*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions
- New request for comments: Talk pages consultation 2019, phase 2 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Talk_pages_consultation_2019,_phase_2> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Past: Wikimedia hackathon 2019 in Prague, where plenty of people worked on Wikidata and Wikibase related projects (see list below) - Upcoming: Wikidata Affinity Group Meeting <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-May/013057.html>, 21 May 2019 - Upcoming: Hacknowledge 2019 <https://noosphere.ru/hacknowlege_2019> hackathon, where you can make a project that uses or improves Wikidata. Moscow, Russia, May 25-26 - Upcoming: Let's start Wikidata!/ウィキデータを始めよう！ <https://wikidata2019.peatix.com/>, 25 May 2019@Tokyo Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Ordia: A Web application for Wikidata lexemes <http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/views/edoc_download.php/7137/pdf/imm7137.pdf>, by Finn Årup Nielsen - Papers on Rust <http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=617> by Magnus Manske - *Building Knowledge Base through Deep Learning Relation Extraction and Wikidata <https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ee1b/a380b0cf6667b2d422332b785a8300269c54.pdf>* (Published in AAAI Spring Symposium: Combining Machine Learning with Knowledge Engineering, 2019) Other Noteworthy Stuff - [Breaking Change] wbeditentity including empty alias set will remove all aliases <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-May/013051.html> - Update: change of dates regarding wb_terms redesign. More information in this ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221764> - Support for shape expressions will be enabled on Wikidata on May 28th <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2019-May/013058.html> - Reminder: the program submission phase for Wikimania <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2019> runs until June 1st - QAnswer <https://qanswer-frontend.univ-st-etienne.fr/>, a question answering system based on Wikidata and other projects, now supports lexicographical data <https://qanswer.univ-st-etienne.fr/blog/15/03/2019> - Wikidata-related projects presented during the Wikimedia Hackathon 2019 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019> (see all documented projects <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimedia_hackathon_showcase_2019>) - Integraality <https://tools.wmflabs.org/integraality/>/Template:Property dashboard <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Property_dashboard>, to generate property statistics tables for Wikiprojects like the ones made for Sum of all Paintings <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_sum_of_all_paintings/Property_statistics/Sandbox>, hospitals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Medicine/Hospitals_by_country> and video games <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Video_games/Statistics/Platform> - BlockQuery <https://tools.wmflabs.org/blockyquery/>: Prototype of a graphical QueryBuilder to click and drag. - Prototype of an Alexa Skill of Voice assisted editing of Wikidata <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223510> Source Code <https://gitlab.com/evanp/alexa-skill-update-wikidata> Screenshot <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two-way_voice_interaction_for_wikidata.png> - Wikidata Quality Score Display <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Arybolab/WikidataQuality.js>: Gadget that displays on a Wikipedia article the quality level of the related Wikidata item - Wikidocumentaries <https://wikidocumentaries-demo.wmflabs.org/> service approaches beta quality and displays content from Wikimedia and other openly licensed sources for each Wikidata item. The latest user interface translations are Indonesian and Russian, and the newest content source plugin for the related images section is the brand new Creative Commons Search <https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/about> catalog. - GPS-friendly download of query result <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216601> & Download of RDF Formats <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T211177> - Some documentation about shape expressions was prepared - Improvements on Namescript <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Namescript> (documentation, descriptions for kanji names) - Wiki loves iNaturalist <https://wikilovesinat.netlify.com/>, a tool to look for images in iNaturalist, matching them with Wikidata - Mortar: easily upload GLAM collections in Wikidata and Commons <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223507> - Fixing the URL shorteners on the Query Service interface <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221127> - AddQuickClaim.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:AddQuickClaim.js>: pass the property and target item you want to add to an item into the url so you can quickly add a statement - ExternalItemSuggester.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Danmichaelo/Gadget-externalitemsuggester.js>: a gadget that provides autocomplete for selected external ID properties - Localization for the Saami and Romani languages was improved <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223524>. - All of the copyright-negative pictures and metadata of the digital image repository of the National Archive of Curaçao were scraped <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223050>. They will possibly be batch-uploaded later on. - Wikidata Stream <https://tobias47n9e.gitlab.io/wikidata-stream/>: A nice view of the Wikidata edit stream to use as an eye-catcher for people interested in Wikidata Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: exposure time <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6757>, supported sports team <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6758> - External identifiers: Flora of Australia ID (new) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6756>, NARA record group number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6759>, Know Your Meme ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6760>, NARA collection identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6761>, FilmFreeway ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6762>, Dictionary of Anhui Writers ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6763>, V&A artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6764>, Guix Variable Name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6765>, Who's on First ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6766>, FoodOn ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6767>, SportSport.ba news ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6768>, CNKI article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6769>, Swiss National Sound Archives ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6770>, Arabic Ontology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6771> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: Seating chart properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Seating_chart_properties>, Arachne Bauwerk ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arachne_Bauwerk_ID>, ISO speed <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISO_speed>, target muscle <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/target_muscle>, Pinakes author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pinakes_author_ID>, University of Amsterdam Album Academicum ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/University_of_Amsterdam_Album_Academicum_ID> - External identifiers: Buddhist Author Authority Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Buddhist_Author_Authority_Database_ID>, ITF women's tournament ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ITF_women%27s_tournament_ID>, Digital Giza ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_Giza_ID>, National Library of Wales Catalogue ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Library_of_Wales_Catalogue_ID>, ATP tennis tournament edition ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ATP_tennis_tournament_edition_ID>, NooSFere edition ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NooSFere_edition_ID>, TV Tropes identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV_Tropes_identifier>, Find New Zealand Artists iD <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Find_New_Zealand_Artists_iD>, Kobo author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kobo_author_ID>, Malaysia company number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Malaysia_company_number>, GLIMS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GLIMS_ID>, Gamepedia Wiki id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gamepedia_Wiki_id>, ProofWiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ProofWiki_ID>, Mediapart tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mediapart_tag_ID>, abART ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/abART_ID>, Corporate Number (South Korea) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Corporate_Number_(South_Korea)>, Art Gallery of South Australia work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Art_Gallery_of_South_Australia_work_ID>, Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Art_Gallery_of_South_Australia_creator_ID>, speedrun.com game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/speedrun.com_game_ID>, JIS standard <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JIS_standard>, Hoopla artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hoopla_artist_ID>, OSZMI ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OSZMI_ID>, Hoopla publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hoopla_publisher_ID>, Repology <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Repology>, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation_Grant_ID>, Elhuyar Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elhuyar_Dictionary_ID> - Query examples: - Most common properties for maps, with their top 5 values <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Most%20common%20properties%20for%20maps%2C%20with%20top%205%20values%0A%0ASELECT%20%3Fprop%20%3FpropLabel%20%20%3Fprop_items%20%3Fprop_stmts%20%3Fval%20%3FvalLabel%20%3Fval_count%20%3Fsamp%20%3FsampLabel%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3Fprop%20%3Fstmt%20%3Fval%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20hint%3AQuery%20hint%3Aoptimizer%20%22None%22%20.%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ4006%20%5Ewdt%3AP279%2a%2F%5Ewdt%3AP31%20%3Fitem%20.%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ17146139%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20%3Fp%20%3Fstmt%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fprop%20wikibase%3Aclaim%20%3Fp%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fprop%20wikibase%3AstatementProperty%20%3Fps%20.%0A%20%20%20%20MINUS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%3Fprop%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ19847637%7D%20%20%23%20Wikidata%20property%20representing%20a%20unique%20identifier%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%3Fprop%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ18614948%7D%20%20%23%20Wikidata%20property%20for%20authority%20control%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fstmt%20%3Fps%20%3Fval%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20%23LIMIT%202000%0A%7D%20AS%20%25maps_props_vals%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fprop%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3Fitem%29%29%20AS%20%3Fprop_items%29%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3Fstmt%29%29%20AS%20%3Fprop_stmts%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25maps_props_vals%20%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fprop%0A%7D%20AS%20%25prop_stats%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%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%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%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0AWITH%20%7B%20%20%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fprop%20%3Fval%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3Fitem%29%29%20AS%20%3Fval_count%29%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Fsamp%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25maps_props_vals%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fprop%20%3Fval%0A%20%20HAVING%20%28%3Fval_count%20%3E%203%29%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%7D%20AS%20%25prop_val_counts%0A%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fprop%20%3Fval%20%3Fsamp%20%3Fval_count%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%28%3Fval1%29%29%20AS%20%3Fval_rank%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25prop_val_counts%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%20%3Fprop%20%28%3Fval%20AS%20%3Fval1%29%20%28%3Fval_count%20AS%20%3Fval1_count%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25prop_val_counts%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fval1_count%20%3E%3D%20%3Fval_count%29%0A%20%20%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fprop%20%3Fval%20%3Fval_count%20%3Fsamp%0A%7D%20AS%20%25prop_val_ranks%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25prop_stats%20.%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25prop_val_ranks%20.%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fval_rank%20%3C%206%29%20.%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fprop_items%29%20DESC%28%3Fprop_stmts%29%20%3Fprop%20%3Fval_rank%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Maps/stats#Further_queries> ) - Timeline of pioneers of photography, via Wikidata and DBpedia <https://w.wiki/4BF> (source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1128906585273786368>) - Maps of synagogues in Czech Republic <https://w.wiki/4BG> (source <https://twitter.com/josefslerka/status/1128393899813298180>) - Lexemes that lack Senses but have at least one usage example <https://w.wiki/4BJ> (source <https://twitter.com/fagerving/status/1130505026802192384>) Development - Added lastrevid of entities to JSON dumps – thanks Pintoch <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pintoch>! - Working to scale the Wikidata Concepts Monitor system (phab:T203366 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203366>) - Imrpove logging in on mobile (phab:T215913 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T215913>) - More work on mobile termbox - Several developers from the Wikidata team attended to the hackathon, discussed with the community, gathered feedback, hacked on things together with volunteers :) 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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