*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions - Closed request for comments: Defining account creators <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Defining_account_creators> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/ Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Upcoming: IRC office hour on the channel #wikimedia-office, January 30th, at 18:00 (UTC+1). Special topic: how to address the growth of Wikidata - Upcoming: Wikidata hackathon in London <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikidata-hackathon-in-london-all-levels-of-experience-welcome-tickets-42426460686>, February 3rd - Past: PIDapalooza 2018 <https://pidapalooza.org/> - Slides on FigShare <https://pidapalooza.figshare.com/> - Mapping Wikidata to Bibframe <https://medium.com/@thisismattmiller/mapping-wikidata-to-bibframe-f674a4eab748> (representation of books) Other Noteworthy Stuff - Breaking change: wbcheckconstraints status parameter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#BREAKING_CHANGE:_wbcheckconstraints_status_parameter> - Wikidata-driven infoboxes <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Would_small_Wikidata-enabled_infoboxes_be_useful_on_category_pages?>, with multilingual labels, are now available on Wikimedia Commons category pages - Wikidata vandalism dashboard for Wikipedians <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-January/011741.html> - Grant proposals looking for review: WikidataJS <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikidataJS>, GlobalFactSync <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/DBpedia/GlobalFactSync> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: cinematografo film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4786>, CiNii author ID (articles) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4787> - Query examples: - Buildings higher than the Eiffel Tower <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3FsubjectLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimage%20%20%3Fheight%20%3Fsubject%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%3Fsubject%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ41176%20.%0A%20%3Fsubject%20wdt%3AP2048%20%3Fheight%20FILTER%20%28%3Fheight%20%3E%20300%29%20%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fsubject%20wdt%3AP729%20%3Ftime%20.%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fsubject%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fsubject%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20fr%22%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/957677571595960321>) - Descendants of Charlemagne by year of birth <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AScatterChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fyear%20%28COUNT%28%3Fperson%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20wd%3AQ3044%20wdt%3AP40%2a%20%3Fperson.%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP569%20%3FDoB%20.%0A%20%20BIND%20%28year%28%3FDoB%29%20as%20%3Fyear%20%29%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%20%3Fyear%20%3E%20700%20%29%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20%3Fyear> (source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/957571805048397826>) - Cinemas in Berlin <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fct%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3FbezirkLabel%20%3FortsteilLabel%20%3FaddressLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%2B%20wd%3AQ64.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ41253.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP4129%20%3Fct.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP131%20%3Fbezirk%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP276%20%3Fortsteil%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP969%20%3Faddress%20.%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%2Cde%22.%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/AndreasP_RV/status/956909575109783555>) - Things (or people) depicted in the xkcd webcomic <https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fobject%20%3FobjectLabel%20%28COUNT%28%3Fitem%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%20%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP361%20wd%3AQ13915.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP180%20%3Fobject%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fobject%20%3FobjectLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fcount%29> (source <https://twitter.com/johl/status/956170983555002369>) - Image grid of inductees to WITI Hall of Fame <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3FawardeeLabel%20%3Fimage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fawardee%20wdt%3AP166%20wd%3AQ55200.%0A%20%20%3Fawardee%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage.%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/956157242855784448>) - Movies filmed in Austria <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fmovie%20%3FmovieLabel%20%3Fplace%20%3FplaceLabel%20%3Fcoord%20%3Fimage%0AWHERE%20%0A%7B%0A%20%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ11424%20.%0A%20%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP915%20%3Fplace%20.%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP17%20wd%3AQ40%20.%0A%20%20%3Fplace%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fmovie%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22de%22.%20%7D%0A%7D> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataAT/status/955867103797575687>) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: - Newest gadgets: Mix'n'Match gadget <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/mixnmatch_gadget.js>: loads all Mix’m’match entries about an item, shows descriptions, lets you drag’n’drop entries as references - Newest database reports: tennis federations, Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Tennis/Lists/federations,_Davis_Cup_and_Fed_Cup_teams> - Showcase items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>: Development - Constraint violations can now be checked on qualifiers and references ( phab:T168532 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T168532>) - Implemented usage tracking deduplication to reduce database load ( phab:T178079 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T178079>). This should not have any effect on what users see on recent changes and watchlists. - Redirects on client wikis that are connected to a Wikidata item can have a tracking category <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Connected-redirect-category>, if set up (phab:T185743 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185743>). Thanks, Matěj! - Improved documentation <https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bpageterms> of the pageterms query module (gerrit:406240 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/406240>). Thanks, Niedzielski! - Improved empty "content was:" in deletion logs for entities ( phab:T184025 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184025>) - Fixed links to external user pages in recent changes (phab:T183019 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T183019>) - Fixed user names beginning with a star sometimes being rendered as a list (phab:T182800 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182800>) - Fixed constraint check results possibly showing up in the wrong language (phab:T185688 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185688>) - Fixed ArticlePlaceholders possibly not showing up in search results ( gerrit:406168 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/406168>) - Some of the developers attended to the Wikimedia Developer Summit 2018. You can find some notes on the Phabricator board <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/3119> You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. 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. 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