*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>
--
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.