*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: Mapping and improving the data import process https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Mapping_and_improving_the_data_import_process
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Upcoming: Introduction to Wikidata for local OpenStreetMap community & others http://osm.lv/blog/2017/12/19-decembri-roberts-books-openstreetmap-tiksanas/, Riga, Latvia, December 19th - Upcoming: 34th Chaos Communication Congress, 27-30 December, Leipzig, Germany. The Wikidata team will be there https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_at_the_34th_Chaos_Communication_Congress - *Wikidata in Collections: Building a Universal Language for Connecting GLAM Catalogs https://medium.com/@alexstinson/wikidata-in-collections-building-a-universal-language-for-connecting-glam-catalogs-59b14aa3214c* - *A purposeful #strategy for #Wikidata http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2017/12/a-purposeful-strategy-for-wikidata.html* - WikidataCon: Giving more people more access to more knowledge https://science20.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/wikidatacon-giving-more-people-more-access-to-more-knowledge/ by Peter Kraker - Review of the Global Legislative Openness Week https://www.mysociety.org/2017/12/18/glowing-the-extra-mile/ by MySociety
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- A script to add links to Wikidata on Twitter https://www.lehir.net/a-script-to-add-links-to-wikidata-on-twitter/ by Envlh https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Envlh - Resolver can now open an item in tools/third-party sites listed on Q43649390#3303 https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q43649390#3303, using the ?project= attribute - for example https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/resolver.php?prop=P496&value=000... - New edition of the Structured Data on Commons https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Structured_Data_on_Commons/Newsletter/2017-12-13 newsletter
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Wiki Aves bird ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4664, DACS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4663, SAN ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4662, reservoir https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4661, CPDOC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4660, Musée d'Orsay artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4659, Coflein ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4658, The Numbers person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4657, Wikimedia import URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4656, Flathub ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4655, partition type identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4654, partition table type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4653, ESCO Occupation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4652, Welsh assembly ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4651, BSD Portal athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4650, identity of subject in context https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4649, location of first performance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4647, representation of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4646, RCR number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4645, ESCO skill ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4644, Philadelphia Museum of Art ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4643, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4642, Welsh Chapels ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4641, photosphere image https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4640, Estonian Football Association team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4639, The Peerage person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4638, FoodEx2 code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4637, Sherpa Juliet ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4636, Indian Financial System Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4635 - Query examples: - Number of disasters by date and day of the week https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20this%20query%20identifies%20the%20date-weekday%20cominations%20for%20when%20disasters%20happened%0A%23%20eg%20%22Tuesday%2012th%22%0A%23%20original%20by%20Mat%C4%9Bj%20Such%C3%A1nek%20%26%20Larske%20-%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FWikidata%3ARequest_a_query%23Disasters_starting_on_Friday_13%0A%0ASELECT%20%28%3Fq%20AS%20%3FDate%29%20%28SUM%28%3Fmon%29%20AS%20%3FMon%29%20%28SUM%28%3Ftue%29%20AS%20%3FTue%29%20%28SUM%28%3Fwed%29%20AS%20%3FWed%29%20%28SUM%28%3Fthu%29%20AS%20%3FThu%29%20%28SUM%28%3Ffri%29%20AS%20%3FFri%29%20%28SUM%28%3Fsat%29%20AS%20%3FSat%29%20%28SUM%28%3Fsun%29%20AS%20%3FSun%29%20%20%28COUNT%28%3Fstart_time%29%20AS%20%3FTot%29%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%7B%20%0A%20%20%3Fdisaster%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ3839081%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP580%20%3Fstart_time_stm%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20find%20the%20date%20multi-day%20disasters%20started%0A%20%20%3Fstart_time_stm%20ps%3AP580%20%3Fstart_time%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstart_time_stm%20psv%3AP580%20%3Fstart_time_node%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstart_time_node%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%3Ftp%20.%20FILTER%28%3Ftp%3D11%29%20%0A%20%7D%0A%20UNION%20%0A%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fdisaster%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ3839081%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP585%20%3Fstart_time_stm%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20find%20all%20those%20which%20have%20%22point%20in%20time%22%20%28ie%20one-day%20events%29%0A%20%20%3Fstart_time_stm%20ps%3AP585%20%3Fstart_time%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstart_time_stm%20psv%3AP585%20%3Fstart_time_node%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstart_time_node%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%3Ftp%20.%20FILTER%28%3Ftp%3D11%29%20%0A%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20this%20beautiful%20bit%20of%20code%20finds%20all%20the%20relevant%20days%20of%20the%20week%0A%20%20%23%20using%20https%3A%2F%2Fcs.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAlgoritmus_pro_v%25C3%25BDpo%25C4%258Det_dne_v_t%25C3%25BDdnu%23Zeller%25C5%25AFv_algoritmus%0A%20%20BIND%28%20DAY%28%20%3Fstart_time%20%29%20AS%20%3Fq%20%29%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28%20MONTH%28%20%3Fstart_time%20%29%20%2B%20IF%28%20MONTH%28%20%3Fstart_time%20%29%20%3C%203%2C%2012%2C%200%20%29%20AS%20%3Fm%20%29%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28%20YEAR%28%20%3Fstart_time%20%29%20-%20IF%28%20MONTH%28%20%3Fstart_time%20%29%20%3C%203%2C%201%2C%200%20%29%20AS%20%3F_year%20%29%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28%20%3F_year%20-%20FLOOR%28%20%3F_year%20%2F%20100%20%29%20%2a%20100%20AS%20%3FK%20%29%20.%20%23%20modulo%0A%20%20BIND%28%20FLOOR%28%20YEAR%28%20%3Fstart_time%20%29%20%2F%20100%20%29%20AS%20%3FJ%20%29%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28%20%3Fq%20%2B%20FLOOR%28%2013%20%2a%20%28%20%3Fm%20%2B%201%20%29%20%2F%205%20%29%20%2B%20%3FK%20%2B%20FLOOR%28%20%3FK%20%2F%204%20%29%20%2B%20FLOOR%28%20%3FJ%20%2F%204%20%29%20-%202%20%2a%20%3FJ%20AS%20%3F_h%20%29%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28%20%3F_h%20-%20FLOOR%28%20%3F_h%20%2F%207%20%29%20%2a%207%20AS%20%3Fweekday%29%20.%20%23%20modulo%2C%200%20is%20Saturday%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fweekday%3D2%2C1%2C0%29%20AS%20%3Fmon%29%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fweekday%3D3%2C1%2C0%29%20AS%20%3Ftue%29%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fweekday%3D4%2C1%2C0%29%20AS%20%3Fwed%29%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fweekday%3D5%2C1%2C0%29%20AS%20%3Fthu%29%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fweekday%3D6%2C1%2C0%29%20AS%20%3Ffri%29%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fweekday%3D0%2C1%2C0%29%20AS%20%3Fsat%29%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fweekday%3D1%2C1%2C0%29%20AS%20%3Fsun%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fq%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FDate (source https://twitter.com/generalising/status/942424468525387778) - Map with buildings by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0Aselect%20%3Fbuilding%20%3FbuildingLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%3Fbuilding%20wdt%3AP84%20wd%3AQ134165%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fbuilding%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20fr%2C%20de%2C%20pl%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/941683734084022272) - Properties most used for “no value” statements/qualifiers/references https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20properties%20with%20most%20%E2%80%9Cno%20value%E2%80%9D%20statements%2Fqualifiers%2Freferences%20%28truthy%20statements%20count%20twice%29%0A%23%20uncomment%20lines%207%20and%209%20to%20count%20only%20main%20snaks%0ASELECT%20%3Fproperty%20%3FpropertyLabel%20%3Fcount%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fproperty%20%28COUNT%28%3Fstatement%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fproperty%20a%20wikibase%3AProperty%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20wikibase%3Aclaim%20%3Fp%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Anovalue%20%3Fwdno.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20%3Fentity%20%3Fp%20%3Fstatement.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20a%20%3Fwdno.%20%23%20note%3A%20if%20lines%207%20and%209%20are%20commented%2C%20%3Fstatement%20may%20also%20be%20an%20entity%20with%20a%20truthy%20%E2%80%9Cno%20value%E2%80%9D%20statement%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fproperty%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/941634857125507073) - Scientific papers with an animal credited as co-author https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Farticle%20%3FarticleLabel%20%3FauthorLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ13442814.%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20wdt%3AP50%20%3Fauthor.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ729%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%20100 (source https://twitter.com/pigsonthewing/status/941438192653389826) - Image grid of what different cryptocurrencies are named after https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fcrypto%20%3FcryptoLabel%20%3FnamesakeLabel%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fcrypto%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ13479982.%0A%20%20%3Fcrypto%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fnamesake.%0A%20%20%3Fnamesake%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/940936157273182208) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Narration https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Narration - Newest database reports: Brigata del Decameron https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Decameron/Brigata
Development
- Additional languages for monolingual values got approved by the language committee: ami (Amis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35132), bnn (Bunun https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56505), fos (Siraya https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716604), ppu (Papora / Hoanya https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2094884), pwn (Paiwan https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q715755), pyu (Puyuma https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716690), ssf (Thao https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q676492), trv (Seediq / Taroko https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716686), uun (Pazeh https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36435) (see gerrit:374052 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/374052, phab:T144272 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144272) - More work on caching constraint results so we can enable the constraints checks for all logged-in users by default - Fixed a bug when edit links showed up in diff views ( phabricator:T181807 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181807) - Final step towards being able to store statements on Forms of a Lexeme - Disabled RDF support for Lexemes as the mapping isn't defined yet ( phabricator:T182660 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182660) - Adding some more smart tracking for Lua usage so we better know which properties from an item are used on a Wikipedia article even when the whole item is loaded (phabricator:T179923 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T179923)
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