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/20…
Discussions[edit
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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>
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- 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
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