*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Past: IRC office hour, January 8th <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/IRC_office_hour_2019-01-08> - Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in WikiBär, Berlin, January 15th (in German <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Berlin/2019-01-15>) - Upcoming: Academic workshop on data quality management in Wikidata, Berlin, January 18th (registration needed <https://fardamariam.wixsite.com/wikidatadqworkshop>) - Upcoming: Wikidata hackathon in Ulm <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidata-Workshop-Ulm-2019>, Germany, on February 22-24. The organization team is looking for people <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Topic:Uryzc19f849qh7a4> who can give introduction to Wikidata, QuickStatements or gadgets (in German). Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Connecting PCGamingWiki and Wikidata <https://connorshea.gitlab.io/blog/connecting-pcgw-and-wikidata.html> by Connor Shea - VOSviewer supports large number of new data sources <https://www.cwts.nl/blog?article=n-r2v284> (including Wikidata) - Interview of Denny Vrandečić <https://betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com/episode-25-denny-vrandei> on the podcast Between the Brackets, about Wikidata and plenty of other things Other Noteworthy Stuff - Structured data for Commons: multilingual captions are deployed on Commons on January 10th (documentation <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:File_captions>) - The Wikidata Query Service has been encountering some data corruption issues that impact the results you can see when running a query. Some may still be running. You can check the current ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213210> for more updates. - New dashboard <https://wdcm.wmflabs.org/WD_percentUsageDashboard/> for percentage of pages on a Wikimedia project make use of data from Wikidata (doesn't include sitelinks, doesn't include Commons file and category pages for now) - Science Stories <http://www.sciencestories.io/>, a project highlighting women in sciences, uses Wikidata Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: urban population <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6343>, rural population <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6344>, corporate purpose <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6346>, closest approach <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6354> - External identifiers: Uppsala General Catalogue ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6340>, IFPNI species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6341>, Dictionnaire des Wallons ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6342>, The White-files species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6347>, Hymnary text ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6348>, Lace bugs database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6349>, Doctrine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6350>, Genius artist numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6351>, OLAC video game genre vocabulary <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6352>, OSGS-Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6353>, MNAM artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6355>, IHOI work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6356>, Conférence du stage secretary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6357>, Musée Picasso artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6358> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: official color <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/official_color>, euler characteristic <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/euler_characteristic>, REDIZO <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/REDIZO>, number of articles <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_articles>, property for implied values <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/property_for_implied_values>, BNP Catalog ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BNP_Catalog_ID>, Psyl'list species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Psyl%27list_species_ID>, charter URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/charter_URL>, works in collection <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/works_in_collection>, precedes word-initial <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/precedes_word-initial>, WordLift ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WordLift_ID> - External identifiers: Litchfield Ledger ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Litchfield_Ledger_ID>, NicoNicoPedia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NicoNicoPedia>, Bahamut Gamer's Community ACG Database <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bahamut_Gamer%27s_Community_ACG_Database>, Bunkacho Media Art Database (Development Version): Animation Database <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bunkacho_Media_Art_Database_(Development_Version):_Animation_Database>, Bunkacho Media Art Database (Development Version): Comic Database <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bunkacho_Media_Art_Database_(Development_Version):_Comic_Database>, Interpol WOA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Interpol_WOA_ID>, MAMVP ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MAMVP_ID>, VectorBase Taxonomy ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VectorBase_Taxonomy_ID>, Köztaurusz azonosító <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/K%C3%B6ztaurusz_azonos%C3%ADt%C3%B3>, TV Spielfilm <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV_Spielfilm>, Norwegian silvertax 1816 contributor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Norwegian_silvertax_1816_contributor_ID>, Krugosvet article <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Krugosvet_article>, infosport.ru person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/infosport.ru_person_ID>, Viperson ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Viperson_ID>, iTunes TV season ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/iTunes_TV_season_ID>, sportufo.ru person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sportufo.ru_person_ID>, RBU person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RBU_person_ID>, biathlon.com.ua person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/biathlon.com.ua_person_ID>, skiresort.info ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/skiresort.info_ID>, AiF dossier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AiF_dossier>, JORFSearch organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JORFSearch_organization_ID>, ELNET ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ELNET_ID>, U-DISE code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/U-DISE_code>, AISHE code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AISHE_code>, EIIN number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EIIN_number> - Query examples: - Schools of magic by numbers of students <https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fperson%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ52085914.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP69%20%3Fq.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29> (source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1084469697737822208>) - Members of the Association for Computing Machinery who also gave TED talks <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FtedtalkLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP166%20wd%3AQ18748039.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP2611%20%3Fted.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Ftedtalk%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ23011722.%0A%20%20%3Ftedtalk%20wdt%3AP50%20%3Fitem.%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/1083726954618966016>) - Languages where some lexemes have more than one grammatical gender entered in Wikidata <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20languages%20where%20some%20lexemes%20have%20more%20than%20one%20grammatical%20gender%0ASELECT%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Flexeme%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Flexeme%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Flexeme%20p%3AP5185%20%3FgenderStatement.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Flexeme%0A%20%20HAVING%28COUNT%28%3FgenderStatement%29%20%3E%201%29%0A%7D%20AS%20%25lexemesWithMultipleGenders%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25lexemesWithMultipleGenders.%0A%20%20%3Flexeme%20dct%3Alanguage%20%3Flanguage.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Flanguage%20%3FlanguageLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1082764236441509890> ) - Timeline of early French aviation pioneers <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fdate%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP106%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ2095549%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdate%20FILTER%20(YEAR(%3Fdate)%3C1900).%0A%20%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ142%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%7B%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%2C%20fr%2C%20en%22%20%7D%0A%0A%20%7D%20> (source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1082534647039430656>) - Map of schools where virtual twins were educated <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fschool%20%3FschoolLabel%20%3Fgeo%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fitem1%20%3Fitem1Label%20%3Fdob%20%3Fdod%0A%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1889%20%5B%5D%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%20p%3AP1889%2Fpq%3AP1013%20wd%3AQ20978290%20%3B%20wdt%3AP69%20%3Fschool%20%3B%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fdob%20%3B%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdod.%20%0A%20%20%3Fitem1%20wdt%3AP1889%20%5B%5D%20%3B%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%20p%3AP1889%2Fpq%3AP1013%20wd%3AQ20978290%20%3B%20wdt%3AP69%20%3Fschool%20.%20%0A%20%3Fschool%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fgeo%20.%0A%20FILTER%20%28%3Fitem%20%21%3D%20%3Fitem1%29%0A%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ159979%20%7D%20%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fdob%29%0ALIMIT%204000> (source <https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/1082645222125957120>) - Most cited Magnuses in Wikidata <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fcount%20%3Fmagnus%20%3FmagnusLabel%20%3FmagnusDescription%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%20SELECT%20(COUNT(*)%20AS%20%3Fcount)%20%3Fmagnus%20%7B%20%3Fmagnus%20wdt%3AP735%20wd%3AQ18109457%20%3B%20%5Ewdt%3AP50%20%2F%20%5Ewdt%3AP2860%20%5B%5D%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fmagnus%20%7D%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(%3Fcount)> (source <https://twitter.com/fnielsen/status/1082623323136290818>) Development - Solving an issue that blocked deployments over the past weeks ( phab:T212427 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T212427>) - Improved the visual appearance of glosses (phab:T207401 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207401>) - Fixing problems with reverting Sense addition (phab:T211438 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211438>) - Improving our Javascript to be more standard (phab:T210744 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T210744>) - Working on performing more constraint type checks in PHP before falling back to SPARQL (phab:T209504 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209504>) - Making the query service logo and favicon configurable in one's own Wikibase (phab:T212210 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T212210>) - More work on displaying the termbox on mobile (phab:T207150 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207150>) 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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