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
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Lydia Pintscher -
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Product Manager for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
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