*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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication 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.