*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Upcoming: Wikimania hackathon
<https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon> and documentation
sprint <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170071>, August 9-10, Montreal
- Upcoming: Wikimania
<https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania>, August 10-13,
Montreal. Check out all the things related to Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2017>
- Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in French
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Atelier_Wikidata_%C3%A0_Montr%C3%A9al>,
August 14, Montreal
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- w:en:Category:Articles with infoboxes completely from Wikidata
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Category:Articles_with_infoboxes_completely_from_Wikidata>
has now more than 1000 articles
- Wikidata passed 6 average statements per item
<https://grafana.wikimedia.org/dashboard/db/wikidata-datamodel-statements?panelId=4&fullscreen&from=1493769600000&to=1501545600000&refresh=30m&orgId=1>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: offset
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4153>, File format magic numbers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4152>, game mechanics
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4151>, weather history
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4150>, conjugate base
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4149>, conjugate acid
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4147>, Atheneum museum ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4146>, Atheneum person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4145>, Atheneum artwork ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4144>, Finnish List of Lights ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4143>, RIWAQ Registry of
Historic Buildings in Palestine ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4142>, Gatehouse Gazetteer
place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4141>, energy storage
capacity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4140>, National
Assembly of Nigeria ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4139>, Treasury
of Lives ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4138>, muzzle
velocity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4137>, WIGOS station ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4136>
- Query examples:
- Timeline of the programming languages created in the past 10 years
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%3Flang%20%3FlangLabel%20%3Ftime%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Flang%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ9143%20.%0A%20%20%3Flang%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Ftime%20.%0AFILTER%28%28%3Ftime%29%20%3E%20%222007-01-01%22%5E%5Exsd%3AdateTime%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/893167958272421889>)
- Countries where no european language has official or national status
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcountry%20%28group_concat%28distinct%20%3FlanguageL%20%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20as%20%3Flanguages%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6256%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP37%20%3Flanguage%20.%0A%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP37%20%3Fy%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fp%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6256%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP37%20%3Fy%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP30%20wd%3AQ46%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FlanguageL%20filter%20%28lang%28%3FlanguageL%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fcountry%20filter%20%28lang%28%3Fcountry%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fcountry>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/892850151177334784>)
- Gallery of Star Trek characters
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0A%0ASELECT%0A%20%20%3Fperson%0A%20%20%3FpersonLabel%0A%20%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3FmyRanklabel%3Bseparator%3D%27%2C%20%27%29%20as%20%3FmyRanklabel%29%0A%20%20%3Fimage%0A%20%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3FlanguageArticle%29%20as%20%3FlanguageArticleCount%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP463%20wd%3AQ718644%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP410%20%3Frank%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%3Frank%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FmyRanklabel%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28lang%28%3FmyRanklabel%29%20%3D%20%27en%27%20%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3FlanguageArticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%7D%20%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3FrankLabel%20%3Fimage%0AORDER%20BY%0A%20%20DESC%28%3FlanguageArticleCount%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/gobfrey/status/893411288990310401>)
- Timeline of female medieval writers
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Timeline%20of%20early%20female%20writers%0A%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fdate%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fimage%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ36180.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdate.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28year%28%3Fdate%29%20%3C%201500%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28year%28%3Fdate%29%20%3E%20600%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fdate%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%0ALimit%20100%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/philbarker/status/893422736894242816>)
- Newest script: moveClaim.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mat%C4%9Bj_Such%C3%A1nek/moveClaim.js>
allows moving claims across items. Try it and give feedback to Matěj
Suchánek <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mat%C4%9Bj_Such%C3%A1nek>
- Newest external tools: d3-sparql <https://github.com/zazuko/d3-sparql>
allows you to query a SPARQL endpoint and get the data in a d3js-useful
format
Development
- Released version 2.0.0 of the DataValues base component
<https://github.com/DataValues/DataValues>.
- Released the DataValues Interfaces component
<https://github.com/DataValues/Interfaces> in version 0.2.3.
- Released the ValueView component
<https://packagist.org/packages/data-values/value-view> in version 0.20.0
- Fixed a problem with suggestions of P279 (phab:T169060
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169060>)
- Preparing everything for Wikimania and the hackathon
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>
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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
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