Hey folks :) I hope you're having a good day. Here's what has been happening around Wikidata over the past week. Enjoy! Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Wikidata: knowledge from different points of view <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-12-09/Op-ed> (Signpost op-ed on knowledge diversity and our thinking on data quality) - The Wikimedia Foundation Scholarships Program is now accepting applications for Wikimania 2016 <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships> (deadline: 09 January 2016 23:59 UTC) - Wikidata: A platform for data integration and dissemination for the life sciences and beyond <http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2015/11/16/031971.article-info> received the prize for best paper at SWAT4LS <http://www.swat4ls.org>. Congrats! - Past: 50 hours of Wikidata and Wikipedia editing at Museo Soumaya <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/es:Wikiproyecto:Museo_Soumaya/Editat%C3%B3n_50_horas_50_a%C3%B1os_del_CEHM/Programa_del_evento> Other Noteworthy Stuff - Over 16.000 people have contributed to Wikidata over the last month. <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Statistics> - Wikidata Analyst <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wd-analyst/index.php>, a tool to help comprehensively analyze the quality of Wikidata ( announcement <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2015-December/007811.html> ) - Overview of the current state of Sum of all Paintings and how you can help by Multichill <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_sum_of_all_paintings#More_paintings_and_painters> - query.wikidata.org now more prominently shows example queries in case you missed them before, lets you filter and gives you a preview for them. Additionally you can click a little magnifying glass next to an item ID in a query result and explore it further. - WikiJourney now has a first release on the Play Store <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wikijourney.wikijourney> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: JMDb film identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2400>, British Council artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2399>, MLSSoccer.com ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2398>, YouTube channel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2397>, image of function <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2396>, MGI gene symbol <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2394>, NCBI Locus tag <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2393>, teaching method <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2392>, OKPO ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2391>, Ballotpedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2390>, organisation directed from the office <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2389>, office held by head of the organisation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2388>, Elonet actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2387>, diameter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2386>, French diocesan architects ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2385>, statement describes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2384>, CTHS person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2383>, Chemins de mémoire ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2382>, Academic Tree ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2381>, French Sculpture Census ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2380>, deprecated in version <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2379>, issued by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2378> - Query example: Which "Lincoln" was "Lincoln" named for? <https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%20%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20rdfs%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0A%23%20based%20on%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediawiki.org%2Fwiki%2FWikibase%2FIndexing%2FSPARQL_Query_Examples%23Rock_bands_that_start_with_.22M.22%0A%0ASELECT%20%3FwhichLincoln%20%3FwhichLincolnLabel%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fcc%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20.%20%0A%20%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP984%20%3Fcc%0A%20%20FILTER%28CONTAINS%28%3FplaceLabel%2C%20%27Lincoln%27%29%29%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28CONTAINS%28%3FwhichLincolnLabel%2C%20%27Lincoln%27%29%29%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fplace%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FplaceLabel%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP138%20%3FwhichLincoln%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FwhichLincoln%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FwhichLincolnLabel%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FwhichLincolnLabel>, places by elevation span <https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%20%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20rdfs%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F01%2Frdf-schema%23%3E%0APREFIX%20p%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20pq%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fqualifier%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20v%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2F%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fhigh%20%3Fhighl%20%3Fhigh_elevation%20%3Flow%20%3Flowl%20%3Flow_elevation%20%3Fspan%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ160016%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP610%20%3Fhigh%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP610%20%3Fhigh_statement%20.%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fhigh%20wdt%3AP2044%20%3Fhigh_elevation%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fhigh_statement%20pq%3AP2044%20%3Fhigh_elevation%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fhigh%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fhighl%20filter%20%28lang%28%3Fhighl%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1589%20%3Flow%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP1589%20%3Flow_statement%20.%0A%20%20%3Flow_statement%20pq%3AP2044%20%3Flow_elevation%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Flow%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flowl%20filter%20%28lang%28%3Flowl%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28%20%3Fhigh_elevation%20-%20%3Flow_elevation%20as%20%3Fspan%20%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fspan%29%20DESC%28%3Flow_elevation%29%20DESC%28%3Fhigh_elevation%29%20%3Fhigh%20%3FitemLabel>, people who died in 1945 (for upcoming 2016 public domain day) <https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20wikibase%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwikiba.se%2Fontology%23%3E%0APREFIX%20wd%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fentity%2F%3E%20%0APREFIX%20wdt%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fdirect%2F%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Flast_time%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%09%09%09SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%28MAX%28%3Ftime0%29%20AS%20%3Flast_time%29%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%09%09%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%09%09%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Ftime0%20.%0A%20%20%09%09%09FILTER%20%28%20%3Ftime0%20%3E%3D%20%221945-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z%22%5E%5Exsd%3AdateTime%20%26%26%20%3Ftime0%20%3C%3D%20%221945-12-31T00%3A00%3A00Z%22%5E%5Exsd%3AdateTime%20%29%20.%0A%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20ASC%20%28%3Flast_time%29> - Newest Database reports: List of films without article in Wikipedia of the same language <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21686779> Development - Working on sorting of statement groups for the ArticlePlaceholder extension - Further work on a separate section for identifiers - Worked on properly linking identifiers in the exports - Removed a number of lines and boxes in the statement section to make it less busy - Made it possible to create a redirect over a deleted item without having to undelete it first - Further work on improving ranking on Special:Search - Making it possible to show and edit more languages for labels/descriptions/aliases than the ones defined in your babel boxes - Getting ready for the holidays :) 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/Wikidata:Showcase_items> - Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats> or proofread pages in your own language! - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. Anything to add? Please share! :) Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product 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 27/681/51985.
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