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 -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product 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. 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