*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
- International Open Data Day http://opendataday.org/ was on Saturday, 4 March (tweets about Wikidata https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23odd17%20wikidata&src=typd ) - Wikidata documentation sprint https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/Wikidata_documentation_sprint during the Wikimedia hackathon (May 19-21): We need your help to improve Wikidata help pages! - Getting to know Wikidata http://www.snee.com/bobdc.blog/2017/02/getting-to-know-wikidata.html (from Bob DuCharme, author of the book "learning SPARQL") - Tutorial to mashup Wikidata and government data with Dataiku DSS and Palladio http://www.lespetitescases.net/realiser-mashup-donnees-Dataiku-DSS-Palladio (fr)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Library of Congress updated their inventory of Format Description Documents to include Wikidata URIs http://campuspress.yale.edu/knowledgepermaculture/2017/02/27/library-of-congress-digital-preservation-using-wikidata-uris/ - Surfacing Wikidata objects with coordinates to match them with OSM https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/sabas88/diary/40577 - The Wikiproject Welcome https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Welcome has been created to work on welcoming the new editors, feel free to participate
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: FIH player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3742, seed dispersal https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3741, number of works https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3740, inflorescence https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3739, minimum wavelength of electromagnetic sensitivity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3738, maximum wavelength of electromagnetic sensitivity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3737, Eurovision Song Contest song ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3736, Ghetto Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3735, category for value same as Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3734, MOOMA artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3733, PhilPapers record https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3732, Serbia cadastral municipality ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3731, next higher rank https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3730, next lower rank https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3729, New Zealand Heritage List number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3728, Serbia municipality ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3727, Eu-football.info player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3726, CEV player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3725, USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3724, USCG Lighthouse ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3723, Commons maps category https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3722, public key fingerprint https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3721 - Query examples: - Countries with similar populations https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fpopulation%0A%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3FcountryBLabel%20%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3FsimilarPopulation%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6256%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP1082%20%3Fpopulation%20.%0A%20%20%3FcountryB%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6256%20.%0A%20%20%3FcountryB%20wdt%3AP1082%20%3FpopulationB%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fcountry%20%21%3D%20%3FcountryB%20%26%26%20%3FpopulationB%20%3E%3D%20%3Fpopulation%20%2a%200.95%20%26%26%20%3FpopulationB%20%3C%3D%20%3Fpopulation%20%2a%201.05%29%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20.%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3FcountryLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%3FcountryB%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcountryBLabel%20.%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3FcountryBLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fpopulation%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel (source https://twitter.com/envlh/status/838345314604105728) - Items that have "feminist art" as a value https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fproperty%20%3FpropertyLabel%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%3Fp%20wd%3AQ1246516%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20a%20%3Ftype%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fproperty%20%3Fref%20%3Fp%20.%0A%20%20%3Fproperty%20a%20wikibase%3AProperty%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fproperty%20%3Fitem (source https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/838068085735190529) - Books, incipits, concatenating a sentence to the incipit https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Thanks%20Harmonia_Amanda%20for%20es%0A%23%20Thanks%20R%C3%A9mi%20Mathis%20for%20la%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3Ftitle%20%3Flang%20%3Ftext%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1922%20%3F_incipit%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ571%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28LANG%28%3F_incipit%29%20as%20%3Flang%29%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Flang%20IN%20%28%27de%27%2C%20%27en%27%2C%20%27es%27%2C%20%27fr%27%2C%20%27la%27%29%29%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20VALUES%20%28%3Flang%20%3Fcompl%29%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%28%27en%27%20%22%20And%20then%20the%20murders%20began.%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28%27es%27%20%22%20Entonces%20comenzaron%20los%20asesinatos.%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28%27de%27%20%22%20Und%20dann%20begannen%20die%20Morde.%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28%27fr%27%20%22%20Et%20puis%20les%20meurtres%20ont%20commenc%C3%A9.%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%28%27la%27%20%22%20Tunc%20caedes%20inceperunt.%22%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%3F_incipit%2C%20%3Fcompl%29%20AS%20%3Ftext%29%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Ftitle%20.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Ftitle%29%20%3D%20%3Flang%29%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/838380145564057600 and inspiration https://twitter.com/marc_laidlaw/status/837537399416610818) - Paintings by Vermeer depicting maps https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%20%3Fdimensions%20%3FlocationLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20wd%3AQ41264%20.%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP180%2Fwdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ4006%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP180%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ4006%20%7D%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP276%20%3Fstatement%20.%20%3Fstatement%20ps%3AP276%20%3Flocation%20.%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP582%20%3Fx%20%7D%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Flocation%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20%7D%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2048%20%3Flength%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2049%20%3Fwidth%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%20%28CONCAT%28STR%28%3Flength%29%2C%22%C3%97%22%2CSTR%28%3Fwidth%29%29%20AS%20%3Fdimensions%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/838494794846519296) - Painters sorted by the number of Wikipedia articles about their works https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Classement%20des%20peintres%20selon%20le%20nombre%20d%27articles%20Wikip%C3%A9dia%20%28%7E%29%20sur%20leurs%20%C5%93uvres%0ASELECT%20%3FPeintre%20%3FPeintreLabel%20%28SUM%28%3FNbArticles%29%20as%20%3FTotalArticles%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ3305213.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20%3FPeintre.%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20wd%3AQ4233718%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3FNbArticles%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Cen%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3FPeintre%20%3FPeintreLabel%20%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3FTotalArticles%29%0ALIMIT%20100 (source https://twitter.com/shona_gon/status/837591118082629633) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: WikiProject Fashion https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Fashion
Development
- Finishing touches on the new geo shape data type. It is available on the first test wiki now https://wikidata.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties/geo-shape (phabricator:T57549 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T57549). - SetLabel, SetDescription, SetAliases, SetLabelDescriptionAliases, SetSiteLink have been migrated to ooUI. Thanks, Ricordisamoa! ( phabricator:T48248 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T48248) - Making progress on integrating the new Lexeme entity type with the wbeditentity API (phabricator:T155699 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T155699).
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