Wikidata:Status updates/2019 08 12

This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2019-08-12.

Press, articles, blog posts

• Conclusion of 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana Wikidata Editathon (grant report)
• "Creating Library Linked Data with Wikibase: Lessons Learned from Project Passage" OCLC Research. DOI: 10.25333/faq3-ax08

Other Noteworthy Stuff

• The open source geocoder w:en:Nominatim used by the OpenStreetMap project is participating in the Google Summer of Code with an internship working on integrating Wikidata as a ranking metric for its search results. Check the development blog.

Did you know?

• Newest properties:
  • General datatypes: musical bar, epigraph (literature), copyright exemption, significant place
  • External identifiers: München Wiki article ID, Poincaré Papers person ID, Acharts.co album ID, NOTAM (FAA), CHESNO politician ID, Rollerstory.net skater ID, Nauka Ukrainy scientist ID, OhRanger.com ID, Wynk artist ID
• New property proposals to review:
  • General datatypes: legend for number, does not have effect, word stem type, Voting system, Class, Peer-review-process properties for journals, Wikisource-Kategorie, line(s), Election called by, image or photo-making technique
  • External identifiers: FGrHist ID, Acharts.co song ID, shmup.com ID, TA2 ID, Hacker News User ID, Swedish lighthouses, EPW author ID, Gaana.com album ID, Cinestaan film ID, Cinestaan person ID, Service d'Information sur les Etudes et les Professions job ID, IBP 4-letter bird species alpha code, PLIA ID, Planespotters.net ID, Awards & Winners artist ID, TuneIn artist ID, AccuRadio artist ID, Jango artist ID, LiveXLive artist ID, mora artist ID, CD Universe artist ID, Ex Libris author ID, Fishpond.co.nz author ID, YesAsia author ID, Supraphonline artist ID, Image-Line artist ID, RMF FM artist ID, eska.pl topic ID, Register nehnuteľných NKP, deejay.de artist ID, Bandsintown artist ID, musica.com artist ID, GreatSong artist ID, AZLyrics.com artist ID, RauteMusik artist ID, Getty Images topic ID, Tunefind artist ID, SoundHound artist ID, SongMeanings artist ID, Census of India ID, OpenWeatherMap city ID
• Query examples:
  • Bands whose name is part of Tolkien's legendarium (source)
  • Map of offshore windfarms (source)
  • Cities having more Wikipedia sitelinks than their country (source)

Development

• Fix a caching problem on termbox (phab:T228978)
• Investigate options for termbox load testing (phab:T229790)
• Use thumbnail preferences for thumbnail of Commons media file (phab:T224189)
• Add tags parameter to Wikibase APIs that edit entities (phab:T229917)
• Move "Data item" link outside of sidebar toolbox (phab:T66315)
• Create Maintenance Script to Remove Terms in a Language from Current Revision (phab:T222606)
• Fix Grafana Datamodel References dashboard (phab:T214894)
• Add editing widget/input on Bridge (phab:T226998)

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

• 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!