Hey folks :) Here is your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past week.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Past: WikiCon 2016 <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCon_2016> - Past: OASPA conference <http://oaspa.org/conference/> (slides <http://www.slideshare.net/dartar/citations-needed-for-the-sum-of-all-human-knowledge-wikidata-as-the-missing-link-between-scholarly-publishing-and-linked-open-data> ) - Past: State of the Map <http://2016.stateofthemap.org> - Past: National Institute of Health: frontiers in data science lecture series <https://datascience.nih.gov/community/datascience-at-nih/frontiers> ( slides <http://www.slideshare.net/dartar/wikidata-verifiable-linked-open-knowledge-that-anyone-can-edit> ) - Upcoming: SMWCon <https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2016> - Upcoming: office hour on IRC <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events> - Blog post about Wikidata and data about Czech trees <http://blog.wikimedia.cz/2016/09/agentura-ochrany-prirody-a-krajiny-poskytla-data-o-pamatnych-stromech-podivejte-se-jak-s-nimi-ted-kouzlime> Other Noteworthy Stuff - The query examples have been migrated from mediawiki.org to wikidata.org at d:Wikidata:SPARQL examples <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_examples> - HPI is doing a linked data engineering course online <https://open.hpi.de/courses/semanticweb2016> - TXT Werk <http://www.txt-werk.de> is doing automatic entity recognition in text with the help of Wikidata. Previously only German was supported. English is now supported as well. - Andy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing> has mapped <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fprop%20%3FpropLabel%20%3Fvalue%20%7B%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fpred%20%7B%20wdt%3AP1628%20wdt%3AP2235%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%3Fpred%20%3Fvalue%20.%0A%20%20%3Fprop%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Fpred%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%20STRSTARTS%28%20STR%28%3Fvalue%29%2C%20%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2006%2Fvcard%2Fns%22%20%29%20%29%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%20.%0A%7D> most of the W3C's ontology <https://www.w3.org/TR/vcard-rdf/> for vCard <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:vCard> to Wikidata properties. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Heritage Lighthouse of Canada ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3211>, Heritage Railway Station of Canada ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3209>, New General Catalogue ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3208>, Vine user ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3207>, data.gouv.fr ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3206>, patient of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3205>, Ciné-Ressources person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3204>, Ciné-Ressources movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3203>, UAI code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3202>, Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3201>, Northern Ireland charity number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3200>, charity number (Isle of Man) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3199>, JewishGen Locality ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3198>, Federal Heritage Buildings ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3197>, USGS earthquake id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3196>, league points system <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3195>, INA video ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3194>, GS1 Manufacturer code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3193>, Last.FM music ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3192>, IMIS person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3191>, innervates <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3190>, innervated by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3189>, Nobel prize ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3188>, Marburger Professorenkatalog ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3187>, TAXREF ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3186>, VKontakte username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3185>, Czech National Bibliography book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3184>, WSJ topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3183>, FANTOIR code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3182>, OpenCitations bibliographic resource ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3181> - Query examples: taxonomy of squirrels <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0Aselect%20%3Fchild%20%3FchildLabel%20%3Fparent%20%3FparentLabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP225%20%22Sciuridae%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Fparent%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ2455704%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftop%20wdt%3AP225%20%22Sciuridae%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Ftop%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ2455704%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Fparent%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ34740%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftop%20wdt%3AP225%20%22Sciuridae%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Ftop%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fsf%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fsf%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ2455704%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Fsf%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparent%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ34740%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP171%2a%20%3Fparent%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fchild%20wdt%3AP105%20wd%3AQ7432%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/vrandezo/status/778660283904585728>), good or featured articles about people on Wikipedia but with no picture on Wikidata <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Items%20about%20people%2C%20with%20a%20badge%20on%20Wikipedia%20but%20no%20picture%20on%20Wikidata%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fsite%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20.%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20wikibase%3Abadge%20%3Fbadge%20.%0A%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Fsite%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%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%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29> (source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/778199158083772416>), Nordic Cross flags <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FjurisdictionLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3A279%2a%20wd%3AQ208324%20.%20%7D%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP136%20wd%3AQ208324%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1001%20%3Fjurisdiction%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FjurisdictionLabel%20%3FitemLabel> (source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/777934856059817984>) Development - mnc (for Manchu <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Manchu_language>) will soon be available as a language code for monolingual text values ( phabricator:T137808 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137808>) - Worked on foreign EntityIds in order to be able to use Wikidata's items and properties on Commons in the future (phabricator:T145516 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145516>, phabricator:T146030 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146030>, phabricator:T146274 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146274>) - More work on usage tracking UI (phabricator:T145965 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145965>, phabricator:T143148 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T143148>, phabricator:T145189 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145189>, phabricator:T144923 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144923>) - RFC discussion about Multi-Content-Revisions - another big blocker for structured data on Commons (phabricator:E273 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/E273>) - Ran a bot to mark dates that need a check of their calendar model ( phabricator:T105100 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T105100>) - Getting unit conversion into the query service soon. We'll start with units for length and then expand based on feedback. (phabricator:T117032 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T117032>) - Working on extension to automatically link pages between languages on Wiktionary (phabricator:T145412 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145412>) - Added the value that is responsible for an error in the error message so it can be found and fixed more easily (phabricator:T144303 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144303>) - Working on fix for issue with extremely large or small date values in RDF (phabricator:T146356 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146356>) - Expanding references again in diffs (phabricator:T129836 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129836>) - Unbroke CopyReferences gadget. More work is needed. ( phabricator:T142203 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142203>) - Fixed issue with 2 search suggestion boxes showing up instead of 1 ( phabricator:T119492 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119492>) - Worked on improving the query service documentation ( phabricator:T133052 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133052>) 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> Anything to add? Please share! :) Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. 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