*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Obaid Raza
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator#Obaid_Raza>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Wikidata, a rapidly growing global hub, turns five
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/10/30/wikidata-fifth-birthday/> on
WMF's blog by Andrew Lih and Robert Fernandez
- Locating IMDB IDs of movies in the Internet Archive using Wikidata
<http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Locating_IMDB_IDs_of_movies_in_the_Internet_Archive_using_Wikidata.html>,
by Petter Reinholdtsen
- Mix-n-Match: Large Catalogs <http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=478>,
by Magnus Manske
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- If you want to review what happened during the WikidataCon, here is
the list
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Documentation/Proceedings>
of all the sessions, with slides, notes and videos, when available
- Release of wikidata-edit v2.0.0: brings qualifiers and references
support, and a few breaking changes. See changelogs
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-edit/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#200---2017-11-01>
- Release of wikidata-cli v5.0.0: brings qualifiers and references
support, multi-entity summary|label|description|description requests, a new
`edit-item` command, and a few breaking changes. See changelogs
<https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#500---2017-11-03>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Barbarian R.C. id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4494>, Barbarian F.C. id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4493>, Isidore ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4491>, Team GB athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4490>, HOC athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4489>, COAM architect ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4488>, Camera Decision ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4487>, Google Play developer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4486>, INDUCKS miniseries ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4485>, INDUCKS issue ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4484>, INDUCKS story ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4483>, INDUCKS publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4482>, INDUCKS creator ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4481>, INDUCKS publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4480>, INDUCKS character ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4479>, Survey of Scottish
Witchcraft - Accused witch ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4478>, Humble Store ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4477>, Australian Baseball
League player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4476>, European
Fencing Confederation athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4475>, IBHOF boxer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4474>, Melon artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4473>, Czech Jockey Club horse
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4472>, Rush Parliamentary
Archive ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4471>, British
Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4470>, IGHOF athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4469>, Mountain Bike Hall of
Fame inductee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4468>, Twitch
game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4467>, Unified
Astronomy Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4466>, Ecole
des chartes thesis abstract ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4465>, Rugby League Project
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4464>, Canadian Ski
Hall of Fame inductee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4463>, Canadian
Baseball Hall of Fame inductee ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4462>, World Golf Hall of Fame
player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4461>, Kaitai Struct
format gallery ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4460>,
Diccionario
biográfico español ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4459>, Dutch
Cemetery in Chinsurah ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4458>, Discography
of American Historical Recordings ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4457>, Internet Off-Broadway
Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4456>, Coinage of
the Roman Republic Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4455>, Argentine Chamber of
Deputies ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4454>, Argentine
Senate member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4453>, Thibaudeau
classification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4452>, Scoresway
handball person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4451>, HAL
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4450>, Shirat Nashim
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4449>, cash back
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4448>, Minimum Spend Bonus
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4447>, reward program
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4446>, grace period
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4445>, reward
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4444>, Card Network
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4443>, mean age
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4442>, hydraulic head
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4441>
- Query examples:
- endemic moths of New Zealand with images in Wikidata
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0A%23%20images%20of%20endemic%20species%20Lepidoptera%20of%20New%20Zealand%0ASELECT%20%3Fspecies%20%3FspeciesLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fspecies%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%3B%20%23%20taxon%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20wd%3AQ28319%3B%20%23%20in%20the%20Lepidoptera%20order%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20wdt%3AP105%2Fwdt%3AP361%2a%20wd%3AQ7432%3B%20%23%20species%20or%20subdivision%20thereof%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP183%2Fwdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ664%3B%20%23%20endemic%20to%20New%20Zealand%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%23%20with%20image%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source
<https://twitter.com/SiobhanLeachman/status/926489944960278528>)
- Images of people commemorated by plaques in Jena, Germany
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fsubject%20%3FsubjectLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Ftafel%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ721747%3B%20%20%23%20instances%20of%20commemorative%20plaques%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP131%20wd%3AQ3150%20%3B%20%20%23%20located%20in%20the%20administrative%20territorial%20entity%20of%20the%20city%20of%20Jena%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP547%20%3Fsubject%20.%20%20%20%23%20subject%20of%20the%20commemoration%0A%20%20%3Fsubject%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%20%20%23%20image%20of%20the%20subject%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cde%2Cen%22.%20%7D%20%23%20labels%20%0A%7D%0A%23defaultView%3AImageGrid>
(source <https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/927352639381176320>)
- Paintings located in Le Louvre without pictures on Wikidata, with
the location in the museum
<https://query.wikidata.org/#select%20DISTINCT%20%3Furlatlas%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FlieuLabel%20%3Fdateconsult%0Awhere%20%7B%0A%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP195%2Fwdt%3AP361%2a%20wd%3AQ3044768.%20%0A%20%3Fitem%20%28wdt%3AP276%7Cwdt%3AP361%29%2F%28wdt%3AP276%2a%7Cwdt%3AP361%2a%29%20wd%3AQ1075988.%0A%20MINUS%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP276%20wd%3AQ1075988.%7D%0A%20MINUS%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP276%20wd%3AQ40091273.%7D%0A%20MINUS%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP276%20wd%3AQ19675.%20%7D%0A%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP276%20%3Flieu.%0A%20OPTIONAL%7B%0A%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP276%20%3Fdeclarationloc.%0A%20%3Fdeclarationloc%20prov%3AwasDerivedFrom%20%3Fref.%0A%20%3Fref%20pr%3AP854%20%3FURLref.%0A%20FILTER%20regex%28str%28%3FURLref%29%2C%20%22cartelfr.louvre%22%29%0A%20%3Fref%20pr%3AP813%20%3Fdateconsult%20.%0A%20%7D%0A%20MINUS%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg.%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%7B%0A%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1212%20%3FIDatlas%20.%0A%20wd%3AP1212%20wdt%3AP1630%20%3Fformatterurl%20.%0A%20BIND%28IRI%28REPLACE%28%3FIDatlas%2C%20%27%5E%28.%2B%29%24%27%2C%20%3Fformatterurl%29%29%20AS%20%3Furlatlas%29%0A%20%7D%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7Bbd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%7D%0A%7DORDER%20BY%20%3FLieuLabel%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/Pyb75/status/926092834234564609>)
- Persons who will have their work in public domain in 2018 in
Denmark, with their occupations
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fbesk%C3%A6ftigelse%20%3Fsitelink%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fperson%20%3Fsitelink%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3Foccupation_label%3B%20separator%3D%22%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fbesk%C3%A6ftigelse%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdate_of_death%20.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28YEAR%28%3Fdate_of_death%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fyear%20%3D%201947%29%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fsitelink%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fsitelink%20schema%3AinLanguage%20%22da%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP106%20%3Foccupation%20.%20%3Foccupation%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Foccupation_label%20.%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3Foccupation_label%29%20%3D%20%27da%27%29%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fperson%20%3Fsitelink%0A%7D%20AS%20%25results%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25results%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22da%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FpersonLabel%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/925771972155461632>)
- Political parties by ideology in a tree view
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATree%0ASELECT%20%3Fideology%20%3FideologyLabel%20%3FimageI%20%3Fpolitical_ideology%20%3Fpolitical_ideologyLabel%20%3Fpolitical_party%20%3Fpolitical_partyLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fpolitical_alignment%20%3Fpolitical_alignmentLabel%20%3Fcountry%20%3FcountryLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cde%2Cen%2Ces%2Cfr%2Cit%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fpolitical_party%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ7278.%0A%20%20%3Fpolitical_party%20wdt%3AP1142%20%3Fpolitical_ideology.%0A%20%20%3Fpolitical_ideology%20wdt%3AP279%20%3Fideology.%0A%20%20%3Fideology%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ14934048.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fpolitical_party%20wdt%3AP1387%20%3Fpolitical_alignment.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fpolitical_party%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fideology%20wdt%3AP18%20%3FimageI.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fpolitical_party%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/Jokrates/status/925044431727808514>)
- Organic acids with pictures
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fcompound%20%3FcompoundLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fcompound%20wdt%3AP279%2B%7Cwdt%3AP31%2B%20wd%3AQ421948%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP18%7Cwdt%3AP117%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source
<https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/924640942182817795>)
- Levels of education in France, from kindergarten to high school,
with their US equivalents
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Flevel%20%3FlevelLabel%20%3FpartOfLabel%20%3Fsame%20%3FsameLabel%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Flevel%20p%3AP31%20%5B%20rdf%3Atype%20wikibase%3ABestRank%20%3B%20ps%3AP31%20wd%3AQ42606026%20%3B%20pq%3AP1545%20%3Forder%20%5D%20.%20%23%20niveau%20de%20scolarit%C3%A9%0A%20%20%3Flevel%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ142%20.%20%23%20France%0A%20%20%3Flevel%20wdt%3AP361%20%3FpartOf%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Flevel%20wdt%3AP460%20%3Fsame%20.%20%3Fsame%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ30%20.%20%7D%20.%20%23%20%C3%A9quivalent%20USA%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Cen%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20xsd%3Ainteger%28%3Forder%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/querybook/status/926513984538374144>)
- Horses drawn on hills in the UK
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ42661374%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%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/926904585645682689>)
- Frequency of “retrieved” dates in Wikidata references
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABarChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fretrieved%20%3Fcount%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fretrieved%20%28COUNT%28%3Freference%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Freference%20pr%3AP813%20%3Fretrieved.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fretrieved%0A%7D%20AS%20%25results%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25results.%0A%20%20wd%3AQ2013%20wdt%3AP571%20%3FwikidataInception.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fretrieved%20%3E%3D%20%3FwikidataInception%20%26%26%20%3Fretrieved%20%3C%3D%20NOW%28%29%29%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/927310737827082241>)
- Newest database reports: completeness of family relation properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Parenthood/reports/completeness>
Development
- query service UI improvements (Ided10bb8c8
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/386356/>, I3c6ec22a15
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/387800/>, Ieb6e561563
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/387102/>, I9a526fc8b4
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/386880/>, Ib4ea273ab1
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/387842/>
- proposed
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Gadget_.2F_userscript_editor_feedback_wanted>
changes to HTML around statements – feedback welcome!
- Finished diff support for lexeme phab:T178757
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T178757>
- Refactoring PropertySuggester-python for better maintainability and
performance (phab:T179664 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T179664>)
- JavaScript libraries used by Wikibase have been integrated as
submodules into Wikibase's git repository (phab:T177087
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177087>)
- Git repository of the Wikibase JavaScript API has been moved. Check
your settings! (phab:T178226 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T178226>)
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.
- The Cebuano and Swedish wikis have a lot of bot-created content which
is unconnected to other wiki articles. A good way to tackle that problem is
by checking constraint violations
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Constraint_violations/P1566#.22Unique_value.22_violations>
for property GeoNames ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1566>.
- Help write the next summary!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
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Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
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