*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>
--
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.