*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: - Sort identifier statements on items that are instances of human https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Sort_identifier_statements_on_items_that_are_instances_of_human - Make "developer" and "programmer" properties clearer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/make_%22developer%22_and_%22programmer%22_properties_clearer
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Wikidata and GLAM workshop day https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/EuropeanaTech_2018_Wikidata_workshop_day in the context of the EuropeanaTech Conference, Rotterdam, Monday 14 May 2018 - Wikidata access methods https://stuff.coffeecode.net/2018/wikidata_access_ld4p/#/, slides by Dan Scott
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- More than 850 living people' articles from the English Wikipedia https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=4312431 which have date of death https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P570 or place of death https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P20 on their Wikidata item: manual checks needed. You can also check Category:P570 missing in Wikipedia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32220845 - Florian will be improving Wikidata support https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/josm-dev/2018-April/008028.html in the Wikipedia plugin for OpenStreetMap's JOSM editor, for the Google Summer of Code 2018 - Prssanna Desai will work on improvements for the Query Service https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-May/012027.html during Google Summer of Code
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: Deutsche Bahn station category https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5105, has grammatical gender https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5109, has grammatical person https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5110, Wikimedia outline https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5125, assistant director https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5126, island of location https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5130, possible medical findings https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5131, suggests the existence of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5132, has evaluation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5133, evaluation of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5134, greater than https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5135, less than https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5136 - External identifiers: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5106, Behind The Voice Actors character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5107, HanCinema film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5108, Italian School ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5114, Directory of Open Access Journals ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5115, LGDB game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5116, LGDB emulator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5117, LGDB tool ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5118, LGDB engine ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5119, TFRRS athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5120, All About Jazz musician ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5121, Ontario public library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5122, Swedish Literature Bank book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5123, WikiCFP event ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5124, WikiCFP conference series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5127, ICAA film catalogue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5128, Stepwell Atlas ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5129 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: IMDA rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IMDA_rating, is program committee member of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/is_program_committee_member_of, officialized by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/officialized_by, KAVI rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KAVI_rating, topographic map https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/topographic_map, child monotypic taxon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/child_monotypic_taxon, Köppens klimaklassifisering https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/K%C3%B6ppens_klimaklassifisering, Möllendorff transliteration https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/M%C3%B6llendorff_transliteration, attested https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/attested, geographic center https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/geographic_center, season of club or team https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/season_of_club_or_team, sports competition competed at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sports_competition_competed_at, factorizsation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/factorizsation, coastline https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/coastline, forest cover https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/forest_cover, vehicles per capita https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vehicles_per_capita, audio transcription https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/audio_transcription - External identifiers: e-MEC entry https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/e-MEC_entry, Norwegian war sailor register ship ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Norwegian_war_sailor_register_ship_ID, Thesaurus For Graphic Materials https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thesaurus_For_Graphic_Materials, GNOME Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GNOME_Wiki_ID, Israel Film Fund ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Israel_Film_Fund_ID, The New Fund for Cinema and Television (Israel) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_New_Fund_for_Cinema_and_Television_(Israel)_ID, Cinema Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cinema_Project_ID, Chinese Political Elites Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Political_Elites_Database_ID, Israeli Movie Testimonial Database Person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Israeli_Movie_Testimonial_Database_Person_ID, Israeli Movie Testimonial Database Movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Israeli_Movie_Testimonial_Database_Movie_ID, JMA Seismic Intensity Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JMA_Seismic_Intensity_Database_ID, Portale della Canzone italiana IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Portale_della_Canzone_italiana_IDs, Trustpilot company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trustpilot_company_ID, Ester ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ester_ID, Dictionary of Swedish Translators https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary_of_Swedish_Translators - Properties lacking use created > 3 months: - Sign@l journal ID (P4726) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4726, INRAN Italian Food ID (P4729) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4729, produced sound (P4733) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4733, IBM code page ID (P4734) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4734, IBM graphic character global ID (P4736) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4736, Line Music album ID (P4748) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4748, Line Music artist ID (P4747) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4747, is proceedings from (P4745) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4745, National Historic Ships certificate no. (P4750) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4750, Manus Online ID (P4752) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4752 - Deleted properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion: Réunion des musées nationaux ID (P5100) - Query examples: - Map of birth places of authors in the Portuguese Wikisource https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fsubj%20%3Flabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fbirthyear%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%09%3Fsubj%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%20%23who%20are%20human%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fpage%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fsubj.%0A%09%3Fpage%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpt.wikisource.org%2F%3E%20.%20%23who%20are%20on%20pt.wikisource.org%20%20%0A%20%20%20%3Fsubj%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplace%20.%20%23lugar%20de%20nascimento%0A%20%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%20%23coordenadas%0A%20%20%20%3Fsubj%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel%20filter%20%28lang%28%3Flabel%29%20%3D%20%22pt%22%29%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fsubj%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%20.%7D.%20%23data%20de%20nascimento%0A%09BIND%28YEAR%28%3Fdob%29%20as%20%3Fbirthyear%29.%20%23exibe%20ano%20de%20nascimento%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22pt%22%20.%0A%20%7D%0A%7D - Video games that are set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe by game mode https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fapplication%20%3FapplicationLabel%20%3FmodeLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fapplication%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ7889.%0A%20%20%3Fapplication%20wdt%3AP1434%20wd%3AQ3551295.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fapplication%20wdt%3AP404%20%3Fmode%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/WikiDigi/status/992380733778952192) - Timeline of Programming Languages 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%3AQ9143%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP571%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%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20 (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/991232215970443266) - Timeline of people named Karl born in Karlsruhe https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fdob%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20BIND%28wd%3AQ1040%20AS%20%3Fcity%29%0A%20%20%3Fcity%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Finception.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP19%2Fwdt%3AP131%2a%20%3Fcity%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP735%20wd%3AQ15731830.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fdob%20%3E%3D%20%3Finception%29%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/WikidataFacts/status/992363693441781760)
Development
- Allow continuing Wikidata entity dumps (phab:T193688 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193688) - Make sure Wikidata entity dump scripts run for a short amount of time ( phab:T190513 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T190513) - Add monolingual language code shy (phab:T184783 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184783) - More work on preparing QuickStatements to be run by other parties ( phab:T193606 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193606, phab:T192079 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192079, phab:T192365 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192365) - Expand references with constraint violations (phab:T177970 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177970) - Improving validation of Form representations on WikibaseLexeme ( phab:T193011 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193011) - Fixing a bug that replaces a representation by another (phab:T192264 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192264) - Enable finding forms using wbsearchentities API (phab:T191981 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191981)
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