*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 workshop in Grenoble (France), April 4th (more info http://www.la-coop.net/evenement/atelier2-wikidata-avance/) - Upcoming: Wikidata IRC office hour, April 5th, 16:00 UTC https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2017&month=4&day=5&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=37, on #wikimedia-officeconnect http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-office - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in London (UK), April 8th (more info https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-training-tools-queries-and-uploads-tickets-33008027900 ) - Bunhill Fields: Wikimedia, gamification and richer media content https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2017/03/bunhill-fields-wikimedia-gamification-and-richer-media-content/ - Biocuration 2017 http://med.stanford.edu/biocuration.html - Talk: Repurpos.us: A fully open and expandable drug repurposing portal https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QWMBZNESPgQ_wio1kcnzv8rF74WezFl8L5v0tjwOQfc/edit#slide=id.p15 by Sebastian Burgstaller-Muehlbacher, PhD - Poster: Best practices for data provenance in Wikidata https://f1000research.com/posters/6-337 by Gregory S. Stupp *et al.* - Poster: Using Shape Expressions (ShEx) to model, validate and curate Wikidata https://figshare.com/articles/Using_Shape_Expressions_ShEx_to_model_validate_and_curate_Wikidata/4766002/1 by Andra Waagmeester *et al.* - Five years ago, the development of Wikidata started https://blog.wikimedia.de/2012/04/04/meet-the-wikidata-team/
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- *Attention:* Editing will be disabled during parts of April 19 and May 3, to allow a server switch https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch_2017 - New filters for the Recent Changes https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review will be deployed on April 11. (more info https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_filters_for_Recent_Changes_-_Beta_deployment_scheduled ) - Data donation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_donation: Songkick https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7561274 have donated a datafile with 155K of their Songkick artist ID (P3478) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3478. ~45K are already matched, and the rest are in Mix'n'Match https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/list/403/, awaiting your kind attention. - Query Service: you can now create a template to explain what your query is doing https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:SPARQL/Query_Helper#Query_Template - new data type for geographical shapes will be enabled on April 24th https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Significant_change:_new_data_type_for_geoshapes - Several CC0 databases are now federated with the Query Service endpoint https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Federation_in_the_Wikidata_Query_Service
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: located in present-day administrative territorial entity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3842, Human Phenotype Ontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3841, slope rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3840, Tab4u artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3839, Tab4u song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3838, United States Public Law https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3837, Pinterest username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3836, Mendeley person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3835, RTC film rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3834, diaspora https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3833, Europeana Fashion Vocabulary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3832, object has role https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3831, CueTracker player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3830, Publons author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3829, wears https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3828, JSTOR topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3827, Welsh Rugby Union player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3826, United States Statutes at Large citation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3825, VTJ-PRT building ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3824, Ethnologue language status https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3823, rules for classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3822, Bangla Movie Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3821, Flanders Arts Institute venue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3820 - Query examples: - Map of the megaliths of the World, coloured by type https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Flayer%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ164240%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Finstance%20%3B%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%09%3Finstance%20wdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ164240%20.%0A%09%3Finstance%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer%20.%0A%09FILTER%28LANG%28%3Flayer%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Cen%22%20%7D%0A%7D (showing some nice paterns, source https://twitter.com/belett/status/848506259401826304) - French people without a gender https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fhuman%20%3FhumanLabel%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP27%20wd%3AQ142%20.%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fhuman%20p%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A (source https://twitter.com/envlh/status/848586370859794432) - Eldest members of noble families https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Ffamily%20%3FfamilyLabel%20%3Feldest%20%3FeldestLabel%20%3Fimage%20%28%3Fdob%20AS%20%3Fdate%29%20WHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Ffamily%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ13417114%20.%0A%20%20%3Feldest%20wdt%3AP53%20%3Ffamily%20.%0A%20%20%3Feldest%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Feldest%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%20.%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20FILTER%28%21isBLANK%28%3Fdob%29%29.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Folder%20wdt%3AP53%20%3Ffamily%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Folder%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Folder%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fodob%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fodob%20%3C%20%3Fdob%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%21bound%20%28%3Folder%29%29%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Feldest%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fyob (source https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/847230458819629056) - Map of places with population “zero” (0) https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20map%20of%20places%20with%20population%200%20%28zero%29%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fcoordinates%20%3Flayer%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP1082%200.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoordinates.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fplace%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FplaceLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcountry%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/846498622451732481)
External Tools https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/External_tools News
- wikidata-cli https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli - new command: wd summary https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli/blob/master/docs/read_operations.md#wd-summary - improved support for custom Wikibase instances https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli#custom-wikibase-instance - wikidata-edit https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-edit: - new function: remove claim https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-edit/blob/master/docs/how_to.md#remove-claim#wd-summary - improved support for custom Wikibase instances https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-edit/blob/master/docs/how_to.md#custom-wikibase-instance - wikidata-sdk https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-sdk: - new function: simplify.entity https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-sdk/blob/master/docs/simplify_entities_data.md#simplify-entity - major documentation restructuration https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-sdk/blob/master/README.md - wikidata-filter https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-filter: - new filter criteria: sitelinks https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-filter/blob/master/docs/how_to.md#by-sitelinks. Example of a query that times out on the SPARQL endpoint but that is now possible with wikidata-filter: Get all entities with a Chinese and a French Wikipedia article, keeping only id, labels, and sitelinks matching those languages https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-filter/blob/master/docs/how_to.md#get-all-entities-with-a-chinese-and-a-french-wikipedia-article-keeping-only-id-labels-and-sitelinks-matching-those-languages - Monumental: brand new app for displaying heritage data https://tools.wmflabs.org/monumental/#/
Development
- A warm welcome to our new intern, Lucas Werkmeister! You may now him for his work on queries as WikidataFacts https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts. He will work in the team for the next months. - Attending to Wikimedia Conference https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017, talking with Wikidata and Wiktionary users - Improving performance on Special:Entities pages (phab:T161631 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161631) - Tracking the number of identifier properties on an item in page_props ( phab:T114617 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T114617) - More work on Senses (phab:T161523 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161523) and Forms (phab:T160524 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160524) - Improving the autocompletions of Query Service (phab:T150950 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150950)
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 - proposals needing attention https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed - 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