*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
- Upcoming: Wikidata SPARQL workshop, July 25th in Rennes (France) - Upcoming: Ladies that FOSS https://www.meetup.com/LadiesthatFoss/events/241326586/, July 26th in Berlin - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in Montreal, August 14th (in French) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Atelier_Wikidata_%C3%A0_Montr%C3%A9al. We're looking for trainers! - Using Wikidata as an open, community-maintained database of biomedical knowledge https://www.slideshare.net/andrewsu/bosc2017-using-wikidata-as-an-open-communitymaintained-database-of-biomedical-knowledge, by Andrew Su
WikidataCon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017
- You can submit projects for the program until July 31st. See the list of ideas https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program/Ideas, existing submissions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program/Submissions, and submit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program/Submit! - Special tickets for scholarship recipients will be released on July 25th. The last 50 tickets will be released on September 1st.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- wbEntity config variable will be deprecated https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Tools#wbEntity_config_variable_to_be_deprecated - Scores in ORES will be more accurate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Scores_in_ORES_will_be_more_accurate - A new version of the Query Helper will be deployed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Improvements_for_the_Query_Helper - Sitelinks for the new Dinka Wikipedia (dinwiki) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32012187 have been added https://din.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UnconnectedPages?namespace=0&uselang=en - On Wikidata:Usability and usefulness https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Usability_and_usefulness you can see an overview of the work done by the UX people in the Wikidata team on usability - There's a brand new newsletter about Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Structured_Data_on_Commons/Newsletter/2017-07-19. You can subscribe https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Structured_Data_on_Commons to receive next updates. - Ma Commune Wikipédia https://macommune.wikipedia.fr/ is a website developed by Wikimedia France to give information about the state of the Wikipedia articles for every French municipality and encourage people to edit the Wikimedia projects. It uses Wikidata to identify the communes.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Patrimonioculturale-ER ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4133, linguistic typology https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4132, annual energy output https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4131, USHMM person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4130, Cinema Treasures ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4129 - Query examples: - Properties with most “statement disputed by” qualifiers https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20properties%20with%20most%20%E2%80%9Cstatement%20disputed%20by%E2%80%9D%20qualifiers%20on%20statements%0ASELECT%20%3Fproperty%20%3FpropertyLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fstatement%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fproperty%20a%20wikibase%3AProperty%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aclaim%20%3Fp.%0A%20%20%3Fentity%20%3Fp%20%3Fstatement.%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP1310%20%5B%5D.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fproperty%20%3FpropertyLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/888787899029884928) - Last meals of people https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20last%20meals%20of%20people%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FmealLabel%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fmeal%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP3902%20%3Fmeal.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpersonLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmeal%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FmealLabel.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/888789207950520321) - Colors on national flags https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20distinct%20%3FcolorLabel%20%3Fhexa%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ186516%20%3B%20wdt%3AP462%20%3Fcolor%20.%0A%20%20optional%20%7B%20%3Fcolor%20wdt%3AP465%20%3Fhexa%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/888756671278927872) - images of all winners of Free Software Foundation's Free Software Awards https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%20%3FpersonLabel%20%20%3Fimage%20%0A%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP166%20wd%3AQ1389573%20.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%09%09bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%0A%20%20%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/888041091211177984) - lib.reviews now allows https://lib.reviews/team/developers/post/b2245981-0e59-427f-a7fe-8e685b827656 searching Wikidata directly to choose subjects to review. (more info https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2017-July/010961.html)
Development
- The wbEntity JavaScript variable will not miss elements any more but contain empty arrays instead (gerrit:365604 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/365604). Please check if this affects your scripts, and have a look at the wikibase.entityPage.entityLoaded hook https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/EWBA/browse/master/repo/resources/wikibase.entityPage.entityLoaded.js as a possible replacement. - Fire-fighting dispatch backlog: phab:T171263 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T171263. - Slowly making progress on wb_terms migration to full entity IDs: phab:T114903 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T114903. - Constraint statements have been enabled (announcement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Constraint_statements_update ). - Distinguish between non-mandatory and mandatory constraints: phab:T164254 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164254. - Work on supporting unit conversion for more units: phab:T168582 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T168582
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 - 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