*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open requests for adminship: Deror avi https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Deror_avi, Wildly boy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Wildly_boy
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- February 19th: Wikidata meetup in London - Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/275262183152535 - Incoming: Wikidata Lab XII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XII in São Paulo, Brazil, February 14th.
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Making Wikidata visible http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2019/01/23/making-wikidata-visible/, by Martin Poulter on Bodleian Digital Library's blog - How to query Wikidata using R https://www.lehir.net/how-to-query-wikidata-in-r/, by Envel Le Hir - Inventory of the Cleveland Museum of Art images http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=604, by Magnus Manske
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- There is now a tool to validate mappings between Wikidata and external RDF vocabularies https://tools.wmflabs.org/tptools/wd_mapping_validator.php done with the properties equivalent property https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1628 and equivalent class https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1709. - Topic matcher https://tools.wmflabs.org/topicmatcher/#/, a tool to help you adding a "main topic" or "depicts" statement to items about streets, articles, painting, etc. - Editing Wikidata - Swedish Cuisine https://www.twitch.tv/videos/370861021 by JanAinali on Twitch - City-Country-Shapes https://cities.k-nut.eu/ visualization based on Wikidata: how many of a country's largest cities do you need to put on a map to be able to recognise the country?
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: ELNET ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6394, iTunes book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6395, iTunes movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6398, Romanian Soccer player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6399, Skimap ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6400, sports.md athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6401, Gault et Millau ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6402, Theatreonline.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6403, Dizionario di Storia Treccani ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6404, Smarthistory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6405, vodnimlyny.cz ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6406, World Cube Association ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6407, COOL species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6408, CORE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6409, LevskiSofia.info coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6410, LevskiSofia.info player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6411, Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6412, JORFSearch organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6413 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: journal series https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/journal_series, has alt-text https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_alt-text, has lyrics https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_lyrics, day of regular release https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/day_of_regular_release, CBFC rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CBFC_rating, full work on commons https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/full_work_on_commons - External identifiers: sport-strana.ru article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sport-strana.ru_article_ID, football.odessa.ua person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/football.odessa.ua_person_ID, NMSRCP reference number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NMSRCP_reference_number, AKB48 member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AKB48_member_ID, TV Spielfilm Series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV_Spielfilm_Series_ID, MCULE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MCULE_ID, Global Species ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Global_Species_ID, Georgian National Filmography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgian_National_Filmography_ID, Bureau van Dijk Orbis company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bureau_van_Dijk_Orbis_company_ID, Bureau van Dijk Orbis person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bureau_van_Dijk_Orbis_person_ID, Musicbrainz Event ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Musicbrainz_Event_ID, ManualsLib brand ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ManualsLib_brand_ID, LGD local body code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LGD_local_body_code, Hymnary hymnal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary_hymnal_ID, Hymnary tune ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary_tune_ID, Hymnary instance ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hymnary_instance_ID, Getty Images ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Getty_Images_ID, Amsterdam code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Amsterdam_code - Query examples: - Things depicted in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art *and* the Ashmolean Museum https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3Fdepicted%20%3FdepictedLabel%20%3Fashcount%20%3Fashexample%20%3FashexampleLabel%20%3Fclevcount%20%3Fclevexample%20%3FclevexampleLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%7BSELECT%20%3Fdepicted%20(Sample(%3Fitemash)%20AS%20%3Fashexample)%20(COUNT(DISTINCT%20%3Fitemash)%20AS%20%3Fashcount)%20(sample(%3Fitemclev)%20as%20%3Fclevexample)%20(COUNT(DISTINCT%20%3Fitemclev)%20AS%20%3Fclevcount)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%3Fitemclev%20wdt%3AP195%20wd%3AQ657415%3B%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Fdepicted.%0A%3Fitemash%20wdt%3AP195%20wd%3AQ636400%20%3B%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Fdepicted.%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fdepicted%20%7D%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC(%3Fashcount%20%2B%20%3Fclevcount) (source https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/1089830718576967680) - Stradivari(us) instruments https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fimage%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%20%3Fsitelinks%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ34379%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP170%20wd%3AQ182011.%0A%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ1068162.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3Fsitelinks.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fsitelinks%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fsitelinks%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1086695364462329857 ) - Rivers whose names in Spanish start with "Guad" https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ4022%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemLabel%3B%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20.%20%3Fcountry%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20.%20FILTER%20%28lang%28%3FcountryLabel%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28lang%28%3FitemLabel%29%20%3D%20%22es%22%29%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20regex%20%28%3FitemLabel%2C%20%22%5EGuad%22%29%20.%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel (source https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1088467306257285125) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: WikiProject Protected areas in Germany https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Protected_areas_in_Germany
Development
- Started development on Shape Expressions - Termbox: show an expanded-by-default section for the user's preferred languages (phab:T211865 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211865) - Provide visualization LUA usage on a dashboard (phab:T211768 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211768) - Fixed issues with sense ID wrapping (phab:T210502 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T210502) - Background work to support the deployment of the next pieces for Structured Data on Commons
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority.
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