[Wikidata-l] weekly summary #139

Hey folks :) Here's your summary of what happened around Wikidata over the past 2 weeks. Enjoy! Discussions - Provide your input on article placeholders <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Article_placeholder_input> based on Wikidata - new RfC: CoI editing <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Conflict_of_Interest> - Anonymous artists <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Visual_arts#Anonymous_works> at wiki project visual arts Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - We need to start talking about scaling Wikidata over the next months and years: Scaling Wikidata: success means making the pie bigger <http://blog.wikimedia.de/2015/01/03/scaling-wikidata-success-means-making-the-pie-bigger/> - The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-31/News_and_notes> - wikidata4research4all <http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2014/12/21/wd4r4a/> - There was a well-attended Wikidata meetup at 31C3 <http://events.ccc.de/congress/2014/wiki/Session:Wikidata:_The_free_knowledge_base> Other Noteworthy Stuff - Wikidata Query <https://wdq.wmflabs.org/> now runs on multiple, load-balanced, self-restarting servers. Thanks to Yuvi for the help. - Vandals suck. Don't know how to help us fight them? Here are two pages to get you started: Wikidata:Vandalism <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Vandalism> and Wikidata:Abuse filter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Abuse_filter>. - The Wikidata BEACON generator <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/beacon.php> was updated by Magnus. It now uses all properties with “formatter URL”, so always up-to-date with target URLs. It is faster, too. - Number of visual artworks on Wikidata by institution <http://www.zone47.com/crotos/collections.php> Did you know? - Newest properties: Terminologia Histologica (TH) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1694>, Terminologia Embryologica (TE) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1693>, ICD-9-CM <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1692>, operations and procedures key (OPS) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1691>, ICD-10-PCS <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1690>, central government debt as a percent of GDP <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1689>, AniDB identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1688>, main property <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1687>, awarded for work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1686>, Pokémon browser number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1685>, inscription <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1684>, quote <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1683>, subtitle <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1680>, BBC Your Paintings artwork identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1679>, has vertex figure <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1678>, index case of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1677>, number suspected <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1676>, number probable <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1675>, number confirmed <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1674>, general formula <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1673>, this taxon is source of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1672>, Route number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1671>, LAC identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1670>, CONA <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1669>, ATCvet <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1668>, TGN <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1667>, Chess Club ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1666>, Chess Games ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1665>, Cycling Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1664>, ProCyclingStats ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1663>, DOI Prefix <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1662>, Alexa rank <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1661>, has index case <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1660>, related property <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1659>, number of faces <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1658>, MPAA film rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1657>, unveiled by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1656>, station number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1655>, wing configuration <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1654>, TERYT municipality code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1653>, referee <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1652>, YouTube video identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1651>, BBF identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1650>, Korean Movie Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1649>, Dictionary of Welsh Biography ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1648> - Showcase items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>: Iggy Azalea <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2748803>, Helsinki <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1757> Development - Happy new year! :) It'll be a great one for Wikidata! - Have you filed bugs in the past? Awesome! It'd be super helpful if you have a look at your old bugs and see if they are still relevant. You can find them at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/authored/ (make sure you're logged in on Phabricator) You can see all open bugs 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 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_items> Anything to add? Please share! :) Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. 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