Hey everyone :)
Here is your summary of what happened around Wikidata over the past week.
Enjoy!
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Upcoming: OpenData.ch <http://opendata.ch/projects/conference-2016/>
- Upcoming: HackHPI <http://www.hackhpi.org/>
- Upcoming: ELAG <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:ELAG>
- Documentation of the outcomes of WikiCite
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2016#Outcomes>
- Wikidata showing chemical properties with references
<http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.de/2016/06/wikidata-showing-chemical-properties.html>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- SQID <https://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid> now also shows references for
statements and received a whole bunch of other nice features
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-June/008831.html>
- wikidata-cli <https://www.npmjs.com/package/wikidata-cli> now has a
wdsparql command to work with SPARQL from the command line
- It seems we already have almost 0.4% of the current population of
Finland on Wikidata.
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-June/008860.html>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: exact match
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2888>, reserve number (Canada)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2887>, Shakeosphere person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2886>, mains voltage
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2884>, HKMDb film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2883>, relegated
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2882>, promoted
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2881>, NIOSHTIC-2 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2880>
- Query examples: body of water with the most watercourses ending in it
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Bodies%20of%20water%20that%20most%20watercourses%20end%20in%20%28transitive%29.%0A%23%20For%20example%2C%20over%204000%20watercourses%20eventually%20flow%20into%20the%20Ob%2C%0A%23%20and%20since%20the%20Ob%20flows%20into%20the%20Kara%20Sea%2C%20the%20Kara%20Sea%20has%20over%204000%20results%20as%20well.%0ASELECT%20%3Fmouth%20%28COUNT%28%3Fwatercourse%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwatercourse%20wdt%3AP403%2B%20%3Fmouth.%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fmouth%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0ALIMIT%2010>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/737955626790322176>),
French
communes with names ending in ac
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoord%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%09wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ484170%3B%0A%09%09%09%09wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ142%3B%0A%09%09%09%09rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemLabel%3B%0A%09%09%09%09wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%3B%0A%09FILTER%20%28lang%28%3FitemLabel%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29.%20%0A%09FILTER%20regex%20%28%3FitemLabel%2C%20%22ac%24%22%29.%0A%09FILTER%20not%20exists%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ33788%20%7D%20%23%20excluding%20Koumac%2C%20New%20Caledonia...%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/737363280222638080>),
birthplaces
of Europeana280 artists
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0APREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%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%0ASELECT%20%3Fcreator%20%3FplacebirthLabel%20%3Fgeoloc%20where%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ838948%20.%20%20%23%20%C5%93uvre%20d%E2%80%99art%20et%20ss-classe%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP608%20wd%3AQ20980830.%20%23%20du%20projet%20Europeana%20280%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20%3Fcreator.%20%23%20cr%C3%A9ateur%20%0A%09%3Fcreator%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplacebirth.%20%23%20lieu%20de%20naissance%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fplacebirth%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fgeoloc%20.%20%23coordonn%C3%A9es%20g%C3%A9o%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Ces%2Cen%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/Wittylama/status/737710539648999424>), popular
eye colors
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20%3FeyeColorLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fperson%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP1340%20%3FeyeColor.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3FeyeColorLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/737739089039003648>)
Development
- Fixed the bug where the language selector in Special:NewItem doesn't
recognize certain languages (phabricator:T115792
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115792>)
- Fixed issues that prevented editing in Internet Explorer (
phabricator:T136543 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T136543>)
- Added new visualization to the query service to visualize graphs like
family trees. It is now deployed yet but will come soon.
<https://twitter.com/JonasMKress/status/736533243445514242>
- Worked on new visualization for the query service to visualize results
with data on different dimensions
<https://twitter.com/JonasMKress/status/734698189778001920>
- Improved build and deploy process for the query service. The site
should load faster now.
- Improved the formatting of dates and more in the query service.
- More fixes to get ArticlePlaceholder ready for the second round of
wikis
- Worked on a fix for the issue where sometimes an old label is shown in
the main header of an item (phabricator:T135714
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T135714>)
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
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Lydia Pintscher -
http://about.me/lydia.pintscher
Product Manager for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
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