Wikidata November 2012

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[Wikidata-l] Quick clarification on infobox migration
by Roger Hyam 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Hi All, I was thinking of creating a tool to help people write, edit and validate taxoboxes on en.wikipedia.org but then wikidata was pointed out to me. It looks like an exciting project. Reading the technical proposal, phase 2, not to be done in project: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Technical_proposal#Not_to_be_done_b… I'm not clear whether existing data in infoboxes will be used to populate wikidata as it doesn't appear to come into any of the categories of data listed. Will this be automated or semi-automated task? Am I just not reading it correctly? *If* I were to a work on an editor tool would it be feasible to think in terms of editing existing syntax for now and in version two adding a "migrate to wikidata" button? Would all the exiting infoboxes move over to wikidata in a 'big bang' approach? My second (impossible) question: What time scale are we looking at for live infoboxes actually being populated by wikidata data? Many thanks for your thoughts, Roger -- The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a Charity registered in Scotland (No SC007983)

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[Wikidata-l] Pseudo-empty items
by Bináris 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Hi folks, have a look at https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q49382&rcid=449383&setlang=hu This item has a German label with no link and nothing else. My question is not if it is useful or not (this is up to the community) but why do I see it completely empty when I set a language other than German? Why do I not see descriptions in every language, only in my chosen one? Why can I edit description only in my chosen language? Or do I do soemthing wrong? -- Bináris

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[Wikidata-l] Type System / Ontology
by Dominic Looser 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Dear Wikidata-People, I was wondering what sort of Type System / Ontology is planned. I have in mind something similar to the DBpedia-Ontology. To be able, for example, to query Wikidata for all languages or all movies. Is something like this planned and if yes, how will it work? Best, Dominic

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[Wikidata-l] Items where my language is missing
by Wojciech Pędzich 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Hi folks, I am new to Wikidata, so forgive me if I make a question that is so obvious you'll raise your eyebrows. I did not find the info in the docs, however. Is there a tool which lists the items wheere a given language would be missing? For instance, if I want to add PL.wiki references that actually exist or if I want to check which articles are missing from pl.wiki and should perhpas be wrotten? Cheers, [[User:Wpedzich]]

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[Wikidata-l] Special:EntitiesWithoutLabel
by Bináris 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

Hi folks, Where is http://wikidata-test-repo.wikimedia.de/wiki/Special:EntitiesWithoutLabel in the live Wikidata? -- Bináris

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[Wikidata-l] weekly summary #31
by Lydia Pintscher 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Heya folks :) Here's what's been happening around Wikidata over the last week. The wiki version is here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2012_11_09 = Development = * Tpt wrote an awesome SpecialPage (Special:EntitiesWithoutLabel) that lists all items without a label in a given language: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/31508/ (merged; will be in next deployment) * Tpt changed the page to create new items to allow you to enter links as well https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/31308/ * Created patch for review for next deployment on wikidata.org https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/31849/ * Updated demo system http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de/ * Worked on and discussed editing widgets for data values * Some cleanup and further refactoring in JS of EditableValue * Added a message on the client’s Special:MovePage to invite users to update the associated page on the repository * Reviewed a whole pile of changesets * Helped with testing of deployment branch * Fixed Selenium search test & sitelink tests * Added Selenium tests for checking for security issues (JS injections) * Worked on Api.js refactoring * Worked on and fixed bugs in wbsearchentities * Couple of minor fixes in the front end * Introduced siteselector jQuery widget untangling functionality of SiteIdInterface See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Current_sprint for what we’re working on next. You can follow our commits at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/(status:open+project:mediawiki/extension… and view the subset awaiting review at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/status:open+project:mediawiki/extensions… You can see all open bugs related to Wikidata at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?emailcc1=1&list_id=151540&resolu… = Discussions/Press = * Flow of data between Wikidata repo and Wikipedias http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Notes/Change_propagation * Nice front page article in the latest edition of Linux User and Developer https://www.imagineshop.co.uk/magazines/linuxuser/linux-user-and-developer-… = Events = see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events * office hours (logs at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2012-11-05 and http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2012-11-06) * WMF metrics and activities meeting * right now: Wikimedia Conferentie + hackathon * upcoming: ISWC * upcoming: talk at Berkman Center * upcoming: intro and Q&A in Vienna = Other Noteworthy Stuff = * Stewards approved the first round of admins for Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Administrators * wikidata.org has been added to the global interwiki map so you should soon be able to do [[d:Q2]] and link to item Q2 for example * Database dumps are available http://dumps.wikimedia.org/wikidatawiki/ * New tools added to http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools * Top 1000 articles task force has been completed: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Task_forces * Denny did some language analysis on Wikipedia articles http://simia.net/letters/ http://simia.net/languagesimilarity/ * Great Wikidata artwork: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:A_Dream_in_Three_Colors.png = Open Tasks for You = * Hack on one of https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer%2C%20&ke… * Continue rocking! Anything to add? Please share! :) Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Community Communications for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Obentrautstr. 72 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 27/681/51985.

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[Wikidata-l] An Improvement Suggestion
by Marco Fleckinger 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Hello, tried to add a new item to the Wikidata-repo. Everything works fine but I'm missing a possible feature: The suggestions popping up while entering a keyword is really nice, but sometimes there are more meanings. In such cases it would really help to have the intro of the wiki in the pop-up, retrieved with e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&exintro&titles… I know that is one more request, but maybe also the opensearch function could be improved, that is provides this feature by default? Just another suggestion: Is it possible to set the same background-color for the pop-up-entries, while stepping through the list with the keybord as by hovering over them with the mouse-cursor? The contrast font-color/background is not very high. Marco

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[Wikidata-l] first round of admins approved
by Lydia Pintscher 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

Heya folks :) I just wanted to let you know that the stewards have appointed the first round of admins on wikidata.org based on voting in the community. http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Administrators Congratulation to the new admins! Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Community Communications for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Obentrautstr. 72 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 27/681/51985.

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[Wikidata-l] weekly summary #30
by Lydia Pintscher 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

Heya folks :) What a week! Here's your summary of what happened over the last week around Wikidata. You can find the wiki version at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2012_11_02 = Development = * Launched wikidata.org \o/ * Updated http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Notes/Change_propagation (We need feedback on the data flow from Wikidata to the Wikipedias http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-November/064196.html) * Updated the demo system: http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de * Tagged a 0.1 release https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase.git;a… * Added QUnit tests for DataValues * Worked on Api.js JS refactoring * Fix content handler and other related core bugs * Generalized Autocomment * Changed name of wbsetitem to wbeditentity * First implementation of wbsearchentities * More Puppet scripts and Vagrant exploration * All of the API should now handle prefixed IDs * Implemented templating system * Browser code and server code both starts to use templates * Jeroen and Daniel were added as primary authors of MediaWiki core for their work on the Content Handler See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Current_sprint for what we’re working on next. You can follow our commits at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/(status:open+project:mediawiki/extension… and view the subset awaiting review at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/status:open+project:mediawiki/extensions… You can see all open bugs related to Wikidata at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?emailcc1=1&list_id=151540&resolu… = Discussions/Press = * “wikidata.org is live” got quite some responses in the press. Some examples: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/wikidata-oeffnet-als-zentrale-datenbank-… and http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Wikidata-Daten-Fundus-fuer-Wikipedia… = Events = see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events * SMWCon * WMF metrics and activities meeting * upcoming: office hours on IRC * upcoming: Wikimedia Conferentie * upcoming: ISWC * upcoming: talk at Bergman Center * upcoming: Wikidata intro and Q&A in Vienna * We’re looking for partners for a mass collaboration assembly at 29C3 = Other Noteworthy Stuff = * First 1000 items: http://pastebin.com/Gahpgekp (html: http://pastebin.com/5L6N2gZq) * http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Category:Task_force * http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions * http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#SlurpInterwiki_script * Translate extension enabled on wikidata.org for easier translation of help and similar pages = Open Tasks for You = * Give feedback on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Notes/Change_propagation * Hack on one of https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer%2C%20&ke… Anything to add? Please share! :) Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Community Communications for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Obentrautstr. 72 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 27/681/51985.

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[Wikidata-l] next Wikidata office hours
by Lydia Pintscher 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

Heya folks :) Denny and I will be doing another round of Wikidata office hours. You can come and ask your questions about Wikidata - technical and non-technical. The next ones will be: * 5. November at 17:30 UTC (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=17&min=30&sec=0&d…) in German * 6. November at 17:30 UTC (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=17&min=30&sec=0&d…) in English Both of them will happen on IRC in #wikimedia-office on freenode. Logs will be published afterwards for everyone who can't attend. I hope to see many of you there. Cheers Lydia PS: Don't forget the Wikidata Main Page design that needs your hand: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2012-October/001104.html ;-) -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Community Communications for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Obentrautstr. 72 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 27/681/51985.

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