*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/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- The Wikidata data model and your SPARQL queries http://www.snee.com/bobdc.blog/2017/04/the-wikidata-data-model-and-yo.html by Bob DuCharme - Wikidata meetup in Berlin https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin, Wednesday, April 26th in WMDE's office - Datensummit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Datensummit_2017 by OKFN, April 29th, in Berlin
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Editing will be disabled during parts of May 3rd, to allow a server switch https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch_2017 - Deployed on Monday, April 24th: new datatype for geoshapes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat/Archive/2017/04#Significant_change:_new_data_type_for_geoshapes and Cognate on Wiktionaries https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Lea_Lacroix_%28WMDE%29/Cognate_announcement
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: PictoRight ID-Droit de suite https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3892, observing time available https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3891, MetaboLights Compound ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3890, Swiss Federal Archives ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3889, Boijmans artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3888, KVAB member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3887, number of perpetrators https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3886, History of Modern Biomedicine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3885, Tilastopaja male athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3884, Red Bull athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3883, Tilastopaja female athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3882, National Track & Field Hall of Fame athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3881, Caverphone https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3880, Cologne phonetics https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3879, Soundex https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3878, HappyCow restaurant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3877, category for alumni of educational institution https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3876, Justia Patents company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3875, Justia Patents inventor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3874, daily patronage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3873, patronage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3872, tributary orientation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3871, ZFIN gene ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3870, IAFD female-born performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3869, MyDramaList title ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3868, Israel Chess Federation player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3867, LAWA waterbody ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3866 - Query examples: - Place of birth of the candidates to French presidency since 1958 https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcandidat%20%3FcandidatLabel%20%3FnaissanceLieuLabel%20%3FnaissanceLieuCoords%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Felection%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ890055%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP726%20%3Fcandidat%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcandidat%20wdt%3AP19%20%3FnaissanceLieu%20.%0A%20%20%3FnaissanceLieu%20wdt%3AP625%20%3FnaissanceLieuCoords%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/856174304177905665) - Oldest given names on Wikidata https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20oldest%20given%20names%0ASELECT%20%3Fname%20%3FnameLabel%20%3FminDob%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fname%20%28MIN%28%3Fdob%29%20AS%20%3FminDob%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP735%20%3Fname.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%21ISBLANK%28%3Fdob%29%20%26%26%20%21ISBLANK%28%3Fname%29%29.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28DATATYPE%28%3Fdob%29%20%3D%20xsd%3AdateTime%29.%20%23T94064%3F%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fname%0A%20%20HAVING%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fperson%29%20%3E%201%29%0A%20%20ORDER%20BY%20ASC%28%3FminDob%29%0A%20%20LIMIT%20100%0A%7D%20AS%20%25names%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25names.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20ASC%28%3FminDob%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/855166290008453120) - Cocktails and their ingredients https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0APREFIX%20rdfs%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fcocktail%20%3FcocktailLabel%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3F_ingredientLabel%3B%20separator%3D%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fingredients%29%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3F_ingredientLabel%29%29%20AS%20%3Fn_ingredients%29%20%3Fpic%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fcocktail%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ134768%20.%0A%20%20%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%09%09%3Fcocktail%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic%0A%09%7D%0A%20%20%09%3Fcocktail%20wdt%3AP186%20%3Fingredient%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fingredient%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3F_ingredientLabel%0A%09FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3F_ingredientLabel%29%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fcocktail%20%3FcocktailLabel%20%3Fpic%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fn_ingredients%29 (source https://twitter.com/bearloga/status/854487956358217728) - Cities in UK named after a patron saint https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoord%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ145%20%3B%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20%3B%20wdt%3AP138%2Fwdt%3AP411%20%5B%5D.%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/855739058521333760) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Wikiproject Terrorism https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Terrorism - New template: d:Template:Film festivals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Film_festivals
Development
- Changing Special:NewProperty to not have a datatype selected by default (phab:T138295 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138295) - Restoration of deleted items broken on Wikidata (phab:T163144 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T163144) - Making notifications when page is being connected to Wikidata ready to deploy (phab:T110604 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110604) - Writing basic documentation for WikibaseMediaInfo extension ( phab:T159710 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T159710) - Hiding header image gadget when sitelinks are floated below the statement section (phab:T160530 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160530) - Making the "add" button display the "add Form" form (phab:T162342 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T162342) - Getting the datatype to link to tabular data sets on Commons ready to deploy (phab:T160048 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160048) - Showing supported data formats in Special:EntityData (phab:T162870 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T162870) - Setting meta name="description" on article placeholders (phab:T157466 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T157466)
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 - proposals needing attention https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed - 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