*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
- Past: Using the Digital to Engage Archival Radio Collections: Part II (Wikidata Workshop) https://vimeo.com/album/4856500/video/242765979, Washington, D.C., November 2, 2017 with Andrew Lih and Alex Stinson - Past: Wikidata Clinic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Wikidata_Clinic_2017 (slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qN14gFf5I24QG8DC5cFt3PJKSvS7tI9YtvuYik29ovw/edit) in Washington, D.C., December 1, 2017, with Andrew Lih and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight - Past: Wikikonference in Prague with a Wikidata workshop in Czech and a introduction of Wikidata and its community https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikiconference_Prague_2017_-_L%C3%A9a_Lacroix_-_Wikidata_and_its_community.pdf - Wikipedia Weekly audio podcast coverage of Wikidata: - Episode 126 - Introduction to Wikidata http://wikipediaweekly.org/podcast/wikipedia-weekly-126-introduction-to-wikidata/, with Andrew Lih and Rob Fernandez - Episode 127 - WikidataCon 2017 roundtable discussion http://wikipediaweekly.org/podcast/wikipedia-weekly-127-wikidatacon-2017/, with Andrew Lih, Liam Wyatt, Stacy Allison-Cassin, Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Rob Fernandez - Wikidata as authority linking hub: Connecting RePEc and GND researcher identifiers http://zbw.eu/labs/en/blog/wikidata-as-authority-linking-hub-connecting-repec-and-gnd-researcher-identifiers by Joachim Neubert - Importing data into Wikidata - Current challenges and ideas future development http://histropedia.com/blog/importing-data-wikidata-current-challenges-ideas-future-development/ by Navino Evans https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:NavinoEvans - The Wikidata map in November 2017 https://addshore.com/2017/12/wikidata-map-november-2017/ and what changed during the last four months, by Addshore
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- You can now vote for your favorite proposals on the Community Wishlist Survey https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey. The voting phase is open until December 10th. - If you run any functionality on Wikimedia sites that uses queries to the Wikidata Query Service, please add it here https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_query_service/Usage (more information https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/2017-December/001215.html ) - The 600,000,000th edit https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Diff/600000000 has been made. - The first content made *specifically* for Wikimedia projects *in space* has been added to Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q17177&type=revision&diff=600549629&oldid=592973835 (see *Close encounters of the Wikipedia kind https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/11/29/astronaut-spoken-voice/*) - The Aaron Swartz Fellowship http://www.osaarchivum.org/press-room/announcements/Aaron-Swartz-and-Price-Information at OSA, Budapest, Hungary, is open for applications (deadline Dec. 31). The second focus area of the fellowship http://www.osaarchivum.org/work-with-us/fellowship/aaron-swartz-fellowship may be of interest to Wikidata folks.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: set designer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4608, Swedish Musical Heritage composer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4607, National Film Board of Canada movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4606, South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4605, World Rugby Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4604, Microsoft Store album ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4603, date of burial or cremation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4602, Lives of WWI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4601, polymer of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4600, monomer of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4599, FAPESP researcher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4598, FAPESP institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4597, NIOSH Publication Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4596, post town https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4595, arXiv author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4594, CPE athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4593, Mountain Project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4592, National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4591, Atomic Heritage Foundation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4590, Dreadnought Project page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4589, IWGA athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4588, Argentinian Historic Heritage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4587 - Query examples: - Timeline for the writer Robert Louis Stephenson https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Ft%20%3Fvalue%20%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3FrrLabel%20%20%3Frr%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fimage%29%20as%20%3Fimg%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fperson%20%7Bwd%3AQ1512%7D%0A%20%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20%3Fprop%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28datatype%28%3Ft%29%3Dxsd%3AdateTime%29%20FILTER%20%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fvalue%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Fprop.%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20%3Fq%20%3Fstatement%20%20FILTER%20regex%20%28STR%28%3Fq%29%2C%22prop%2FP%22%29%20.%20%23exclude%20P%3AdescribedBy%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20%3Fp%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20regex%20%28STR%28%3Fp%29%2C%20%22prop%2Fqualifier%2FP%22%29%20FILTER%20%28datatype%28%3Ft%29%3Dxsd%3AdateTime%29%20FILTER%20%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29.%0A%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20%3Fr%20%3Fvalue%20FILTER%20regex%20%28STR%28%3Fr%29%2C%22prop%2Fstatement%2F%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%20BIND%28IRI%28CONCAT%28CONCAT%28SUBSTR%28STR%28%3Fr%29%2C1%2C29%29%2C%22direct%2F%22%29%2CSUBSTR%28STR%28%3Fr%29%2C40%29%29%29%20as%20%3Frprop%29%20%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Frprop%20.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%20%7B%20%23%20author%20of%20%2F%20creator%20of%0A%20%20%20%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP50%7Cwdt%3AP98%7Cwdt%3AP655%7Cwdt%3AP1773%7Cwdt%3AP170%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP571%7Cwdt%3AP577%20%3Ft%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29%20%0A%20%20%20%23FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP629%20%3Fx%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP800%20%3Fvalue%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP1433%20%3Frr%20.%7D%20%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%20%23Notable%20Works%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP800%20%3Frr%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirth%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20%20wdt%3AP577%7Cwdt%3AP571%7Cwdt%3AP1191%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29%26%26%28%3Ft%20%3E%3D%20%3Fbirth%29%29.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Frr%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20UNION%20%23discoverer%20or%20inventor%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wdt%3AP61%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirth%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wdt%3AP575%7Cwdt%3AP571%7Cwdt%3AP585%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29%26%26%28%3Ft%20%3E%3D%20%3Fbirth%29%29.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Frr%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20UNION%20%23architect%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wdt%3AP84%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirth%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wdt%3AP571%7Cwdt%3AP1619%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29%26%26%28%3Ft%20%3E%3D%20%3Fbirth%29%29.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Frr%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%20%23composer%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wdt%3AP86%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirth%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wdt%3AP571%7Cwdt%3AP1191%7Cwdt%3AP577%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29%26%26%28%3Ft%20%3E%3D%20%3Fbirth%29%29.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Frr%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20fr%2C%20de%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Ft%20%3Fvalue%20%3Frr%20%3FrrLabel%20%3FvalueLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Ft%0A%20 (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/937270130672795648) - Movies with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Movies%20with%20Bud%20Spencer%20and%20Terence%20Hill%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3F_image%20%3Fpublication_date%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP161%20wd%3AQ221074.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP161%20wd%3AQ243430.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3F_image.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP577%20%3Fpublication_date.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/UselessBread/status/936749708760027136) - Photographers born before the inception of the earliest photograph https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20photographers%20born%20before%20the%20inception%20of%20the%20earliest%20photograph%20on%20Wikidata%0A%23%20%28curiously%20enough%2C%20the%20earliest%20photograph%20on%20Wikidata%2C%20Q22077610%2C%20is%20a%20good%20deal%20older%20than%20what%E2%80%99s%20generally%20knows%20as%20the%20earliest%20photograph%2C%20Q616159%29%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fdob%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fphotograph%20%3Finception%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fphotograph%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ125191%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Finception.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Finception%0A%20%20LIMIT%201%0A%7D%20AS%20%25earliestPhotograph%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP106%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ33231%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob.%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25earliestPhotograph.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fdob%20%3C%20%3Finception%29%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/WikidataFacts/status/936592930894221312) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Stolpersteine https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Stolpersteine, Jasmerah https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Jasmerah - Newest database reports: Q5 with identical P18 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Q5/reports/identical_P18
Development
- Wikidata will get dedicated database resources, and go read-only for 30 minutes on 9th January 2018 (phabricator:T181645 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181645) - There were no RDF dumps last week due to problems generating them, investigation is still going on (phabricator:T181385 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181385) - Improved the threshold for ORES on Wikidata (phabricator:T180450 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180450) - Working on fixing a regression after a change in MediaWiki core that makes edit links show up on diff pages (phabricator:T181807 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181807) - More work on persistent editing of statements on Forms of a Lexeme (specifically phabricator:T180467 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180467) - Improved size of the diff that we sent to Wikipedia and co for changes happening on Wikidata. This is one more needed step towards only showing meaningful edits in the watchlists and recent changes there. ( phabricator:T113468 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T113468)
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
Cheers,