*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>
- Incoming: Wikidata workshop in Rennes
<https://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/Breizh-Data-Club/events/245559915/>,
France, December 12th
- Incoming:Next Structured Commons IRC office hour
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours> will be on Tuesday,
February 13, 2018, at 18:00 UTC.
- Past: Tech-talk about knowledge technologies, featuring Wikidata,
DBpedia, and Histropedia at Jakarta Digital Valley, Jakarta, Indonesia on
Dec 8, 2017. Slides are available at Slideshare link
<https://www.slideshare.net/fadirra/knowledge-technologies-opportunities-and-challenges>
.
- My vision of a possible strategy. How could we change Wikidata’s core
infrastructure to be able to scale better in the future?
<https://medium.com/@ChristianKl/my-vision-of-a-possible-strategy-1ca09a53da02>
by ChristianKl <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:ChristianKl>.
- *Using WikiData as a multi-lingual multi-dialectal dictionary for
Arabic dialects
<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321039195_Using_WikiData_as_a_multi-lingual_multi-dialectal_dictionary_for_Arabic_dialects>*
- conference paper
- WikiCite 2017 report <https://figshare.com/articles/_/5648233> by
Dario Taborelli and the organization team
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Structured Data on Commons: Participate in this survey
<http://www.allourideas.org/commonswdtools> to help the team understand
which tools and functionalities are most important to the Commons and
Wikidata communities
- QuickStatements now has a CSV-like import function (under "import
commands")
- wikidata-cli now support dynamic SPARQL requests using JS files
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli/blob/master/docs/read_operations.md#dynamic-request-from-a-js-file>
- New wikidata-sdk function: wdk.getSitelinkUrl
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-sdk/blob/master/docs/general_helpers.md#get-a-url-from-a-sitelink>,
a function to easily build URLs from Wikidata API sitelinks data
- Musik Lovers
<https://codingdavinci.de/projects/2017/musik_lovers.html#project-name>
(de) is a project created during Coding da Vinci 2017 and reuses data from
Wikidata about composers played in the Koncerthaus of Berlin
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: premiere type
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4634>, name of the character
role <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4633>, Bechdel Test Movie
List ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4632>, Iowa Sports Hall
of Fame ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4631>, DORIS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4630>, Online Books Page author
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4629>, ICTV virus genome
composition <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4628>, EK number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4627>, identity of object in
context <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4626>, Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4625>, squadron
embarked <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4624>, South
Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4623>, trophy awarded
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4622>, Württembergische
Kirchengeschichte person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4621>, Merkelstiftung person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4620>, National Library of
Brazil ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4619>, AUSNUT 2011–13
Food Group ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4618>, DVV player
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4617>, UniProt journal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4616>, WAFL FootyFacts ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4615>, watershed
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4614>, Encyclopedia of Modern
Ukraine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4613>, LKL player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4612>, LACMA ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4611>, Art Institute of Chicago
artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4610>, Queensland
Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4609>
- Query examples:
- Place of birth of author with pages on the French Wikisource
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fpage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20%3Fpage%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%3Fpage%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikisource.org%2F%3E%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source
<https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/fr:Wikisource:Scriptorium/D%C3%A9cembre_2017>
)
- Number of movies passing or failing the Bechdel test by year
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%0A#defaultView:LineChart%0ASELECT%20?year%20%28COUNT%28?film%29%20AS%20?nb_films%29%20?statusLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20?film%20wdt:P31/wdt:P279*%20wd:Q11424%20;%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt:P577%20?date%20;%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt:P1552%20?status.%0A%20%20BIND%28STR%28YEAR%28?date%29%29%20AS%20?year%29%0A%20%20VALUES%20?status%20%7B%20wd:Q45171911%20wd:Q45172088%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase:label%20%7B%20bd:serviceParam%20wikibase:language%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20?year%20?statusLabel%0A>
(source <https://mamot.fr/web/statuses/99155836211169465>)
- 100 of the earliest 1000 works created by women on Wikidata with an
image on Commons
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20random%20selection%20of%20100%20of%20the%20earliest%201000%20works%20with%20an%20image%20created%20by%20women%0A%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fartist%20%3FartistLabel%20%3Fart%20%3FartLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fdate%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fartist%20%3Fart%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fimage%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%20%28MIN%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fdate%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fart%20wdt%3AP170%20%3Fartist%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fartist%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fartist%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072.%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fartist%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ1052281.%20%7D%20%23%20using%20%3Fartist%20wdt%3AP21%2Fwdt%3AP279%3F%20wd%3AQ6581072%20instead%20would%20be%20nice%2C%20but%20is%20unfortunately%20too%20inefficient%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fartist%20%3Fart%0A%20%20%20%20ORDER%20BY%20ASC%28%3Fdate%29%0A%20%20%20%20LIMIT%201000%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%20SHA256%28CONCAT%28STR%28NOW%28%29%29%2C%20STR%28%3Fart%29%29%29%20%23%20simulate%20random%20order%20%E2%80%93%20ORDER%20BY%20RAND%28%29%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20have%20the%20desired%20effect%0ALIMIT%20100>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/939836653803274240>)
- Chemical entities, whom discovered them, and when
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%3Fcompound%20%3FcompoundLabel%20%3Fdiscoverer%20%3FdiscovererLabel%20%3Fdate%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fthing%20%7B%20wd%3AQ11344%20wd%3AQ11173%20wd%3AQ79529%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fcompound%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Fthing%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP61%20%3Fdiscoverer%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcompound%20wdt%3AP575%20%3Fdate%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source
<https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/939765306888720384>)
- Sister-city and twin-city relationships of the largest cities
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fcity%20%3FcityLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3FcityB%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3FcityB%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1637706%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcity%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1637706%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP190%20%3FcityB%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/939155134772375552>)
- Cast age at date of film publication
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ALineChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fage%20%28COUNT%28%3Fgender%29%20as%20%3Fcount%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3FgenderLabel%29%20AS%20%3FgenderLabel%20%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Ffilm%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11424.%0A%20%20%3Ffilm%20wdt%3AP577%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20%3Ffilm%20wdt%3AP161%20%3Fcast%20.%0A%20%20%23%2057%3Ddirector%20%20%2058%3Dscreenwriter%20%2086%3Dcomposer%20%20161%3Dcast%20member%20%20162%3Dproducer%20344%3Dphotography%20%20%20%201431%3Dexecutive%20producer%0A%20%20%3Fcast%20wdt%3AP27%20wd%3AQ30%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcast%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcast%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20.%0A%20%20%3Fgender%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FgenderLabel%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3FgenderLabel%29%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%20%20bind%28%201000%2Byear%28%3Fdate%29-year%28%3Fdob%29%20as%20%3Fage_num%20%29%0A%20%20bind%28%20SUBSTR%28str%28%3Fage_num%29%2C1%2C4%29%20as%20%3Fage%20%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28BOUND%28%3Fage_num%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fage_num%3C%3D1100%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fage_num%3E%3D1000%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28year%28%3Fdate%29%3E2000%29%0A%20%20%23FILTER%28year%28%3Fdate%29%3C2010%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3FgenderLabel%20%3Fage%0A%23ORDER%20BY%20%3FgenderLabel%20%3Fage%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/tobyhudson/status/938660494163902464>)
- Male saints that are the most used to name French cities after them
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fsaint%20%28COUNT%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ484170%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemL%20filter%20%28lang%28%3FitemL%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20regex%28%3FitemL%2C%20%22%5Esaint-%22%2C%20%22i%22%29%0A%20%20BIND%20%28REPLACE%28STRAFTER%28%3FitemL%2C%20%22Saint-%22%29%2C%20%22-.%2a%24%22%2C%20%22%22%2C%20%22i%22%29%20AS%20%3Fsaint%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fsaint%0AHAVING%20%28%3Fcount%20%3E%3D%203%29%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%20%3Fsaint>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/938535232541810688>)
Development
- Add anchors to Special:ListDatatypes (phabricator:T181371
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181371>)
- Data Types library has been integrated to Wikibase (phabricator:T180454
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180454>)
- Investigate on the slow problems encountered on Wikidata (
phabricator:T182322 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182322>)
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>
--
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.