*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>. -- Léa Lacroix Project Manager Community Communication 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 27/029/42207.
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