[Wikidata-l] Wikidata Weekly Summary #80

Hello everyone, This week the 80 millionth edit was made to Wikidata, also a discussion over 'Showcase items' was started and Lydia gave a talk at Latinoware on Wikidata. See the full summary at; https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2013_10_18 Regards, John

[Wikidata-l] Wikidata Weekly Summary #81

Hello everyone, Here is the weekly summary over all the things that happened in Wikidata since last week. This week includes quite a few development updates. Also Echo has been enabled on Wikidata and Wikidata is also 1 year old next Tuesday (the 29th). So stay tuned for some surprised next week

[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #82

Hello everyone, This week on Wikidata has been interesting. As most of you should know Wikidata had its first birthday. Also the 1000th property was created. An interview with Magnus is included too. Read the full summary at; https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2013_11_01

[Wikidata-l] Wikidata Weekly Summary #84

Hello all, This weeks summary is a bit delayed but the content makes up for it this week. So why not spend today catching up on all things Wikidata! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2013_11_15 John -- ___ Wikidata-l mailing

Re: [Wikidata-l] quantities datatype available for testing

You are correct. John On Friday, 22 November 2013, Lukas Benedix wrote: As far as I know this is done by bots and not by the wikibase extension. Am I right with that? Lukas Am Fr 22.11.2013 13:46, schrieb Andrew Gray: Perhaps automated constraint checking would be simpler to set up?

[Wikidata-l] Wikidata Weekly Summary #86

Good day all, This weeks summary is now available for you all to read. This week includes a large amount of RfC closures you all may wish to read up on as well as a blog about Wikidata. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2013_11_29 Also, this weeks summary was pushed using

[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #89

Hello all, The newest weekly summary is now available. This week has seen quite a few discussions surrounding Wikidata's notability policies and your input would be greatly appreciated to shape Wikidata's future. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2013_12_20 John --

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

While I do want to expand the updates and have spoken to Lydia about how we can, a full blown thing similar to the Signpost is not really on the board. The occasional longer piece of writing regarding the community we discussed but have not really tasked not further. John On Saturday, 25 January

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

The point of posting here is purely to inform people who don't check MetaWiki or aren't subscribed to the talk page notifications. John On Saturday, 25 January 2014, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Because that's precisely what blogs were invented for. Mailing lists are

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

, John Lewis johnflewi...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'johnflewi...@gmail.com'); wrote: The point of posting here is purely to inform people who don't check MetaWiki or aren't subscribed to the talk page notifications. John On Saturday, 25 January 2014, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #94

to check in general. Reguarly checking a blog is also easier than checking a wiki page. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2014/1/25 John Lewis johnflewi...@gmail.com

[Wikidata-l] Weekly summary #95

Hello everyone, This weeks summary is now up, on Wikidata now. I moved over all the past archives as well from #1 to #94. In this update it mainly covers the recent deployment of quantities on Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_01_31 Also, people have shown

[Wikidata-l] Weekly summary #104

Here's the summary of everything which happened on Wikidata the past week: Discussions - Closed: Merge project chatshttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Merge_all_languages_of_project_chat_into_one_multilingual_project_chat Other Noteworthy Stuff - Wikidata Toolkit

[Wikidata-l] Wikidata Weekly Summary #109

Here is this weeks summary; Discussions - RfC: Developer user grouphttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/New_user_group_for_developers Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogshttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage - There will

[Wikidata-l] WIkiquote Phase 2

Wikiquote to Wikidata and vice versa. Lydia also wants to thank all users who helped make the Phase 1 deployment a successful launch on all Wikiquote languages. Thanks, John Lewis ___ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https

Re: [Wikidata-l] [Wikimedia-l] next Wikidata IRC office hour

The log is now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2014-05-19 Thank you to all who attended :) John Lewis ___ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

[Wikidata-l] Weekyl summary #110

Hey everyone, Here is the latest weekly summary Discussions[edithttps://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_05_24action=editsection=1 ] - Discussion about Draft articleshttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#What_do_do_with_Wikipedia:Draft_articles

Re: [Wikidata-l] Weekyl summary #110

Oh, I forgot May has 31 days when doing the summary :p John On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 8:42 PM, Jeremy Baron jer...@tuxmachine.com wrote: On May 25, 2014 12:31 PM, John Lewis johnflewi...@gmail.com wrote: Wikiconference USA in New York on May 30th and June 1st Also May 31 too. -Jeremy

Re: [Wikidata-l] Weekyl summary #110

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[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #111

Hey everyone, Here is the weekly summary; Discussions - Open RfAs: FakirNL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/FakirNL , Josve05a https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Josve05a - Wikidata:Tours

[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #112

Here is the latest weekly summary for Wikidata! As always; feedback is appreciated :) Discussions - Closed RfAs: FakirNL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/FakirNL (Successful), Josve05a

[Wikidata-l] Wikiquote Phase 2 is here

Hello everyone, Just a note that Wikiquote now has Phase 2 access. Some communities may need help with Lua and the general implementation of Phase 2 so please help as you can :) John Lewis ___ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Wikidata-l] Update on Wikidata Mailinglists

being the Wikidata logo is used in place of the Wikimedia one and there are links around to the other mailing lists. Just a nice small design tweak which I think the community would appreciate :) Any suggestions - poke me. John Lewis ___ Wikidata-l

[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #113

Here is the latest summary of what has been happening around Wikidata! As always, feedback is appreciated. Discussions - Wikidata participation in Wiki Loves Pride https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikidata_participation_in_Wiki_Loves_Pride - Discussion: Delete as a

Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata weekly newsletter translation

of the teams development actively as this summary provides. So, I am going to finish off the summary shortly and will send the usual email and onwiki notifications with the note that the summaries are going to be translatable. See you all shortly then. John Lewis On Sunday, 22 June 2014, Bohdan Melnychuk

[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #114 and News

Greetings everyone, As you may be aware of if you read the other emails in the list, the summaries will now be translatable for the next 6 issues as a trial. As such, I will continue to post the English version below but before will include a link to the Special:MyLanguage version. Enjoy! You

[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #116

Hey everyone, Here is the latest summary of everything happening around Wikidata! Read the summary in your language at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_05 Discussions - A question from an intern

[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #118

Hey all, Here is the latest update of everything happening around Wikidata! You can view the summary in your language at: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_19 Discussions[edit

[Wikidata-l] Wikinews Phase 1: August 19th

-ordination from the Wikidata community and the Wikinews community, so please do participate and propose ideas! John Lewis ___ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l

[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #119

Hello everyone, Here is the latest summary of everything Wikidata. You can read this in your local language at: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_26 Discussions[edit

[Wikidata-l] Wikidata @ Wikimania 2014

. Thanks, John Lewis ___ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l

[Wikidata-l] Wikidata Weekly Summary #120

Hello everyone. Here is the latest weekly summary covering all things Wikidata. You can read the summary in your language at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_08_02 Discussions - Open RfAs: Gabbe

[Wikidata-l] Oversight Access Request

/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/John_F._Lewis Thanks, John Lewis ___ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l

[Wikidata-l] Summary #122

Hi everyone, You can view the latest summary at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_08_16. Discussions - Open RfOS: John F. Lewis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/John_F._Lewis Other Noteworthy Stuff - Help choose which

Re: [Wikidata-l] Structured Data on Commons

Let me know if there is interest in another office hour focused on Wikidata. You know my thoughts. John Lewis ___ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l

[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #125

Hello everyone, Here is the latest weekly summary covering all the Wikidata things over the past two weeks! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_09_13 Apologies from Lydia and myself about not producing one last week :) John Lewis

Re: [Wikidata-l] Users do understand Wikidata less than before

for items. John Lewis -- John Lewis ___ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l

[Wikidata-l] Open Data Awards

team's for helping build and innovate the way free knowledge is shared within the mission of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thanks, John Lewis -- John Lewis ___ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #138

Hi everyone, Here is the weekly summary with all the stuff leading up to christmas, now with 100% more me after leaving Lydia to do these for a few weeks :) Discussions[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_12_20action=editsection=1 ] - Open RfAs: Petr

[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #141

Hello everyone! Here is the latest weekly summary detailing all of the interesting things around Wikidata and the wider community. Discussions - RfC: Speedy vs Regular deletion‎ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Speedy_vs_Regular_deletion - Closed RfAs:

Re: [Wikidata-l] Conflict of Interest policy for Wikidata

Love this thread - Happy New Year, to all of you TOU groupies! I bet half of the lurkers on this list never even clicked on the meta page Half of the lurkers on this list probably don't even edit Wikimedia. John Lewis -- John Lewis ___ Wikidata-l

[Wikidata-l] Wikidata-l: List rename on Tuesday, 19th

that this will happen. If you have any more questions, please reply and I'll try my best to respond as soon as possible. Thanks to Lydia for kindly accepting to allow a rename of the list to happen during the Tuesday window as well. John Lewis ___ Wikidata-l

[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #152

Hi everyone, Here is the latest update of everything going on around Wikidata! Discussions - Closed RfC: Reforming administrator inactivity criteria https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Reforming_administrator_inactivity_criteria Events