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
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Lydia Pintscher -
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Product Manager for Wikidata
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