Hey folks :) Here's your summary of what's been happening around Wikidata over the past year: Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Upcoming: Wikimania <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata> - Upcoming: WikiConvention francophone <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConvention_francophone> - Past: GLAM Wiki Boot Camp <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp> - Past: Silicon Mountain Conf <https://twitter.com/sm_conf> - Past: OpenData.ch <http://opendata.ch/projects/conference-2016/> - Past: Semantic Web + Wikidata <https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-web-semantico-wikidata-25858790338> - Wikidata beim Hackathon HackHPI in Potsdam <http://blog.wikimedia.de/2016/06/15/wikidata-beim-hackathon-hackhpi-in-potsdam/> - Data Ex Machina <http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/05/linked-data-medicinal-chemistry-comment> - Op-ed in the *Wikipedia Signpost* regarding Wikidata licensing <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-06-15/Op-ed> Other Noteworthy Stuff - ORES is not available as a beta feature to make it easier to find bad edits <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#ORES_live_as_a_beta_feature> - New user script to show the main image of an item is ready for testing <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Header_image_on_items> - Into football/soccer? WikiProject Association football/Euro 2016 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Association_football/Euro_2016> could use your help. - Want to see Wikidata changes in the history of a Wikipedia article? There is a user script that needs your feedback. <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#user_script_to_show_Wikidata_changes_in_article_history> - We are looking for people who work on list articles. <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Looking_for_list_article_editors> - You can test a gadget that lets you easily run a query for more items with the same statement <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Do_you_want_to_see_statements_like_this.3F> . - Language fallback is now happening on Wikipedia and co <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-June/008983.html> - Maps are now enabled on Wikidata <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Kartographer> - First beta release of StrepHit <https://github.com/Wikidata/StrepHit> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2924>, focal height <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2923>, month of the year <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2922>, label in sign language <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2919>, PO Box <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2918>, COAM ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2917>, syntax clarification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2916>, ECARTICO person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2915>, MSBI person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2914>, date depicted <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2913>, distinctive jersey <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2912>, time gap <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2911>, icon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2910>, SecondHandSongs artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2909>, SecondHandSongs song ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2908>, timezone offset <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2907> - Query examples: colors of chemical compounds <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0ASELECT%20%3Frgb%20%3FcolorLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fcompound%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fcompound%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11173%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP462%20%3Fcolor.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fcolor%20wdt%3AP465%20%3Frgb.%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28BOUND%28%3Frgb%29%2C%3Frgb%2C%22CCCCCC%22%29%20AS%20%3Frgb%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Frgb%20%3FcolorLabel> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/742775956666978304>), map of braodway venues <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23%20Venues%20in%20Broadway%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fvenue%20%3FvenueLabel%20%3Fcoords%20%7B%0A%20%20%09%3Fvenue%20wdt%3AP1217%20%3FIDBDB%20.%0A%20%20%20%20wd%3AQ235065%20wdt%3AP625%20%3FbroadWayLoc%20.%0A%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Aaround%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fvenue%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Acenter%20%3FbroadWayLoc%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Aradius%20%221.5%22%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/sboissel/status/743890784374689792>), sculptures by Max Bill <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FcountryLabel%20%3FplaceLabel%20%28YEAR%28%3Fdate%29%20as%20%3Fyear%29%20%3Fcoords%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ860861%20.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP170%20wd%3AQ123454%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP17%20%3Fcountry%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fplace%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP571%20%3Fdate%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FplaceLabel> (source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/743880646599319552>), works of art where the name might be a rhyme <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fwork%20%3Ftitle%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ838948%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1476%20%3Ftitle.%0A%20%20FILTER%28REGEX%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%22%5E%5C%5Cw%2a%28%5C%5Cw%7B3%7D%29%28%5C%5CW%2B%5C%5Cw%2a%5C%5C1%29%2B%24%22%2C%20%22i%22%29%20%26%26%20%21REGEX%28%3Ftitle%2C%20%22%5E%28%5C%5Cw%2B%29%28%5C%5CW%2B%5C%5C1%29%2B%24%22%2C%20%22i%22%29%29.%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20STR%28%3Ftitle%29> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/743493933049733121>), works of art where the title is an alliteration <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fwork%20%3Ftitle%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwork%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ838948%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP1476%20%3Ftitle.%0A%20%20FILTER%28REGEX%28STR%28%3Ftitle%29%2C%20%22%5E%28%5C%5Cp%7BL%7D%29%5C%5Cw%2B%28%3F%3A%5C%5CW%2B%5C%5C1%5C%5Cw%2B%29%7B2%2C%7D%24%22%2C%20%22i%22%29%29.%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20STR%28%3Ftitle%29> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/743492549319462912>) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: Professional Wrestling <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Professional_Wrestling> - ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 100 can avoid timeouts on Wikidata Query Service (source <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-June/009018.html>) Development - Worked on making it easier to add new query examples right from the query service by just clicking a button. There are some technical issues with it still though. Will take a while to sort through. - More work on creating new Media-Info entities (the equivalent of item for media file data) on the fly (phabricator:T134259 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134259>) - Fixed a but with suggestions not showing up (phabricator:T138059 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138059>) - Improved display of query examples (phabricator:T137589 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137589>) and cleaned them up - Improved database access (phabricator:T137539 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137539>) - Fixed a but with the rank selector (phabricator:T109583 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109583>) - Started concept work for automated list generation - Discussed the proposal for Wiktionary <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiktionary/Development/Proposals/2015-05> with a linguist to get more detailed feedback on it. Very positive. You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. Monthly Tasks - Hack on one of these <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/R8GRzX1eH0tb/#R>. - Help develop the next summary here! <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next> - Contribute to a Showcase item <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> - Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats> or proofread pages in your own language! - Help merge identical items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across Wikimedia projects. - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. 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. 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