*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open requests for adminship: Dan Koehl
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Dan_Koehl>,
Joalpe
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Joalpe>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Continuing through September and early October: Andy Mabbett is touring
Australia <https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikidata_Tour_Down_Under_(2018)>
for a series of open-science and GLAM Wiki-focused talks, workshops, and
meetups.
- New events added for the sixth birthday of Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sixth_Birthday>: Berlin, Oslo,
Tehran, Beijing
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- An increasing number of reports from *This Month in GLAM* Wikidata
related stories. To follow, subscribe here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/GLAM>.
Though most country reports include Wikidata activities, highlights from
this month include:
- Brazilian Wikimedians develop tools for mass contributions: Mbabel
and Import-500px
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2018/Contents/Brazil_report>
- A report about the Wikidata workshop held at the International
Federation of Library Associations Conference in Kuala Lampur
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2018/Contents/Malaysia_report>
- A report discussing increasing interest for mapping the Portugeuse
National Library data with Wikidata
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2018/Contents/Portugal_report>
- More information on the recently funded WMSE Projects
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2018/Contents/Sweden_report>
- And, of course, the Wikidata Report highlights
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2018/Contents/Wikidata_report>
- Crotos: a project on visual artworks powered by Wikidata and Wikimedia
Commons
<https://www.visgraf.impa.br/mediascopium/crotos-a-project-on-visual-artworks-powered-by-wikidata-and-wikimedia-commons/>
- Wikidata Query Service recipe: qualifiers and the Greek alphabet
<http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2018/09/wikidata-query-service-recipe.html>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Linking knowledge organization systems via Wikidata
<https://www.slideshare.net/jneubert/linking-knowledge-organization-systems-via-wikidata/jneubert/linking-knowledge-organization-systems-via-wikidata>
Presentation at DCMI conference in Porto, by Jneubert
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jneubert>
- Senses for lexicographical data will be deployed on October 18th
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data#Senses_will_be_released_on_October_18th>
- The final release of OpenRefine 3.0
<https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.0> is out.
- Collection Explorer <http://glam-discovery.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/>, a
Wikidata-driven tool bringing together collection data from the Ashmolean
Museum, the Bodleian Library, and the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: state of conservation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5816>, state of use
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5817>, admission rate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5822>, is retracted by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5824>, ISO 15919
transliteration <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5825>, majority
opinion by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5826>, seed
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5828>, demonstrates form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5830>, usage example
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5831>, political coalition
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5832>, Status in the Red
List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5841>, item inherits value
from <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5852>
- External identifiers: BGCI garden ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5818>, International
Mathematical Olympiad participant ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5819>, Film Indonesia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5820>, ArhivX LOD
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5821>, Belvedere object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5823>, National Trust for
Historic Preservation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5827>, Television Academy
Foundation show ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5829>, Playbill
production ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5833>, LHW
hotel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5834>, World Travel
Awards ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5835>, Relais &
Châteaux ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5836>, Nintendo
GameID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5838>, Académie de
Marseille member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5839>, NPR
podcast ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5840>, iTunes
podcast ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5842>, Gynopedia
place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5843>, Vocabolario
Treccani ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5844>, AnimeClick
anime ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5845>, AnimeClick
novel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5846>, AnimeClick
character ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5847>, AnimeClick
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5848>, AnimeClick
manga ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5849>, Ex-USSR
internal airport code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5851>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: Cook Partisan Voting Index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index>,
ONS Community codes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ONS_Community_codes>,
Implies (necessary condition)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Implies_(necessary_condition)>,
Index herbariorum code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Index_herbariorum_code>,
limiting oxygen index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/limiting_oxygen_index>,
Model item for
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Model_item_for>,
Model item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Model_item>,
Taxonomic Literature 2 number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Taxonomic_Literature_2_number>,
Place of devotion
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Place_of_devotion>,
Stadtteilnummer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Stadtteilnummer>,
restriction of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/restriction_of>,
blazon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/blazon>, ENI
number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ENI_number>,
parties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/parties>, term
of venery
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/term_of_venery>,
root <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/root>,
unicode
range
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/unicode_range>,
Ġabra lexeme ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C4%A0abra_lexeme_ID>,
Ultimate Guitar artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ultimate_Guitar_artist_ID>,
inflection class
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inflection_class>
- External identifiers: ResearchGate publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ResearchGate_publication_ID>,
Indonesian Basic Data of Primary and Secondary Education ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indonesian_Basic_Data_of_Primary_and_Secondary_Education_ID>,
AnimeClick drama ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AnimeClick_drama_ID>,
MobyGames platform ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MobyGames_platform_ID>,
Adelphi author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Adelphi_author_ID>,
UOL Eleições ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UOL_Elei%C3%A7%C3%B5es_ID>,
Tourisme et Handicap ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tourisme_et_Handicap_ID>,
Qualité Tourisme ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qualit%C3%A9_Tourisme_ID>,
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Catalogue_of_the_Lepidoptera_of_Belgium_ID>,
Northern Ireland Assembly ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_ID>,
SJPXVII ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SJPXVII_ID>,
Microsoft Store app ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Microsoft_Store_app_ID>,
CharacTour character ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CharacTour_character_ID>,
re3data repository ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/re3data_repository_ID>,
IGN film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IGN_film_ID>,
Arkivportalen aktor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arkivportalen_aktor_ID>,
Arkivportalen arkiv ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arkivportalen_arkiv_ID>,
Muziekweb performer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Muziekweb_performer_ID>,
SPXVI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SPXVI_ID>,
Spectral
Database for Organic Compounds ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spectral_Database_for_Organic_Compounds_ID>,
LakeNet ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LakeNet_ID>,
Álgu ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C3%81lgu_ID>,
Uralonet ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Uralonet_ID>,
Geheugen van de VU person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geheugen_van_de_VU_person_ID>,
Comic Vine ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Comic_Vine_ID>,
Shazam track ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Shazam_track_ID>,
IANA Root Zone Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IANA_Root_Zone_Database_ID>,
ASCE ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ASCE_ID>,
Dxomark
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dxomark_ID>,
PlayStation Store ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PlayStation_Store_ID>,
Oqaasileriffik online dictionary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oqaasileriffik_online_dictionary_ID>
- Query examples:
- Map of caves with prehistoric art
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%20%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11269813%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%2C%20en%2C%20fr%2C%20es%2C%20it%2C%20cz%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1040217189339594752>)
- Most cited works with Swedish first author
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3Fcount%20%3Fwork%20%3FworkLabel%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fwork%20%3Fauthor%20(COUNT(%3Fciting_work)%20AS%20%3Fcount)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwork%20p%3AP50%20%3Fauthor_statement%20%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fauthor_statement%20ps%3AP50%20%3Fauthor%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fauthor_statement%20pq%3AP1545%20%221%22%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fauthor%20(wdt%3AP1416%20%7C%20wdt%3AP108%20)%20%2F%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ34%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fciting_work%20wdt%3AP2860%20%3Fwork%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fwork%20%3Fauthor%0A%7D%20AS%20%25results%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25results%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC(%3Fcount)>
(source <https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1040636332505219073>)
- Map of events for Wikidata's 6th Birthday
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3FlocationLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fdate%20%3Fpage%0AWHERE%20%7B%0Awd%3AQ56458770%20p%3AP276%20%3Fstatement.%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20ps%3AP276%20%3Flocation.%0A%3Flocation%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP856%20%3Fpage.%0A%0A%7D%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/1039852050174095360>)
- Heads of the same state whose family names share the first four
letters but are not identical
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3FstateLabel%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fitem1Label%20%3Fitem2%20%3Fitem2Label%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fstate%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstate%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ3624078%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP463%20%3FmemberOfStatement.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FmemberOfStatement%20a%20wikibase%3ABestRank%3B%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%20ps%3AP463%20wd%3AQ1065.%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3FmemberOfStatement%20pq%3AP582%20%3FendTime.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fstate%20wdt%3AP576%7Cwdt%3AP582%20%3Fend.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25states%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25states.%0A%20%20%3Fstate%20wdt%3AP1906%20%3Fposition.%0A%20%20%3Fitem1%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP39%20%3Fposition%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP734%2Fwdt%3AP1705%20%3FfamilyName1.%0A%20%20%3Fitem2%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP39%20%3Fposition%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP734%2Fwdt%3AP1705%20%3FfamilyName2.%0A%20%20FILTER%28STR%28%3Fitem1%29%20%3C%20STR%28%3Fitem2%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28SUBSTR%28%3FfamilyName1%2C%201%2C%204%29%20%3D%20SUBSTR%28%3FfamilyName2%2C%201%2C%204%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3FfamilyName1%20%21%3D%20%3FfamilyName2%29%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%3FstateLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1040646062061629440>
)
- Map of caves containing prehistoric art
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%20%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11269813%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%2C%20en%2C%20fr%2C%20es%2C%20it%2C%20cz%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1040217189339594752>)
Development
- Fix a problem with the language of the lemma (phab:T194347
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194347>)
- Improving the diffs for Lexemes (phab:T185481
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185481>)
- Exclude es-formal and hu-formal from monolingual text codes (
phab:T203311 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203311>, thanks to
MarcoAurelio)
- Implement the contemporary constraint (phab:T141859
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141859>, thanks to Abiàn)
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
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.