*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Discussions
- New request for comments: Badge for templates that work with Wikidata?
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Badge_for_templates_that_can_work_with_Wikidata_only.3F>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Wikimedia Foundation receives $3 million grant from Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation to work on structured data for Commons
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/09/sloan-foundation-structured-data/>
- EPA CompTox Dashboard IDs in Wikidata
<http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.nl/2017/01/epa-comptox-dashboard-ids-in-wikidata.html>
- Data donation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_donation>:
128K of Social Networks Archival Context IDs, matched to Wikipedia
articles, and imported using P3430
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3430>. Thanks, University of
Virginia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213439>!
- Past: Wikipedia Day 2017, NYC
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2017>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Discussion about the use of values from Wikidata in the English
Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidata/2017_State_of_affairs>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: legal status
(medicine) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3493>, basic
reproduction number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3492>, muscle
insertion <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3491>, muscle origin
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3490>, pregnancy category
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3489>, minimal incubation
period in humans <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3488>, maximal
incubation period in humans
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3487>, normal respiratory rate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3486>, bite force quotient
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3485>, name shares origin with
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3484>, VGMDb album ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3483>, Europeana Fashion
creator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3482>, Parks &
Gardens UK Record ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3481>, base
Mémoire reference <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3480>,
Aftonbladet
topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3479>, Songkick Artist
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3478>, Nihon Tarento Meikan
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3477>, PSA Worldtour ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3476>, SANU member ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3475>, Ubuntu 16.10 package
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3473>, VICNAMES Place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3472>, wikiskripta id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3471>, Woodland Trust wood ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3470>, WTA tennis tournament ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3469>, National Inventors Hall
of Fame ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3468>, Inventario
Sculture - Polo Museale Fiorentino
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3467>, Israeli CBS municipal ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3466>, maximum frequency of
audible sound <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3465>, medicine
marketing authorisation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3464>, Fedora
package <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3463>, FAMA work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3462>, designated as terrorist
by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3461>, colonel-in-chief
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3460>, Euring number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3459>, CNC authorization number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3458>, case fatality rate
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3457>, ATP tennis tournament ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3456>, CircleID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3455>, Arch package
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3454>, IPI base code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3453>, inferred from
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3452>, nighttime view
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3451>, season of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3450>, NSW Heritage database ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3449>, stepparent
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3448>, mirrors data from
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3447>, FIDAL ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3446>, Cinema of Israel ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3445>
- Query examples:
- People without gender, but with photo (~2500 items)
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fimage%20%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20%7D%0A%7D%20LIMIT%20100>
- Gallery of cheese varieties and origin
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%28COALESCE%28%3Fen_label%2C%20%3Fitem_label%29%29%20as%20%3Fname%29%0A%20%20%23%28SAMPLE%28COALESCE%28%3Fplace_en_label%2C%20%3Fplace_label%29%29%20as%20%3Fplace%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fcountry_label%29%20as%20%3Fcountry%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Ftype_label%29%20as%20%3Ftype%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fmaterial_label%29%20as%20%3Fmaterial%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fimage%29%20as%20%3Fpicture%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fcolor_label%29%20as%20%3Fcolor%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fproduction%29%20as%20%3Fproduction_tons%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Farea%29%20as%20%3Farea_hectares%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Finception%29%20as%20%3Finception%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fitem%29%20as%20%3Fwikidata%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Ftype%20wdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ10943.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%20%3Ftype.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry.%7D%20UNION%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP495%20%3Fcountry.%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcountry%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fcountry_label.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Fcountry_label%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fen_label.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Fen_label%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%7D%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fitem_label%7D%0A%20%20%23OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1071%20%3Fplace.%7D%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fplace%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fplace_en_label.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Fplace_en_label%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%7D%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fplace%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fplace_label%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Ftype%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Ftype_label%20.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Ftype_label%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1092%20%3Fproduction.%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2046%20%3Farea.%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Finception.%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP462%20%3Fcolor.%20%3Fcolor%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fcolor_label%20.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Fcolor_label%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP186%20%3Fmaterial.%20%3Fmaterial%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fmaterial_label%20.%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Fmaterial_label%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20ORDER%20BY%20ASC%28%3Flabel%29>
- Taxa with more female than male individuals
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20taxa%20with%20more%20female%20than%20male%20individuals%0ASELECT%20%3Ftaxon%20%3FtaxonLabel%20%28SUM%28%3Fmale%29%20AS%20%3FmaleCount%29%20%28SUM%28%3Ffemale%29%20AS%20%3FfemaleCount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Ftaxon%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Ftaxon.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ44148.%20BIND%281%20AS%20%3Fmale%29.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP21%20wd%3AQ43445.%20BIND%281%20AS%20%3Ffemale%29.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Ftaxon%20%3FtaxonLabel%0AHAVING%28%3FfemaleCount%20%3E%20%3FmaleCount%29%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3FfemaleCount%20-%20%3FmaleCount%29>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/819496470428712961>)
- Scatter chart of river watershed area (in km²) over length (in km),
now using normalized unit support
<https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wikibase%CE%B2%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology-beta%23%3E%0A%23defaultView%3AScatterChart%0A%23%20river%20watershed%20area%20in%20km%C2%B2%20plotted%20over%20length%20in%20km%2C%20using%20new%20normalized%20units%20support%0A%23%20%28rivers%20shorter%20than%20500%E2%80%AFkm%20excluded%20to%20avoid%20crashing%20the%20browser%20when%20trying%20to%20render%20too%20many%20results%29%0ASELECT%20%3Friver%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Flength%29%20AS%20%3Flength%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Farea%29%20AS%20%3Farea%29%20%3FriverLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Friver%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ355304%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP2043%2Fpsn%3AP2043%2F%28wikibase%3AquantityAmount%7Cwikibase%CE%B2%3AquantityAmount%29%20%3FlengthInMetres%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP2053%2Fpsn%3AP2053%2F%28wikibase%3AquantityAmount%7Cwikibase%CE%B2%3AquantityAmount%29%20%3FareaInSquareMetres.%0A%20%20BIND%28%3FlengthInMetres%20%2F%201000%20AS%20%3Flength%29.%0A%20%20BIND%28%3FareaInSquareMetres%20%2F%201000000%20AS%20%3Farea%29.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Flength%20%3E%20500%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Friver%20%3FriverLabel>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/819501859236888576>)
- Newest database reports: lighthouses at night
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Lighthouses/lists/lighthouses_at_night>
Development
- Attended the Wikimedia Developer Summit to talk about a lot of things
(including editing Wikidata from Wikipedia directly, back-end work for
structured data support for Commons - specifically Multi Content Revisions,
ideas for improvements to the query service)
- Final touches to get ArticlePlaceholder pages ready for search engine
indexing
- Continued working on "federation" – support for multiple Wikibase
repositories (phab:T76007 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76007>)
- Clickable prototype for client editing
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132790> is finally in the works!
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 fixing the most important constraint violations
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Constraint_violations/Mandatory_constraints/Violations>
- 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>
--
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.