Hey folks :)
Here's your summary of what happened around Wikidata over the past week.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Upcoming: *WikidataCon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017>*, Berlin,
28-29 October (sold out)
- We will have two exciting keynotes. The first keynote speaker is Fabian
M. Suchanek <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41777585>, professor at
Télécom Paris Tech University, working on the knowledge base YAGO
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8045810>. The second keynote speaker
is Michael Kreil <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41778315>,
datajournalist working on the project Data Sciences and Stories.
- Please volunteer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Volunteer>
for some tasks at the conference if you are attending.
- Upcoming: Wikidata workshop at XLDB
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/XLDB2017>, October 12th,
Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Rebuild the map of famous artwork with Wikidata
<https://blog.ash.bzh/fr/oeuvres-emblematiques/> by Poulpy (in French)
- Research libraries and Wikimedia: A shared commitment to diversity,
open knowledge, and community participation
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/10/04/libraries-wikipedia-york-university-project>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- There is now a good start for documentation for QuickStatements
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:QuickStatements>. Feel free to help
improve it!
- New Mix’n’match mode to show just the entries with multiple matches (
example <https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/list/169/multi_match>)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Lega Pallavolo
Serie A player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4303>, KNAU ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4302>, PfaF id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4301>, YouTube Playlist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4300>, Wheelchair ITF player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4299>, VBL player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4298>, MIL-STD-2525 Symbol
Identification Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4297>, stellar
rotational velocity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4296>,
readership <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4295>, PROSPERO ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4294>, PM20 folder ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4293>, possessed by spirit
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4292>, panorama view
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4291>, official app
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4290>, LFH player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4289>, UK National Fruit
Collection ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4288>, Riigikogu
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4287>, Nominis saint ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4286>, Theses.fr person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4285>, Nominis given name ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4284>, LUMIERE director ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4283>, LUMIERE film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4282>, LNV player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4281>, International Standard
Text Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4280>, hydrological
order number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4279>, FCI rider ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4278>, Daum movie ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4277>, Cinémathèque québécoise
work identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4276>, Japanese
Database of National important cultural properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4275>, Tunisian geographic code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4274>, New York City Landmarks
Preservation Commission ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4273>,
DPLA subject ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4272>, rating
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4271>, Daum TV series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4270>, half maximal effective
concentration <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4269>, half
maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4268>, Landtag of Liechtenstein
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4267>, Bavarian geotope ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4266>, Reddit user name
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4265>, LinkedIn company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4264>, THW Kiel player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4263>, Footoféminin.fr player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4262>, FFVoile sailor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4261>, NPB player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4260>, Lega Pallavolo Serie A
Femminile player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4259>, Gallica
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4258>, National Museums of
Japan e-museum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4257>, Spanish
"Boletín Oficial del Estado" ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4256>, Banglapedia (English
version) ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4255>, Banglapedia
(Bengali version) ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4254>, number
of constituencies <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4253>,
All-Russian
Mathematical Portal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4252>
- Query examples:
- Women who won the Nobel Prize in Physics
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fhuman%20%3FhumanLabel%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20%3B%20p%3AP166%20%5B%20rdf%3Atype%20wikibase%3ABestRank%20%3B%20ps%3AP166%20wd%3AQ38104%20%3B%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate%20%5D%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fyear>
(source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/915958948800458753>)
- For each award, percentage of women who received it
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Faward%20%3FawardLabel%20%3Ftotal%20%3Fwomen%20%3Fwomen_percentage%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22%20.%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Faward%20%28COUNT%28%2a%29%20AS%20%3Ftotal%29%20%28SUM%28IF%28%3Fgender%20%3D%20wd%3AQ6581072%2C%201%2C%200%29%29%20AS%20%3Fwomen%29%20%28ROUND%281000%20%2F%20COUNT%28%2a%29%20%2a%20SUM%28IF%28%3Fgender%20%3D%20wd%3AQ6581072%2C%201%2C%200%29%29%29%20%2F%2010%20AS%20%3Fwomen_percentage%29%0A%20%20%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP166%20%3Faward%20%3B%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Faward%0A%20%20%20%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Ftotal%29%0A%20%20%20%20LIMIT%20200%0A%20%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%3Faward%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FawardLabel%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3FawardLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Ftotal%29%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/915993195493957632>)
- Intelligent personal assistants described in Wikidata
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Flabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3467906.%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%20100>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/915266506182873088>)
- Units of measurement named after German people
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20units%20of%20measurement%20named%20after%20Germans%0A%23%20%28%E2%80%9ETag%20der%20Deutschen%20Einheit%E2%80%9C%20is%20%E2%80%9CGerman%20Unity%20Day%E2%80%9D%2C%20but%20can%20also%20be%20translated%20as%20%E2%80%9CDay%20of%20the%20German%20Unit%E2%80%9D%2C%20since%20%E2%80%9EEinheit%E2%80%9C%20can%20mean%20both%20%E2%80%9CUnity%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9CUnit%E2%80%9D.%29%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Funit%20%3FunitLabel%20%3FpersonLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Funit%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ47574%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fperson.%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP27%2Fwdt%3AP156%2a%20wd%3AQ183.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP103%20wd%3AQ188.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FpersonLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/915173749703561223>)
- Buildings constructed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0Aselect%20%3Fbuilding%20%3FbuildingLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%3Fbuilding%20wdt%3AP84%20wd%3AQ151759%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fbuilding%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20fr%2C%20de%2C%20pl%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/917345282786037762>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Delhi Metro
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Delhi_Metro>
- Newest database reports: television series by camera setup
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/lists/television_series_by_camera_setup>
Development
- Breaking change
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/2017-October/001175.html>:
"wb_entity_per_page" table will not be updated and replicated on ToolLabs
anymore
- A mw.wikibase.getLabelByLang Lua function will be added (
phabricator:T173262 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173262>)
- The mw.wikibase.sitelink Lua function will accept a second parameter
with the global identifier of a wiki (e.g. "enwiki") to link to (
phabricator:T142903 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142903>)
- Had to temporarily turn off showing Wikidata's changes on Commons and
Russian Wikipedia because of database issues. We're working on turning it
back on.
- Continued work on persistently storing edits to Forms on Lexemes
- Finishing work on checking constraints on qualifiers and references
with the constraint checks gadget
- Fixed a bug where notification emails for Wikidata changes were sent
when they shouldn't have been (phabricator:T174794
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174794>)
- Full URIs for external identifiers will soon be in the RDF export (
phabricator:T121274 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121274>)
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
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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
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.