Hey everyone :)
I wish you all a happy new year and hope it'll come with loads of Wikidata
editing ;-)
Discussions
- New request for comments: Do we want automatic inverse property
creation and if so, how should they happen?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Do_we_want_automatic_inverse_property_creation_and_if_so,_how_should_they_happen%3F>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Video of Lydia's keynote at GNDCon
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTDqfb6gF_o>
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Introduction to Wikidata as a platform and data source
<https://developer.ibm.com/articles/use-wikidata-in-ai-and-cognitive-applications-pt1/>
- Europeana Innovation Agenda
<https://pro.europeana.eu/page/issue-10-innovation-agenda#structured-data-on-commons>
- The Hand-editor’s Tale <http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=599>
- mySociety 2018 report including their work on Wikidata
<https://2018.mysociety.org/>
- Using WikiData API to get the sense of words
<https://medium.com/gowombat/using-wikidata-api-to-get-the-sense-of-words-4db597227e8c>
- The Evolution of Power and Standard Wikidata Editors: Comparing
Editing Behavior over Time to Predict Lifespan and Volume of Edits
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10606-018-9344-y>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- In Pywikibot, you can now add a new statement with qualifiers and/or
references in a single edit (phab:T112577
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112577>, phab:T170432
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170432>)
- A couple of gran proposals under review need your input and endorsement
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications>
- There are now over 2 million Wikidata infoboxes on Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Uses_of_Wikidata_Infobox>!
- Happy New Year! (L40653) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L40653>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: none
- External identifiers: bgm.tv character identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6296>,
ACB.com coach ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6297>, bgm.tv person
identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6298>, PC-9801DB
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6299>, Hymnary author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6300>, The Armory Show at
100 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6301>, Dictionnaire
de spiritualité ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6302>, Swedish
Anbytarforum <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6303>,
researchportal.helsinki.fi
profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6304>, Wikimedia
OTRS ticket number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6305>, AllMusic
performance ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6306>, Wikibase
Registry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6307>, Scoresway
tennis person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6308>,
Historical
RNA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6309>, Muséosphère
work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6310>, pressball.by
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6311>, premierliga.ru
staff ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6312>, premierliga.ru
referee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6313>,
WorldFootball.net
referee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6314>, TheFinalBall
referee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6315>, TheFinalBall
coach ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6316>, RusTeam
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6317>, CFU player
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6318>, AIC player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6319>, AMFR player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6320>, teams.by player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6321>, vehicle
identification number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6322>, Centre
Pompidou ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6323>, INE ID
(Portugal) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6324>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: agglomerative
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/agglomerative>,
urban population
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/urban_population>,
rural population
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/rural_population>,
Linear reference
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Linear_reference>,
located in urban area
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/located_in_urban_area>
- External identifiers: SHARE-VDE author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SHARE-VDE_author_ID>,
Panorama de l'art ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Panorama_de_l%27art_ID>,
PCGamingWiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PCGamingWiki_ID>,
MDWS place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MDWS_place_ID>,
JKT48 member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JKT48_member_ID>,
Uppsala General Catalogue ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Uppsala_General_Catalogue_ID>
- Query examples:
- Graph of student-master relationship of Christian Thielemann
<https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P1066&item=Q60813>
#Neujahrskonzert (source
<https://twitter.com/Dorialexander/status/1080057680402759680>)
- Cricket teams in the world by number of players and their gender
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23List%20of%20Cricket%20teams%2C%20founding%20year%20and%20players%20on%20Wikidata%0ASELECT%20%20%3Fteam%20%3FteamLabel%20%3FgenderLabel%20%28YEAR%28%3Finception%29%20as%20%3Ffounded%29%20%28count%28%3Fplayer%29%20as%20%3FplayerCount%29%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fplayer%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%20%23%20Player%20is%20a%20human%0A%20%20%3Fplayer%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ12299841.%20%23%20Player%27s%20occupation%20is%20a%20cricketer%0A%20%20%3Fplayer%20wdt%3AP54%20%3Fteam.%20%23%20Player%20is%20a%20member%20of%20a%20sporting%20team%0A%20%20%3Fplayer%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender.%20%23%20Get%20gender%20of%20the%20player%0A%20%20%7B%3Fteam%20wdt%3AP641%20wd%3AQ5375.%7D%20%23%20Sporting%20team%20plays%20cricket%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%3Fteam%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ17376093.%7D%20%23%20Sporting%20team%20is%20a%20cricket%20team%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%20%3Fteam%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Finception.%7D%20%23%20Get%20date%20of%20inception%20of%20the%20team%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%3Fteam%20%3FteamLabel%20%3Finception%20%3Fgender%20%3FgenderLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Finception>
(source <https://twitter.com/planemad/status/1073918749772865536>)
- Buildings designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer
<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%3AQ134165%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%20%20%7D%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1074067771611340800>)
- Species have been named after Donald Trump
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23species%20named%20after%20Donald%20Trump%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FtaxonName%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP225%20%3FtaxonName.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ7432.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP138%20wd%3AQ22686.%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1075226950971490304>)
- Catchphrases
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%20%3Fcatchphrase%20%7B%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP6251%20%3Fcatchphrase%20.%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%20%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/1076076152891035648>)
Development
- Not much happened this week because we took some time off over the
holidays. Getting back to full speed again in the next days.
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>
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
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Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.