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Wikidata weekly summary #62
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Global message delivery 20:49, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Noteworthy Stuff
 * Geocoordinates can now be entered in Wikidata and language links can now be edited without JavaScript
 * The folks at OCLC did a great intro video to Wikidata and VIAF/authority files
 * And here's some interesting analysis on the most unique Wikipedias according to Wikidata
 * Magnus updated his tool to add missing properties to an item
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: battle/war (P607), exhibition history (P608), terminus location (P609), exhibition history (P608), terminus location (P609), highest point (P610), religious order (P611), mother house (P612), OS grid reference (P613), CHRC (P616), yard number (P617), source of energy (P618), spacecraft launch date (P619), spacecraft landing date (P620), spacecraft decay date (P621), spacecraft docking/undocking dates (P622), crew photo (P623), guidance system (P624), coordinate location (P625), Sandbox-GeoCoordinateValue (P626), IUCN-ID (P627)
 * If you're interested in a specific topic then the task forces are a good place to find like-minded people. Can't find one for your interest? Start one!
 * Development
 * More progress on supporting links to sisterprojects
 * Fixing issues with geocoordinate datatype that popped up after deployment
 * Selenium tests for time and geocoordinate interface
 * EditEntity Refactoring (added parameter “new”)
 * Open Tasks for You
 * Help fix formatting and value issues for a property
 * Respond to a "Request for Comment"
 * Hack on one of these

Need your opinion on a BLP matter
Hi. Can you offer your thoughts in this discussion? I could really use it. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 15:11, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

DSS KIA Deletion
I understand your reasoning for deleting the DSS KIA page. I would argue that it was not a memorial page but rather setup to demonstrate the wide range of duties of DSS personnel, how DS personnel are killed in anonymity and where personnel are located.

Regardless, I never thought that the page would be deleted and as such kept my most recent records and links on the page. I will just move the information to a dedicated wiki/web page on my own server. I would like to get a copy of the last version of the page before deletion so I don't have to recreate a lot of work. Could you email it to me or provide me with a link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DS Historian (talk • contribs) 05:00, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ You can find it userfied at User:DS Historian/Bureau of Diplomatic Security KIA. —Tom Morris (talk) 18:06, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Got it. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.230.76.174 (talk) 19:24, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #63
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Global message delivery 21:43, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Discussions
 * Final vote on the "Guidelines for sourcing statements" till June 24.
 * Work started on a policy regarding information about living people
 * Feedback needed on a proposal by the development team for how to support Wiktionary
 * RfC about sockpuppetry guidelines
 * RfC about personal names
 * Events/Press
 * Wikidata, le Wikipédia que vous utiliserez bientôt tous
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: E number (P628), edition of (P629), Paris city digital code (P630), structural engineer (P631), cultural properties of Belarus reference number (P632), Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec identifier (P633), captain (P634), ISTAT ID (P635), route of administration (P636), Protein ID (P637), PDB ID (P638), RNA ID (P639), Léonore ID (P640), sport (P641), of (P642), Genloc Chr (P643), Genloc Start (P644), Genloc End (P645), Freebase identifier (P646), drafted by (P647), Open Library identifier (P648), NRHP (P649), RKDartists (P650), BPN (P651), UNII (P652), PubMed Health (P653), direction relative to location (P654)
 * Development
 * Worked on site-link group editing to make it possible to link to sisterprojects
 * Further work on input validation
 * Further work on handling invalid data gracefully
 * Use Serializers for generating API results
 * Finished selenium tests for TimeUI and CoordinateUI
 * Changed globe coordinate value input to use backend coordinate parser
 * Fixed issues with data type definitions not being available in the frontend
 * Wrote a little hack so that on statements with a long list of values you will always be able to see the name of the property of the current section you are in (since the label moves when scrolling the page)
 * Open Tasks for You
 * Help fix formatting and value issues for a property
 * Respond to a "Request for Comment"
 * Hack on one of these

Thanks much
Thank you for your contribution to the new article I'd created, Nicholas Chare, much appreciated, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:03, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Nicholas Chare

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Wikidata weekly summary #64
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 * Discussions
 * Development team published a proposal how to make use of Wikidata for Commons
 * Community proposal for how Wikidata could support Wikisource
 * RfC on source items and supporting Wikipedia sources
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * d:User:Byrial is creating database reports that are useful to find issues in the current data
 * Denny created a map of all geocoordinates currently in Wikidata (normal and huge version - updated daily)
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: RTECS number (P657), RefSeq (P656), translator (P655)
 * Development
 * The Wikidata bug report with the most votes was closed (36729 - updating the link on Wikidata automatically when a page on Wikipedia is moved)
 * Wikipedia pages will soon have a link named "Data item" in the toolbox section of the sidebar that links to the Wikidata item that is connected to the page (49105 - You can already see it on the main page of test2.wikipedia.org for example.)
 * Calendar names displayed for time values can now be translated (49080)
 * Added serializers for the Ask query language
 * Buuuugfixes and testing
 * Refactoring
 * Worked on better handling of bad values (= values that don't fit the datatype they should have)
 * Open Tasks for You
 * Update, expand and translate one of the help pages to make it easier for newcomers
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 * Hack on one of these

Article For Creation Question
Hey there!

Thanks for reviewing the article "Carrie Shade". I understand why the article wasn't submitted. I was wondering how long we could keep the "draft" of it, so I could add more reliable sources, as they come in (and if she eventually gets on the Ellen show, I'd rather not write that all again). If it should be deleted and be created again once acceptable, let me know. Have a nice day! (:

December Nights (talk) 13:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi December Nights,
 * Generally, "stale" Articles for Creation drafts get deleted after six months. If an article is deleted, it can always be undeleted by asking any admin (or asking at the refund desk).
 * If you've got any further questions, don't hesitate to ask. —Tom Morris (talk) 13:42, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #65
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 * Discussions
 * Alternative proposal for Wiktionary support
 * RfC on the sourcing requirements for bots
 * Project chat discussion about creating a new Requests for mergers page
 * One of our Google Summer of Code students is looking for feedback on mockups for Wikidata mobile
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: MeSH Code (P672), Mouse Genome Informatics ID (P671), street number (P670)
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Wikivoyage deployment planned to start July 22nd, see the coordination page here
 * Addshore joins the Wikidata development team as an intern (project chat)
 * Byrial creates Statistics showing the namespaces used in item site links
 * Proposal for a new Wikimedia Foundation Sister project called 'Global Economic Map' that could use Wikidata at its core (on meta.)
 * Development
 * Very rough and tentative timeline for the next month of development: Roadmap
 * Continued work on validation and handling of partially invalid data
 * Breaking change for 'wbeditentity' in the API fixing (49526) - when creating new items the 'new' parameter must now be given
 * Improved handling of broken UTF-8 encoding
 * Made it possible to enter the direction in a geocoordinate also at the beginning now (for example 52°31′N 13°23′E can soon also be entered as N 52°31′ E 13°23′)
 * Introduced PropertyInfoStore for quick access to meta-info about properties
 * Deserialization of Description objects in Ask
 * Lots of bugfixing
 * Open Tasks for You
 * Update, expand and translate one of the help pages to make it easier for newcomers
 * Update and expand Wikidata:Contribute to provide more information for newcomers
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Review of closure of article
Hi Tom,

This is in regards to the recent closure of the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouman_Ali_Khan

I believe the article falls under the WP Notability Requirements, which states:
 * "Determining notability does not necessarily depend on things such as fame, importance, or popularity..."

I am in agreement that the previous citations provided in the article were not adequate. Though, once again quoting the WP requirements for notability


 * "The absence of citations in an article (as distinct from the non-existence of sources) does not indicate that the subject is not notable."

However, the person referred to in the WP Article has been presented in detail by indepentant media sources such as ArabNews.com http://www.arabnews.com/news/445647. The website is not an Islamic website and contains daily articles on sports, economy, and lifestyle, and international news.

For the reasons above, I ask that the article is un-deleted, upon which I will take the responsibility for updating the article to remove uncertainties about its eligibility.

Thanks :) AlaniNZ (talk) 07:48, 4 July 2013 (UTC)AlaniNZ


 * I had a look at the article: there's fairly clear consensus in the deletion discussion to delete. The general notability guideline requires that we have significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. The ArabNews sources is probably a reliable source, but it is only one reliable source, Wikipedia needs multiple.
 * I believe I closed the deletion discussion appropriately and am not keen on overriding the consensus one day after closing. If you can point me to other sources, I'd be happy to reconsider. —Tom Morris (talk) 08:55, 4 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Hey Tom,
 * Point taken. I'll look around to see if there are other articles I can improve in the meantime :)
 * Thanks
 * AlaniNZ (talk) 02:29, 7 July 2013 (UTC)AlaniNZ

Request for pending changes
Tom, would you mind putting pending changes on Diane Abbott? It has long been a target for a certain POV-pushing user. That user, User:Snakehands, is blocked but they have continued to edit as User:81.103.89.4. Perhaps you could block the IP as well (although I'm sure they won't give up that easily). Thanks! Delicious carbuncle (talk) 20:24, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I've popped the article on pending changes and dropped a warning for the IP. If they persist, I'm sure a block will be forthcoming in the near future. —Tom Morris (talk) 20:35, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

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