*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- Closed request for comments: Defining account creators https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Defining_account_creators
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Upcoming: IRC office hour on the channel #wikimedia-office, January 30th, at 18:00 (UTC+1). Special topic: how to address the growth of Wikidata - Upcoming: Wikidata hackathon in London https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-hackathon-in-london-all-levels-of-experience-welcome-tickets-42426460686, February 3rd - Past: PIDapalooza 2018 https://pidapalooza.org/ - Slides on FigShare https://pidapalooza.figshare.com/ - Mapping Wikidata to Bibframe https://medium.com/@thisismattmiller/mapping-wikidata-to-bibframe-f674a4eab748 (representation of books)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Breaking change: wbcheckconstraints status parameter https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#BREAKING_CHANGE:_wbcheckconstraints_status_parameter - Wikidata-driven infoboxes https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Would_small_Wikidata-enabled_infoboxes_be_useful_on_category_pages?, with multilingual labels, are now available on Wikimedia Commons category pages - Wikidata vandalism dashboard for Wikipedians https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-January/011741.html - Grant proposals looking for review: WikidataJS https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikidataJS, GlobalFactSync https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/DBpedia/GlobalFactSync
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: cinematografo film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4786, CiNii author ID (articles) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4787 - Query examples: - Buildings higher than the Eiffel Tower https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3FsubjectLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimage%20%20%3Fheight%20%3Fsubject%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%3Fsubject%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ41176%20.%0A%20%3Fsubject%20wdt%3AP2048%20%3Fheight%20FILTER%20%28%3Fheight%20%3E%20300%29%20%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fsubject%20wdt%3AP729%20%3Ftime%20.%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fsubject%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fsubject%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20fr%22%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/957677571595960321) - Descendants of Charlemagne by year of birth https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AScatterChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fyear%20%28COUNT%28%3Fperson%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20wd%3AQ3044%20wdt%3AP40%2a%20%3Fperson.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP569%20%3FDoB%20.%0A%20%20BIND%20%28year%28%3FDoB%29%20as%20%3Fyear%20%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fyear%20%3E%20700%20%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fyear (source https://twitter.com/belett/status/957571805048397826) - Cinemas in Berlin https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fct%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3FbezirkLabel%20%3FortsteilLabel%20%3FaddressLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%2B%20wd%3AQ64.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ41253.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP4129%20%3Fct.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fbezirk%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP276%20%3Fortsteil%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP969%20%3Faddress%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%2Cde%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/AndreasP_RV/status/956909575109783555) - Things (or people) depicted in the xkcd webcomic https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fobject%20%3FobjectLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP361%20wd%3AQ13915.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Fobject%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fobject%20%3FobjectLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29 (source https://twitter.com/johl/status/956170983555002369) - Image grid of inductees to WITI Hall of Fame https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3FawardeeLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fawardee%20wdt%3AP166%20wd%3AQ55200.%0A%20%20%3Fawardee%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/956157242855784448) - Movies filmed in Austria https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fmovie%20%3FmovieLabel%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11424%20.%0A%20%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP915%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ40%20.%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikidataAT/status/955867103797575687) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: - Newest gadgets: Mix'n'Match gadget https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/mixnmatch_gadget.js: loads all Mix’m’match entries about an item, shows descriptions, lets you drag’n’drop entries as references
- Newest database reports: tennis federations, Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Tennis/Lists/federations,_Davis_Cup_and_Fed_Cup_teams - Showcase items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items:
Development
- Constraint violations can now be checked on qualifiers and references ( phab:T168532 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T168532) - Implemented usage tracking deduplication to reduce database load ( phab:T178079 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T178079). This should not have any effect on what users see on recent changes and watchlists. - Redirects on client wikis that are connected to a Wikidata item can have a tracking category https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Connected-redirect-category, if set up (phab:T185743 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185743). Thanks, Matěj! - Improved documentation https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bpageterms of the pageterms query module (gerrit:406240 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/406240). Thanks, Niedzielski! - Improved empty "content was:" in deletion logs for entities ( phab:T184025 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184025) - Fixed links to external user pages in recent changes (phab:T183019 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T183019) - Fixed user names beginning with a star sometimes being rendered as a list (phab:T182800 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182800) - Fixed constraint check results possibly showing up in the wrong language (phab:T185688 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185688) - Fixed ArticlePlaceholders possibly not showing up in search results ( gerrit:406168 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/406168) - Some of the developers attended to the Wikimedia Developer Summit 2018. You can find some notes on the Phabricator board https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/3119
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