This Weekly Summary is full of very very interesting things!

Thank you to all the contributors and to you, Léa!

Regards, Iván

On 21/5/19 11:21, Léa Lacroix wrote:

/Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week./

Discussions

• New request for comments: Talk pages consultation 2019, phase 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Talk_pages_consultation_2019,_phase_2

Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events

• Past: Wikimedia hackathon 2019 in Prague, where plenty of people worked on Wikidata and Wikibase related projects (see list below)
• Upcoming: Wikidata Affinity Group Meeting https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-May/013057.html, 21 May 2019
• Upcoming: Hacknowledge 2019 https://noosphere.ru/hacknowlege_2019 hackathon, where you can make a project that uses or improves Wikidata. Moscow, Russia, May 25-26
• Upcoming: Let's start Wikidata!/ウィキデータを始めよう！ https://wikidata2019.peatix.com/, 25 May 2019@Tokyo

Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage

• Ordia: A Web application for Wikidata lexemes http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/views/edoc_download.php/7137/pdf/imm7137.pdf, by Finn Årup Nielsen
• Papers on Rust http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=617 by Magnus Manske
• /Building Knowledge Base through Deep Learning Relation Extraction and Wikidata https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ee1b/a380b0cf6667b2d422332b785a8300269c54.pdf/ (Published in AAAI Spring Symposium: Combining Machine Learning with Knowledge Engineering, 2019)

Other Noteworthy Stuff

• [Breaking Change] wbeditentity including empty alias set will remove all aliases https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-May/013051.html
• Update: change of dates regarding wb_terms redesign. More information in this ticket https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221764
• Support for shape expressions will be enabled on Wikidata on May 28th https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-May/013058.html
• Reminder: the program submission phase for Wikimania https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2019 runs until June 1st
• QAnswer https://qanswer-frontend.univ-st-etienne.fr/, a question answering system based on Wikidata and other projects, now supports lexicographical data https://qanswer.univ-st-etienne.fr/blog/15/03/2019
• Wikidata-related projects presented during the Wikimedia Hackathon 2019 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019 (see all documented projects https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimedia_hackathon_showcase_2019) o Integraality https://tools.wmflabs.org/integraality//Template:Property dashboard https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Property_dashboard, to generate property statistics tables for Wikiprojects like the ones made for Sum of all Paintings https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_sum_of_all_paintings/Property_statistics/Sandbox, hospitals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Medicine/Hospitals_by_country and video games https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Video_games/Statistics/Platform o BlockQuery https://tools.wmflabs.org/blockyquery/: Prototype of a graphical QueryBuilder to click and drag. o Prototype of an Alexa Skill of Voice assisted editing of Wikidata https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223510 Source Code https://gitlab.com/evanp/alexa-skill-update-wikidata Screenshot https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two-way_voice_interaction_for_wikidata.png o Wikidata Quality Score Display https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Arybolab/WikidataQuality.js: Gadget that displays on a Wikipedia article the quality level of the related Wikidata item o Wikidocumentaries https://wikidocumentaries-demo.wmflabs.org/ service approaches beta quality and displays content from Wikimedia and other openly licensed sources for each Wikidata item. The latest user interface translations are Indonesian and Russian, and the newest content source plugin for the related images section is the brand new Creative Commons Search https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/about catalog. o GPS-friendly download of query result https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216601 & Download of RDF Formats https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211177 o Some documentation about shape expressions was prepared o Improvements on Namescript https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Namescript (documentation, descriptions for kanji names) o Wiki loves iNaturalist https://wikilovesinat.netlify.com/, a tool to look for images in iNaturalist, matching them with Wikidata o Mortar: easily upload GLAM collections in Wikidata and Commons https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223507 o Fixing the URL shorteners on the Query Service interface https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221127 o AddQuickClaim.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:AddQuickClaim.js: pass the property and target item you want to add to an item into the url so you can quickly add a statement o ExternalItemSuggester.js https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Danmichaelo/Gadget-externalitemsuggester.js: a gadget that provides autocomplete for selected external ID properties o Localization for the Saami and Romani languages was improved https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223524. o All of the copyright-negative pictures and metadata of the digital image repository of the National Archive of Curaçao were scraped https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223050. They will possibly be batch-uploaded later on. o Wikidata Stream https://tobias47n9e.gitlab.io/wikidata-stream/: A nice view of the Wikidata edit stream to use as an eye-catcher for people interested in Wikidata

Did you know?

• Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: o General datatypes: exposure time https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6757, supported sports team https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6758 o External identifiers: Flora of Australia ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6756, NARA record group number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6759, Know Your Meme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6760, NARA collection identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6761, FilmFreeway ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6762, Dictionary of Anhui Writers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6763, V&A artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6764, Guix Variable Name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6765, Who's on First ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6766, FoodOn ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6767, SportSport.ba news ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6768, CNKI article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6769, Swiss National Sound Archives ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6770, Arabic Ontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6771
• New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: o General datatypes: Seating chart properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Seating_chart_properties, Arachne Bauwerk ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arachne_Bauwerk_ID, ISO speed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISO_speed, target muscle https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/target_muscle, Pinakes author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pinakes_author_ID, University of Amsterdam Album Academicum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/University_of_Amsterdam_Album_Academicum_ID o External identifiers: Buddhist Author Authority Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Buddhist_Author_Authority_Database_ID, ITF women's tournament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ITF_women%27s_tournament_ID, Digital Giza ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_Giza_ID, National Library of Wales Catalogue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Library_of_Wales_Catalogue_ID, ATP tennis tournament edition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ATP_tennis_tournament_edition_ID, NooSFere edition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NooSFere_edition_ID, TV Tropes identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV_Tropes_identifier, Find New Zealand Artists iD https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Find_New_Zealand_Artists_iD, Kobo author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kobo_author_ID, Malaysia company number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Malaysia_company_number, GLIMS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GLIMS_ID, Gamepedia Wiki id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gamepedia_Wiki_id, ProofWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ProofWiki_ID, Mediapart tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mediapart_tag_ID, abART ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/abART_ID, Corporate Number (South Korea) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Corporate_Number_(South_Korea), Art Gallery of South Australia work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Art_Gallery_of_South_Australia_work_ID, Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Art_Gallery_of_South_Australia_creator_ID, speedrun.com game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/speedrun.com_game_ID, JIS standard https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JIS_standard, Hoopla artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hoopla_artist_ID, OSZMI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OSZMI_ID, Hoopla publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hoopla_publisher_ID, Repology https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Repology, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation_Grant_ID, Elhuyar Dictionary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elhuyar_Dictionary_ID
• Query examples: o Most common properties for maps, with their top 5 values https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Most%20common%20properties%20for%20maps%2C%20with%20top%205%20values%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fprop%20%3FpropLabel%20%20%3Fprop_items%20%3Fprop_stmts%20%3Fval%20%3FvalLabel%20%3Fval_count%20%3Fsamp%20%3FsampLabel%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fprop%20%3Fstmt%20%3Fval%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ4006%20%5Ewdt%3AP279%2a%2F%5Ewdt%3AP31%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ17146139%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20%3Fp%20%3Fstmt%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fprop%20wikibase%3Aclaim%20%3Fp%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fprop%20wikibase%3AstatementProperty%20%3Fps%20.%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%3Fprop%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ19847637%7D%20%20%23%20Wikidata%20property%20representing%20a%20unique%20identifier%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%3Fprop%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ18614948%7D%20%20%23%20Wikidata%20property%20for%20authority%20control%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstmt%20%3Fps%20%3Fval%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20%23LIMIT%202000%0A%7D%20AS%20%25maps_props_vals%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fprop%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3Fitem%29%29%20AS%20%3Fprop_items%29%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3Fstmt%29%29%20AS%20%3Fprop_stmts%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25maps_props_vals%20%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fprop%0A%7D%20AS%20%25prop_stats%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0AWITH%20%7B%20%20%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fprop%20%3Fval%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3Fitem%29%29%20AS%20%3Fval_count%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Fsamp%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25maps_props_vals%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fprop%20%3Fval%0A%20%20HAVING%20%28%3Fval_count%20%3E%203%29%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%20AS%20%25prop_val_counts%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fprop%20%3Fval%20%3Fsamp%20%3Fval_count%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3Fval1%29%29%20AS%20%3Fval_rank%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25prop_val_counts%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fprop%20%28%3Fval%20AS%20%3Fval1%29%20%28%3Fval_count%20AS%20%3Fval1_count%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25prop_val_counts%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fval1_count%20%3E%3D%20%3Fval_count%29%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fprop%20%3Fval%20%3Fval_count%20%3Fsamp%0A%7D%20AS%20%25prop_val_ranks%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25prop_stats%20.%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25prop_val_ranks%20.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fval_rank%20%3C%206%29%20.%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fprop_items%29%20DESC%28%3Fprop_stmts%29%20%3Fprop%20%3Fval_rank%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20 (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Maps/stats#Further_queries) o Timeline of pioneers of photography, via Wikidata and DBpedia https://w.wiki/4BF (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1128906585273786368) o Maps of synagogues in Czech Republic https://w.wiki/4BG (source https://twitter.com/josefslerka/status/1128393899813298180) o Lexemes that lack Senses but have at least one usage example https://w.wiki/4BJ (source https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1130505026802192384)

Development

• Added |lastrevid| of entities to JSON dumps – thanks Pintoch https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pintoch!
• Working to scale the Wikidata Concepts Monitor system (phab:T203366 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203366)
• Imrpove logging in on mobile (phab:T215913 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215913)
• More work on mobile termbox
• Several developers from the Wikidata team attended to the hackathon, discussed with the community, gathered feedback, hacked on things together with volunteers :)

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

-- Léa Lacroix Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata

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