*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Addshore https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Addshore_2, Pintoch https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Pintoch - New request for comments: How to manage software versions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/how_to_manage_software_versions, Improving Wikidata documentation for different types of user https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Improving_Wikidata_documentation_for_different_types_of_user - Closed request for comments: Privacy and Living People https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Privacy_and_Living_People
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past: Europeana Tech Conference (including a lot of Wikidata workshops and discussions) - Past:Wikimedia Hackathon 2018 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30087264, 18-20 May in Barcelona https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1492 - Check the hashtag #wmhack on Twitter to see what has been worked on regarding Wikidata - List of the projects https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimedia_hackathon_showcase_2018 that have been demoed during the showcase - Next Wikidata IRC office hour: May 29th at 18:00 (UTC+2, Berlin time) on the channel #wikimedia-office
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- A look back at the first Federated-Wikibase-Workshop https://blog.factgrid.de/archives/835 - Martin Poulter gave a TEDxBathUniversity talk about Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj8na1GFXMs - The Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools https://orcid.org/blog/2018/05/15/open-science-projects-collaborate-joint-roadmap (JROST) has been launched; Wikidata is represented by the Wikimedia Foundation - "Translating a blog post into structured data" http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2018/05/17/translating-a-blog-post-into-structured-data/ Martin Poulter, the Bodleian Digital Library blog
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- A bunch of new constraint types https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_constraint_types were recently added - A Request for comments https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Improving_Wikidata_documentation_for_different_types_of_user on improving Wikidata documentation for different types of user - We have deprecated units used for this property (P2237) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2237. Please update any tool which uses this property to use the new API https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Property_constraints_portal/Units#Examples before it gets deleted. - EditGroups https://tools.wmflabs.org/editgroups/ is a new tool that lets you review, discuss and revert entire edit groups made by various tools. - PictureThis! https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikishootme/picturethis/#/ Is a new tool integrated to WikiShootMe! that allows you to choose an item and upload a picture of it
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: IGAC rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5150, KAVI rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5152, established from medical condition https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5166, vehicles per capita (1000) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5167, applies to name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5168, Wikipedia glossary entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5178 - External identifiers: Chinese Political Elites Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5142, amateur radio callsign https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5143, Bugs! album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5144, Bugs! artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5145, Cinema Project (Israel) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5146, Dictionary of Swedish Translators ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5147, e-MEC entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5148, Ester ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5149, Israel Film Fund ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5151, KKBOX album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5153, KKBOX artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5154, Norwegian war sailor register ship-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5156, OnsOranje match ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5157, OnsOranje player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5158, The New Fund for Cinema and Television (Israel) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5159, Thesaurus For Graphic Materials ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5160, Trustpilot company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5161, OnsOranje tournament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5162, Odnoklassniki profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5163, Flanders Arts Institute organisation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5164, Norsk pop- og rockleksikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5165, Norwegian historical lexicon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5169, Norwegian fjord catalog ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5170, Rockipedia album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5171, Rockipedia artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5172, Rockipedia area ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5173, Rockipedia label ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5174, Univ-droit jurist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5175, KIT Linked Open Numbers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5176, Victorian Heritage Register ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5177, FloraCatalana ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5179 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: animal water well https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/animal_water_well, World Rugby Ranking https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Rugby_Ranking, Schulsprengel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Schulsprengel, dedicated object https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dedicated_object, conjugation class https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/conjugation_class, word stem https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/word_stem, visible by means of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/visible_by_means_of, Production website https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Production_website, software version of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/software_version_of, Japanese pitch accent https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japanese_pitch_accent, reading pattern of kanji https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reading_pattern_of_kanji, has conjugation class https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_conjugation_class, stroke count https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/stroke_count, radical https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/radical, grade of kanji https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/grade_of_kanji, Party coalition https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Party_coalition, Naturdenkmal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Naturdenkmal_ID, ISO 3950 code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISO_3950_code, software version https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/software_version, software developer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/software_developer - External identifiers: Eurohockey.com club ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eurohockey.com_club_ID, Namuwiki https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Namuwiki, Daum Encyclopedia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Daum_Encyclopedia, Melon song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Melon_song_ID, Sistema de Información Cultural https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sistema_de_Informaci%C3%B3n_Cultural, African Studies Thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/African_Studies_Thesaurus_ID, nwhl.zone player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nwhl.zone_player_ID, YouPorn ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YouPorn_ID, Pornhub ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pornhub_ID, NWSL player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NWSL_player_ID, eBird hotspot ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eBird_hotspot_ID, British Library system number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Library_system_number, Flickr tag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flickr_tag, Sveriges Dödbok https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sveriges_D%C3%B6dbok, BAG Openbare ruimte ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BAG_Openbare_ruimte_ID, BAG Pand ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BAG_Pand_ID, SpectraBase Compound ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SpectraBase_Compound_ID, Carnegie Hall event ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Carnegie_Hall_event_ID, Carnegie Hall work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Carnegie_Hall_work_ID, Armenian National Academy of Sciences ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Armenian_National_Academy_of_Sciences_ID, Armenian Cinema ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Armenian_Cinema_ID, Armenian Parliamentary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Armenian_Parliamentary_ID, National Gallery of Armenia work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Gallery_of_Armenia_work_ID, Spyur ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spyur_ID, OlimpBase Women's Chess Olympiad player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OlimpBase_Women%27s_Chess_Olympiad_player_ID, GONIAT author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GONIAT_author_ID, GONIAT taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GONIAT_taxon_ID, GONIAT paper ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GONIAT_paper_ID, GONIAT place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GONIAT_place_ID - Dormant properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Edgars2007/Dormant_properties created >3 months: - USA Rugby player ID (P4778) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4778, MYmovies name ID (P4785) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4785, CiNii author ID (articles) (P4787) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4787, Who's Who UK ID (P4789) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4789, uses data storage type (P4788) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4788, Basketball-Reference.com NBL player ID (P4796) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4796, Basketball-Reference.com referee ID (P4795) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4795, PARES ID (P4813) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4813, BWSA ID (P4811) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4811, LoC and MARC vocabularies ID (P4801) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4801 - Query examples: - Most populous first-level country subdivisions without legislatures https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Most%20populous%20first-level%20country%20subdivisions%20without%20legislatures%20%0A%23%20from%20%5B%5Bd%3AProperty_talk%3AP194%23Most_populous_first-level_subdivisions_without_legislature%5D%5D%0A%23%20Based%20on%20%22Largest%20first-level%20country%20subdivisions%22%20at%20https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FPoulpyWP%2Fstatus%2F994669235296133129%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Farea%20%3Fpopulation%20%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ10864048%20%3B%20%23%20first-level%20subdivision%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20%3B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20country%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP2046%2Fpsv%3AP2046%20%5B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20area%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FbaseArea%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP2370%2Fpsv%3AP2370%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FunitArea%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ25343%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1082%20%3Fpopulation%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20population%0A%0A%20%20BIND%28ROUND%28%3FbaseArea%20%2a%20%3FunitArea%20%2F%201000000%29%20AS%20%3Farea%29%20.%0A%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP194%20%5B%5D%20%7D%20%20%23%20without%20legislature%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP576%20%5B%5D%20%7D%20%20%20%20%23%20filter%20dissolved%20subdivisions%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP576%20%5B%5D%20%7D%20%23%20filter%20dissolved%20countries%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fpopulation%29%0ALIMIT%20500 (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P194#Most_populous_first-level_subdivisions_without_legislature ) - Prisoners of Conscience by place of birth https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23Map%20of%20prisoners%20of%20conscience%20on%20Wikidata%20-%20by%20place%20of%20birth%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FbirthPlace%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP793%20wd%3AQ4667873.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%0A%20%20%7B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP19%20%3FbirthPlace%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FbirthPlace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/emcandre/status/998003781924261888) - Photos of railway stations from Latvia and Estonia https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fstacija%20%3FstacijaLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimg%0AWHERE%0A{%0A%20%20wd%3AQ7403701%20wdt%3AP197%2B%20%3Fstacija%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstacija%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstacija%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20{%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20}%0A} (source https://twitter.com/CaptSolo/status/997544292922068992) - Map of items near me that have a label in Catalan but not in French https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Flocation%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Aaround%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Flocation.%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Acenter%20%22%5BAUTO_COORDINATES%5D%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aradius%20%221%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Adistance%20%3Fdist.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemLabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FitemLabel%29%20%3D%20%22ca%22%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FfrLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FfrLabel%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/997524321995239424) - Places of residence of accused Scottish witches https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Map%20of%20places%20of%20residence%20of%20accused%20witches.%0APREFIX%20psv%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2Fvalue%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0A%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Faccusedwitch%20%3Fprecision%20%3Fcoords%20%3FGender%20%3FOccupation%20%3FResidence%20%3Fimage%20%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP4478%20%3Faccusedwitch%20.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP551%20%3Fresidence%20.%0A%20%20%3Fresidence%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpersonLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fresidence%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FResidence%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Foccupation%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FOccupation.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fgender%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FGender.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/emcandre/status/996835849605144576) - Poets whose fathers were lawyers https://query.wikidata.org/#%23poets%20whose%20fathers%20are%20lawyers%0ASELECT%20%2a%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3FpersonA%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ49757.%0A%20%20%3FpersonB%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ40348.%0A%20%20%3FpersonA%20wdt%3AP22%20%3FpersonB.%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WorldsAspire/status/996333996824055808) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Sustainable Development https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sustainable_Development, Wikipedia Sources https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Wikipedia_Sources - Newest database reports: list of English Wikipedia outline articles https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lists/outlines/enwiki, US states https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lists/US_states
Development
- Hackathon! - Work on adding “integer” constraint (phab:T167989 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T167989) - Fix a bug expanding the references with a constraint violation ( phab:T193669 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193669) - Add a "mis" code language to enable uncoded languages in Wikibase Lexeme (phab:T194754 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194754) - Improve the different language fields in the interface of editing a Lexeme (phab:T191504 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191504) - Finish work to edit Forms via the web API (phab:T190906 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T190906) - Include special Lexeme IDs (phab:T187060 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T187060)
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