*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions - New request for comments: Help:Modelling <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Help:Modelling> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Past: Celtic Knot Conference, including a Wikidata track <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2018/Submissions/Wikidata_track>, 5-6 July, Aberystwyth (Wales) - Upcoming: Wikidata Lab: Structured narratives in Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_IX>, São Paulo, August 9th Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Ewan McAndrew publishes case study for teaching data science with Wikidata: see the case study on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_in_the_Classroom_-_Data_Science_for_Design_MSc_case_study_2nd_July_2018.pdf> - "Wikidata and GLAM catalogues: a round-up" <https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/digital/2018/07/04/wikidata-and-glam-catalogues-a-round-up/> by Martin Poulter Other Noteworthy Stuff - Structured Data on Commons: There is a workshop on Commons to identify properties that files will need for statements. You are invited to participate <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Feedback_requests/Properties_for_Commons> . - Querying Wikidata with SPARQL for Absolute Beginners <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Querying_Wikidata_with_SPARQL_for_Absolute_Beginners.webm>, a new video tutorial by Asaf Bartov - Items now contain an average of 10 statements <https://grafana.wikimedia.org/dashboard/db/wikidata-datamodel-statements?refresh=30m&panelId=4&fullscreen&orgId=1&from=now-2y&to=now> . - For the first time Wikidata has less than 2 million empty items <https://grafana.wikimedia.org/dashboard/db/wikidata-datamodel-statements?refresh=30m&orgId=1&panelId=10&fullscreen> . - Input for m:Creation of separate user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Creation_of_separate_user_group_for_editing_sitewide_CSS/JS> is being sought. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: Romanization of Belarusian (2007 system) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5412>, has decorative pattern <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5422>, floor number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5423>, Han character in this lexeme <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5425>, Japanese pitch accent type <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5426>, position of accent nucleus <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5427>, position of devoiced vowel <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5428>, number of viewers/listeners <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5436>, signum <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5438>, research measurement <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5439>, model year <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5444>, reference value <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5446>, lower limit <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5447>, upper limit <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5448> - External identifiers: mhk object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5407>, Fantastic Fiction author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5408>, Île en île author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5409>, Flanders Music Centre person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5410>, CeBeDem composer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5411>, Ricochet author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5413>, The Paris Review interviewee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5414>, Whonamedit? doctor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5415>, Common procurement vocabulary <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5417>, Pasteur Institute person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5418>, NYRB contributor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5419>, GS1 Global Product Classification brick code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5420>, The Trading Card Database person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5421>, Lega Serie A team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5424>, IPTC Newscode <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5429>, Poetry International Web poet ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5430>, Setlist FM artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5431>, Setlist FM venue ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5432>, Gfycat user ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5434>, pixiv ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5435>, EuroVoc ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5437>, Elysee.fr president ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5440>, Herder Encyclopedia author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5441>, Biographical Articles of the Library of Congress of Chile <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5442>, Collège de France professor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5443>, Language Council of Norways termwiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5445> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: confers <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/confers>, Narrative role <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Narrative_role>, CJKV variant character <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CJKV_variant_character>, synonym <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/synonym>, derived from form <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/derived_from_form>, station category <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/station_category>, Number of twitter follower <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Number_of_twitter_follower>, mentioned in work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mentioned_in_work>, model year code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/model_year_code>, peninsula of location <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/peninsula_of_location>, position of nasal sonant <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/position_of_nasal_sonant>, number of people depicted <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_people_depicted>, artist-info artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/artist-info_artist_ID>, artist-info curator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/artist-info_curator_ID>, artist-info location ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/artist-info_location_ID>, Mormon Literature and Creative Arts Database <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mormon_Literature_and_Creative_Arts_Database>, The Reptile Database <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Reptile_Database> - External identifiers: Logicielsmoto identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Logicielsmoto_identifier>, House of Representatives Morocco ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/House_of_Representatives_Morocco_ID>, BIA PSY ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BIA_PSY_ID>, My Heritage Surname ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/My_Heritage_Surname_ID>, identifiant Inventaire des sanctuaires français <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Inventaire_des_sanctuaires_fran%C3%A7ais>, USNPL ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USNPL_ID>, Guide to Pharmacology Target ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Guide_to_Pharmacology_Target_ID>, Historia de la Medicina ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historia_de_la_Medicina_ID>, TasteAtlas ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TasteAtlas_ID>, GlyphWiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GlyphWiki_ID>, AE member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AE_member_ID>, Conseil constitutionnel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Conseil_constitutionnel_ID>, French Academy in Rome ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/French_Academy_in_Rome_ID>, RHE doctor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RHE_doctor_ID>, Scottish Poetry Library ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scottish_Poetry_Library_ID>, RHE professor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RHE_professor_ID>, SBN books ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SBN_books_ID>, Australian Poetry Library ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Poetry_Library_ID>, A Church Near You church ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_Church_Near_You_church_ID> - Deleted properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion>: GHS hazard statement (P728) + GHS precautionary statements (P940) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion#GHS_hazard_statement_(P728)_+_GHS_precautionary_statements_(P940)>, spectral line (P2224) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion#spectral_line_(P2224)> - Query examples: - Map of places in the UK starting with "Llan" <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3Flabel%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ145.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FlabelWithLanguage.%0A%20%20BIND%28STR%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%20AS%20%3Flabel%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28STRSTARTS%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%2C%20%22Llan%22%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28LANG%28%3FlabelWithLanguage%29%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/WiciCymru/status/1016306641850036224>) - Number and percentage of articles about female scientists for all Wikipedias (compared to all articles about scientists) <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fproject%20%3FfemaleArticles%20%3FallArticles%20%3FpercentFemale%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fproject%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Farticle%29%20AS%20%3FfemaleArticles%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Fproject%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fproject%20wikibase%3AwikiGroup%20%22wikipedia%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP21%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ6581072%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP106%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ901.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fproject%0A%7D%20AS%20%25femaleArticles%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fproject%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Farticle%29%20AS%20%3FallArticles%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Fproject%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fproject%20wikibase%3AwikiGroup%20%22wikipedia%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP106%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ901.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fproject%0A%7D%20AS%20%25allArticles%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25femaleArticles.%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25allArticles.%0A%20%20BIND%28100%2a%3FfemaleArticles%2F%3FallArticles%20AS%20%3FpercentFemale%29%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3FfemaleArticles%29> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1016055633265725440> ) - Statements disputed by their subject <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20statements%20disputed%20by%20their%20subject%0ASELECT%20%3Fsubject%20%3FsubjectLabel%20%3FpropertyLabel%20%3FobjectLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fproperty%20a%20wikibase%3AProperty%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aclaim%20%3Fp%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AstatementProperty%20%3Fps.%0A%20%20%3Fsubject%20%3Fp%20%3Fstatement.%0A%20%20%3Fstatement%20%3Fps%20%3Fobject%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP1310%20%3Fsubject.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1015654925508993025> ) - Emulators and what they emulate <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Femulator%20%3FemulatorLabel%20%3Ftarget%20%3FtargetLabel%20%28%2200FFFF%22%20AS%20%3Frgb%29%0A%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Femulator%20%20%28p%3AP31%2Fps%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ202871%20.%0A%20%20%3Femulator%20wdt%3AP4043%20%3Ftarget%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/1015225741347205120>) - Map of items near me that have a label in English but not in Welsh <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Flocation%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Aaround%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Flocation.%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Acenter%20%22%5BAUTO_COORDINATES%5D%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aradius%20%221%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Adistance%20%3Fdist.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FitemLabel.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FitemLabel%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FfrLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3FfrLabel%29%20%3D%20%22cy%22%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/Auregann/status/1015166358638809088>) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: Categories <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Categories> - Newest tools: TopicMatcher <http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=540>, by MagnusManske, looks for items related to topics Development - Making progress towards being able to query for constraint violations in the query service - Included the dispatch lag in the maxlag parameter to give better feedback to tools and bots if they can edit at the moment (phab:T194950 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194950>) - Added support for linking to a particular statement (not just a statement group) (phab:T169224 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169224>) - Set up L as an alias for the Lexeme namespace (phab:T195493 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195493>) - Worked on making lexical category, language and grammatical feature show up on WhatLinksHere (phab:T195302 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195302>) - Worked on Persistent IDs for Senses (phab:T198033 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198033>) - Improve placeholder text for Lexeme language and lexical category field on Special:NewLexeme (phab:T195439 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195439>) - Show description on the item selector on Special:NewLexeme ( phab:T165597 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T165597>) - Add "mis" language code to the list of language code options on Special:NewLexeme (phab:T194771 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194771>) You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority>. 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> - 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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