*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New request for comments: Changes in email property <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Changes_in_email_property>, Datatype of P667 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Datatype_of_P667> - Closed request for comments: Close-out of statements formerly using P794 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Close-out_of_statements_formerly_using_P794> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Plenty of Wikidata 6th birthday <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sixth_Birthday> events happen all around the world. You can check the Commons category <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikidata%27s_6th_birthday> and the hashtag #WikidataBirthday on social networks. - Past: Wikimedia Technical Conference <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018>, October 22-25 Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - WikibaseNYC conference explores the frontier of linked open data infrastructure <https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/10/24/wikibasenyc-conference/> &report on the Wikibase workshop <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Wikidata_for_research/Meetups/2018-09-19-21-New-York> that took place on September 19-21 in New Yor City - Now Wikidata is 6 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2018-10-28/Special_report_2>, by Charles Matthews Other Noteworthy Stuff - Proposal on on how to answer newcomers on help pages <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Community/How_to_work_with_newcomers_on_help_desk>. Feel free to give feedback on the talk page. - Fork-Awesome <https://forkawesome.github.io/Fork-Awesome> now ships with a Wikidata icon <https://forkawesome.github.io/Fork-Awesome/icon/wikidata/> - Presents from the community for the Wikidata 6th birthday <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sixth_Birthday>: - Banner for Wikidata birthday events <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata6thbday.png> by KannanVM <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:KannanVM> - Profiling Wikidata <https://prowd-prototype.herokuapp.com/> ( announcement <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-September/012402.html>, documentation <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g4RHaJyUCvS5ggpu7ViB5a1e4gk5k3_O/view> ) - Birthday User Template for userpage <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:User_Wikidata_birthday_2018> - List of Wikidata & GLAM usecases <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dT-pJmLm8DGjtwFuocLT9s4xGcpvvwhhg9-0RwcTkF4/edit>, by Beat Eastermann - QuickStatements v2 now supports lexicographical data <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:PC#QuickStatements_v2_now_supports_lexicographical_data> - DerDieDas <http://auregann.fr/derdiedas/>, a game to practice German articles based on lexicographical data, by Auregann <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Auregann> - CSV to QuickStatements <https://tools.wmflabs.org/ash-django/csv2qs/> now fully compatible with QuickStatements v2 - Possibility to query Lexemes in the Query Service <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-October/012545.html> - Senses for lexicographical data <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-October/012552.html> - Beta feature: suggestions based on constraints <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-October/012546.html> - Dedicated Dashboard <https://www.lehir.net/dedicated-dashboard-another-tool-to-improve-the-data-quality-in-wikidata/>, another tool to improve the data quality in Wikidata, by Envlh <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Envlh> - cookiecutter-toolforge <https://github.com/lucaswerkmeister/cookiecutter-toolforge>, a template to easily create tools, by Lucas Werkmeister <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister> - WDFS <https://gitlab.com/Nudin/wdfs>: Mount Wikidata as a filesystem, by MichaelSchoenitzer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MichaelSchoenitzer> - Wikidata Comparison Tool <https://tulana.ga/> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: carbon footprint <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5991>, attenuation coefficient <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5992>, compressive modulus of elasticity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5993>, recycling code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5994>, kit supplier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5995>, category for films in this language <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5996>, stated in reference as <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5997>, distributary <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5998>, water footprint <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6000>, applies to people <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6001>, flexural strain at break <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6014>, body pose or movement <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6022> - External identifiers: APNI ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5984>, Literaturaren Zubitegia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5985>, Getty Iconography Authority ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5986>, Indiancine.ma film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5987>, Deezer show ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5988>, Indiancine.ma person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5989>, Movies Anywhere ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5990>, Japan PlayStation Store ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5999>, WikiArt ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6002>, Center for Biological Diversity ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6003>, Brasiliana Iconográfica ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6004>, Muck Rack journalist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6005>, Museum Universe Data File ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6006>, Salons ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6007>, Agoda hotel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6008>, Techopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6009>, Encyclopedia of Alabama ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6010>, Internet Pinball Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6011>, California Office of Historic Preservation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6012>, Encyclopedia of Appalachia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6013>, Handbook of Texas ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6015>, Tennessee Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6016>, CanalPlan AC place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6017>, SeaLifeBase ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6018>, Species at Risk public registry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6019>, d'Art d'Art ! ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6020>, Hymenoptera Online taxon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6021> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: ENADE IGC continuous <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ENADE_IGC_continuous>, INEP IGC discrete <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/INEP_IGC_discrete>, Digital representation of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_representation_of>, Container title <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Container_title>, Systematic Catalog of Culicidae ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Systematic_Catalog_of_Culicidae_ID>, Plant Parasites of Europe ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Plant_Parasites_of_Europe_ID>, date of opening <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/date_of_opening>, uses capitalization for <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/uses_capitalization_for>, phase <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/phase>, Trainer von Sportmannschaft <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Trainer_von_Sportmannschaft>, research site <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/research_site> - External identifiers: New York Times short URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/New_York_Times_short_URL>, ECOS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ECOS_ID>, IGF entrant ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IGF_entrant_ID>, Clé des langues ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cl%C3%A9_des_langues_ID>, CMS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CMS_ID>, Hypericum MySpecies ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hypericum_MySpecies_ID>, ResearchGate author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ResearchGate_author_ID>, Oiseaux.net ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oiseaux.net_ID>, Missouri Botanical Garden ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Missouri_Botanical_Garden_ID>, Steere Herbarium ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Steere_Herbarium_ID>, Wild Herps ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wild_Herps_ID>, Sea Slug Forum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sea_Slug_Forum_ID>, OSF Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OSF_Online_ID>, MNHN ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MNHN_ID>, Neotropical Birds ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Neotropical_Birds_ID>, GRIN ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GRIN_ID>, Birds of America ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Birds_of_America_ID>, Echinoid Directory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Echinoid_Directory_ID>, AFD ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AFD_ID>, FEIS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FEIS_ID>, New Zealand Birds Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/New_Zealand_Birds_Online_ID>, BirdLife Australia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BirdLife_Australia_ID>, NOAA Fisheries Species Directory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NOAA_Fisheries_Species_Directory_ID>, Espèces Envahissantes Outre-mer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Esp%C3%A8ces_Envahissantes_Outre-mer_ID>, AFAS author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AFAS_author_ID>, Prosopomaths ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Prosopomaths_ID>, ARD Mediathek ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ARD_Mediathek_ID>, GT IBMA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GT_IBMA_ID>, Mantodea Species File ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mantodea_Species_File_ID>, Coreoidea Species File ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coreoidea_Species_File_ID>, Cockroach Species File ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cockroach_Species_File_ID>, Red List of South African Plants ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Red_List_of_South_African_Plants_ID>, Biographie vosgienne ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographie_vosgienne_ID>, Larousse ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Larousse_ID>, MoEML ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MoEML_ID>, Scoresway basketball person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scoresway_basketball_person_ID>, Scoresway volleyball person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scoresway_volleyball_person_ID>, Scoresway ice hockey person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scoresway_ice_hockey_person_ID>, Scoresway rugby person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scoresway_rugby_person_ID>, Scoresway baseball person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scoresway_baseball_person_ID>, Polish Olympic Committee <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polish_Olympic_Committee>, GameFAQs platform ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GameFAQs_platform_ID>, DCMOTO identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DCMOTO_identifier>, BirdLife International IBA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BirdLife_International_IBA_ID>, British Museum bioID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/British_Museum_bioID>, Discogs composition ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Discogs_composition_ID>, Discogs track ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Discogs_track_ID>, NYC Building Identification Number (BIN) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NYC_Building_Identification_Number_(BIN)>, Cineuropa person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cineuropa_person_ID>, RIA Novosti reference <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RIA_Novosti_reference>, The Guardian article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Guardian_article_ID> - Query examples: - Number of properties by datatype, with a (random) example property <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Ftype%20%28COUNT%28%3Fproperty%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fproperty%29%20AS%20%3Fexample%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Flabel%29%20AS%20%3FexampleLabel%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%0A%20%20%3Fproperty%20wikibase%3ApropertyType%20%3Ftype%20.%0A%20%20%3Fproperty%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Flabel%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%28LANG%28%3Flabel%29%3D%22en%22%29%20.%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Ftype%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29> (source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/1056159632455024640>) - Number of depicted subjects by gender <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20number%20of%20depicted%20subjects%20by%20gender%0A%23%20uncomment%20the%20last%20part%20of%20line%207%20to%20limit%20the%20query%20to%20human%20subjects%2C%0A%23%20and%20change%20%3Fdepicted%20to%20DISTINCT%20%3Fdepicted%20in%20line%205%20to%20only%20count%20each%20subject%20once%20regardless%20of%20how%20many%20works%20depict%20them%0ASELECT%20%3Fgender%20%3FgenderLabel%20%3Fcount%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fgender%20%28COUNT%28%3Fdepicted%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Fdepicted.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdepicted%20%23%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fgender%0A%7D%20AS%20%25results%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25results.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%21ISBLANK%28%3Fgender%29%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29%0A%23%20%28note%20that%20this%20query%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20group%20any%20genders%20together%20automatically%2C%20but%20when%20using%20this%20data%2C%0A%23%20you%20should%20probably%20do%20so%20manually%20%E2%80%93%20e.%E2%80%AFg.%20include%20transgender%20%3Cgender%3E%20in%20the%20numbers%20for%20%3Cgender%3E%2C%20in%20accordance%20with%20their%20%E2%80%9Csubclass%20of%E2%80%9D%20statements%29> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1055789916708356096> ) - People at Svensktöversättarlexikon missing a LIBRISXL authority record ordered by number of articles in Wikipedia <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3FLibrisXL%20(%3Farticle%20as%20%3FWikipedia)%20%3FSBL%20%3FTrans%20%3Fimg%20(count(%3Flinks)%20as%20%3Flinkcount)%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP5147%20%3FTransid.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP3217%20%3FSBLid%7D%0A%20%20BIND(URI(CONCAT(%22https%3A%2F%2Flitteraturbanken.se%2F%25C3%25B6vers%25C3%25A4ttarlexikon%2Fartiklar%2F%22%2C%3FTransid))%20AS%20%3FTrans)%0A%20%20BIND(URI(CONCAT(%22https%3A%2F%2Fsok.riksarkivet.se%2Fsbl%2FPresentation.aspx%3Fid%3D%22%2C%3FSBLid))%20AS%20%3FSBL)%0A%20%20minus%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP5587%20%3FLibrisid%7D%0A%20%20BIND(URI(CONCAT(%22https%3A%2F%2Flibris.kb.se%2Fkatalogisering%2Fsearch%2Flibris%3F_limit%3D100%26q%3D%22%2C%3FLibrisid))%20AS%20%3FLibrisXL)%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP569%20%3FbirthDate%7D%0A%20%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3FdiedDate%7D%0A%20%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimg%7D%0A%20%20%3Flinks%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fperson%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22sv%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0Agroup%20by%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3FLibrisXL%20%3Farticle%20%3FSBL%20%3FTrans%20%3Fimg%0Aorder%20by%20desc(%3Flinkcount)%0A%0A> (source <https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1054646945938063361>) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: Wikidata:WikiProject Africa <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Africa>, Wikidata:WikiProject Open Government Data <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Open_Government_Data> - Newest database reports: indirect translation of lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data/Statistics/indirect_translations> Development - Several developers and members of the team attended to the Wikimedia Technical Conference - Fix an issue with interwikilinks and connection between Wikidata and sister projects (phab:T208077 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208077>, phab:T208124 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208124>) - Refactor Wikibase so that it can use alternative termbox views ( phab:T206863 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206863>) - Pass the entity data on the client side (phab:T207462 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207462>) and server side ( phab:T207467 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207467>) - Investigate an error on some Wikidata pages (phab:T208142 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208142>) 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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