Hi everyone,
Here is the lastest weekly summary:
Discussions[edit
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_10_11&action=edit§ion=1>
]
- Open RfA: Nikosguard
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Nikosguard>
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>[edit
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_10_11&action=edit§ion=2>
]
- Upcoming IRC office hour about structured data on Commons
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours>
Other Noteworthy Stuff[edit
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_10_11&action=edit§ion=3>
]
- All human genes are now wikidata items, for example: Here is one (of
approximately 40,000) called "spinocerebellar ataxia 37" -
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18081265. Blog post about this to appear
here:
http://blog.wikimedia.de/tag/wikidata/
- Want to be kept up-to-date on structured data on Commons? There is now
a new newsletter
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Structured_data_for_multimedia>
you
can subscribe to.
- Interested in some statistics about the data on Wikidata? Check Wikidata
Stats <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/stats.php> every now and
then. (Thanks Magnus for moving it to the new dump format.)
Did you know?[edit
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_10_11&action=edit§ion=4>
]
- Newest properties: UBERON ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1554>, Yandex.Music ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1553>, has quality
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1552>, Exceptionnal heritage of
Wallonia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1551>, Orphanet ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1550>,demonym (monoligual text)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1549>, maximum Strahler number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1548>
Development[edit
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_10_11&action=edit§ion=5>
]
- Spent the week with the WMF multimedia team and volunteers to get more
clarity about structured data on Commons. We'll be asking for feedback on a
lot of stuff over the next weeks. The main info hub is taking shape
at Commons:Structured
data <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data>.
- More fixes for the switch to HHVM
- Looked into possible performance improvements. Some of them will be
taken into the next sprint.
- Battled a handful of nasty issues on the live-site
- Wikibase DataModel 1.1 was released
Monthly Tasks
- 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>