*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Role of Wikimedia in the era of Open Science
<http://www.crg.eu/en/event/role-wikimedia-era-open-science>, Barcelona,
April 16th
- Wikidata meetup in Berlin
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Thematic,_regional,_language-specific_meetups/Wikidata>,
April 20th. Please sign up if you want to attend (the meetup takes place in
the venue of the Wikimedia Conference)
- Wikidata workshop in Paris
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris>, April 20th
- Wikidata for science workshop
<https://www.meetup.com/SemanticCampParis/events/240862850/?eventId=240862850>
in Paris, April 23rd
- Wikidata meetup in Zürich
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich_Meetup>,
April 25th
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Some improvements have been made on the search results
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Improvements_on_the_search_results>
- The administrative territorial entities of the Ottoman Empire
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?&q=1993723> are now largely
complete. They include the elayets, vilayets and their sanjaks.
- A new version of Denelezh <https://denelezh.dicare.org/gender-gap.php>,
a tool to monitor the gender gap in Wikidata, has been released, including
a new methodology to produce the data (explained at the top of the main
page and in the documentation <https://denelezh.dicare.org/doc.php>),
and an overview of the gender gap by Wikimedia project
<https://denelezh.dicare.org/gender-gap.php?sort=percent_females#project>
.
- Items now contain an average of 9 statements
<https://grafana.wikimedia.org/dashboard/db/wikidata-datamodel-statements?refresh=30m&panelId=4&fullscreen&orgId=1&from=now-2y&to=now>
.
- Item Q2937606 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2937606>, created 5
years ago, got its first statement
- New tool: The property explorer
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/prop-explorer/> sorts and displays properties
per category (developed by Stevenliuyi
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi> based on a suggestion
from Micru <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Micru>)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: Wikimedia project focus list
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5008>, complies with
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5009>, special rank
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5012>, last update
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5017>, test taken
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5021>, test score
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5022>, activity policy in
this place <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5023>, choral
conductor <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5024>, gens
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5025>, lighting designer
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5026>, number of
representations <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5027>, sound
designer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5028>
- External identifiers: DNV GL Vessel register ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5006>, Behind the voice
Actors person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5007>,
Territographie
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5010>, Prazdne Domy
building ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5011>, Welsh
Rugby Union women's player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5013>, Welsh Rugby Union
men's sevens player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5014>,
Digital Typhoon typhoon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5015>, Digital Typhoon
cyclone ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5016>, Chile
Rugby player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5018>, Brockhaus
Enzyklopädie online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5019>,
Code of Household Registration and Conscription Information System
(Taiwan) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5020>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review:
- General datatypes: majority opinion
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/majority_opinion>,
KMC Heritage Building Grade
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KMC_Heritage_Building_Grade>,
accreditation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/accreditation>,
Number of spoilt votes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_spoilt_votes>,
Number of blank votes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_blank_votes>,
Number of abstentions
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_abstentions>,
greater than (2)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/greater_than_(2)>,
subdomain URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/subdomain_URL>,
International Classification for Standards
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Classification_for_Standards>,
Wind speed
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wind_speed>,
Wikimedia outline
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikimedia_outline>,
list combines topics
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/list_combines_topics>
- External identifiers: Authorea Author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Authorea_Author_ID>,
Lambiek Comiclopedia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lambiek_Comiclopedia_ID>,
FOGIS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FOGIS_ID>,
Behind
the voice Actors character ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Behind_the_voice_Actors_character_ID>,
KIT Linked Open Numbers ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KIT_Linked_Open_Numbers_ID>,
Harvard designation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Harvard_designation>,
Yahoo Answers category
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yahoo_Answers_category>,
UMAC ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UMAC_ID>,
Internet
Adult Film Database film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Internet_Adult_Film_Database_film_ID>,
Adult Film Database film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Adult_Film_Database_film_ID>
- Sparsely used properties created >3 months: Berlinische Galerie artist
ID (P4580) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4580>, Kulturelles
Erbe Köln object ID (P4582)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4582>, Argentinian Historic
Heritage ID (P4587) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4587>, National
Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials ID (P4591)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4591>, Mountain Project ID
(P4592) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4592>, arXiv author ID
(P4594) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4594>, post town (P4595)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4595>, NIOSH Publication Number
(P4596) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4596>, monomer of
(P4599) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4599>, Lives of WWI ID
(P4601) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4601>
- Query examples:
- Timeline of weather satellites
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fdate%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ209363%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP619%20%3Fdate%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%2C%20ru%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20>
(source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/982963645079588864>)
- Map with lighthouses all over the world
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fphare%20%3FphareLabel%20%3Fcoord%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fphare%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ39715%20%3B%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/nelson_dickens/status/981566051208126464>
)
- Number of articles about humans by gender on Welsh Wikipedia
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%0ASELECT%20%3FgenderLabel%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Farticle%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%0A%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20.%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fcy.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3FgenderLabel%0A%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Flinkcount%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WiciCymru/status/981172501983019008>)
- List of French rivers with different names and SANDRE ids
<https://sophox.org/sophox/#SELECT%20%3FosmId%20%3FwdID%20%3FnomOSM%20%3FnomWD%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3FosmId%20osmt%3Aname%3Afr%20%3FnomOSM%20%3B%20osmt%3Atype%20%22waterway%22%20%3B%20osmt%3Awikidata%20%3FwdID%20.%20%23r%C3%A9cup%C3%A8re%20tout%20ce%20qui%20a%20un%20nom%20en%20fran%C3%A7ais%2C%20un%20type%20waterway%20et%20un%20id%20wikidata%0A%20%20%3FwdID%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FnomWD%20.%20%23%20r%C3%A9cup%C3%A8re%20le%20nom%20sur%20wikidata%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28lang%28%3FnomWD%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29.%20%20%23%20ne%20garde%20que%20le%20nom%20en%20fran%C3%A7ais%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%21%20strStarts%28%3FnomOSM%2C%20%22L%22%29%29%20%23retire%20ce%20qui%20commence%20par%20la%20lettre%20L%20en%20capitale%20%28OSM%20dit%20La%20Seine%20l%C3%A0%20o%C3%B9%20Wikidata%20ne%20dit%20que%20Seine%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20str%28lcase%28%3FnomOSM%29%29%20%21%3D%20str%28lcase%28%3FnomWD%29%29%20%29%20%23affiche%20ceux%20dont%20les%20noms%20diff%C3%A8rent%20entre%20OSM%20et%20wikidata%0A%7D>
on Sophox (SPARQL endpoint querying OpenStreetMap and Wikidata) (
source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/983035703889137664>)
Development
- Differences between range constraints now work only if both properties
are present (phab:T185480 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185480>)
- Work on a new constraint unit which defines which units are alowed for
a given property (phab:T164372
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164372>)
- Make the Special:ConstraintReport easier to understand (phab:T188728
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T188728>)
- Work on a Lua function which checks if an item is a subclass of or
instance of another item (phab:T179155
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T179155>)
- Started deleting old autopatrolled from the loggin table (phab:T190447
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T190447>, phab:T184791
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184791>)
- More work on setting up permissions for Lexeme (phab:T189480
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189480>)
- Fixing a bug about removing the last Lemma (phab:T189185
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189185>)
- Disabling the possibility to move a Lexeme (phab:T189481
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189481>)
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.