Hey everyone :)
Here's your summary of what happened around Wikidata over the past week.
Discussions
- A few proposals for missing properties for Wikivoyage listings
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sister_projects>
have been made
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Panama Papers and Wikidata made quite a splash online
- Occupations of persons from Panama Papers
<https://finnaarupnielsen.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/occupations-of-persons-from-panama-papers/>
- Panama Papers bubble chart shows politicians are most mentioned in
document leak database
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-occupations-of-people-in-the-panama-papers-a7025736.html>
- EveryPolitician: I use Wikidata for multilingual names
<https://medium.com/@everypolitician/i-use-wikidata-for-multilingual-names-d35b331f1a59#.sf5p2ys11>
- Random item: Q14829494
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-May/008711.html>
- Lots of papers relevant to Wikidata or about Wikidata haven been
published at ICWSM
<http://snap.stanford.edu/wikiworkshop2016/#papers-icwsm>
- Wikidata through the Eyes of DBpedia
<http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/content/wikidata-through-eyes-dbpedia>
- Wikidata Map May 2016 (Belarus & Uganda)
<http://addshore.com/2016/05/wikidata-map-may-2016/>
- Geospatial search for Wikidata Query Service
<http://addshore.com/2016/05/geospatial-search-for-wikidata-query-service/>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- We made a huge step for small Wikipedias and small languages online by
rolling out the ArticlePlaceholder on the first 4 Wikipedias
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-May/008720.html>
- Geospatial search is now up and running on the query service. You can
now search for items within a geographic area.
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-May/008704.html>
- The Wikidata Graph Builder has a refreshed interface with even more
controls
<https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P279&item=Q169470&lang=en&mode=reverse>
- Sitelinks for the new Jumiekan Patwa Wikipidia
<https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/> (in Jamaican Patois) are being added
<https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UnconnectedPages>
- Mapbox's Geocoder now uses Wikidata
<https://www.mapbox.com/blog/geocoding-wikidata/>
- PetScan <http://petscan.wmflabs.org/> now has query examples
- d:Wikidata:Wikidata for authority control
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_for_authority_control>
collects examples of usage of Wikidata for authority control
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: professional
name (Japan) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2838>, month number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2837>, highest income threshold
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2836>, lowest income threshold
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2835>, individual tax rate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2834>, ARKive ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2833>, Joint Electronics Type
Designation Automated System designation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2832>, totem
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2831>, Online World of
Wrestling ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2830>, Internet
Wrestling Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2829>, corporate
officer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2828>
- Query examples: longest rivers
<https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%20%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20rdfs%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Flength%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ4022%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2043%20%3Flength%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Flength%20%3E%3D%201000%20%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Flength%29%20%3FitemLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/729720984828313600>), map
of places mentioned in travel stories with text in French accessible online
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fed%20%3FedLabel%20%3FauteurLabel%20%28year%28%3FdateCreation%29%20as%20%3FAnneeCreation%29%20%3FlieuLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Flien%20where%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP136%20wd%3AQ1164267%20.%20%20%20%20%23%20genre%20%3Ar%C3%A9cit%20de%20voyage%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ571%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20nature%20%3A%20livre%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP50%20%3Fauteur%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20%5Boption%5D%20auteur%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3FdateCreation.%20%23%20%5Boption%5D%20date%20de%20cr%C3%A9ation%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%20wdt%3AP840%20%3Flieu%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20lieu%20de%20l%27action%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%3Fitem%20%20wdt%3AP840%20wd%3AQ933%7D%20%23%20%28bug%20du%20P%C3%B4le%20Sud%29%0A%20%20%3Flieu%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20coordonn%C3%A9es%20g%C3%A9ographiques%20du%20lieu%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP953%20%3Flien%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20URL%2C%20texte%20int%C3%A9gral%20disponible%20sur%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP364%20wd%3AQ150%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20langue%20originale%20%3A%20fran%C3%A7ais%0A%20%20%7DUNION%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fed%20wdt%3AP629%20%3Fitem%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20%C3%A9dition%20du%20livre%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fed%20wdt%3AP953%20%3Flien%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20URL%2C%20texte%20int%C3%A9gral%20disponible%20sur%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fed%20wdt%3AP407%20wd%3AQ150%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20langue%20de%20l%27%C5%93uvre%20%3A%20fran%C3%A7ais%0A%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23BabelRainbow%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Car%2Cbe%2Cbg%2Cbn%2Cca%2Ccs%2Cda%2Cde%2Cel%2Cen%2Ces%2Cet%2Cfa%2Cfi%2Che%2Chi%2Chu%2Chy%2Cid%2Cit%2Cja%2Cjv%2Cko%2Cnb%2Cnl%2Ceo%2Cpa%2Cpl%2Cpt%2Cro%2Cru%2Csh%2Csk%2Csr%2Csv%2Csw%2Cte%2Cth%2Ctr%2Cuk%2Cyue%2Cvec%2Cvi%2Czh%22%20%0A%20%20%7D%20%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FdateCreation>
(source <https://twitter.com/shona_gon/status/729987000242212864>), things
located where the equator meets the prime meridian
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Flocation%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20wd%3AQ24041662%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Floc00%20.%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Aaround%20%7B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Flocation%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Acenter%20%3Floc00%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aradius%20%220.001%22%20.%20%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FplaceLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/730044643526774784>), people
who acted with Brad Pitt
<https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P161&item=Q35332&iterations=2&mode=undirected>
(source <https://twitter.com/nicolastorzec/status/730181298703073281>),
Italian
mountains higher than 4000mt
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fsubj%20%3Flabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Felev%20%3Fpicture%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fsubj%20wdt%3AP2044%20%3Felev%09filter%28%3Felev%20%3E%204000%29%20.%0A%09%3Fsubj%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fsubj%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ38%20.%0A%20%20%09%3Fsubj%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpicture%20.%0A%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22it%22%20.%20%3Fsubj%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel%20%7D%20%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/atomotic/status/730859447887769601>), who
died by burning
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fdate%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP509%20wd%3AQ468455%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdate.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/730862627384139776>), age
at date of death for musicians
<https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20p%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20psv%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2Fvalue%2F%3E%0A%0A%20%20%20%23%20Query%20to%20find%20all%20musicians%20who%20have%20already%20died%20%0A%20%20%20%23%20calculate%20their%20age%20%28full%20years%29%20at%20death%0A%20%20%20%23%20count%20how%20many%20of%20them%20died%20at%20each%20age%0A%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fage%20%20%28COUNT%20%28DISTINCT%20%3Fa%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fa%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%20%23instance%20of%20human%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fa%20wdt%3AP106%2Fwdt%3AP279%20wd%3AQ639669%20.%20%23occupation%20a%20subclass%20of%20musician%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fa%20p%3AP569%2Fpsv%3AP569%20%3Fbirth_date_node%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fa%20p%3AP570%2Fpsv%3AP570%20%3Fdeath_date_node%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fbirth_date_node%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fbirth_date%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fdeath_date_node%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fdeath_date%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Fage%20%3E%2010%20%26%26%20%3Fage%20%3C%20100%29%20.%20%23ignore%20outlyers%2C%20several%20of%20which%20are%20probably%20errors%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28%20year%28%3Fdeath_date%29%20-%20year%28%3Fbirth_date%29%20-%20if%28month%28%3Fdeath_date%29%3Cmonth%28%3Fbirth_date%29%20%7C%7C%20%28month%28%3Fdeath_date%29%3Dmonth%28%3Fbirth_date%29%20%26%26%20day%28%3Fdeath_date%29%3Cday%28%3Fbirth_date%29%29%2C1%2C0%29%20as%20%3Fage%20%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20calculate%20the%20age%2C%20precisely%20to%20the%20day%20%28times%20and%20timezones%20ignored%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20%0A%09GROUP%20BY%20%3Fage%0A%20%20%20%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fage>
(source <https://twitter.com/frog23_net/status/729747441214488576>),
universities
of main programming language authors
<https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%20%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20rdfs%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0APREFIX%20p%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20v%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2F%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Flang%20%3FlangLabel%20%3Fhuman%20%3FhumanLabel%20%3Feducatedat%20%3FeducatedatLabel%20%3Fcoords%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Flang%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ9143%20.%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Flang%20wdt%3AP287%20%3Fhuman%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Flang%20wdt%3AP170%20%3Fhuman%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Flang%20wdt%3AP943%20%3Fhuman%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Flang%20wdt%3AP178%20%3Fhuman%20%7D%20.%0A%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP69%20%3Feducatedat%20.%0A%20%20%3Feducatedat%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2Cfr%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%0ALIMIT%20100%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/Jumijums/status/731045701564674048>),
hashtags
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Cats%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FhashtagLabel%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2572%20%3Fhashtag%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/johl/status/731085209446301696>), Pokemon!
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Gotta%20catch%20%27em%20all%0ASELECT%20%3Fpokemon%20%3FpokemonLabel%20%3FpokedexNumber%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%09%3Fpokemon%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3966183.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fpokemon%20wdt%3AP1112%20%3FpokedexNumber%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%28%3FpokedexNumber%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/johl/status/731134255267516418>)
- Showcase items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
Iron Man 2 (Q205028) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205028>
Development
- Deployed the ArticlePlaceholder on the first 4 Wikipedias and worked
on issues that were found
- Incident report of issues with the query service
<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20160503-Wikidata-Query-Service>
- Worked on language fallback in the main header (screenshot
<https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/730327354795544576>,
phabricator:T98014 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T98014>)
- More work on Commons prototype
- Worked on timeline as another visualization for the query service (
phabricator:T135222 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T135222>)
- Fixed missing message for translation for Wikibase repo - thanks
Matěj! (phabricator:T124766 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124766>)
- We are now generating translatable automatic comments for undo and
restore operations - thanks Matěj! (phabricator:T41134
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41134>)
- Fixed issue with autocompletion on the query service (
phabricator:T133317 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133317>)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>.
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/R8GRzX1eH0tb/#R>.
- Help develop the next summary here!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
- Contribute to a Showcase item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>
- Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats>
or proofread pages in your own language!
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed
above.
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.