User talk:Bovlb/Archive 2016-06

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The Signpost: 05 June 2016
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Wikidata weekly summary #212
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.  Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 14:28, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Upcoming: OpenData.ch
 * Upcoming: HackHPI
 * Upcoming: ELAG
 * Documentation of the outcomes of WikiCite
 * Wikidata showing chemical properties with references
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * SQID now also shows references for statements and received a whole bunch of other nice features
 * wikidata-cli now has a wdsparql command to work with SPARQL from the command line
 * It seems we already have almost 0.4% of the current population of Finland on Wikidata.
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: exact match, reserve number (Canada), Shakeosphere person ID, mains voltage, HKMDb film ID, relegated, promoted, NIOSHTIC-2 ID
 * Query examples: body of water with the most watercourses ending in it (source), French communes with names ending in ac (source), birthplaces of Europeana280 artists (source), popular eye colors (source)
 * Development
 * Fixed the bug where the language selector in Special:NewItem doesn't recognize certain languages (T115792)
 * Fixed issues that prevented editing in Internet Explorer (T136543)
 * Added new visualization to the query service to visualize graphs like family trees. It is now deployed yet but will come soon.
 * Worked on new visualization for the query service to visualize results with data on different dimensions
 * Improved build and deploy process for the query service. The site should load faster now.
 * Improved the formatting of dates and more in the query service.
 * More fixes to get ArticlePlaceholder ready for the second round of wikis
 * Worked on a fix for the issue where sometimes an old label is shown in the main header of an item (T135714)
 * Monthly Tasks
 * 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.

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Wikidata weekly summary #213
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.  Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 14:25, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Semi-automatic Addition of References to Wikidata Statements - feedback on the Primary Sources Tool
 * Others: Discussion about currency conversion rates, P2893_-_wrong_datatype
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Upcoming: Wikimania - find all the Wikidata things happening here
 * Upcoming: Repo-Fringe 2016
 * Past: HackHPI
 * Past: ELAG (slides)
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Passionate about Wikidata and a great communicator? We are looking to hire a community communications person.
 * Gujarati, Latvian and Nynorsk Wikipedia now have the ArticlePlaceholder as well.
 * Catalan and Polish Wikipedia will show Wikidata descriptions on the mobile website starting soon. More Wikipedias will follow. (T135429)
 * Into football/soccer? WikiProject Association football/Euro 2016 could use your help.
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: RateBeer brewery ID, Beer Advocate brewery ID, Molendatabase verdwenen molens ID, fax number, minimum age, Swedish county letter, Eldoblaje Movie ID, publication interval, maximum sustained winds, day of week, Skype, UMLS CUI, FamilySearch ID
 * Query examples: Eiffel Tower in art (source), popular surnames among humans (source), popular surnames among fictional characters (source), [https://query.wikidata.org/#%0A%23%20Select%20the%20desired%20columns%20and%20get%20labels%0ASELECT%20%3Focc%20%3FoccLabel%20%3FavgAge%20%3FavgBirthYear%20%3Fcount%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%23%20Group%20the%20people%20by%20their%20occupation%20and%20calculate%20age%0A%20%20%20%20SELECT%0A%20%20%20%20%09%3Focc%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28count%28%3Fp%29%20as%20%3Fcount%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28round%28avg%28%3FbirthYear%29%29%20as%20%3FavgBirthYear%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28avg%28%3FdeathYear%20-%20%3FbirthYear%29%20as%20%3FavgAge%29%0A%20%20%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20Get%20people%20with%20occupation%20%2B%20birth%2Fdeath%20dates%3B%20combine%20multiple%20birth%2Fdeath%20dates%20using%20avg%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20SELECT%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%09%3Fp%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Focc%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28avg%28year%28%3Fbirth%29%29%20as%20%3FbirthYear%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28avg%28year%28%3Fdeath%29%29%20as%20%3FdeathYear%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fp%20%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP106%20%3Focc%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP569%2Fpsv%3AP569%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%229%22%5E%5Exsd%3Ainteger%20%3B%20%23%20precision%20of%20at%20least%20year%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fbirth%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP570%2Fpsv%3AP570%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimePrecision%20%229%22%5E%5Exsd%3Ainteger%20%3B%20%23%20precision%20of%20at%20least%20year%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3AtimeValue%20%3Fdeath%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%20.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fp%20%3Focc%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Focc%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28%3Fcount%20%3E%20300%29%20%23%20arbitrary%20number%20to%20weed%20out%20values%20with%20%27few%27%20observations%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20ASC%28%3FavgAge%29 average lifespan by occupation] (source), German breweries (source), years with 3 popes (source), people who died by burning - on a timeline (source)
 * Newest WikiProjects: Lighthouses, Roller Coasters
 * Development
 * Worked on creating mediainfo entities on demand when a file is viewed that doesn't have an associated mediainfo entity yet. This is needed for structured data support for Commons.
 * Worked on making it possible to embed query results in other websites. You can get a preview at https://jonaskress.github.io
 * Added timeline as a possible visualization for the query service.
 * Investigated issues with downloading query result sets in Safari.
 * Got ArticlePlaceholder ready for the second round of Wikipedias.
 * Fixed bug where map wasn't enabled as a possible visualization for queries with cooridnates.
 * You can soon specify the color of the bubbles in a bubble chart visualization. (T137061)
 * Fixed a bug with terms sometimes not showing up, language fallback not working correctly in Lua modules and connection to master database
 * Fixed a bug with URL encoding in the query service.
 * Monthly Tasks
 * 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.

The Signpost: 15 June 2016
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Wikidata weekly summary #214
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.  Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 13:29, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Upcoming: Wikimania
 * Upcoming: WikiConvention francophone
 * Past: GLAM Wiki Boot Camp
 * Past: Silicon Mountain Conf
 * Past: OpenData.ch
 * Past: Semantic Web + Wikidata
 * Wikidata beim Hackathon HackHPI in Potsdam
 * Data Ex Machina
 * Op-ed in the Wikipedia Signpost regarding Wikidata licensing
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * ORES is not available as a beta feature to make it easier to find bad edits
 * New user script to show the main image of an item is ready for testing
 * Into football/soccer? WikiProject Association football/Euro 2016 could use your help.
 * Want to see Wikidata changes in the history of a Wikipedia article? There is a user script that needs your feedback.
 * We are looking for people who work on list articles.
 * You can test a gadget that lets you easily run a query for more items with the same statement.
 * Language fallback is now happening on Wikipedia and co
 * Maps are now enabled on Wikidata
 * First beta release of StrepHit
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID, focal height, month of the year, label in sign language, PO Box, COAM ID, syntax clarification, ECARTICO person ID, MSBI person ID, date depicted, distinctive jersey, time gap, icon, SecondHandSongs artist ID, SecondHandSongs song ID, timezone offset
 * Query examples: colors of chemical compounds (source), map of braodway venues (source), sculptures by Max Bill (source), works of art where the name might be a rhyme (source), works of art where the title is an alliteration (source)
 * Newest WikiProjects: Professional Wrestling
 * ORDER BY RAND LIMIT 100 can avoid timeouts on Wikidata Query Service (source)
 * Development
 * Worked on making it easier to add new query examples right from the query service by just clicking a button. There are some technical issues with it still though. Will take a while to sort through.
 * More work on creating new Media-Info entities (the equivalent of item for media file data) on the fly (T134259)
 * Fixed a but with suggestions not showing up (T138059)
 * Improved display of query examples (T137589) and cleaned them up
 * Improved database access (T137539)
 * Fixed a but with the rank selector (T109583)
 * Started concept work for automated list generation
 * Discussed the proposal for Wiktionary with a linguist to get more detailed feedback on it. Very positive.
 * Monthly Tasks
 * 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!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Please comment on Talk:Natalie Portman
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Wikidata weekly summary #215
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.  Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:48, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Verifiability and living persons, RfP voting eligibility
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Past: Wikimania! The Wikidata-related program parts including slides and notes can be found on the Wikidata Wikimania page.
 * TIB and HsH project approved: The replication of Open-Access images
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * EasyQuery is now a gadget that you can enable in your preferences. It gives you an icon next to each statement value. That gives you a list of other items with the same statement.
 * Stats have been updated and show a significant jump in references.
 * SQID now shows references (example)
 * INSPIRE HEP has been added to Mix'n'match
 * PAWS is now available. It lets you easily run a Jupyter notebook and much more.
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: language used, connector, Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers identifier, INSPIRE-HEP author ID, lighthouse range, memory capacity, water as percent of area, InterPro ID, domain of saint or deity
 * Query examples: sandwich ingredients (source), inventors killed by their own invention (source), objects with most mass (source), music genres (source), number of jurisdictions by driving side (source)
 * Development
 * The majority of the Wikidata developers team atteded Wikimania
 * You can now embed query results from query.wikidata.org in other websites (example)
 * Linking MediaInfo entities to media files in the "MediaInfo for Commons" prototype (T134473)
 * Tracking more statistics for the ArticlePlaceholder (T138500)
 * Adding support for quantity values with unknown uncertainty (T115269)
 * Worked on fix for bug where new entities can be created with wrong language (T138725)
 * Monthly Tasks
 * 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!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Please comment on Talk:Hilton Worldwide
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