Hello all,
*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*Discussions
- Remember that we would love to have your input about data quality on
Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Data_quality_framework_for_Wikidata>
and list generation on Wikipedia
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:List_generation_input>!
- What would you like to organize for Wikidata's 4rth birthday
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikidata.27s_4rth_birthday>
?
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- “Ben Whishaw, Broadway, the RADA and Wikidata” (data integration in
the era of semantic web)
<https://blog.ash.bzh/ben-whishaw-broadway-the-rada-and-wikidata-in-english-and-with-updates/>
by Harmonia Amanda
- Hands-on research about Wikidata: My time as a PhD student at
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
<https://blog.wikimedia.de/2016/08/31/hands-on-research-about-wikidata-my-time-as-a-phd-student-at-wikimedia-deutschland-e-v/>
by Alessandro Piscopo
- 3 tutorial videos about Wikidata: an intro to Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFh9gVUgbuA>, how to edit Wikidata
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=645bk8HQ4aw> and Wikidata Sparql Query
Tutorial <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jHoUkj_mKw> by Ewan McAndrew,
Navino Evans and Sean McBirnie
- Past: First Wikidata workshop in the Czech Republic
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mezi_bajty/Workshop_2016>,
Pardubice <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36989> – imported much open
data related to the Czech Republic
- Past: Lydia and Jens from the Wikidata team were at the QTcon to talk
about Wikidata and applications
<https://conf.qtcon.org/en/qtcon/public/events/492> (see the slides
<https://conf.qtcon.org/system/attachments/117/original/Wikidata_and_your_application-_Make_your_software_part_of_the_Free_Knowledge_ecosystem.pdf?1473075618>
)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The events page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> is
now up to date. You want to join or organise a meetup with other Wikidata
editors? Keep an eye on this page!
- 30K entries from Kindred Britain added in Mix’n’Match
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/?mode=catalog_details&catalog=234>
- Welsh Wikipedia includes Wikidata-based article placeholders, like
this one <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cy:Arbennig:AboutTopic/Q74359>
- Wiki Loves Monuments <https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/> started!
You can help by improving the items about heritage buildings or use
Wikishootme
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikishootme/index.html#lat=37.796348206192334&lng=-122.40511894226076&zoom=14&layers=wikidata_image,wikidata_no_image&sparql_filter=%3Fq%20wdt%3AP1435%20%3Fdummy>
to find unpictured monuments
- English Wikipedia now has a WikiProject Wikidata
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikidata> to
coordinate integration with Wikidata. Why not start one for your local
Wikipedia? Add it to Q20855878 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20855878>
if you do.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: parent peak
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3137>, elCinema person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3136>, elCinema film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3135>, TripAdvisor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3134>, NSZL name authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3133>, last line
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3132>, Redalyc journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3131>, NSW Flora ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3130>, cine.gr film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3129>, CiNetMag film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3128>, Latindex ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3127>, ALCUIN ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3126>, EDRPOU code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3125>, Polish scientist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3124>, Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3123>, OpenDomesday
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3122>, Epguides ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3121>, TOID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3120>, Code for China Reservoir
Name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3119>, OpenDomesday
settlement ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3118>, DSSTOX
substance identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3117>, ISzDb
dub ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3116>, ISzDb company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3115>, ISzDb person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3114>, does not have part
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3113>, DistroWatch ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3112>, FEI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3111>, ISzDb film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3110>, Peakbagger ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3109>, Yelp ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3108>, LdiF ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3107>, Guardian topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3106>
- Query examples:
- People convicted of regicide and their victims
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Regicides%20and%20their%20victims%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fregicide%20%3FregicideLabel%20%3Fregicide_image%20%3Fvictime%20%3FvictimeLabel%20%3FtitresLabel%20%3Fdate_deces%20%3Flieu_decesLabel%20%3Fcause_decesLabel%20%3Fvictime_image%20WHERE%20%7B%20%0A%20%20%3Fregicide%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Fregicide%20wdt%3AP1399%20wd%3AQ1475448%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fregicide%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fregicide_image%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fvictime%20wdt%3AP157%20%3Fregicide%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fvictime%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdate_deces%20.%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fvictime%20wdt%3AP20%20%3Flieu_deces%20.%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fvictime%20wdt%3AP509%20%3Fcause_deces%20.%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fvictime%20wdt%3AP39%20%3Ftitres%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fvictime%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fvictime_image%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fregicide>
(source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/772154330958946306>)
- The most common birthday among US citizens
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fday%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fperson%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP27%20wd%3AQ30%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP569%2Fpsv%3AP569%20%5B%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fday%3B%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%2011%20%5D.%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fday%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0ALIMIT%2010>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/771343254847623168>)
- Things named after Polish people
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Map%20of%20things%20that%20are%20named%20after%20Polish%20citiziens%20or%20people%20born%20in%20Poland%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fcoords%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fperson.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP27%20wd%3AQ36.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fperson.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplace.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ36.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/tobias47n9e/status/770701029201543168>)
- Drama schools by number of students
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Drama%20schools%20by%20number%20of%20students%20on%20Wikidata%0A%23%20originally%20from%20https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fash_crow%2Fstatus%2F770754162766311424%20%2C%20edited%202014-09-05%0ASELECT%20%3Fschool%20%3FschoolLabel%20%28SAMPLE%28%3FschoolWebsite%29%20as%20%3Fwebsite%29%20%28COUNT%28%3Fstudent%29%20AS%20%3Fstudents%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%09%3Fschool%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ2143781%20.%0A%20%20%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fschool%20wdt%3AP856%20%3FschoolWebsite%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%09%3Fstudent%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstudent%20wdt%3AP69%20%3Fschool%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fschool%20%3FschoolLabel%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fstudents%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/770754162766311424>)
- Average gestation period of genera
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Average%20gestation%20period%20of%20genera%2C%20color-coded%20by%20order%0A%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fgenus%20%28AVG%28%3Fperiod%29%20AS%20%3Fperiod%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Flabel%29%20AS%20%3FgenusLabel%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Frgb%29%20AS%20%3Frgb%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%22en%22%20AS%20%3Flanguage%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20find%20species%20with%20gestation%20period%20and%20convert%20to%20seconds%20%28SI%20base%20unit%29%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fspecies%20p%3AP3063%2Fpsv%3AP3063%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FbasePeriod%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP2370%2Fpsv%3AP2370%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FunitPeriod%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ11574%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20convert%20back%20to%20days%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%28%3FbasePeriod%20%2a%20%3FunitPeriod%29%2F%2860%2a60%2a24%29%20AS%20%3Fperiod%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20find%20genus%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fspecies%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Fgenus.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fgenus%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ34740.%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20find%20a%20good%20label%20%E2%80%93%20trivial%20name%2C%20else%20label%2C%20else%20%E2%80%9C%3Cno%20name%3E%E2%80%9D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgenus%20wdt%3AP1843%20%3FtrivialName.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FtrivialName%29%20%3D%20%3Flanguage%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fgenus%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FgenusLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FgenusLabel%29%20%3D%20%3Flanguage%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28IF%28BOUND%28%3FtrivialName%29%2C%3FtrivialName%2CIF%28BOUND%28%3FgenusLabel%29%2C%3FgenusLabel%2C%22%3Cno%20name%3E%22%29%29%20AS%20%3Flabel%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20find%20order%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fgenus%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Forder.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Forder%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ36602.%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20choose%20%E2%80%9Crandom%20but%20deterministic%E2%80%9D%20color%20per%20order%3B%20you%20can%20play%20around%20with%20%22-%22%20%28can%20be%20any%20string%29%20to%20find%20a%20pleasing%20resulting%20color%20distribution%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28UCASE%28SUBSTR%28SHA256%28CONCAT%28%22-%22%2C%20STR%28%3Forder%29%29%29%2C%200%2C%206%29%29%20AS%20%3Frgb%29.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20add%20scale%0A%20%20%20%20VALUES%20%28%3Fgenus%20%3Fperiod%20%3Flabel%29%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%28wd%3AQ23387%207%20%22week%22%40en%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%28wd%3AQ5151%2030.436875%20%22month%22%40en%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%28wd%3AQ1643308%2091.310625%20%223%20months%22%40en%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%28wd%3AQ2269240%20182.62125%20%226%20months%22%40en%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%28wd%3AQ577%20365.2425%20%22year%22%40en%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%22CCCCCC%22%20AS%20%3Frgb%29.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fgenus>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/770701163402555392>)
- Sir Christopher Lee's filmography (with film directors)
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%3FrealLabel%20%3FFilmLabel%20%3FFilm%20%3Fdate%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%3FFilm%20wdt%3AP161%20wd%3AQ180338%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP577%20%3Fdate.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3FFilm%20wdt%3AP57%20%3Freal.%0A%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate>
(source <https://twitter.com/Coyau/status/770555418007441408>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Armenia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Armenia>, Czech
Republic <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Czechia>
Development
- RDF exports now contain page properties, this allows to query by
number of statements or sitelinks (T129046
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129046>)
- Working on unit conversion for RDF exports (T117031
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117031>)
- Enabling Wikidata data access in user language deployed (T122670
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T122670>)
- Information about usage of entities in other projects will be visible
and reusable (T103091 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103091>)
- Pasting full entity URLs into suggesters will be possible (T117763
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117763>)
- Added meta descriptions to allow for better snippets in external
search engines (T88475 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88475>)
- We replaced the old parser limit report (an HTML comment) with the new
format (T143423 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143423>)
- Ongoing refactoring of the frontend JavaScript, this may break user
scripts accessing private properties (T142694
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142694>)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>.
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/R8GRzX1eH0tb/#R>.
- Help develop the next summary here!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
- 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 pages in your own language!
- Help merge identical items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across
Wikimedia projects.
- 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>
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