Hey folks :)
Here's the summary of what happened around Wikidata over the last week.
Discussions
- Zero error rate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Zero_error_rate - help improve the quality of Wikidata's data
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_at_the_ODIAwards_4Nov_082.jpg Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Lydia, Magnus and Sir Tim Berners-Lee at the ODI award gala
- Wikidata won the Open Data Award by the Open Data Institute in the category Publisher \o/ (blog post by ODI http://theodi.org/news/first-odi-open-data-awards-presented-by-sir-tim-berners-lee-and-sir-nigel-shadbolt, blog post by WMDE http://blog.wikimedia.de/2014/11/05/zwei-jahre-wikidata-eine-feier-mit-geschenken-und-einem-preis/ ) - Tutorial: Create instant location based timelines using Wikidata queries http://www.histropedia.com/blog/tutorial-create-instant-location-based-timelines-using-wikidata-queries/
Did you know?
- Less than 23% of Wikidata items have no statement. Down from ~53% a year ago. - Newest properties: consecrator https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1598, Slovene Cultural Heritage designation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1597, penalty https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1596, charge https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1595, judge https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1594, defender https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1593, prosecutor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1592, defendant https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1591, number of casualties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1590, deepest point https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1589, Desa code of Indonesia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1588, Slovene Cultural Heritage Register ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1587, Catalan object of cultural interest ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1586
Development
- Continued work on LabelLookup and related code to further improve performance - Made it possible to show references in statements on property pages. (Remaining bugs before roll-out are issues with adding/editing/removing statements on property pages.) - Further improvements to sitelink editing (The edit toolbar now floats so it doesn't scroll out of the page on a long list of sitelinks. An empty row for adding a new sitelink is shown by default when editing to make this faster and take less scrolling.) - Further adapting of simple query code so we can get it to review at the Foundation again. - Lots of bug fixes all over the place
See current sprint items http://sb.wmflabs.org/p/wikidata/ for what we’re working on next.
You can see all open bugs related to Wikidata here https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?emailcc1=1&list_id=151540&resolution=---&emailtype1=exact&emailassigned_to1=1&query_format=advanced&email1=wikidata-bugs%40lists.wikimedia.org Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer%2C%20&keywords_type=allwords&emailcc1=1&resolution=---&emailtype1=exact&emailassigned_to1=1&query_format=advanced&email1=wikidata-bugs%40lists.wikimedia.org&list_id=162515 . - Help fix these items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:The_Game/Flagged_items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game. - 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
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia