*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
- Ladies that FOSS https://www.wikimedia.de/wiki/LadiesthatFOSS/Meetup, March 15th, 18:00, Berlin. Meetup dedicated to women who want to start coding for Wikidata, Mediawiki or other open source software - Wikidata workshop in Manchester, March 17th, 10:00, at the Manchester Central Library (information https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/get-data-smart-wikidata-workshop-tickets-32154965367 ) - Wikidata workshop in Paris, March 17th, 20:30. More questions about SPARQL and the Query Service (information and registration https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris/2017-03-17) - Would you like to attend to a Wikidata meetup in Berlin? You can choose the next date! https://framadate.org/xvE4H76lHevJOrGs - Wizards, Muggles and Wikidata: The Room of Requirements for structured knowledge https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/03/08/wizards-muggles-wikidata/ by Jens Ohlig, John Cummings and Navino Evans - Wikidata for winners (in Economics) https://medium.com/wiki-playtime/wikidata-for-winners-in-economics-19ed93d72db4#.yx43hz9e1 by Martin Poulter - Des Successions à Wikidata : vers un réseau social des philosophes antiques ? https://scoms.hypotheses.org/357 (fr) by Pierre-Carl Langlais
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Do you want to help watching the recent changes? Have a look at this useful collection of links https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:YMS/RC by YMS https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:YMS - Watch the gender gap on Wikipedia and Wikidata with this tool http://tools.dicare.org/gaps/gender.php by Envlh https://twitter.com/envlh/status/839381185172279296 - Play Stadt, Fluss, Land with Wikidata! http://stadt-land-wikidata.netlify.com/?#/ (by Knut https://twitter.com/notknut/status/839032662786453504) - Deadline for submitting a presentation for Wikimania 2017 is March 30th: discuss about ideas or ask for help https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2017 - WMF is hiring a program manager https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/584922?gh_src=dgao5e1#.WMaqj0f_rmE, a product manager https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/609403?t=46icqe1#.WMZuvkf_rmF and a community liaison https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/610643?gh_src=o3gjf21#.WMZtzUf_rmF to work on the structured data project on Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: pole position https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3764, MIMO instrument ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3763, openMLOL author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3762, IPv4 range https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3761, Iditarod musher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3760, SAHRA heritage site ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3759, DOCOMOMO Ibérico ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3758, average space complexity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3757, best-case space complexity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3756, worst-case space complexity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3755, average performance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3754, best-case performance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3753, worst-case performance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3752, Shoftim BeIsrael judge ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3751, KMDb documentary ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3750, Google Maps CID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3749, Israel Football Association player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3748, SSRN author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3747, Wildflowers of Israel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3746, World Rugby Sevens Series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3745, number of subscribers https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3744, ITU/ISO/IEC object identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3743 - Query examples: - List of female bioinformaticians/computational biologists https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Female%20bioinformaticians%2F%20computational%20biologists%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3F_image%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ15709480.%7D%20%23%20computational%20biologist%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ15956275.%7D%20%23%20bioinformatician%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072.%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20female%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3F_image.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A (source https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/839567370129649665) - Most gender-imbalanced occupations in US citizens https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20most%20gender-imbalanced%20occupations%20in%20%3Fcountry%20citizens%0ASELECT%20%3FoccupationLabel%20%3Fwomen%20%3Fmen%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Foccupation%20%28SUM%28%3Fwoman%29%20AS%20%3Fwomen%29%20%28SUM%28%3Fman%29%20AS%20%3Fmen%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28wd%3AQ30%20AS%20%3Fcountry%29.%20%23%20substitute%20country%20of%20your%20choice%20here%20%28remove%20the%20Q30%2C%20hit%20Ctrl%2BSpace%20and%20start%20typing%20the%20country%20name%2C%20select%20the%20right%20one%20from%20the%20suggestions%20with%20the%20arrow%20keys%20and%20insert%20it%20with%20Enter%29%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP27%20%3Fcountry%3B%20%23%20remove%20this%20to%20search%20world-wide%20%E2%80%93%20results%20in%20query%20timeout%20unless%20you%20reduce%20the%20dataset%20in%20some%20other%20fashion%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP106%2Fps%3AP106%20%3Foccupation.%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581097.%20BIND%281%20AS%20%3Fman%29.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ2449503.%20BIND%281%20AS%20%3Fman%29.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072.%20BIND%281%20AS%20%3Fwoman%29.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ1052281.%20BIND%281%20AS%20%3Fwoman%29.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20TODO%20consider%20how%20to%20count%20P21%3A%20Q48270%20%28genderqueer%29%20and%20Q1097630%20%28intersex%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Foccupation%0A%7D%20AS%20%25results%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25results.%20%23%20subquery%20as%20optimization%3A%20don%E2%80%99t%20make%20the%20label%20service%20fetch%20labels%20for%20every%20%3Fperson%20in%20the%20subquery%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%0A%20%20%23%20divide%20%3Fvariable%2B1%20instead%20of%20%3Fvariable%20to%20avoid%20division%20by%20zero%0A%20%20%23%20%28unfortunately%2C%20we%20can%E2%80%99t%20use%20ABS%28LOG%28x%2Fy%29%29%20instead%20of%20the%20IF%28%29%20because%20SPARQL%20has%20no%20LOG%20function%29%0A%20%20DESC%28IF%28%3Fwomen%20%3E%20%3Fmen%2C%20%28%3Fwomen%2B1%29%2F%28%3Fmen%2B1%29%2C%20%28%3Fmen%2B1%29%2F%28%3Fwomen%2B1%29%29%29%0A%20%20%23%20if%20the%20ratio%20is%20the%20same%2C%20show%20results%20with%20more%20people%20in%20total%20first%0A%20%20DESC%28%3Fwomen%2B%3Fmen%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/839539156481163269) - Awards received by more women than men https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20awards%20received%20by%20more%20women%20than%20men%0ASELECT%20%3Faward%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Flabel%29%20AS%20%3FawardLabel%29%20%3Fwomen%20%3Fmen%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Faward%20%28SUM%28%3Fwoman%29%20AS%20%3Fwomen%29%20%28SUM%28%3Fman%29%20AS%20%3Fmen%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP166%2Fps%3AP166%20%3Faward.%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581097.%20BIND%281%20AS%20%3Fman%29.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ2449503.%20BIND%281%20AS%20%3Fman%29.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072.%20BIND%281%20AS%20%3Fwoman%29.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ1052281.%20BIND%281%20AS%20%3Fwoman%29.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Faward%0A%20%20HAVING%28%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20more%20women%20than%20men%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwomen%20%3E%20%3Fmen%20%26%26%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20but%20exclude%20women-only%20awards%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmen%20%3E%200%0A%20%20%29%0A%7D%20AS%20%25results%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25results.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Faward%20wdt%3AP1448%20%3FofficialName.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Faward%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FenLabel.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FenLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Faward%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FanyLabel.%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28COALESCE%28%3FofficialName%2C%20%3FenLabel%2C%20%3FanyLabel%29%20AS%20%3Flabel%29.%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Faward%20%3Fwomen%20%3Fmen%0AORDER%20BY%20STR%28%3FawardLabel%29 (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/839482665829089282) - Transgender characters played by trangender actors/actresses https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fwork%20%3FworkLabel%20%3Factor%20%3FactorLabel%20%3Fchar%20%3FcharLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwork%20p%3AP161%20%3Fdistribution%20.%0A%20%20%3Fdistribution%20ps%3AP161%20%3Factor%20.%0A%20%20%3Fdistribution%20pq%3AP453%20%3Fchar%20.%0A%20%20%3Factor%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Factor_gender%20.%20%0A%20%20%3Fchar%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fchar_gender%20.%20%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Factor_gender%20IN%20%28wd%3AQ1052281%2C%20wd%3AQ2449503%29%29%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fchar_gender%20IN%20%28wd%3AQ1052281%2C%20wd%3AQ2449503%29%29%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20LIMIT%20100 (source https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/840974577912143875) - The most famous astronomical objects in Solar System according to Wikipedia sitelinks https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fobject%20%3FobjectLabel%20%3Fimage%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fsitelink%29%20AS%20%3Fsitelinks%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fobject%20wdt%3AP397%2B%20wd%3AQ525%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fobject%20wdt%3AP361%20wd%3AQ544%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fobject%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fsitelink%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fobject%20.%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fobject%20%3FobjectLabel%20%3Fimage%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fsitelinks%29 (source https://twitter.com/envlh/status/840881767141822464) - Natural arches around the globe https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ954501%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP576%20%3Fx%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FitemLabel (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/839965625720188931) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Board Games https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Board_Games - Newest external tools: official first release of WikidataIntegrator https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2017-March/010390.html
Development
- Converted undo/restore interface to use OOUI. You can test it here https://wikidata.beta.wmflabs.org/w/index.php?title=Q81561&action=edit&restore=681398 (phab:T134643 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134643). - Fixed an other rounding issue on geo coordinates (phab:T158772 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T158772). - Added thumbnail images to the Wikimedia Commons suggester (phab:T160319 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160319). - Continued working on introducing Lexeme entity type. - Finishing federation prototype. - We are going to change all snak, reference, and qualifier hashes with the planned DataModel 7.0 release. If you are a tool developer, make sure you do not persist hashes, and never use them to request edits to entities. Statement IDs are safe (phab:T157965 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T157965). - Removed unnecessary CSS on ooui special pages (phabricator:T159702 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T159702) - Allowed example queries to be searched for SPARQL commands ( phabricator:T154768 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154768) - Converted Wikibase interface for undoing/restoring a revision to OOUI ( phabricator:T134643 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134643) - Converted image header user script to gadget (phabricator:T159929 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T159929) - Started writing spec for technical data model for Wiktionary support ( phabricator:T150785 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150785) - Worked on providing API for constraint check (phabricator:T102757 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T102757)
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 - proposals needing attention https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed - 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