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
--
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.