*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Upcoming: Africa Open Data Conference https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Africa_Open_Data_Conference,_Accra in Accra, including a Wikidata editathon on July 17th - Past: Celtic Knot Conference, Edinburgh, including several presentations related to Wikidata (tweets about Wikidata during the conference https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23CelticKnot%20Wikidata&src=typd ) - Past: WikiWomenCamp https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp_2017 (including a Wikidata presentation by Harmonia Amanda) - A visual exploration of musical bands on Wikidata http://rawgraphs.io/showcase/a-visual-exploration-of-musical-bands-on-wikidata/, by RAW Graphs team
WikidataCon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017
- Last days of the scholarship process! If you need to be funded for the WikidataCon, please fill the form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdVj2HxZK7-ZQZnzBV3TZ6a2hV5nQV-quNjvgT53IT-bmWJ_w/viewform?usp=sf_link before July 16th - Which discussions, workshops, demos should be covered during the WikidataCon? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program/Ideas
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- We have some real Meta data https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72265! - The StrepHit team https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/StrepHit:_Wikidata_Statements_Validation_via_References/Profile has submitted an official uplift proposal https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/StrepHit:_Wikidata_Statements_Validation_via_References/Renewal for the primary sources tool https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Primary_sources_tool - Migration of constraint definitions to property statements https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Migration_of_constraint_definitions_to_property_statements around July 12th - Sitelinks for the new Atikamekw Wikipedia (atjwiki) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30286865 can be added https://atj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UnconnectedPages?namespace=0&uselang=en - Citation management tool Zotero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Zotero can now read data from Wikidata, and can write data from other sources to Wikidata via QuickStatements https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/quick_statements.php. See Wikidata:Zotero https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Zotero for details. - New step towards structured data for Commons is now available https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_step_towards_structured_data_for_Commons_is_now_available:_federation - One week after Q31000000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31000000 we have Q32000000 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32000000
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: PalDat plant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4122, openAIP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4121, Ontario Heritage Act Register ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4120, NLS Geographic Names Place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4119, NLS-FI Geographic Name ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4118, National Record of the Historic Environment ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4117, JewAge person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4116, INSPIRE ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4115, ADK member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4114, FRED time-series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4113, danskfilmogtv person https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4112, danskefilm TV Christmas calendar https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4111, Crunchyroll ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4110, URN-NBN https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4109, Gedbas genealogy person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4108, Framalibre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4107, Finnish archaeological heritage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4106, EGF rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4105, Carnegie Hall agent ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4104, assets under management https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4103, Atlas of Hillforts ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4102, dissertation submitted to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4101 - Query examples: - Scientific articles from PubMed that mention what version of STATA was used https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Farticle%20%3FarticleLabel%20%3FsoftwareLabel%20%3Fdate%0A%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ13442814%20.%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20wdt%3AP2283%20%3Fsoftware%20.%0A%20%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP279%20wd%3AQ1204300%20.%0A%20%20%3Fsoftware%20wdt%3AP348%20%3Fversion%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%09%09bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%0A%20%20%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/884407924105371648) - 1000 places in UK that have no label in Welsh https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ618123.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ145.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemLabel.%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel2.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3Flabel2%29%29%20%3D%20%22cy%22%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3FitemLabel%29%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%201000 (source https://twitter.com/Auregann/status/883318497694056448) - Wikivoyage banners for French municipalities https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fbanner%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ484170%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP948%20%3Fbanner%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel (source https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/882912263753134080) - Paintings with musical instruments from Spain or related to Spain https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ3305213%20.%20%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Fobject%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%3Fprop%20%3Fhhlink%20.%0A%20%20%3Fhhlink%20%3Fprop2%20wd%3AQ29%20.%0A%20%20%3Fobject%20wdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ34379%20.%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/archivienne/status/882892279152861185) - Images of things or persons in Wikidata with a Github account https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%2a%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP2037%20%3Fgithub%20.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/882571405488992256) - Map of birthplaces of women who were educated in Edinburgh university https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%0A%28SAMPLE%28%3Fbirth_date%29%20as%20%3Fbirth_date%29%20%0A%28SAMPLE%28%3Fdeath_date%20%29%20as%20%3Fdeath_date%20%29%20%0A%28SAMPLE%28%3Fbirth_place_label%20%29%20as%20%3Fbirth_place_label%20%29%20%0A%28SAMPLE%28%3Fbirth_place_coords%20%29%20as%20%3Fbirth_place_coords%20%29%20%0A%28SAMPLE%28%3Fimage%20%29%20as%20%3Fimage%20%29%20%0A%28SAMPLE%28%3Fcountry%20%29%20as%20%3Fcountry%29%20%0A%28COUNT%28%3Farticle%29%20as%20%3Frank%29%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%09%20%0A%20%20%09%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP69%20wd%3AQ160302%20.%0A%09%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%09%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20.%0A%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirth_date%20%7D%0A%20%20%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP27%20%3FcountryItem%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FcountryItem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fcountry%20filter%20%28lang%28%3Fcountry%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fbirth_place%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fbirth_place%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fbirth_place_coords%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fbirth_place%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fbirth_place_label%20filter%20%28%20lang%28%3Fbirth_place_label%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%20%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath_date%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%7D%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7Bbd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%0A%20%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Frank%29 (source https://twitter.com/emcandre/status/882206623225319424) - Newest database reports: reports with items that only have a P641-statement (sport) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Category:P641_only_reports
Development
- Search results will not only show labels but also descriptions with language fallbacks (gerrit:362215 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/362215). Thanks to Matěj Suchánek! - Fixed link to the file description page in the Image Header gadget ( phab:T169558 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169558) - Forms of the Lexeme are multi-variant (phab:T165575 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T165575) - Preparing a demonstration of referencing Forms and Sense of a Lexeme in statements (phab:T169716 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169716) - Property constraint definitions will be migrated to statements ( phab:T169647 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169647, Project chat https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Migration_of_constraint_definitions_to_property_statements ) - Implemented “Format” constraint (phab:T102752 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T102752, help page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Property_constraints_portal/Format)
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