Hey folks :)
Here's this week's summary of all the juicy bits around Wikidata. Also available in other languages at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/201...
Discussions[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_12&action=edit§ion=1 ]
- Improving the FAQ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#What_do_you_wish_you_had_known_when_you_first_started_using_and.2For_contributing_to_Wikidata.3F - Should we link to restricted access databases? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Linking_to_restricted_access_databases_.3F
Other Noteworthy Stuff[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_12&action=edit§ion=2 ]
- Two new GuidedTours (aka interactive tutorials) have been released—we now have one on editing items and one on editing statements! Both tours are available from the Wikidata:Tours https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tours portal and feedback can be left on the talk page at Wikidata_talk:Tours https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Tours. The work was a combined effort of User:Bene* https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Bene* and Outreach Program for Women intern User:Thepwnco https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Thepwnco. - We passed another milestone \o/ 10 million items now have an "instance of" or "subclass of" statement making it easy to tell what the item is about. - Last week to add some selfies. We need more! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikidata_selfies - Items with no image around you? Here you go! http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/missing_images.html?region=Q90 (change the number in the URL and click toggle markers) Thanks Magnus!
Did you know?[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_12&action=edit§ion=3 ]
- Newest properties: GUI toolkit or framework https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1414, SFDb ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1413, non-native language spoken https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1412, nominated for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1411, number of seats in legislature https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1410, Cycling Archives Cyclist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1409, licensed to broadcast to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1408, MusicBrainz series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1407, script directionality https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1406, World Glacier Inventory ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1404, original combination https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1403, Foundational Model of Anatomy ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1402, bug report page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1401, FCC Facility ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1400, convicted of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1399
Development[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_12&action=edit§ion=4 ]
- Bene* https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Bene* worked with the dev team this week. He pushed forward support for storing badges (eg featured article) on Wikidata and implemented the first two guided tours. - CTRL+ click and middle click on a search result in the entity selector now opens the result in a new tab. - Further progress on redirects - Fixed a number of annoyances with the entity selector - Continued work on mockups for new user interface - Investigated what issues come up if we make wikidata.org its own client. Things look good so we will probably enable it soonish. This will mean you can link Wikidata pages in items and access the data in them on other pages on Wikidata.
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[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_12&action=edit§ion=5 ]
- Fix a format or content violation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Constraint_violations/P850 for the World Register of Marine Species identifier (P850) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P850 property - 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 has 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
Cheers Lydia