Hey everyone :)
Here's your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past week:
Discussions
- New request for comments: Reforming the property creation process https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Reforming_the_property_creation_process
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Past: Color History with the Smithsonian! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Color_History_with_the_Smithsonian%21 - Past: Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the DC Public Library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/DCPL_March_2016 - Past: Admin meetup of the German-language Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AdminConvention_2016 - Automatic Extraction of Knowledge from Biomedical literature http://www.slideshare.net/petermurrayrust/automatic-extraction-of-knowledge-from-biomedical-literature - Identifying problematic statements in Wikidata via multi-level modeling theory http://www.inf.ufes.br/%7Egguizzardi/wiki-www-2016.pdf - Wikidata as a semantic framework for the Gene Wiki initiative http://database.oxfordjournals.org/content/2016/baw015.long - Adding disclosures to Wikidata with Bioclipse http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.de/2016/03/adding-disclosures-to-wikidata-with.html
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Dutch language Wikipedia has a consistently low number of articles unconnected to Wikidata: Duplicity statistics for nlwiki https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/duplicity.php?wiki=nlwiki&mode=stats - MusicBrainz now uses Wikidata to fetch images for their entities http://blog.musicbrainz.org/2016/03/21/server-update-2016-03-21/ - The query service is now linked in the sidebar - Mix'n'match https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match has new catalogs among them TED speakers - Maarten made some reports to make it easier to connect paintings on Wikidata with images on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Multichill/Image_suggestions
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: BBFC rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2629, German tax authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2628, ISO 9362 SWIFT/BIC code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2627, DNF person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2626, PASE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2625, MetroLyrics ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2624, MEK ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2623, Companies House ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2622, Site of Special Scientific Interest (England) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2621, ISO 15924 numeric code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2620, Hungarian company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2619, SHOWA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2618, formatterURL for Wikidata ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2617, World Heritage criteria (2005) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2614, TED talk ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2613, TED topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2612, TED speaker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2611 - Query examples: distribution of public art by place https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%28COUNT%28*%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP136%20wd%3AQ557141%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%20%3FplaceLabel
Development
- The query service now has Ctrl+enter as a shortcut to run a query - Started working on improving input for geocoordinates and dates (changing the advanced settings) - Worked on database performance improvements for the client (Wikipedia and co) (phabricator:T125838 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125838) - Experimenting with arbitrary access for Wikimedia Commons on http://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org - Converted more identifiers from string datatype to identifier datatype - Worked on improved localization of dates that are very far in the past or future (phabricator:T127820 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127820) - Fixed undo actions going through abuse filter (phabricator:T126861 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126861) - Fixed issues in the query service with Internet Explorer 11 - Improved query service display on small screens - Improved autocompletion in the query service - Fixed a bug with an add button for qualifiers being shown when it shouldn't (phabricator:T128317 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128317) - Further work on Wikimedia Commons support (Special Pages, API) - You can now add a default view to a query like here https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Paintings%20by%20Gustav%20Klimt%0A%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20*%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3305213%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20wd%3AQ34661%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic%20.%0A%7D%0A. This then shows the defined view (map, table, image grid) when executing the query.
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/Wikidata:Showcase_items - Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread pages in your own language! - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia
Il 21/03/2016 12:54, Lydia Pintscher ha scritto:
Hey everyone :)
Here's your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past week:
Discussions
- New request for comments: Reforming the property creation process https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Reforming_the_property_creation_process
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Past: Color History with the Smithsonian! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Color_History_with_the_Smithsonian%21
- Past: Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the DC Public Library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/DCPL_March_2016
- Past: Admin meetup of the German-language Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AdminConvention_2016
- Automatic Extraction of Knowledge from Biomedical literature http://www.slideshare.net/petermurrayrust/automatic-extraction-of-knowledge-from-biomedical-literature
- Identifying problematic statements in Wikidata via multi-level modeling theory http://www.inf.ufes.br/%7Egguizzardi/wiki-www-2016.pdf
- Wikidata as a semantic framework for the Gene Wiki initiative http://database.oxfordjournals.org/content/2016/baw015.long
- Adding disclosures to Wikidata with Bioclipse http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.de/2016/03/adding-disclosures-to-wikidata-with.html
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Dutch language Wikipedia has a consistently low number of articles unconnected to Wikidata: Duplicity statistics for nlwiki https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/duplicity.php?wiki=nlwiki&mode=stats
- MusicBrainz now uses Wikidata to fetch images for their entities http://blog.musicbrainz.org/2016/03/21/server-update-2016-03-21/
- The query service is now linked in the sidebar
- Mix'n'match https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match has new catalogs among them TED speakers
- Maarten made some reports to make it easier to connect paintings on Wikidata with images on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Multichill/Image_suggestions
I think it should be https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Multichill/Image_suggestions instead.
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: BBFC rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2629, German tax authority ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2628, ISO 9362 SWIFT/BIC code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2627, DNF person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2626, PASE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2625, MetroLyrics ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2624, MEK ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2623, Companies House ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2622, Site of Special Scientific Interest (England) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2621, ISO 15924 numeric code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2620, Hungarian company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2619, SHOWA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2618, formatterURL for Wikidata ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2617, World Heritage criteria (2005) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2614, TED talk ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2613, TED topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2612, TED speaker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2611
- Query examples: distribution of public art by place https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%28COUNT%28*%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP136%20wd%3AQ557141%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%20%3FplaceLabel
Development
- The query service now has Ctrl+enter as a shortcut to run a query
- Started working on improving input for geocoordinates and dates (changing the advanced settings)
- Worked on database performance improvements for the client (Wikipedia and co) (phabricator:T125838 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125838)
- Experimenting with arbitrary access for Wikimedia Commons on http://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org
- Converted more identifiers from string datatype to identifier datatype
- Worked on improved localization of dates that are very far in the past or future (phabricator:T127820 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127820)
- Fixed undo actions going through abuse filter (phabricator:T126861 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126861)
- Fixed issues in the query service with Internet Explorer 11
- Improved query service display on small screens
- Improved autocompletion in the query service
- Fixed a bug with an add button for qualifiers being shown when it shouldn't (phabricator:T128317 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128317)
- Further work on Wikimedia Commons support (Special Pages, API)
- You can now add a default view to a query like here https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Paintings%20by%20Gustav%20Klimt%0A%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20*%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3305213%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20wd%3AQ34661%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpic%20.%0A%7D%0A. This then shows the defined view (map, table, image grid) when executing the query.
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/Wikidata:Showcase_items
- Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread pages in your own language!
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata
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# MusicBrainz now uses Wikidata to fetch images for their entities http://blog.musicbrainz.org/2016/03/21/server-update-2016-03-21/
Fantastic! Now we only need to do the same on Wikimedia wikis. :) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T95026
Nemo
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Lydia Pintscher < Lydia.Pintscher@wikimedia.de> wrote:
- Started working on improving input for geocoordinates and dates
(changing the advanced settings)
Is celestial coordinate support included in this? https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127950
Cheers, Micru
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 1:43 PM David Cuenca Tudela dacuetu@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Lydia Pintscher < Lydia.Pintscher@wikimedia.de> wrote:
- Started working on improving input for geocoordinates and dates
(changing the advanced settings)
Is celestial coordinate support included in this? https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127950
Not yet but I'll look into it more.
Cheers Lydia