*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=00…
- 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>
--
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.