Re: [Wikidata] weekly summary #194

Well, https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder will change my life, this is amazing. Thank you AngryLoki and all the hundreds of layers of contributors which lead to a tool like this. Also Lydia et al, thanks for the hard work in keeping these updates going.

best wishes,

- mek

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Lydia Pintscher < Lydia.Pintscher@wikimedia.de> wrote:

Hey everyone :)

Here's your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past week.

Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage

• Replicator: Wikidata import tool

https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2016/01/25/replicator-a-cli-tool-for-wikidata/

• The Facebook of German Playwrights

https://dlina.github.io/The-Facebook-of-German-Playwrights/

• Language usage on Wikidata

http://addshore.com/2016/02/language-usage-on-wikidata/

• Past: FOSDEM (slides of talk by Lucie

http://www.slideshare.net/frimelle/increasing-access-to-free-and-open-knowledge-for-speakers-of-underserved-languages-on-wikipedia )

Other Noteworthy Stuff

• Please help us classify a bunch of edits to improve anti-vandalism

tools on Wikidata https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-January/008052.html

• Over 18000 people who made at least one edit over the last month!
• some visualizations:
  • Family tree of King Halo, race horse
  https://tools.wmflabs.org/family/ancestors.php?q=Q11297913
  • Doctoral students of Gauss
  https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P184&item=Q6722&direction=reverse
  • Tributaries of the Danube
  https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P974&item=Q1653&lang=de&iterations=7
  • Children of Kronos
  https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P40&item=Q44204&lang=de&iterations=7
  • Influenced by Leibnitz
  https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P737&item=Q9047&lang=de&direction=both&iterations=15
  • Graphs
  https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P279&item=Q141488&direction=reverse
  • Zika virus papers
  https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-timeline/#/timeline?query=CLAIM%5B921:202864%5D%20OR%20CLAIM%5B921:8071861%5D
• KasparBot is now removing all PersonData template usages from

English Wikipedia. They added machine-readable information to articles.

• Wikiversity will get the first phase of Wikidata support (language

links) on February 23rd.

• Upcoming deployments of new datatypes, In Other Projects Sidebar,

Article Placeholder and more https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-February/008068.html

• WD-FIST https://tools.wmflabs.org/fist/wdfist/index.html now

supports SPARQL queries

Did you know?

• Newest properties

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: National Historic Sites of Canada ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2526

• Query example: horses

https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Chevaux%20sur%20Wikidata%0A%0APREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fcheval%20%3FchevalLabel%20%3Fmere%20%3Fpere%20%28year%28%3Fnaissance%29%20as%20%3FNaissance%29%20%28year%28%3Fdeces%29%20as%20%3FD%C3%A9c%C3%A8s%29%20%3Fsexe%0Awhere%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%3Fcheval%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ726%20.%7D%20%20%20%20%23%20Instance%20et%20sous-classes%20de%20Q726-Cheval%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fcheval%20wdt%3AP25%20%3Fmere%20%20.%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20P25%20%20%3A%20M%C3%A8re%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fcheval%20wdt%3AP22%20%3Fpere%20.%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20P22%20%20%3A%20P%C3%A8re%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fcheval%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fnaissance%20.%7D%20%23%20P569%20%3A%20Date%20de%20naissance%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fcheval%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdeces%20.%7D%20%20%20%20%20%23%20P571%20%3A%20Date%20de%20d%C3%A9c%C3%A8s%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fcheval%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fsexe%20.%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20P21%20%20%3A%20Sexe%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20%23BabelRainbow%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Car%2Cbe%2Cbg%2Cbn%2Cca%2Ccs%2Cda%2Cde%2Cel%2Cen%2Ces%2Cet%2Cfa%2Cfi%2Che%2Chi%2Chu%2Chy%2Cid%2Cit%2Cja%2Cjv%2Cko%2Cnb%2Cnl%2Ceo%2Cpa%2Cpl%2Cpt%2Cro%2Cru%2Csh%2Csk%2Csr%2Csv%2Csw%2Cte%2Cth%2Ctr%2Cuk%2Cyue%2Cvec%2Cvi%2Czh%22%20%0A%20%20%7D%20%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fcheval, French sculptors by year of birth http://demo.seco.tkk.fi/visu/#/?sparqlEndpoint=https:%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fbigdata%2Fnamespace%2Fwdq%2Fsparql&query=PREFIX%20wikibase:%20%3Chttp:%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20wd:%20%3Chttp:%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%20%0APREFIX%20wdt:%20%3Chttp:%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20rdfs:%20%3Chttp:%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fyear%20%28COUNT%20%28DISTINCT%20%3Fa%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fa%20wdt:P31%20wd:Q5%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fa%20wdt:P2380%20%3FRSF%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fa%20wdt:P569%20%3Fdate%20.%20%0A%20%20%20BIND%28year%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fyear%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fyear&outputType=gchart&chartConfig=%7B%22containerId%22:%22chart%22,%22options%22:%7B%22hAxis%22:%7B%22useFormatFromData%22:true,%22viewWindow%22:%7B%22max%22:null,%22min%22:null%7D,%22minValue%22:null,%22maxValue%22:null%7D,%22title%22:%22%22,%22useFirstColumnAsDomain%22:true,%22vAxes%22:%5B%7B%22useFormatFromData%22:true,%22viewWindow%22:%7B%22max%22:null,%22min%22:null%7D,%22minValue%22:null,%22maxValue%22:null%7D,%7B%22useFormatFromData%22:true,%22viewWindow%22:%7B%22max%22:null,%22min%22:null%7D,%22minValue%22:null,%22maxValue%22:null%7D%5D,%22isStacked%22:false,%22animation%22:%7B%22duration%22:500%7D,%22booleanRole%22:%22certainty%22,%22legend%22:%22right%22,%22width%22:600,%22height%22:371%7D,%22state%22:%7B%7D,%22view%22:%7B%7D,%22isDefaultVisualization%22:false,%22chartType%22:%22ColumnChart%22%7D

• Newest external tools: Template:Complex constraint

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Complex_constraint

• Newest database reports: Help:Wikimedia language codes/lists/all

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Wikimedia_language_codes/lists/all

• New feature/gadget requests: badge for templates using Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat/Archive/2016/01#Badge_for_templates_using_Wikidata.3F

Development

• und, mis, mul and zxx will be supported language codes for

monolingual text. More will come later.

• Working on adjusting the layout of the ArticlePlaceholder generated

pages

• Final touches on making search work on mobile
• Finishing identifier datatype and section

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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