User talk:James Allison/Archive 8

Accusations
Stop making accuasations, there aren't any attacks on other users. Accusing people wrongfully good result in a blockHawkeye75 (talk) 17:37, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * This edit summary is self-evidently a personal attack. Regards, James (talk/contribs) 03:31, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Stop!
First off, I request that you stop talking to me on my talk page. Second, it seems like you are reverting every edit that is found under my contributions. This is against wiki terms per edit wars. Hawkeye75 (talk) 17:41, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * You have edited many articles related to a singular topic, which many others are also interested in. Some of those edits have been problematic, so I have reverted them with explanatory edit summaries. Per WP:BRD, you are to initiate discussion on article talk pages if you wish to find a consensus. You have not done that, but rather edit-warred. Regards, James (talk/contribs) 03:32, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Second Warning
This is your second warning, stop posting on my page. Hawkeye75 (talk) 19:01, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Many Wikipedia policies and guidelines require notice on users' talk pages. You cannot unilaterally ban other users from posting such notices on your talk page. Regards, James (talk/contribs) 03:29, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, Hawkeye75 can. Your course of action, should you have a further issue with this user, is to post at one of the boards, such as AN/I, RSN, DS, etc. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 04:35, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Could you point me to that policy? My reading of WP:NOBAN does not square with your comment. Regards, James (talk/contribs) 04:45, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks Anna Frodesiak. I asked JJMC89 on his talk page a couple days ago and he agreed. Hawkeye75 (talk) 05:45, 9 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi James. Sure, guidelines say he cannot "ban" you or force you. However, it is common practice, when asked not to post at someone's talk page, for others to simply comply. Also, what purpose does it serve to post there, against his wishes, when there are alternatives? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:53, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #221
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) 09:40, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Past: Repository Fringe (slides)
 * Past: WikiConference India 2016
 * Upcoming: Wikidata-Hackathon (topic is SPARQL) in München on 11th of August
 * Upcoming: SMWCon (call for contributions)
 * Visualizing the DNC vs RNC conventions with Wikipedia+Wikidata+BigQuery
 * Livin’ on the edge
 * Communes orphelines?
 * Paper: Getting the units right: inferring identifier units from a corpus of formulae in Wikipedia and Wikidata
 * Paper: Querying Wikidata: Comparing SPARQL, Relational and Graph Databases
 * Paper: WIKIREADING: A Novel Large-scale Language Understanding Task over Wikipedia
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * We now have two new pages to find property proposal discussions that need input: Property proposal/Overview, Property proposal/Attention needed
 * WSDM2017 Cup on knowledge base quality and search including tasks about vandalism detection in Wikidata (announcement)
 * Sitelinks for the new Tulu Wikipedia can be added
 * Wikidata Toolkit 0.7.0 has been released
 * Several grant proposals that could use endorsements or discussion: Wikidata module, StrepHit IEG renewal, Librarybase, WikiFactMine
 * 15% of items connected to articles on Japanese Wikipedia have no statements (report with categories on these pages)
 * Wikidata descriptions on mobile web version of Wikipedia
 * Job opening at TIB
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: wheelbase, IWM memorial ID, spatial reference system, precipitation height, ISBN publisher prefix, Indonesian ethnicity code, package management system, adjacent building, EPPO Code, sheet music, UK National Archives ID, open period to, open period from, closed on, open days, ITU letter code, Legacies of British Slave-ownership person ID, flag bearer, Iranica ID
 * Query examples: places of worship in France (source), former capitals (source), Edinburgh-born authors and their notable works (source), movies by David Lynch by duration (source), descendants of Gustav Vasa, people sharing the same name, the other way around, Tony awards nominees and winners (source)
 * Newest WikiProjects: Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece
 * Newest database reports: List of Roman dictators
 * Development
 * Glorian joins the team for 6 months as a product management intern
 * Example dialog on query.wikidata.org now shows categories (T140576)
 * Map result view now allows layers and multi colored dots (preview)
 * Made the tatus bar messages in the Query Service translatable (T140383)
 * Made it easier to notice that embedded Query Service results can be edited and are coming from Wikidata (T138766)
 * Improved the way error messages are displayed while editing items (T141880, T141879)
 * Worked on layout improvements to have a better visual separation of qualifiers and references (T141862)
 * Added a line to the suggester to indicate when no matching item or property was found (T142034)
 * Fixed and issue with scroll bars in the logo section of the ArticlePlaceholder (T139977)
 * Worked more on making it possible to translate an article in the ArticlePlaceholder (T124036)
 * Worked on fixing link in in other languages section for ArticlePlaceholder (T137933)
 * Worked more on groundwork for multi content revisions which we need for structured data support for Commons in order to have structured and unstructured data on the file page at the same time (T141878)
 * Worked on automatically creating a mediainfo entity when adding a statement - so far it is only possible by adding a label or description (T140760)
 * 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.

August 2016
Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions did not appear constructive and have been undone. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you.
 * Please consider changing text, instead of reverting next time like you did on Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: Breakout!. Hawkeye75 (talk) 18:38, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. Hawkeye75 (talk) 02:04, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #222
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) 08:27, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Data quality framework for Wikidata
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Past: Wikidata-Hackathon (topic was SPARQL) in München on 11th of August
 * Upcoming: a Wikidata workshop in French will be conducted by Ash Crow and Harmonia Amanda during the French-speaking Wikiconvention on 21st August 2016 in Paris
 * History of Parliament and Wikidata – the first round complete
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Léa joins the team as Community Communication Manager for Wikidata
 * ArticlePlaceholder is now live on Welsh and Kannada Wikipedia
 * You can now render sparql queries using the Histropedia timeline engine. Example : Structures in London, colour coded by heritage status Screenshot of Histropedia timeline using Wikidata.png
 * The Wikidata image search tool can now show Commons images around items (example)
 * Job offer : Textmining, Hochschule Hannover
 * New templates:, , . Please add labels in your own languages, and consider making a similar template for your country or region. Also, add P17-statements to property entities.
 * UK Imperial War Museum's War Memorials Register has been added to Mix'n'Match
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: SIMBAD ID, destroyed, damaged, game artist, standard enthalpy of formation, Cineplex film ID, Open Beauty Facts category ID, official religion, Grace's Guide ID, CosIng number, Storting person ID, standard molar entropy, dynamic viscosity, UN document symbol, WIPO ST.3, GS1 country code, GLAM ID, RERO ID, LepIndex ID, gestation period, Basisregistratie Instellingen number, ButMoth ID, Architectuurgids building ID, Architectuurgids architect ID, Charity Commission no., Turner Classic Movies person ID, NAQ elected person ID, Ontario MPP ID, K League player ID, Bloomberg person ID, Kindred Britain ID, CMFS player ID, Scottish FA player ID, racing-reference driver ID, footballzz ID, Fora De Jogo player ID, HanCinema person ID, College Football HoF ID, scoresway soccer person id, CageMatch wrestling stable id, luminous intensity, SoundCloud ID
 * Query examples: 2016 Olympics flag bearers (source), Composer that scored more than 100 films (source), churches using the same image (source), Challenge: Find a class with more fictional instances than real ones (source), items on human genes with unreferenced statements (source), Women elected to the UK Paliament (via WD:RAQ), Treaties of Paris (source), fictional thoroughfares (source), map of sports teams, with layers for different sports (source), big cities grouped into map layers by population (source), Free software with/without license (source), treaties with/without a date (source), capitals that aren’t capitals (soure), works of art depicting many people (source)
 * Development
 * Wikibase/DataModel/JSON was revised, clarifying the use for dates before year 1.
 * Language code "non" for Old Norse is now available for monolingual text (T137115)
 * Worked more on better visual layout of references (T141862)
 * Fixed issue with references not being expanded in diff view (T129836)
 * Added link to Wikidata item from ArticlePlaceholder (T126873)
 * Enabled ArticlePlaceholder on knwiki and cywiki
 * Removed collapsing behaviour from error messages (T141879)
 * Started writing out next steps for how to use Wikidata items and properties on Commons
 * Drafting interface stability policy (T142084)
 * Worked more in making it possible to create mediainfo entities by adding a statement to a non-existing one (T140760)
 * 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.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals - proposals needing attention

KUCR
Hi, I'm here to talk about the changes I made to the KUCR wiki page. I would like to have the page be more informational and accurate. The current page is outdated. I tried making some pages, but it has been reverted due to lack of citations. All of the information can be found on KUCR.ORG. Please let me know what I can do to have the revisions be accepted. Thanks! -cutglue — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cutglue (talk • contribs) 19:46, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi first, it appears you have a conflict of interest on this page, so you should avoid editing the article and instead propose changes on the talk page. See WP:COI. Second, once someone has reverted your changes, the appropriate action is to initiate a discussion on the talk page. What you have done is edit-warred, which is prohibited. See WP:EW. Third, your edits have a promotional tone and have removed content. See WP:PROMO. In short, I suggest you initiate a discussion on KUCR's talk page and disclose your conflict of interest prior to editing further. Regards, James (talk/contribs) 20:25, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

August 2016
Hey friend, I have replied to your AN post. Hawkeye75 (talk) 20:58, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

August 2016
Hi James, you seem like a really good editor, will you be my mentor? Hawkeye75 (talk) 08:33, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I do not think I am able to commit to the time and effort that such mentorship would require. Perhaps another editor may be interested. Regards, James (talk/contribs) 08:42, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

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Wales
talk:Jimmy_Wales - please see and commet there, thanks Govindaharihari (talk) 07:26, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Wales
Hard to believe you replaced that disputed detail without any discussion on the talkpage or any consensus - please don't do it again - Govindaharihari (talk) 07:22, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
 * There's no need to cast aspersions. I've responded to your comments at the article's talk page. Please review WP:BRD. Regards, James (talk/contribs) 07:28, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #223
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) 16:29, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Discussions
 * Open request for adminship: ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2
 * Closed request for comments:
 * Category commons P373 and "Other sites"
 * Adopt Help:Classification as an official help page
 * Review of "change datatype to monolingual" actions for some properties
 * Refining "part of"
 * Are colors instance-of or subclass-of color
 * Wikidata:Notability overhaul
 * RfP voting eligibility
 * Standards for property proposal discussions
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * August 17-19 : VIVO conference, see also the keynote about collaboratively created, linked open knowledge.
 * August 20-21 : the Wikiconvention in Paris. Check the notes taken during the Wikidata workshop
 * Why you should be paying attention to Wikidata and GLAM, on the Wikimedia Foundation blog
 * All your locations are belong to us on Magnus' blog
 * Paper: An Empirical Evaluation of Property Recommender Systems for Wikidata and Collaborative Knowledge Bases
 * Paper: Managing and Consuming Completeness Information for Wikidata Using COOL-WD
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Job offer : PHP software developer for Wikidata, Wikimedia Deutschland
 * Wikidata has now a stable interface policy to guarantee the stability of the tools
 * Enabling Wikidata data access in user language
 * COOL-WD now includes a gadget to show completeness information in Wikidata
 * Mix'n'Match can list entries of some external databases, and allows users to match them against Wikidata items. A new catalogue for ContentMine has been added!
 * WikiShootMe has a lot of new updates: OAuth-based image upload button, uploads to Commons and adds to Wikidata item with one click, right-click on the map to add a missing item, build-in Wikidata search, free images search (example for Central Cambridge)
 * Extracting Wikidata annotations to create DBpedia mappings project during Google Summer of Code
 * Did you know? Popular surnames Wikidata query.png
 * Newest properties: develops from, recovered by, film crew member, mount, flight number, Flags of the World ID, ID of Catalogue of Life in Taiwan, fiscal/tax revenue, speed limit, qualifies for event, freedom of panorama
 * Query examples:
 * A famous Italian song, Tanti Auguri by Raffaella Carrà, states "Com'è bello far l'amore da Trieste in giù" (literally, in English: "How great it is to make love from Trieste to below"). This is a query to find out where you shouldn't make love.
 * Common occupations of heads of state (source).
 * Murderers by region in France (source).
 * Authors with a known location and an ORCID (source).
 * Popular surnames among humans (source).
 * Movies that won all the Oscars they were nominated for (source).
 * Colors with multiple RGB statements (source)
 * Filmography of Jean Gabin (source)
 * Cities as big as Antwerp (source)
 * Cities connected by the Trans-Mongolian and Trans-Siberian Railway (source)
 * Histropedia timeline of Europeana280 artworks (source)
 * Newest gadgets: Sort the statements on items, prefill "access date" with current date
 * New templates:, , , . Please add labels in your own languages, and consider making a similar template for your country or region. Also, add P17-statements to property entities.
 * Newest database reports: list of riders and their horse
 * Development
 * Continuing to work on the concepts for the automatic list generation
 * Enable allow data access in user language will come on Wikidata soon
 * Menus are now internationalised on the query service
 * Clarified error message when adding a URL without a protocol
 * Created a gadget to try out global sort order in items
 * Fixed a bug where the input field for a value was not loaded
 * Worked on the interface stability policy
 * Made possible to create mediainfo entity by adding a statement
 * Worked on showing from which items a given Wikipedia article uses data
 * 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.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals - proposals needing attention

I was hoping
I was hoping Hawkeye learned but after seeing your post and him pretty much blowing me off when I tried to help them I think your right which is a little disappointing. I have made my final comment on the situation on Euryalus's talk as I refuse to argue with 75, Unless I'm asked back or asked something by an Admin. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" 09:17, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #224
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 


 * Discussions
 * We need your input about how you edit lists on Wikipedia


 * Events/Press/Blogs
 * Upcoming: First Wikidata workshop in the Czech Republic, 3rd September, University of Pardubice
 * Past: Wikidata workshop by Asaf Bartov during the CEE WikiConv in Dilijan, Armenia
 * Past: Wikidata presentation during Django Girls in Berlin
 * GSoC at Wikimedia (Part 1 of 3), by Alangi Derick
 * Modeling books in Wikidata by Aubrey and Chiara Storti
 * Paper: Vandalism Detection in Wikidata, by Stefan Heindorf, Martin Potthast, Benno Stein and Gregor Engels


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Planet to Earth: this tool uses data from Wikidata to visualise the links between places on an astronomical body named after a place on planet Earth.
 * WikiDataScape is a Cytoscape app for interactive browsing of Wikidata.
 * The property "KML file" was created last week (see list below) and has already a full list of values, sample LUA module and property documentation page available (Property talk:P3096)
 * enabling data access in user language will be deployed on Wikidata on August 29


 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: Tela Botanica ID (Metropolitan France), Gare & Connexions ID, has tense, Plantarium ID, FloraBase ID, Flora of Australia ID, Internet Bird Collection species ID, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier, ISBN identifier group, KML file, practiced by
 * Query examples:
 * RADA alumni with a good or featured article on Wikipedia (source)
 * Historians with links to French Wikipedia or Wikisource, but missing VIAF ID (source)
 * Unicorn taxa, including the Indian rhinoceros (source)
 * Mithras shrines, as a map (source)
 * 2.300 Wikidata archaeological sites without coordinates (source)
 * All items on Wikidata whom we know we don't know their sex or gender: (source)
 * Drug-disease interactions (source)
 * Nicknames of serial killers (source)
 * Dynamic data map of all U-bahn lines in Berlin with colors (source)
 * [http://histropedia.com/showcase/wikidata-viewer.html?query=%23Internet%20Services%20By%20Type%0A%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20?webService%20?webServiceLabel%20%0A%0A(SAMPLE%20(?inception)%20as%20?inception)%0A(SAMPLE%20(?image)%20as%20?image)%0A(SAMPLE%20(?type)%20as%20?type)%0A(SAMPLE%20(?precision)%20as%20?precision)%0A(COUNT%20(DISTINCT%20?article)%20as%20?rank)%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A?webService%20wdt:P31/wdt:P279*%20wd:Q1668024.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%09%09%23Subclass%20of%20service%20on%20internet%0A%0A?webService%20p:P571%20?inceptionStatement%20.%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23That%20has%20inception%20date%0A?inceptionStatement%20psv:P571%20?inceptionStatementNode%20.%09%09%09%09%0A%20%20%20%20?inceptionStatementNode%20wikibase:timeValue%20?inception%20.%09%09%09%23Get%20inception%20date%0A%20%20%09?inceptionStatementNode%20wikibase:timePrecision%20?precision%20.%09%09%23Get%20date%20precision%0A%0A?webService%20wdt:P31%20?typeItem%20.%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23Get%20the%20service%20type%0A?typeItem%20rdfs:label%20?type%20filter%20(lang(?type)%20%3D%20%22en%22).%09%09%09%09%23and%20the%20label%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B?webService%20wdt:P18%20?image%7D%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23Get%20image%20if%20available%0AOPTIONAL%20%7B?webService%20wdt:P154%20?image%7D%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23Get%20logo%20image%20if%20avilable%0A%0A%0A?article%20schema:about%20?webService%20.%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%23Count%20article%20links%20for%20rank%0ASERVICE%20wikibase:label%20%7Bbd:serviceParam%20wikibase:language%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0AGROUP%20BY%20?webService%20?webServiceLabel%0A%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%20(?rank)&url=webService&title=webServiceLabel&from=inception&fromPrecision=precision&imageUrl=image&colourCodeBy=type&threshold=1&view=timeline Timeline of internet services by type to celebrate 25 yrs of the web] (source)
 * Network of color (source)
 * Dynamic data map of all country by year of joining the United Nations (source)
 * Newest WikiProjects: Theatre
 * Newest gadgets:
 * Newest external tools: Wikidata Class Browser (includes subclass counts and instance counts)
 * Newest database reports:
 * New feature/gadget requests:
 * Showcase items:


 * Development
 * Fixed a but where the text field doesn't always load when trying to add a statement (T115267)
 * We're now also creating mediainfo entities when a statement is added to a non-existent media info entity (T140760)
 * Fixed a but where the suggester would show information twice (T143645)
 * The ArticlePlaceholder now also shows the links to other projects in the In Other Projects sidebar (T141771)
 * Worked more in figuring out how to show usage tracking data (T103091)
 * Made progress on Citoid support for Wikidata to make it easier to add useful and complete references (T141856)
 * Worked on restore "purge without confirm" user right (T143435)


 * 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.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals - proposals needing attention

Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 13:41, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, August 31
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have a brief presentation for your education and possible enjoyment:


 * Former EFF intern Marta Belcher will discuss crowdsourcing her Stanford Law School graduation speech using a wiki. The "WikiSpeech" was the subject of prominent national media attention in 2015, and more than half of her classmates contributed to writing and editing the commencement address via a wiki.

Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, August 2016

See you soon! ,, and  | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Tonight: Live and archived links for Bay Area WikiSalon
Bay Area WikiSalon, Wednesday, August 31:

If you cannot join us in person tonight, we are streaming (and later archiving) the presentation by former EFF intern Marta Belcher. We expect her to be live starting between 6:30 or 6:45 p.m. PDT and talking and taking questions for about 30 minutes thereafter.

Here is the YouTube stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t8V79s2-og Here is the link to join the Hangout on Air: https://hangouts.google.com/call/ezrol7dafjfwxfh2ilpkjyxoaue

You can search for it on the Commons and YouTube later too.

Wayne, Pete, Ben, and Stephen MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:50, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #225
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;">


 * Discussions
 * Remember that we would love to have your input about data quality on Wikidata and list generation on Wikipedia!
 * What would you like to organize for Wikidata's 4rth birthday?


 * Events/Press/Blogs
 * “Ben Whishaw, Broadway, the RADA and Wikidata” (data integration in the era of semantic web) by Harmonia Amanda
 * Hands-on research about Wikidata: My time as a PhD student at Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. by Alessandro Piscopo
 * 3 tutorial videos about Wikidata: an intro to Wikidata, how to edit Wikidata and Wikidata Sparql Query Tutorial by Ewan McAndrew, Navino Evans and Sean McBirnie
 * Past: First Wikidata workshop in the Czech Republic, Pardubice – imported much open data related to the Czech Republic
 * Past: Lydia and Jens from the Wikidata team were at the QTcon to talk about Wikidata and applications (see the slides)


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * The events page is now up to date. You want to join or organise a meetup with other Wikidata editors? Keep an eye on this page!
 * 30K entries from Kindred Britain added in Mix’n’Match
 * Welsh Wikipedia includes Wikidata-based article placeholders, like this one
 * Wiki Loves Monuments started! You can help by improving the items about heritage buildings or use Wikishootme to find unpictured monuments
 * English Wikipedia now has a WikiProject Wikidata to coordinate integration with Wikidata. Why not start one for your local Wikipedia? Add it to Q20855878 if you do.


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties: parent peak, elCinema person ID, elCinema film ID, TripAdvisor ID, NSZL name authority ID, last line, Redalyc journal ID, NSW Flora ID, cine.gr film ID, CiNetMag film ID, Latindex ID, ALCUIN ID, EDRPOU code, Polish scientist ID, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID, OpenDomesday person ID, Epguides ID, TOID, Code for China Reservoir Name, OpenDomesday settlement ID, DSSTOX substance identifier, ISzDb dub ID, ISzDb company ID, ISzDb person ID, does not have part, DistroWatch ID, FEI ID, ISzDb film ID, Peakbagger ID, Yelp ID, LdiF ID, Guardian topic ID


 * Query examples:
 * People convicted of regicide and their victims (source)
 * The most common birthday among US citizens (source)
 * Things named after Polish people (source)
 * Drama schools by number of students (source)
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