*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions - Closed request for comments: Political alliance vs P4100 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Political_alliance_vs_P4100>, Changes to P2737 and P2738 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Changes_to_P2737_and_P2738>, Why do we have an item for dogs and another one for *Canis lupus familiaris*? <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Why_do_we_have_an_item_for_dogs_and_another_one_for_%27%27Canis_lupus_familiaris%27%27%3F>, start time / end time vs. publication date of 1st / last episode <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/start_time_/_end_time_vs._publication_date_of_1st_/_last_episode>, Mapping and improving the data import process <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Mapping_and_improving_the_data_import_process>, Familypedia links removed for "described at URL" <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Familypedia_links_removed_for_%22described_at_URL%22>, Allow the creation of links to redirects in Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Allow_the_creation_of_links_to_redirects_in_Wikidata> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Past: Several Wikidata-related presentations at International Data Week <http://www.internationaldataweek.org/> from November 5-8 in Gaborone: - Wikidata and Wikibase as global platforms for democratizing data publishing <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lqrgbA-Z0BQmkXDqDZtdR6EbHqDl0MM9POeyqmHG6KE/edit#slide=id.p> - WikiCite and Scholia - a Linked Open Data approach to exploring the scholarly literature and related resources <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScidataCon_2018_poster_168_-_WikiCite_and_Scholia_-_a_Linked_Open_Data_approach_to_exploring_the_scholarly_literature_and_related_resources.pdf> - A wiki approach to collecting, curating and managing citizen science data <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScidataCon_2018_poster_150_-_A_wiki_approach_to_collecting,_curating_and_managing_citizen_science_data.pdf> - A wiki perspective on an Open Science Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScidataCon_2018_poster_208_-_A_wiki_perspective_on_an_Open_Science_Commons.pdf> - Past: Several Wikidata-related presentations at GLAMWiki conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program>, including: - Wikidata — what's new? <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Wikidata_%E2%80%94_What%27s_new%3F> - Open your structured GLAM data with Wikibase — install your own instance of the technology behind Wikidata <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Open_your_structured_GLAM_data_with_Wikibase_%E2%80%94_install_your_own_instance_of_the_technology_behind_Wikidata> - Incoming: a new Illuminatis Data Mining workshop <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-November/012595.html> on 16-17 November in Gotha - Incoming: Wikidata workshop in Vienna <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmRcl2bnmtSsk98IFHSmP49Hk-4Kh9gC9T8tu7aKhjagkN9w/viewform> - Incoming: Wikidata train the trainers <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Train_the_trainers/GermanyAustria> in Cologne, Berlin and Vienna (in German) Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Incoming partnership with the German National Library <https://blog.wikimedia.de/2018/11/02/gemeinsam-wieder-neuland-betreten-die-deutsche-nationalbibliothek-und-wikimedia-deutschland/> by Jens Ohlig (in German) - How Wikidata Is Solving Its Chicken-or-Egg-Problem in the Field of Cultural Heritage <https://www.societybyte.swiss/2018/11/07/how-wikidata-is-solving-its-chicken-or-egg-problem-in-the-field-of-cultural-heritage/>, by Beat Eastermann Other Noteworthy Stuff - wikitable.info is a visualization of Wikidata items in HTML tables in many languages, easy to print and export. Feedback goes to Germartin1 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Germartin1> - OpenRefine 3.1 beta <https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.1-beta> is out, with many fixes and improvements to the Wikidata integration suggested by the community. - There's a new Wikidata game: Commons category matches <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/distributed/#game=44> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: location of sense usage <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6084>, dramaturge <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6086>, head coach of sports team <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6087>, beer bitterness <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6088>, beer color <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6089>, INEP IGC discrete grade <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6095>, clinical trial phase <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6099>, maintained by WikiProject <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6104>, uses capitalization for <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6106> - External identifiers: NYC Building Identification Number (BIN) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6082>, Cineuropa person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6083>, The Guardian article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6085>, Caselaw Access Project case ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6090>, MGG Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6091>, Map of Life ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6092>, AfroMoths ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6093>, FloraWeb ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6094>, FLOW ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6096>, AllPowerlifting.com person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6097>, Info Flora ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6098>, YÖK Academic Profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6100>, Mushroom Observer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6101>, Schleswig-Holstein object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6102>, Michigan Flora ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6103>, Observation.org ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6105> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: Vice <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vice>, sense associated with form <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sense_associated_with_form>, declared patrimony <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/declared_patrimony>, season ends <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/season_ends>, inscription mentions <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inscription_mentions>, DanNet 2.2 word ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DanNet_2.2_word_ID>, Study fees <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Study_fees>, HASC <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HASC>, exchange rate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/exchange_rate>, Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Verspreidingsatlas.nl_ID> - External identifiers: AllMusic release ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AllMusic_release_ID>, DBU profile <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBU_profile>, MusicNotes product ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MusicNotes_product_ID>, MusicNotes song ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MusicNotes_song_ID>, Nobel Prize in Literature ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature_ID>, Code de l'Autorité de l'Aviation Civile argentine <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Code_de_l%27Autorit%C3%A9_de_l%27Aviation_Civile_argentine>, Playbill venue ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Playbill_venue_ID>, Digital Flora of Central Africa ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_Flora_of_Central_Africa_ID>, Portal to the Flora of Italy ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Portal_to_the_Flora_of_Italy_ID>, Envanter.gov.tr Monument ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Envanter.gov.tr_Monument_ID>, B3Kat Joint Union Catalogue <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/B3Kat_Joint_Union_Catalogue>, Santiebeati ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Santiebeati_ID>, Soccerway team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerway_team_ID>, identifiant Littera <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Littera>, Letterboxd actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Letterboxd_actor_ID>, Letterboxd film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Letterboxd_film_ID>, Threatened Species Link ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Threatened_Species_Link_ID>, VD 18 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VD_18_ID>, Siamzone film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Siamzone_film_ID>, Thaifilm ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thaifilm_ID>, National Portrait Gallery (United States) object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Portrait_Gallery_(United_States)_object_ID>, Newseum newspaper front page ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Newseum_newspaper_front_page_ID>, Playbill person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Playbill_person_ID>, SWH Release ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SWH_Release_ID>, APA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/APA_ID>, Virtual Guide to the Flora of Mongolia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Virtual_Guide_to_the_Flora_of_Mongolia_ID>, identifiant À nos grands hommes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_%C3%80_nos_grands_hommes>, BioOne ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BioOne_ID>, Academy Awards Database film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Academy_Awards_Database_film_ID> - Query examples: - Currently happening figure skating competitions <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcompetition%20%3FcompetitionLabel%20%3Fdate%20%3Fend%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ2990963.%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16510064.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP361%20%3Fcomp.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcomp%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ2990963.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP361%20%3Fsegment.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fsegment%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16510064.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP580%20%3Fstart.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP582%20%3Fend.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcompetition%20wdt%3AP585%20%3FpointInTime.%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28COALESCE%28%3Fstart%2C%20%3FpointInTime%29%20AS%20%3Fdate%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28BOUND%28%3Fstart%29%29%20%7C%7C%20%28BOUND%28%3FpointInTime%29%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Fend%20%3E%3D%20%28NOW%28%29%20-%20%22P1D%22%5E%5Exsd%3Aduration%29%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28%28NOW%28%29%29%20%3E%3D%20%3Fdate%29%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate> (source <https://twitter.com/Harmonia_Amanda/status/1060962816268664833>) - Software developed by groups within Google <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fdev%20%3FdevLabel%20%3Flogo%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP178%20%3Fdev.%0A%20%20%3Fdev%20wdt%3AP361%20wd%3AQ95.%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/WikiDigi/status/1060876779294846976>) - Knowledge organization systems <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fbroader%20%3FbroaderLabel%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ6423319%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP279%20%3Fbroader%3B%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/jsamwrites/status/1060440441013833728>) - Most common election days by country <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3Fweekday%20%3Fcount%20%3FtotalCount%20%3Fpercentage%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%3Foffset%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Felection%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Felection%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ40231%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP585%2Fpsv%3AP585%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fdate%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%3Fprecision%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Fprecision%20%3E%3D%20%2211%22%5E%5Exsd%3Ainteger%29%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fcountry%20wdt%3AP156%7Cwdt%3AP576%7Cwdt%3AP582%20%3Fend.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%3Fdate%20-%20%221776-07-04%22%5E%5Exsd%3AdateTime%20AS%20%3FoffsetInt%29%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28%3FoffsetInt%20-%20%287%20*%20xsd%3Ainteger%28xsd%3Afloat%28%3FoffsetInt%29%20%2F%207.0%29%29%20AS%20%3FoffsetSigned%29%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3FoffsetSigned%20%3C%200%2C%20%3FoffsetSigned%20%2B%207%2C%20%3FoffsetSigned%29%20AS%20%3Foffset%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%3Foffset%0A%7D%20AS%20%25offsets%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%3Fweekday%20%3Fcount%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25offsets.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%200%2C%20%22Thursday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%201%2C%20%22Friday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%202%2C%20%22Saturday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%203%2C%20%22Sunday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%204%2C%20%22Monday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%205%2C%20%22Tuesday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3Foffset%20%3D%206%2C%20%22Wednesday%22%40en%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%22unknown%20day%22%40en%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20AS%20%3Fweekday%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25weekdays%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%28MAX%28%3Fcount%29%20AS%20%3FmaxCount%29%20%28SUM%28%3Fcount%29%20AS%20%3FtotalCount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25weekdays.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%0A%20%20HAVING%28%3FtotalCount%20%3E%3D%203%29%20%23%20filter%20out%20countries%20with%20not%20enough%20data%20%283%20is%20a%20very%20generous%20limit%29%0A%7D%20AS%20%25maxWeekdayCount%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fcountry%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fweekday%29%20AS%20%3Fweekday%29%20%3Fcount%20%3FtotalCount%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25weekdays.%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25maxWeekdayCount.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28%3Fcount%20%3D%20%3FmaxCount%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fcountry%20%3Fcount%20%3FtotalCount%0A%7D%20AS%20%25maxWeekday%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25maxWeekday.%0A%20%20BIND%28%3Fcount%20%2F%20%3FtotalCount%20AS%20%3Fratio%29%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28SUBSTR%28STR%28100%20*%20%3Fratio%29%2C%201%2C%205%29%2C%20%22%25%22%29%20AS%20%3Fpercentage%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%3FtotalCount%29> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1059611336802553856> ) Development - Displaying Senses before Forms (phab:T208592 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208592>) - Making quality constraints play nicer with the Query Service - Putting in the ground work to have quality checks run in jobs - Enabling arbritrary access on oldwikisource - Allowing configuration of the licence in .ttl output - Configuration of more string limits, such as URL and mono / multilingual texts - Moving wdqs frontend to a blubber deployment (phab:T192006 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192006>) - Asserting a users name so they can't edit when accidently logged out ( phab:T124451 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124451>) - Showcase a termbox placeholder in the mobile frontend of m.wikidata.org (phab:T206200 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T206200>) 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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