Hello all,
*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- We need your imput about how you edit lists on Wikipedia
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:List_generation_input>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Upcoming: First Wikidata workshop in the Czech Republic
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mezi_bajty/Workshop_2016>, 3rd
September, University of Pardubice
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728840>
- Past: Wikidata workshop
<https://twitter.com/vgratian/status/769775636403617792/photo/1> by Asaf
Bartov during the CEE WikiConv
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2016> in Dilijan,
Armenia
- Past: Wikidata presentation
<https://twitter.com/juschuetze/status/769510979289964544> during Django
Girls in Berlin <https://djangogirls.org/berlin/>
- GSoC at Wikimedia (Part 1 of 3)
<https://medium.com/@alangiderick/gsoc-at-wikimedia-part-1-of-3-38a089a36fe8#.d5r4gd45o>,
by Alangi Derick
- Modeling books in Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Books#Wikiproject_Books_2.0>
by Aubrey and Chiara Storti
- Paper: Vandalism Detection in Wikidata
<http://is.uni-paderborn.de/uploads/tx_sibibtex/heindorf2016_CIKM.pdf>,
by Stefan Heindorf, Martin Potthast, Benno Stein and Gregor Engels
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Planet to Earth <https://tools.wmflabs.org/planettoearth/>: this tool
uses data from Wikidata to visualise the links between places on an
astronomical body named after a place on planet Earth.
- WikiDataScape <http://apps.cytoscape.org/apps/wikidatascape> is a
Cytoscape app for interactive browsing of Wikidata.
- The property "KML file" was created last week (see list below) and has
already a full list of values, sample LUA module and property documentation
page available (Property talk:P3096
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P3096>)
- enabling data access in user language
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat/Archive/2016/08#enabling_Wikidata_data_access_in_user_language>
will be deployed on Wikidata on August 29
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Tela Botanica ID
(Metropolitan France) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3105>, Gare
& Connexions ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3104>, has tense
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3103>, Plantarium ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3102>, FloraBase ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3101>, Flora of Australia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3100>, Internet Bird Collection
species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3099>,
ClinicalTrials.gov
Identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3098>, ISBN
identifier group <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3097>, KML file
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3096>, practiced by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3095>
- Query examples:
- RADA alumni with a good or featured article on Wikipedia
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20RADA%20alumni%20with%20a%20good%20or%20featured%20article%20on%20Wikipedia%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FbadgeLabel%20%3Flang%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP69%20wd%3AQ523926%20.%0A%20%20%3Fsitelink%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%3Fsitelink%20wikibase%3Abadge%20%3Fbadge%20.%0A%20%20%3Fsitelink%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%3Flang%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28SUBSTR%28str%28%3Fsitelink%29%2C%2011%2C%2015%29%20%3D%20%22.wikipedia.org%2F%22%29%20.%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/769527843369938944>)
- Historians with links to French Wikipedia or Wikisource, but
missing VIAF ID
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Historians%20with%20links%20to%20French%20Wikipedia%20or%20Wikisource%2C%20but%20missing%20VIAF%20id%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ201788%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%23%20Here%20we%20ask%20people%20with%20no%20VIAF%20id%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP214%20%3Fviaf%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20But%20the%20ones%20we%20already%20know%20they%20don%27t%20have%20one%20show%20up%20anyway%0A%20%20%23%20so%20we%20filter%20out%20people%20with%20%22No%20value%22%20for%20VIAF%20id%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20rdf%3Atype%20wdno%3AP214%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fwikilink%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fwikilink%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikisource.org%2F%3E%20.%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwikilink%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/769443574282870784>)
- Unicorn taxa, including the Indian rhinoceros
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Ftaxon%20%3FtaxonName%20%3FtaxonLabel%20%3FtaxonCommonName%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Ftaxon%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ16521%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP225%20%3FtaxonName.%0A%20%20FILTER%28STRENDS%28%3FtaxonName%2C%20%22unicornis%22%29%29.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Ftaxon%20wdt%3AP1843%20%3FtaxonCommonName.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FtaxonName>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/769274960552615937>)
- Mithras shrines, as a map
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FterritorialEntityLabel%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ1151014%20.%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20.%20%7D%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3FterritorialEntity%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP276%20%3Fplace%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FterritorialEntityLabel%20%3FitemLabel>
(source
<https://twitter.com/Harmonia_Amanda/status/769257983968772096>)
- 2.300 Wikidata archaeological sites without coordinates
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%20%3Flocation%20%3FlocationLabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ839954%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Flocation%20%7D%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fdummy%20%7D%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%20%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/769195301152456704>)
- All items on Wikidata whom we know we don't know their sex or
gender:
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fhuman%20%3FhumanLabel%20where%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20FILTER%20isBLANK%28%3Fgender%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source
<https://twitter.com/Harmonia_Amanda/status/768799132479782912>)
- Drug-disease interactions
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fdrug%20%3FdrugLabel%20%28concat%28%227FFF00%22%29%20as%20%3Frgb%29%20%3Fdisease%20%3FdiseaseLabel%20%28concat%28%22FFA500%22%29%20as%20%3Frgb2%20%29%20%3Fdoid%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fdisease%20wdt%3AP699%20%3Fdoid%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP279%2B%20wd%3AQ18123741%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP2176%20%3Fdrug%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/768477000935714816>)
- Nicknames of serial killers
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%2a%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%3Fsk%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ484188%3B%0A%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1449%20%3Fnick.%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/Coyau/status/768469756831752192>)
- Dynamic data map of all U-bahn lines in Berlin with colors
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23Map%20of%20all%20subway%20stations%20in%20Berlin%20with%20color%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3FstationLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Flayer%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%09%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP81%2Fwdt%3AP361%20wd%3AQ68646%20.%0A%09%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstation%20wdt%3AP81%20%3Fline.%20%0A%20%20%09%3Fline%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer.%20filter%28lang%28%3Flayer%29%20%3D%20%27de%27%29%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%22%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/innovimax/status/768364397551030272>)
- Timeline of internet services by type to celebrate 25 yrs of the web
<http://histropedia.com/showcase/wikidata-viewer.html?query=%23Internet%20Services%20By%20Type%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20?webService%20?webServiceLabel%20%0A%0A%28SAMPLE%20%28?inception%29%20as%20?inception%29%0A%28SAMPLE%20%28?image%29%20as%20?image%29%0A%28SAMPLE%20%28?type%29%20as%20?type%29%0A%28SAMPLE%20%28?precision%29%20as%20?precision%29%0A%28COUNT%20%28DISTINCT%20?article%29%20as%20?rank%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A?webService%20wdt:P31/wdt:P279*%20wd:Q1668024.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%09%09%23Subclass%20of%20service%20on%20internet%0A%0A?webService%20p:P571%20?inceptionStatement%20.%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23That%20has%20inception%20date%0A?inceptionStatement%20psv:P571%20?inceptionStatementNode%20.%09%09%09%09%0A%20%20%20%20?inceptionStatementNode%20wikibase:timeValue%20?inception%20.%09%09%09%23Get%20inception%20date%0A%20%20%09?inceptionStatementNode%20wikibase:timePrecision%20?precision%20.%09%09%23Get%20date%20precision%0A%0A?webService%20wdt:P31%20?typeItem%20.%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23Get%20the%20service%20type%0A?typeItem%20rdfs:label%20?type%20filter%20%28lang%28?type%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%09%09%09%09%23and%20the%20label%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B?webService%20wdt:P18%20?image%7D%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23Get%20image%20if%20available%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B?webService%20wdt:P154%20?image%7D%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23Get%20logo%20image%20if%20avilable%0A%0A%0A?article%20schema:about%20?webService%20.%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23Count%20article%20links%20for%20rank%0ASERVICE%20wikibase:label%20%7Bbd:serviceParam%20wikibase:language%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20?webService%20?webServiceLabel%0A%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%20%28?rank%29&url=webService&title=webServiceLabel&from=inception&fromPrecision=precision&imageUrl=image&colourCodeBy=type&threshold=1&view=timeline>
(source <https://twitter.com/Histropedia/status/768151563571462144>)
- Network of color
<https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqjhzcPWYAA39al.jpg:large> (source
<https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/768112859213623296>)
- Dynamic data map of all country by year of joining the United
Nations
<https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fpays%20%28floor%28year%28%3Fdate%29%2F10%29%2a10%20as%20%3Flayer%29%20%3Fdate%20%3Fimage%20%3Flocation%20WHERE%20%7B%20%0A%20%20%3Fpays%20p%3AP31%20%3Fproperty.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fproperty%20ps%3AP31%20wd%3AQ160016.%0A%20%20%09%20%20%3Fproperty%20pq%3AP580%20%3Fdate.%0A%20%20%3Fpays%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Flocation.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fpays%20wdt%3AP41%20%3Fimage.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/innovimax/status/768401700667400192>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
Theatre <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Theatre>
- Newest gadgets:
- Newest external tools: Wikidata Class Browser (includes subclass
counts and instance counts)
<https://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/WikidataClasses.php>
- Newest database reports:
- New feature/gadget requests:
- Showcase items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
Development
- Fixed a but where the text field doesn't always load when trying to
add a statement (phabricator:T115267
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115267>)
- We're now also creating mediainfo entities when a statement is added
to a non-existent media info entity (phabricator:T140760
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140760>)
- Fixed a but where the suggester would show information twice (
phabricator:T143645 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143645>)
- The ArticlePlaceholder now also shows the links to other projects in
the In Other Projects sidebar (phabricator:T141771
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141771>)
- Worked more in figuring out how to show usage tracking data (
phabricator:T103091 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103091>)
- Made progress on Citoid support for Wikidata to make it easier to add
useful and complete references (phabricator:T141856
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141856>)
- Worked on restore "purge without confirm" user right (
phabricator:T143435 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143435>)
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.
- 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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Communication Manager 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.