*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- AICAT grants proposal https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Interesting_initiative - ScienceSource grants renewal https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#m:Grants:Project/ScienceSource - Open request for adminship: Kostas20142 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Kostas20142
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- From the life of Wikidata https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/01/29/from-the-life-of-wikidata/: *with the Wikidata Concepts Monitor we can now begin to discover how our communities use knowledge across the Wikimedia projects*, by Goran S. Milovanović - See also: WDCM Journal https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_Concepts_Monitor/WDCM_Journal, several examples of the use of Wikidata on the Wikimedia projects - What GLAM can teach us about multimedia metadata on Wikimedia Commons https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/01/29/glam-multimedia-metadata-commons/, by Jonathan Morgan and Sandra Fauconnier - Wikidata and the German handball player nicknames https://blog.k-nut.eu/handball-player-nicknames by k-nut
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- We are saddened to report that Polish Wikimedian Krzysztof Machocki https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Halibutt (who was also active on Wikidata) died on 31 January 2018 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Deceased_editors/2018, aged 36, after a couple of weeks of illness. Our condolences to his family and friends. - Notes of the IRC office hour of January 30th https://tools.wmflabs.org/meetbot/wikimedia-office/2018/wikimedia-office.2018-01-30-17.00.log.html - The call for submissions for Wikimania (Cape Town, July 2018) is now open. Deadline is March 18th. Ideas of submissions related to Wikidata can be discussed here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2018 - Based on community discussions, the ArticlePlaceholder will soon be deployed on Urdu and Estonian Wikipedias. - Statistics - January 2018 http://wikidata.wikiscan.org/date/201801/stats brought us 9,770,248 edits, 445,027 new items were created. - The number of users that edited Wikidata per day grew in 2017 http://wikidata.wikiscan.org from 2439 to 2672 users, 9,6% more compared to 2016. The number of edits by them grew with 18% to 190k edits per day. We also get edited by 542 IP adresses per day, 50% more than in 2016. - In 2017, Wikidata got edited by 46 various bots per day, executing 334k edits per day (63% more than in 2016). The most active bot in 2017 http://wikidata.wikiscan.org/?menu=userstats&usort=total&bot=1&detail=0&page=1&date_filter=2017 was Emijrpbot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Emijrpbot, who added 18 million edits to Wikidata. - 284 million statements https://grafana.wikimedia.org/dashboard/db/wikidata-datamodel-references?orgId=1&from=1483271884888&to=1514721484888&refresh=30m&panelId=1&fullscreen now contain references, compared to 67 million at the start of 2017. The average number of statements per item https://grafana.wikimedia.org/dashboard/db/wikidata-datamodel-statements?refresh=30m&panelId=4&fullscreen&orgId=1&from=1483272008439&to=1514721608439 grew from 5 to almost 9. 73 million qualifiers https://grafana.wikimedia.org/dashboard/db/wikidata-datamodel-statements?refresh=30m&panelId=11&fullscreen&orgId=1&from=1483272008439&to=1514721608439 are now used to provide more details for statements, 13 million in early 2017. - New tool based on Wikidata: Random TV episodes https://random.tv.longair.net/
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: uses data storage type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4788, commanded by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4791, dam https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4792 - External identifiers: Who's Who UK ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4789, Basketball-Reference.com euro player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4790 - Query examples: - Items that have or will have been gone for as long as they were there this month https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20items%20that%20have%20or%20will%20have%20been%20gone%20for%20as%20long%20as%20they%20were%20there%20this%20month%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Fstart%20%3Fend%20%3FdaysThere%20%3FdaysGone%20%3FdateWhereDaysThereEqualsDaysGone%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fstart%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP576%20%3Fend.%0A%20%20BIND%28%3Fend%20-%20%3Fstart%20AS%20%3FdaysThere%29%0A%20%20BIND%28FLOOR%28NOW%28%29%20-%20%3Fend%29%20AS%20%3FdaysGone%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3FdaysThere%20%3E%200%29%20%23%20T186452%0A%20%20BIND%28%3Fend%20%2B%20STRDT%28CONCAT%28%22P%22%2C%20xsd%3Astring%28xsd%3Ainteger%28%3FdaysThere%29%29%2C%20%22D%22%29%2C%20xsd%3Aduration%29%20AS%20%3FdateWhereDaysThereEqualsDaysGone%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28YEAR%28%3FdateWhereDaysThereEqualsDaysGone%29%20%3D%20YEAR%28NOW%28%29%29%20%26%26%20MONTH%28%3FdateWhereDaysThereEqualsDaysGone%29%20%3D%20MONTH%28NOW%28%29%29%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%3FdateWhereDaysThereEqualsDaysGone (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/960411714159366144) - Members of the current UK Parliament who have ancestors in Wikidata who are identified as possibly mythical https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20MPs%20with%20identified%20mythical%20ancestors%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fmp%20%3FmpLabel%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fborn%20%3Fdied%20%3FtypeLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%0A%20%20%3Fmp%20p%3AP39%20%3FpositionStatement%20.%0A%20%20%3FpositionStatement%20ps%3AP39%20wd%3AQ30524710%20.%20%20%23%20this%20person%20is%20a%20member%20of%20the%20current%20parliament%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fmp%20%28wdt%3AP25%7Cwdt%3AP22%29%2a%20%3Fperson%20.%20%7D%20%23%20mp%27s%20mother%20or%20father%2C%20or%20their%20mother%20or%20father%2C%20and%20so%20on%0A%20%20filter%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%7D%20.%20%23%20the%20ancestor%20is%20not%20%22a%20human%22%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Ftype%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fborn%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdied%20%7D%20.%0A%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A (source https://twitter.com/generalising/status/959800579823472645) - Older siblings who died less than a month before their younger sibling entered an office https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20older%20siblings%20who%20died%20less%20than%20a%20month%20before%20their%20younger%20sibling%20entered%20an%20office%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3FolderSibling%20%3FolderSiblingLabel%20%3FdateOfDeath%20%3FyoungerSiblingLabel%20%3FstartTime%20%3FpositionLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3FolderSibling%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3FdateOfBirth1%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP570%20%3FdateOfDeath%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP3373%20%3FyoungerSibling.%0A%20%20%3FyoungerSibling%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3FdateOfBirth2%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP39%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP39%20%3Fposition%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP580%20%3FstartTime%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3FdateOfBirth1%20%3C%20%3FdateOfBirth2%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3FdateOfDeath%20%3C%20%3FstartTime%20%26%26%20%28%3FstartTime%20-%20%22P1M%22%5E%5Exsd%3Aduration%29%20%3C%20%3FdateOfDeath%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%20ASC%28%3FstartTime%20-%20%3FdateOfDeath%29%20%3FstartTime (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/958469088023638016) - List of tram lines in Vienna https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20distinct%20%3Fline%20%3FlineLabel%20%3Flength%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fline%20wdt%3AP361%20wd%3AQ129612.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fline%20wdt%3AP2043%20%3Flength.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cde%22.%20%7D%0A%20%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20xsd%3Ainteger%28%3FlineLabel%29%20%3FlineLabel (source https://twitter.com/noniq/status/960281490335690752) - Adjacent districts in Vienna that have no tram line connecting them https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3FdistrictALabel%20%3FdistrictBLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3FdistrictA%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ261023%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1545%20%3FdistrictANr.%0A%20%20%3FdistrictB%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ261023%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1545%20%3FdistrictBNr.%0A%20%20%3FdistrictA%20wdt%3AP47%20%3FdistrictB.%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fline%20wdt%3AP361%20wd%3AQ129612%3B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP131%20%3FdistrictA%2C%20%3FdistrictB.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%3FdistrictANr%20%3C%20%3FdistrictBNr%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20xsd%3Ainteger%28%3FdistrictANr%29%20xsd%3Ainteger%28%3FdistrictBNr%29 (source https://twitter.com/noniq/status/960515002707963904) - Places of birth, death and burial of the artists hosted in the Sweden’s museum of art and design https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Query%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP2538%20%3FNatmus.%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0Aselect%20distinct%20%20%3Farticle%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%20%3FpersonDescription%20%20%28floor%28year%28%3Fbirthdate%29%2F100%29%2a100%20as%20%3Flayer%29%20%3Fpic%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fcoord2%20%3Fcoord3%20%3FNatMus%20%7B%0A%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP2538%20%3FNatMusID.%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirthdate%20.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20an%20illustration%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP1442%20%3FpicGrave%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20If%20we%20have%20a%20picture%20of%20the%20grave%0A%20%20%20BIND%20%28URI%28CONCAT%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fcollection.nationalmuseum.se%2FeMuseumPlus%3Fservice%3DExternalInterface%26module%3Dartist%26objectId%3D%22%2C%3FNatMusID%29%29%20AS%20%3FNatMus%29%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Floc%20.%20%09%09%09%23%20P19%20Place%20of%20Birth%0A%20%20%20%20%3Floc%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20%7D%20.%20%20%20%20%09%09%09%09%23%20Get%20coordinates%20from%20Place%20of%20Birth%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP20%20%3Floc2%20.%20%09%09%09%23%20P19%20Place%20of%20Death%0A%20%20%20%20%3Floc2%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord2%20%7D%20.%20%20%20%20%09%09%09%09%23%20Get%20coordinates%20from%20Place%20of%20Death%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP119%20%3Floc3%20.%20%09%09%09%23%20P19%20Place%20of%20Burial%0A%20%20%20%20%3Floc3%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord3%20%7D%20.%20%20%20%20%09%09%09%09%23%20Get%20coordinates%20from%20Place%20of%20Burial%0A%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22sv%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP106%20%3Fgroup%20.%7D%20%09%09%09%23%20Occupation%20in%20Layer%0A%0A%7D%20%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22sv%22%2C%22en%22%7D%0A%7D%0AOrder%20by%20%3FpersonLabel (source https://twitter.com/kringln/status/959373411595313152) - Newest gadgets and scripts: a script for semi-automated import of information from Commons categories is waiting for feedback https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Bot_requests#Semi-automated_import_of_information_from_Commons_categories_containing_a_%22Category_definition:_Object%22_template
Development
- Diffs now show the entity ID in the page title (phab:T181077 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181077) - Improved handling of translations in the Query Service UI ( gerrit:406301 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/406301, gerrit:406996 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/406996), thanks to Li Song https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Li_Song - Continued working on diffs for forms on Lexemes (eg. phab:T186317 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T186317) - Added summaries for edits on representations or grammatical features of a form (phab:T184702 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184702) - Worked on showing links to Lexemes and statements (phab:T185332 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185332) - Rolling out fine grain usage tracking on more wikis, so only relevant changes are shown in the watchlist and recent changes (phab:T185032 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185032) - Improved scalability of fine grain usage tracking (phab:T185693 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185693)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. 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