*Hello all,Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - During the British wildlife edit-a-thon 2016 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:GLAM/British_Library/British_wildlife_edit-a-thon_2016>, attendees added bird sounds from Europeana Sounds to Wikidata and over 60 Wikipedias - Past: WikiConference in San Diego, USA <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_North_America> - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop <https://www.wikimedia.nl/activiteit/workshop-wikidata> by Wikimedia Nederland, October 20, Utrecht - by Amical Wikimedia (ca) - A Natural Language Query Engine without Machine Learning <http://blog.ayoungprogrammer.com/2016/10/natural-lang-query-engine.html/>, on A Young Programmer's blog - The Wikimedia Foundation will now directly fund basic expenses for Wikidata software development <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/10/04/supporting-the-future-of-wikidata/>, on WMF blog - People buried on cemetery and if they have a picture of the grave or not <https://minancestry.blogspot.fr/2016/08/people-buried-on-q252312-with-grave.html> by Magnus Sälgö - Sunday Query : où meurent les Bretons ? <https://blog.ash.bzh/fr/sunday-query-meurent-bretons/> (fr) by Ash_Crow - Charts and data about Brexit & US Elections <https://medium.com/@HectorPerez/5000-people-on-brexit-us-elections-41e3b6376aae#.lhxivmuzj>, by Hector Perez Other Noteworthy Stuff - Proposition <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/Creative_Commons_4.0> for upgrading the default copyright license for Wikimedia projects to CC-by-SA 4.0 (does not affect the structured data part of Wikidata, which uses CC0). - 3 Wikidata-related projects will be funded by WMF grants : Librarybase <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Harej/Librarybase:_an_online_reference_library>, Lua module <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Putnik/Wikidata_module> and WikiFactMine <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ContentMine/WikiFactMine> - Query service analysis: What kind of things are people doing with WDQS? <https://github.com/wikimedia-research/Discovery-WDQS-Adhoc-Usage/blob/master/Report.Rmd> and Who are our WDQS users and where are they from? <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exploration_on_the_Use_of_WDQS_-_Breakdown_by_Geography,_User_Agent_and_Referer_Class.pdf> - chemical compounds in Wikipedia and Wikidata <http://www.slideshare.net/sebotic/wikiconference-2016-talk-burgstaller>, talk by Sebastian Burgstaller - PetScan tool <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23665536> past half a million queries since April (source <https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/782943886989721602>) Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: KANTL member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3277>, Angel List ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3276>, storyboard artist <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3275>, content deliverer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3274>, Actorenregister ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3273>, Zeri image ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3272>, compulsory education (maximum age) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3271>, compulsory education (minimum age) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3270>, Fotografen.nl ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3269>, PORT organization URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3268>, Flickr user ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3267>, LocFDD ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3266>, MySpace ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3265>, radix <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3264>, base <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3263>, has anatomical branch <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3262>, anatomical branch of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3261>, points awarded <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3260>, intangible cultural heritage status <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3259>, LiveJournal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3258>, Queensland place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3257>, Cave E-Cadastre ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3256>, Property proposal discussion <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3254>, optimum viable temperature <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3253>, maximum viable temperature <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3252>, minimum viable temperature <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3251> - Query examples: - Chemistry Nobel prizes through time <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20%3Fwinner%20%3FwinnerLabel%20%3Fwhen%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fwinner%20%3Fp%20%3Fwds.%0A%20%20%3Fwds%20%3Fv%20wd%3AQ44585.%0A%20%20%3FwdP%20wikibase%3AstatementProperty%20%3Fv.%0A%20%20%3FwdP%20wikibase%3Aclaim%20%3Fp.%0A%20%20%3Fwds%20pq%3AP585%20%3Fwhen%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/783646957596184576>) - Former countries without continent (P30) <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20Countries%20%28or%20instances%20of%20subclasses%20of%29%20without%20a%20continent%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%0A%28SAMPLE%28%3FendDate%29%20AS%20%3FendDate%29%0A%28GROUP_CONCAT%28DISTINCT%20%3FsuccessorContinent%20%3B%20separator%3D%22%2F%22%29%20AS%20%3FsuccessorContinent%29%0AWHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ6256%20.%0A%20%20%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP30%20%3Fcontinent%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP582%20%3FendDate%20.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP1366*%20%3FsuccessorCountry%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FsuccessorCountry%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%20wd%3AQ6256%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FsuccessorCountry%20wdt%3AP30%20%3FsuccessorContinentItem%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%3FsuccessorContinentItem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FsuccessorContinent%20.%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28LANG%28%3FsuccessorContinent%29%20%3D%20%22en%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%7D%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel> (source <https://twitter.com/ash_crow/status/785057523971883008>) - Rivers without any mouth specified <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ4022%20.%0A%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP403%20%3Fmouth%20%7D%0A%20%20%23SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3FitemLabel> (source <https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/782217057958002688>) - Interesting items near you <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoords%20%3FstatementCount%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20BIND%28wd%3AQ15260574%20AS%20%3Flocation%29.%20%23%20WMDE%20office%3B%20insert%20your%20location%20here%21%0A%20%20%3Flocation%20wdt%3AP625%20%3FlocationCoords.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Aaround%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoords.%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Acenter%20%3FlocationCoords%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Aradius%2050.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ1496967.%20%7D%20%23%20territorial%20entities%20%28cities%2C%20%E2%80%A6%29%20are%20boring%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%5Eschema%3Aabout%3F%2Fwikibase%3Astatements%20%3FstatementCount.%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3FstatementCount%20%3E%3D%2020%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%2C%20%22de%22.%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/784878804342890497>) - Newest external tools: new Wikidata game, Alias Candidates <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/distributed/?#game=27> (by MagnusManske) - Newest database reports: List of embassies <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikivoyage/Lists/Embassies> has now summaries by host country and by country represented Development - The property talk namespace now has subpages enabled ( phabricator:T146271 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146271>) - More work on automated sitelinks for Wiktionary (phabricator:T987 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T987>) - More work on federation for Commons in order to be able to use Wikidata's items and properties there (phabricator:T76007 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76007>) - Adding entity usage information in action=edit on Wikipedia and co ( phabricator:T144921 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T144921>) - Working on making it possible to get formatted values back on the client. With this we will for example link the value to a Wikipedia article where possible. (phabricator:T142940 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142940>) 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/Special:MyLanguage/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. - Comment on property proposals: all open proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview> - proposals needing attention <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed> -- Léa Lacroix Community Communication 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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