*Hello there!Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- *Expanding Wikidata’s Parenthood Information by 178%, or How To Mine Relation Cardinalities http://paramitamirza.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/expanding-wikidatas-parenthood.pdf*, by Paramita Mirza, Simon Razniewski and Werner Nutt (Q27038095 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27038095) - *Extracting Scientists from Wikipedia http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/126/003/ecp16126003.pdf*, by Gustaf Harari Ekenstierna and Victor Shu-Ming Lam (Q27037451 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27037451) - *Comparison of Wikidata and DBpedia projects as spatial data sources https://zenodo.org/record/55381/files/macura_bp.pdf* (cs), by Jan Macura (Q27042632 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27042632) - Wikidata challenge to take on language obstacles in medical analysis http://warriorsplanet.com/wikidata-challenge-to-take-on-language-obstacles-in-medical-analysis/ on Warriors Planet - The Wikidata scholarly profile page https://finnaarupnielsen.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/the-wikidata-scholarly-profile-page/ on Finn Årup Nielsen's blog - Wikidata as a digital preservation knowledgebase http://openpreservation.org/blog/2016/09/30/wikidata-as-a-digital-preservation-knowledgebase/ on Open Preservation Foundation
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- We need you for Wikidata's birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikidata.27s_4rth_birthday:_we_need_you.21! Organize an event or tell us your story about Wikidata - Item Q27000000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27000000 was created, about Stakihnúkur, a hill in Iceland - Log of our last office hour discussion https://bots.wmflabs.org/%7Ewm-bot/logs/%23wikimedia-office/20160927.txt - The first WikiCite newsletter https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite/Newsletter has been published - You can help a research project https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-September/009664.html to understand the use of the SPARQL query service
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: OKPD2 code of the good or service https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3250, OKP ID of the good or service https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3248, OKP Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3247, OKVED 2 code of the economic activity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3246, OKPD code of the good or service https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3245, OKVED 1.1 code of the economic activity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3243, SIC code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3242, Catholic Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3241, NBN System Key https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3240, trunk prefix https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3238, KU Leuven person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3237, PhilPapers publication https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3236, PhilPapers topic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3235, Library of Congress Cultural Heritage Organizations https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3234, PhilPapers profile https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3233, PhilPapers author https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3232, Mediaarts-DB ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3231, SCAR Composite Gazetteer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3230, South Dakota legislator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3229, Schläfli symbol https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3228, Cultural Heritage Kosovo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3227, HAS member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3226, Corporate Number (Japan) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3225, NAICS code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3224, List of lights id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3223, Nationalencyklopedin Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3222, NYT topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3221, KvK company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3220, Encyclopædia Universalis Online ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3219, Auñamendi ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3218, Dictionary of Swedish National Biography https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3217, ClassInd rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3216, SIRET number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3215, Onisep occupation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3214, Indian census area code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3213, ISAN https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3212 - Query examples: - Most populous commune of France whose name begins by a certain letter https://huit.re/bw35Iwxu (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/781437140106371072) - Works mentioning #Wikidata properties https://query.wikidata.org/#select%20%3Fwork%20%3FworkLabel%20%3Fproperty%20%3FpropertyLabel%20where%20%7B%0A%09%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP3176%20%3Fproperty%0A%20%20%20%20service%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22da%22%20.%20%7D%20%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/780704357335625728) - Places where people born in Brittany died https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FplaceOfBirth%20%3FplaceOfBirthLabel%20%3FplaceOfDeath%20%3FplaceOfDeathLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fcoord%20%3Flayer%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP19%20%3FplaceOfBirth%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP20%20%3FplaceOfDeath%20.%0A%20%20%3FplaceOfDeath%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3FplaceOfBirth%20%28wdt%3AP131%7Cwdt%3AP706%7Cwdt%3AP276%29%2a%20wd%3AQ327%20.%0A%20%20%3FplaceOfBirth%20%28wdt%3AP131%7Cwdt%3AP706%7Cwdt%3AP276%29%2a%20%3Fdepartement%20.%0A%20%20%3Fdepartement%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6465%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fdepartement%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Flayer%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%20.%20%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Cen%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/781460925001916416) - trees grown from seeds that went around the Moon https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Moon%20Trees%3A%20trees%20grown%20from%20seeds%20that%20went%20around%20the%20moon%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Ftree%20%3FtreeLabel%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fcoords%29%20AS%20%3Fcoords%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Flayer%29%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Ftree%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6907628.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Ftree%20wdt%3AP625%20%3FtreeCoords.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Ftree%20wdt%3AP276%2Fwdt%3AP625%20%3FlocationCoords.%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28COALESCE%28%3FtreeCoords%2C%20%3FlocationCoords%29%20AS%20%3Fcoords%29.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftree%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Ftaxon.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftaxon%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ16521.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftaxon%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FtaxonLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FtaxonLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Ftaxon%20wdt%3AP1843%20%3FtaxonCommonName.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FtaxonCommonName%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28COALESCE%28%3FtaxonCommonName%2C%20%3FtaxonLabel%29%20AS%20%3Flayer%29.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftree%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FtreeLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FtreeLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Ftree%20%3FtreeLabel (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/781947815840845824) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Virtual Twins https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Virtual_Twins - Newest external tools: Free Software Directory plugin https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/PBFB/browse/master/FLOSSbot/fsd.py with a bot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:FLOSSbot - Newest database reports: list of articles with "uses property" (P3176) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P3176/list
Development
- Worked more on making it possible to use Wikidata items and properties to make statements about multimedia files on Commons in the future - Adding a list of items used in an article to the edit page on Wikipedia and co (phabricator:T144921 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144921) - More work on automated language links for Wiktionary ( phabricator:T145412 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145412) - Improve the way to count and display the number of items on the main page (phabricator:T144687 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144687) - Solved a bug on the gadget DuplicateReferences (phabricator:T146318 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146318) - Clicking on the desired property while adding a new Statement didn't focus the value input. That has been fixed (phabricator:T144037 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144037). - Made it possible to use the bzr and cvs protocols in URL data types ( phabricator:T146692 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146692)
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. - Help merge items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Josve05a/dupes of people with the same name and dates. - 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