*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Happy birthday, Wikidata!
- Today, on October 29th, it’s Wikidata’s 7th birthday. Time to reflect and celebrate and to look forward to see where we are going from here. Message from the Wikidata development team <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday> - You can also write a birthday message <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday/Community_messages> or add a present to the list <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday/Presents> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Past: Several sessions at Wikidata goes Library <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Vienna/2019-10-18>, Vienna, Vienna Public Library (Q1020347) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1020347> (18 October): - Wikidata is amazing <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_is_amazing_-_Wikidata_Goes_Libraries,_October_18_2019.pdf>, talk by Jean-Fréd <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric> - Uses of Wikidata and Wikibase in France <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20191018-Wikidata-Wien.pdf>, talk by Nicolas Vigneron <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:VIGNERON> - Using Wikidata for Video Game Research <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3515882>, talk by Tracy Hoffmann - Wikidata based extended search queries <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_based_extended_search_queries_-_slides_2019-10-18.pdf>, talk by Christian Erlinger (Q67173261) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67173261> - Past: WikidataCon 2019 in Berlin. You can see the videos of the sessions <https://media.ccc.de/c/wikidatacon2019> and the list of slides and notes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Documentation>, also from the program <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Program#Friday,_October_25th>. Among them, here are few suggestions of sessions to watch: - Glimpse over Wikidata <https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-3-glimpse_over_wikidata> & Wikidata and languages <https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-2-wikidata_and_languages> (Lydia Pintscher) - Birthday presents demo <https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-16-birthday_celebration_presents_demo> (various people presenting new tools and features) - WikidataCon awards ceremony <https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-17-wikidatacon_award_ceremony> (Birgit Müller & Liam Wyatt) - New usages of Wikidata to support underserved language communities <https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-1060-new_usages_of_wikidata_to_support_underserved_language_communities> (Lucie-Aimée Kaffee) - Overview of the data import process <https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-1035-data_import_process_overview> (Navino Evans) - A lot of interesting tools and projects presented during the two <https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-18-lightning_talks_1> lightning talks sessions <https://media.ccc.de/v/wikidatacon2019-19-lightning_talks_2> - Upcoming: plenty of events taking place for Wikidata's seventh birthday <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday>! In London on 29th <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-birthday-party-in-london-tickets-76951807929>, in Cape Town on 31st <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Seventh_Birthday/Cape_Town>, a datathon organized in India <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_Seventh_Birthday>, in Barcelona on November 13th <https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquiprojecte:Dimecres_de_dataf%C3%ADlia_2019>, etc. Press, articles, blog posts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Analysis of Urban Information of Colombia on Wikidata <https://figshare.com/articles/Analysis_of_Urban_Information_of_Colombia_on_Wikidata/10032185>, 2nd CATAÏ Workshop <http://www.catai.fr/catai2019/>, Bogota, Colombia, 23-24 October 2019 (Preprint <https://easychair.org/publications/preprint/DvhT>) - Wikidata as a FAIR knowledge graph for the life sciences <https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/799684v1.full> (preprint in Biorxiv) Tool of the week - MachtSinn <https://tools.wmflabs.org/machtsinn/> is a game to easily add Senses to Lexemes, based on suggestions from Items labels. It helps improving the data about languages in Wikidata. Other Noteworthy Stuff - Open request for oversight permission: -revi <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/-revi> - OpenRefine 3.3 beta <https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/tag/3.3-beta> was released - The Community Wishlist Survey 2020 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2020> from Wikimedia Foundation started. This year, it is focused on small projects and Wikidata-related wishes will not be included. - You can help expanding the list <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mix'n'match/Catalogues> of databases, encyclopedias, etc. which could be added to Mix'n'match <https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match>. Can be used for property creation too. Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: graph diameter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7462>, orientation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7469>, URN formatter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7470>, iFixit Repairability Score <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7478>, key col <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7479>, variety of form <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7481>, source of file <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7482>, grammatical aspect <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7486> - External identifiers: CanadaSoccer.com person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7459>, FlashScore.com match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7460>, Publons journals/conferences ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7461>, Eu-football.info coach ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7463>, Genetics Home Reference Conditions ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7464>, Soccerbase referee ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7465>, Edvard Munch's correspondance person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7466>, Broadway Photographs person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7467>, MOHW HospID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7468>, iNaturalist place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7471>, National Marine Biological Library authority ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7472>, Neliti Journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7473>, Online Cenotaph ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7474>, dp.ru person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7475>, ifixit ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7476>, ICP license ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7477>, Brazilian federal deputy ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7480>, CinemaRx person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7483>, Kinematoscope - Film director <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7484>, Kinematoscope - Writer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7485>, Kinematoscope - Literary work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7487>, BDFutbol team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7488>, Stathletics ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7489>, teams.by team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7490> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: religion or world view <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/religion_or_world_view>, Comorbidity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Comorbidity>, CMF identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CMF_identifier>, masculine form <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/masculine_form>, feminine form <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/feminine_form>, XML namespace <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/XML_namespace>, Commons category for the interior of the item <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Commons_category_for_the_interior_of_the_item>, statement is regarded as spoiler for <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/statement_is_regarded_as_spoiler_for>, menu items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/menu_items> - External identifiers: Austrian Parliament 1848 – 1918 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Austrian_Parliament_1848_%E2%80%93_1918_ID>, Eu-football.info match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eu-football.info_match_ID>, playmarkerstats.com match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/playmarkerstats.com_match_ID>, Soccerway match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerway_match_ID>, Jeugdliteratuur ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jeugdliteratuur_ID>, Fussballdaten.de team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fussballdaten.de_team_ID>, Van Wijngaarden quarry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Van_Wijngaarden_quarry_ID>, NZPCN ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NZPCN_ID>, Women Film Pioneers ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Women_Film_Pioneers_ID>, ACL Anthology article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACL_Anthology_article_ID>, Ovrtur Biography ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ovrtur_Biography_ID>, Golden ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Golden_ID>, Ben Yehuda author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ben_Yehuda_author_ID>, Estonian biographical database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Estonian_biographical_database_ID>, startrek.com Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/startrek.com_Database_ID>, Chinese Professional Baseball League player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Chinese_Professional_Baseball_League_player_ID>, Software Preservation Society game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Software_Preservation_Society_game_ID> - Query examples: - Tree map of members of the 16th Lok Sabha, grouped by state represented <https://w.wiki/AyX> (source <https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1189066836316475392>) - Pictures of animals with female grammatical gender in German but male grammatical gender in French <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20pictures%20of%20animals%20with%20female%20grammatical%20gender%20in%20German%20but%20male%20grammatical%20gender%20in%20French%0A%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fanimal%20%3FdeLemmas%20%3FfrLemmas%20%3Fimage%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fanimal%20%28STRLANG%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FdeLemma%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2F%22%29%2C%20%22de%22%29%20AS%20%3FdeLemmas%29%20%28STRLANG%28GROUP_CONCAT%28%3FfrLemma%3B%20separator%20%3D%20%22%2F%22%29%2C%20%22fr%22%29%20AS%20%3FfrLemmas%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fde%20dct%3Alanguage%20wd%3AQ188%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AlexicalCategory%20wd%3AQ1084%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Alemma%20%3FdeLemma%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP5185%20wd%3AQ1775415%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ontolex%3Asense%20%5B%20wdt%3AP5137%20%3Fanimal%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ffr%20dct%3Alanguage%20wd%3AQ150%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AlexicalCategory%20wd%3AQ1084%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Alemma%20%3FfrLemma%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP5185%20wd%3AQ499327%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ontolex%3Asense%20%5B%20wdt%3AP5137%20%3Fanimal%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fanimal%20wdt%3AP279%2B%20wd%3AQ729.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fanimal%0A%7D%20AS%20%25animals%0AWITH%20%7B%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fanimal%20%3FanimalLabel%20%3FdeLemmas%20%3FfrLemmas%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25animals.%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%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25animalsWithLabels%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25animalsWithLabels.%0A%20%20BIND%28CONCAT%28%22haswbstatement%3AP180%3D%22%2C%20STRAFTER%28STR%28%3Fanimal%29%2C%20STR%28wd%3A%29%29%29%20AS%20%3Fsearch%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Amwapi%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aapi%20%22Search%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aendpoint%20%22commons.wikimedia.org%22%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Asrsearch%20%3Fsearch%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Asrnamespace%20%226%22%3B%20%23%20NS_FILE%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20mwapi%3Asrlimit%20%22max%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ftitle%20wikibase%3AapiOutput%20mwapi%3Atitle.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28IRI%28CONCAT%28%22http%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%3AFilePath%2F%22%2C%20STRAFTER%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%22File%3A%22%29%29%29%20AS%20%3Fimage%29%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1188954285616353280> ) - Map of bus stops in Biscay <https://w.wiki/AyZ> (source <https://twitter.com/theklaneh/status/1188529112320745472>) - Tree graph of doctoral advisors going backward from Abhijit Banerjee <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0APREFIX%20gas%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigdata.com%2Frdf%2Fgas%23%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3FlinkTo%20WHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20gas%3Aservice%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aprogram%20gas%3AgasClass%20%22com.bigdata.rdf.graph.analytics.SSSP%22%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Ain%20wd%3AQ320578%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3AtraversalDirection%20%22Forward%22%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aout%20%3Fitem%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3Aout1%20%3Fdepth%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3AmaxIterations%2010%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20gas%3AlinkType%20wdt%3AP184%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP184%20%3FlinkTo%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7Bbd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%0A%23> (source <https://twitter.com/wikidataindia/status/1186892509114519553> ) Development - Wikidata Bridge: Create progressive disabled version of save button ( phab:T235055 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235055>) - Save original revision data in store (phab:T235052 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235052>) - Add interface for tracking/logging (phab:T236233 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T236233>) - Make app change button attributes depending on state of store ( phab:T235056 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235056>) - More work on reducing the resource loader modules - More work on tainted references 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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