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
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Product Manager for Wikidata
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