Hey everyone :)
Here is your summary of what happened around Wikidata over the past week.
Discussions
- New request for comments: Association Football Matches https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Association_Football_Matches
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Upcoming: *WikidataCon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017*, Berlin, 28-29 October (sold out) - If you organize a local event for the Wikidata birthday, feel free to add it on the events page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events and the birthday page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fifth_Birthday - A blog post http://zone47.com/dozo/textes-daffiches-des-films-a-lire-sur-gallica describing Textes d'affiches http://textesdaffiches.histoiredelart.fr/#%21/, a tool using Wikidata to show movies and the works they are adapted from, developed during a hackathon at the national French library (by Shonagon, in French) - Slides of the presentation "Wikidata Query Service: The State of the Engine" https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT6TxLmaz9jC5SkTVJsI2vMbtpKm1nQa2AQq8X0lOpTXThGZWuGjC5agoc0JwcRxwpg8CWWX5NLYfZN/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.p by Stas Malyshev - Slides of the presentation "Wikidata and structured data initiatives at Wikimedia. Current trends and priorities" https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSspElTEbYSnusd-9ROd-M3p3jWTQBPZhcqJF2nDkiL52m6cCReeJoNtvMpDL8XBbLkrZl_DJu0ABJ5/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.g15105b408d_0_287 by Dario Taborelli - Wikidata as a linking hub for knowledge organization systems? Integrating an authority mapping into Wikidata and learning lessons for KOS mappings by Joachim Neubert http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1937/paper2.pdf
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- If you are interested in Structured Data on Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data, and helping out as a Wikidata contributor, please consider joining the new Structured Commons community focus group https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Community_focus_group ! - Participate to the Global Legislative Openness Week https://www.mysociety.org/2017/10/12/join-the-glow-run-a-wikidata-workshop-in-your-country/ with MySociety and organize a Wikidata workshop in your country, from 20th to 30th November 2017 - Inventaire now has a News section https://wiki.inventaire.io/wiki/News where you can follow ongoing discussions and developments of the project - wikidata-cli https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli added bot support https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli/blob/master/docs/config.md#bot and new commands (wd search https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli/blob/master/docs/read_operations.md#wd-search, wd aliases https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli/blob/master/docs/read_operations.md#wd-aliases, wd add-alias https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli/blob/master/docs/read_operations.md#wd-add-alias, wd remove-alias https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli/blob/master/docs/read_operations.md#wd-remove-alias, wd set-alias https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli/blob/master/docs/read_operations.md#wd-set-alias ) - wikidata-edit https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-edit added bot edits support https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-edit/blob/master/docs/how_to.md#bot-edits and new functions (alias.add https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-edit/blob/master/docs/how_to.md#add-alias, alias.remove https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-edit/blob/master/docs/how_to.md#remove-alias, alias.set https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-edit/blob/master/docs/how_to.md#set-alias ) - HarvestTemplates http://tools.wmflabs.org/pltools/harvesttemplates has a new collaboration platform http://tools.wmflabs.org/pltools/harvesttemplates/share.php - You can now use reCh http://tools.wmflabs.org/pltools/rech/ to patrol items from your PagePile
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Women's Sports Foundation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4377, Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4376, North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4375, New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4374, National Trust Collections ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4373, Infopatrimônio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4372, KBO pitcher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4371, KBO hitter ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4370, Cairn author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4369, Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4368, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4367, Kansas Sports Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4366, Hawai‘i Sports Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4365, Georgia Sports Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4364, DSMHOF athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4363, ASHOF athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4362, ExecutedToday ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4361, Monumentos de São Paulo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4360, gravsted.dk ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4359, Dutch lost building register ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4358, Musikverket person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4357, Megalithic Portal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4356, PROSITE documentation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4355, Search formatter URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4354, nominated by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4353, BillionGraves cemetery ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4352, Cravo Albin artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4351, salinity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4350, Lotsawa House Indian author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4349, Lotsawa House Tibetan author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4348, Florida Sports Hall of Fame athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4347, T4T35 megalith ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4346, excavation director https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4345, QEdu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4344, WBPLN author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4343, Store norske leksikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4342, synodic period https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4341, PubsHistory pub ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4340, Organization ID on Radio Radicale https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4339, LOINC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4338, digitised page from Lloyd's Register of Ships from 1930 to 1945 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4337, Lloyd's Register Ship ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4336, IDESCAT territorial code in Catalonia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4335, Heritage Conservation District of Ontario ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4334, GenBank Assembly accession https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4333, Deutsche Synchronkartei actor-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4332, Department of Education and Skills roll number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4331, contains https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4330, Wikimedia template https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4329, Brueckenweb id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4328, BHL bibliography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4327, BFI-Filmography person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4326, APA phoneme code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4325, combination classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4324, young rider classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4323, best sprinter classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4322, best combative classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4321, mountains classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4320, Elite Prospects staff ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4319, Scottish Sports HoF athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4318, GARD rare disease ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4317, kinship equivalent in SPARQL at Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4316, SwimSwam ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4315, SpeedskatingResults.com speed skater ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4314, musée de Bretagne identifiant collections ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4313, camera setup https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4312, FOIH taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4311, FOIH decree types ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4310, FOIH event types ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4309, FOIH value types ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4308, FOIH heritage types ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4307, FOIH periods ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4306, FOIH styles and cultures ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4305, FOIH materials ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4304 - Query examples: - Flags with more than 5 stars https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FjurisdictionLabel%20%3Fcount%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ14660%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1001%20%3Fjurisdiction%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP180%20%3Fstatement%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20ps%3AP180%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ836708%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP1114%20%3Fcount%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fcount%20%3E%3D%205%20%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%20%3FjurisdictionLabel (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/918944978231054337) - Timeline of programming languages https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0Aselect%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%20%3Ftime%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ9143%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Ftime%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP154%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20fr%2C%20de%2C%20pl%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A (source https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/919578602001391617) - Female scientists sorted by number of citations of their work https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcount%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%28COUNT%28%3Fciting_work%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%3Fauthor%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP50%20%3Fauthor%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fciting_work%20wdt%3AP2860%20%3Fwork%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fauthor%20%0A%20%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0A%20%20%23%20LIMIT%20100%0A%7D%20AS%20%25result%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25result%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20 (source https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/917788771235528710) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Women https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Women - Newest database reports: Jean Rochefort Filmography https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/Filmography/Jean_Rochefort
Development
- Continued working on persistently storing edits on Lexeme pages (specifically Forms) - Dealt with issues caused by too many edits being injected into recent changes on Commons and Russian Wikipedia - Constraint checks will also be done on qualifiers and references ( phabricator:T176863 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176863) - Fixed a regression with the focus not automatically being set after a property was selected (phabricator:T177485 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177485) - Full URIs for external identifiers will soon be in the RDF export ( phabricator:T121274 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121274) - The secondary wb_entity_per_page table got removed now ( phabricator:T140890 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T140890) - The secondary wb_terms table does have a term_full_entity_id column now (phabricator:T167114 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T167114) - Released version 4.0.0 of the Wikibase DataModel JavaScript library https://github.com/wmde/WikibaseDataModelJavaScript as a pure NPM package with no MediaWiki dependency (phabricator:T177476 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177476) - Released version 3.0.0 of the Wikibase Serialization JavaScript library https://github.com/wmde/WikibaseSerializationJavaScript as a pure NPM package with no MediaWiki dependency (phabricator:T177613 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177613) - Released version 0.10.0 of the DataValues JavaScript library https://github.com/wmde/DataValuesJavaScript as a pure NPM package with no MediaWiki dependency (phabricator:T177232 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177232)
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
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia