*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New requests for comments:
- How would you state the number of (rooms, restaurants, suites) in a
hotel?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/How_would_you_state_the_number_of_%28rooms,_restaurants,_suites%29_in_a_hotel%3F>
- Findagrave removed as a source for information
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Findagrave_removed_as_a_source_for_information>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Upcoming: Hackathon about election data
<https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidata-Wahldaten-Workshop> in
Ulm, Germany, June 23-25th
- Upcoming: Peer-to-peer Wikidata workshop 2017
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Mezi_bajty/Workshop_2017>, June
24th, University of Pardubice <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728840>,
Czech Republic
- Upcoming: Query Service workshop in Berlin
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin>, June 28th,
18:00, in WMDE's office
- Upcoming: IRC office hour, June 28th, at 20:00 (Berlin time, UTC+2),
on the channel wikimedia-office
- Wikidata as authority linking hub <https://hackmd.io/p/S1YmXWC0e> (PDF
<https://www.slideshare.net/jneubert/wikidata-as-authority-linking-hub>).
Presentation by Joachim Neubert (ZBW) and Jakob Voß (GBV) at ELAG 2017
<http://elag2017.org/> conference in Athens
- *Facto Post* newsletter, first issue and comments on Wikidata at
Wikidata:Project
chat#Facto Post – Issue 1 – 14 June 2017
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Facto_Post_.E2.80.93_Issue_1_.E2.80.93_14_June_2017>.
Contains a number of blog links, particularly about WikiCite.
WikidataCon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017>
- Registration is now open
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Attend/Register>!
Check the information and fill the form to register.
- Let's build the program by proposing a project
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program> until
July 31st
- Due the necessary time for people to get visas (about 3 months), we
changed the deadline for the scholarship applications. You can apply for
a scholarship before July 16th
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Scholarships>.
We will then make sure that the applicants receive a response on July 25th.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- We have reached 500,000,000
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Diff/500000000> edits.
- You can now query the Mediawiki API from the Query Service
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2017-June/010832.html> (
documentation
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikidata_query_service/User_Manual/MWAPI>
)
- Your feedback is still welcome on the prototype for editing Wikidata
from Wikipedia
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Client_editing_prototype>
- beaTunes 5’s new Album Info pane is powered by Wikidata
<https://twitter.com/beaTunesApp/status/875012397148364800>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Zemereshet song
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4072>, Zemereshet artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4071>, identifier shared with
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4070>, CONI athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4069>, CIS Chinese Athletes
Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4068>, COSR athlete
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4067>, MOB athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4066>, COA athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4065>, Team USA athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4063>, ČOV athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4062>, LTOK athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4061>, COB athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4060>, Irish National Monument
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4059>, FINESS medical
facility ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4058>, Irish Sites
and Monuments Record ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4057>, NZOC
athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4056>, Norwegian
List of Lights ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4055>, Team
Canada athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4054>, Deutsche
Olympiamannschaft athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4053>,
Academia.edu
institutional ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4052>, Ukrainian
regulations base ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4051>
- Query examples:
- Gallery of monsters of the Japanese folklore
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fimage%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ503186%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2Cja%22%20%7D%0A%7D>
- Lang by number of label <https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/19574>
(with
quarry.wmflabs.org)
- The 10 smallest countries with some kind of urban rail transit
system
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3FcountryLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ3491904%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20.%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP2046%20%3Farea%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Farea%0ALIMIT%2010%20>
(source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/875800240162557952>)
- Occupations with highest rate of deaths by homicide
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20occupations%20most%20likely%20to%20result%20in%20death%20by%20homicide%0ASELECT%20%3Foccupation%20%3FoccupationLabel%20%3Fhomicides%20%3Ftotal%20%3Frate%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Foccupation%20%28SUM%28%3Fhomicide%29%20AS%20%3Fhomicides%29%20%28COUNT%28%3Fperson%29%20AS%20%3Ftotal%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP106%20%3Foccupation%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1196%20%3Fmanner.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%21ISBLANK%28%3Foccupation%29%29.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fmanner%20%3D%20wd%3AQ149086%2C%201%2C%200%29%20AS%20%3Fhomicide%29.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Foccupation%0A%20%20HAVING%28%3Ftotal%20%3E%205%29%0A%20%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fhomicides%2F%3Ftotal%29%0A%20%20LIMIT%20100%0A%7D%20AS%20%25results%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25results.%0A%20%20BIND%28%3Fhomicides%2F%3Ftotal%20AS%20%3Frate%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Frate%29%20DESC%28%3Ftotal%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/875706686048272388>)
- Software titles ranked by number of readable file formats
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fapp%20%3FappLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fformat%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fapp%20wdt%3AP1072%20%3Fformat.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fapp%20%3FappLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/875637785864019971>)
- Newest external tools: Causegraph <http://causegraph.org>, a tool to
visualize and analyze cause/influence relationships using Wikidata
Development
- Improvements to Wikidata Query Service UI
- Continued work on importing property constraints from statements (
phab:T102759 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T102759>)
- Started to add support for Senses of Lexeme entities (phab:T160053
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160053>)
- More experimenting with the new front-end framework
- Added RDF mapping for "tabular data" data type (phab:T167951
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T167951>)
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>
--
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.
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Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.