*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Closed request for comments: Semi-automatic Addition of References to
Wikidata Statements
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Semi-automatic_Addition_of_References_to_Wikidata_Statements>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Past: Wikidata introduction by Pigsonthewing at DJUK 2016
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Items without statements is down to 5% for enwiki (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/without_claims_by_site>
)
- Wikidata:WikiProject Biographical Identifiers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Biographical_Identifiers>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Auckland Art
Gallery artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3372>,
Observatoire
du Patrimoine Religieux ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3371>,
Géopatronyme ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3370>, Prabook
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3368>, GECD film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3367>, GECD person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3366>, Enciclopedia Treccani
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3365>, stereoisomer of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3364>, Tennishof ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3363>, operating income
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3362>, PictoRight ID code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3361>, Nobel Prize People
Nomination ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3360>, negative
prognostic predictor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3359>, positive
prognostic predictor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3358>, negative
diagnostic predictor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3357>, positive
diagnostic predictor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3356>, negative
therapeutic predictor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3355>, positive
therapeutic predictor
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3354>, National
Recreation Trails Database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3353>
- Query example : List of sovereign state flags by proportion
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fheight%20%3Fwidth%20%3Fratio%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ186516%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1001%20%3Fcountry%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ3624078%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP576%20%3Fx%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP2048%20%3Fstatement%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20ps%3AP2048%20%3Fheight%20.%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP2049%20%3Fwidth%20.%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP2049%20%3Fy%20%7D%20.%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2049%20%3Fwidth%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%20%28%3Fwidth%20%2F%20%3Fheight%20AS%20%3Fratio%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fratio%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FitemLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/802977276539367424>)
- Newest tool: Display the link to Wikiversity in the title of Wikipedia
using Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/User_scripts#Display_the_link_to_Wikiversity_in_the_title_of_Wikipedia>
- Newest database report: Unique films: film items with a link to a
single Wikipedia
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies/Numbers/unique_films>
Development
- Adding new wikis to interwiki sort order and move sort orders to WMF
config. phab:T111023 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111023>
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>
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Léa Lacroix
Community Communication Manager for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
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Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.