*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/
Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- RDFIO: extending Semantic MediaWiki for interoperable biomedical data
management
<https://jbiomedsem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13326-017-0136-y>
- Paper demonstrating interoperatility between WikiData and Semantic
MediaWiki, among other things.
- Données structurées, la puissance de Wikidata au service de Wikimedia
Commons
<http://arbido.ch/fr/edition-article/2017/metadonn%C3%A9es-donn%C3%A9es-de-qualit%C3%A9/donn%C3%A9es-structur%C3%A9es-la-puissance-de-wikidata-au-service-de-wikimedia-commons>
- French-language article by Rama
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Rama> about Structured Data on
Wikimedia Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data>.
- Europeana is interested in linking its new Entity Collection to
Wikidata
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2017/Contents/Wikidata_report>,
and will talk about this at the WikidataCon.
- Upcoming (21.9.2017): "Wikidata as a linking hub for knowledge
organization systems? Integrating an authority mapping into Wikidata and
learning lessons for KOS mapping". Presentation by Joachim Neubert
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jneubert> at the 17th European
Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop
<https://at-web1.comp.glam.ac.uk/pages/research/hypermedia/nkos/nkos2017/programme.html>,
TPDL 2017 Conference, Thessaloniki (Greece)
- Upcoming: Wikidata Zurich
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Zurich>, one day
dedicated to Wikidata and the Query Service in Zurich, Switzerland,
September 14th
- Upcoming: Monthly Wikidata meetup in Paris, France
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris/2017-09-15>,
September 15th
- Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in Kolkata, India
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_workshop_Kolkata_2017>,
September 16th and 17th
- Past: Wikidata workshop in Chandigarh, India
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_workshop_Chandigarh_2017>
WikidataCon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017>
- The program of the WikidataCon is now published on-wiki
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program>. You
will find there a lot of different formats, topics and speakers, during the
two days of the conference.
- The official visuals have also be released! Check out the conference
logo <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:WikidataCon_2017.svg> and the
volunteers visual
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Crew_Icon_%28semitransparent%29.png>,
both designed by Bleeptrack under CC-BY-SA.
- The event is now complete, no more tickets available. The last tickets
have been attributed to the first persons who registered on the waitlist.
If some more seats get free because another attendee cancels participation,
the next person on the waitlist will be informed.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Q39000000 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39000000> was created
- Wikidata passed 7 average statements per item
- The ArticlePlaceholder is now deployed on Albanian Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sq:Speciale:AboutTopic/Q13520818>
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: danskfilmogtv
title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4209>, Billboard
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4208>, Italian
National Earthquake Center ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4207>, Flemish organization for
Immovable Heritage person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4206>, Foursquare username
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4205>, The Times of India Topic
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4204>, ROARMAP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4203>, WFD Chemical status
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4202>, PagesJaunes ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4201>, Christie's creator id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4200>, Google Play Music album
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4199>, Google Play Music
artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4198>, Graphic
character set global ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4197>, cytogenetic
location <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4196>, category for
employees of the organization
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4195>, CNPS taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4194>, Familypedia person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4193>, LNH player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4192>, Alljudo athlete ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4191>,
Rivers.gov river ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4190>
- Query examples:
- Places of education of the UK members of Parliament
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20places%20of%20education%20of%20UK%20MPs%20by%20number%20of%20MPs%20educated%20there%2C%20with%20%25%20of%20total%20UK%20MPs%0A%23%20%28only%20counting%20MPs%20since%201800%2C%20since%20there%20was%20no%20United%20Kingdom%20before%20the%20Acts%20of%20Union%201800%20%E2%80%93%20the%20Parliament%20of%20Great%20Britain%20is%20a%20separate%20entity%29%0ASELECT%20%3Finstitution%20%3FinstitutionLabel%20%3Fcount%20%28100%2a%3Fcount%2F%3Ftotal%20AS%20%3Fpercent%29%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Finstitution%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fmp%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP39%2Fps%3AP39%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ16707842%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP69%2Fps%3AP69%20%3Finstitution.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Finstitution%20%3FinstitutionLabel%0A%7D%20AS%20%25institutions%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fmp%29%20AS%20%3Ftotal%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP39%2Fps%3AP39%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ16707842.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25MPs%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25institutions.%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25MPs.%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>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/906054049195274241>)
- Pairs of churches in the UK that are within 25 metres of each other
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Churches%2C%20with%20another%20church%20really%20close%20by%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fchurch%20%3FchurchLabel%20%3Fchurchloc%20%3Fdist%20%3Fother%20%3FotherLabel%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fchurch%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16970%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20this%20thing%20is%20a%20church%0A%20%20%3Fchurch%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ145%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20and%20it%27s%20in%20the%20UK%0A%20%20%3Fchurch%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fchurchloc%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20and%20it%20has%20a%20location%0A%20%20%3Fother%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16970%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20another%20thing%20is%20also%20a%20church%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Aaround%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fother%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fotherloc%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Acenter%20%3Fchurchloc%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aradius%20%220.025%22%20.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20and%20is%20pretty%20much%20exactly%20on%20the%20same%20spot%20%28%C2%B125m%29%0A%20%20%7D%20%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28STR%28%3Fchurch%29%20%3E%20STR%28%3Fother%29%29%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20filter%20so%20each%20pair%20only%20shows%20up%20once%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28geof%3Adistance%28%3Fchurchloc%2C%20%3Fotherloc%29%20as%20%3Fdist%29%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdist>
(source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/906231146131968000>)
- National parks in India
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20National%20parks%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fnational_park%20%3Fnational_parkLabel%20%3Fcoordinate_location%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%3Fnational_park%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ46169.%0A%20%3Fnational_park%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ668.%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fnational_park%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoordinate_location.%20%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fnational_park%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%7D%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%20140>
(source <https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/906554390772715520>)
- Persons buried more than 13000 km away from their death place
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3Fdist%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP20%2Fwdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord1%20%3B%20wdt%3AP119%2Fwdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord2%20.%0A%20BIND%28geof%3Adistance%28%3Fcoord1%2C%20%3Fcoord2%29%20as%20%3Fdist%29%0A%20FILTER%28%3Fdist%20%3E%2013000%29%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%2050>
(warning: some errors needing correction)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
WikiProject India
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India>
- Newest user scripts: Overpass
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/User_scripts#overpass>
(adds a map showing features tagged, in OpenStreetMap, with the ID of the
current Wikidata item, if any)
Development
- The new Echo notification is now deployed on all wikis
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_notification_on_wikis_when_a_page_is_connected_to_Wikidata>
- Looked into further possible improvements for change dispatching
- Worked on persistently storing edits in more parts of a Lexeme
- Worked on getting expanded URIs for identifiers into the RDF exports (
phabricator:T121274 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121274>)
- Continued work on caching constraints results so we can roll it out
for more users (phabricator:T173696
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173696>)
- Fixing a bug that highlights input in value fields as not recognized
when it shouldn't be (phabricator:T175525
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T175525>)
- Released version 2.1.0 of the Serialization JavaScript component
<https://github.com/wmde/WikibaseSerializationJavaScript> (
phabricator:T174011 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174011>)
- Released version 2.0.0 of the DataValues base component
<https://github.com/DataValues/DataValues> (phabricator:T168681
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T168681>)
- Released version 0.9.0 of the DataValues JavaScript component
<https://github.com/wmde/DataValuesJavaScript> (phabricator:T172916
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T172916>)
- Released version 0.8.6 of the DataValues Time component
<https://github.com/DataValues/Time> (phabricator:T151088
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151088>)
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.
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.