*Hello!Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Current request for comments: Editing descriptions from Wikipedia Android app <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Editing_descriptions_from_Wikipedia_Android_app> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Wikidata and the Chain of Death <https://medium.com/4k-byte-size/wikidata-and-the-chain-of-death-1ec310a18c8#.gj2o2bn40>, by Karl Beecher - Scaling multilingual name tags with Wikidata <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/PlaneMad/diary/39846> OpenStreetMap contributor blog post - Wikidata and Persistent Identifiers <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_and_Persistent_Identifiers.pdf> was presented at PIDapalooza <http://pidapalooza.org> November 9th. - Wikidata in OpenStreetMap <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/LogicalViolinist/diary/39872> - Wikidata and the Semantic Web of Food <http://www.slideshare.net/goodb/wikidata-and-the-semantic-web-of-food> Other Noteworthy Stuff - A new Wikidata PageRank dataset <http://people.aifb.kit.edu/ath/#Wikidata_PageRank> has been published. The dataset was computed in August 2016 and provides PageRank scores for 10,364,840 Wikidata entities. - Due to a possible hack <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Password_reset>, please consider resetting your passwords. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: generation time <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3337>, hazard on site <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3335>, ACM Digital Library event ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3333>, ACM Digital Library citation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3332>, HGVS nomenclature <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3331>, Supermodels.nl ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3330>, CIViC variant ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3329>, wurvoc.org measure ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3328>, Réserves Naturelles de France ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3327>, World Waterfall Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3326>, Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1853–1899 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3325>, ID petit-patrimoine.com <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3324>, opponent during disputation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3323>, Vlindernet ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3322>, male form of label <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3321>, board member <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3320>, Patrimonio Inmueble de Andalucía ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3318>, BDI ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3317>, ICCF ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3316>, chesstempo ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3315>, 365chess player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3314>, plan image <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3311>, muscle action <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3310>, SummitPost ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3309>, lib.reviews ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3308>, Galiciana Author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3307>, ICAA rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3306>, KINENOTE person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3305>, NGS pumping station ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3304>, third-party formatter URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3303>, Open Media Database film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3302>, broadcast by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3301>, musical conductor <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3300>, Student register of the University of Helsinki 1640–1852 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3299>, Belgian Senate person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3298>, Flemish Parliament person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3297> - Query examples: - Map of educational institutes from all over the world <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Locations%20of%20educational%20insitutes%20allover%20the%20world%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3FuniversityLabel%20%3FuniversityDescription%20%3Fwebsite%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Funiversity%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ2385804.%0A%20%20%3Funiversity%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Funiversity%20wdt%3AP856%20%3Fwebsite.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/TheShubhanshu/status/795838029504139264>) - Current US Supreme Court justices by their date of birth <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%20%3Fimage%20%3FpartyLabel%20%3FjusticeLabel%20%3Fbirthdate%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fjustice%20p%3AP39%20%3Fstatement%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fstatement%20ps%3AP39%20wd%3AQ11144%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fstatement%20ps%3AP39%20wd%3AQ11147%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP580%20%3Fappointed%20.%0A%09FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fstatement%20pq%3AP582%20%3Fx%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fjustice%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirthdate%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fjustice%20wdt%3AP102%20%3Fparty%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fjustice%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/796772965090136064>) - Death dates of people with Wikidata items <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ALineChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fyear%20%28COUNT%28%3Fperson%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdate.%0A%20%20BIND%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29.%0A%20%20filter%28%3Fyear%20%3E%201%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fyear%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fyear> (source <https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/797153303545024512>) - French towns that a street in Paris is name after <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fstreet%20%3FstreetLabel%20%3Ftown%20%3Fcoords%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fstreet%20wdt%3AP630%20%3Fcode%20.%0A%20%20%3Fstreet%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Ftown%20.%0A%20%20%3Ftown%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ484170%20.%0A%20%20%3Ftown%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel> (source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/797881929534148608>) - Statements with “reason for deprecation” rank that aren’t deprecated <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20statements%20with%20%E2%80%9Creason%20for%20deprecation%E2%80%9D%20qualifier%20that%20are%20not%20Deprecated%20Rank%0ASELECT%20%3Fsubject%20%3FsubjectLabel%20%3FpredicateLabel%20%3FobjectLabel%20%3FreasonLabel%20%28SUBSTR%28STR%28%3Frank%29%2C%2027%29%20AS%20%3FrankLabel%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fsubject%20%3Fp%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fps%20%3Fobject%3B%0A%20%20%20%20pq%3AP2241%20%3Freason%3B%0A%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Arank%20%3Frank%0A%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Frank%20%21%3D%20wikibase%3ADeprecatedRank%29.%0A%20%20%3Fpredicate%20wikibase%3Aclaim%20%3Fp%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AstatementProperty%20%3Fps.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Frank> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/796347859880833024>) Development - More work on federation (phabricator:T76007 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76007>) - Worked on first basic version of Lexeme entity type for Wiktionary support (phabricator:T148139 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148139>) - Test system for automated language links for Wiktionary ( phabricator:T987 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T987>) - Analysed feedback prototype for editing on Wikipedia in order to refine it - Worked on mapping Commons workflows and needs - Analysed queries used with Listeria - More work on making ArticlePlaceholder pages indexeable by search engines (phabricator:T117693 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117693>) - More work on enabling translations from existing articles in other languages on ArticlePlaceholder pages (phabricator:T124036 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124036>) - Link to local articles in ArticlePlaceholders (phabricator:T113955 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T113955>) - Fix for bug that prevented editing (phabricator:T150401 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150401>) - Experimented with improvements for property suggestions ( phabricator:T132839 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132839>) 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> -- 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. 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.
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