Hey folks :)

Here is your summary of what happened around Wikidata over the past week.

Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage

- Past: Repository Fringe http://www.repositoryfringe.org (slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1li_ht2iuETM_31fUUtLguOLY81huSHFbRcoS9_VNpRE/edit#slide=id.p4 ) - Past: WikiConference India 2016 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016 - Upcoming: Wikidata-Hackathon https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiMUC/2016-08-11_Wikipedia_%26_Wikidata-Hackathon (topic is SPARQL) in München on 11th of August - Upcoming: SMWCon (call for contributions https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-August/009322.html) - Visualizing the DNC vs RNC conventions with Wikipedia+Wikidata+BigQuery https://medium.com/@hoffa/visualizing-the-dnc-vs-rnc-conventions-with-wikipedia-wikidata-bigquery-636f4ac56ff0#.p4ekruapi - Livin’ on the edge http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=416 - Communes orphelines? http://wordpress.alphos.fr/2016/08/05/874/communes-orphelines/ - Paper: Getting the units right: inferring identifier units from a corpus of formulae in Wikipedia and Wikidata https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305754966_Getting_the_units_right - Paper: Querying Wikidata: Comparing SPARQL, Relational and Graph Databases http://aidanhogan.com/docs/wikidata-sparql-relational-graph.pdf - Paper: WIKIREADING: A Novel Large-scale Language Understanding Task over Wikipedia http://www.aclweb.org/anthology/P/P16/P16-1145.pdf

Other Noteworthy Stuff

- We now have two new pages to find property proposal discussions that need input: Property proposal/Overview https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview, Property proposal/Attention needed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed - WSDM2017 Cup on knowledge base quality and search including tasks about vandalism detection in Wikidata http://www.wsdm-cup-2017.org ( announcement https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-August/009259.html) - Sitelinks for the new Tulu Wikipedia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26235862 can be added https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UnconnectedPages - Wikidata Toolkit 0.7.0 has been released https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/2016-August/001023.html - Several grant proposals that could use endorsements or discussion: Wikidata module https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Putnik/Wikidata_module, StrepHit IEG renewal https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/StrepHit_IEG_renewal, Librarybase https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Harej/Librarybase:_an_online_reference_library, WikiFactMine https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikiFactMine - 15% of items connected to articles on Japanese Wikipedia have no statements (report with categories on these pages https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/items_without_claims_categories/jawiki ) - Wikidata descriptions on mobile web version of Wikipedia https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-August/009321.html - Job opening at TIB https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-August/009320.html

Did you know?

- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: wheelbase https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3039, IWM memorial ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3038, spatial reference system https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3037, precipitation height https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3036, ISBN publisher prefix https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3035, Indonesian ethnicity code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3034, package management system https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3033, adjacent building https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3032, EPPO Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3031, sheet music https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3030, UK National Archives ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3029, open period to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3028, open period from https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3027, closed on https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3026, open days https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3025, ITU letter code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3024, Legacies of British Slave-ownership person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3023, flag bearer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3022, Iranica ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3021 - Query examples: places of worship in France https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fcoords%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ1370598%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ142.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fplace%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3FitemLabel (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/760215457551028228), former capitals https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Former%20capitals%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcountry%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fcapital%20%3FcapitalLabel%20%3Fcoordinates%20%3Fended%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20p%3AP36%20%3Fstat.%0A%20%20%3Fstat%20ps%3AP36%20%3Fcapital.%0A%20%20%3Fcapital%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoordinates.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP582%7Cwdt%3AP576%20%3Fended.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcapital%20wdt%3AP582%7Cwdt%3AP576%20%3Fended.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstat%20pq%3AP582%20%3Fended.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28BOUND%28%3Fended%29%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/SimonXIX/status/760469540945928192), Edinburgh-born authors and their notable works https://query.wikidata.org/#select%20%3Fwriter%20%3FwriterLabel%20%3Fwork%20%3FworkLabel%0Awhere%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwriter%20wdt%3AP19%20wd%3AQ23436%20.%0A%20%20%3Fwriter%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ36180%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fwriter%20wdt%3AP800%20%3Fwork%20%7D.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D (source https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/760474439507177472), movies by David Lynch by duration https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Ffilm%20%3FfilmLabel%20%3FseriesLabel%20%3FdurationLabel%20%0AWHERE%20%7B%3Ffilm%20wdt%3AP57%20wd%3AQ2071%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Ffilm%20wdt%3AP2047%20%3Fduration%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Ffilm%20wdt%3AP179%20%3Fseries%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20get%20a%20label%20in%20English%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20pl%2C%20it%2C%20fr%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fduration (source https://twitter.com/SimonXIX/status/760792697787613184), descendants of Gustav Vasa http://minancestry.blogspot.com/2016/07/timeline-of-people-related-forward-to.html, people sharing the same name, the other way around https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20People%20sharing%20the%20same%20name%20..%20somehow%2C%20by%20Jura1%2C%202016-08-01%0ASELECT%20%0A%09%3FgnLabel%20%3Fgn2Label%20%0A%09%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%0A%09%3Fitem2%20%3Fitem2Label%20%3Fitem2Description%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP735%20%3Fgn%20%09%3B%20wdt%3AP734%20%3Ffn%20.%20%20%20%09%0A%20%20%09%3Fgn%20wdt%3AP1533%20%3Ffn2%20.%0A%20%20%09%3Fitem2%20wdt%3AP734%20%3Ffn2%20%3B%20wdt%3AP735%20%3Fgn2%20.%09%0A%20%20%09%3Fgn2%20wdt%3AP1533%20%3Ffn%0A%09FILTER%20%28%20str%28%3Fitem%29%20%3C%20str%28%3Fitem2%29%20%29%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FgnLabel%20%3Fgn2Label, Tony awards nominees and winners https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Freason%20%3FdistinctionLabel%20%28year%28%3Fdate%29%20as%20%3Fyear%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%3Fprop%20%3Fstatement%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP805%20%3Fceremony%20.%0A%20%20%3Fceremony%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ24569309%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20%3FpropS%20%3Fdistinction%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20VALUES%20%28%3Fprop%20%3FpropS%20%3Freason%29%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%28p%3AP1411%20ps%3AP1411%20%22nominated%20for%22%29%20%0A%20%20%20%20%28p%3AP166%20ps%3AP166%20%22award%20received%22%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fdate%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FdistinctionLabel (source https://twitter.com/Harmonia_Amanda/status/761641059776655365) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Ancient Rome https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ancient_Rome, Ancient Greece https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ancient_Greece - Newest database reports: List of Roman dictators https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ancient_Rome/lists/Roman_dictators

Development

- Glorian joins the team for 6 months as a product management intern https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-August/009266.html - Example dialog on query.wikidata.org now shows categories ( phabricator:T140576 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140576) - Map result view now allows layers and multi colored dots (preview https://twitter.com/JonasMKress/status/762935146957844481) - Made the tatus bar messages in the Query Service translatable ( phabricator:T140383 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140383) - Made it easier to notice that embedded Query Service results can be edited and are coming from Wikidata (phabricator:T138766 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138766) - Improved the way error messages are displayed while editing items ( phabricator:T141880 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141880, phabricator:T141879 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141879) - Worked on layout improvements to have a better visual separation of qualifiers and references (phabricator:T141862 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141862) - Added a line to the suggester to indicate when no matching item or property was found (phabricator:T142034 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142034) - Fixed and issue with scroll bars in the logo section of the ArticlePlaceholder (phabricator:T139977 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139977) - Worked more on making it possible to translate an article in the ArticlePlaceholder (phabricator:T124036 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124036) - Worked on fixing link in in other languages section for ArticlePlaceholder (phabricator:T137933 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137933) - Worked more on groundwork for multi content revisions which we need for structured data support for Commons in order to have structured and unstructured data on the file page at the same time (phabricator:T141878 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141878) - Worked on automatically creating a mediainfo entity when adding a statement - so far it is only possible by adding a label or description ( phabricator:T140760 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140760)

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! - Help merge identical items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects. - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Anything to add? Please share! :)

Cheers Lydia