*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> - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in Grenoble (France), April 4th (more info <http://www.la-coop.net/evenement/atelier2-wikidata-avance/>) - Upcoming: Wikidata IRC office hour, April 5th, 16:00 UTC <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2017&month=4&day=5&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=37>, on #wikimedia-officeconnect <http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-office> - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in London (UK), April 8th (more info <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-training-tools-queries-and-uploads-tickets-33008027900> ) - Bunhill Fields: Wikimedia, gamification and richer media content <https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2017/03/bunhill-fields-wikimedia-gamification-and-richer-media-content/> - Biocuration 2017 <http://med.stanford.edu/biocuration.html> - Talk: Repurpos.us: A fully open and expandable drug repurposing portal <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QWMBZNESPgQ_wio1kcnzv8rF74WezFl8L5v0tjwOQfc/edit#slide=id.p15> by Sebastian Burgstaller-Muehlbacher, PhD - Poster: Best practices for data provenance in Wikidata <https://f1000research.com/posters/6-337> by Gregory S. Stupp *et al.* - Poster: Using Shape Expressions (ShEx) to model, validate and curate Wikidata <https://figshare.com/articles/Using_Shape_Expressions_ShEx_to_model_validate_and_curate_Wikidata/4766002/1> by Andra Waagmeester *et al.* - Five years ago, the development of Wikidata started <https://blog.wikimedia.de/2012/04/04/meet-the-wikidata-team/> Other Noteworthy Stuff - *Attention:* Editing will be disabled during parts of April 19 and May 3, to allow a server switch <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch_2017> - New filters for the Recent Changes <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review> will be deployed on April 11. (more info <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_filters_for_Recent_Changes_-_Beta_deployment_scheduled> ) - Data donation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_donation>: Songkick <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7561274> have donated a datafile with 155K of their Songkick artist ID (P3478) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3478>. ~45K are already matched, and the rest are in Mix'n'Match <https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/list/403/>, awaiting your kind attention. - Query Service: you can now create a template to explain what your query is doing <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:SPARQL/Query_Helper#Query_Template> - new data type for geographical shapes will be enabled on April 24th <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Significant_change:_new_data_type_for_geoshapes> - Several CC0 databases are now federated with the Query Service endpoint <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Federation_in_the_Wikidata_Query_Service> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: located in present-day administrative territorial entity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3842>, Human Phenotype Ontology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3841>, slope rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3840>, Tab4u artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3839>, Tab4u song ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3838>, United States Public Law <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3837>, Pinterest username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3836>, Mendeley person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3835>, RTC film rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3834>, diaspora <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3833>, Europeana Fashion Vocabulary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3832>, object has role <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3831>, CueTracker player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3830>, Publons author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3829>, wears <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3828>, JSTOR topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3827>, Welsh Rugby Union player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3826>, United States Statutes at Large citation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3825>, VTJ-PRT building ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3824>, Ethnologue language status <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3823>, rules for classification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3822>, Bangla Movie Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3821>, Flanders Arts Institute venue ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3820> - Query examples: - Map of the megaliths of the World, coloured by type <https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Flayer%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ164240%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Finstance%20%3B%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%09%3Finstance%20wdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ164240%20.%0A%09%3Finstance%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer%20.%0A%09FILTER%28LANG%28%3Flayer%29%20%3D%20%22fr%22%29%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%2Cen%22%20%7D%0A%7D> (showing some nice paterns, source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/848506259401826304>) - French people without a gender <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fhuman%20%3FhumanLabel%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Fhuman%20wdt%3AP27%20wd%3AQ142%20.%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fhuman%20p%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22fr%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A> (source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/848586370859794432>) - Eldest members of noble families <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Ffamily%20%3FfamilyLabel%20%3Feldest%20%3FeldestLabel%20%3Fimage%20%28%3Fdob%20AS%20%3Fdate%29%20WHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Ffamily%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ13417114%20.%0A%20%20%3Feldest%20wdt%3AP53%20%3Ffamily%20.%0A%20%20%3Feldest%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Feldest%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%20.%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20FILTER%28%21isBLANK%28%3Fdob%29%29.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Folder%20wdt%3AP53%20%3Ffamily%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Folder%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Folder%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fodob%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fodob%20%3C%20%3Fdob%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%21bound%20%28%3Folder%29%29%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Feldest%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Fyob> (source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/847230458819629056>) - Map of places with population “zero” (0) <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20map%20of%20places%20with%20population%200%20%28zero%29%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fcoordinates%20%3Flayer%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP1082%200.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoordinates.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fplace%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FplaceLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcountry%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flayer.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/846498622451732481>) External Tools <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/External_tools> News - wikidata-cli <https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli> - new command: wd summary <https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli/blob/master/docs/read_operations.md#wd-summary> - improved support for custom Wikibase instances <https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-cli#custom-wikibase-instance> - wikidata-edit <https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-edit>: - new function: remove claim <https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-edit/blob/master/docs/how_to.md#remove-claim#wd-summary> - improved support for custom Wikibase instances <https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-edit/blob/master/docs/how_to.md#custom-wikibase-instance> - wikidata-sdk <https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-sdk>: - new function: simplify.entity <https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-sdk/blob/master/docs/simplify_entities_data.md#simplify-entity> - major documentation restructuration <https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-sdk/blob/master/README.md> - wikidata-filter <https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-filter>: - new filter criteria: sitelinks <https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-filter/blob/master/docs/how_to.md#by-sitelinks>. Example of a query that times out on the SPARQL endpoint but that is now possible with wikidata-filter: Get all entities with a Chinese and a French Wikipedia article, keeping only id, labels, and sitelinks matching those languages <https://github.com/maxlath/wikidata-filter/blob/master/docs/how_to.md#get-all-entities-with-a-chinese-and-a-french-wikipedia-article-keeping-only-id-labels-and-sitelinks-matching-those-languages> - Monumental: brand new app for displaying heritage data <https://tools.wmflabs.org/monumental/#/> Development - A warm welcome to our new intern, Lucas Werkmeister! You may now him for his work on queries as WikidataFacts <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts>. He will work in the team for the next months. - Attending to Wikimedia Conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017>, talking with Wikidata and Wiktionary users - Improving performance on Special:Entities pages (phab:T161631 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161631>) - Tracking the number of identifier properties on an item in page_props ( phab:T114617 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T114617>) - More work on Senses (phab:T161523 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161523>) and Forms (phab:T160524 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160524>) - Improving the autocompletions of Query Service (phab:T150950 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T150950>) 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.
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