*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: Proposal to include command line arguments
to Command line tool
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Wikidata:Request_for_comment/Q189053>
- We need your input on SPARQL federation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_federation_input>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Describing Wikidata items with OpenStreetMap tags
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/PlaneMad/diary/40537>
- Deadline for applying to Wikicite 2017
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2017> is February 27th
- Quora blog post about their collaboration with Wikidata
<https://blog.quora.com/Announcing-Wikidata-References-on-Topics>. They
are now displaying links to Wikidata items in their topic management pages
- about 88K of them, so far.
- Community Digest: Using data to visualize Wikipedia knowledge gaps;
news in brief
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/02/23/digest-data-visualization/>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- There is now a Community for Wikidata editors
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/1873328696285632/> on Facebook
- You can now make your Harvest Templates
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/pltools/harvesttemplates/> tasks run
automatically. After you have generated a permalink to your task, add
&run= to the url. When you open it next time, it will load and then run
automatically. Alternatively, you can use &load= which will only prepare
the task for running.
- Wikidata description editing in the Wikipedia Android app for Hebrew,
Russian and Catalan
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikidata_description_editing_in_the_Wikipedia_Android_app>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: GPnotebook ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3720>, regulated by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3719>, NCMEC person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3718>, MEROPS enzyme ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3717>, social classification
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3716>, NISH Hall of Fame ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3715>,
Recreation.gov facility
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3714>, category for value
not in Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3713>, objective
of a project or mission
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3712>,
Vanderkrogt.net
Statues ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3711>, Jewish
Encyclopedia Daat ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3710>, category
for value different from Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3709>, PhDTree person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3708>, Gridabase glacier ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3707>, RITVA Person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3706>, RITVA Program ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3705>, KMDb film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3704>, JMDb person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3703>, Catalogue of Illuminated
Manuscripts ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3702>, incarnation
of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3701>, NHF player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3700>, Transfermarkt referee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3699>, Tennis Australia player
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3698>, SRCFB player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3697>, SRCBB player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3696>, SpeedSkatingStats speed
skater ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3695>, SpeedSkatingNews
speed skater ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3694>,
ShorttrackOnLine
speed skater ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3693>, NCAA
sports team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3692>, ISHOF
swimmer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3691>, IFSC climber
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3690>, ICF slalom canoer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3689>, ICF sprint canoer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3688>, ESPN NHL player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3687>, ESPN NFL player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3686>, ESPN NBA player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3685>, DriverDB driver ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3684>, LFP.fr player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3683>, AOC athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3682>, ESPN FC player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3681>, statement supported by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3680>, stock market index
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3679>, SA Rugby player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3678>, Wereld van Oranje player
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3677>, National Bridge
Inventory Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3676>, Hans
Christian Andersen Centre's work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3675>, Mutopia composer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3674>, film-documentaire.fr
film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3673>, International
Orienteering Federation athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3672>
- Query examples:
- Map of cheese by milk used
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Flayer%20%3Fcheese%20%3FcheeseLabel%20%3Fimg%20%3Fcoord%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fcheese%20wdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ10943%20%3B%20wdt%3AP1071%2Fwdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20%3B%20wdt%3AP186%20%3Fingredient%20.%0A%09%3Fingredient%20wdt%3AP279%20wd%3AQ8495%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fingredient%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer%20.%0A%09optional%20%7B%20%3Fcheese%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%20%7D%0A%09FILTER%20%28lang%28%3Flayer%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/835851876419661825>)
- The many flags of Afghanistan
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FstateLabel%20%3FstartDate%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1001%20%3Fstate%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP571%20%3FstartDate%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1366%2a%20wd%3AQ79874%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP576%20%3FendDate%20.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1001%20wd%3AQ889%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FstartDate%20%3FendDate>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/834842694753067009>)
- Real works written by fictional authors
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20real%20works%20written%20by%20fictional%20authors%0ASELECT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3Ftitle%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%3B%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fbooks%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20VALUES%20%3Fclass%20%7B%20wd%3AQ7725634%20wd%3AQ571%20%7D%0A%20%3Fbook%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20%3Fclass%3B%0A%20wdt%3AP50%20%3Fauthor.%0A%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ95074.%0A%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ18563354.%20%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fbook%20wdt%3AP1476%20%3FbookTitle.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FbookTitle%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%20%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fbook%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FbookLabel.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FbookLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%20%7D%0A%20FILTER%28BOUND%28%3FbookTitle%29%20%7C%7C%20BOUND%28%3FbookLabel%29%29.%0A%20BIND%28COALESCE%28%3FbookTitle%2C%20%3FbookLabel%29%20AS%20%3Ftitle%29.%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20ASC%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Ftitle%29%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/834098419065044992>)
- Maps of churches in Pyrénées-Orientales (France)
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fcoor%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ16970%20%3B%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fcommune%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcommune%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ12709.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoor.%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/PatrimoinePO/status/833729982245511168>)
- Cities with millions of inhabitants that not a single person in
Wikidata was born, has lived, or died in
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcity%20%3FcityLabel%20%28MAX%28%3Finhabitants%29%20AS%20%3Finhabitants%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%3Fcity%20%28p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%29%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ1637706.%0A%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Finhabitant%20ps%3AP19%7Cps%3AP551%7Cps%3AP20%20%3Fcity.%20%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcity%20wdt%3AP1082%20%3Finhabitants.%20%7D%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fcity%20%3FcityLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/835963345912086531>)
Development
- Continued to finalize the initial version of Federation (needed to be
able to use Wikidata items and properties to describe media on Commons in
the future)
- More work on baseline for Lexeme entity type for Wiktionary support
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. These
other tasks need a volunteer
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/R8GRzX1eH0tb/#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>
--
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.