*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- Closed request for adminship: BRPever <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/BRPever>, welcome on board! Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Upcoming: Adding structured and machine-readable data for copyright and licensing on Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata <https://ccglobalsummit2019lisbonportugal.sched.com/event/MiW5/adding-structured-and-machine-readable-data-for-copyright-and-licensing-on-wikimedia-commons-and-wikidata>, workshop by Sandra Fauconnier <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SandraF_(WMF)> about modelling copyright statuses <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Copyrights> on Wikidata, 10 May, at the Creative Commons Global Summit <https://summit.creativecommons.org/> in Lisbon - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop in Utrecht <https://www.wikimedia.nl/activiteit/wikizaterdag-5ct7m5>, Netherlands, on May 11th - Upcoming: Wikidata Lab XV <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XV> about lexicographical data, May 23th in São Paulo, Brazil Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Kennisverrijking via Wikidata <https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/nieuws/kennisverrijking-wikidata> (in Dutch), by Netwerk Oorlogsbronnen <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Netwerk_Oorlogsbronnen>, Hanno Lans <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Hannolans> and Janneke Jorna <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jjorna> - Solving Art's Data Problem - Part One, Museums <https://www.artnome.com/news/2019/4/29/solving-arts-data-problem-part-one-museums>. Interview with Neil Stimler by Jason Bailey, mentioning Wikidata quite a few times - Technical usability of Wikidata's linked data: Evaluation of machine interoperability and data interpretability <https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f6d1/6eaf975af03a172c73843ff506592c952a04.pdf> - Nuno Freire and Antoine Isaac. - Fine-Grained Named Entity Recognition using ELMo and Wikidata <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.10503.pdf> - C. Deha Doğan, et al. - Debiasing Vandalism Detection Models at Wikidata <https://groups.uni-paderborn.de/fg-engels/publications_pdfs/Konferenzbeitraege/heindorf2019_WWW.pdf> (PDF), Stefan Heindorf et al. Other Noteworthy Stuff - Scholia receiving a grant from the Sloan Foundation <https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/1123942462928691210> - An upcoming version of the iD OpenStreetMap editor will prevent users <https://twitter.com/bhousel/status/1124869535440494592?s=19> from accidentally removing notable features if they have a link to Wikidata QIDs - New status of constraint, "suggestion", is now enabled <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-May/013026.html> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: precedes word-initial <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6712>, music video <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6718>, specifying descriptor <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6719> - External identifiers: Australian War Memorial ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6713>, Whitney Museum of American Art artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6714>, SIUSA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6715>, MyNeta.info political party ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6716>, IndieDB video game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6717>, interwiki prefix at Wikimedia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6720>, K10plus editions <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6721>, FemBio ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6722>, BlackPast.org ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6723>, Trainline ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6724>, CatholicSaints.info ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6725>, NSW Capital Conviction ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6726>, Dimore Storiche Italiane ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6727>, Dictionnaire des Vendéens ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6728> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: gene sequence <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/gene_sequence>, Has written for <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Has_written_for>, Rigging <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rigging>, Guix Variable Name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Guix_Variable_Name>, review of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/review_of>, NSF FICE Code ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NSF_FICE_Code_ID> - External identifiers: Watercolour World artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Watercolour_World_artist_ID>, VTB United League player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VTB_United_League_player_ID>, GNU ELPA package ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GNU_ELPA_package_ID>, MELPA package ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MELPA_package_ID>, Paměť národa ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pam%C4%9B%C5%A5_n%C3%A1roda_ID>, FragDenStaat public body ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FragDenStaat_public_body_ID>, MobyGames genre ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MobyGames_genre_ID>, Interactive Fiction Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Interactive_Fiction_Database_ID>, Recreation.gov campground ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Recreation.gov_campground_ID>, HAL institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HAL_institution_ID>, Swedish Royal Theater <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swedish_Royal_Theater> - Query examples: - Some people are named after the strangest sorts of things <https://w.wiki/3gb> (source <https://twitter.com/generalising/status/1124430457876164608>) - Commons categories for a set of books, that have categories for people other than those 'explained' by statements on Wikidata for author, contributor, etc. <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Commons%20categories%20for%20a%20set%20of%20books%2C%20that%20have%20categories%20for%20people%20other%20than%0A%23%20those%20%27explained%27%20by%20statements%20on%20Wikidata%20for%20author%2C%20contributor%2C%20etc.%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fbook%20%3FcommonsCategoryBook%20%3FcommonsCategoryAuth%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fbook%20%3Fauth%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fbook%20wdt%3AP195%20wd%3AQ53764729%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fbook%20wdt%3AP50%7Cwdt%3AP767%20%3Fauth%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25pairs%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fauth%20%3FcommonsCategoryAuth%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20hint%3ASubQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22.%20%23%20we%20have%20to%20disable%20the%20optimizer%20for%20this%20subquery%20because%20it%20gets%20confused%20by%20the%20%3FcommonsCategoryStatementEn%20part%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25pairs.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fauth%20wdt%3AP373%20%3FcommonsCategoryStatement.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28STRLANG%28CONCAT%28%22Category%3A%22%2C%20%3FcommonsCategoryStatement%29%2C%20%22en%22%29%20AS%20%3FcommonsCategoryStatementEn%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FcommonsCategoryFromStatement%20schema%3Aname%20%3FcommonsCategoryStatementEn%3B%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%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2F%3E.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FcommonsCategoryFromSitelink%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fauth%3B%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%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2F%3E.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28STRSTARTS%28STR%28%3FcommonsCategoryFromSitelink%29%2C%20%22https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCategory%3A%22%29%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28COALESCE%28%3FcommonsCategoryFromStatement%2C%20%3FcommonsCategoryFromSitelink%29%20AS%20%3FcommonsCategoryAuth%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28BOUND%28%3FcommonsCategoryAuth%29%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25authsWithCommonsCategories%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fbook%20%3FcommonsCategoryBook%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20hint%3ASubQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22.%20%23%20we%20have%20to%20disable%20the%20optimizer%20for%20this%20subquery%20because%20it%20gets%20confused%20by%20the%20%3FcommonsCategoryStatementEn%20part%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25pairs.%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fbook%20wdt%3AP373%20%3FcommonsCategoryStatement.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20BIND%28STRLANG%28CONCAT%28%22Category%3A%22%2C%20%3FcommonsCategoryStatement%29%2C%20%22en%22%29%20AS%20%3FcommonsCategoryStatementEn%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FcommonsCategoryFromStatement%20schema%3Aname%20%3FcommonsCategoryStatementEn%3B%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%20%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2F%3E.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FcommonsCategoryFromSitelink%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fbook%3B%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%20%20%20%20%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2F%3E.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%28STRSTARTS%28STR%28%3FcommonsCategoryFromSitelink%29%2C%20%22https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCategory%3A%22%29%29%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28COALESCE%28%3FcommonsCategoryFromStatement%2C%20%3FcommonsCategoryFromSitelink%29%20AS%20%3FcommonsCategoryBook%29%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%28BOUND%28%3FcommonsCategoryBook%29%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25booksWithCommonsCategories%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fbook%20%3Fauth%20%3FcommonsCategoryBook%20%3FcommonsCategoryAuth%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25pairs%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25booksWithCommonsCategories.%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25authsWithCommonsCategories.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25pairCats%20%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25booksWithCommonsCategories%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fquery.wikidata.org%2Fbigdata%2Fnamespace%2Fcategories%2Fsparql%3E%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FcommonsCategoryBook%20mediawiki%3AisInCategory%20%3FcommonsCategoryAuth%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FcommonsCategoryAuth%20mediawiki%3AisInCategory%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCategory%3APeople_by_name%3E%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25pairCats%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20> (source <https://www.facebook.com/groups/Wikidata.GLAM/permalink/1815907571845332/?comment_id=1817334928369263&reply_comment_id=1820398794729543> ) - Timeline for members of the Illuminati Order <https://w.wiki/3gZ> ( source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1123471884232925189>) - Newspapers founded before 1900 with their Twitter hashtag <https://w.wiki/3gc> (source <https://twitter.com/LibrErli/status/1122944009767456768>) Development - Remove heading elements in Wikibase diffs (phab:T220772 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220772>) - Fix several issues on the Query Service interface (phab:T222182 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222182>, phab:T222133 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222133>, phab:T222129 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222129>) - Rename the Schema extension to EntitySchema (phab:T221942 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221942>) - Add data value type to Special:ListDatatypes (phab:T210598 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T210598>) - Investigate surprising rise in mobile page views (phab:T220977 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T220977>) - Show placeholders for label, description and alias on mobile termbox ( phab:T217000 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217000>) - Show each alias in a separate line in edit mode on mobile termbox ( phab:T218690 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218690>) - Cancel edit mode on mobile termbox (phab:T215951 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215951>) 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 link OpenStreetMap features with Wikidata items <https://osm.wikidata.link/>. - 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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