Hey folks :) Here's your summary of all things Wikidata of the past week.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Oscars 2016: Movies that got the most attention on Wikipedia <https://medium.com/google-cloud/oscars-2016-movies-that-got-the-most-attention-on-wikipedia-151cd56f4fc0#.ugjrgjcne> (followup with most famous cats <https://twitter.com/felipehoffa/status/705068002522304512>) - Statements per item <http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.de/2016/03/wikidata-statements-per-item.html> Other Noteworthy Stuff - COOL-WD has been announced to help assess the completeness of various parts of the knowledge base <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-March/008322.html> - You can apply for a grant as part of the Inspire Campaign around the topic of content review and curation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire> - Wikimedia was accepted for Google Summer of Code. If you're a student this can be your chance to work on Wikidata code this summer. <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-March/084921.html> - A catalog of Uruguayan authors has been added to Mix'n'match <https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/?mode=catalog_details&catalog=175> - Listeria bot now has experimental support for references (example <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/listeria_test4>) - Self-portraits of women through the ages, powered by Wikidata <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Self-portraits_of_women> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Québec cultural heritage directory people identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2592>, grammatical option indicates <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2591>, Statistics Indonesia language code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2590>, Statistics Indonesia ethnicity code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2589>, village code of Indonesia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2588>, has phoneme <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2587>, INSEE departement code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2586>, INSEE region code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2585>, Australian Wetlands Database Directory of Important Wetlands Reference Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2584>, distance from Earth <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2583>, J. Paul Getty Museum object id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2582>, BabelNet id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2581>, Baltisches Biographisches Lexikon digital ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2580>, studied by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2579>, studies <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2578>, admissible rule in <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2577>, UCSC Genome Browser assembly ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2576>, measures <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2575>, National-Football-Teams.com player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2574>, number of out of school children <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2573>, Twitter hashtag <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2572>, uncertainty corresponds to <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2571>, Saros cycle of eclipse <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2570>, contact times of eclipse <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2569>, repealed by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2568>, amended by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2567>, ECHA InfoCard ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2566>, global-warming potential <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2565> - Query example: French heads of government by length of service <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%20v%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20pq%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fqualifier%2F%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FpositionLabel%20%3Fas%20%3Fstart%20%3Fend%20%3Fdays%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP39%20%3Fposition_statement%20.%0A%20%20%3Fposition_statement%20v%3AP39%20%3Fposition%20.%0A%20%20%3Fposition%20wdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ15135541%20.%0A%20%20%3Fposition_statement%20pq%3AP580%20%3Fstart%20FILTER%20%28%3Fstart%20%3E%3D%20%221815-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z%22%5E%5Exsd%3AdateTime%29%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fposition_statement%20pq%3AP582%20%3Fx%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fposition_statement%20pq%3AP794%20%3Fast%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fast%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fas%20filter%20%28lang%28%3Fas%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20bind%28if%28bound%28%3Fx%29%2C%20%3Fx%2C%20NOW%28%29%29%20as%20%3Fend%20%29%0A%20%20BIND%28FLOOR%28%3Fend%20-%20%3Fstart%29%20as%20%3Fdays%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fdays%29%20%3FitemLabel>, Metro stations in Paris <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%20v%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fstatement%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20pq%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fprop%2Fqualifier%2F%3E%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fadjacent%20%3FadjacentL%20%3Fcoords%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ928830%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP81%20wd%3AQ13224%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP197%20%3Fadjacent_statement%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fadjacent_statement%20v%3AP197%20%3Fadjacent%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fadjacent_statement%20pq%3AP560%20wd%3AQ585752%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fadjacent%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FadjacentL%20filter%20%28lang%28%3FadjacentL%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel> Development - Lucie and Charlie handed in their Bachelor theses on the Article Placeholder and Editing Wikidata from Wikipedia. Work on both topics will continue. We'll publish both theses soon. A big congrats to both of them! - More work on the first prototype for Commons support ( phabricator:T125822 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125822>) - Continued working on improving language support for monolingual text and labels/descriptions/aliases (phabricator:T125066 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125066>) - Conversion of properties from string to external identifier datatype is ongoing - Experimenting with putting query results on a map in query.wikidata.org (earthquakes <https://twitter.com/filbertkm/status/705729435857715200>, ski resorts <https://twitter.com/filbertkm/status/706102977258512384>) 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 27/029/42207.
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