*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>
- Role of Wikimedia in the era of Open Science
<http://www.crg.eu/en/event/role-wikimedia-era-open-science>, Barcelona,
April 16th (slides of Andy Mabbett's keynote
<https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.6143714.v1>)
- Wikidata meetup in Berlin
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Thematic,_regional,_language-specific_meetups/Wikidata>,
April 20th. Please sign up if you want to attend (the meetup takes place in
the venue of the Wikimedia Conference)
- Wikidata workshop in Paris
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris>, April 20th
- Wikidata for science workshop
<https://www.meetup.com/SemanticCampParis/events/240862850/?eventId=240862850>
in Paris, April 23rd
- Wikidata meetup in Zürich
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich_Meetup>,
April 25th
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Writing a Wikidata Query: Discovering Women Writers from North Africa
<https://medium.com/@alexstinson/writing-a-wikidata-query-discovering-women-writers-from-north-africa-d020634f0f6c>
by Alex Stinson
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- GLAM wiki Conference (November 2018 in Tel Aviv): you can now apply
for a scholarship
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV_2018/Scholarships>. You can
still make submissions for the program
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program> until end of April.
- Lua function to get Wikibase entity by site link:
mw.wikibase.getEntityIdForTitle
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikibase_Client/Lua#mw.wikibase.getEntityIdForTitle>
(thanks Tpt!) (ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T74815>)
- Wikidata:FactGrid#Problems and more, a brief status report of the
FactGrid Project on Friday 13, April 2018
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:FactGrid#Problems_and_more,_a_brief_status_report_of_the_FactGrid_Project_on_Friday_13,_April_2018>
- Should OpenStreetMap use Wikibase
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Wiki#Wikibase> to store data
on tags? (Discussion on OSM wiki)
- Prop explorer <https://tools.wmflabs.org/prop-explorer/> UI can now be
translated using Tool Translate
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/tooltranslate/#tool=32>.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: talk show guest
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5030>, GHS hazard pictogram
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5040>, GHS hazard statement
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5041>, GHS precautionary
statement <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5042>, number of
abstentions <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5043>, number of
spoilt votes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5044>, number
of blank votes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5045>,
International
Classification for Standards
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5046>, towards
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5051>, supervisory board
member <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5052>
- External identifiers: Researchmap ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5029>, Animated Knots ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5031>, Filmweb.pl film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5032>, Filmweb.pl person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5033>, National Library of
Korea Identifier (KRNLK)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5034>, Lambiek Comiclopedia
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5035>, AmphibiaWeb
Species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5036>, Plants of
the World online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5037>, FOGIS
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5038>, Authorea author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5039>, Rosetta Code ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5047>, Church of Sweden ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5048>, Harvard designation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5049>, UMAC ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5050>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review:
- General datatypes: French standard sizes for oil paintings
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/French_standard_sizes_for_oil_paintings>,
operating temperature
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/operating_temperature>,
non-operating temperature
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/non-operating_temperature>,
reference value
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reference_value>,
ILI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ILI_ID>,
Portable
Game Notation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Portable_Game_Notation>,
SNOMED CT identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SNOMED_CT_identifier>,
Mercalli intensity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mercalli_intensity>,
fault type
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fault_type>,
fault <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fault>,
areas affected
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/areas_affected>
- External identifiers: IRMNG taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IRMNG_taxon_ID>,
e-teatr.pl ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/e-teatr.pl_ID>,
World of Physics identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_of_Physics_identifier>,
Kunstenpunt people
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kunstenpunt_people>,
DOAB publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DOAB_publisher_ID>,
aviation-safety.net ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/aviation-safety.net_ID>,
IAFD company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IAFD_company_ID>,
JAAF ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JAAF_ID>,
Athletics
Canada ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Athletics_Canada_ID>,
Russian Athletics ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Athletics_ID>,
Polish Athletics Federation ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polish_Athletics_Federation_ID>,
Römpp online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/R%C3%B6mpp_online_ID>,
Pschyrembel Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pschyrembel_Online_ID>,
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Internet_Encyclopedia_of_Philosophy_ID>,
ISC event
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISC_event>,
USGS-ANSS
event page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USGS-ANSS_event_page>,
HanCinema drama
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HanCinema_drama>,
ARRS race ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ARRS_race_ID>,
hpip <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/hpip>
- Barely used properties created >3 months: National Film Board of
Canada movie ID (P4606)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4606>, AUSNUT
2011–13 Food Group ID (P4618)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4618>, squadron embarked (P4624)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4624>, trophy awarded (P4622)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4622>, EK number (P4627)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4627>, premiere type (P4634)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4634>, identity of object in
context (P4626) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4626>, photosphere
image (P4640) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4640>, FoodEx2
code (P4637) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4637>, Estonian
Football Association team ID (P4639)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4639>
- Deleted properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion>:
- Query examples:
- Longest chain of mutual murders
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23%20Distribution%20of%20values%20of%20a%20property%0ASELECT%20distinct%20%3Fpers1%20%3Fpers1Label%20%3Fpers2%20%3Fpers2Label%20%3Fpers3%20%3Fpers3Label%20%3Fpers4%20%3Fpers4Label%20%3Fpers5%20%3Fpers5Label%20%3Fpers6%20%3Fpers6Label%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fpers1%20wdt%3AP157%20%3Fpers2%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fpers1%20%21%3D%20%3Fpers2%20%29%0A%20%20%3Fpers2%20wdt%3AP157%20%3Fpers3%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fpers1%20%21%3D%20%3Fpers3%20%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fpers2%20%21%3D%20%3Fpers3%20%29%0A%20%20%3Fpers3%20wdt%3AP157%20%3Fpers4%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fpers1%20%21%3D%20%3Fpers4%20%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fpers2%20%21%3D%20%3Fpers4%20%29%0A%20%20%3Fpers4%20wdt%3AP157%20%3Fpers5%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fpers1%20%21%3D%20%3Fpers5%20%29%0A%20%20%3Fpers5%20wdt%3AP157%20%3Fpers6%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://twitter.com/infovarius/status/984811033679286274>)
- 6 couples killed each other
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23%20Distribution%20of%20values%20of%20a%20property%0ASELECT%20%3Fpers1%20%3Fpers1Label%20%3Fpers2%20%3Fpers2Label%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fpers1%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%3Fpers1%20wdt%3AP157%20%3Fpers2%20.%0A%20%20%3Fpers2%20wdt%3AP157%20%3Fpers1%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://twitter.com/infovarius/status/984814465152634880>)
- All things named after Leonardo da Vinci
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Fwebsite%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP138%20wd%3AQ762.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP856%20%3Fwebsite%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/nichtich/status/985090164245651456>)
- German municipality pairs with the name pattern -ing/-ingen
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20German%20municipality%20pairs%20with%20the%20name%20pattern%20%E2%80%9E-ing%E2%80%9C%2F%E2%80%9E-ingen%E2%80%9C%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fitem1Coords%20%28%3Fing%20AS%20%3Fitem1Label%29%20%3Fitem2%20%3Fitem2Coords%20%28%3Fingen%20AS%20%3Fitem2Label%29%20%28%3Fing%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fing%20%3Fitem2%20%3Fingen%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem1%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ262166%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fing.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Fing%29%20%3D%20%22de%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28STRENDS%28%3Fing%2C%20%22ing%22%40de%29%29%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%3Fing%2C%20%22en%22%40de%29%20AS%20%3Fingen%29%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem2%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fingen%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ262166.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25ings%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25ings.%0A%20%20%3Fitem1%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fitem1Coords.%0A%20%20%3Fitem2%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fitem2Coords.%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/984425079022014466>)
- Timeline of early silent movies produced before 1900
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0Aselect%20distinct%20%3Fplane%20%3FplaneLabel%20%3Fproducer%20%3FproducerLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fdate%20WHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fplane%20wdt%3AP136%20wd%3AQ226730%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP162%20%3Fproducer%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP577%20%3Fdate%20FILTER%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%3C1900%29%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fplane%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20fr%2C%20de%2C%20it%2C%20es%2C%20pl%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/985148255502831617>)
- French citizens with at least 5 Wikipedia pages but not in French
<https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FnumLinks%20%3Fwho%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP27%20wd%3AQ142.%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20citizen%20of%20France%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3FnumLinks.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20schema%3Adescription%20%3Fwho.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3Fwho%29%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3FnumLinks%20%3E%3D%205%29%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%23%20no%20French%20Wikipedia%20page%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%20DESC%28%3FnumLinks%29%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/984050823834619905>)
- Newest database reports: family names by soundex
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Names/lists/family_names_by_soundex>,
définitions de *ville*
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lists/villes>
Development
- Disable Senses in the API for the initial version of the
WikibaseLexeme extension (phab:T187198
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T187198>)
- Create a new data type to allow linking to Forms (phab:T165579
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T165579>)
- Fix a bug happening when editing a Form (phab:T187215
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T187215>)
- Enforce permission checks when editing Lexeme (phab:T189480
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189480>)
- Make not possible to remove the last lemma (phab:T189185
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189185>)
- Make not possible to move a Lexeme (phab:T189481
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T189481>)
- Implement “Units” constraint (phab:T164372
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164372>)
- More work on the possibility to pick an item's parent in Lua (
phab:T179155 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T179155>)
- Show a thumbnail for image/video/audio properties in statements (
phab:T46727 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T46727>)
- Add “no bounds” constraint (phab:T170610
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170610>)
- Make the “difference within range” constraint not requiring “item
requires claim” constraint (phab:T185480
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185480>)
- New Lua function to test for validity of Wikidata entity IDs (
phab:T143970 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143970>)
- Include checksums in dumps (phab:T190457
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T190457>)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. If you
want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority>
.
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.