Wikidata:Status updates/2018 04 02
This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2018-04-02.
- Talk by Morane Gruenpeter and Katherine Thornton, presented at LibrePlanet 2018 about software metadata in Software Heritage and Wikidata. Video of the talk. Slides for the talk.
- Making women more visible online—with Wikidata tools by Sandra Fauconnier on WMF's blog
Other Noteworthy Stuff
edit- if you're working with Lua modules, you can give input here about new functions
- you can still fill this page if you encounter a problem with suggester ranking
Did you know?
edit- Newest properties:
- General datatypes: National Governors Association biography URL, key press, number of clubs, analog or derivative of, in opposition to
- External identifiers: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia ID, DBA ID, Hungarian public body ID, ruchess ID, World Para Snowboard athlete ID, METAR code, Orthodox Encyclopedia ID, Amphibians of India ID, National Thesis Number (France)
- New property proposals to review:
- General datatypes: maximum operating temperature, minimum operating temperature, maximum non-operating temperature, minimum non-operating temperature, Специальное звание или классный чин, member of the crew of, service life, Gens, Code of Household Registration and Conscription Information System, Wikipedia glossary entry, assistant director, choral conductor, lighting designer, sound designer, projection designer, video designer, stage crew member, number of representations, talk show guest, adaptation or arrangement of, revival or touring version of
- External identifiers: DNV GL Vessel register ID, Behind the voice Actors person ID, Identifier of object at prazdnedomy.cz, Digital Typhoon ID, Territographie ID, Chile Rugby player ID, Directory of Open Access Journals ID, Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID, Researchmap ID, OpenEdition Books ID, KIT Linked Open Numbers ID, Animated Knots ID
- Sparsely used properties created >3 months:
- Deleted properties: P1124 (teu), P3484 (name shares origin with), P4990 (Statistics Canada Geographic code)
- Query examples:
- Newest database reports: pilot and first episodes of television series
Development
edit- Work on a script to generate MassMessage target lists (phab:T190812)
- Test validity of Wikidata IDs in Lua modules (phab:T143970)
- Rename Lua functions in old naming scheme (phab:T190382)
- More work on wb_terms table (phab:T188992)
- More work on logging autopatrol actions (phab:T184485)
- Include checksums in dumps (phab:T190457)
- Add mobile edits to Grafana (phab:T191111)
- Allowing to remove a Form from a Lexeme (phab:T173332)
- Fixing bugs on Lexemes (phab:T189185)
- Checking permissions for actions on Lexemes
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.
Monthly Tasks
edit- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
- Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
- Suggested and open tasks!
- Contribute to a Showcase item.
- Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
- Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
- Help write the next summary!