*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Open request for adminship: BRPever https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/BRPever
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events
- Past: WikiNusantara 2019 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiNusantara_2019, the first Wikimedia Indonesia conference was successfully held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Apr 27-28, 2019. The conference included two Wikidata talks: - Wikidata I: Intro to Wikidata https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiNusantara_2019/Acara/Wikidata_I by Raisha Abdillah from WMID - Wikidata II: Advancements for Wikidata https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiNusantara_2019/Acara/Wikidata_II by Adila Krisnadhi, Ph.D. and Dr. Fariz Darari from Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia - Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in London on May 2nd https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-wikidata-meetup-2-tickets-59955106337 - Upcoming: Ghent University Wikidata and Wikibase Workshop, 3 - 5 July 2019 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/UGent_Wikidata_and_Wikibase_Workshop_2019
Press, articles, blog posts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Wikidata is mentioned https://internethealthreport.org/2019/wikidata-gives-wings-to-open-knowledge/ in Mozilla's Internet Health report https://internethealthreport.org/2019/
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Breaking change - Important for Wikidata tools maintainers: wb_terms table to be dropped at the end of May https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-April/012987.html - The ability to add structured depicts (P180) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P180 statements to file pages is live on Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Depicts. - Suggestions based on the on-of constraints are now enabled for all users https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-April/012988.html - New tool: Wikimedia Related Projects https://tools.dicare.org/projects/ provides statistics about Wikimedia projects and the relations between them, using the number of sitelinks they have in common
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: approach angle https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6707, departure angle https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6708, Løøv classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6709, linear reference https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6710, data transfer speed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6711 - External identifiers: Japan Search name ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6698, Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG cards ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6699, Saxony protected area ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6700, Referee.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6701, Shanghai Library person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6702, Shanghai Library place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6703, FrogMAP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6704, Ming Qing Archive ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6705, De Agostini ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6706 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: specifying descriptor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/specifying_descriptor, SciGraph IDs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SciGraph_IDs, era name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/era_name, moved by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/moved_by, seconded by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/seconded_by, debated by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/debated_by, Commons quality assessment https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Commons_quality_assessment, National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Taxonomy_of_Exempt_Entities_code, OBO Gazetteer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OBO_Gazetteer_ID - External identifiers: FemBio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FemBio_ID, BlackPast.org ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BlackPast.org_ID, CineChile filmmaker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CineChile_filmmaker_ID, grwar.ru person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/grwar.ru_person_ID, Whitney Museum of American Art artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art_artwork_ID, Arabic Ontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arabic_Ontology_ID - Query examples: - A map of the Rio de Janeiro light rail network https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22hide%22%3A%5B%22%3Fcoordinates%22%2C%20%22%3Fline%22%2C%20%22%3Frgb%22%5D%7D%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcoordinates%20%3Fline%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FconnectLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fcode%20%3Frgb%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fcoordinates%29%20AS%20%3Fcoordinates%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fimage%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%20%28sample%28%3Flat1%29%20as%20%3Flat1%29%20%28sample%28%3Flon1%29%20as%20%3Flon1%29%20%28sample%28%3Fcode%29%20as%20%3Fcode%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ2175765.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ8678.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoordinates%20%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP625%20%2F%20psv%3AP625%20%2F%20wikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat1%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP625%20%2F%20psv%3AP625%20%2F%20wikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flon1%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP5696%20%3Fcode%20%7D.%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%0A%7D%20AS%20%25stations%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fnextstation%20%28sample%28%3Flat2%29%20as%20%3Flat2%29%20%28sample%28%3Flon2%29%20as%20%3Flon2%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fnextstation%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ2175765%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fnextstation%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ8678%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fnextstation%20p%3AP625%20%2F%20psv%3AP625%20%2F%20wikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat2%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fnextstation%20p%3AP625%20%2F%20psv%3AP625%20%2F%20wikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Flon2%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fnextstation%0A%7D%20AS%20%25nextstations%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fline%20%3Fconnect%20%28%229B0058%22%20as%20%3Frgb%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25stations%20.%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25nextstations%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP197%20%3Fnextstationstatement%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fnextstationstatement%20ps%3AP197%20%3Fnextstation%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fnextstationstatement%20pq%3AP81%20%3Fconnect%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28STR%28%3Fitem%29%20%3C%20STR%28%3Fnextstation%29%29%20.%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%27LINESTRING%20%28%27%2C%20STR%28%3Flon1%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20STR%28%3Flat1%29%2C%20%27%2C%27%2C%20STR%28%3Flon2%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20STR%28%3Flat2%29%2C%20%27%29%27%29%20AS%20%3Fstr%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28STRDT%28%3Fstr%2C%20geo%3AwktLiteral%29%20AS%20%3Fline%29%20%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25lines%20%0A%20%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20INCLUDE%20%25stations%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%2Cpt%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D - Nigerian women with Wikipedia article and pictures https://w.wiki/3Sq (source https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaNG/posts/2142492405828047) - Map of places of residence for accused witches with a layer for occupations https://w.wiki/3Sr (source https://twitter.com/emcandre/status/1121007232341168128) - Map of Wikidata items that are dedicated to, named after or depict etc, St George. https://w.wiki/3St (source https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1120634682050338823) - Partigiani color-coded by year of death https://w.wiki/3K6 (source https://twitter.com/mad_astronaut/status/1121342593697185793)
Development
- Displaying mapframes for geocoordinate on client requires preprocessing by the user (phab:T220122 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220122) - Fixing cursor jumping to next field and overlapping of menus ( phab:T172937 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T172937) - Wikidata a focus issue on grammatical features field (phab:T218229 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218229) - Add language codes rm-rumgr, rm-sursilv, rm-surmiran, rm-sutsilv, rm-vallader, rm-puter for Lexemes (phab:T210293 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T210293) - Align RTL languages in glosses to right (phab:T203081 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203081) - Add new monolingual codes: qya + sjn https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185194, el-cy https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198674, syc https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164580, abq https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T155367, hbo https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T155368) (phab: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/) - Fix a bug with NewLexeme suggester menu (phab:T199409 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T199409) - Created a dedicated Phab board https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/4014/ to help tool builders with the changes on wb_terms - More internal work to get the first version of mobile termbox ready for deployment
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