*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>
--
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.