*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.*
Discussions
- We need your input about quality criteria for building a tool to evaluate item quality https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Quality_Criteria_for_Building_a_Tool_to_Evaluate_Item_Quality
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/ Press/Blogs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Past: FOSDEM https://fosdem.org - Upcoming: WSDM Cup 2017 http://www.wsdm-cup-2017.org - Upcoming: WikiCite 2017, Vienna, May 23-25, 2017 https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2017-February/010243.html - Upcoming: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners, by Asaf Bartov, February 9th, 19:00 UTC https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-February/086238.html (livestream on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrAx3AmUvA) - Scaling the matching of Wikidata to OpenStreetMap with wikimama https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/BharataHS/diary/40357 - Software product management as an internship in the Wikidata development team https://blog.wikimedia.de/2017/01/27/software-product-management-as-an-internship-learning-about-the-real-world-at-wikimedia-deutschland/ - Being a Volunteer Developer for Wikimedia projects: An Interview with Greta Doçi https://blog.wikimedia.de/2017/02/03/being-a-volunteer-developer-for-wikimedia-projects-an-interview-with-greta-doci/
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Inspire Campaign on outside knowledge networks launched https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-January/086159.html - What would you like to talk about during Wikimania Montreal? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2017 - Join the Wikimania program committee! https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-February/086234.html - OpenStreetMap uses several wikidata-related tags https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=wikidata in its database. See also the related documentation https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Wikidata - Dutch is now the most used language https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/Language_statistics_for_items for descriptions on Wikidata (56,7%), leaving English (55,8%) and German (34,7%) behind. - An OpenRefine service for Wikidata is waiting for testing: https://tools.wmflabs.org/openrefine-wikidata/ - WMDE looking for a data analyst to work mostly on Wikidata https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2017-February/010270.html - WMF looking for a project manager to work on structured data for Commons https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/584922?gh_src=15wnhc1#.WJj-TN9ifCk
Did you know?
- Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: Saros cycle of eclipse https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3592, World Checklist of Selected Plant Families ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3591, Relations Ontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3590, GCD series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3589, WNBA player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3588, Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3587, CricketArchive playing ground ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3586, UltraSignup runner ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3585, ITRA runner ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3584, Surfline ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3583, SunshineTour ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3582, Pro Football Hall of Fame ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3581, SIPCA code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3580, Sina Weibo id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3579, autologous cell line https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3578, Croatian Football Federation player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3577, TLG author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3576, data size https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3575, Fangraphs ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3574, European Handball Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3573, ESPNcricinfo playing ground ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3572, ESPN MLB player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3571, European Case Law Identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3570, Cultureel Woordenboek identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3569, OWGR ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3568, Legends of Hockey ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3567, Just Sports Stats ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3566, J.League Data Site ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3565, Global Poker Index ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3564, NGA Lighthouse ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3563, Admiralty number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3562, pro-football-reference ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3561, College Football Data Warehouse ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3560, maximum size or capacity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3559, USCF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3558, World Curling Federation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3557, World Curling Tour ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3556, World Guide to Covered Bridges ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3555, World Series of Poker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3554, Zhihu topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3553 - Query examples: - Places of worship south of 48°S https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20distinct%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3Fcoord%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ1370598%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Flocation%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP625%20%5B%20psv%3AP625%20%5B%20wikibase%3AgeoLatitude%20%3Flat%20%3B%20%5D%20%3B%20ps%3AP625%20%3Fcoord%20%5D%0A%20%20FILTER%28%3Flat%20%3C%20-48%29.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%20ORDER%20BY%20%3Flat%20%3FitemLabel (source https://twitter.com/PoulpyWP/status/826929337253363713) - Fictional items named after real items https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20fictional%20things%20named%20after%20non-fictional%20things%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3FnamedAfterLabel%20%3FnamedAfterDescription%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ14897293%3B%0A%20wdt%3AP138%20%3FnamedAfter.%0A%20MINUS%20%7B%20%3FnamedAfter%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279*%20wd%3AQ14897293.%20%7D%0A%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22.%20%7D%0A%7D (source https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/828697909831036929)
Development
- You can now download query results as SVG images https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#You_can_now_download_a_query_result_in_SVG - When posting a link to an item to social networks and on messenger apps that show previews the previews will now be nicer and show an image. ( phabricator:T51859 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T51859) - WE published the results of our research around Commons usage: How do heavy Commons users work? ...and what does that mean for structured data on Commons? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HeavyCommonsUserQualitativeResearch.pdf - Setting up test system for federation (being able to use Wikidata's items and properties on Commons) - Setting up test system for lexemes - Setting up test system for improved change dispatching (sending notifications about edits on Wikidata to Wikipedia and co) - Doing more groundwork for lexemes - Working on better integration with Elastic - More work on Federation - Getting ready to deploy automated sitelinks for Wiktionary - Fixing a number of keyboard navigation issues based on your feedback - Working on the new datatype for geoshapes (phabricator:T57549 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T57549) - Looking into linking more complicated external identifiers properly ( phabricator:T151329 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151329) - Improved the link to the help portal on the query service ( phabricator:T154993 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154993)
See all open tickets related to Wikidata https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/R8GRzX1eH0tb/#R. - 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/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items - Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread pages in your own language! - Help merge identical items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects. - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. - Comment on property proposals: all open proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview - proposals needing attention https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Attention_needed - The Cebuano and Swedish wikis have a lot of bot-created content which is unconnected to other wiki articles. A good way to tackle that problem is by checking constraint violations https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Constraint_violations/P1566#.22Unique_value.22_violations for property GeoNames ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1566.