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This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2016-09-10. Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Upcoming: Keynote by Lydia Pintscher at DBpedia conference http://wiki.dbpedia.org/meetings/Leipzig2016, September 15th, Leipzig. - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop for beginners http://www.agendadulibre.org/events/11770, September 16, Paris - Upcoming: Semantic MediaWiki Conference https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2016, September 28-30, Frankfurt - Upcoming: Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing) & Liam Wyatt ( User:Wittylama https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Wittylama) speaking about GLAM-Wiki (including Wikidata) in Warsaw, 19 October. Details tbc. - Upcoming: Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing) speaking & running workshop about Wikidata at SFK 16 http://sfk.flossk.org ("Software Freedom Kosova Conference") in Pristina, 21-23 October. - Research on WikiProject Knowledge Organization Systems https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Knowledge_Organization_Systems presented at 15th NKOS workshop at TPDL: *Classification of Knowledge Organization Systems with Wikidata*: Presentation http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.61767 and Paper http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1676/paper2.pdf. - Being a Volunteer Developer for Wikimedia projects: An Interview with Tpt https://blog.wikimedia.de/2016/09/08/i-dont-have-to-find-tasks-tasks-are-coming-to-me-being-a-volunteer-developer-for-wikimedia-projects-an-interview-with-tpt/ - Sunday Query: The 200 Oldest Living French Actresses https://blog.ash.bzh/sunday-query-the-200-oldest-alive-french-actresses/, query tutorial by Harmonia Amanda - How to prototype Wikidata entities https://blog.ash.bzh/prototypage-rapide-dentites-wikidata/ (in French) by Poulpy
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- We have new graphic material to present Wikidata https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikidata_information_materials. Feel free to use these files in your slides/talks/documents :) - #SundayQuery on Twitter https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23SundayQuery&src=typd: every Sunday, you can ask for help or advice about SPARQL queries, how to build or fix it, some SPARQL-ninjas will be there to answer you! - Researcher? You can participate in the WSDM Cup 2017 http://www.wsdm-cup-2017.org challenge and improve Wikidata vandalism detection - How to build a query https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:SPARQL/Building_a_query/Museums_on_Instagram by Pigsonthewing - Wikipedia gets Map links and Geoshapes service using Wikidata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29#Wikipedia_gets_Map_links_and_Geoshapes_service
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Scottish Charity number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3163, Rock Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3162, has grammatical mood https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3161, Minnesota legislator ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3160, UGent Memorialis id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3159, enclosure https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3158, event distance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3157, Australian Classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3156, Runeberg book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3155, Runeberg author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3154, Crossref funder ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3153, Findsmiley ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3152, iNaturalist taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3151, birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3150, molecule conformation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3149, repeals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3148, United States Reports ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3147, CiNetMag person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3146, YouTheater ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3145, elFilm person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3144, elFilm film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3143, EDb person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3142, EDb film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3141, SourehCinema person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3140, SourehCinema film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3139, OFDb ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3138 - Query examples: - Posthumous marriages https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Posthumous%20marriages%0ASELECT%20%3FaliveSpouse%20%3FaliveSpouseLabel%20%3FdeadSpouse%20%3FdeadSpouseLabel%20%3Fdeath%20%3Fmarriage%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%23%20%3FaliveSpouse%20has%20spouse%20%3FdeadSpouse%2C%20with%20qualifier%20start%20time%3A%20%3Fmarriage%0A%20%20%3FaliveSpouse%20p%3AP26%20%5B%20ps%3AP26%20%3FdeadSpouse%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pqv%3AP580%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fmarriage%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%3FmarriagePrecision%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%23%20%3FdeadSpouse%20has%20date%20of%20death%20%3Fdeath%0A%20%20%3FdeadSpouse%20p%3AP570%2Fpsv%3AP570%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fdeath%3B%0A%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%3FdeathPrecision%0A%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%23%20%3Fdeath%20prior%20to%20%3Fmarriage%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fdeath%20%3C%20%3Fmarriage%29.%0A%20%20%23%20Optional%3A%20remove%20results%20with%20missing%20precision%20%E2%80%93%0A%20%20%23%20only%20include%20matches%20over%20a%20year%20apart%2C%20or%20where%20both%20statements%20are%20precise%20to%20the%20day%0A%20%20%23FILTER%28YEAR%28%3Fmarriage%29%20-%20YEAR%28%3Fdeath%29%20%3E%201%20%7C%7C%20%0A%20%20%23%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FmarriagePrecision%20%3D%2011%20%26%26%20%3FdeathPrecision%20%3D%2011%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fmarriage%20-%20%3Fdeath%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/772847757489045504) - Communes of France with more than one railway station https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%28count%28%3Fitem%29%20as%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ55488%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131*%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP131*%20wd%3AQ484170%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%0AHAVING%20%28%3Fcount%20%3E%201%29%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%20%3FplaceLabel (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/772843171340554240) - Languages and their grammatical cases they have in common https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Languages%20and%20the%20grammatical%20cases%20they%20have%20in%20common%0A%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcase%20%3FcaseLabel%20%28concat%28%22F3A2FF%22%29%20as%20%3Frgb%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2989%20%3Fcase%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/tobias47n9e/status/772059985912160256) - Cocktails recipes https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20cocktail%20recipes%20on%20Wikidata%0ASELECT%20%3Fcocktail%20%3FcocktailLabel%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3Fingredient%3B%20separator%3D%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fingredients%29%20%23%20concatenate%20all%20ingredients%20together%2C%20separated%20by%20comma%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%23%20find%20a%20cocktail%0A%20%20%3Fcocktail%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ134768%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20get%20its%20material%20statement%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP186%20%3FmaterialStat.%0A%20%20%23%20get%20the%20statement%20value%20from%20the%20statement%0A%20%20%3FmaterialStat%20ps%3AP186%20%3Fmaterial.%0A%20%20%23%20get%20the%20material%E2%80%99s%20English%20label%0A%20%20%3Fmaterial%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FmaterialLabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FmaterialLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%23%20assign%20label%20to%20solo%20ingredient%20variable%0A%20%20BIND%28%3FmaterialLabel%20AS%20%3FingredientSolo%29.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20for%20some%20reason%2C%20we%20have%20to%20get%20the%20material%20and%20materialLabel%20again%20%E2%80%93%20copy%2Bpasted%20from%20above%0A%20%20%20%20%3FmaterialStat%20ps%3AP186%20%3Fmaterial.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmaterial%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FmaterialLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FmaterialLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20get%20the%20quantity%20value%20from%20the%20statement%20%28if%20present%29%0A%20%20%20%20%3FmaterialStat%20pqv%3AP1114%20%3FquantityValue.%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20get%20the%20actual%20quantity%20from%20the%20quantity%20value%0A%20%20%20%20%3FquantityValue%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Fquantity.%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20assign%20quantity%20and%20material%20to%20ingredient%20with%20quantity%20variable%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28STR%28%3Fquantity%29%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20%3FmaterialLabel%29%20AS%20%3FingredientWithQuantity%29.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20same%20here%20for%20material%20and%20quantity%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FmaterialStat%20ps%3AP186%20%3Fmaterial.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fmaterial%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FmaterialLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FmaterialLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FmaterialStat%20pqv%3AP1114%20%3FquantityValue.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FquantityValue%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3Fquantity.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20get%20the%20unit%20from%20the%20quantity%20value%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FquantityValue%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20%3Funit.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20throw%20out%20the%20unit%20%E2%80%9C1%E2%80%9D%20%28no%20unit%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Funit%20%21%3D%20wd%3AQ199%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20get%20the%20unit%E2%80%99s%20English%20label%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Funit%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FunitLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FunitLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20assign%20quantity%2C%20unit%2C%20and%20material%20to%20ingredient%20with%20unit%20variable%20%20%28note%3A%20we%E2%80%99re%20not%20bothering%20with%20pluralization%20here%2C%20so%20it%20may%20sound%20a%20bit%20weird%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28STR%28%3Fquantity%29%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20%3FunitLabel%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20%3FmaterialLabel%29%20AS%20%3FingredientWithUnit%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20assign%20ingredient%20with%20unit%2C%20else%20ingredient%20with%20quantity%2C%20else%20just%20solo%20ingredient%20to%20ingredient%20variable%0A%20%20BIND%28COALESCE%28%3FingredientWithUnit%2C%20%3FingredientWithQuantity%2C%20%3FingredientSolo%29%20AS%20%3Fingredient%29.%0A%20%20%23%20get%20the%20cocktail%E2%80%99s%20English%20label%0A%20%20%3Fcocktail%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcocktailLabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FcocktailLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%7D%0A%23%20group%20by%20cocktail%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fcocktail%20%3FcocktailLabel%0A%23%20show%20most%20%E2%80%9Ccomplicated%E2%80%9D%20cocktails%20first%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28COUNT%28%3Fingredient%29%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/775495442352185346) - People who died in the last seven days https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fdied%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdied.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fdied%20%3E%3D%20NOW%28%29%20-%20%22P7D%22%5E%5Exsd%3Aduration%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdied (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/775424695776776192) - Places of birth of 20th century saints https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0Aselect%20%3Fp%20%3FpLabel%20%3Fborn%20%3Floc%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fp%20wdt%3AP411%20wd%3AQ43115%20.%0A%20%20%3Fp%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fborn%20.%0A%20%20%3Fp%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fo%20.%0A%20%20%3Fo%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Floc%20.%0A%20%20filter%20%28%3Fborn%20%3E%20%221899-12-31%22%5E%5Exsd%3AdateTime%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/773286824747814912) - New templates: {{Denmark properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Denmark_properties}}, {{Greece properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Greece_properties}}. Please add labels in your own languages, and consider making a similar template for your country or region.
Development
- Lowered relevance threshold for ArticlePlaceholder search results from 3 to 2 sitelinks (T144188 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144188) - Added 'otk' as an available language for monolingual text values ( T137809 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137809) - Working on making it possible to paste partial URLs into the site selector (T144310 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144310) - A Grafana board now tracks general usage and error metrics of the Query Service UI https://grafana.wikimedia.org/dashboard/db/wikidata-query-service-ui - Made progress on showing editors on all Wikimedia projects which articles on their project use data from a given Wikidata item. We will also show in the page information (action=info) which items a given article uses. Also worked on showing which projects use a given item in the page information. (T103091 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103091) - Added meta information to the html header of item pages (T88475 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88475) - Made progress on making ArticlePlaceholders indexable for search engines (T144590 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144590)
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/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items - Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread pages in your own language! - Help merge identical items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects. - 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 - proposals needing attention https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed