*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions - Closed request for comments: P171 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/P171>, When multiple sources are cited for a fact, should IMDB be deleted as one of them when used <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/When_multiple_sources_are_cited_for_a_fact,_should_IMDB_be_deleted_as_one_of_them_when_used>, Findagrave removed as a source for information <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Findagrave_removed_as_a_source_for_information>, How would you state the number of (rooms, restaurants, suites) in a hotel? <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/How_would_you_state_the_number_of_(rooms,_restaurants,_suites)_in_a_hotel%3F>, Updating References for External Data <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Updating_References_for_External_Data> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Past: IRC office hour <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2018-09-25>, September 25th - Past: Working in a World of (linked, semantic) Open Data <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bf43DivZ1nyMLjgS2pINPv3r3gB0llBy/view>. Keynote by User:MartinPoulter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter> at University of Stirling Life in Data Conference <http://www.thisiscodebase.com/event-listings/2018/9/27/life-in-data-conference>, September 28th - Wikidata and Wikimedia workshop <http://www.cidoc2018.com/workshop/Make%20your%20museum%20more%20visible%20with%20Wikimedia%20projects> (30 September) and session about data modeling <http://www.cidoc2018.com/session/Collection%20Documentation%20Modeling%20Wikidata%20and%20CIDOC-CRM> (2 October) at the CIDOC 2018 Conference <http://www.cidoc2018.com/> of the International Council of Museums, Heraklion, Crete - There were three Wikidata-related presentations <https://github.com/Daniel-Mietchen/events/blob/master/ICEI2018.md> at the 10th International Conference on Ecological Informatics that took place on 23-28 September in Jena. - Upcoming: German-speaking WikiCon, October 3-5 in St Gallen (Switzerland). Several Wikidata-related talks and workshops in the programme <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCon_2018/Programm> . Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Property Path use in Wikidata Queries <http://kasei.us/archives/2018/09/28/wikidata_property_paths.html>, by Gregory Todd Williams Other Noteworthy Stuff - The templates Reasonator <https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/en:Template:Reasonator> and Scholia <https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/en:Template:Scholia> are available, for linking *from* en.Wikisource pages *to* representations of Wikidata items. - Wikidata considered unable to support hierarchical search in Structured Data for Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Structured_data#Searching_Commons_-_how_to_structure_coverage>, see also thread <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-September/012495.html> . Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: ENI number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5910>, inflection class <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5911>, has inflection class <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5913>, root <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5920>, creates lexeme type <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5923> - External identifiers: ASCE Historical Civil Engineering Landmark ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5904>, Comic Vine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5905>, DxOMark ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5906>, Geheugen van de VU person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5908>, HKCAN ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5909>, Oqaasileriffik online dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5912>, IANA Root Zone Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5914>, Shazam track ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5915>, Spotify show ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5916>, Shazam artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5917>, Sprockhoff Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5918>, Index of Historic Collectors and Dealers of Cubism ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5921>, ANZSRC FoR ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5922> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: applies to citizens of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applies_to_citizens_of>, Plot continued in <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Plot_continued_in>, monument in the near <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/monument_in_the_near>, Sail emblem <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sail_emblem>, São Paulo: os estrangeiros e a construção da cidade ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/S%C3%A3o_Paulo:_os_estrangeiros_e_a_constru%C3%A7%C3%A3o_da_cidade_ID>, reference template for this work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reference_template_for_this_work>, Wikipedia suggested article name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikipedia_suggested_article_name>, Personal title <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Personal_title>, stated in reference as <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/stated_in_reference_as>, reference vocabulary <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reference_vocabulary>, OSM zoom level <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OSM_zoom_level> - External identifiers: OpenStreetMap wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenStreetMap_wiki_ID>, Wiki Loves ZEOs ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wiki_Loves_ZEOs_ID>, Geschützte Objekte in Ostbelgien <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gesch%C3%BCtzte_Objekte_in_Ostbelgien>, ComiXology Creators <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ComiXology_Creators>, War Memorials Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/War_Memorials_Online_ID>, NT Flora ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NT_Flora_ID>, Film Indonesia person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Film_Indonesia_person_ID>, Sekolah Kita ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sekolah_Kita_ID>, Museu Nacional ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museu_Nacional_ID>, Annuaire de la magistrature ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Annuaire_de_la_magistrature_ID> - Query examples: - Bounding boxes for a set of maps <https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20geo%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.opengis.net%2Font%2Fgeosparql%23%3E%0A%0A%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22hide%22%3A%22%3Fbbox%22%2C%20%22layer%22%3A%20%22%3Fitem%22%7D%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fimg%20%3Fbbox%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%0A%20%20%3Fclass%20wdt%3AP195%20wd%3AQ56753539%20.%20%20%20%20%23%20KTop%0A%20%20%3Fclass%20wdt%3AP921%20wd%3AQ18%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP195%20%3Fclass%20.%0A%20%20%3Fclass%20wdt%3AP921%20wd%3AQ18%20.%0A%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP1332%2Fpsv%3AP1332%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Fnth%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP1333%2Fpsv%3AP1333%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Fsth%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP1334%2Fpsv%3AP1334%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Feast%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20p%3AP1335%2Fpsv%3AP1335%2Fwikibase%3AgeoLongitude%20%3Fwest%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%7D%20.%0A%20%20BIND%28STRDT%28%20%20CONCAT%28%27LINESTRING%20%28%27%2C%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20str%28%3Fwest%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20str%28%3Fsth%29%2C%20%27%2C%27%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20str%28%3Fwest%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20str%28%3Fnth%29%2C%20%27%2C%27%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20str%28%3Feast%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20str%28%3Fnth%29%2C%20%27%2C%27%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20str%28%3Feast%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20str%28%3Fsth%29%2C%20%27%2C%27%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20str%28%3Fwest%29%2C%20%27%20%27%2C%20str%28%3Fsth%29%2C%20%27%29%27%20%20%20%29%2C%20geo%3AwktLiteral%29%20AS%20%3Fbbox%29%20.%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D> - Where were UK ambassadors educated? <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Wikidata%20entries%20for%20British%20ambassadors%20and%20high%20commissioners%0A%23%20all%20people%20who%20held%20at%20least%20one%20such%20position%0A%0Aselect%20distinct%20%3FeducatedLabel%20%3Fcount%0Awhere%0A%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fposition%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ18115939%20.%20%7D%20union%20%7B%20%3Fposition%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ56760832%20%7D%20.%20%23%20position%20is%20UK%20ambassador%20or%20high%20commissioner%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20p%3AP39%20%3FpositionStatement%20.%20%3FpositionStatement%20ps%3AP39%20%3Fposition%20.%20%23%20find%20positions%20they%20held%0A%20%7B%20select%20%3Feducated%20(count(%3Fperson)%20as%20%3Fcount)%0A%20%20%20where%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%7B%20%3Fposition%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ18115939%20.%20%7D%20union%20%7B%20%3Fposition%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ56760832%20%7D%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fperson%20p%3AP39%20%3FpositionStatement%20.%20%3FpositionStatement%20ps%3AP39%20%3Fposition%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP69%20%3Feducated%20.%20%23%20where%20were%20they%20educated%0A%20%20%20%7D%20group%20by%20%3Feducated%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart> (source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1046078306230120454>) - People who received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and were also in the NSDAP (Nazi party) <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP102%2Fps%3AP102%20wd%3AQ7320%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP166%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ21164.%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/1045658004627042306> ) Development - Fix a bug when the "language of Lemma" box doesn't appear after failed submit of Special:NewLexeme (phab:T194347 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194347>) - Fix the order of elements in Lexeme edit diffs (phab:T185481 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185481>) - Enable constraint checks for Lexemes and Forms (phab:T195828 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195828>) - More work on editing Form Statements using API (phab:T194732 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194732>) - More work on a beta feature for suggestions based on constraints ( phab:T202712 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T202712>) 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.
_______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
