*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>
- Upcoming: Monthly workshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Argentina>, October 17th
- Upcoming: Talk about connections between Wikidata, Wikipedia and OSM
<http://www.passages.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article737>, Bordeaux, France,
October 17th
- Upcoming: Monthly workshop in Paris, France
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris>, October 18th
- Upcoming: Wikidata goes Library, Talks and Workshops, Vienna, Austria
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Vienna/2019-10-18>,
October 18th
- Upcoming: WikidataCon 2019
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019> and side
events: Wikibase workshop
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend/Side_events/Wikibase_workshop_Berlin_2019>,
iNaturalist workshop
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend/Side_events/iNaturalist_workshop>,
October 24th to 27th, Berlin
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- My message to video game databases: We(kidata) come in peace
<https://commonists.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/my-message-to-video-game-databases-wekidata-come-in-peace/>,
by Jean-Frédéric
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric> (the
subject is broader than just video games)
- Lei (Nico) Zheng, et al. (2019) The Roles Bots Play in Wikipedia.
Proceedings of the ACM: Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 3, Issue CSCW,
Article 215 (November 2019), 20 pages. DOI: 10.1145/3359317
<https://doi.org/10.1145/3359317> (also blog post
<https://medium.com/@Nico9225/6e13270bf716>).
- Lina M. Rojas-Barahona, et al. (2019) *Spoken Conversational Search
for General Knowledge*. Proceedings of the 20th Annual SIGdial Meeting
on Discourse and Dialogue. ACL Anthology ID: W19-5914
<https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/W19-5914/> + arXiv:1909.11980
<https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.11980>
Tool of the week
- ShowTalkLabels
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Yair_rand/ShowTalkLabels.js>: with
this script enabled, when a talk page is shown on your watchlist or similar
pages, the label of the related entity is shown.
Other noteworthy stuff
- We now have d:Q70000000 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70000000>
(3,5-dimethyl-3H-pyrazole, chemical compound) and Lexeme:L200000
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L200000> (spiritualistically,
English adverb)
- Your feedback is welcome about Computer-aided tagging designs
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Feedback_requests/Computer-aided_tagging_designs>
for Structured data for Commons
- The next office hour will take place on November 5th on Telegram (see full
announcement
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-October/013607.html>
)
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: fineness
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7379>, identified in image by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7380>, name in hiero markup
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7383>, graph radius
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7391>, style of karate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7406>, name (image)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7407>, code (image)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7415>, folio(s)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7416>
- External identifiers: PubPeer article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7381>, Turkish Football
Federation Match ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7382>, geograph.org.uk
image ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7384>, Q-Codes ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7387>, Great Encyclopedia of
Navarre ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7388>, Three
Decks people ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7389>, Knesset
Law ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7390>,
DynamoMania.com
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7395>, Beachsafe
Beach Key <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7396>, 247Sports ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7397>, Internet Off-Broadway
Database work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7398>,
FutbolMe.com
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7399>, LibraryThing
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7400>, SMHI
drainage basin ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7401>, Turkish
Football Federation Stadium ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7402>, Publons publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7403>, ADL Hate Symbols
Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7404>, Turkish
Football Federation Referee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7405>, EconBiz publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7408>, ERIC publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7409>, Healthcare Common
Procedure Coding System Identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7410>, Pubs Galore ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7411>,
ForaDeJogo.net team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7412>, Ancient Tree
Inventory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7413>, State
Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7414>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: pathway annotation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/pathway_annotation>,
number of games
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_games>,
contains functional group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/contains_functional_group>,
contains chemical element
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/contains_chemical_element>,
relative count
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/relative_count>,
electron configuration
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/electron_configuration>,
reason for preferred rank
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reason_for_preferred_rank>,
creator's signature
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/creator%27s_signature>,
Wikimedia revision-id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikimedia_revision-id>,
pdf page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/pdf_page>,
capital
social
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/capital_social>,
Source of file
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Source_of_file>,
gained territory from
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/gained_territory_from>
- External identifiers: Soccerway referee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerway_referee_ID>,
Eu-football.info referee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eu-football.info_referee_ID>,
WorldReferee.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WorldReferee.com_ID>,
Bluetooth Declaration ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bluetooth_Declaration_ID>,
Bundle ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bundle_ID>,
Wolfram
Language quantity ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wolfram_Language_quantity_ID>,
FantLab work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FantLab_work_ID>,
FantLab publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FantLab_publisher_ID>,
FantLab awar ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FantLab_awar_ID>,
FIG gymnast (no licence) identifier
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FIG_gymnast_(no_licence)_identifier>,
Renaud Camus person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Renaud_Camus_person_ID>,
WorldFootball.net competition ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WorldFootball.net_competition_ID>,
academia.edu publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/academia.edu_publication_ID>,
Rijksmuseum Library ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rijksmuseum_Library_ID>,
NARCIS researcher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NARCIS_researcher_ID>,
Soccerbase team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerbase_team_ID>,
90minut.pl team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/90minut.pl_team_ID>,
Transfermarkt.com match ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Transfermarkt.com_match_ID>,
Brazilian federal deputy ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brazilian_federal_deputy_ID>,
AAAS keyword ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AAAS_keyword_ID>,
Kinématoscope
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kin%C3%A9matoscope>,
CanadaSoccer.com person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CanadaSoccer.com_person_ID>
- Query examples:
- Map of Scottish settlements linked to the average coordinates of
Historic Scotland items within civil parishes
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20settlements%20in%20Scottish%20parishes%0A%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22hide%22%3A%5B%22%3Fpoint%22%2C%20%22%3Fline%22%2C%20%22%3Flayer%22%5D%7D%0ASELECT%20%3Fpoint%20%3Fline%20%3Fpar%20%3FparLabel%20%3Fsett%20%3FsettLabel%20%28%3FparLabel%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fpar%20%28AVG%28%3Flat%29%20AS%20%3Favg_lat%29%20%28AVG%28%3Flong%29%20AS%20%3Favg_long%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP709%20%5B%5D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP131%20%3Fadm_stmt%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fadm_stmt%20pq%3AP3831%20wd%3AQ5124673%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fadm_stmt%20ps%3AP131%20%3Fpar%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP625%20%3Fcoord_stmt%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcoord_stmt%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcoord_stmt%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flong%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fpar%0A%7D%20AS%20%25par_data%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fpar%20%3Fpoint%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25par_data%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%27POINT%20%28%27%2C%20str%28%3Favg_long%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20str%28%3Favg_lat%29%2C%20%27%29%27%29%20AS%20%3Fstr%29%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28STRDT%28%3Fstr%2C%20geo%3AwktLiteral%29%20AS%20%3Fpoint%29%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25points%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fsett%20%3Fpar%20%3Fline%20%3Fpoint%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25par_data%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fpar%20wdt%3AP1383%20%3Fsett%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fsett%20p%3AP625%20%3Fsett_stmt%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fsett_stmt%20ps%3AP625%20%3Fpoint%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fsett_stmt%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Fsett_lat%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fsett_stmt%20psv%3AP625%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Fsett_long%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%27LINESTRING%20%28%27%2C%20STR%28%3Fsett_long%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20STR%28%3Fsett_lat%29%2C%20%27%2C%27%2C%20STR%28%3Favg_long%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20STR%28%3Favg_lat%29%2C%20%27%29%27%29%20AS%20%3Fstr%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28STRDT%28%3Fstr%2C%20geo%3AwktLiteral%29%20AS%20%3Fline%29%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20%0A%7D%20AS%20%25lines%0A%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20INCLUDE%20%25points%20%7D%20%20UNION%20%7B%20INCLUDE%20%25lines%20%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A>
- demonstrating the use of map lines to highlight possible data quality
issues (source
<https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1181609576279531523>)
- Bundesliga football results <https://w.wiki/9i3> - exemplar of a
report predicated mainly on statement qualifiers (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Request_a_query&oldid=1028180747#Result_of_a_sports_match>
)
- On which side of the road do cars drive? <https://w.wiki/9jk> -
demonstrating the use of geoshapes to fill a map (source
<https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1181864751648911360>)
- Map of the embassies to Belgium <https://w.wiki/9nX> (source
<https://twitter.com/Pymouss/status/1182021492596514817>)
- Graph showing direct descendants of Prithwiraj Kapoor
<https://w.wiki/94v> (source
<https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1181094303222976512>)
- Nobel laureates by award type and gender <https://w.wiki/A5T> (
source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1182980356930244610>)
- Newest database reports: Mersenne numbers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lists/Mersenne_numbers>
Development
- Abuse filter has been improved so saving an edit should be a bit
faster now. (phab:T156095 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T156095>)
- A new Lua function is providing the site's global ID of the wiki where
this function is used (phab:T194023
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194023>)
- Wikidata Bridge: test data for the demo system (phab:T224834
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224834>)
- Research regarding permissions/protection (phab:T231209
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T231209>)
- Investigate of the purging strategy (phab:T227758
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T227758>)
- Restyling of mobile termbox (phab:T223452
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223452>)
- Adding "fewer languages" button at the end of the expanded list of
"all entered languages" (phab:T232595
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232595>)
- More work on reducing the resource loader modules
- More work on tainted references
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.