Hey everyone :) Here's your summary of what's been going on around Wikidata over the past week.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Next Wikidata workshop/meetup in Paris <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Paris>: February 15th - Next Wikidata meetup in Berlin <https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Wikidata/events/258598844/>: March 12th - The conference grant proposal for WikidataCon was submitted and could use endorsements. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Wikidata_Con_2019> Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - „Eisberg voraus!“ – Sächsische Landeskunde mit SXRM, Wikisource und Wikidata <https://saxorum.hypotheses.org/2081> by Jens Bemme (in German) - Linking the OLAC Video Game Vocabulary with Wikidata <https://ivdn.org/metadata/linking-the-olac-video-game-vocabulary-with-wikidata/> by Tracy Hoffmann and Peter Chan - Adam blogged about how to update an existing Wikibase docker instance <https://addshore.com/2019/01/wikibase-docker-mediawiki-wikibase-update/> Other Noteworthy Stuff - Got some time? SpeedPatrolling <https://tools.wmflabs.org/speedpatrolling>, a tool to simplify patrolling of recent changes on Wikidata (documentation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister/SpeedPatrolling>), has been announced <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_Tool:_SpeedPatrolling> and you can use it to help fight vandalism. - Got some time? Match some streets and the humans they are named after. <https://tools.wmflabs.org/topicmatcher/#/random?instance=Q79007&topic=Q5&property=138> - Got some time? Help link OpenStreetMap and Wikidata Items with the new OSM <-> Wikidata matcher. <https://osm.wikidata.link/> - Wikidata Query Service now has over 7 billion triples <https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000489/wikidata-query-service?orgId=1&from=now%2FM&to=now%2FM&panelId=7&fullscreen> . Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: affiliation string <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6424>, RightsStatement status according to source website <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6426>, trading name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6427>, Alexander–Briggs notation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6432> - External identifiers: DIZIE ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6414>, football.odessa.ua person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6415>, sport-strana.ru article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6416>, Homosaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6417>, funk channel ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6418>, GEOFON earthquake ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6419>, Georgian National Filmography ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6420>, infosport.ru person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6421>, ManualsLib brand ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6422>, MusicBrainz event ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6423>, LGD local body code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6425>, HAER ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6428>, Hymnary hymnal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6429>, Hymnary instance ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6430>, Hymnary tune ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6431>, Global Species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6433>, Amsterdam code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6434> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: does not have quality (2) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/does_not_have_quality_(2)>, Den Digitale Byport-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Den_Digitale_Byport-ID>, expression of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/expression_of>, calendar feed url <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/calendar_feed_url>, Total goals in career <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Total_goals_in_career>, Strepsiptera database species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Strepsiptera_database_species_ID>, Brentidae of the world species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brentidae_of_the_world_species_ID>, Illustrated catalog of Tessaratomidae species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Illustrated_catalog_of_Tessaratomidae_species_ID>, WBCHSE code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WBCHSE_code> - External identifiers: Douban Book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douban_Book_ID>, Douban Musician ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douban_Musician_ID>, Douban Author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douban_Author_ID>, Douban Music ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douban_Music_ID>, Douban Drama ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douban_Drama_ID>, Douban Game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douban_Game_ID>, Douban Read Author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douban_Read_Author_ID>, Douban Read eBook ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douban_Read_eBook_ID>, Douban Site Name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douban_Site_Name>, Douban Username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Douban_Username>, Zhihu username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zhihu_username>, Bilibili user ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bilibili_user_ID>, QQ number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/QQ_number>, Bilibili video ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bilibili_video_ID>, Bilibili bangumi ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bilibili_bangumi_ID>, Bilibili tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bilibili_tag_ID>, Mtime movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mtime_movie_ID>, Mtime people ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mtime_people_ID>, Dictionary of Anhui Writers ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary_of_Anhui_Writers_ID>, Fuzhou Architecture Heritage ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fuzhou_Architecture_Heritage_ID>, Eventa Servo ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eventa_Servo_ID>, Rocks Backpages author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rocks_Backpages_author_ID>, Rocks Backpages artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rocks_Backpages_artist_ID>, Rocks Backpages publication ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rocks_Backpages_publication_ID>, Hulu movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hulu_movie_ID>, Hulu series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hulu_series_ID>, Democracy Club ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Democracy_Club_ID>, ISA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISA_ID>, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Schutzgebiete-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern_Schutzgebiete-ID>, DALFAN ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DALFAN_ID>, GameFAQs franchise ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GameFAQs_franchise_ID>, CABB player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CABB_player_ID>, castingvideos ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/castingvideos_ID>, Bildarchiv, Herder-Institut <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bildarchiv,_Herder-Institut>, IEEEXplore document ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IEEEXplore_document_ID>, IEEEXplore author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IEEEXplore_author_ID>, Antarctica NZ Digital Asset Manager <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Antarctica_NZ_Digital_Asset_Manager>, Pacific Coast Architecture Database building ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pacific_Coast_Architecture_Database_building_ID>, Twitter user ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Twitter_user_ID>, Australian Antarctic Data Center <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Australian_Antarctic_Data_Center>, Enciclopedia delle donne ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_delle_donne_ID> - Deleted properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion>: P1112 (Pokédex number) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_deletions/Archive/2019/Properties/1#P1112> - Query examples: - Common topics of publications by people affiliated with a given organization <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:University_of_Virginia/Listeria/UVa_people/Common_topics_of_publications_co-authored_by_UVa_people> - World __ days and other awareness days in calendar order <https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fmonth_int%20%3FmonthLabel%20(%3Fday_int%20as%20%3Fd)%20%3Fworld_dayLabel%20(%3Fworld_day%20as%20%3Flink)%20(GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT%20%3FcountryLabel%3B%20separator%3D%22%2C%20%22)%20as%20%3Fcountries)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%7B%20SELECT%20%3Fmonth_int%20%3Fmonth%20%3Fday_int%20%3Fworld_day%20%3Fcountry%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%3Fmonth%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ47018901%3B%20wdt%3AP1545%20%3Fmonth_ordinal.%0A%3Fday%20p%3AP361%20%5Bps%3AP361%20%3Fmonth%3B%20pq%3AP1545%20%3Fday_ordinal%20%5D.%0A%20BIND(xsd%3Ainteger(%3Fmonth_ordinal)%20AS%20%3Fmonth_int)%0A%20BIND(xsd%3Ainteger(%3Fday_ordinal)%20AS%20%3Fday_int)%0AVALUES%20%3Ftype%20%7Bwd%3AQ2558684%20wd%3AQ422695%7D%20%23%20World%20___%20day%3B%20Awareness%20day%20%0A%3Fworld_day%20wdt%3AP31%20%3Ftype%3B%20wdt%3AP837%20%3Fday%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fworld_day%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%7D%20%0A%7D%20%20%7D%0ASERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fmonth%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FmonthLabel.%20%3Fworld_day%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3Fworld_dayLabel.%20%3Fcountry%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fmonth_int%20%3FmonthLabel%20%3Fday_int%20%3Fworld_dayLabel%20%3Fworld_day%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fmonth_int%20%3Fd> (Source) <https://twitter.com/mlpoulter/status/1092441042966769665> - timeline of writing systems <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fimage%20%20%3Fdate%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP279%2B%7Cwdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ8192%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20it%2C%20de%2C%20es%2C%20fr%22%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1085953893266264065>) - family tree of Donald Duck <https://tools.wmflabs.org/magnus-toolserver/ts2/geneawiki/?q=Q6550> ( source <https://twitter.com/MonsieurBraun/status/1085975701768019968>) - Common long words in titles of scholarly articles <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fw%20%28COUNT%28%2a%29%20AS%20%3Fc%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Ftitle%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ13442814%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1476%20%3Ftitle.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28STRLEN%28%3Ftitle%29%20%3E%3D%2010%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20LIMIT%2010000%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28REPLACE%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%22%5E.%2a%3F%28%5C%5Cb%5C%5Cw%7B10%2C%7D%5C%5Cb%29.%2a%24%22%2C%20%22%241%22%29%20AS%20%3Fw1%29%0A%20%20BIND%28REPLACE%28STRAFTER%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%3Fw1%29%2C%20%22%5E.%2a%3F%28%5C%5Cb%5C%5Cw%7B10%2C%7D%5C%5Cb%29.%2a%24%22%2C%20%22%241%22%29%20AS%20%3Fw2%29%0A%20%20BIND%28REPLACE%28STRAFTER%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%3Fw2%29%2C%20%22%5E.%2a%3F%28%5C%5Cb%5C%5Cw%7B10%2C%7D%5C%5Cb%29.%2a%24%22%2C%20%22%241%22%29%20AS%20%3Fw3%29%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fw_%20%7B%201%202%203%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Fw_%20%3D%201%2C%20%3Fw1%2C%20IF%28%3Fw_%20%3D%202%2C%20%3Fw2%2C%20%3Fw3%29%29%20AS%20%3Fw%29%0A%20%20FILTER%28REGEX%28%3Fw%2C%20%22%5E%5C%5Cw%2B%24%22%29%29%20%23%20no%20idea%20why%20this%20is%20necessary%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fw%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fc%29> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1086302403358543873> ) - schools of magic by number of students <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fq%20%3FqLabel%20(COUNT(%3Fperson)%20AS%20%3Fcount)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fq%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%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(%3Fcount)> (source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1084469697737822208>) Development - Making progress towards first showable version of basic Shape Expression support - Layout polishing for the mobile termbox (the box that shows labels, desctiptions and aliases) and continuing work on the "in more languages" and "all entered languages" sections in it - Added tracking for the number of Senses and Forms to our graph for tracking the number of Items, Properties and Lexemes <https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/000000167/wikidata-datamodel?refresh=30m&orgId=1> - Worked more on making it easier to set up Quickstatements in other Wikibase instances - Preventing an entity to redirect to itself (phabricator:T214919 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214919>) - Working on making Federation (reusing Wikidata's Items and Properties to make statements) work for Wikimedia Commons to get the rollout of the next stage (support for depicts statements) unstuck - Fixed an issue with adding sitelinks from Commons (phabricator:T213975 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T213975>) - Fixing Cognate support for yue Wiktionary (phabricator:T214400 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214400>) 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> Anything to add? Please share! :) Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager 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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