*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Closed request for comments: semi-protection to prevent vandalism on most used Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/semi-protection_to_prevent_vandalism_on_most_used_Items
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Upcoming: 1st Iberoamerican Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web Conference http://www.kgswc.org keynote on Wikidata by José E. Labra https://www.slideshare.net/jelabra/wikidata-151323898 Villa Clara, Cuba 24-28 June - Upcoming: Wikidata meeting for researchers http://sparql-wikidata-2019.smr-team.org/ in Sfax University, Tunisia, 25-27 June 2019 - Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in London https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-wikidata-meetup-3-wikidata-osmuk-tickets-61869712977, June 29th - Upcoming: July 3rd: UGent Wikidata and Wikibase Workshop 2019 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/UGent_Wikidata_and_Wikibase_Workshop_2019#Programme
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- *Demonstrating Spindra: A Geographic Knowledge Graph Management System https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8731539/*, Yuhan Sun, et al (in 2019 IEEE 35th International Conference on Data Engineering) - *Comparing DBpedia, Wikidata, and YAGO for Web Information Retrieval https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-981-13-6031-2_40*, Sini Govinda Pillai, et al. - *WikiDataSets: Standardized sub-graphs from WikiData https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.04536.pdf*, Armand Boschin, in ArXiv - *Ordia: A Web application for Wikidata lexemes https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/136c/f1c109586777e71efab645250605fb3ff3bf.pdf?_ga=2.95586332.1809483212.1560861741-708203100.1559741642*, Finn Årup Nielsen https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Fnielsen - *Combining embedding methods for a word intrusion task https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/163d/bc94ff35e8c5641a616672aaab184379ec87.pdf?_ga=2.61590700.1809483212.1560861741-708203100.1559741642* Finn Årup Nielsen, et al - *Query expansion using Wikidata attributes’ values https://eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/eai.24-4-2019.2284070* Sarah Dahir, Abderrahim et al., in ICCWCS'19 - *Automatic Question Generation based on MOOC Video Subtitles and Knowledge Graph https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3323820* Lin Ma, Yuchun Ma, in ICIET 2019 - *Wikidata as a linked-data hub for Biodiversity data https://biss.pensoft.net/article/35206/*, Andra Waagmeester https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Andrawaag, et al. - *Using Crowd-curation to Improve Taxon Annotations on the Wikimedia Infrastructure https://biss.pensoft.net/article/35216/*, Andra Waagmeester https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Andrawaag, et al. - *Using Shape Expressions (ShEx) to Share RDF Data Models and to Guide Curation with Rigorous Validation http://labra.weso.es/publication/2019_eswc_shex/, et al. Best in-use paper award ESWC https://twitter.com/eswc_conf/status/1137110223691440128* - *From “an” Identifier to “the” Identifier https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v38i2.10886*, Theo van Veen - Developing workflows for local authority file conversion from MARC to Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa6jZTs1sY4
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Structured Data on Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data: qualifiers for depicts support have been enabled on June 20th - Result format change for Query Service JSON query output https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-June/013206.html - Filename scheme for Wikidata RDF entity dumps will change https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-June/013200.html - The development of Wikidata Bridge (editing Wikidata's data from Wikipedia) started https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-June/013216.html - CheckShex userscript https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Teester/CheckShex.js adds an in-page way of checking if an item fits an Entityschema
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: has written for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6872, motif represents https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6875, solar irradiance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6876, effective temperature https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6879 - External identifiers: JIS standard https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6857, Réunionnais du monde ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6858, Corporate Number (South Korea) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6859, dbSNP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6861, digilibIT author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6862, Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6863, eBiodiversity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6864, eurobasket.com coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6865, euroleague.net coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6866, Gamepedia Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6867, Hoopla artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6868, Hoopla publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6869, Latvian National Encyclopedia Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6870, ECI Lok Sabha constituency code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6871, IntraText author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6873, Musixmatch artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6874, MAHG ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6877, Amburger database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6878, ATP tennis tournament edition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6880, Rugby League Project ID (general) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6881, RIAA artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6882 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: extracted from https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/extracted_from, Instagram hashtag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Instagram_hashtag, Historical Archives of the European Union ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historical_Archives_of_the_European_Union_ID, number of pins, number of pin positions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_pins,_number_of_pin_positions, Representative in legislature https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Representative_in_legislature, subscribers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/subscribers - External identifiers: nchdb asset id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nchdb_asset_id, Biblioteca Nacional Aruba ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_Nacional_Aruba_ID, Bangladesh administrative division code (2017-) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bangladesh_administrative_division_code_(2017-), Goodreads series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Goodreads_series_ID, Heritage Gazetteer of Cyprus https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Heritage_Gazetteer_of_Cyprus, Retrosheet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Retrosheet_ID, The DJ List artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_DJ_List_artist_ID, BBC artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BBC_artist_ID, The Independent topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Independent_topic_ID, NME artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NME_artist_ID, Metro topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Metro_topic_ID, MangaSeek person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MangaSeek_person_ID, Soccerway coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerway_coach_ID, Nederlandse Top 40 artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nederlandse_Top_40_artist_ID, Dutch Charts artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dutch_Charts_artist_ID, hitparade.ch artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/hitparade.ch_artist_ID, Aviation Safety Network Wikibase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Aviation_Safety_Network_Wikibase_ID, Find & Connect ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Find_%26_Connect_ID, SA Flora ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SA_Flora_ID, ATRF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ATRF_ID, geograph https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/geograph, ArtBrokerage artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ArtBrokerage_artist_ID, Indian gallantry awardee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Indian_gallantry_awardee_ID, Scandipop topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scandipop_topic_ID, iTunes movie collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iTunes_movie_collection_ID, SLNSW unpublished item ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SLNSW_unpublished_item_ID, LB.ua dossier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LB.ua_dossier, FPBR person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FPBR_person_ID, RBF amateur boxer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RBF_amateur_boxer_ID, RBF professional boxer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RBF_professional_boxer_ID, Roskomnadzor media license number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Roskomnadzor_media_license_number, 2014 Commonwealth Games athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/2014_Commonwealth_Games_athlete_ID, Music certifictions ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Music_certifictions_ID, El portal de Música artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/El_portal_de_M%C3%BAsica_artist_ID - Query examples: - Most commonly used qualifiers on depicts (P180) statements on Wikidata, with top 10 classes or items that each one is used on https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3Ftotal%20%3Fcount%20%3Fdepicts_class%20%3Fdepicts_classLabel%20%3Fprop%20%3FpropLabel%20%3Fsamp%20%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fdepicts_stmt%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP180%20%3Fdepicts_stmt%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20%23%20LIMIT%20100000%0A%7D%20AS%20%25stmts%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fprop%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3Fdepicts_stmt%29%29%20AS%20%3Ftotal%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25stmts%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdepicts_stmt%20%3Fqual%20%5B%5D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fprop%20wikibase%3Aqualifier%20%3Fqual%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fprop%0A%7D%20AS%20%25totals%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fdepicts_class%20%3Fprop%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3Fdepicts_stmt%29%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Fsamp%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25stmts%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdepicts_stmt%20ps%3AP180%20%3Fdepicts_val%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdepicts_val%20wdt%3AP31%3F%20%3Fdepicts_class%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdepicts_stmt%20%3Fqual%20%5B%5D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fprop%20wikibase%3Aqualifier%20%3Fqual%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fdepicts_class%20%3Fprop%0A%20%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%20%0A%20%20LIMIT%205000%0A%7D%20AS%20%25data%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fdepicts_class%20%3Fprop%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3Fdepicts_class1%29%29%20AS%20%3Frank%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25data%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%28%3Fdepicts_class%20AS%20%3Fdepicts_class1%29%20%3Fprop%20%28%3Fcount%20AS%20%3Fcount1%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25data%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fcount1%20%3E%3D%20%3Fcount%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fdepicts_class%20%3Fprop%0A%7D%20AS%20%25ranks%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25data%20.%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25ranks%20.%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25totals%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Frank%20%3C%2011%29%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Ftotal%29%20%3Fprop%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0A (source https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Village_pump&oldid=355894632#Qualifiers_for_depicts_are_now_available ) - Most commonly used properties connecting military people to military organisations https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcount%20%3Fproperty%20%3FpropertyLabel%20%3Fsamp%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20(COUNT(%3Fitem)%20AS%20%3Fcount)%20%3Fproperty%20(SAMPLE(%3Fitem)%20AS%20%3Fsamp)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Forg_class%20wdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ17149090.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Forg%20wdt%3AP31%3F%20%3Forg_class%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20%3Fprop%20%3Forg%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20%3Frole%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Frole%20wdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ1250916%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fproperty%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Fprop%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fproperty%0A%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%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%20(%3Fcount) (source https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Project_chat&oldid=968103425#Membership_in_a_military_unit ) - Bubblechart of most frequent WMF import sources https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23%20most%20frequent%20Wikimedia%20import%20sources%20(P143%20values)%0A%23%20query%20by%20Jura1%2C%202019-06-24%0A%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fct%20%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20(count(*)%20as%20%3Fct)%0A%20%20%20%20WHERE%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fstmt%20pr%3AP143%20%3Fitem%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%0A%20%20%20%20HAVING(%3Fct%20%3E%20100)%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC(%3Fct)%0A%20%20%20%20LIMIT%20100%0A%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%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC(%3Fct)%20ASC(%3FitemLabel) - French male first names ending with "ée" https://w.wiki/5Ew ( source https://twitter.com/photos_floues/status/1142012922434084864) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: WikiProject Australia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Australia - Newest database reports: Property completion by country leaderboard https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Properties/Reports/Country_dashboard
Development
- Beginning of wb_terms migration (phab:T221764 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221764) - Fixed a bug with phan on Wikibase ([[phab:T226083) - Enable bugfix for wbeditentity setting aliases to empty array ( phab:T223303 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223303) - Fix an issue with pipe character on some special pages (phab:T223270 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223270) - Fix an issue with removed constraint still displayed on Lexeme ( phab:T223372 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223372) - Make edits to EntitySchema pages autopatrolled (phab:T224495 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224495) - Work on creating better edit summaries for wbeditentity API endpoint ( phab:T224010 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224010) - Deploy the work environment for new mobile termbox - Start setting up the technical environment for Wikidata bridge
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