Hey folks :)
Here's your weekly summary of what's been happening around Wikidata.
Discussions
- Successful RfA: Haplology https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Haplology
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Pictures, reloaded http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=276 - Improving data quality on Wikidata – checking what we have http://blog.wikimedia.de/2015/03/13/improving-data-quality-on-wikidata-checking-what-we-have/ - Linkin mash http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=268
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Simple Wikidata graph generator https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/wdq2graph.php - Please help test the next step for header redesign https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Please_help_test_next_step_for_header_redesign - Provide input about how to improve Wikidata watchlist integration on Wikipedia and other sister projects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Watchlist_integration_improvement_input - Items without statements https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/no_statements.php - help by adding "instance of" to some of them - Picture of current geocoordinate coverage on Wikidata https://twitter.com/wikidata/status/575257197187371009 - Query generator spreadsheet https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2015-March/005564.html - Image search http://tools.wmflabs.org/fist/wdfist/ now allows the addition of the "grave image" https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1442 property
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1764, National Pipe Organ Register identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1763, Hornbostel-Sachs classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1762, Watson & Dallwitz family ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1761, Aviation Safety Network Wikibase Occurrence https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1760, Aviation Safety Network accident description ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1755, category related to list https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1754, list related to category https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1753, scale https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1752, BBC Your Paintings collection identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1751, name day https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1750, Parlement & Politiek ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1749, NCI Thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1748, Flora of China https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1747, ZooBank nomenclatural act https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1746, VASCAN ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1745, Agassiz et al checklist number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1744, Bradley and Fletcher checklist number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1743, GTAA concept identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1741, category for films shot at this location https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1740, CiNii book identifer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1739, Merck Index monograph https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1738
Development
- Got next step for header redesign and other goodies ready for testing (see above) - Created gadget for displaying padlock indicators on protected items and properties - Preliminary support for statements in the RDF export - Fixed "page watched" icon not being updated after an edit that should trigger it - Released Wikibase DataModel 2.6 - Wikidata builds are now prepared automatically each day
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 - Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread pages in your own language!
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia