On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Lydia Pintscher < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hey folks :) > > Have you ever wondered what is happening on Wikidata around you? What > does Wikidata know about the building next door? Or the tube station a > few blocks away? Now you can find out. Head over to > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Nearby and you will know. > This is another piece in the puzzle to making it easier to get an > overview of the data you care about. > > Share if you find something cool and unexpected around you! > Just to add... today I hacked up a script that adds a "nearby" (globe icon) button that is displayed at the top of items that have coordinates. Click on the globe and it takes you to Special:Nearby which then shows articles near that item (instead of your location). mw.loader.using([], function() { importStylesheet('User:Aude/nearby.css'); importScript('User:Aude/nearby.js');}); For now, the script only works in the desktop view/mode. I'll have to look into how this could be added in mobile view also. Cheers, Katie > > > Cheers > Lydia > > PS: A special thanks to everyone who helped get this out including Max > Semenik, Jon Robson, Florian, Erik Bernhardson and David Causse.. > > -- > Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher > Product Manager for Wikidata > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 > 10963 Berlin > www.wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das > Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > -- Katie Filbert Wikidata Developer Wikimedia Germany e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24, 10963 Berlin Phone (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Germany - Society for the Promotion of free knowledge eV Entered in the register of Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg under the number 23 855 as recognized as charitable by the Inland Revenue for corporations I Berlin, tax number 27/681/51985.
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