C29%29%2C%22direct%2F%22%29%2CSUBSTR%28STR%28%3Fr%29%2C40%29%29%29%20as%20%3Frprop%29%20%20%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Frprop%20.%20%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%7D%20%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/901314630924083200) - Canadian actors who twice played a US president https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Canadian%20actors%20who%20twice%20played%20a%20US%20president%0ASELECT%0A%3Factor%20%3FactorLabel%0A%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FmovieLabel%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%3B%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fmovies%29%0A%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FpresidentLabel%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%3B%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fpresidents%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Factor%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP27%20wd%3AQ16%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP106%2Fps%3AP106%20wd%3AQ33999.%0A%20%20%3Fmovie%20p%3AP161%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20ps%3AP161%20%3Factor%3B%0A%20%20%20%20pq%3AP453%20%3Fpresident%0A%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%3Fpresident%20p%3AP39%2Fps%3AP39%20wd%3AQ11696.%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%3Factor%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FactorLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmovie%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FmovieLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fpresident%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpresidentLabel.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Factor%20%3FactorLabel%0AHAVING%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fmovie%29%20%3D%202%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/901545164765790208) - Duration of Steven Spielberg's films https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Lengths%20of%20Steven%20Spielberg%27s%20Films%0A%23defaultView%3ABarChart%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3FmovieLabel%20%3Fduration%20%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP57%20wd%3AQ8877%20%3B%20%23%20film%20directed%20by%20Steven%20Spielberg%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP2047%20%3Fduration%20.%20%23%20the%20duration%20of%20the%20film%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A (source https://twitter.com/andersoncliffb/status/899721395235672064 ) - Newest external tools: Metaphacts https://www.amazon.com/metaphacts/dp/B0745KLCFX, a feature to search in Wikidata via Alexa
Development
- Worked on fixing the technical glitch in the UI (phabricator:T173543 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173543) - Did polishing on the Constraint Checks gadget (for example phabricator:T173738 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173738) - Worked on caching constraints checks results which is needed to enable constraints checks for all logged-in users (phabricator:T173696 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173696) - Made progress on checking constraints also on qualifiers and references (phabricator:T168532 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T168532) - Worked more on making it easier to see when input in a property or value input field is not recognized (phabricator:T170531 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170531) - Fighting with load issues in the job queue (phabricator:T173710 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173710) - Looking into not showing language fallback hints for dialects to make the UI less cluttered for them and make it less necessary to enter labels and descriptions for them (phabricator:T174318 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174318) - Wrapping up our experiments with the new front-end technologies
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