Wikidata:Status updates/2016 05 21
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This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2016-05-21.
Discussions[edit]
- Discussions about missing properties for Wikivoyage listings are progressing as enhancements are suggested
Events/Press/Blogs[edit]
- Gotta catch 'em all if they are prime
- Paper: Are Superstar Artworks also Digital Superstars? Online Popularity of Worldfamous Artworks
- Upcoming: Wikicite (session proposals)
Other Noteworthy Stuff[edit]
Did you know?[edit]
- Newest properties: produced by, Wi-Fi, Google+, wheelchair accessibility, RAN ID, incidence, Benezit ID, place of marriage, age of onset, NSC number, gait
- Query examples: given names with most variations (source with links to graphs), papers about Wikidata (source), memes (source), cathedrals in Paris (source), highest mountains in the universe (source), Law & Order episodes (source), things/people with most children (source)
Development[edit]
- Performance improvements in query service map display.
- Fixed a focus issue in the suggester (phabricator:T135008)
- Further groundwork on Commons support
- Fixed first issues that popped up after ArticlePlaceholder deployment based on feedback
- Investigated and prepared fix for issue where files on Commons couldn't be deleted (phabricator:T135485)
- Finished work on language fallback in main part of header (phabricator:T98014)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.
Monthly Tasks[edit]
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
Anything to add? Please share! :)