Hey folks :)
Here is your weekly summary of all things Wikidata.
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events>/Press/Blogs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- Wikimania \o/ It was amazing and Wikidata all over the place.
Wikidata's true potential is starting to show.
- Guided tours and Wikidata: How to explain a complex project and
encourage new editors
<http://blog.wikimedia.de/2014/08/09/guided-tours-and-wikidata-how-to-explain-a-complex-project-and-encourage-new-editors/>
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Editing Wikidata directly from Wikipedia
<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2014-August/004263.html>
- Histropedia <http://www.histropedia.com/> now uses Wikidata to build
timelines
- Slides and videos of first Wikidata talks at Wikimania online: 1
<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/How_to_use_Wikidata:_Things_to_make_and_do_with_30_million_statements>
2
<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikidata_Toolkit:_A_Java_library_for_working_with_Wikidata>
3 <http://new.livestream.com/wikimania/friday2014> (more slides and
videos will follow))
- First prototype screenshot
<https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/498048920308969472> of asking
questions to Wikipedia mobile readers (similar to Wikidata the Game)
- Userboxes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Userboxes>
Did you know?
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: WikiProject
Interesting Content
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Interesting_Content>
, WikiProject sum of all paintings
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_sum_of_all_paintings>
Development
- Attended Wikimania and Socrates
- Worked on rewriting the sitelinks part of the user interface to make
it ready for the new user interface design
- Discussed Wikidata, structured data on Commons and a ton of other
things with many people at Wikimania
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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Product Manager for Wikidata
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