*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: Wikidata meetup in Berlin https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin, Friday, March 31st at 19:30 in Neukölln - Upcoming: Wikidata IRC office hour, April 5th, 16:00 UTC https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2017&month=4&day=5&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=37, on #wikimedia-officeconnect http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-office - A tool to estimate gender gap on Wikidata and Wikipedia https://www.lehir.net/a-tool-to-estimate-gender-gap-on-wikidata-and-wikipedia/ (source https://twitter.com/envlh/status/842283843788906496) - (fr) Odonymie rennaise : que nous apprend Wikidata sur les noms des voies de Rennes ? https://www.lehir.net/odonymie-rennaise/ (source https://twitter.com/EdouardHue/status/843934367227494400) - Wikidata's excellent sample SPARQL queries http://www.snee.com/bobdc.blog/2017/03/wikidatas-excellent-sample-spa.html by Bob DuCharme - 10 steps to integrate CIViCdb with other public data in Wikidata https://figshare.com/articles/10_steps_to_integrate_CIViCdb_with_other_public_data_in_Wikidata/4774777
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- RFC: Wikidata → OSM lookup table https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mcld/diary/40729 - Participate to the definition of the Wikimedia movement's strategy https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017 - The deadline for Wikimania talks submission has been extended to April 10th (check what we're planning around Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2017) - Conceptual documentation for the Lexemes https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikibaseLexeme/Data_Model and examples https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiktionary/Data_model_examples (feel free to help translating)
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: FI WarSampo army unit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3819, KMRB film rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3818, FI WarSampo person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3817, film script https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3816, volcano observatory https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3815, BoF person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3814, Bivouac.com pass ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3813, Elle.fr person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3812, Evidence & Conclusion Ontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3811, Parks.it ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3810, YerelNET district ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3809, The Numbers movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3808, S2A3 Biographical Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3807, Mapa place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3806, Tax-exempt heritage asset ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3805, TV Guide show ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3804, original film format https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3803, Launchpad.net project ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3802, INEGI municipality ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3801, Safsal coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3800, Safsal player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3799, Star Wars Databank ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3798, autonomous system number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3797, Bureau of Meteorology station ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3796, Flora of Israel plant ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3795, Dictionary of Sydney ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3794, IPv6 routing prefix https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3793, rate of fire https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3792, Art Renewal Center ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3791, AnimeCons.com ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3790, Telegram username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3789, BNA author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3788, danskefilm silent film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3787, danskefilm person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3786, danskefilm film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3785, CiteSeerX ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3784, Christie's work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3783, Artnet artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3782, has active ingredient https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3781, active ingredient in https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3780, negative allosteric modulator of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3779, positive allosteric modulator of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3778, antisense inhibitor of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3777, inhibitor of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3776, disrupting agent for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3775, blocker of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3774, antagonist of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3773, agonist of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3772, activator of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3771, PeakFinder ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3770, It's Rugby ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3769, Medieval Libraries of Great Britain Book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3768 - Query examples: - Time zones that are more than 12 hours away from UTC https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20time%20zones%20that%20are%20more%20than%2012%20hours%20away%20from%20UTC%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Ftz%20%3FtzLabel%20%3Foffset%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fcoords%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Ftz%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ12143%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP2907%20%3Foffset.%0A%20%20FILTER%28ABS%28%3Foffset%29%20%3E%2012%29.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Ftz%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Ftz%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Foffset (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/845714223502102528) - Countries which have the same name as their capital in their official language https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Flang%20%3Fcapital%20%3FcapitalLabel%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ6256%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP37%2Fwdt%3AP218%20%3Flang%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP36%20%3Fcapital%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3FcountryLabel%29%20%3D%20%3Flang%29%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcapital%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcapitalLabel%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3FcapitalLabel%29%20%3D%20%3Flang%29%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%3FcountryLabel%20%3D%20%3FcapitalLabel%29%20.%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%3Flang (source https://twitter.com/envlh/status/845985524145934336) - Roman amphitheatres on Wikidata https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FRomanPlaceLabel%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fcoords%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ7362268%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fplace%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP373%20%3FRomanPlace%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%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/844655504072806401) - Sluices on canals in Bretagne (France) https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fecluse%20%3FecluseLabel%20%3Fcoords%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fecluse%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ105731%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP361%20%3Fcanal%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcanal%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ12130%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20%23BabelRainbow%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%0A%20%20%7D%20%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/EdouardHue/status/844333772891926529) - Newest database reports: film scripts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/lists/scripts - Showcase items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Wressle Castle (Q8037764) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8037764
Development
- Fixing a bug that prevented users to edit descriptions in some non-latin alphabets (phab:T161263 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161263) - Worked on Special:NewLexeme which will be used to create new Lexemes for supporting lexicographical data (phabricator:T157973 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T157973) - Aligned some more colors with Wikimedia color palete ( phabricator:T151194 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151194) - Added more autocompletion for the Wikidata Query Service ( phabricator:T150950 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150950) - Started working on support for Forms of words in the UI for supporting lexicographical data (phabricator:T160520 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160520)
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