*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- Open request for adminship: MisterSynergy
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/MisterSynergy>,
Queryzo
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Queryzo>,
ChristianKl
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/ChristianKl>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Upcoming: Wahlsalon <https://codefor.de/wahlsalons/> (event Codefor.de
about election data): Kickoff on May 24th in Berlin
- Upcoming: Open Science: the National Plan and you
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/NPOS2017> meeting for
Dutch researchers: May 29th in Delft, The Netherlands
- Current: WikiCite <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2017>, May
23rd-25th in Vienna
- Current: Met Open Access Artworks Challenge
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Met_Open_Access_Artworks_Challenge>
(May 15th-June 30th) help improving the data about the collection of The
Metropolitan Museum of Art!
- Past: Wikimedia Hackathon 2017
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017>, May 19th-21st
in Vienna
- Paper: Becoming Wikidatians: evolution of participation in a
collaborative structured knowledge base
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Becoming_Wikidatians:_evolution_of_participation_in_a_collaborative_structured_knowledge_base.>
(Alessandro Piscopo, Christopher Phethean, Elena Simperl)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The extension RevisionSlider is now available
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#RevisionSlider> by
default on Wikidata. Try it on a talk or project page!
- Check out some updates about the WikidataCon
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Update_about_WikidataCon>
- We reached Q30,000,000 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30000000>! Help
us improve it and make a showcase item out of it.
- An additional 10k article placeholders on Welsh Wikipedia
<https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicipedia:Negeseuon_Saesneg_y_Caffi#10.2C000_article_placeholders_to_be_indexed_in_search_engines>
will be made indexable in search engines
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Unifrance person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3980>, Unifrance company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3979>, IECIC 2015 ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3978>, Songkick venue ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3977>, BVMC work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3976>, secretary general
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3975>, Nature preserve in North
Rhine-Westphalia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3974>, PIM
authority ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3973>, PASE
Domesday place <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3972>, PASE
Domesday person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3971>, channel
number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3970>, signed form
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3969>, CETS no.
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3968>, final event
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3967>, programming paradigm
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3966>, Bridgeman artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3965>, BDCYL authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3964>, Clochers de France ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3963>, Global Trade Item Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3962>, Unifrance film ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3961>, Base biographique AUTOR
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3960>, NNL work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3959>
- Query examples:
- Websites but without an official website
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ35127.%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP856%20%3Fsite.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2Cde%2Cnl%2Cja%2Cfr%2Cno%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
- Plants with associated emoji
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Plant%20Species%20with%20emoji%2C%20lol%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3FUnicode_character%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%28wdt%3AP31%3F%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ756.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ7432.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP487%20%3FUnicode_character.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/K4_713/status/865874238066094080>)
- Languages ordered by number of speakers
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%20%3Froot%20%3FrootLabel%20%3Fnspeakers%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ34770%20%20.%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP279%20%3Froot.%0A%20%20%3Flanguage%20wdt%3AP1098%20%3Fnspeakers.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%0A%7D%20%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fnspeakers%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/geophf/status/866682595001733120>)
- HMDB identifiers with more than one item
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Find%20duplicate%20HMDB%20identifiers%0A%0ASELECT%20%2a%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fid%20%28COUNT%28%3Fobj%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3Fobj%3B%20SEPARATOR%20%3D%20%22%20%2C%20%22%29%20AS%20%3Fitems%29%20WHERE%20%7B%20%3Fobj%20wdt%3AP2057%20%3Fid.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fid%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fcount%20%3E%201%29%0A%7D>
(source
<https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/865850322706628608>)
- Painters with a lot of identifiers on Wikidata, but few Wikipedia
articles
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fname%20%3Fidcount%20%3Fsitelinks%20%3Frato%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ1028181%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Aidentifiers%20%3Fidcount%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3Fsitelinks%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fsitelinks%20%3E%200%20%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%20%28%20xsd%3Afloat%28%3Fidcount%29%20%2F%20xsd%3Afloat%28%3Fsitelinks%29%20as%20%3Frato%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Aidentifiers%20%3Fidcount%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3Fsitelinks%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fsitelinks%3D0%20%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%20%28%20xsd%3Afloat%28%3Fidcount%29%20%2F%20xsd%3Afloat%281%29%20as%20%3Frato%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fname%20.%0A%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Frato%20%29%0ALIMIT%20500>
(source <https://twitter.com/mdammers/status/865622957745459200>)
- Buildings with the greatest numbers of elevators
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Felevators%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1301%20%3Felevators%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Felevators%29%0ALIMIT%2030>
(source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/865962677088210945>)
- Map of female writers on Wikidata by birthplace- generated by
SPARQL query
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fdob%20%3Fprecision%20%3Fcoords%20%3FGender%20%3FOccupation%20%3FPlace_of_Birth%20%3Fimage%0A%28COUNT%28distinct%20%3Farticle%29%20as%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%20%0A%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP106%20wd%3AQ36180%20.%0A%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ6581072%20.%0A%20%3Fperson%20p%3AP569%2Fpsv%3AP569%20%3FdobNode%20.%0A%20%3FdobNode%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fdob%20.%0A%20%3FdobNode%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%3Fprecision%20.%0A%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP19%20%3FbirthPlace%20.%0A%20%3FbirthPlace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%20%7D%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%27en%27%20.%0A%20%3Fperson%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpersonLabel%20.%0A%20%3FbirthPlace%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FPlace_of_Birth%20.%0A%20%3Foccupation%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FOccupation%20.%0A%20%3Fgender%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FGender%20.%0A%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Fdob%20%3Fprecision%20%3Fcoords%20%3FGender%20%3FOccupation%20%3FPlace_of_Birth%20%3Fimage%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%20%28%3Fcount%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/emcandre/status/864773436379451394>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
WikiProject Counter-Vandalism
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Counter-Vandalism>,
WikiProject
Documentation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Documentation>
Development
- Participating to the Wikimedia hackathon 2017
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/search/query/Yg.9XwRACgvQ/#R>, having
a lot of interesting talks with users, designers, developers...
- Helping improving the documentation for the property constraints
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T165730>, the beginner documentation
about Wikidata <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T159216>, how to
install Wikibase <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164465>
- Rewriting most constraint violation messages to include more useful
information (phab:T164354 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164354>, help
update translations
<https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&group=ext-wikibasequalityconstraints&filter=%21translated&action=translate>
)
- Working on a tree view for the Query Service (phab:T152676
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152676>)
- Setting up a constraints development/testing wiki
<https://wikidata-constraints.wmflabs.org/>
- Moving PropertySuggester extension from github to gerrit (phab:T104309
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104309>)
- Working on performance of change dispatching so database of wikidata
goes read-only in lower rate (phab:T162557
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T162557>)
- Reducing number of duplicates rows in our database table for labels,
descriptions and aliases to make it faster (phab:T163551
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T163551>)
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>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.