Hey folks :) Here's your summary of what's 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> - Writing a bachelor's thesis at Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. <http://blog.wikimedia.de/2016/04/20/writing-a-bachelors-thesis-at-wikimedia-deutschland-e-v> - Europeana Art History Challenge begins <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/19/europeana-art-history-challenge> - TED is partnering with the Wikimedia community to add “ideas worth spreading” to Wikimedia projects <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/22/ted-wikimedia-collaboration> - Wikidata meets world literature <http://weltliteratur.net/Wikidata-Meets-World-Literature/> - Centralizing content and distributing labor: a community model for curating the very long tail of microbial genomes (conference poster) <https://figshare.com/articles/Force11Putman_48_44_pdf/3187411> - Past: Wikimedia Conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016> Other Noteworthy Stuff - SQUID: a new class and property browser for Wikidata <https://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid> (background info <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-April/008554.html>) - Wikidata Graph Builder <https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/> now can visualize graphs with different node sizes. See for instance, types of artists with number of people, occupied with each subclass item <https://angryloki.github.io/wikidata-graph-builder/?property=P279&item=Q483501&limit=2&mode=reverse&size_property=P106> - List of items that have English, German, and French sitselinks, but no statements <https://tools.wmflabs.org/pagepile/api.php?id=2871&action=get_data> - List of articles on English Wikipedia with a video where the corresponding item has no video <http://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=5007> - Listeria bot (the one generating lists on Wikipedia based on Wikidata data) will now begin auto-replacing simple WDQ queries with SPARQL ones - Magnus is looking for a designer to help with a logo for PetScan <https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/722835003365789700> - Arbitrary access for Wikimedia Commons is coming as planned on the 26th - Wikidata surpassed English Wikipedia in items/articles using files from Wikimedia Commons Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Danish listed buildings case ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2783>, Models.com client ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2782>, Race time <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2781>, IAT diver ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2780>, IAT weightlifter ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2779>, IAT triathlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2778>, FIS snowboarder ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2777>, FIS Nordic combined skier ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2776>, FIS ski jumper ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2775>, FIS freestyle skier ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2774>, FIS cross-country skier ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2773>, FIS alpine skier ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2772>, D-U-N-S <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2771>, source of income <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2770>, budget <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2769>, BNE journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2768>, JudoInside.com ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2767>, ISO 4063 process number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2766>, blue-style.com ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2765>, Wrestlingdata person id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2764>, Danish protected area ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2763>, Skyscraper Center building complex ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2762>, Research Papers in Economics Series handle <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2761>, NUTTAB Food Identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2760>, AUSNUT Food Identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2759>, CNC film rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2758>, EIRIN film rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2756>, exploitation visa number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2755>, production date <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2754>, Dictionary of Canadian Biography ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2753>, New Zealand Organisms Register ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2752>, Roller Coaster Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2751>, Photographers' Identities Catalog ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2750>, PRONOM software identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2749>, PRONOM file format identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2748>, Filmiroda rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2747> - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: Olympics <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Olympics> - Query examples: songs with longest melody <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fsong%20%3FsongLabel%20%3Fcode%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fsong%20wdt%3AP1236%20%3Fcode.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28STRLEN%28REPLACE%28%3Fcode%2C%20%22%20%22%2C%20%22%22%29%29%29%0ALIMIT%2010> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/722886802797801472>), subjects with most art dedicated to them <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fdedicatee%20%28SAMPLE%28%3FdedicateeLabel%29%20AS%20%3Flabel%29%20%28COUNT%28%3Fwork%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ838948.%0A%20%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP825%20%3Fdedicatee.%0A%20%20%3Fdedicatee%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FdedicateeLabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FdedicateeLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fdedicatee%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0ALIMIT%2020> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/723512502512922624>), versions of The Scream <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%0A%20%20%3Fitem%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%20%28%3FitemL%29%20AS%20%3Ftitle%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%20%28%3Fy%29%20AS%20%3Fyear%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%20%28%3FtypeL%29%20AS%20%3Ftype%29%0A%20%20%28group_concat%28distinct%20%3FmaterialL%20%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2C%20%22%29%20as%20%3Fmaterials%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%20%28%3FcollectionL%29%20AS%20%3Fcollection%29%0A%20%20%28SAMPLE%20%28%3Fimg%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%0A%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemL%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%20AS%20%3Fy%29%20%3FtypeL%20%3FcollectionL%20%3Fimg%20%3FmaterialL%0A%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP179%20wd%3AQ471379%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Finstance%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemL%20filter%20%28lang%28%3FitemL%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Finstance%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FtypeL%20filter%20%28lang%28%3FtypeL%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP195%20%3Fcollection%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fcollection%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcollectionL%20filter%20%28lang%28%3FcollectionL%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP186%20%3Fmaterial%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fmaterial%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FmaterialL%20filter%20%28lang%28%3FmaterialL%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fyear%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel> (source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/723576880151048192>) Development - There will be some maintenance on the query service in a few hours <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-April/008586.html> - Redesigned the rank selector as well as snak type selector icons ( phab:T129033#2217402 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129033#2217402>, gerrit:283968 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/283968>) - The snak type selector icon also has a tooltip now (gerrit:283945 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/283945>) - The term table header row as well as language column will now be marked as <th> instead of <td> (gerrit:283395 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/283395>) - Fixed an issue with newline characters in quantity values (phab:T110728 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110728>) - Fixed the month-precision time parser ignoring the minus in "January -150" (phab:T132441 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132441>) - Continued working on diffing and patching support for new entity types (phab:T132442 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132442>) - Continued working on support for creating entities of new types as part of the work for Wikimedia Commons support (phab:T132964 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132964>) - Rolled out a little query explanation field to query.wikidata.org to help you better understand a query if you don't understand SPARQL well - Fixed a bug where the map wouldn't show in the visualization of a query result (phabricator:T132669 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132669>) - Fixed issues with the duplicate references gadget (phabricator:T131920 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131920>) - Added basic support for more languages to the query service ( phabricator:T132756 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132756>) 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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