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Events/Blogs/Press
- Upcoming: Office hour on IRC on Friday. You should come :)
- Past: London Wikidata Meetup 2
  - We had a meetup with nine people:
  - set up Wikidata:WikiProject UK and Ireland (sound recording of meeting available)
- Upcoming: Open Data Day, 21st February 2015
  - For generic wiki, see International Open Data Day
  - Open Data Camp UK, Saturday/Sunday 21st/22nd February 2015
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- We just crossed 14000 active users (over the last month). Thank you all!
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Gray's Anatomy 1918 subject, Total valid votes, inverse of, NLP identifier
- Newest WikiProjects: Food, UK and Ireland, Suisse
- Newest gadgets: ExportClaims, Mark as patrolled from list of changes
Development
- The sitelink section has been reworked. This will go live on Wikidata on Tuesday. The sitelinks will then be slimmer and they will appear in a sidebar on the right side if there is enough space.
- More performance improvements when parsing an item page, ~%15 faster for some pages :)
- Titan was selected as the graph DB to implement a Wikidata query service running in production
- Fixed adding links to ru.wikinews.org which was broken by its change to HTTPS-only
- Worked on redesigning the header area (label, description, alias, in-other-languages box)
- Polished d:Wikidata:Data access and d:Wikidata:Database download. Could still use some more work though if you have time.
- Enabled PHP_CodeSniffer with Mediawiki rules and some additional ones to make us aware of more code issues
- We no longer log some common 404 errors in the exception log
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 18:25, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #141

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

Discussions
- RfC: Speedy vs Regular deletion‎
- Closed RfAs: George.Edward.C (successful)
- Open RfAs: Petr Matas, Edoderoo
Events/Blogs/Press
- The Wikidata for research proposal was submitted to the European Union on January 14. Congrats to Daniel for spearheading that huge effort.
- Blog post about how Wikidata can change the way citizen scientists contribute
- IRC office hour happened (log)
- Blog posts about gender inequality index based on Wikidata data by Max and Magnus
- MediaWiki Developer Summit
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The development plan has been updated and expanded
- Official Wikipedia app now uses Wikidata descriptions \o/ More to come!
- Usage tracking will likely be deployed on February 2 on Wikidata. This will not be user-visible. It just means that pages using data from arbitrary items get updated/purged when the data changes. Arbitrary access is being tested at Test Wikidata and testwiki:Test Wiki. An example is at testwiki:Kitten on arbitrary page.
- Assigning items on Mix'n'match will now make that change on Wikidata for you automatically
Did you know?
- Newest properties: IGESPAR identifier, SIPA identifier, SkyscraperPage building id
Development
- Deployed new sitelinks interface design to Wikidata. It's not done yet but we're getting there. Tweaks are in progress.
- Worked on redesign of header area
- Fixed some bugs that popped up after deployment
- Enabled usage tracking and arbitrary access on test.wikipedia.org and test.wikidata, and preparations for enabling it on Wikidata
- Collecting Query examples for the new query functionality
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · John F. Lewis 21:00, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #142

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

Discussions
- Closed RfAs: Petr Matas (unsuccessful), Edoderoo (successful)
- Open RfAs: Eurodyne
Events/Blogs/Press
- Upcoming: MediaWiki Developer Summit
- Upcoming: FOSDEM
- Upcoming: Wikidata for research meetup in February in Paris and Berlin
- Past: Meetup in Cambridge
- Brainstorming for Wikimania talks related to Wikidata is happening at phabricator:T87334 and you can apply for a scholarship
- Wikidata - a year in numbers
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Want to help out mapping schema.org and Wikidata properties? There is now a ticket for coordination.
- The new Content Translation tool uses Wikidata data to suggest the correct article to link to when translating a Wikipedia article to another language
- Using GNOME Shell? There is a Wikidata search provider for you.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: award shared with, native label, pollenizer, pollination
- You can influence the languages shown in the "in other languages box" by adding a bable box to your user page like here.
Development
- More work on header section redesign
- Released Wikibase DataModel 2.5
- Broke and fixed JSON dumps - sorry!
- Implemented entity change subscription service
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 11:08, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #143

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

Discussions
- Closed RfAs: Eurodyne (unsuccessful)
- Open RfAs: BlackBeast
Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: MediaWiki Developer Summit
- Past: FOSDEM
- Upcoming: ArtBytes hackathon
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- ATOM feeds for changes in Wikidata Query results. Define your own to keep an eye on changes in specific topics
- Overview of the number of visual artworks items on Wikidata by creator (>5 items)
- The Wikidata Free Image Search Tool can now also search Commons (not just follow language links)
Did you know?
- Newest properties: British Museum person-institution, Sächsische Biografie, equivalent class, LfDS object ID, DAAO identifier
- Newest WikiProjects: Authority control
Development
- Fixed diffs not showing old ranks, qualifiers and references on the left side (phabricator:T87096)
- Worked on several date and time related issues, like incorrect padding of the year to 11 instead of 16 digits (phabricator:T87764)
- Further work on header section redesign (phabricator:T75654)
- Started redesign of statements section (phabricator:T87316)
- Introduced a hint showing the language when a language fallback is used on an item or property (phabricator:T85105)
- Working on splitting a Wikibase View component out of the Wikibase Repo code base
- Currently testing how PHPCS and PHPMD can help raising Wikibase’ code quality
- Released Wikibase DataModelSerialization 1.3 with language fallback support
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 13:20, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #144

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

Discussions
- Open RfAs: BlackBeast
Events/Blogs/Press
- Upcoming: Eurpeana Tech
- Andrew Su gave a talk about crowd sourcing and citizen science for biology including Wikidata (slides)
- Going to Wikimania? Apply for a scholarship.
- Internet Archive, Wikidata and Open Education
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikibooks will get access to language links via Wikidata on February 24th. Coordination is happening at d:Wikidata:Wikibooks.
- Roughly 17000 of the candidate articles that Google identified as potentially being about the same topic but lacking a language link have been merged. About 17500 are remaining and waiting for you to go through them via https://web.archive.org/web/20170331185529/http://tools.wmflabs.org/yichengtry/
- Mix'n'Match got a face lift
- Magnus says every day new images are added to over 1000 items \o/
- RStats client for Wikidata
- Reasonator now also supports biography texts in French
Did you know?
- Showcase items: Lucy (first name)
Development
- Did more work on Capiunto to get it into a state where it can be deployed to Wikimedia sites.
- Mourned Titan (phabricator:T88550) as its developers were bought up. Began evaluation for which graph database to use instead for a Wikidata query service (mw:Wikibase/Indexing)
- Further work on header section redesign
- Tweaks to the sitelink section
- Worked on making monolingual text datatype accept more languages
- Finished showing the language when a language fallback is used
- Started looking into fixing the existing Guided Tours after Guided Tours extension API changes
- Worked on implementing Lua convenience functions for rendering arbitrary Snaks. This is useful for displaying references or qualifiers. (phabricator:T76213)
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 17:54, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #145

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

Events/Blogs/Press
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Spiffy new project building on top of Wikidata: inventaire.io. Check out this example entry!
- You will now see when a language fallback for a label is used on an item or property. The language name will be shown next to it.
- Automatic descriptions for Wikidata items by Magnus
- The templates for adding badges (good article, featured article, etc) to articles on Wikipedia in the sidebar are getting removed from articles rapidly in favor of getting that information from Wikidata \o/ German Wikipedia even deleted those templates already. English Wikipedia seems to be getting close.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Journalisted ID, Biography at the Bundestag of Germany, Metacritic ID
- Newest WikiProjects: Identical Twins
Development
- <3
- We are hiring! Passionate about Wikidata and know your way around Java Script and co? Apply!
- We'll spend the next week working with Nik and Stas from WMF to move queries forward in Berlin
- Worked on implementing a Lua interface for arbitrary Snak rendering. This can be used to render eg. qualifiers or references in Wikipedia infoboxes.
- Did groundwork for Lua convenience functions that render data in the user’s interface language, rather than the content language (for multilingual wikis, like Commons or Wikidata only)
- Did further work on making the Lua interface code nicer and share code with the parser functions
- Removed input method selector in the sitelink input as it was hiding the actual input and not very useful there
- Fixed some issues in diff views showing new data instead of old data
- Created a few scripts to make it easier for 3rd parties to install Wikibase
- Fixed icinga notification that tests if dispatch lag gets high
- Investigated several issues regarding storage of time values and started fixing them
- Fixed editing of qualifiers
- Fixed most browser tests after introduction of new header design
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 10:25, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #146

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Asking ever bigger questions with Wikidata
- Wikidata4Research meetup in Berlin
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- As announced Wikibooks is getting access to Wikidata for their sitelinks on 24th. Coordination at d:Wikidata:Wikibooks
- ViziData
- Update on data quality project
- Update on structured data for Commons
- Using mw.wikibase.getEntity in a Lua module? Please read this.
- Number of visual artworks items by property (type, genre, creator...) on Wikidata
Did you know?
- Newest properties: operty:P1721|pinyin transliteration]], posthumous name, temple name, courtesy name, SANDRE ID, brand
- Showcase items:Montblanc
Development
- Still looking for an awesome frontend developer to join the team
- Met with Nik and Stas from WMF in Berlin for a week to move query functionality forward. Made good progress on evaluating backends and languages
- Worked on RDF mapping/export
- Introduced mw.wikibase.renderSnak(s) for rendering arbitrary Snaks in Lua. This can be used for rendering for example qualifiers or references.
- Made it so that links in the “other projects” sidebar are alphabetically ordered
- Made the diff views for dates easier to read
- Continued work on the planned Wikibase View component
- Continued work on header redesign
- Worked on a new special page that lets you set label, description and aliases in one page
- Fixed all browsertests to use new header section and adjusted them to use phantomjs
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- d:Wikidata:Glossary could use some serious simplification to make it easier to understand. Can you help?
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · John F. Lewis 20:45, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #147

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

Discussions
- RfC: Reforming administrator inactivity criteria
Events/Blogs/Press
- Platypus - a speaking interface for Wikidata
- Past: Wikidata for Research meetup
- Past: GLAMhack (two of the results: The Endless Story and a family tree)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata reached 200,000,000 edits
- Welcome Wikibooks! Wikibooks now gets its language links via Wikidata as well.
- Vote for your favorite Wikimania submissions. Here are the Wikidata related ones.
- New release of the Wikidata Toolkit with lots of good stuff.
- There are now over 30,000 objects in OpenStreetMap tagged with a Wikidata ID. Can you add more?
- Want to see where we want infoboxes to go with Wikidata? Check out the infobox fromage on French Wikipedia. Have a look at the wiki text here.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Naturbase ID, Fach, AllMusic song ID, AllMusic album ID, AllMusic artist ID, Flora of North America ID, Florentine musea Inventario 1890 ID, beats per minute
- Newest WikiProjects: Cheese, Filming Locations
- Showcase items: None this week. Yours next week?
- You can listen to Wikidata (setting at the bottom)
Development
- Chaged a number of Lua modules (from deprecated function mw.wikibase.getEntity to mw.wikibase.getEntityObject)
- Updated the json documentation
- Always link to Wikidata on client pages that don’t have any langlinks. This affects users without JavaScript and logged out users, logged in users will still see the link item dialog. gerrit:168632
- Fixes for the Wikibase qunit Jenkins job
- Made Vagrant git-update also properly update Wikibase and dependencies
- Fix for phabricator:T88254 (malformatted Wikidata entries appearing in Watchlist RSS feed in clients)
- Final touches on new header design
- Investigated how we can provide language fallback also in suggestions when search or adding new statements
- More work on allowing additional languages in monolingual text datatype
- Added missing backend piece for quantities with units. Now the remaining piece is the user interface.
- Enabled Wikibase Client on Wikibooks
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher 12:46, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #148

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

Discussions
- Open RfA: Haplology
Events/Blogs/Press
- upcoming: Wikidata for Wikipedians at Lokal K in Köln in 17th of March
- upcoming: Wikidata editathon in Berlin on 24th of March
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Help flesh out landing pages for partners
- Update on the Wikidata query service progress
- The automatic description API can now generate infoboxes (currently, "person" and "artwork" on en.wp)
- Wikidata Skim gives you very simple query functionality
- Meet Kian, the first neural network to serve Wikidata
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Information Center for Israeli Art artist identifier, Comedien.ch identifier, oath of office date, Steam ID
- Showcase items:Symphony No. 7
Development
- Fixed edit buttons sometimes not showing up because of caching
- Added mailto to the allowed protocols in the URL data type
- Worked on updating the data model documentation
- Worked on client wiki subscription/notification mechanism
- Improved handling of scientific notation for quantity values
- Reworked a lot of code related to time parsing and formatting, e.g. proper support for language independent parsing of YYYY-MM-DD ordered dates
- Continued working on the new Special:SetLabelDescriptionAliases
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · John F. Lewis 00:19, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #149

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

Discussions
- Successful RfA: Haplology
Events/Blogs/Press
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Simple Wikidata graph generator
- Please help test the next step for header redesign
- Provide input about how to improve Wikidata watchlist integration on Wikipedia and other sister projects
- Items without statements - help by adding "instance of" to some of them
- Picture of current geocoordinate coverage on Wikidata
- Query generator spreadsheet
- Image search now allows the addition of the "grave image" property
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage ID, National Pipe Organ Register identifier, Hornbostel-Sachs classification, Watson & Dallwitz family ID, Aviation Safety Network Wikibase Occurrence, Aviation Safety Network accident description ID, category related to list, list related to category, scale, BBC Your Paintings collection identifier, name day, Parlement & Politiek ID, NCI Thesaurus ID, Flora of China, ZooBank nomenclatural act, VASCAN ID, Agassiz et al checklist number, Bradley and Fletcher checklist number, GTAA concept identifier, category for films shot at this location, CiNii book identifer, Merck Index monograph
Development
- Got next step for header redesign and other goodies ready for testing (see above)
- Created gadget for displaying padlock indicators on protected items and properties
- Preliminary support for statements in the RDF export
- Fixed "page watched" icon not being updated after an edit that should trigger it
- Released Wikibase DataModel 2.6
- Wikidata builds are now prepared automatically each day
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 20:31, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #150

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: Editathon at MACBA
- Past: Wikidata intro session for Wikipedians at Lokal K in Cologne
- Upcoming: Wikidata editing at Wikimedia Germany in Berlin
- Upcoming: Office hour on 31st of March (Topics include Freebase migration, dev update, admin inactivity criteria)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Freebase is going read-only at the end of the month and we expect an influx of new people. There is now an FAQ to answer their most common questions.
- We now have (improved) landing pages for partners at d:Wikidata:Data donation and d:Wikidata:Data access. Could use some help with making them easier to read and more visual.
- Lots of improvements around MixNMatch. It has a new catalog overview page. ~340K IDs have been matched so far with it and it now has an FAQ for institutions wanting to get their identifiers linked in Wikidata
- There is a fancy new tool to help with patrolling edits on Wikidata
- First screenshot of the primary sources tool that'll help with migrating data from Freebase and enriching it with references has been leaked ;-): 1 and 2
- DBpedia converts Wikidata data to the DBpedia ontology
- Another 3rd-party SPARQL endpoint has been set up for testing
Did you know?
- Newest properties: art-name, posthumous name, temple name, courtesy name, school of, possible creator, forgery after, manner of, circle of, follower of, workshop of, attributed to, USDA plant identifier, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier, LMI code, denkXweb identifier, place name sign
- Newest WikiProjects: Municipalities of Germany
- Newest gadgets: Image search supports the new "place name sign" property
Development
- Fixed property suggestions on empty items
- Updated database for property suggestions with newest correlations so you should get better suggestions
- Updated various documentation
- Continued working on RDF export (among other things a requirement for query functionality)
- Polishing in the user interface
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 22:44, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #151

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Sex and artists
- VIAF is Moving to Wikidata
- Upcoming: IRC office hour on Tuesday
- Upcoming: Editathon in the pre-program of the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The next steps for the header redesign and bugfixes are live
- New tool by Magnus that lets you add reference URLs with a single click
- An update from Freebase (which is going read-only on Tuesday!)
- The tours are working again thanks to Bene* and Lucie
- Effort to define a biomedical relationship ontology for Wikidata
- Eventzoom.net - displaying history from Wikidata on maps
Did you know?
- Newest properties: ABoK number, Word Health Organisation International Nonproprietary Name, Danish National Filmography ID, Masaryk University person ID, EMLO person identifier, Commemorative plaque image, Wikimedia database name, Maltese Islands National Inventory of Cultural Property identifier, ISO 639-5, International Standard Industrial Classification code, Smithsonian American Art Museum: person/institution thesaurus id, bureau du patrimoine de Seine-Saint-Denis ID, format as a regular expression, category of associated people, category of people buried here, BioStor author identifier, chief operating officer, DVN identifier
Newest WikiProjects:
Newest gadgets: Image search can find photos for the new "commemorative plaque image" property
- New task forces: Dictionary of National Biography (DNB)
There is a SpecialPage to easily get to the Wikidata item for a given Wikipedia article and another one to get to the Wikipedia article for a given Wikidata ID.
Development
- Deployed new code to Wikidata \o/ (and fixed a few issues that popped up)
- Made good progress on RDF export (needed for example for queries)
- Did more performance groundwork for arbitrary access
- Students working on improved constraint reports and checking against 3rd party databases are making good progress
- Looked into improving suggestions
- Worked on making dispatching changes from Wikidata to Wikipedia and co more robust
- Removed backwards compatibility from mw.wikibase.getEntity(), to be deployed April 7 and 8. See also here.
- Improved support for right-to-left languages, e.g. in the sitelinks view
- Created a unit test framework for special pages
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
- Add multi-lingual labels for the new properties listed above.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · John F. Lewis 20:29, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #152

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

Discussions
- Closed RfC: Reforming administrator inactivity criteria
Events/Blogs/Press
- WikiArabia takes place in Monastir, Tunisia, 3-5 April
- The GLAM-WIKI 2015 conference in The Hague (10-12 April) features several presentations and tutorials about Wikidata for/with cultural institutions.
- The Library world will use Wikidata to link its information to any and all Wikipedias. No longer English only, but every Wikipedia will be exposed in this way.
- Freebase, SEO and Wikidata
- Office hour on IRC covering overall status/development, Freebase and admin inactivity criteria RfC. You can read the log.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Magnus wrote a short tour of Wikidata's tool ecosystem.
- A first version of the Primary Sources Tool has been released. It'll help with migrating Freebase data and more.
- Italian Wikipedia's quality festival is focusing on interwiki links and Wikidata this month. Help them out?
- Lots of new databases have been added to Mix n Match.
- Screenshots of the current state of new constraint reports and checks against 3rd party databases have been posted.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: choreographer, senat.fr ID, Great Aragonese Encyclopedia ID
Development
- Wikidata development started 3 years ago. <3 to everyone who is a part of it.
- Went through all the feedback we got for improving watchlist integration on Wikipedia and co and posted our assesment
- Put the infrastructure for creating Turtle-Beta dumps in place. All new Wikidata dumps will be in https://dumps.wikimedia.org/wikidatawiki/entities/ from Monday on (the old * directory will be kept around and receive new json dumps for backwards compatibility).
- Reduced size of entities pages by removing no longer needed data (to make the UI faster).
- Fixed bug that sometimes caused dates and other types of values to be cut short when quickly saving. (phabricator:T92831)
- Fixed issues with setting focus after clicking edit.
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · John F. Lewis 15:12, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #153

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

Events/Blogs/Press
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Build a RSS image feed based on a query
- Periodic table based on Wikidata data by Ricordisamoa
- ~8000 biographical items with dates in the description, but no birth/death date statements
- Magnus says ~8% (~1.4M) of all Wikidata items do not have any site links to Wikipedia etc.; knowledge that exists exclusively on Wikidata
- Bene* wrote a user script that adds a filter bar above the statement section and lets you filter it
- Magnus wrote a quick user script to move identifiers into the right sidebar to show how a statement section without identifiers would look like. This came up as part of a longer discussion on the mailinglist about moving identifier statements into their own section. Progress is being tracked at phabricator:T95287.
- Samsung releases Freebase-Wikidata mappings in CC0: 4.4M pairs generated from Wikipedia links and custom code
- Thanks to Bene* hovercards now also work for items and properties
- New tool by Magnus for Wikidata item labels
Did you know?
- Newest properties: short name, list of episodes, named as
- New task forces: Star Wars, Open Access
Development
- We are going to change the way value suggestions are ranked when entering a new statement. This will help with "male" and "female" not showing up among the top suggestions. Previously we ranked by number of sitelinks. We will change this to the maximum of sitelinks and labels. So if an item has labels in many languages but no sitelinks like "male" and "female" it will still show up high in the suggestions. (phabricator:T94404)
- Discussed how to move forward with identifiers. Outcome: They should get their own datatype. (phabricator:T95287)
- Implemented arbitrary access for the {{#property:…}} parser function. This can be invoked on the wikis that have arbitrary access enabled by using {{#property:P123|from=Q42}}. So far this is only Wikidata itself.
- Did further performance work on the client (Wikipedia and co) in preparation for arbitrary access
- Improved the performance of wbgetentities significantly when loading a large number of entities
- Wrote more browser tests for different datavalues
- Further work on RDF mapping and dumps
- Fixed in other language box showing old data (phabricator:T90893)
- Fixed language fallback on Special:Recent changes and Special:Contributions
- Added language fallback for the tooltip on badge icons
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
- Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!

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Wikidata weekly summary #154

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

Discussions
- Open RfA: Aldnonymous
- RfC: Review of "change datatype to monolingual" actions for some properties, Adopt Help:Classification as an official help page
Events/Blogs/Press
- Redirects on Wikidata
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Tool by Magnus to find wrong nationalities on Wikidata
- Where am I? (figuring out your location based on geocoordinates in Wikidata)
- Map of French national parks
- Histropedia published 5 query generator spreadsheets
- Wikimedia's monthly GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) newsletter now includes a Wikidata report. The draft for the first edition, covering April, may be edited and your contributions will be welcome.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Baseball-Reference.com minor league player ID, Baseball-Reference.com major league player ID, road number, BAnQ ID, DSH object ID, Open Food Facts food category slug, Open Food Facts food additive slug, genealogics.org personID, Kaiserhof ID, addressee, National Portrait Gallery (London) person identifier, RSL book's identifier, name in kana
Development
- Made label, description and aliases special pages easier to use
- Bene* created a new Special:ListProperties special page to list properties by data type
- Expanded our set of automated browser tests
- Made language fallbacks work in more situations and more consistently. In particular, the entity selector now uses language fallback. This should benefit especially people who want to use Wikidata in a variant such as en-gb.
- Continued work on the planned DataModel 3.0 release
- Continued discussing and documenting future calendar model support
- Continued work on our RDF generator
- Continued work on usage tracking for labels on multilingual sites
- Addshore worked on various issues regarding redirects
- Addshore worked on a special page to turn an item into a redirect
- Work on showing entity labels in edit summaries on history pages
- Implemented change dispatching based on the new usage tracking mechanism
- Fixed issue with page deletions on some Wikipedias not being reported to Wikidata
- More work on straightening out date formatting and parsing
- Fixed handling of scientific notation for quantity values
- Term box: fixed bug causing stale info to be show, and another bug causing babel languages to be ignored sometimes.
- Implemented access to other arbitrary items via the #property parser function
- Bene* implemented check to make sure two properties can not have the same alias only differing in capitalization
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- 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, for the new properties listed above.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · John F. Lewis 09:52, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #155

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

Discussions
- RfC: Opting out of Global sysops 2
Events/Blogs/Press
- Wikidata emerges as central element of GLAM-WIKI 2015
- ongoing: Coding DaVinci
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The question that started Wikidata has finally been answered! Thank you Markus! ;-)
- Wikimedia Sverige adapted two brochures about Wikidata, one for GLAMs and one for researchers.
- Bene* has been working on making Wikidata work nicely on mobile. You can check the current status on a demo system.
- Amir could use your help with automatic transliteration of human names
- Commons-WD: a tool to edit Wikidata based on a Commons category
- Various improvements to the Primary Sources Tool including:
  - Edits made with it will now say so in the edit summary
  - It now uses the URL blacklist to not suggest low-quality references
  - Caching issues were fixed
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Kiev street code, blood type, Perry Index, input set, SSR Name ID, SSR WrittenForm ID, INPN Code, Nasjonalbiblioteket photographer ID, distribution map, anti-virus alias, HathiTrust id, common name, Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online identifier, Swedish district code, investigated by, US Federal Election Commission identifier, PSS-archi ID, Gaoloumi ID, draft pick number, GrassBase ID, electorate, owner of, Roud Folk Song Index, IPI Code, ISWC
- There are a number of user boxes you can add to your user page to indicate interests and which wiki projects you belong to.
Development
- On Tuesday, we are deploying usage tracking (no arbitrary access yet) to Dutch Wikipedia and French Wikisource, and subscription tracking on Wikidata. There should be no noticeable changes for users. These are necessary steps towards enabling arbitrary access in clients.
- Worked on making language fallback work in the suggester (when adding a new statement or searching for an item)
- More work on RDF output and the query service
- Added Special:RedirectEntity for redirecting items
- Investigated and working to fix JS bug on items with “invalid” values (phabricator:92975)
- Did work towards having entity ids in revision histories and in diffs linked with their label (like on watchlists or in the recentchanges)
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- 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, for the new properties listed above.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 14:00, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #156

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Wikidata was presented at a Swedish Linked Data Network Meet-up in Gothenburg.
- The most important Wikipedia pages
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- P107 (main type) is finally orphaned and deleted, 20 months after deprecation. This was the first property used 1000000 times.
- The royal baby was quickly updated on Wikidata. (her family tree)
- New tool by Magnus: Find pictures on geography.co.uk, upload them to Commons and add them to Wikidata
- All Van Gogh Museum paintings are now on Commons and Wikidata. Go go SumOfAllPaintings peeps!
- List of topics with links in at least X Wikipedias
- All French Senators matched using MixNMatch \o/
Did you know?
- Newest properties: represented by, Netflix Identifier, maximum number of players, minimum number of players, CERL ID, Name Assigning Authority Number, Hall of Valor ID, ballots cast, eligible voters, catholic-hierarchy diocese ID, Wikidata example geographic coordinates, Wikidata example monolingual text, Wikidata example property, Wikidata example quantity, Wikidata example time, Wikidata example URL, Wikidata example item value, Wikidata example string, Wikidata example media file, Wikidata property example
Development
- We rolled out usage tracking on the first two wikis (French Wikisource and Dutch Wikipedia). Users should not notice anything. More wikis will follow in the next weeks. This is the remaining step for enabling arbitrary access on wikis other than Commons.
- The students team is working hard to get a first release of the improved constraint reports and checks against 3rd party databases out.
- Ricordisamoa fixed the issue with long descriptions being cut off.
- We fixed the focus flow in the property selector.
- We improved the messages on Special:EntityData to make it more understandable.
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- 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, for the new properties listed above.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 14:19, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #157

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

Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Mbch331
- New request for comments: Notability policy overhaul
- Closed requests for comments: Conflict of Interest (no consensus), Speedy vs Regular deletion (stale)
Events/Blogs/Press
- A study has been published about how Wikidata can help significantly improve the quality of medical content on Wikipedia. This is why we do Wikidata! \o/
- MusicBrainz is migrating to Wikidata for Wikipedia links
- Past: Open Data for Academics - some media available on Wikimedia Commons.
- Upcoming: OuiShare Labs Camp in Paris
- Upcoming: MediaWiki hackathon in Lyon
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The Wikidata Visualization Challenge has started. You can enter your submission until June 1 (23:59 CEST).
- Denny has published a proposed breakdown of tasks for Wiktionary support incl mockups. Please read and comment.
- The Wikidata Menu Challenge has started and goes on to May 27. Add labels, images and pronunciation audio to a list of around 290 items to help show off the power of Wikidata at a food festival.
- Dynamic lists on Wikipedia based on Wikidata data
- The Frick Collection and the Brooklyn Museum both have their paintings on Wikidata now.
- The most distant known galaxy EGS-zs8-1 (Q19860435) has been discovered and added to Wikidata.
- Reasonator has been restyled, to work better on mobile devices. It also has an enhanced display on first names (exsample: Paul)
- Woah! Volcanos! (Help match the Smithonian's volcano identifiers with Wikidata) ;-)
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Smithsonian volcano identifier, cathedral, hair color, Declarator.org ID, Web Gallery of Art identifier, list of characters, measured by, income classification (Philippines), Vox-ATypI classification, after a work by, spacecraft
Development
- Access to data from arbitrary items is coming to the first wikis on Monday \o/ It'll be Dutch Wikipedia and French Wikisource.
- Sneak peek at the current state of development for showing constraint violations on statements
- Hovercards also show the target's label and ID now. (Try them by turning them on in the beta features section of your preferences.)
- Continued working on RDF export
- More work on making it possible to add a reference right away when adding a statement (and allowing the full statement incl references to be edited at the same time)
- Did more work to make usage tracking possible on multilingual wikis (namely Commons)
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- 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, for the new properties listed above.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 17:44, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #158

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

Discussions
- Successful request for adminship: Mbch331
- Closed request for comments: Opting out of Global sysops 2
Events/Blogs/Press
- Using Wikidata to Improve the Medical Content on Wikipedia
- Past: Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing) spoke about authority control in Wikidata (and sister projects) at the World Digital Library's Arab Peninsula Regional Group Symposium, organised in conjunction with the Qatar National Library, in Doha on 13 May. His slides, with an Arabic translation, will be online soon.
- Past: Wikidata editing workshop at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin
- Past: Wikidata workshop for archivists of Catalan City of Justice
- Upcoming: MediaWiki hackathon in Lyon
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Elections for the board of the Wikimedia Foundation are ongoing. Wikidata should be well represented among the voters. Go and vote!
- Wikidata won another award by Land der Ideen! \o/ Thank you everyone who is making Wikidata awesome!
- Dutch Wikipedia and French Wikisource now have the arbitrary access feature. Persian Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage and Hebrew Wikipedia are following today. Italian Wikipedia and all remaining Wikisource projects are following on June 1st.
- New manual for adding inventory numbers to paintings on Wikidata
- English Wikipedia is running a bot to add authority control templates to many articles that are filled completely from Wikidata. Italian Wikipedia is doing so as well.
- Wikidata won an Open Data award last year. Nominations for this year are open now. Who should win this year?
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources entry, vice-county
Development
- Prepared for deployment of arbitrary access on more wikis
- Graph extension will be enabled on Wikidata later today
- Improvements to calendar handling
- More work on RDF export for query service
- Continued work on usage tracking and arbitrary access for multilingual wikis
- Addshore investigated and started fixing abuse filter issues
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- 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, for the new properties listed above.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 14:06, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #159

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

Events/Blogs/Press

Wikimedia Hackathon 2015

- State of the Map US (OpenStreetMap's conference) in New York on 6-8 June
- Wikimedia Hackathon 2015 in Lyon from 23-25 May. Some of the activities and outcomes:
  - Wikidata descriptions can be soon be edited in the Wikipedia iOS app.
  - A early preview of the official SPARQL endpoint for Wikidata has been created to query Wikidata. Remember that it is not stable and still beta. A short introduction to SPARQL can be found in Lucie's slides.
  - If you are not familiar with SPARQL yet, a tool has been created by Tpt and Bene* to generate SPARQL queries from natural language questions.
  - To do SPARQL queries from the command line, a command line tool was crafted by Marius.
  - The special page to query for badges is within reach.
  - A feedback session on the architecture of Wikibase was held.
  - We got a cool presentation by Maxime about inventaire.io.
  - We figured out the next steps to make Wikidata more mobile friendly.
  - Pilot on the Hungarian Wikipedia to show diagrams based on Wikidata in their articles on Spanish villages
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- New command line tool for mapping SKOS to Wikidata (video)
- The Wikidata Visualization Challenge is ending soon. Please submit your entries. The Wikidata Menu Challenge is also ending soon.
- The number of videos about Wikidata is growing and there is now a category on Wikimedia Commons for these.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: lowest note, highest note, source website, Fauna Europaea ID, Danish urban area code, OpenPlaques plaque identifier, signatory, BNC identifier, different from
- Newest WikiProjects: WikiProject Elections
Development
- Got early preview of the primary SPARQL endpoint for Wikidata live
- The Graph extension is now live on Wikidata
- Arbitrary access is rolled out on fawiki, hewiki and enwikivoyage now
- Busy with the hackathon (see above)
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- 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, for the new properties listed above.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 21:21, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #160

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- upcoming: State of the Map US
- Visualizing history with automated event maps
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Final hours to make your vote count in the WMF board election
- Now we have Q20000000 and P1900
- Wikidata stats have been updated
- Over 100 timeline of famous painters by Histropedia
- WD-FIST can now take a manual item list and limit its search to JPEGs
- Traveling this summer? Find items needing pictures around you with WikiShootMe
Did you know?
- Newest properties: altered regulation leads to, posttranslational modification association with, gene substitution association with, gene inversion association with, gene insertion association with, gene duplication association with, deletion association with, increased expression in, decreased expression in, side effect, Commonwealth War Graves Commission person identifier, Australian Dictionary of Biography identifier, office held by head of state, FundRef registry name, Volcanic explosivity index, Spotify artist ID, BALaT person/organisation id, EAGLE id, Librivox author ID
Development
- Recovering from hackathon
- Prepared rollout of usage tracking and arbitrary access to more wikis
- Testing of the query service
- Fixed styling issues with entity selector
- Worked more on Capiunto to make it easier to create good infoboxes
- Worked on making broken values editable to fix them (this for example happens when a property is deleted but some values are left over)
- Made entity id an optional parameter in mw.wikibase.label and mw.wikibase.description lua methods. (default to use connected item)
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- 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, for the new properties listed above.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 13:17, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #161

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

Discussions
- RfC on usage of Wikidata on German-language Wikipedia
Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: Pigsonthewing and aude were at State of the Map US to talk about Wikidata/OpenStreetMap cooperation and more
- Past: Lucie and Marius gave an intro to Wikidata at Gulaschprogrammiernacht in Karlsruhe (slides)
- Upcoming: Office hour on IRC on 19th
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The English-language Wikipedia has decided to deprecate Persondata in favour of Wikidata.
- New tool by Magnus to make it easier to add references
- The results are in for the Wikimedia Foundation's board election. One name should sound familiar to you ;-)
- Addshore created new maps of the geocoordinates on Wikidata. More coming.
- Sylvain made an overview of the overlap in topics that the biggest Wikipedias have.
- Wikidata has passed German Wikipedia in number of items with images (743850 dewp articles vs. 804885 items) - now only second to English-language Wikipedia.
- Catalan Wikipedia is moving Taxon IDs to Wikidata.
- Zolo did a comparison of English/French/German/Chinese and Cebuano Wikipedias in terms of main types of articles. Biographies were compared by period, nationality and occupation.
- Connectivity statistics were updated.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: DMS V, Clinvar Accession Number, Vaccine Ontology ID, VIOLIN ID, vaccine for, participating team, first line, URI pattern for RDF resource, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground identifier, Ministry of Education of Chile school ID
- Newest gadgets: Mark as patrolled by User:Petr Matas
Development
- Italian Wikipedia and all remaining Wikisource projects now have arbitrary access. The rollout will continue. The schedule for the next projects is at d:Wikidata:Arbitrary access.
- The Content Translation tool now automatically connects translated articles to Wikidata. (Thanks Content Translation developers!) Previously translated but unconnected articles have been connected by a bot. (Thanks Amir!)
- Code review of the extensions written by a team of students to improve the constraint reports and make it possible to automatically check our data against other databases. A first version will go live soon pending further codereview and fixes.
- Two new methods have been added to the lua library provided by Wikibase: wikibase.resolvePropertyId and wikibase.entity:getBestStatements.
- Further work on making unserializable values editable in the UI (This can happen for example if a property is deleted.)
- Made the Wikidata JSON dumps available on Labs in the standard dumps location there (/public/dumps).
- Worked on automatically creating a redirect when merging items via the API.
- Rewrote the script that generates a map image based on geocoordinates in Wikidata. (Result see above.)
- Released Wikibase DataModel 3.0
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- 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, for the new properties listed above.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 17:13, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #162

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

Discussions
- Should we have a Wikidata User Group?
Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: Thanks to everyone who participated in the Wikidata:Menu Challenge which made Wikidata shine at A Taste of Stockholm. The live results are still up at https://wikimedia-sverige.github.io/tastydata .
- Upcoming: Donostia-San Sebastián Wikidata Editathon
- Upcoming: Ateliers Wikidata in Paris
- News about Wikidata FIST
- Review of the big interwiki link migration
- Timeline of Christopher Lee films
- Wikidata map - 19 months on
- A challenge was raised to calculate the degrees of separation to Kevin Bacon. Already one routine has been produced, the next step is to use live data so that we can work on reducing the number of intermediary steps.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- ViziData has been improved significantly
- Wikidata Visualization Challenge winners announced: first prize to ViziData.
- New paper: Peer-production system or collaborative ontology development effort: what is Wikidata?
- Jura1 posted some data around property usage on items about people
- Tpt is interning at Google now to free up more content from Freebase for us. He's adding more data to the Primary Sources Tool.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: street key, relief location map, location map, McCune-Reischauer romanization, conifers.org ID, Dyntaxa ID, Project Gutenberg ID, UN/LOCODE, Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID, DBCS ID, Animator.ru ID, MobyGames ID, stated as, PGCH ID
Development
- Deployed arbitrary access on all Wikivoyage and Wikiquote projects and announced the next ones. See d:Wikidata:Arbitrary access for more.
- More fine tuning on entity usage tracking (relevant for arbitrary access)
- Fixed bug that sometimes allowed multiple properties to have the same label in a given language (phabricator:T102148)
- More work on automatically creating redirects when merging items
- More code review of the Wikidata Quality extensions (improved constraint reports and checks against 3rd party databases). Starting to look good for a first deployment.
- The sitelinks heading hierarchy changed and includes a “Site links” heading now that is only shown on mobile. This is a DOM change needed to make Wikidata work better on mobile.
- Started working on having PHPCS coverage for the major Wikibase.git code base to find small code issues more easily
- Prepared Wikibase.git for the DataModel 3.0 switch
- Released Wikibase DataModel Serialization 1.4
- Released Wikibase Internal Serialization 1.4
- New releases of several DataValue components, including DataValues Number 0.5, DataValues JavaScript 0.7 and ValueView 0.14.5
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- 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, for the new properties listed above.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 12:08, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #163

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

Discussions
- German language Wikipedia closed its RfC on usage of Wikidata data. As a result Wikidata data can be used on the project as long as it happens through a template and it has a non-Wikimedia reference.
Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: Office hour on IRC. We talked about cool things that happened around Wikidata over the past 3 months got an update on upcoming developments and Freebase and more. You can read the log.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- en:South Pole Telescope is a nice example of an infobox completely filled from Wikidata.
- Q20150617 was created on 2015-06-17
- More data from Freebase have been added the Primary Sources Tool. There is also a page to help the mapping of Freebase properties.
- Nice new manual for MixnMatch
- The new nature.com/ontologies links to external ontologies and datasets; among them Wikidata.
- National Gallery of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum now have entries for all their paintings on Wikidata thanks to wiki project Sum of all Paintings
Did you know?
- Newest properties: takeoff and landing capability, Discogs label ID, Discogs master ID, Discogs artist ID, Encyclopaedia Metallum band id, investor, second surname in Spanish name, CulturaItalia ID, BerlPap identifier, Mapillary id, National Library of Ireland authority
- Newest WikiProjects: Cross Items Interwikis
Development
- Made a small API breaking change to wbeditentity and wbgetclaims modules. Details can be seen in the commit message of https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/217885/
- Worked more on unit support
- Fixed an issue where you'd sometimes select the wrong value when entering a statement unintentionally (phabricator:T98471)
- Switched the whole code base to make use of DataModel 3.0
- The concept of “claims” no longer exists in Wikibase, as all places in the software work with statements. We are making this more and more explicit in the code.
- The autoloading mechanism of the extension changed, see phabricator:T100813
- More work on getting the Wikibase Quality extensions ready for deployment. They'll improve constraint checking and provide checks against 3rd party databases.
- Special:UnconnectedPages had to be reworked (thanks Amir!) because of huge performance issues. Because of this it loses some functionality (being able to specify where the list starts and limiting the list to pages that have local interwiki links). We're working on bringing functionality back without the performance penalty.
- Bene* created a SPARQL abstraction layer for PHP called Asparagus: https://github.com/Benestar/asparagus
- Enabled arbitrary access on arwiki, cawiki, eswiki, huwiki, kowiki, rowiki, ukwiki, viwiki, and usage tracking on dewiki, ruwiki, cswiki and all s3 wikis. (ruwiki and cswiki get arbitrary access on June 23)
- Finishing work on improved handling “invalid” values and statements with deleted properties.
- Small breaking DOM change: Wikibase no longer adds its own h1 tag but uses MediaWiki's default .firstHeading element. (phabricator:T93534)
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- 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, for the new properties listed above.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 11:34, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #164

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: Ateliers Wikidata
- Upcoming: Wikimania. There will be several talks and workshops related to Wikidata. Say hi at the "Ask Us Anything" session for Wikidata if you're there.
- Reductionism
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Which geographic areas do different Wikipedias cover? How does it compare to Wikidata? Markus has a beautiful answer
- Wikiproject Molecular Biology and AskPlatypus are shortlisted for the OpenData Award \o/ This is the award Wikidata won last year.
- Paper on vandalism on Wikidata. Lydia is in touch with them to figure out how to best use the insights for us.
- Reasonator got some updates: it is now using external ID formatter URLs, has monolingual string support and better social network links
Did you know?
- Newest properties: number of children, MovieMeter movie identifier, MovieMeter director ID, Foursquare venue ID, BoxRec ID, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile catalogue number, sortkey, properties for this type, patron, Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, Google Scholar ID, Dutch Senate person ID, Trismegistos ID, Wikisource index page
- Newest External tools: Wikidata Compare
- Showcase items: none. Yours next week?
Development
- Jonas joined the team and Adam is back \o/
- Deployed arbitrary access to ruwiki and cswiki
- Machine readable versions (in various formats) of Wikibase entities will be advertised in their page heads as alternate link. (phabricator:T96298)
- Fixed property label on item pages not scrolling anymore (phabricator:T94588)
- More work on getting the Wikibase Quality extensions ready for release. The part doing constraint violation checks should go to test.wikidata.org next week. The part doing checks against 3rd party databases will still take a bit longer but is also shaping up nicely.
- Made it possible to create items even when another user is mass-creating items (phabricator:T103796)
- Bene* worked more on making Wikidata work nicely on mobile
- Fixed weird issue with cursor jumping around in sitelink input field (phabricator:T103489)
- Fixed an issue where it was not possible to edit a statement after you removed its only reference (phabricator:T103603)
- Lydia will be traveling for much of July. Expect her to be a bit less responsive during that time.
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 18:15, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #165

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

Discussions
- Discussion about Atheism and the religion property.
- Discussion about the Verifiability of data as a policy.
Events/Blogs/Press
- Upcoming: Wikimania. There will be several talks and workshops related to Wikidata. Say hi at the "Ask Us Anything" session for Wikidata if you're there.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- A new database report lists people categorized as dead in Wikipedia, but lacking Property:P570 (date of death). It's updated several times during the day. There are about 20 to 30 new entries each day. There is currently some backlog from the Arabic, Marathi, and Thai Wikipedias. Items updated first in Wikidata wont appear in the report. They are listed directly in Wikidata's recent deaths report.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: RSL editions, Open Hub ID, number of children, MovieMeter movie identifier, MovieMeter director ID
Development
- Adam wrote a blog post on the improvement of the data after one year and GeneaWiki
- After the next deployment, Special:ItemDisambiguation will match aliases and be case insensitive.
- Improved details of matches in the entity suggester (wbsearchentities api module)
- Deployed the WikibaseQuality and WikibaseQualityConstraints extensions to test.wikidata.org
- Fixed the layout of long qualifier names
- JSON dumps are now automatically copied to labs
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · John F. Lewis 21:16, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #166

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Slides on Primary Sources Tool and Wikidata introduction (in Spanish) for the Donostia-San Sebastián Wikidata Editathon
- Presentation about Wikidata at the Axel Springer Hack Day 2015
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikiresearch looked into the coverage of the moon by geotags in Wikidata
- Wikiresearch published a visualization of the relationship between nationality and occupation based on Wikidata's data
- Which zoo has polar bears? Wikidata attempts to answer the question here. Work in progress.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: MCN code, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Anime News Network anime ID, Anime News Network manga ID, Anime News Network company ID, Anime News Network person ID, FSK film rating, PolSys ID, Righteous Among The Nations ID, USDA NDB number, lesarchivesduspectacle ID, INEGI locality identifier
Development
- The Wikidata Quality extension (constraint reports per item) was deployed. You can now use d:Special:ConstraintReport to see the result for different items. This is for example the constraint report for the item cat (Q142).
- 8 million additional statements from Freebase were made available through the Primary sources tool
- Moving towards having a single edit button to edit references along with the value they belong to.
- Bene continued working on phasing out the deprecated Entity superclass and making more entity types possible.
- More work on phasing out a deprecated serializer implementation we still use in certain places.
- Further work on the new RDF export.
- PHPCS is now used on each change in Wikibase to ensure the code fulfils certain code quality standards.
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · John F. Lewis 11:03, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #167

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

Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Nikki
Events/Blogs/Press
- Right now: Wikimania
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Magnus made some new tools:
  - list of scientists on Wikidata born after 1950 with no image, grouped by employer. Check your university!
  - list of scientists on Wikidata born after 1950 with no ORCID iD, grouped by employer. Ditto!
  - an InfoBitt replacement
  - a tool you can use to match up Wikipedia articles without an item to either an existing item or a create a new one if none exists
  - plus Mix'N'Match got new datasets you can help match up with Wikidata
- P2000 was created.
- Some presentations at Wikimania related to Wikidata have detailed slides online:
  - WikiProject Sum of All Paintings
  - Templates are dead! Long live templates!, technical presentation on the function and future of template syntax
  - Future of structured documents: VisualEditor, Citations and Wikidata, oh my!
Did you know?
- Newest properties: CPDL ID, UNESCO language status, UCI code, Facebook Places ID, parliament.uk bio link, medical specialty, AllMusic composition ID, TeX string, Plazi ID, LPSN URL, species kept, Encyclopaedia Metallum artist ID, Delarge ID
- New task forces: Linguistics
Development
- Attending Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City right now, meeting awesome people that already use or want to know everything about Wikidata.
- After the next deployment, redirects will be automatically created when merging items.
- Special:UnconnectedPages can now be queried via the query API, thanks to Ladsgroup.
- Migrating away from an older serializer to the DataModel Serialization component.
- Worked on a new time parser that can parse formats like M/D/Y, Y M D and so on.
- Fixed a bug where a value could not be edited when save failed.
- Made the snak type, badge and rank selectors position themselves after resizing the browser window and introduced a possibility to collapse the sitelinks sections.
- Worked on a change in editing to be able to edit a statement and it’s references in one step.
Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · John F. Lewis 15:48, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #168

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

Discussions
- Successful request for adminship: Nikki
- Open request for oversightership: Sjoerddebruin
- Closed request for comments: Administrative divisions and populated places, Given names and surnames
Events/Blogs/Press
- Wikidata, coming soon to a menu near you!
- Past: Wikimania
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Upload of 4.2M new statements from Freebase in the Primary Sources tool.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: NALT id, Instagram username, Twitter username, Revised Romanisation, CPDL ID, UNESCO language status, UCI code, Facebook Places ID
Development
- Continued migrating away from an older serializer to the DataModel Serialization component.
- Released Wikibase DataModel Serialization 1.7.0
- Depreacting the parameter ungroupedlist in the api modules GetClaims and GetEntities
- Tweaking the sitelink input
- Changing the display of item selector results
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · John F. Lewis 23:49, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #169

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

Discussions
- Open requests for Oversight: Sjoerddebruin
- Enable Flow on Wikidata?
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Early version of a reconcile API for Wikidata by Magnus
- PagePile: a new tool by Magnus
- Mix-n-Match got a number of new catalogs and now shows a thin red line in front of a catalog that does not yet have a property on Wikidata
- 1.700 biographical items without gender, but with image. Go go go!
- Interested in art movements? Check out this
Did you know?
- Newest properties: MoMA artwork id, Facebook ID, cuisine, Cooper-Hewitt Person ID, Exif make, Exif model, IPNI publication ID, ZooBank publication ID, ZooBank author ID, Catalogus Professorum Halensis, NALT id
- Showcase items: László Krasznahorkai (Q512062)
Development
- Minor fixes to property edit mode
- Some fixes for the cucumber test errors
- Released Wikibase DataModel 4.0
- Released Wikibase DataModel Services 1.0
- Continued work to migrate away from old serializers in Wikibase Lib to those in WikibaseDataModelSerialization.
- Working on scripts for importing entities from another Wikibase instance (e.g. Wikidata), so that development instances can have some sample data.
- Fixed the counting of references
- Changed style of the Entitytermsview inputs
- Entity Selector displays alias in brackets behind label
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · John F. Lewis 19:29, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #170

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

Discussions
- Successful request for oversight rights: Sjoerddebruin
Events/Blogs/Press
- Wikimedia UK is organizing a Wikidata training session. You can sign up here.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Talk pages on Wikidata can now be converted to use Flow. You can request migrating your talk page at d:Wikidata:Flow.
- Mix-n-Match got a bunch of new catalogs for you to match up with Wikidata. Currently matching is happening at about 500 items per day. Pretty sweet :)
- @happybirthdayauthors is a new Twitter account posting reading suggestions based on Wikidata data.
- Arbitrary access is rolling out to a large number of wikis over the next two weeks.
- Duplicity can help you match up unlinked Wikipedia articles to a Wikidata item.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Erdős number, worldfootball.net ID, AllMovie artist ID, Teuchos ID, isomeric SMILES, Catalogus Professorum Academiae Groninganae id, Hansard ID
Development
- Made some small changes to the style of the edit warning and sitelinks so they are easier to notice and understand
- Added error messages for Special:GoToLinkedPage and Special:ItemByTitle so you get a useful message in case no result is found
- The Entity Selector now displays alias in brackets behind label
- The number of entities loaded via the {{#property:…}} parser function and via Lua will be reported in the “Parser profiling data” (which can be found below a page preview or within the Html of a page)
- Prepared for next rounds of arbitrary access rollout
- Investigated growing lag of dispatching of changes to Wikipedia and co. We'll need to investigate further and change things so the lag between an edit on Wikidata and it being send to the Wikipedias and other projects is not too high.
- Added the property ID to Special:ListProperties
- Moved two extensions (Wikidata.org and WikimediaBadges) from Github to Gerrit. More will follow.
- We'd like to drop a database table. Discussion is ongoing.
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 18:20, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #171

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

Discussions
- Reinforcement of data analysis before any modification of the DB
Events/Blogs/Press
- cooperation between free content projects
- A case is made to concentrate our quality efforts on the differences between Wikidata and other sources
- Ongoing: Several team members are attending the Chaos Communication Camp.
- Upcoming: SmartDataConference
- A Comparative Survey of DBpedia, Freebase, OpenCyc, Wikidata, and YAGO
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata needs your vote! It only takes a minute.
- WikiProject Sum of all Paintings reached the milestone of 100.000 paintings. Congrats!
- Arbitrary access is now available on another ~250 Wikipedias].
- See d:Wikidata talk:Arbitrary access#Use cases: testing modules and templates for two general use cases for arbitrary access on Wikipedia's regression testing of Wikidata-related modules and templates and testing infoboxes with Wikidata content.
- List of articles on English Wikipedia without a Wikidata item (also works for other projects)
- You have a bunch of names etc. and want to find Wikidata items with those labels/aliases? Try relabel!
- SourcererBot is adding lots of references to existing statements on several thousand items.
- Mix-n-Match has new catalogs including the National Library of Australia.
- Deaths at Wikipedia are a series of reports comparing items at Wikidata with death-by-year-categories of Wikipedia. For the years since 2000, only about 15% of items at Wikidata lack d:Property:P570 (date of death).
- 93% of items about people have a gender set now.
- Want to make both Wikidata and Inventaire better? You can help by finding those books' authors.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Find A Grave cemetery ID, German cattle breed ID, Erdős number, worldfootball.net ID, AllMovie artist ID
- Newest tools: Suggestor
Development
- Rolled out arbitrary access to about 250 Wikipedias including German, French and Japanese. More to come in a few days.
- Worked more on quantities. Looks like we'll have it on a demo system for you to try a first version within the next two weeks.
- Bene* is joining us for a month as an intern. Welcome!
- References are now hidden while loading the page, speeding up page load time
- First commit to the ArticlePlaceholder extension
- Expensive parser functions now count each entity only once
- Released a new version of the DataModelServices component and started using it
- Started working on phasing out the wb_entity_per_page table. It will be kept around and updated for some time to allow tool owners to migrate.
- The Wikibase code base now fullfills all of MediaWiki’s PHPCS coding standards
- Added property IDs to Special:ListProperties
- Did a lot of bug triage on Phabricator
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 11:03, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #172

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: SmartData conference
- Paper: Reifying RDF: What Works Well With Wikidata?
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikidata made it into the top 10 of the Land der Ideen competition \o/ This means we're part of the final public voting starting on 9th of September. Thanks everyone who voted and spread the word.
- Flow is being tested on selected talk pages.
- New tool: Get new Wikidata items (now or before a given timestamp) as HTML or PagePile
- New tool: Find Wikidata items without an image around a location, then find free images on Flickr taken nearby.
- EventZoom.net extended with OpenStreetMap support, increasing the options for visualizing historical events from Wikidata.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Find A Grave cemetery ID, German cattle breed ID, Erdős number, worldfootball.net ID, AllMovie artist ID
Development
- Soon the edit summary for edits through the API will also contain the automatic edit summary that you are used to for edits done through the website. The summary given by the API user will be appended to the automatic summary. (phabricator:T97247)
- Addressed performance issues in usage tracking updates and had to delay the latest round of rollouts because of it
- Fixed a bug where suggestions would show up twice in item and property selectors (phabricator:T109697)
- Improved performance of the mw.wikibase.sitelink Lua method
- More work done on Unit Selector widget
- Started working on the ArticlePlaceholder extension
- Made final changes so we can redirect mobile users to the mobile version by default
- Evaluated the remaining steps to get the extension deployed that lets you do checks against 3rd party databases. Not much left it seems and we'll tackle that in one of the next sprints. Getting the new features deployed for the constraints checks will still take a bit longer.
- More work on making the edit summaries in the watchlist on Wikipedia and co more meaningful
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 12:35, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #173

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

Discussions
- New request for comments: Merging relationship properties
Events/Blogs/Press
- Removing use of Mediawiki’s API ‘rawmode’ in Wikibase
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- New page: Wikidata:OpenStreetMap to facilitate cooperation with our colleagues at OpenStreetMap
- Inventaire now shows links to ProjectGutenberg ebooks based on Wikidata data (example)
- First version of units is ready for testing
Did you know?
Development
- Lucie posted a sneak-peek of her work on the article placeholder extension
- Optimized Wikidata for viewing on mobile devices. You will be redirected to m.wikidata.org automatically when using a mobile device soon the same way it already happens on Wikipedia. (Editing will only be possible via the special pages!)
- Started working on a page to track how much Wikidata's data is used on each Wikimedia project
- API breaking change coming soon
- API custom summary will no longer override the autocomment (phabricator:T97247)
- Paging and sorting has been added to Special:ListProperties and it now also shows the IDs of the properties
- Worked more on making the edit summaries on the client more meaningful and readable
- Introduced a limit of 250 different entities that can be used on a page in the client via arbitrary access. The limit does not apply to convenience functions in lua, such as mw.wikibase.label which use a TermLookup instead of loading a full entity to get labels. (phabricator:T93885)
- Properties are now linked in the diff view (phabricator:T105411)
- Ricordisamoa made several improvements to special pages (eg phabricator:T68744, phabricator:T48248, phabricator:T86647)
- Fixed a bug that made aliases too prominent in entity selectors (phabricator:T110021)
- Fixed a bug that made entries show up twice in the entity selector (phabricator:T109697)
- Started working on a special page to list all pages on a wiki with a certain badge
- Fixed remaining blockers for first rollout of unit support
- Bene worked on a new feature for DuckDuckGo to show instant results from Wikidata on their site
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:43, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #174

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Wikimedia Grafana graphs of Wikidata profiling information
- Past: Wikimedia Science Conference (blog posts: Liberating Science Daily With, and To, Wikidata, Wikidata, Wikipedia, and #wikisci)
- Past: Wikidata workshop in Rennes
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- New date for the next Arbitrary access rollout has been set: 16th of September.
- Support for units on Wikidata is coming on Wednesday (9th of September).
- A new version of Kian has been released
- The Wikidata Game has got a new mode: Books without author.
- A new IEG proposal needs your review and support. You can also submit your own until the 29th of September.
- >8K Fellows of the Royal Society have been added to mix’n’match
- You can have a look at the spiffy new mobile view
- Want to work with the data in Wikidata? There is a new release of the Wikidata Toolkit for you.
- Your help is needed with the most important constraint violations.
- A new noticeboard has been created to help with classification issues: d:Wikidata:Classification noticeboard
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Artsy artist, National Gallery of Victoria artist identifier, CITES Species+ ID
Development
- Worked on search on the mobile site
- Started working on automatically linking identifiers without a gadget and the new datatype for identifiers
- We have a new Special page to query badges (finally!) After the next update it will be at Special:PagesWithBadges on Wikipedia and others
- Fixed some of the remaining known issues with unit support to make it ready for rollout on Wednesday
- Continued with making it possible to show meaningful edit summaries in the watchlist and recent changes on Wikipedia and others
- Made change dispatching faster (This is what makes Wikipedia and others aware of changes happening on Wikidata)
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:39, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #175

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: Wikidata edit-a-thon at Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2015 in Estonia
- Upcoming: Office hour on IRC, 23 September
- Upcoming: Mobilizing Open Cultural Data, Helsinki, 2 October
- Upcoming: Wikidata tutorial at SWAT4LS, December
- Un-deleting 500,000 Wikidata items
- Wikimania 2015 report by Multichill
- DSS Wikidata Editathon
- A simple way to write Wikidata bots
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Please vote for Wikidata to win the people's choice award of Land der Ideen (voting instructions)
- We passed 70M statements.
- Stalagmites and stalactites visualizes items without statements, items with statements, and deleted/redirected items by batches of 100,000 QIDs
- Mix n Match is now available for mobile, has an improved automatic matching algorithm, got speed improvements and new catalogs were added like the National Gallery of Victoria, World Heritage Sites and CulturaItalia
- The annual Wikipedia editing competition organized by the International Society for Computational Biology will include a Wikidata component this year for the first time.
- Matched birth and death days seeks to investigate all pairs of humans (in various subsets) that appear to have the same birth dates and death dates. De-duplication underway!
- You can now use the new special page Special:PagesWithBadges to see which articles on that project have a badge like "featured article".
- New tool by Magnus to suggest links to Wikidata items while you type
- Meta, MediaWiki, Wikispecies and Wikibooks will get (more) access to Wikidata soon
- Wikidata now has an official SPARQL endpoint so you can query the data
- Wikidata now supports units
- Prototype database to store all Wikipedia references
- Duplicity can show you how many (and which) articles on a Wikipedia are not connected to an item on Wikidata (example for frwp)
- Magnus wrote a user script to let you edit Listeria-powered lists on Wikipedia directly
- Musicpedia has been released in beta and is using data from Wikidata
- New tool by Magnus to create a Commons creator page from a Wikidata item
Did you know?
- Newest properties: length, elevation above sea level, orbital inclination, area, duration, height, width, wingspan, M x sin i, speed, watershed area, density, electrical conductivity, heat capacity, HMDB ID, depositor, luminosity, aspect ratio, HSDB ID, LIPID MAPS ID, KNApSAcK ID, NIAID ChemDB ID, Fusion enthalpy, mass
Development
- Release of the query service and unit support (see above)
- Made quantities not show URIs when editing a value but instead show the label
- Worked on new datatype for identifiers to be able to split them from the other statements in the user interface, link them without the need for the authority control gadget and be able to link them in JSON/RDF
- Worked more on making the edit summaries in the watchlist on Wikipedia and co more meaningful
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:21, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #176

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: WikiCon in Dresden
- Upcoming: office hour on IRC
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- The grant proposal "StrepHit: Wikidata Statements Validation via References" is looking for endorsements
- Wikidata and it's dumps are now described according to the DCAT-AP standard. You can add your language by translating the general and the Wikidata specific messages.
- A follow-up to the Wikidata for research proposal has begun to be drafted by the University of Haifa and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
- Community page for the new SPARQL query service, including a subpage for interesting or illustrative queries, and a board for suggestions and discussions.
- Wikibooks now has access to the data on Wikidata
- English Wikipedia and a few more got arbitrary access
- Mix'n'match got new catalogs including Open Library authors and AcademiaNet's excellent female authors
- The LinkedWiki extension now supports Wikidata (demo)
Did you know?
- Newest properties: FISA ID, Power of 10 athlete ID, Library of Congress JukeBox ID, CrunchBase organisation ID, CrunchBase person ID, CDD Public ID, Nikkaji, ZINC ID, Leadscope ID, M.49 code, BLDAM object ID, AcademiaNet, fabrication method, user manual link, pressure, temperature, speed of sound, internetmedicin.se ID, range, CDB Chemical ID, Mémoire des hommes, Fellow of the Royal Society, magnetic moment, thermal conductivity
Development
- Started writing default Lua modules for the Article Placeholder
- Excluded the Topic namespace from Special:UnconnectedPages
- Fixed a bug where an item link on normal wiki pages was sometimes prepended by a label (in a random language)
- Worked on the remaining blockers for redirecting users on mobile devices to the mobile version of the site
- Fixed an issue where people had login issues when trying to connect an article to an item on the client
- Worked on removing some more places that don't have language fallback yet
- Worked more on making meaningful edit summaries show up in the client watchlist and recent changes
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 15:59, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #177

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: IRC office hour (log with summary of past 3 months, OSM integration and more)
- Upcoming: code.talks
- Upcoming: Wikiconference USA
- Wikidata-Items schnell auf der Kommandozeile nachschlagen? Mediawiki APIs hacken
- A sea-change in science citation? The Wikipedia Science conference.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Great collaboration between a group of Flemish museums and art collections and Wikidata
- Wikidata timeline is another tool that gives you nice timelines based in Wikidata's data (examples: American Sitcoms, Wars, Meryl Streep)
- Cool new tool by Magnus for dynamic list generation
- nlwiki has made great progress in getting down the number of articles not connected to Wikidata
- The Museum of Modern Art website now includes Wikidata IDs (example)
- 50.79% of all #Wikidata items have none, one or two statements now. Next month it is likely to be less than half. Good progress!
- Some more examples to get you started with Wikidata's query service: 1, 2, 3
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Membership, YerelNet village ID, prize money, radius, vapor pressure, kinematic viscosity, combustion enthalpy, vaporization enthalpy, NDF-RT ID, Half-Life, sublimation temperature, wing area, power output, Kunstindex Danmark artwork, decomposition point, RXNO Ontology, size of team at finish, size of team at start, boiling point, melting point, Banque de noms de lieux du Québec id, BC Geographical Names ID, substitute/deputy/replacement of office/officeholder, term length of office, image legend, co-driver, qualifies for, short author name, Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID
Development
- You can now find the Wikibase ontology at http://wikiba.se/ontology
- Special:UnconnectedPages will have a namespace filter
- Worked on a small birthday present (One month left!) and party organizing (more info coming in the next days)
- Language fallbacks will be shown also when adding a new statement, in qualifiers and references as well as for badges
- Fixed a long-standing login issue when adding a new language link from Wikipedia and co (phabricator:T50389)
- Worked on RfC for multi-content revisions. This is groundwork for Commons support. (phabricator:T107595)
- More work on making meaningful edit summaries show up in the watchlist and recent changes on Wikipedia and co
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 17:21, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #178

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: code.talks (slides on migrating Freebase to Wikidata)
- Past: Wikidata:Mobilizing Open Cultural Data (videos, slides)
- Upcoming: Wikidata's 3rd birthday. We will have a party and you should come! (announcement, program and other details, IMPORTANT: sign up so we know how many people to expect)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- There are now almost 5000 articles in Czech Wikipedia which include an infobox without parameters, only with data from Wikidata.
- Input request about editing Wikidata from clients like Wikipedia
- Freebase to Wikidata: results of Tpt's internship have been published
- Articles without a Wikidata item can now be filtered by category tree. (example for chemists on enwiki)
- Wikidata:Units attempts to list available units and properties they can be used with
- Constraint reports can now check if units are within a user defined list: e.g. report for mass (P2067)
- WikiProject Economics needs more participants to organize all the new properties.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Georgian national system of romanization, Hepburn romanization, membership, YerelNet village ID, prize money, radius, vapor pressure, kinematic viscosity, combustion enthalpy, vaporization enthalpy, NDF-RT ID, half-life, sublimation temperature, wing area, power output, Kunstindex Danmark artwork, decomposition point, RXNO Ontology, size of team at finish, size of team at start, boiling point, melting point
Development
- Changed the default RDF flavor to include all statements (phabricator:T101837)
- Started to work on creating new articles from scratch from the article placeholder
- Continued work on the Lua libraries of the default Article Placeholder layout
- Started the research on client editing with an input page
- More work on making the mobile view fit for being enabled per default for mobile users
- Changed our JavaScript coding style to be more in line with MediaWiki core’s
- In edit mode, the label is now displayed for units instead of a URL
- Added a new “YearMonthDay” date parser that supports many edge cases where all other date parsers fail
- More work on passing full edit summaries to the client wikis.
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 #179

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: WikiCon USA (slides)
- Ongoing: World Health Summit (slides)
- Upcoming: ODI Summit with a session on the gene-related efforts on Wikidata
- Don't forget to sign up if you are coming to Wikidata's third birthday party.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Discussion has started on English WikiProject Football about using Wikidata for player squad templates (example) and player club history (example). Needs more input on best practices and commitment to update data.
- A command line client to the SPARQL query service has been released
- Query example: popularity of the given name Adolf
- MoMa artists have been added to Mix'n'match
- Books without authors on Wikidata are now down to 12.5K from 25K since drive began. You can help get it down even further.
- Number of articles that are not connected to a Wikidata item on Catalan Wikipedia has been brought down significantly. How about yours?
- This Month in GLAM has Wikidata coverage
- Interested in British politics? WikiProject British Politicians has some stats to show where you can help out
Did you know?
- Newest properties: median lethal dose, first aid measures, official symbol, units used for this property, external subproperty, external superproperty, volume for quantity, semi-major axis, cash, explosive velocity, torque, Max TDP, maximum thrust, metallicity, market capitalization, discharge, spectral line, decay width, gyromagnetic ratio, flux, household wealth, real gross domestic product growth rate, net worth, cruise speed, radial velocity, proper motion, parallax, longitude of ascending node, angular distance, position angle, relative to, SourceForge project, average shot length, Spotify track ID, Discogs release ID, Spotify album ID, minimum explosive concentration, upper flammable limit, lower flammable limit, dipole moment, electric charge, autoignition temperature, (average) gradient, production volume, students count, Soccerbase manager id, PSS-Archi architect id, Soccerbase player id, endangeredlanguages.com ID, NILF author id, C-SPAN identifier of a person, BiblioNet publisher identifier, BiblioNet author identifier, BiblioNet publication identifier, Wiki Loves Monuments ID, DLI, history of topic, ISO 9:1995, Finnish Ministers database ID, Finnish MP ID, Kansallisbiografia ID, ACM Classification Code (2012), solvent, solubility, drug used for treatment, medical condition treated
Development
- You'll now get redirected to the mobile view automatically on mobile devices (example)
- Made it possible to use more entities on a page via Lua without running into Lua's memory limit
- Added the Article Placeholder extension’s results to the search result page (this is one of a few remaining blockers before we can put it on a testsystem for you to try out and give feedback)
- Added option to create a new article from Article Placeholder
- More work on the new datatype for properties
- More work on making meaningful edit summaries on the client. Found a few remaining bugs during testing.
- More work on a birthday present :D
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 18:00, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #180

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- How many female scientists are there on Wikipedia? This time with SPARQL! (French)
- Wikidata Enpoint SPARQL and the paintings of Goya Wikidata's SPARQL endpoint and the paintings of Goya (French)
- Upcoming: 3rd Birthday \o/ (Please don't forget to register if you're coming to the party.)
- More wrapups of Wikiconference USA including slides: [1], [2]
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Magnus overhauled the Wikidata Game! Sweeeeeet! Now includes one where you can match an author and a publication. And it has stats.
- Mix'n'match got skyscrapers to match up for you.
- Sitelinks and P569 compares various Wikipedias by the proportion of items with date of birth (Property:P569)
- Catalan Wikipedia match up all of their articles to items on Wikidata. Congrats!
Did you know?
- Newest properties: periapsis, apoapsis, Florentine musea catalogue ID, reason for deprecation
Development
- Worked on adding auto-completion for item and property prefixes to the SPARQL query editor (so you can search by label when entering a query)
- Wrote maintenance script for changing some properties from datatype string to upcoming datatype identifier
- More work on birthday present
- More work on the article placeholder to get it ready for a first demo
- Prepared patch for also publishing JSON dumps with bzip2 compression
- Further improved edit summaries we show on Wikipedia etc
- Prepared for giving Wikispecies, Meta and Mediawiki access to the sitelinks on Wikidata on 20. of October
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 13:20, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #181

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

Discussions
- New request for comments: Derived properties, Are colors instance-of or subclass-of color
Events/Blogs/Press
- Poof it works - using wikidata to build Wikipedia articles about genes
- Wikidata, SPARQL and huskies (French)
- Wikidata, SPARQL and elected dynasties (French)
- The birth and death of German playwrights
- Distributed stats
- Past: Wikidata training at Wikimedia UK
- Upcoming: Wikidata's 3rd birthday \o/ (on 29th)
- Upcoming: SemWeb.Pro in Paris
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- There's a new Wikidata taxonomy browser
- Meta, MediaWiki and Wikispecies now have access to sitelinks on Wikidata. Welcome to Wikidata, sisters!
- Harvest templates. New tool to copy data from templates to Wikidata.
- Number of articles that are not connected to a Wikidata item on Italian Wikipedia has been brought down significantly. How about yours?
- The Wikidata Game now has a primary sources game and one to match Wikispecies pages to Wikidata items
- The National Gallery of Arts was added to Mix'n'match
- Some more query examples: Dracula movies and their actors, movies with links to videos
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Debrett's People of Today ID, maximum operating altitude, DfE URN, NGA artist id, life expectancy, Refseq Genome ID, argument of periapsis, periapsis
Development
- ctrl-space now enables autocomplete for labels on http://query.wikidata.org . Should make it easier for you to find the right items and properties.
- Worked on birthday present :)
- From Monday on a bzip2 compressed version of the Wikidata json dumps will be published, along with the gzip compressed version.
- Made it possible to get from the search results page to the article placeholder. This was one of the last holdups for a first demo version.
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 18:25, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #182

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

Discussions
- How to add dates with undefined calendar (Julian or Gregorian)? is discussed on Project chat.
Events/Blogs/Press
- Wikidata turned 3! The party doubled as the award ceremony for the Land der Ideen price.
  I love Wikidata because
  - Page with state of the project editorial, message from the development team and greetings
  - Images from the party
  - Denny and Erik look back at the beginning of the project - the other recordings are still being cut but you can already see the uncut stream here
  - Presents:
    - Three presents for Wikidata's third birthday from Amir including artificial intelligence to find vandalism!
    - Improved query.wikidata.org by the dev team
    - Preview of the Article Placeholder by Lucie (bachelor student of the dev team)
    - Special:Nearby by the dev team
    - Donation of CC World University & School (WUaS) to CC Wikidata to celebrate its 3rd birthday! by Scott_WUaS
    - Your name in Wikidata Morse code from TMg
- Help organize the Wikidata related sessions at Wikimania 2016
- Past: Open Access Week
- Past: DINI Jahrestagung (slides)
- Past: Tehran SFD (video)
- Upcoming: ODI Summit
- Upcoming: SWAT4LS
- Modeling the social network of movie actors of the 1920s and 1930s with Wikidata
- Looking for…science fiction movies on the Linked Data Cloud
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Italian Wikipedia matched up nearly all of their articles to items on Wikidata. Congrats!
- Bene updated the Tours. Please help translate them here.
- The Distributed Game now has a Kian module suggesting statements to add
- Andrew made maps of missing images on Wikidata: South Africa, India, Australia, world
- Nikki imported dates of birth and death for more than 40,000 persons from Japanese Wikipedia.
- Example query: French people with an article on English Wikipedia but not French Wikipedia
- Example query: paintings without dimension (add some?)
- Example query: people or things born or created on the same day of the year as Wikidata
- We passed 15M items.
- Happy 10th anniversary to Semantic MediaWiki! We wouldn't be where we are today without you.
- All 8,860 fellows of the Royal Society have been matched to Wikidata items
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Wikidata property sample, Emporis building complex ID, Orsay Museum artist ID, Politifact Personality Identifier, Fashion Model Directory ID, mix'n'match catalogue ID, ISOCAT id, draft, beam, ionization energy, ITU-T network identifier, mobile country code, frequency of event
- Newest External tools: Top missing P31 by number of sitelinks list the items with most sitelinks lacking instance of or subclass of
Development
- Worked on birthday presents (Special:Nearby, article placeholder demo system and improvements to query.wikidata.org)
- Wes, Stas, Dan and James from the WMF came over to talk through current work around Wikidata and plans for the future
- Further poked at editing references at the same time as rest of the statement
- Investigated where we can push next to improve performance
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 15:54, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #183

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

Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Lakokat
Events/Blogs/Press
- Wikidata/Wikibase Json Dump Reader
- Wikidata project to tackle language barriers in scientific reserach
- Semantic Cities
- Q167545: Wikidata celebrated its third birthday
- Slides from talk at UCSD on "Open biomedical knowledge using crowdsourcing and citizenscience"
- Past: semwebpro (slides)
- Past: ODI Summit
- Past: MozFest (etherpad)
- Upcoming: WikiConference Seoul

Highlights of 3 years of Wikidata by Madgalena Wiegner

Other Noteworthy Stuff
- List of Wikipedia articles without an image where Wikidata has one
- Want to use data from Wikidata to enrich data in your own application? S wrote a good start.
- Commons misconceptions and how to avoid them by School of Data
Did you know?
- Newest properties: charted in, Danish parish code, venous drainage, lymphatic drainage, CRIStin ID, arterial supply, periapsis date, price, uses, Groeningemuseum work PID, iTunes album ID, Austrian Parliament ID, ambitus, Member of the Hellenic Parliament ID, Magdeburger Biographisches Lexikon, UEFA player code, World Health Organisation International Nonproprietary Name, Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities member ID, Hederich article
- Ever noticed ranks?
Development
- Worked on the tests for the ArticlePlaceholder
- Finished the create article button for the ArticlePlaceholder page
- From Monday on a bzip2 compressed version of the beta Wikidata TTL dumps will be published along the gzip one
- Getting close to make it possible to add the main value of a statement and its reference at the same time
- Worked on adding a new section to item and property pages for identifiers
- Did backend work for making identifiers useful in our machine-readable outputs (by actually linking them instead of just giving the identifier string) - more work needed
- Fixed a bug where dates would have English months on non-English wikis (phabricator:T116503)
- Fixed a bug when editing labels on mobile (phabricator:T117184)
- Worked more on making search work on mobile
- Worked on a fix for a visual glitch in the table of content on mobile (the box is bigger than its content)
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:25, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #184

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

Discussions
- Successful request for adminship: Lakokat
Events/Blogs/Press
- Upcoming: Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland
- Upcoming: Ateliers Wikidata
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Callisto - a tool that shows places depicted in artworks
- Qwery.me - an experiment for a simplified query service with SPARQL
- Whitepaper exploring Wikidata for cultural institutions
- Example query: real numbers with their approximate value
- Pre-print: Centralizing content and distributing labor: a community model for curating the very long tail of microbial genomes
Did you know?
Development
- Added language fallback to Special:ConstraintReport
- Fixed a bug that prevented undoing edits via the api (phabricator:T101694)
- Worked more on moving identifiers into their own section and linking them in the machine-readable export formats
- Worked on making search suggestions work on mobile
- Experimented with using icons instead of text for some of the actions in an item
- Made a lot of progress on a good default layout for the ArticlePlaceholder
- Nearly finished simultaneous editing of value and reference
- Improved browser tests and fixed issues with them
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:04, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #185

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

Discussions
- New request for comments: Improve bot policy for data import and data modification
Events/Blogs/Press
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Mix'n'match: new catalogs were added
- Whitepaper for GLAM institutions wanting to work with Wikdiata
- MediaWiki, Meta, Wikispecies and Wikinews will get access to the data on Wikidata on Dec. 2nd. (So far they only have access to sitelinks.)
- What kind of information does Wikidata have? Jura made an overview for the types of statements we have.
- You can now use SPARQL instead of WDQ for all Listeria bot-generated lists, on all wikis. See en:Template:Wikidata list
- Alpha release of Wikipedia Gender Inequality Index (using data from Wikidata)
- Query examples: all xkcd comics, English demonyms for countries
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Cycling Archives ID (team), Cycling Archives ID (race), antagonist muscle, ProCyclingStats ID (team), ProCyclingStats ID (race), GNS Unique Feature Identifier, mean anomaly, quantity buried, Swedish Olympic Committee athlete ID, article ID, general classification, aftershocks, elector, debut participant, call sign, constraint status, comment, min quantity, max quantity, max date, min date, relation, class, namespace, property, item, group by, exception to constraint, property constraint, minimal lethal dose
Development
- Rolled out simultaneous editing of main part of the statement and reference
- Did a clean-up of the statements section (removing some lines etc) and added icons for the actions on statements
- Worked more on moving identifiers into their own section in item pages and having them linked properly in the exports
- Work on improving ranking of search results on Wikidata
- Decreased size of html of item pages
- Adapted our code to some minor changes in the watchlist code in core
- More work on making the search on mobile work
- Made preparations for constraint definitions through statements on properties
- Fixing size of table of content on mobile
- Prevented merging of items which link to each other
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 19:28, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #186

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

Discussions
- Open request for adminship: Koavf
Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: Wikipedia and Wikidata editathon (EditatónAlicia) in Mexico
- Past: Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland
- Past: Wikidata Editathon at the National Library of Wales
- Past: Ubuntu Conference, Paris
- Is Wikidata the new Rosetta Stone?
- WordLift 3.0: A brief semantic story – part 1
- Workshop i Wikidata
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Your help is needed with the most important constraint violations.
- New daily report on Mix'n'match
- Daily updated list of people who's birthday is today
- French Wikisource is using images from Wikidata for their author page headers and more now (example)
- New catalogs have been added to Mix'n'match
- A new author language game has been added to the Wikidata distributed game.
- Mix’n’match now creates a new, pre-filled Wikidata item when no matching one can be found (by humans!), where possible
- Workflow sketch for the OA Signalling project
- example of a Listeria list created from a SPARQL query
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Australian Stratigraphic Units Database ID, Roman agnomen, Roman cognomen, production code, NMHH film rating, time to altitude, online service, intended public, Roman nomen gentilicium, Roman praenomen, Classification of Instructional Programs code, UNESCO endangered language ID, has list, statistical unit, applies to taxon, number of graves, Speedskatingbase.eu ID, Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID, period, YSO ID, Elonet movie ID, AGORHA event identifier, AGORHA work ID, playing range image, AGORHA person/institution ID, indigenous to, CESAR person ID, BoardGameGeek ID, Musopen composer ID, SFDb-identifier of group, SFDb-identifier of soundtrack, SFDb-identifier of company, SFDb movie ID, Norwegian organization number, Dictionary of Art Historians
Development
- Worked on (and for now finished) a new, prettier layout for the ArticlePlaceholder-generated pages
- Made improvements to page size by removing a lot of unneeded comments in the HTML
- Worked more on putting identifiers into their own section and linking them properly without a gadget
- Looked into making it possible to edit more languages without the labellister gadget
- Worked on improving the ranking of search results on Special:Search
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:02, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #187

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Past: Semantic Web Application and Tools 4 Life Science
- Ongoing: Wikidata for Beginners session at DISH 2015, Rotterdam, 8 December 2015
- Upcoming: Wikidata pour la science
- Upcoming: Workshop on "Wikidata as a platform for biocuration" at Biocuration 2016
- Slides for talk "Building the sum of all human citations"
- Op-ed in Signpost (Lydia is working on a piece to address some of the points)
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Closing in towards 1 million links between Commons categories and Wikidata article-type items -- 8,000 more by next week?
- Help labeling edits to improve the vandalism detection on Wikidata
- Open Science Prize is looking for cool ideas for Open Data and health. How about something awesome with Wikidata?
- The Individual Engagement Grant for StrepHit has been accepted
- Are you between 13 and 17? Join us for Google Code-in and do some Wikidata tasks with Wikimedia
- We want your feedback on how to improve the process of showcasing Wikidata's best content
- I dreamed of a perfect database - Wikidata? ;-)
- Histropedia timeline of National Library of Wales
- Wikinews, Wikispecies and MediaWiki now have access to the data on Wikidata. Do awesome things with it, sisters! Meta will follow on 15th.
- Map of narrative locations in Denmark
- Experimental REST API for Wikidata
Did you know?
- Newest properties: deprecated in version, issued by, MediaWiki hooks used, superpartner of, has superpartner, natural abundance, Genius artist ID, ODIS ID, FAO risk status, conversion to SI base unit, Soccerway player ID, Sandbox-Property
- Newest Database reports: WikiProject Movies/new films
- Showcase items: Bertus Aafjes
Development
- Polished the patch that adds icons to the item pages (for actions like edit, remove etc) and makes them cleaner. This will go live later today.
- Worked more on a separate section for identifiers
- Started working on the sorting of statements on the ArticlePlaceholder pages
- Made it possible to use unknown language, no linguistic content and more as languages for the monolingual text datatype
- Experimented more with improvements to the ranking on Special:Search
- Worked on showing more languages in the in other languages box than the ones defined in your babel boxes
- Small improvements to recent changes/watchlist integration on Wikipedia and co
- Worked on making it possible to create a redirect over a deleted item
- Worked on PHP7 support
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 15:49, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #188

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Wikidata: knowledge from different points of view (Signpost op-ed on knowledge diversity and our thinking on data quality)
- The Wikimedia Foundation Scholarships Program is now accepting applications for Wikimania 2016 (deadline: 09 January 2016 23:59 UTC)
- Wikidata: A platform for data integration and dissemination for the life sciences and beyond received the prize for best paper at SWAT4LS. Congrats!
- Past: 50 hours of Wikidata and Wikipedia editing at Museo Soumaya
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Over 16.000 people have contributed to Wikidata over the last month.
- Wikidata Analyst, a tool to help comprehensively analyze the quality of Wikidata (announcement)
- Overview of the current state of Sum of all Paintings and how you can help by Multichill
- query.wikidata.org now more prominently shows example queries in case you missed them before, lets you filter and gives you a preview for them. Additionally you can click a little magnifying glass next to an item ID in a query result and explore it further.
- WikiJourney now has a first release on the Play Store
Did you know?
Development
- Working on sorting of statement groups for the ArticlePlaceholder extension
- Further work on a separate section for identifiers
- Worked on properly linking identifiers in the exports
- Removed a number of lines and boxes in the statement section to make it less busy
- Made it possible to create a redirect over a deleted item without having to undelete it first
- Further work on improving ranking on Special:Search
- Making it possible to show and edit more languages for labels/descriptions/aliases than the ones defined in your babel boxes
- Getting ready for the holidays :)
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 14:30, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #189

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Wikidata weekly summary #186

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

Discussions
- Successful request for adminship: Eurodyne
Events/Blogs/Press
- World Health Summit yearbook for 2015
- You can apply for a scholarship to attend Wikimania 2016 (deadline: January 9th)
- Talk submissions for Wikimania 2016 are open. We'd love to see many Wikidata-related submissions. If you need help with your submission contact Lydia.
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Google has launched the Knowledge Graph Search API, replacing the deprecated Freebase API
- Meta now has access to the data on Wikidata as well
- Want to get an overview of the classes and properties on Wikidata? The Miga class and property browser was updated.
- WikiBrowser - semantically browse Wikipedia with the help of Wikidata
- WikiFamou.us lets you compare topics by popularity across languages with the help of Wikidata
- Chronas is a history project linking Wikipedia and Wikidata with a chronological and cartographical view
- Visiting some place for the holidays? Check out the items nearby.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: Fashion Model Directory magazine ID, Fashion Model Directory designer ID, Artsy gene, WikiPathways ID, NII Article ID, set in period, short-term exposure limit, maximum peak exposure limit, ceiling exposure limit, time-weighted average exposure limit, Total assets, total expenditure, Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
- Query example: works created by females who died in 1945
Development
- <3 Thanks for being awesome. Enjoy the holidays :)
- We will take the "in other projects"-sidebar out of beta features in January (phabricator:T103102)
- Making ranking information like label and statement counts available to the CirrusSearch index in order to improve ranking in search results (phabricator:T110648)
- Continued work on the identifier data type for identifiers like VIAF and ISBN so we can easily put them into a separate section in the items and properly link them in the exports (phabricator:T95682, phabricator:T121274)
- Continued work on making external identifiers clickable links without the help of the authority control gadget (phabricator:T95684)
- Fixed a mistake in the set reference API documentation (gerrit:259171)
- More work on cleaning up the statement section (phabricator:T121390)
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.

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 21:59, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #190

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Wikidata weekly summary #186

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

Events/Blogs/Press
- Ongoing: 32C3
- Upcoming: Wikimedia Developer Summit
- Upcoming: StrepHit IEG project kick-off seminar
- Upcoming: Office hour on IRC
- Upcoming: FOSDEM (Lucie will give a talk about the ArticlePlaceholder extension)
- Registration and scholarship applications for the Wikimedia Hackathon in Israel are open
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The Signpost: 07 January 2015

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News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Interview: Interview with Jakob, one of Wikipedia's more prolific waterway contributors (en)
In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints (en)
Featured content: Kock up (en)
Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne (en)

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The Signpost: 14 January 2015

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Featured content: Citations are needed (en)
In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors (en)
News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community (en)
Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you (en)
Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie (en)
WikiProject report: Articles for Creation: the Inside Story (en)

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The Signpost: 21 January 2015

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From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief (en)
Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost (en)
Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing (en)
Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better (en)
News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections (en)
In the media: Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers (en)
Featured content: Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess (en)
Arbitration report: As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens (en)
Technology report: The future of MediaWiki (en)

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The Signpost: 28 January 2015

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From the editor: An editorial board that includes you (en)

Special report: Traffic in the fog—2014's most popular articles include death, Facebook, and Ebola (en)

In focus: Thirteen editors sanctioned in mammoth GamerGate arbitration case (en)

Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate (en)

In the media: A murderous week for Wikipedia (en)

Featured content: Like Jack Kerouac's On The Road, this week's issue was written on amphetamines (en)

Traffic report: A sea of faces (en)

Recent research: Bot writes about theatre plays; "Renaissance editors" create better content (en)

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The Signpost: 04 February 2015

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News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia (en)
Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale? (en)
In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue (en)
Traffic report: The American Heartland (en)
Featured content: It's raining men! (en)
Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate (en)
WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia? (en)
Technology report: Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes (en)
Gallery: Langston Hughes (en)

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The Signpost: 11 February 2015

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From the editors: We want to know what you think! (en)
News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; another awarded $1 million (en)
In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself? (en)
Traffic report: Bowled over (en)
WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled (en)
Featured content: A grizzly bear, Operation Mascot, Freedom Planet & Liberty Island, cosmic dust clouds, a cricket five-wicket list, more fine art, & a terrible, terrible opera... (en)
Gallery: Feel the love (en)

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The Signpost: 18 February 2015

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Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition (en)
In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia (en)
Special report: Revision scoring as a service (en)
Traffic report: February is for lovers (en)
Gallery: Darwin Day (en)
Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish (en)
Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed? (en)

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The Signpost: 25 February 2015

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News and notes: Did WMF "participate" in nefarious activity? (en)
Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own (en)
In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot (en)
Gallery: Far from home (en)
Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial? (en)
Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong. (en)
Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired (en)
WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight (en)
Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation (en)

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The Signpost: 25 February 2015

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News and notes: Did WMF "participate" in nefarious activity? (en)
Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own (en)
In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot (en)
Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial? (en)
Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong. (en)
Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired (en)
Gallery: Far from home (en)
WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight (en)
Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation (en)

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The Signpost: 04 March 2015

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From the editor: A sign of the times—the Signpost revamps its internal structure to make contributing easier (en)
Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking report (en)
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation and OTRS team both publish quarterly reports, indicate operating changes (en)
Interview: Meet a paid editor (en)
Traffic report: Attack of the movies (en)
In the media: Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire (en)
Blog: Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps (en)
Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News (en)
Featured content: Ploughing fields and trading horses with Rosa Bonheur (en)
Arbitration report: Bradspeaks—impact, regrets, and advice; current cases hinge on sex, religion, and ... infoboxes (en)

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The Signpost: 11 March 2015

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Special report: An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey (en)

In focus: WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users" (en)

News and notes: WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign (en)

In the media: Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West (en)

Traffic report: Wikipedia: handing knowledge to the world, one prank at a time (en)

Featured content: Here they come, the couple plighted – (en)

Op-ed: Why the Core Contest matters (en)

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The Signpost: 18 March 2015

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From the editor: A salute to Pine (en)

Op-ed: Does the Wikimedia fundraising survey address community concerns? (en)

News and notes: SUL finalization imminent; executive office shake-ups at the Foundation (en)

In the media: NYPD editing articles regarding allegations of police brutality and misconduct (en)

Featured content: A woman who loved kings, a king who loved angels ... (en)

Traffic report: It's not cricket (en)

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The Signpost: 25 March 2015

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News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation adopts open-access research policy (en)

Op-ed: How my father's railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization (en)

Featured content: A carnival of animals, a river of dung, a wasteland of uncles, and some people with attitude (en)

Special report: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014 (en)

Traffic report: Oddly familiar (en)

Recent research: Most important people; respiratory reliability; academic attitudes (en)

Blog: The Wikipedia Library Team reflects on its new Visiting Scholars program (en)

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The Signpost, 1 April 2015

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News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base (en)

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015 (en)

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe. (en)

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The Signpost: 01 April 2015

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In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data (en)
In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism (en)
Traffic report: All over the place (en)
Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe. (en)

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The Signpost: 08 April 2015

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Op-ed: We are drowning in promotional artspam (en)
News and notes: Advancement department to be created at the Foundation, milestone fixes (en)
In the media: Wikipedia on 60 Minutes, Kickstarter, and in the classroom (en)
WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity (en)
Featured content: Partisan arrangements, dodgy dollars, a mysterious union of strings, and a hole that became a monument (en)
Traffic report: Resurrection week (en)
Arbitration report: New Functionary appointments (en)
Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News (en)

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The Signpost: 15 April 2015

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News and notes: Erik Möller leaving Foundation; annual plan grants under community review (en)
In the media: Saving Wikipedia; Internet regulation; Thoreau quote hoax (en)
Featured content: Au-delà de les Alpes, le chien lit de Sainte Bernard. Sous les pavés, les trimes d'argent! Mes enfants, suivez-moi! (en)
Traffic report: Furious domination (en)
Blog: Single-User Login provides access to all wikis (en)

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The Signpost: 22 April 2015

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Special report: Sony emails reveal corporate practices and undisclosed advocacy editing (en)
News and notes: Call for candidates as the movement approaches the Wikimedia Board elections (en)
In the media: UK political editing; hoaxes; net neutrality (en)
In focus: 2015 Wikimedia Foundation election preparations underway (en)
Featured content: Vanguard on guard (en)
Traffic report: A harvest of couch potatoes (en)
Gallery: The bitter end (en)

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The Signpost: 06 May 2015

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Special report: FDC candidates respond to key issues (en)
News and notes: "Inspire" grant-making campaign concludes, grantees announced (en)
In the media: Guggenheim image donation; Wiki campaign gets advertising award (en)
Featured content: The amorous android and the horsebreeder; WikiCup round two concludes (en)
Traffic report: The grim ship reality (en)
Blog: How many women edit Wikipedia? (en)

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The Signpost: 13 May 2015

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Foundation elections: WMF Board candidates share their views with the Signpost (en)
Op-ed: What made Wikipedia lose its reputation? (en)
In the media: Grant Shapps story continues; Wikipedia's "leftist ties" (en)
News and notes: Swedish Wikimedia chapter organizes simultaneous Wikidata contests (en)
Featured content: Four first-time featured article writers lead the way (en)
Traffic report: Round Two (en)

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The Signpost: 20 May 2015

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News and notes: The dark side of comedy: Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind John Oliver's fowl jokes (en)
In focus: The awful truth about Wikimedia's article counts (en)
From the editor: Your voice is needed: strategic voting in the WMF election (en)
In the media: Jimmy Wales accepts Dan David Prize (en)
WikiProject report: Cell-ebrating Molecular Biology (en)
Arbitration report: Editor conduct the subject of multiple cases (en)
Featured content: Puppets, fungi, and waterfalls (en)
Traffic report: Inner Core (en)

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The Signpost: 27 May 2015

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News and notes: WMF releases quarterly reports, annual plans (en)
In the media: Scrubbing Parliamentary biographies; Wikipedia's invisible history (en)
Recent research: Drug articles accurate and largely complete; women "slightly overrepresented"; talking like an admin (en)
Traffic report: Summer, summer, summertime (en)
Discussion report: A relic from the past that needs to be updated (en)
Featured content: When music was confined to a ribbon of rust (en)
Technology report: MediaWiki blows up printers (en)

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The Signpost: 03 June 2015

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News and notes: Three new community-elected trustees announced, incumbents out (en)
Blog: How Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition (en)
Discussion report: The deprecation of Persondata; RfA – A broken process; Complaints from users on Swedish Wikipedia (en)
Special report: Towards "Health Information for All": Medical content on Wikipedia received 6.5 billion page views in 2013 (en)
In the media: Anonymous Australian editing targets football player, shooting victim (en)
Traffic report: A rather ordinary week (en)
Featured content: It's not over till the fat man sings (en)
Technology report: Things are getting SPDYier (en)

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The Signpost: 10 June 2015

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News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief (en)
Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity (en)
In the media: Arbitration case attracts media coverage; Wikipedia in Israel (en)
Featured content: Just the bear facts, ma'am (en)
Technology report: Wikimedia sites are going HTTPS only (en)
Blog: Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in Chinese (en)

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The Signpost: 17 June 2015

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Arbitration report: An election has consequences (en)
Discussion report: A quick way of becoming an admin (en)
Featured content: Great Dane hits 150 (en)
In focus: Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe (en)
In the media: Wikipedia wins Asturias Prize; printing out Wikipedia; HTTPS switch (en)
Interview: A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars (en)
News and notes: Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief (en)
Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time (en)
Technology report: HTTPS-only rollout completed, proposal to enable VisualEditor for new accounts (en)
WikiProject report: We are back - Western Australia speaks (en)

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The Signpost: 24 June 2015

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From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative (en)
Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia (en)
News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments (en)
In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing (en)
Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia (en)
Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles (en)
Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done (en)
Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia (en)
Arbitration report: Politics by other means: The American politics 2 arbitration (en)
Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced (en)

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The Signpost: 01 July 2015

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News and notes: Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF (en)
In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology (en)
WikiProject report: Able to make a stand (en)
Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I. (en)
Traffic report: We're Baaaaack (en)
Technology report: Technical updates and improvements (en)
Blog: These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution (en)

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The Signpost: 08 July 2015

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Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn? (en)
News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief (en)
In the media: Wikimania warning; Wikipedia "mystery" easily solved (en)
Traffic report: The Empire lobs back (en)
Featured content: Pyrénées, Playmates, parliament and a prison... (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 15 July 2015

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Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it (en)
News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania (en)
In the media: Shapps requests WMUK data; professor's plagiarism demotion (en)
Blog: Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report (en)
Traffic report: Belles of the ball (en)
WikiProject report: What happens when a country is no longer a country? (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)
Featured content: When angels and daemons interrupt the vicious and intemperate (en)

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The Signpost: 22 July 2015

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From the editor: Change the world (en)
News and notes: Wikimanía 2016; Lightbreather ArbCom case (en)
Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015 report, part 1, the plenaries (en)
In the media: Novelists annotate Wikipedia; Wales promotes TPO; Working for free (en)
Traffic report: The Nerds, They Are A-Changin' (en)
WikiProject report: Some more politics (en)
Featured content: The sleep of reason produces monsters (en)\
Gallery: "One small step..." (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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News and notes: BARC de-adminship proposal; Wikimania recordings debate (en)
Op-ed: My life as an autistic Wikipedian (en)
Recent research: Wikipedia and collective intelligence; how Wikipedia is tweeted (en)
In the media: Is Wikipedia a battleground in the culture wars? (en)
Featured content: Even mammoths get the Blues (en)
Traffic report: Namaste again, Reddit (en)

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The Signpost: 05 August 2015

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Editorial: Wikipedia better equipped to deal with systemic bias than traditional publishers (en)
Op-ed: Je ne suis pas Google (en)
News and notes: VisualEditor, endowment, science, and news in brief (en)
WikiProject report: Meet the boilerplate makers (en)
In the media: Probe into Nehru edits launched; dangers of the right to be forgotten (en)
Traffic report: Mrityorma amritam gamaya... (en)
Featured content: Maya, Michigan, Medici, Médée, and Moul n'ga (en)
Blog: Get help editing Wikipedia with the new “Co-op” mentorship program (en)

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News and notes: Superprotect, one year later; a contentious RfA (en)
In the media: Paid editing; traffic drop; Nicki Minaj (en)
Forum: Community voices on paid editing (en)
Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015, part 2, a community event (en)
Traffic report: Fighting from top to bottom (en)
Featured content: Fused lizards, giant mice, and Scottish demons (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)
Blog: The Hunt for Tirpitz (en)

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The Signpost: 19 August 2015

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Op-ed: WP:THREATENING2MEN: The English Wikipedia's misogynist infopolitics and the hegemony of the asshole consensus (en)
In the media: Politically controversial science; "Wikipedia hates women" (en)
Featured content: Dead parrots, live frogs, a symbolic kiss and what do we get? Enrique Iglesias! (en)
Travelogue: Seeing is believing (en)
Traffic report: Straight Outta Connecticut (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)
Blog: How Wikipedia responds to breaking news (en)

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The Signpost: 26 August 2015

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In focus: An increase in active Wikipedia editors (en)
Op-ed: Wikimania – can volunteers organize conferences? (en)
News and notes: Re-imagining grants (en)
In the media: Russia temporarily blocks Wikipedia (en)
Recent research: OpenSym 2015 report; PageRank and wiki quality; news suggestions; the impact of open access (en)
Featured content: Out to stud, please call later (en)
Arbitration report: Reinforcing Arbitration (en)

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The Signpost: 02 September 2015

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Special report: Massive paid editing network unearthed on the English Wikipedia (en)
News and notes: Flow placed on ice (en)
Discussion report: WMF's sudden reversal on Wiki Loves Monuments (en)
Featured content: Brawny (en)
In the media: Orangemoody sockpuppet case sparks widespread coverage (en)
Traffic report: You didn't miss much (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 09 September 2015

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Gallery: Being Welsh (en)
Op-ed: DYK, or proudly displaying incorrect information on the Main Page with alarming regularity (en)
News and notes: The Swedish Wikipedia's controversial two-millionth article (en)
In the media: Calling all scientists!; More Wikipedia editors in the Netherlands than all of Africa combined (en)
Featured content: Killed by flying debris (en)
Traffic report: Mass media production traffic (en)
Technology report: Tech news in brief (en)

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The Signpost: 16 September 2015

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Editorial: No access is no answer to closed access (en)
Traffic report: Another week (en)
News and notes: Byrd and notifications leave, but page views stay; was a terror suspect editing Wikipedia? (en)
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Tech News: 2015-01

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Software changes

There are no technical changes this week.

Feedback about Tech News in 2014

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16:52, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-03

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Recent software changes

Rotated PDF files in landscape format used to show too small. They will now display correctly. You may need to purge older files. [1]
You can now use the {{!}} magic word instead of Template:!. Many wikis used the template to create a pipe (|) in tables and templates. You can delete the template. [2]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf14) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from January 13. It will be on all Wikipedias from January 14 (calendar).
A bug in VisualEditor sometimes added a ☀ (Sun) character. This is now fixed. [3]
The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages. [4]
The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [5] [6] [7]
The thumb option is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar. [8]

Future changes

You can sign up to answer questions from designers. It will help them make editing easier. [9]

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16:47, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-04

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Recent changes

You can download the new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. The new version shows lead images, better galleries and content from Wikidata. It also has many other new features.[10] [11]
Programs and bots still can't read information about images on many wikis. You can see the list of wikis with the most files to fix. Wikipedia in Italian, Indonesian and Japanese language have the most files to fix. On the biggest wikis you should use bots. Bots can add information templates to groups of files. You can ask other tech users to help you.

Problems

All JavaScript on Commons was broken for a few minutes on Tuesday. It was because of old code in the HotCat tool. The same problem happened on some Wikipedias on Wednesday. It is now fixed. [12]

Software changes this week

There are no software changes this week and next week due to annual meetings. [13]

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18:12, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-05

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Recent software changes

You can now translate articles with the new ContentTranslation tool on several wikis. [14]

This week

There are no software changes this week due to annual meetings. [15]

Future changes

You can join a project to improve WikiProjects (en). [16]
The Compact Personal Bar will be removed for now. It has a bug that breaks the tool to choose your language. It will come back when the bug is fixed. [17]

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16:08, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-06

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Problems

There was a security issue on Wikimedia Labs. Many Labs tools were down after the issue was fixed. [18]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 4 (calendar).
The "Save page" button in the VisualEditor toolbar is now blue rather than green. This is the same as on the mobile site. [19]
You can now edit pages on the draft namespace with VisualEditor on the Russian Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia. You can ask to get VisualEditor for a namespace on your wiki. When your community agrees, ask in Phabricator. [20] [21]

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16:31, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-07

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Recent software changes

You can now use {{#lsth: PageName | SectionName }} to transclude a section with its title. [22]

Problems

MediaWiki was reverted to the previous version on February 4. It was because of a performance issue. It was restored later. [23]
UploadWizard was broken on February 4 because of the revert of MediaWiki. [24]
All sites were broken for 30 minutes on February 5. It was due to a network problem. [25]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 11 (calendar).
You can have one user page for all wikis. Your Meta user page will show if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can test this tool on test wikis. [26] [27] [28]
You can search for media files in VisualEditor more easily. Images are bigger and you see the size and license. [29] [30]
It is easier to review your changes when you save the page in VisualEditor. The window is wider. [31]
You can read the latest news about VisualEditor. You can now join weekly meetings with developers. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The first meeting is on February 11 at 20:00 (UTC).

Future changes

Administrators will soon be able to delete change tags used fewer than 5,000 times. [32]
In the future you will be able to have personal lists of articles on the mobile site. [33]

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16:26, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-08

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Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 18 (calendar).
On Wednesday your Meta user page will be shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. [34] [35] [36]
You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [37]
In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [38]
The way the cursor moves in VisualEditor is changing. Your browser now handles the cursor directly. Most of you will see no change. In right-to-left text, the cursor now moves in a 'visible' rather than 'logical' way. This is like other sites but you may be surprised at first. [39]

Meetings

The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [40]
You can join the second weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 18 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join. [41]
You can join a meeting with the developers of the Content Translation tool. It will be on February 18 at 13:00 (UTC). [42]

Future changes

You can comment on a proposal about abandoned Labs tools.

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17:57, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-09

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Recent software changes

All new accounts are now global. [43]
Your Meta user page is now shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can report problems if you see any. You can ask a bot to delete your old user pages. [44] [45] [46]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 25. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 26 (calendar).
It is now easier to see template fields in VisualEditor. The fields are bigger. [47]
It is now easier to see when a button is disabled in VisualEditor. [48]
Sometimes when you copy-pasted a template in VisualEditor, it was replaced by HTML. This problem is now fixed. [49]
Tools in Labs will stop working for a few hours on February 24. [50]

Meetings

You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 26 at 00:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

At the moment you need to log in to edit Wikimedia wikis on mobile devices. You can say if anyone should be allowed to edit on the mobile sites. The discussion ends on March 15.
Images in the interface will soon work better in Opera 12. [51]

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16:28, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-10

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Recent software changes

A Lua function to use Wikidata has changed. You need to update the pages that use it. [52]
You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Uzbek and Minangkabau. You need to enable it in your Beta options.
You can now hide banners if you don't have an account. [53] [54]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 4 (calendar).
You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Punjabi and Kyrgyz. You can ask for the tool in other languages.
Editing the fake blank line in VisualEditor is now simpler. This change also fixed a few bugs. [55] [56] [57] [58]
The TemplateData editor now warns you if a related page already has TemplateData. [59]
The TemplateData table now tells you if a template doesn't take any parameters. [60]

Meetings

You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 4 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join technical meetings in France and Mexico this year. You will be able to ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [61]

Future changes

You will be able to get a direct link for a section of a page. [62]

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16:41, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-11

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Recent changes

You can now create books on almost all wikis. It doesn't work yet on wikis using the language converter. [63] [64]
VisualEditor had problems with categories in Safari. It sometimes moved or removed the categories. The issue is now fixed. [65] [66] [67]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 11 (calendar).
In VisualEditor the "Edit ^beta" button is now called "Edit" on the English Wikipedia. [68] [69]
The feedback tool in VisualEditor now looks like the other tools. It also asks for information about your browser to help fix bugs. [70] [71]
You now see the VisualEditor toolbar even if the rest of the page is still loading. [72] [73]
You now see more information when you edit a link, a reference or other items in VisualEditor. You also see a clearer edit button in those tools. [74] [75]
If you use the ContentTranslation tool you now see red links in the list of articles in other languages. The link is red if the article doesn't exist in the language of your options or of your browser. You can translate the article by clicking on the red link.

Meetings

You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join a technical meeting in France in May. You can ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [76]

Future changes

You can get help to become a developer. You can learn more on the Google Summer of Code and Outreachy pages. [77]
You will soon be able to read technical reports in Phabricator. [78]

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15:18, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-12

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Recent changes

The servers that resize images are using new software. You should report new problems that you notice with images. [79]
You can now see lists of bugs about Commons, Wikisource and Wiktionary. [80]
It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki. [81] [82]

Problems

Wikis were broken for a few minutes on Thursday due to a code error.

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 18 (calendar).
A puzzle piece icon () now shows hidden templates in VisualEditor. You can edit the template by clicking the icon. For example, you can now edit anchor templates. [83] [84]
You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData. [85] [86]

Meetings

You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 18 at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

The list of bad user names on your wiki will no longer work. The global list will replace it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [87] [88]
You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [89]
The final steps of single user login (SUL) will happen in April. You can see the rules to rename accounts. [90]

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15:14, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-13

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Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 25 (calendar).
The text of a reference is now more visible when you click on it. It has a blue background. Many wikis already have the blue color. Those wikis can now remove it from their CSS page. [91]
VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor. [92] [93] [94]
When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it. [95]

Meetings

You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Talk pages using "LiquidThreads" on mediawiki.org will soon use the new system. [96]

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15:09, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-14

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Recent changes

You can now hide site banners even if you don't have an account. [97]
You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Wikipedia. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki. [98] [99] [100]
All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [101]
You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [102]
VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [103]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 31. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 1 (calendar).
VisualEditor is now the main editing tool on 53 more Wikipedias. [104]
You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [105]
You can test a new tool on the beta mobile site on the English Wikipedia. With the new tool, you can create lists of articles. [106]
You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [107]
VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [108] [109] [110] [111]

Meetings

You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. The meeting will be on IRC on March 31 at 16:00 (UTC). [112]
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 1 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:18, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-15

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Recent changes

You can join a new email list for important news about Wikimedia Labs. [113]
You can read the last monthly report. In the future you can read team reports every three months. You can see current work on the roadmap. [114] [115]
The number of articles in Special:Statistics is now updated once a month. [116]
You can use a new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. Using the app, you can now share a fact with your friends. [117]

Problems

The import tool was broken for a few days. Imports didn't add log entries. You can delete and import pages again if necessary. [118]
Labs was broken several times this week. [119] [120] [121] [122]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 8 (calendar).
You can now add the same special characters with VisualEditor as with the wikitext editor. [123]
Many bugs around copy-paste in VisualEditor are now fixed. [124] [125]
You can now use basic tools of VisualEditor in the new talk tool. You can add links, bold and italics. You can also mention people. [126]

Meetings

You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 8 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

You can again comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [127]

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15:41, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-16

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Recent changes

You can read the latest news about VisualEditor.
You can now use the new translation tool on 22 Wikipedias. You now see the tool the first time you create a new page. [128]
The list of bad user names on your wiki no longer works. The global list replaces it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [129] [130]

Problems

Some wikis had issues on Wednesday. [131] [132]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 15 (calendar).
Developers will start to rename 1.5 million accounts on Wednesday. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [133] [134]
All users can now test link previews ("Hovercards") on several Wikipedias. [135]

Meetings

You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 15 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:40, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-17

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Recent changes

There was sometimes a problem when saving a page in VisualEditor. It is now fixed on all wikis. [136]
VisualEditor sometimes showed empty warnings for wikis using Flagged Revisions. This is now fixed on all wikis. [137]
You can get the new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS. With it you can share facts with your friends. [138]
If you write JavaScript, you should stop using importScript and importStylesheet. [139]

Problems

There was a problem with Labs on Monday. [140]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 21. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 22 (calendar).
Developers are renaming 1.5 million accounts. After that all accounts will be unique and will work on all wikis. [141] [142] [143]
If your wiki has the auto-fill tool for citations, you can now use it when you edit a reference. [144]
You can now give examples for template options in TemplateData. [145]

Meetings

You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 22 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

You will soon be able to add and remove tags on edits. [146] [147]

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15:30, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-18

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Recent changes

All accounts are now unique and work on all wikis. [148] [149]
You can read a report from experts who tested the security of MediaWiki. [150]
There was a problem between VisualEditor and an antivirus software. It is now fixed. [151]
You can help test VisualEditor to see if it works in your language. [152]

Problems

Some Labs tools had problems due to a software bug. [153]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from April 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 29 (calendar).
It is now clearer that you can delete several rows and columns when you edit tables in VisualEditor. [154]
You now see more information when you search for a template in VisualEditor. [155]
You can now cancel when you add citations on desktop, or edit links on mobile, in VisualEditor. [156]
You can now see the list of other formats for videos only after they're ready. [157]

Meetings

You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 29 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:10, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-19

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Recent changes

You can now chat with other users in Phabricator. [158]
There was a rare problem with VisualEditor. The text of another wiki could be added to your edit. The issue is now fixed. [159] [160]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since April 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 6 (calendar).
It is now easier to add a link in VisualEditor. You can see an image and a description about the page. [161]

Meetings

You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on May 5 at 14:30 (UTC). [162]
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 6 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join an event in France on May 22−25. You need to sign up before May 8. [163]

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15:04, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-20

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Recent changes

You can now make charts and maps on your wiki with the new "graph" tool. If you have an old browser, you will see images instead. It uses a tool called Vega; you can learn how to use it and write help pages for your wiki. You can use the Vega edit tool to make charts and copy the code to your wiki. Charts and maps use complex code and you should put them into templates. In the future, you will be able to create charts with VisualEditor. [164] [165] [166]
You can apply for technical jobs to develop tools for the community. [167]
The logos of all wikis are now in a new place. It will make pages load faster. You can still ask to change the logo. You can also use local CSS for brief changes. [168] [169]

Problems

There was a problem that caused slow editing. [170]
Pages were sometimes removed from your watchlist in VisualEditor. This problem is now fixed. [171]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 13 (calendar).
You can now use data from Wikidata on more pages. The page doesn't need to be linked to the Wikidata item. It works on a few wikis and more wikis will be added soon. [172] [173]
You should get fewer errors when you add files to Commons. [174]
When you use an external link to link to a wiki page, VisualEditor now converts it to a wiki link. [175]
When you add a link in VisualEditor, you see pages that match what you type. It is now easier to see where they match. [176]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 13 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:35, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-21

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

You can watch a video about the new graph tool.

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 20 (calendar).
References are now always in the right order. Also, the reference list now only shows references used on the page. [177]
You can no longer create an account with a colon ':' in it. If you already have one, it still works. [178]
The toolbar in VisualEditor now looks different. It is easier to see the icons. [179]
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [180] [181]
UploadWizard now shows better matches when you add a category to your file. [182]
A test about VisualEditor will start on the English Wikipedia on Thursday. [183]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 21 at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join a technical meeting in France this week.

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15:20, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-22

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Problems

VisualEditor was broken for 30 minutes on Tuesday. The problem was due to a tool it uses. [184]
Some Labs tools had issues last week. [185] [186]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 20. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from May 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from May 27 (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on May 28 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

You can add your ideas of new tools to help active users like you. [187]

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16:16, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-23

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Problems

Many wikis were slow for a few hours on Wednesday due to a code error. Sometimes the pages did not load at all and showed an error. [188]
Some tools in Labs were broken on Wednesday and Thursday. [189]
Edit tags added by the software were broken on all wikis from May 23 to May 28. [190] [191]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since May 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 3 (calendar).
You won't be able to use e-mail lists for a few hours on Tuesday. [192]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 3 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:35, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-24

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Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 9. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 11 (calendar). [193] [194]
If you use the Monobook skin, the buttons and other controls now look more the same in VisualEditor and other tools. [195]
When you edit links and other items in VisualEditor, you now need to apply your change before closing the tool. [196]
The title of dialogs is now easier to see when it is near long buttons. [197]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join a meeting with the Language team. The meeting will be on June 10 at 14:30 (UTC). [198]

Future changes

If you have a bot, you may need to fix it. The default continuation mode of the API for action=query will change at the end of June. [199]

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15:21, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-25

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Recent changes

Users have created more than 5000 articles with the new translation tool. [200]
Editing a page is now faster. This is because some statistics about edit filters were removed. [201]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 17 June. It will be on all Wikipedias from 18 June (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. It will be on June 19 at 16:00 (UTC). [202]

Future changes

Developers are working on a new tool to get and send newsletters. If you read or write a newsletter, share your ideas about it. [203]
If you use Pywikibot, soon you won't be able to use compat anymore. [204] [205] [206]

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15:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-26

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Recent changes

Some wikis can now be used only with HTTPS. This includes the English, Russian and Chinese Wikipedias, among others. Soon all wikis will use only HTTPS for all users. [207] [208]
You can't use HTTPS wikis with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. You need to use another browser. [209]

Problems

On June 15, search was broken on all wikis for several hours. [210] [211] [212]
On June 16, images were broken for several hours on wikis that use InstantCommons. [213] [214] [215]
Many Labs tools were broken for several days. Almost all of them are back now. They may be missing some data for the last 10 days. [216] [217] [218]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from June 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from June 25 (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 23 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:23, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-27

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

Long lines in code blocks now look better. [219]
You can now see graphs in VisualEditor. [220]
When you read a page on the mobile site, you can now see a link to go to its talk page. [221]
The code coloring tool has changed. You can now use many more languages. It now also works on mobile. [222] [223] [224]
You can look at a new site to learn how to reuse data from Wikimedia sites. [225]

Problems

JavaScript was broken on some wikis due to a code error. VisualEditor and other tools that use JavaScript were broken. [226]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from June 30. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 1. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 2 (calendar).
You can now use a tool in VisualEditor to add and edit code in color. [227]
When you edit a sentence in the Translate tool, it can show you older translations. They help you save time if they look alike. The older translations should now work better. If you see problems, you should report them. [228]
If you are an admin or have other special rights, you now need a strong password. [229]
Bot and JavaScript coders: The old continuation mode of the API for action=query doesn't work any more. [230]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on June 30 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future

When you create a new account, it will also create one on Meta-Wiki and mediawiki.org. [231]

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15:56, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-28

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Recent changes

On the mobile site, you now see more information when you search for a page. It now shows the description from Wikidata. [232]

Problems

The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets. [233]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 8. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 9 (calendar).
The "Page information" tool shows how many users watch the page. You can now see how many are active. [234] [235]
You can now translate articles into English with the new translation tool. [236]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 7 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:13, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-29

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Recent changes

You can now see a list of pages with errors in code coloring. [237]

Problems

There was a problem with editing on Thursday. Some tools like bots and VisualEditor were broken on all wikis for 10 minutes. [238]
There was a problem with images on Thursday. They were broken on all wikis for 15 minutes. [239]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 15. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 16 (calendar).

Meetings

You can join a technical meeting at Wikimania in Mexico City this week. [240]

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15:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-30

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Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 22. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 23 (calendar).
You now see more warnings in the image viewer. They tell you to be careful when using the image, for example if it shows a person. [241]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 21 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Soon you won't be able to use MathJax to display math. [242]

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03:05, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-31

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

You can now use redirects to link to JavaScript pages. [243]
You cannot use the compact user bar any more. [244]
You can change your options to see bigger images. [245]
You can watch short videos about how to use VisualEditor. [246]
You can now edit pages linked in "what links here" more easily. [247]

Problems

There was a problem with some Lua modules on July 22 and 23. Some pages using them did not list them in "what links here". You can fix those pages with a null edit: edit and save the page without making any change.
There was a problem with the abuse filter page on big wikis on July 23. It was due to a code error. [248]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 29. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 30 (calendar).
JavaScript authors: You cannot use wgNoticeUserData to get edit counts anymore. [249]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 28 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:05, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-32

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Recent changes

The ContentTranslation extension has been updated:
- You can now type in list paragraphs on wikis with right-to-left scripts. [250]
- Some user interface updates changed how details in the ContentTranslation extension look. [251] [252] [253] [254]
The error page you see when the sites are not working is now simpler and easier to read. It also shows the Wikimedia logo. [255]
MediaWiki now supports redirects for CSS pages. [256]
Bots can't guess captchas unlimited times anymore. [257]

Problems

There was a problem with thumbnails on wikis with local images on July 24 and 25. It was due to a code error. [258]
We can't search by file type on Wikimedia wikis now. [259]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 5. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 6 (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 4 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-33

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Recent changes

MediaWiki can now hide the signature button when you edit a content page. [260]
The "Your preferences have been saved" message has changed. You can now see more easily what was saved when you change preferences several times. [261]
You can now play Ogg video files in some browsers that don't support this format. This solution uses JavaScript and works on desktop browsers only for now. It will work on mobile later. [262]
You can now use the same tools to edit style in VisualEditor on mobile as in desktop browsers. [263]
It is now easier to see if there is a JavaScript error in a user or site script. [264]
JavaScript authors:
- You can no longer use the Sajax library. You can see a list of pages to fix. [265] [266]
- You can no longer use document.write on Wikimedia wikis. You can see a list of pages to fix. [267] [268]
The content translation tool now works better. It is easier to use math, and useless tags are no longer added. [269]

Problems

More edits have been rejected due to loss of session data lately. This is now fixed. [270]
Importing a Lua module sometimes didn't work. This is now fixed. [271]
Text was sometimes lost in the content translation tool. One part of the problem is now fixed. [272]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 12. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 13 (calendar).
UploadWizard is getting a new look. The look of buttons and checkboxes has already changed. This week, UploadWizard gets a new date picker. The other text fields will change soon. [273]
You can now test VisualEditor on mobile devices of all sizes. [274]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Some things in the watchlist will get a new look. [275]

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14:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-34

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Recent changes

Many Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Before they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [276] [277] [278]
Some auto-saving problems and other issues in the Content Translation tool are now fixed. Please report to the Content Translation feedback page if you still have problems. [279]

Problems

Older gadgets that are not using ResourceLoader are not loading anymore. They need to be updated. [280] [281]
On August 12 the machine translation servers and the Content Translation tool didn't work. This was fixed on the same day. [282]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 19. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 20 (calendar).
You can soon watch when something is added to or removed from a category. [283]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 18 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:17, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-35

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Recent changes

Disambiguation pages are now excluded from the random page function. [284]

Problems

There was a problem with CAPTCHAs in VisualEditor. This has now been fixed. [285]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from August 26. It will be on all Wikipedias from August 27 (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on August 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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13:02, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

VisualEditor will now automatically create a link when you type in or paste an ISBN (en), PMID (en), or RFC (en). [286][287]
The link editor in VisualEditor is now a bit wider. It's now the same width as the automatic citation tool. [288]
VisualEditor gadget authors can no longer use the backwards-compatibility module ext.visualEditor.viewPageTarget.init. Use ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init instead. [289]
Gadget writers can now use mediawiki.ForeignApi to communicate between different Wikimedia wikis. [290]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 1. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 2. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 3 (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 1 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

The Wikidata API will be updated with breaking changes. This will probably happen on September 9. [291]

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21:36, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

You can now mention up to 50 users in a post and they will get a notification. Previously you could notify up to 20 users. [292]
A new version of the Wikidata Toolkit has been released. It now has Wikibase API support. [293]
You can now use Wikidata to find all good or featured articles in a Wikipedia version. [294]

Problems

There was a problem with Tool Labs due to kernel (en) issues. This has been fixed. [295]
The Content Translation tool published some pages with the same reference repeated several times. This has been fixed. [296][297]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 10 (calendar).
The maximum character length when you search for something on the Wikimedia wikis is now 300 characters. [298]
The notifications list has been split into two lists. As a first step, notifications about messages on your user talk page will be placed in the second list. Feedback is requested at the Echo talk page. [299][300]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 8 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the Wikitech ambassadors mailing list. The list is for Wikimedians interested in spreading information about Wikimedia technology news. See how to join.

Future changes

The Wikimedia mailing lists will be moved to a new server and the software will be upgraded. This will happen on September 9 at 14:00 (UTC). The mailing lists will not be working during the move. It can take up to four hours. [301]
Wikidata will soon be able to store measurements, such as a mountain's height or the distance between two places. [302][303]

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17:29, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

You can now use the Wikidata query service. [304]
Belarusian-Taraškievica Wikipedia was moved from be-x-old.wikipedia.org to be-tarask.wikipedia.org. This caused some issues, but most of them were resolved. [305]
Language preferences might not be changed immediately when you adjust them. Language selection might work slower. Please report any problems. [306][307]

Problems

There was a problem when editing International Standard Book Numbers (en) in Visual Editor. This has now been fixed. [308]
The Wikimedia mailing lists should have been upgraded on September 9. It didn't work as planned and will now happen later. [309]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 16. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 17 (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 15 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

ContentTranslation will show more data on the Special:ContentTranslationStats page. For example, it will show translation trends and information about deleted translations. [310]
The first version of the translation suggestions feature will be deployed soon. [311]

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16:17, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

There is now an experimental Wikimedia maps service. You can give feedback here. [312][313]
Last week a few issues with UploadWizard were fixed. Before this was done, UploadWizard would stop you from uploading your files if something went wrong. [314][315][316][317]
More Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Previously they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [318]
The VisualEditor welcome dialogue has been changed. The intention is to make it more helpful for new users. [319]

Problems

Wikimedia Labs' HTTPS certificate (en) expired for most of Tuesday 15 September. To reach Wikimedia Labs and Tool Labs securely you had to ignore your browser's security error message. There was no risk to data security during this time. [320]
Last week the notification system was split into two parts. This was temporarily undone because of a bug and performance concerns. It will return to two parts this week. [321][322]
UploadWizard couldn't upload files larger than 5 MB when using chunked uploads. This has now been fixed. [323]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 23. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 24 (calendar).
The page move tool has been switched over to the new standard look for forms. [324]
You can now choose whether to extend a link or not when editing one in VisualEditor. This means it is easier to choose how much of what you type before and after the link is part of it. [325]
Wikibooks can now use data from Wikidata. [326]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join a meeting with the Wikidata team. It will be on September 23 at 17:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can register to the Wikimedia Developer Summit 2016 in San Francisco 4–6 January 2016. Gadget, template, bot, and tool developers are welcome as well. Call for participation and travel sponsorship requests are open until 2 October.

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18:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

In UploadWizard, the dialog to see an image preview has been removed. You already see the images in the thumbnails when you upload them. [327]
UploadWizard dialogs look a bit different now. They have been updated to the new OOUI look. [328]
You can now edit music scores in VisualEditor. You can add new sheet music scores and get live updates when you edit one. [329]
When you send an e-mail to another editor using Special:EmailUser, that user will now get a notification on the wiki as well. [330]
You can now see 500 images when you upload images from Flickr with UploadWizard. Before this change the limit was 50. [331]
The Wikimedia mailing lists have been upgraded. [332]
MediaWiki developers spent a day looking at proposed code changes in Gerrit. The goal was to clean up the backlog and give feedback to volunteer developers. [333]

Problems

Some visitors had problems reaching the Wikimedia sites for an hour on September 24. [334][335]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 30. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 1 (calendar).
There will be a new beta feature that allows editors to use Flow on their user talkpage if they want to. Each wiki can decide if they want to enable it. [336]
The Content Translation tool can give translation suggestions. This feature will now be available in more languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Italian, and Catalan. [337]

Meetings

You can join the strategy process of the Reading department of Wikimedia Engineering. [338]
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 29 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

The Wikimedia Foundation developers want the community to decide who can use OAuth in the future. You can discuss it on Meta.

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15:15, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

The link editor in the visual editor now shows results below the search box. This improves the usability on desktop and mobile. [339]
The description at Special:ChangeEmail now clearly explains that the page can also be used to remove your email. [340]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 8 (calendar).
UploadWizard will remind users to add a category. [341]
UploadWizard's category selectors will be easier to use. [342]
A new Cite error will be shown if a named reference is defined more than once in the same article. [343]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Wikidata requests your input on how to improve the editing of Wikidata's data in other locations, such as Wikipedias.

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18:32, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

The database size lists have been updated. These control special page update frequency and which wikis use global abuse filters. [344]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 13. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 14. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 15 (calendar).
You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons using the visual editor. When the image is uploaded it will be added to the article you're editing. [345]
Pages that show citation error messages will automatically be placed in a hidden category. [346]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 13 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:28, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

Tech News is trying to make reading the newsletter easier. The icon means the item is in the newsletter every week, but with new dates. The icon means the item is mainly relevant for readers with technical knowledge. You can leave feedback on this change.
Timestamps in the protection log will now be in the user's timezone. Previously they would show Coordinated Universal Time (en) (UTC). [347]

Problems

A problem with MediaWiki made some pages show no content on October 14. This has now been fixed. [348]
Some templates were misplaced in the Flow description bar. This could make it impossible to click on links. This will be fixed this week. [349]
The deployment of the new MediaWiki version was stopped on October 14. No new code was deployed for the rest of week. This meant planned changes did not happen. [350]

Changes this week

Changes that were planned to happen last week will happen this week. [351]
Wikispecies, Meta and MediaWiki.org will be able to use Wikidata for sitelinks. [352][353][354][355]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 20 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:02, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

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Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 27. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 29 (calendar).
The first time you use the visual editor, pop-ups will explain why and when you should use the citation and link tools. [356]
You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons from inside the wikitext editor by clicking "Upload" in the "Bestand toevoegen" dialog. You will also be able to drag and drop them into an article when using the visual editor. [357][358]
When you edit a code block in visual editor, you will have the syntax highlighted. [359][360]
Index and Page namespaces on Wikisource will be defined as content namespaces in $wgContentNamespaces. [361]

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18:04, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

You can now see how many editors are using a gadget on a wiki on Special:GadgetUsage. [362]
If you are using the mobile version of Wikipedia, you can now see Wikidata descriptions under article titles in search results. [363]
Editing conflicts are now detected when you edit on a mobile device. Before, this did not work properly on mobile. [364]

Problems

On October 26 the Wikimedia sites went down for ten minutes. [365]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 4. It will be on all Wikipedias from November 5 (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 3 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join. You can also read the latest VisualEditor newsletter.

Future changes

A help link will be added to Special:Search. Administrators might have to update the MediaWiki:Search-summary message to avoid two help links. [366]
Empty list items could be allowed in the future. If so, this could affect some templates. [367]

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16:43, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

Superprotect has been removed. [368]
You can now switch between the wikitext editor and the visual editor without saving. You will not lose the changes you have made. [369]
JSON dumps of the production search indexes are now available. They can be imported to Elasticsearch. [370]

Problems

Some translations for the Thanks and Echo extensions were missing. Translators have been asked to help and this should be solved soon. [371]

Changes this week

Thumbnails of 16-bit TIFF files will be displayed properly. Before, this didn't work. [372]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11. It will be on all Wikipedias from November 12 (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 10 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

A new tool to navigate through diff pages is being developed. You can test it out and give feedback. [373]
The options on Special:Watchlist will look slightly different. [374]

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17:18, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

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Changes this week

You can use TemplateData to indicate how you want a template to be displayed in wikitext. Tools like VisualEditor that edit templates will soon use this information. [375]
Echo notification icons in MonoBook will look more like other icons in the theme. [376]
The Community Tech team is doing a community wishlist survey to understand what they should be working on. They are now accepting proposals in all languages. You can create your proposal in the small box above the blue button and click it when you're done.
Wikis can make the welcome notification link to a specific page. [377]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 17. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18. It will be on all Wikipedias from November 19 (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 17 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Internet Explorer 8 will no longer have JavaScript support. You will still be able to browse and edit Wikipedia, but will not be able to use some features. This can be solved by upgrading to a newer version or switching to a different browser. The change will happen in January 2016. [378][379]

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19:39, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

A new Pageview API has been announced. Feedback is requested to help decide which data to add to it next.

Changes this week

There are no MediaWiki deployments this week (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Language Engineering team. The topic is: Content Translation updates and Questions & Answers. The meeting will be on 25 November at 13:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 24 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "RfC: Raise MediaWiki's PHP version requirement and update coding standards". The meeting will be on 25 November at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

From 1 December, the MediaWiki API will no longer support the dbg, txt, and yaml output formats. [380]

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20:26, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

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The symbol for advanced news items has been changed. This is because the symbols were too similar. If a news item is for more technical readers it now looks like this: . You can give feedback on this change.

Problems

On September 29 users' skin preferences were removed by mistake on small and medium-sized wikis. This changed preferences back to Vector. Restoring all data would cause even more problems. Affected users who want to have their preference changed back globally can ask for it as a comment on Phabricator task T119206 until December 21 2015. [381]
Some scheduled tasks were not working properly from September to recently. This meant some pages in the special pages namespace were not updated. It has now been fixed. [382]

Changes this week

Wikinews, Wikispecies, MediaWiki.org and Meta will be able to use information from Wikidata. [383][384]
There are no MediaWiki deployments this week (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 1 December at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is using the <figure> tag for media. The meeting will be on 2 December at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Category watchlists are now available on test wikis and MediaWiki.org. The plan is to enable it on most wikis in January. [385]
Cross-wiki notifications are being developed. When this is done you will not have to go to the wiki where something happened to be notified. [386]

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16:16, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

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Recent changes

Revision scoring will help to automatically identify bad-faith and good-faith edits. The point is to make it easier to block vandals and welcome newcomers. It currently supports Wikidata and 14 Wikipedias. [387]

Problems

Meta was not given access to information from Wikidata last week. This will happen later. [388]

Changes this week

You will be able to use wikilinks in Flow topic titles. [389]
IP users will have a toolbar with links to the user talk page and user contributions. Some Wikipedias already have this feature. [390]
You will be able to edit the graph size in the visual editor. You can either specify the size in the graph dialog or drag it to be the size you want it to be. [391]
It will be easier to write math in the visual editor if you don't know LaTeX (en). You can use symbol buttons instead. [392]
You will be able to use syntax highlighting (en) when you write math with LaTeX (en) in the visual editor. [393]
UploadWizard will look a bit different. [394]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 December. It will be on all Wikipedias from 10 December. (calendar).
New MediaWiki versions will now be on Catalan and Hebrew Wikipedia on Wednesdays. Other Wikipedias get the new MediaWiki version on Thursdays. [395]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 8 December at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are "Graph/Graphoid/Kartographer – data storage architecture" and "Parametric JSON builder". The meeting will be on 9 December at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

A new beta feature will show users links to related articles at the bottom of an article. It will not be enabled by default. [396]

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17:52, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

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Changes this week

Meta will be able to use information from Wikidata. [397]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 December. It will be on all Wikipedias from 17 December. (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 15 December at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is talking about the agenda for the Wikimedia Developer Summit. The meeting will be on 16 December at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join. [398]

Future changes

A new gadget manager will come next year. The new gadget system is called Gadgets 2.0. [399]

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17:42, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

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Tech News

Because of the holidays (en), the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 11 January 2016.
The writers of the technical newsletter are asking for your opinion. Did you get the information you wanted this year? Did we miss important technical news in 2015? What kind of information was too late? Please tell us! You can write in your language. Thank you!

Recent changes

CompletionSuggester is a new suggestions algorithm for Search. It is available as a Beta feature since 17 December. (more information)
The Multimedia team is running an A/B test for the cross-wiki upload tool. They are testing four different interfaces. The test is running from 16-23 December. (more information)

Changes this week

There is no deployment of MediaWiki scheduled until 12 January 2016 (calendar).

Meetings

Should administrators and other users with advanced tools need stronger passwords? You can discuss about it in a Request for Comments.
No meeting with the VisualEditor team on 22 and 29 December, and 5 January.

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2015 Nieuwsbrieven GLAM

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GLAM 2015
Galleries, Libraries, Archives en Museums.

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This Month in GLAM: January 2015

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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue I, January 2015
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Belgium report: SOIMA 2015; Wiki Loves Art; European Commission; FOSDEM Czech Republic report: Czech GLAM discusses why institutions are afraid to release their media France report: Celebrating public domain and more Germany report: GLAM on Tour in Wuppertal Italy report: 1600 usages for BEIC images in 165 wikis Netherlands report: Europeana Sounds edit-a-thon; Symposium & Erasmus Prize; Honorary doctorate for Wikipedia; New years drink Spain report: Europeana Fashion Edit-a-thon; Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 Awards ceremony; Benito Prieto Coussent Sweden report: Europeana; Working Life Museums UK report: Armenian Genocide; Diversity in Film; Residency Hat-Trick USA report: Philadelphia & New York Open Access report: Wikidata for research: proposal submitted; Open Access Media Importer: featured media Catalan areas report: Catalan Network of Public Libraries Calendar: February's GLAM events
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This Month in GLAM: February 2015

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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue II, February 2015
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Africa report: Photo Hunt in museum in Uganda Armenia report: Free Book for Wikipedians Belgium report: Conferences & workshops Catalan areas report: Edit-a-thons about archaeology in Gavà and biochemistry in Barcelona Finland report: Hacking Heritage France report: From prehistoric era to pirates: an usual month at WMFR Germany report: Open GLAM is one thing - open funds quite another Greece report: 10th Europeana Fashion Edit-a-thon organised by Athens' Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation Italy report: OCLC conference in Florence; Wiki Loves Monuments exhibition; continued BEIC activities Netherlands report: Report of activities: February Poland report: Developing GLAM collaborations in Poland Spain report: Workshops at Reina Sofía Library in Valladolid Sweden report: Strange noise, public art and old maps Switzerland report: First Swiss Open Cultural Data Hackathon UK report: Continued Catalan Collaboration; Steam Sounds; Glasgow GLAMs; Edinburgh Editathons USA report: Wikipedia in Philadelphia (and Ocean City, MD!) Special story: Europeana's Wikimedia Task Force reports Open Access report: Tracking recent uploads; Wikidata for research meetups; Ant-decapitating flies, Lego and a new frog Calendar: March's GLAM events
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This Month in GLAM: March 2015

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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue III, March 2015
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Africa report: Closing the gap of the Global South Belgium report: Gendergap and Belgiumgap Catalan areas report: One day at the radio France report: A very busy month! Germany report: 1 topic, 2 talks, 3 hours Italy report: Agreements with national cultural institutions and professional associations Mexico report: Wiki rides the subway editathon and second edition of the Editatona gender gap marathon Netherlands report: Nature, Art, Feminism and a GLAM-WIKI conference Poland report: Six months in Spain report: Women's edit-a-thons, Workshops and Miguel Delibes Sweden report: Fashion; BARK; Council of Central Museums UK report: GLAM activities in the UK USA report: Wikipedia in Philadelphia & New York Open Access report: Wikimania Open Access policy; Wikimania; Wikipedia Science Conference; Punch-card microfluidics Calendar: April's GLAM events
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This Month in GLAM: April 2015

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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue IV, April 2015
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Africa report: GLAM activities in Africa Catalan areas report: First Ever edit-a-thon in Andorra; Libraries project shared in L'Alguero; Archives time! France report: No spring break for Wikimédia France! Germany report: Fresh and GLAMmy datasets for Wikimedia projects to harvest Italy report: Wikimedia Italia Training Day and another one Bibliohackathon! Macedonia report: Collaboration with Holocaust Memorial Center Netherlands report: GLAM-WIKI; a new brochure; Wikipedia in the Museum Poland report: Modern art onto Wikimedia Commons Spain report: Women in Science edit-a-thon and other stories Sweden report: Conferences and edit-a-thons Taiwan report: Hackathon for Mandarin-Taiwanese Dictionary UK report: Around the world, in peace and war USA report: GLAM-Wiki US Consortium moving forward Special story: GLAM-WIKI 2015 in The Hague; Muse Awards for three GLAM-WIKI projects ! Wikipedia Library report: Wikipedia Library report Wikidata report: New feature: GLAM activities in Wikidata Open Access report: Wikiproject Open Access on Wikidata; Wikimedia Sverige at Meeting Place Open Access in Malmö; JATS-Con GLAM Survey report: Preliminary Results from Poland and Finland Calendar: May's GLAM events
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This Month in GLAM: Mai 2015

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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue V, May 2015
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Arabic region report: World Digital Library, Arab Peninsula Regional Group meeting Argentina report: Wikimedia Argentina Catalan areas report: ORCID France report: GLAM, all over the place! Germany report: Make a (GLAM) change! Italy report: Wikimedia Italia still works with BEIC Library and bibliographic data Macedonia report: Wikiexpedition on bicycles and visiting one of the most remote areas in Macedonia Netherlands report: Birds and Expeditions Poland report: The Józef Burszta Digital Archives donation Spain report: Edit-a-thons about Contemporary artists and St. James's Way Sweden report: Slow GLAM-month in Sweden UK report: Progress on an image release from the Bodleian; National Library of Scotland residency comes to an end; and Glasgow Museums develop a Wiki Working Group USA report: Wikipedian at the Centers for Disease Control - NIOSH Open Access report: New Topic Page; Open Access and the humanities; Wikimania & Wikidata Wikidata report: SPARQL and arbitrary access are coming Calendar: June's GLAM events
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This Month in GLAM: June 2015

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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue VI, June 2015
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Argentina report: Wikimedia Argentina Czech Republic report: Memorandum of Cooperation between the National Heritage Institute and the Wikimedia Czech Republic Finland report: Capturing public art with drones France report: Surfing on GLAMs' agenda Germany report: Open GLAM - How to create true participation Italy report: From Italian Parliament to libraries and Company Museums. And a Training Day too! Macedonia report: Wikipedian-in-residence in the National Archives (DARM) Netherlands report: Historical images of Dutch water works Sweden report: Maritime Sweden UK report: Royal Society of Chemistry; Thinktank; Oxford USA report: Wikidata for Mappers Special story: Europeana 1914-1918 Open Access report: Wikipedia is an amplifier of open access; 20,000 media files uploaded from PubMed Central Wikidata report: Wikidata this month Wikimania report: GLAM presentations at Wikimania Calendar: July's GLAM events
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This Month in GLAM: July 2015

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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue VII, July 2015
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Argentina report: Wikimedia Argentina France report: A GLAMourous summer Germany report: Fancy new apps based on GLAMorous data Italy report: Wiki Loves Monuments at Toscana Foto Festival and two new GLAM projects Netherlands report: Radio broadcasts; historic atlases; GLAMetrics Spain report: Wiki Loves Earth, municipalities and concerts Sweden report: Hedemora; Mapillary UK report: Royal Society of Chemistry; Thinktank; Oxford USA report: GLAM in Philadelphia Special story: Share what you know about Photo Events Open Access report: Wikimania: Citations and video Wikipedia Library report: Books & Bytes Wikidata report: Wikidata this month Wiki Loves Monuments report: Wiki Loves Monuments Calendar: August's GLAM events
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This Month in GLAM: August 2015

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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue VIII, August 2015
Headlines
Argentina report: Two edit-a-thons France report: August in Brittany Germany report: Sharing is Caring Mexico report: Pilot program to make freely licensed animation clips Spain report: Museum of African Art "Jiménez-Arellano Alonso"; Wiki Loves Monuments in Spain Sweden report: Odd submarines, new strategy and an old contest UK report: QRpedia AWOL; RSC holds another edit-a-thon Special story: New toolkit on Photo Events documents best practices, strategies and more Open Access report: Wikipedia as an amplyfier; horse face recognition, rhythm perception, fossil rodent teeth Wikidata report: Wikidata this month Calendar: September's GLAM events
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This Month in GLAM: September 2015

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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue IX, September 2015
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Argentina report: Edit-a-thon & editing challenges Belgium report: Wiki Loves Art; Publications; SOIMA 2015: Unlocking Sound and Image Heritage France report: Clever September Germany report: Opening up (with) the Prussians! Italy report: Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 Italian edition and photographic archives Macedonia report: Bringing Wikipedia closer to animal lovers Netherlands report: Who's afraid of Jacob van Ruisdael? Various gifts from Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden Spain report: Wiki Loves Monuments; Wiki Takes Ayora; Glaming Madrid; Wikimedia Connection; Creative Commons Valladolid Film Festival Sweden report: Books, exhibitions, maritime connections and monuments UK report: Wake me up, when September ends... USA report: Edit-a-thon in Seattle Open Access report: Homo naledi; Wikigate; Open Access Week Wikidata report: Wikidata this month Calendar: October's GLAM events
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This Month in GLAM: October 2015

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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue X, October 2015
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Argentina report: Edit-a-thon & editing challenges Belgium report: Flemish institutions start with Wikidata project France report: From Brittany to Provence Germany report: Conference "Shaping access!" and the concept of collaboration Italy report: The history of Fascism in Italian libraries Macedonia report: Wikipedian in residence at the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Netherlands report: Bird watching in the Rijksmuseum; Wiki Loves Eemland; Edit-a-thon Ooglijdersgasthuis Spain report: GLAMing Madrid, libraries and free images Sweden report: 55 000+ links to Wikipedia; Exhibits, concepts and biographies UK report: 'Hywel Dda' edit-a-thon & Pic-a-thon USA report: GLAM activities in Philadelphia & Seattle Open Access report: Open Access Week; Recent uploads Wikidata report: Wikidata this month Calendar: November's GLAM events
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This Month in GLAM: November 2015

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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue XI, November 2015
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Argentina report: Edit-a-thons and Digitization project France report: November comes and November goes, Wikimedians stay! Germany report: GLAM and copyright Italy report: Food images donation and much more! Mexico report: Rock and movies in Wikipedia Spain report: GLAMing Madrid, Wiki Loves Earth and Carmen Thyssen Museum Sweden report: Exhibitions and more images UK report: November in the UK USA report: GLAM activities in Seattle Special story: Guerrilla GLAMː An alternate way of doing GLAM in indie-way Open Access report: OpenCon; Robots, oysters and amber Wikidata report: Wikidata this month Calendar: December's GLAM events
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This Month in GLAM: December 2015

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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue XII, December 2015
Headlines
Argentina report: Edit-a-thons and Editing Challenges Basque Country report: Local Library weaves a community at Iurretapedia Bulgaria report: Archives Challenge; 100 ancient coins from Philippopolis Germany report: Wallraf Art and Focus on Zeiss Italy report: Fondazione Giorgio Cini donation and a new education project Macedonia report: Physics experiments in glorious HD! Netherlands report: Donation of videos; about Wikimedia during 3 conferences; image donation from Dutch Parliament; workshop at City Archive Rotterdam Spain report: GLAMing Madrid and Wiki Loves contests Sweden report: Riksutställningar UK report: National Library of Wales; Bodleian Libraries of Oxford Open Access report: Open Access stats; recent uploads Wikipedia Library report: Books & Bytes Wikidata report: Wikidata this month Calendar: January's GLAM events
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Uitnodiging Nieuwjaarsbijeenkomst

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De Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland wenst alle leden, vrijwilligers, donateurs en relaties het allerbeste voor 2016!

Graag nodigen wij u uit voor onze nieuwjaarsbijeenkomst op 16 januari 2016. Wij zijn dit jaar te gast bij Museum Catharijneconvent. Het museum heeft een vaste collectie bijzondere (kunst)historische objecten vanaf de vroege Middeleeuwen tot de 21e eeuw, tentoongesteld in de verschillende ruimtes in het museum. Neem een kijkje in de zalen en vergeet ook niet de sfeer te proeven van het prachtige 15e eeuwse kloostergebouw.

Vooraf aanmelden is noodzakelijk i.v.m het aantal beschikbare plaatsen. Graag ontvangen wij uw aanmelding vóór 14 januari 2016. Aanmelden kan via de website van Wikimedia Nederland.

Vogel tekeningen gemaakt door tekenaar Jos Zwarts aan Wikimedia Commons toegevoegd.

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Na een enthousiast betoog van een werkgroeplid over Project Natuur, besloot tekenaar Jos Zwarts zijn prachtige tekeningen beschikbaar te stellen onder een Creative Commons licentie. Jos zijn werk stond in vele tijdschriften en boeken waaronder: Atlas Nederlandse Broedvogels, Tussen Duin en Dijk en De steenuil. Opvallend voor zijn werk is dat de vogels in vlotte stijl, kenmerkend worden afgebeeld. Sinds begin december zijn de 1.024 tekeningen op Wikimedia Commons te vinden. Een zeer welkome aanvulling waar we Jos erg dankbaar voor zijn.

Schrijfweek Denemarken

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Van 19 december t/m 3 januari is er een schrijfweek over Denemarken. Iedereen kan meedoen door te schrijven over Denemarken, de Faeröer en Groenland, met als bonusmateriaal het Noordpoolgebied.

Schrijfweek Noord Brabant

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Van 18 t/m 24 januari 2016 is er een schrijfweek over Noord-Brabant. Op maandag 18 januari openen we de week met een schrijfochtend op het provinciehuis in 's-Hertogenbosch. Wil je meedoen? Stuur dan een mail aan Taketa<at>wikipedia.be.

Wikimania 2016 beurzen

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Het is nu mogelijk om een beurs aan te vragen voor Wikimania 2016, de jaarlijkse internationale Wikimedia Conferentie. Wikimania 2016 wordt dit jaar gehouden van 22 juni tot en met 26 juni in Esino Lario in Italië. De deadline voor het aanvragen van een beurs is 9 januari 2016. Meer informatie is hier te vinden.

Terugblik: Erasmusprijs uitreiking

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Op 25 november 2015 ontving de Wikipedia Community de Erasmusprijs. Het was een indrukwekkende dag met prachtige woorden over het goede werk van de Wikipedia gemeenschap. Lodewijk Gelauff nam samen met Adele Vrana en Phoebe Ayers de prijs namens de Wikipediagemeenschap in ontvangst en schreef een sfeerverslag. Het verslag is te lezen op de website van Wikimedia Nederland. Een uitgebreid beeldverslag is te bekijken op Wikimedia Commons.

Terugblik: Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland 2015

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Op zaterdag 28 november2015 sloot Wikimedia Nederland de Wikipedia week af met de Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland (WCN). Totaal 140 mensen kwamen naar de WCN. De conferentie is een platform om mensen bij elkaar te brengen die interesse hebben in Wikipedia en vrije kennis.

Keynote speaker Marietje Schaake, lid van het Europees Parlement, benadrukte op de WCN dat het loont om te vechten voor een beter auteursrecht. ‘Veel politici hebben een gebrek aan kennis op het gebied van auteursrecht – de lobby-organisaties zijn nog niet compleet op de hoogte maar zijn wel goed georganiseerd.’ In de zomer heeft Marietje Schaake in de ‘slag om de vrijheid van panorama’ voorkomen dat de situatie voor vrije kennis nog slechter werd. Lees verder

Presentaties en foto’s van de conferentie zijn terug te vinden in de categorie WCN 2015 op Wikimedia Commons.

Wiki Loves Monuments: de winnaars

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Een foto van de betonnen Belvédère uitkijktoren van Oranjewoud, gemaakt door deelnemer Uberprutser, is door de jury gekozen als beste foto van Wiki Loves Monuments 2015. De jury, bestaande uit experts op het gebied van architectuur, monumenten en fotografie, noemde de foto ‘Escherachtig’ en was enthousiast over het kleurgebruik, de compositie, het lijnenspel en de vlakverdeling.

Deelnemers konden dit jaar speciale prijzen winnen voor de beste foto’s van een ornament en van een Dudokmonument, een monument ontworpen door de bekende Nederlandse architect en stedenbouwkundige Willem Dudok. Jarkeld won de eerste prijs in de categorie ‘ornamenten’ met een close-up foto van een vogel op een doopvont, gemaakt in de St. Laurentiuskerk in Alkmaar. De eerste prijs in de categorie ‘Dudok’ ging naar Henk Ravenhorst voor zijn foto van het Raadhuis van Hilversum. Baykedevries stuurde dit jaar de meeste foto’s in. Zij fotografeerde maar liefst 813 unieke monumenten.

Stichting Open Monumentendag Gouda nam dit jaar de organisatie van Wiki Takes weer voor haar rekening. Beoogd werd meer foto’s van (details van) Goudse monumenten op Wikipedia te krijgen. Bekijk hier de Goudse winnaars. Benieuwd naar alle winnende foto’s? Bekijk dan het jurycommentaar en de winnende foto’s in het juryrapport.

Wikimedia Nederland aanwezig op erfgoedcongressen

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Op donderdag 12 november was Wikimedia Nederland met een informatiestand aanwezig op het jaarlijkse congres van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging van Informatieprofessionals in Nieuwegein. Doelstelling hiervan was om de bekendheid te vergroten met de mogelijkheden die informatie- en erfgoedinstellingen rondom Wikipedia hebben. De door Wikimedia Nederland samengestelde GLAM-brochure geeft hiervan ook een overzicht. Op maandag 7 december gaf Wikimedia Nederland een posterpresentatie op het congres DISH2015 in Rotterdam. Dit congres heeft als thema de ontwikkelingen op het gebied van digitale ontsluiting van erfgoed. Bekijk de poster hier.

Jaaroverzicht Wikipedia 2015

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Wikimedia Foundation heeft weer een prachtig Jaaroverzicht op video gepubliceerd. Kijk hier mee naar het overzicht van belangrijke gebeurtenissen uit 2015, geïllustreerd door de Wikipedia-artikelen die hierover geschreven worden.

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23 - 28 november: de week van Wikipedia

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Begin dit jaar werd bekend gemaakt dat de Erasmusprijs 2015 is toegekend aan de internationale Wikipediagemeenschap. Op 25 november reikt koning Willem Alexander in het Paleis op de Dam de prijs uit aan drie vertegenwoordigers van de gemeenschap. Zo’n 70 Wikipedianen uit binnen- en buitenland zijn uitgenodigd om daarbij aanwezig te zijn.

In de week van 23 - 28 november zijn er veel evenementen die interessant zijn voor Wikipedianen en Wikimedianen - en voor iedereen toegankelijk. De week zal gestart worden met een wetenschappelijke conferentie over Wikipedia gericht op onderzoekers, studenten en andere belangstellenden, georganiseerd door de KNAW op maandag 23 november. Ter gelegenheid van de Erasmusprijs uitreiking toont de UvA Bijzondere collecties op 25, 26 en 27 november een aantal stukken uit de collectie historische encyclopedieën.Op woensdag 25 november zijn de bezichtigingen gereserveerd voor Wikipedianen. Toegang is gratis, en per bezichtiging bestaat de groep in totaal uit maximaal 25 personen.

We sluiten de week af met de jaarlijkse Wikimedia Nederland Conferentie op 28 november georganiseerd door Wikimedia Nederland. Dit jaar wordt de keynote lezing gegeven door Europarlementariër Marietje Schaake; zij spreekt over Europa en het auteursrecht. Verder komen alle aspecten van de wereld rondom Wikipedia aan de orde, van software ontwikkeling tot voorbeelden van succesvolle samenwerking met culturele instellingen.

Kijk voor een volledig overzicht van alle activiteiten op onze website.

WCN - Eerste sprekers bekend & kaartverkoop gestart

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De Wikipediadag - de jaarlijkse Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland - besteedt op zaterdag 28 november in Utrecht ruim aandacht aan samenwerking tussen Wikipedia en de culturele sector en aan Wikidata, ‘the next big thing’ in de Wiki-wereld. De dag is bedoeld voor Wikipedia-bewerkers, samenwerkingspartners uit Nederland én buitenland, en iedereen met belangstelling voor Wikipedia en vrije kennis. Aan het eind van de dag worden de prijswinnaars van de fotowedstrijd Wiki Loves Monuments bekend gemaakt. Lees meer over het programma en bestel kaarten op de conferentiewebsite.

Themaweek Jac. P. Thijsse op Wikipedia

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Het is dit jaar precies 150 jaar geleden dat de grote natuurbeschermer en bioloog Jac. P. Thijsse werd geboren. Thijsse is misschien wel het meest bekend van de Verkade albums, hij heeft echter veel meer betekend voor de Nederlandse natuur en natuurbescherming. Nu is het uitgelezen moment om in samenwerking met IVN - Instituut voor natuureducatie en duurzaamheid - een themaweek rond Thijsse te organiseren.

In de week van 26 oktober tot 1 november kan iedereen die geïnteresseerd is meedoen aan de themaweek door een Wikipedia-artikel te schrijven of aan te vullen. Hierbij vatten we het thema Jac. P. Thijsse zeer breed op. Je kunt dus meedoen met een bijdrage over leven en werk van Thijsse zelf, zijn netwerk van vrienden en bekenden, de organisaties waarin hij actief was of mede oprichtte, parken, scholen of andere plekken die nog steeds aan hem herinneren. Voor meer inspiratie of suggesties voor artikelen en onderwerpen kunt je terecht op de projectpagina van de themaweek of kijken in de lijst met mogelijke artikelen. Ben je geïnteresseerd en wil je meedoen, zet dan je naam op de deelnemerslijst. Hier kun je ook je bijdragen registreren.

Wiki Loves Monuments

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De zesde editie van Wiki Loves Monuments is weer voorbij. Een maand lang konden fotografen over de hele wereld hun foto’s van cultureel erfgoed uploaden naar Wikimedia Commons, de beeldbank van Wikipedia. Wereldwijd werden er dit jaar in 33 landen meer dan 220.000 foto’s geüpload. In Nederland waren dat er meer dan 4000. Een professionele jury buigt zich momenteel onder leiding van juryvoorzitter Arjan den Boer over de ingezonden foto’s van Nederlands erfgoed. Zaterdag 28 november worden tijdens de Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland de prijswinnaars bekend gemaakt. De makers van de tien beste foto’s maken daarnaast ook nog kans op internationale prijzen.

Schrijfweek Amersfoort

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Ervaren Wikipedianen organiseerden van 5 t/m 11 oktober een schrijfweek over de gemeente Amersfoort. Zestien schrijvers gingen aan de slag met verschillende Amersfoortse onderwerpen; zo werden een aantal kunstwerken voorzien van een eigen Wikipedia-artikel en ook een aantal Rijksmonumenten hebben sinds kort een eigen artikel. De schrijfweek leverde in totaal 55 nieuwe artikelen op, daarnaast zijn een aantal artikelen voorzien van een aanvulling. Een heel mooi begin. Wil jij ook aan de slag met het schrijven van een Wikipedia-artikel? Ga dan eens langs bij het Amersfoorste Eemhuis. Elke tweede vrijdag van de maand is het Wikipedia inloopochtend en staan ervaren Wikipedianen klaar om te helpen.

Wikidata 3 jaar

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Wikidata vierde op 29 oktober haar derde verjaardag. De database is in korte tijd uitgegroeid tot een waardevolle database met een schat aan informatie. Wikimedia Nederland feliciteert Wikidata!

Gendergap - schrijf je mee?

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De gendergap werkgroep werkt er hard aan om meer ‘vrouwelijke’ artikelen op Wikipedia te krijgen. Wil je ons helpen? Er is een hele lange lijst met gewenste vrouwelijke artikelen. Vind je het prettig om samen met leden van de werkgroep te kijken naar je artikel voordat je het publiceert? Kom dan langs bij een van de Gendergap WikiZaterdagen.

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Educatieprogramma: Erfgoedcolleges

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In september is Universiteit Utrecht in samenwerking met Wikimedia Nederland gestart met het Wikipedia-onderdeel van een collegereeks bij de interdisciplinaire minor Geschiedenis: Herinneren in de digitale wereld. In deze cursus onderzoeken de studenten de rol van de historicus in een tijd waarin iedereen - vaak met digitale media - zich met geschiedenis kan bezighouden. De studenten bestuderen Wikipedia als platform én schrijven zelf een artikel voor Wikipedia.

Wikimedia Nederland geeft onder andere Wikipedia-werkcolleges en is met ervaren Wikipedia-bewerkers aanwezig om vragen van studenten te beantwoorden. Meer informatie over dit onderdeel van het Educatieprogramma is te lezen op de projectpagina.

Terugblik: Gendergap WikiZaterdag #1

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De gendergap werkgroep organiseert periodiek middagen waar er gezamenlijk aan wordt gewerkt om Wikipedia een stukje vrouwelijker te maken. Op zaterdag 12 september is de eerste Gendergap WikiZaterdag gehouden.

Een grote groep deelnemers heeft een algemene presentatie gevolgd en is vervolgens binnen haar/zijn interessegebied op Wikipedia aan de slag gegaan. Op de gendergap projectpagina lees je meer over wat we die dag hebben gedaan. De volgende Gendergap WikiZaterdag is op 10 oktober, kom je ook?

Oproep: Vogelen in het Rijks op 4 oktober

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Op 4 oktober organiseren Rijksmuseum, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Wikimedia Nederland & COMMIT SealincMedia een vogelaarsdag bij het Rijksmuseum. We zijn op zoek naar een aantal enthousiaste Wikimedia-vrijwilligers met interesse in vogels en/of ervaring op Wikimedia Commons, die willen meehelpen met het determineren van vogels of die de aanwezige 'vogelaars' willen assisteren met het categoriseren van de afbeeldingen op Wikimedia Commons. Interesse? Stuur dan een mail naar sandra.fauconnier@gmail.com.

Inschrijving geopend: Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland 2015

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Benieuwd naar de wereld achter Wikipedia en andere Wiki-projecten? Kom dan op zaterdag 28 november naar de Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland in Meeting Plaza te Utrecht. De keynotespreker is Marietje Schaake, lid van van het Europees Parlement met belangstelling voor auteursrecht in het digitale tijdperk. Zij spreekt over ‘Europa en het auteursrecht’.

Centrale thema’s op 28 november zijn:

de resultaten van de samenwerking tussen de Wikimedia-beweging en musea, universiteiten en andere organisaties
Wikidata: de in rap tempo groeiende ‘database’ van Wikipedia
de werksfeer op Wikipedia.

Eind oktober verwachten wij een voorlopig programma te kunnen presenteren.

Interesse? Kijk dan hier voor meer informatie over de conferentie én om in te schrijven.

Oproep: Vrijwilligers Wiki-helpdesk WCN 2015

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Bij de ‘wiki-helpdesk’ kunnen de deelnemers van de Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland concreet vragen stellen over het bewerken van wiki's. Wij zoeken nog 6 ervaren Wikipedianen die het leuk vinden om mensen verder te helpen op Wiki gebied. Vrijwilligers die minstens een dagdeel meewerken bij de helpdesk hebben gratis toegang tot de conferentie. Mail naar info@wikimedia.nl om je aan te melden.

Laatste dag Wiki Loves Monuments 2015

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Morgen, 30 september, is de laatste dag waarop deelnemers foto’s kunnen insturen voor de fotowedstrijd Wiki Loves Monuments 2015. Op het moment van schrijven zijn er al ….. foto’s ingestuurd. Het is morgen nog tot middernacht mogelijk om mee te doen.

Dit jaar werd voor de vijfde keer Wiki Loves Monuments georganiseerd in Nederland. Lokale edities vonden plaats in Gouda (‘Wiki Takes Gouda Again’), Hilversum (‘Wiki Takes Dudok’) en Eemsmond (‘Wiki Takes Eemsmond’).

De prijsuitreiking is op zaterdag 28 november tijdens de Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland. Winnaars maken niet alleen kans op het toch al uitgebreide prijzenpakket, ook kunnen hun foto’s vereeuwigd worden in een speciale publicatie van Monumentaal, die in december zal verschijnen. Daarnaast maken zij net als voorgaande jaren ook weer kans op internationale Wiki Loves Monuments prijzen.

Project Natuur

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Weet u veel over de natuur in het algemeen - of Jac. P. Thijsse in het bijzonder? Doe dan mee met de Wikipedia-schrijfcursus van Wikimedia Nederland. De cursus wordt gratis aangeboden en beslaat in totaal 3 dagdelen verspreid over 2 dagen. De cursus zal worden gegeven op zaterdag 10 oktober van 10:00 tot 15:00 uur en op zaterdag 24 oktober van 10:00 tot 12:00 uur op het kantoor van IVN, Plantage Middenlaan 2c te Amsterdam. Meld u dan nu aan voor de Wikipedia schrijfcursus. Aansluitend zal er in de laatste week van oktober een “themaweek” gehouden worden op de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia.

Project Tweede Wereldoorlog: nieuwe samenwerking met het Nationaal Bevrijdingsmuseum 1944-1945

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Het Nationaal Bevrijdingsmuseum 1944-1945 in Groesbeek toont de geschiedenis van de bevrijding van Nederland. Het doet dat aan de hand van een collectie van meer dan 56.000 voorwerpen en brondocumenten die niet alleen de periode 1944-1945 bestrijken, maar ook het Interbellum, het begin van de oorlog en de Wederopbouw. Om deze collectie zichtbaarder te maken is het museum met een klein digitaliseringsproject begonnen waarbij kwalitatief hoogstaande foto’s van objecten gemaakt en naar Commons geupload zullen worden. Een eerste voorproefje is hier al te zien. In het kader van dit project doet het museum ook ‘verzoeknummers’: werk je aan een artikel over de Tweede Wereldoorlog en zoek je een foto van een object waarvan je denkt dat het museum dat heeft, ga dan naar de projectpagina en maak je wens kenbaar!

Voor in de agenda: Atria conferentie

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Op donderdag 3 en vrijdag 4 december organiseert Atria de internationale conferentie "Sharing the past, debating the present, creating the future: International conference on archiving in the 21st century" ter ere van het 80-jarig jubileum van de collectie IAV (Internationaal Archief voor de Vrouwenbeweging). Locaties: Beurs van Berlage en Atria, Amsterdam. Meer informatie over het programma en inschrijvingsmogelijkheid vind je op de conferentiewebsite.

Wikipedia schrijfweek over Amersfoort

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Van 5 t/m 11 oktober 2015 is er op Wikipedia een schrijfweek over Amersfoort. Tijdens deze week wordt op vrijdag 9 oktober van 10:00 tot 13:00 een bijeenkomst gehouden in de Amersfoortse bibliotheek Het Eemhuis. Iedereen is van harte welkom om mee te schrijven of langs te komen. Wil je meer informatie over de schrijfweek of de bijeenkomst? Lees dan verder op onze website.

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Nieuwe versie van Wikiportret staat online

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Begin juli is er dankzij het harde werk van een aantal vrijwilligers een nieuwe verbeterde versie van Wikiportret beschikbaar gekomen. Niet alleen de vormgeving is aangepast, ook is het met de komst van deze nieuwe versie nu nog makkelijker om portretfoto’s te uploaden. Kortom staat er op Wikipedia een artikel zonder portretfoto en heeft u een zelf gemaakte foto die bij het artikel past? Stel dan via http://www.wikiportret.nl/ uw foto beschikbaar en de vrijwilligers van Wikipedia doen de rest.

Verslag Wikimania

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In juli kwamen honderden Wikipedianen uit alle hoeken van de wereld naar Mexico voor Wikimania 2015. Met een uitstekend georganiseerd programma dat tot de nok toe gevuld was met lezingen, workshops, vergaderingen en de tweedaagse hackaton voorafgaand aan de conferentie was er voor elk wat wils. Zo was er aandacht voor de copyright ontwikkelingen in Europa, het wetenschappelijke onderzoek dat naar Wikipedia gedaan wordt en het gebruik van Articial Intelligence om de taken van editors te verlichten. En omdat het over Wikipedia gaat waren er discussies, bijvoorbeeld over Wikidata, conflicts of interests en zelfs over... discussies!. En dus: op naar Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario!

Onderzoek onder Wikipedia-schrijvers en Wikipedia-lezers

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Zowel internationaal als lokaal is er binnen de Wikimedia-beweging veel aandacht voor hoe Wikipedianen de werksfeer ervaren, net zoals er aandacht is voor het relatief lage aantal vrouwen dat aan Wikipedia bijdraagt, en aandacht voor de instroom en het behoud van nieuwe bewerkers. Van 3 tot 16 juni konden ingelogde gebruikers op de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia deelnemen aan de enquête.

Doel: meer feitelijk inzicht genereren in de mening van de bijdragers zelf over het werken op Wikipedia. De technische uitvoering van het onderzoek werd gedaan door Bureau Motivaction, in opdracht van Wikimedia Nederland. Parallel aan de bevraging van Wikipediabewerkers voerde Motivaction ook een onderzoek uit onder lezers van Wikipedia. Dit gebeurde door raadpleging van een focusgroep die representatief is voor de Nederlandse bevolking. De resultaten van beide onderzoeken zijn nu beschikbaar op deze projectpagina. Interessant leesvoer voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in de wereld achter en rondom Wikipedia.

Tijdens de WikiZaterdag op 12 september is er de kans om te praten over de uitkomsten van het onderzoek - en wat Wikimedia Nederland kan doen om om een bijdrage te leveren aan een prettige en constructieve werksfeer. Kom langs als je een bijdrage wilt leveren aan deze discussie.

Gendergap

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Op Wikipedia is er sprake van een gendergap. Slechts 11% van de bewerkers op de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia identificeert zichzelf als vrouw. Wikipedia is vooral sterk in het verstrekken van informatie over onderwerpen die traditioneel door mannen belangrijk worden gevonden, zoals techniek, sport, wetenschap en science fiction.

Hoog tijd om hier verandering in te brengen, aldus de gendergap werkgroep. Eens per maand organiseren zij een WikiZaterdag om vrouwen op de kaart te zetten. De ene keer is dat op kantoor in Utrecht, de andere keer op locatie. De aftrap is op zaterdag 12 september. Graag nodigen we je uit om deel te nemen aan deze WikiZaterdag.

Wiki Loves Monuments

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De grootste fotowedstrijd ter wereld, Wiki Loves Monuments, gaat volgende maand weer van start! Help jij mee Wikipedia’s database voor afbeeldingen, Wikimedia Commons, compleet te maken door jouw afbeeldingen van monumenten en historische plaatsen voor vrij gebruik beschikbaar te stellen? Upload jouw foto’s in de maand september en maak kans op een van de vele fantastische prijzen. Win jij dit jaar de fotoreis, de helicoptervlucht, een van de tijdschriftabonnementen, entreekaartjes voor musea of boekenpakketten?

Wiki Takes Dudok 19 september

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Wikimedia Nederland organiseert in samenwerking met Museum Hilversum en het Dudok Architectuur Centrum op 19 september een fotografieworkshop in Hilversum. Onder leiding van een professionele fotograaf kunnen deelnemers aan de slag om monumenten ontworpen door de bekende Nederlandse architect en stedenbouwkundige Willem Dudok (1884-1974) op de gevoelige plaat vast te leggen. Voor meer informatie kunt u kijken op www.wikilovesmonuments.nl. Deelname is gratis, maar aanmelden via deze website is wenselijk.

Wikipedia schrijfcursus: Schrijf mee over natuur op Wikipedia

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Dit jaar is het 150 jaar geleden dat Jac. P. Thijsse, de bekende natuurbeschermer, werd geboren. Reden genoeg voor natuurorganisaties om het Thijssejaar in het leven te roepen en zo zijn gedachtegoed in ere te houden. Ook Wikipedia wil niet achterblijven. Ter gelegenheid van deze herdenking zal in de laatste week van oktober een “themaweek” gehouden worden op de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia.

Als voorbereiding op deze thema week organiseert Wikimedia Nederland samen met het IVN in de maand oktober een Wikipedia-schrijfcursus. Weet u veel over de natuur in het algemeen - of Jac. P. Thijsse in het bijzonder? Doe dan mee met de Wikipedia-schrijfcursus van Wikimedia Nederland. De cursus wordt gratis aangeboden en beslaat in totaal 3 dagdelen verspreid over 2 dagen. De cursus zal worden gegeven op zaterdag 10 oktober van 10:00 tot 15:00 uur en op zaterdag 24 oktober van 10:00 tot 12:00 uur op het kantoor van IVN, Plantage Middenlaan 2c te Amsterdam. Om de cursus te kunnen volgen is een laptop nodig. Wilt u ook meehelpen om de Nederlandse natuur op Wikipedia te beschrijven? Meld u dan nu aan voor de Wikipedia schrijfcursus. Afbeelding: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20150729HeimansEnThijsseStichting01.jpg

Keynote spreker Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland bekend - nog ruimte voor andere sprekers

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Europees Parlementslid Marietje Schaake zal keynote spreker zijn tijdens de Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland op 28 november. Zij zal in haar presentatie dieper ingaan op Europa en het auteursrecht.

Wil je ook spreken tijdens de conferentie? Het is nog tot 15 oktober aanstaande mogelijk om een voorstel voor een presentatie in te dienen.

Voor de WCN zoeken we nog vrijwilligers die sessies willen begeleiden of bijvoorbeeld foto's maken gedurende de dag. Meer informatie hierover kun je lezen in de vrijwilligersvacatures.

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KB doneert 3100 afbeeldingen

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Met de donatie van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek is Wikimedia Commons ruim 3100 afbeeldingen rijker. De afbeeldingen komen uit drie atlassen uit de periode van 1690-1750. De atlassen zijn eind vorige eeuw gedigitaliseerd en online geplaatst op Het Geheugen van Nederland.

Elke atlas heeft zijn eigen categorie gekregen.

Categorie:Atlas Schoemaker (2579 beelden)
Categorie:Atlas_van_der_Hagen (446 beelden)
Categorie:Atlas_Beudeker (133 beelden)

De Koninklijke Bibliotheek werkt de komende tijd ook nog aan het uitbreiden van Wikipedia-artikelen over de werken en de makers/samenstellers, het aanmaken en verbeteren gerelateerde Wikidata-items en het promoten van de donatie buiten de community. Daarbij kunnen ze wel wat hulp gebruiken, Wikipedianen worden dan ook uitgenodigd om aan de slag te gaan met de beelden.

Voor in de agenda - Jimmy Wales in Paradiso

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In de week van de Erasmusprijs uitreiking (25 november) worden activiteiten georganiseerd door Wikimedia Nederland en verschillende partners. Op de projectpagina (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Uitreiking_Erasmusprijs#Agenda) is een agenda te vinden die de komende weken zal worden aangevuld. Op woensdagochtend 25 november (de dag van de prijsuitreiking) is Jimmy Wales bijvoorbeeld te zien in Paradiso met de lezing ‘The Challenge of Wikipedia Governance: Beyond the Male Geek Values’. Deze bijeenkomst wordt door Paradiso zelf georganiseerd, in samenwerking met de Stichting Praemium Erasmianum. Kaarten (€ 5,- / € 10,-) kunnen via de website van Paradiso worden gekocht.

Wie is Wie

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Vrijwilligers en medewerkers van Wikimedia Nederland stellen zich graag aan jullie voor. Wil je ook een keer in deze rubriek? Stuur dan een email naar info@wikimedia.nl

Naam of gebruikersnaam: Marike van Roon
(email adres) marike@wikimedia.nl
Eerste bewerking: februari 2012
Rol bij Wikimedia Nederland: bestuurslid
Is bij Wikimedia Nederland bezig met: vergroten betrokkenheid van GLAM-organisaties en universiteiten, medewerker project GLAM-textiel
Is geïnteresseerd in: textieltechnieken, borduurateliers, kunst- en kunstnijverheid in het algemeen
Is buiten Wikimedia Nederland bezig met: bijzondere Collecties van de Universiteit van Amsterdam
Ziet Wikipedia over tien jaar: als het startpunt voor elk onderzoek, een encyclopedie met een evenwichtige inhoud en een evenwichtig samengestelde gemeenschap. Ziet ook een grote toekomst voor Wikidata, daar zit de museum- en bibliotheekwereld echt op te wachten, vooral samenwerken!
Wil nog graag kwijt: Wikipedia zou een leerschool voor studenten kunnen zijn, aangezien je alle vaardigheden die je nodig hebt om een goed artikel voor Wikipedia te schrijven (publicaties analyseren, een neutraal en feitelijk artikel schrijven, de inhoud kunnen verantwoorden en met kritiek kunnen omgaan) ook nodig hebt in de academische wereld.

Algemene ledenvergadering

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Voor in de agenda: De Algemene Ledenvergadering van Wikimedia Nederland is gepland op zaterdag 26 september 2015. Locatie: vergaderzaal boven restaurant Se7en, Mariaplaats 7, Utrecht. De uitnodiging en agenda worden separaat aan leden verzonden.

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Let op kopjes laten staan!

Panoramavrijheid in gevaar?

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Dagelijks worden architectonische iconen zoals bijvoorbeeld de Erasmusbrug, stationsgebouwen, Eye Amsterdam en het Groninger Museum talloze keren gefotografeerd door toeristen en professionele fotografen en filmmakers.

Het recht om foto’s te maken van gebouwen en kunstwerken die zich in de publieke ruimte bevinden, en deze commercieel te gebruiken zonder toestemming van of vergoeding aan de copyrighthouder, valt onder wat in de wandelgangen de panoramavrijheid wordt genoemd. Maar hieraan zou in de toekomst een einde kunnen komen, als het Europees Parlement een voorstel goedkeurt om het auteursrecht binnen de EU te wijzigen. Op 9 juli hebben de Euro-parlementariërs nog een laatste kans om dit te voorkomen.

Lees meer in onze blog.

Jaarverslag 2014 online beschikbaar

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Het Jaarverslag 2014 van Wikimedia Nederland staat online. In het jaarverslag legt het bestuur verantwoording af over de activiteiten in het afgelopen jaar. Het jaarverslag is goedgekeurd tijdens de Algemene Ledenvergadering van 18 april 2015.

Resultaten Expeditie Wikipedia

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Het Wikipedia in Residence project ‘Expeditie Wikipedia’ liep in 2014. Onder leiding van de Nederlandse Stichting Academisch Erfgoed hebben tien Nederlandse universitaire musea en collecties en het Tropenmuseum media bijgedragen aan Wikimedia Commons. Deze bijdragen hadden betrekking op het algemene thema ‘expedities en ontdekkingsreizen’.

Op 28 mei 2015 werden in Utrecht de resultaten van het project officieel gepresenteerd tijdens het symposium ‘Shared Authority’ in Utrecht. Daarnaast werd een web applicatie gelanceerd die resultaten van het expeditie project laat zien.

Voor de komende maanden staat in het kader van dit project een beeld donatie aan Wikimedia Commons door het Tropenmuseum op de planning.

Nederlands cultureel erfgoed op Wikipedia bereikt maandelijks miljoenenpubliek

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Welke impact heeft het online beschikbaar stellen van collecties door culturele instellingen? Hoeveel digitale erfgoedobjecten zijn er al online beschikbaar en wat zijn dat voor een objecten? Worden deze bestanden ook bekeken nadat ze beschikbaar zijn gesteld? In de analyse van Open Cultuur Data is er gezocht naar antwoorden op deze vragen en de cijfers zijn indrukwekkend. Lees er meer over in deze blog.

Video’s GLAM-WIKI staan online

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Benieuwd naar de presentaties die in april gegegeven zijn tijdens de internationale conferentie GLAM-WIKI 2015 in Den Haag, of wil je er graag nog eens eentje terugkijken? De videoregistratie van presentaties is nu terug te zien op Wikimedia Commons én op het Wikimedia Nederland Youtube kanaal.

Oproep sprekers Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland

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De Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland is de jaarlijkse conferentie over Wikipedia, vrije kennis en verwante onderwerpen. Het is dé gelegenheid voor sprekers om het publiek met hun onderwerp of project kennis te laten maken. Wij nodigen iedereen met een goed uit om een voorstel voor een presentatie, workshop of discussie in te dienen. Meer informatie over het soort sessies en hoe je een voorstel kunt indienen, lees je op de website.

Vrijwilligersvacatures

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Wikimedia Nederland is op zoek naar vrijwilligers. Er zijn mogelijkheden voor vrijwilligerswerk over een langere periode, of voor één dag. Wil je ook een keer vrijwilligerswerk doen tijdens een van onze activiteiten? Of denk je erover om actief worden binnen een van onze werkgroepen? Neem dan eens een kijkje bij de openstaande vacatures.

Zaterdag 5 september - Wikipedia edit-a-thon Design Derby

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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen en Wikimedia Nederland organiseren op zaterdagmiddag 5 september een Wikipedia-edit-a-thon die aansluit bij de tentoonstelling Design Derby - Nederland - België (1815-2015).

De middag start met een Wikipedia-introductie en een rondleiding door de tentoonstelling. Vervolgens wordt er gezamenlijk gewerkt aan artikelen over ontwerpers, stijlen en ontwerpen uit Nederland en België. Ervaring met Wikipedia en encyclopedisch schrijven is niet vereist. Tijdens de bijeenkomst zijn Wikipedianen aanwezig om nieuwkomers te begeleiden.

Meedoen? Hou dan 5 september vrij in de agenda. Meer informatie over de middag is te vinden op de website van Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

Wiki Loves Monuments 2015: doe jij dit jaar mee?

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Wiki Loves Monuments is een wereldwijde fotowedstrijd waar je aan mee kunt doen vanuit je eigen stad of dorp. Help jij mee goede foto’s van monumenten te maken , zodat iedereen die gebruik maakt van Wikipedia een goed overzicht krijgt van het prachtige culturele erfgoed van Nederland? Op Wikipedia vind je de lijsten met alle rijks- en gemeentelijke monumenten. Kies jouw provincie, klik op jouw stad of dorp en ga aan de slag.

Er is in ieder geval een prijs voor de maker van de mooiste foto, maar ook voor degene die tussen tussen 1 en 30 september de meeste foto’s uploadt. Mogelijk zijn er nog meer prijzen te winnen.

Wikipedia schrijfcursus: Schrijf mee over natuur op de Utrechtse Heuvelrug

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Weet u veel over de natuur in het algemeen en het Nationaal Park Utrechtse Heuvelrug in het bijzonder? En wilt u uw kennis graag delen met andere geïnteresseerden? Schrijf dan mee met de Wikipedia-schrijfcursus van Wikimedia Nederland. Wikimedia Nederland zet zich via het Project Natuur in om de online informatie over de Nederlandse natuur kwantitatief aan te vullen en kwalitatief te verbeteren.

In de maanden augustus en september organiseert Wikimedia Nederland samen met het Nationaal Park Utrechtse Heuvelrug (NPUH) een Wikipedia schrijfcursus. De cursus wordt gratis aangeboden en beslaat in totaal 3 dagdelen. Tijdens deze middagen schenken wij aandacht aan artikelen over de natuur op Wikipedia en wij introduceren u in het schrijven en bewerken van artikelen op Wikipedia. Vervolgens gaat u zelf aan de slag met behulp van ervaren vrijwilligers. Wilt u ook meehelpen om de Nederlandse natuur op Wikipedia te beschrijven? Houdt dan onze website in de gaten voor meer informatie over de cursus.

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Wikimedia Nederland, "Nieuwsbrief Wikimedia Nederland #43", 28 juni 2015

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Afbeeldingen van Nederlandse vogels aan Wikimedia Commons toegevoegd

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Begin mei zijn 250 historische afbeeldingen van Nederlandse vogels aan Wikimedia Commons toegevoegd. Het gaat hierbij om de afbeeldingen uit het boek Nederlandsche Vogelen (1770-1829) van Nozeman, Sepp en Houttuyn uit de collectie van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek.

De afbeeldingen zijn dankzij Gebruiker:Husky te vinden in Category:Nederlandsche vogelen van Nozeman en Sepp. Alle vogels zijn voorzien van de Latijnse naam. Wikimedia Nederland is blij met deze donatie en ziet het toevoegen van de afbeeldingen als een verrijking voor Wikipedia. Kijk hier voor meer informatie over Project Natuur en de activiteiten.

Radio Oranje op Wikipedia

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Onlangs heeft het Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid een groot aantal uitzendingen van Radio Oranje vrijgegeven via Wikimedia Commons. Radio Oranje gaf tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog vanuit Londen de informatievoorziening voor bezet Nederland. De uitzendingen zijn hier te beluisteren. Een aantal bestanden is al verwerkt in artikelen, misschien kun jij er ook een toevoegen aan een artikel?

Wikipedian in Residence bij Naturalis

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Per 1 mei is Hans Muller bij Naturalis actief als Wikipedian in Residence. In samenwerking met de Wikimedia Nederland werkgroep Project Natuur gaat hij diverse activiteiten organiseren. Daarnaast zal hij zich bezig houden met beeld- en datadonaties uit de rijke collecties van Naturalis, en met interne en externe voorlichting over Wikipedia. Kijk hier voor meer informatie.

Stagiairs vertalen voor Wikipedia

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Op 1 mei zijn Arjen Lock en Eveline Poser begonnen als vertaal-stagiairs voor het Wikipedia Educatieprogramma. Arjen en Eveline zijn studenten van de ITV Hogeschool voor Tolken en Vertalers, respectievelijk voor Russisch en Duits. Ze gaan de komende maanden werken aan het vertalen van artikelen die door Wikipedianen zijn aangedragen.

Eind januari plaatsten we een oproep in de kroeg waarin we inventariseerden of er behoefte was aan het laten vertalen van artikelen door stagiairs. Hierop zijn vele vertaalverzoeken binnengekomen. Uiteindelijk hebben we twee stagiairs weten te interesseren voor deze unieke stage. Arjen en Eveline gaan niet zelf op Wikipedia schrijven. Ze vertalen artikelen die door Nederlandse Wikipedianen zijn aangevraagd; waarbij de aanvrager zelf verantwoordelijk is voor de verwerking.

De stagiairs plaatsen de vertaalde teksten zelf op de projectpagina. Daar kan iedereen hun werk zien en eventueel becommentariëren. Meer informatie, en de eerste vertaalde artikelen zijn te vinden op https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Educatieprogramma/Pilot1

Vrijwilligers gezocht voor de werkgroep Wiki Loves Monuments

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Wiki Loves Monuments heeft als doel: zo veel mogelijk kwalitatief hoogwaardige foto’s van monumenten verzamelen, zodat iedereen die gebruik maakt van bijvoorbeeld Wikipedia een goed overzicht krijgt van het prachtige culturele erfgoed van Nederland. We proberen dit te bereiken door het organiseren van een (internationale) fotowedstrijd.

Voor dit project zijn wij nog op zoek naar:

Mensen die contact willen opnemen met een aantal gemeentes om er voor te zorgen dat we een gemeentelijke monumentenlijst hebben.
Een jurylid voor het beoordelen van de foto’s.
Een organisatietalent voor het organiseren van Wiki Takes: plaatselijke Wiki Loves Monuments activiteiten.

Ben jij, of ken jij, iemand die het leuk vindt om zich in te zetten voor de grootste foto wedstrijd ter wereld? Geef je dan snel op via meijer@wikimedia.nl.

Technische hulpmiddelen te leen

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Wikimedia Nederland heeft een techniek pool: een verzameling apparatuur die door vrijwilligers geleend kan worden. Onlangs is de is de techniekpool aangevuld met kleine analoge microfoons, geschikt om eenvoudige geluidsopnamen te maken. Daarnaast hebben wij ook beschikbaar: beamer, picobeamer (kleine mobiele beamer), whiteboard, Canon PowerShot G12 camera, GPS ontvanger voor Canon, kaartlezer en een Blue Yeti USB Microfoon. Heb je interesse om iets te lenen uit de techniekpool? Neem dan contact met ons op via info@wikimedia.nl of neem een kijkje op de uitleenpagina. Indien je apparatuur nodig hebt die nog niet op de lijst staat, kun je een voorstel indienen voor aankoop of huur door WMNL.

Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland

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De voorbereidingen voor de Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland (WCN) 2015 zijn opgestart. De WCN is een evenement voor en door mensen die zijn geïnteresseerd in de de technische, sociale en maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen op het gebied van wiki’s en de Wikimedia-projecten in het bijzonder, zoals de vrije encyclopedie Wikipedia.

Dit jaar zal de conferentie plaats vinden op zaterdag 28 november. Mocht je goede ideeën hebben voor een onderwerp, wil je graag ergens over discussiëren of vind je het leuk om mee te helpen met de organisatie? Laat het ons dan weten.

Ledenvergadering 18 april 2015

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Op 18 april was de Algemene Ledenvergadering van Wikimedia Nederland. Tijdens deze vergadering is het jaarverslag 2014 door de leden goedgekeurd. Ook is er een nieuw bestuur gekozen. De huidige samenstelling van het bestuur per 18 april 2015 is hier te zien.

Hartelijk dank aan de aftredende bestuursleden voor hun inzet voor de vereniging en natuurlijk welkom aan de nieuw toegetreden bestuursleden.

Enquête onder Wikipediabewerkers en Wikipedialezers

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Binnenkort wordt er weer een enquête gehouden onder Wikipediabewerkers en Wikipedialezers. Dit is een herhaling van het onderzoek dat in 2013 is gedaan.

In overleg met de Wikimedia-gemeenschap is de vragenlijst ontwikkeld. Dit jaar zal er veel aandacht zijn voor hoe Wikipedia-bewerkers de onderlinge samenwerking ervaren, Natuurlijk is er ook ruimte voor het doen van suggesties. Wikimedia Zweden en Wikimedia Israël hebben plannen om later dit jaar hetzelfde onderzoek te gaan doen.

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Wikipedia in het Museum: een Wikipedia-internetzuil voor musea

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Stel je voor dat in een museum rondloopt. Overal zijn kunstwerken te zien. En vaak hangt daar een bordje bij met meer informatie.Maar lang niet alles is duidelijk. Je stelt jezelf vragen: welke schilderijen heeft Geertgen tot Sint Jans nog meer gemaakt? Wie was de apostel Paulus ook alweer? Wat kun je nog meer met steenwol?Het antwoord op dat soort vragen kun je op Wikipedia lezen. Maar zou het niet mooi zijn als je die artikelen direct in het museum zou kunnen lezen?

Dit wordt mogelijk met de Wikipedia informatiezuil die nu te zien is in het Catharijneconvent in Utrecht en het Textielmuseum in Tilburg. De zuil bevat een selectie van relevante Wikipedia-artikelen die bij de collectie horen in de vorm van een webapp te gebruiken op een tablet Dezelfde tekst die je ook op de site kan lezen, maar dan in een aantrekkelijke vormgeving, met veel aandacht voor de fraaie afbeeldingen. En net zoals op de online-Wikipedia zijn de artikelen in meer dan 288 talen te lezen.

Wikipedia in het museum is een proefproject om te kijken of dit soort informatie meerwaarde bied voor de museumbezoeker. De zuilen zijn nog zeker tot de herfst te zien, daarna gaan ze naar andere musea. Wil je zo’n zuil ook in je museum, archief of bibliotheek? Laat het ons weten en stuur een email naar info@wikimedia.nl

Terugblik GLAM-WIKI 2015: 145 gasten uit 32 landen

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Op 10,11, en 12 april kwamen ruim 145 geïnteresseerden uit 32 landen bijeen voor de GLAMWIKI 2015 conferentie. Locatie: de Koninklijke Bibliotheek en het Nationaal Archief in Den Haag. De driedaagse conferentie bood een gevarieerd programma met presentaties, workshops en discussies. Dit alles in het kader van samenwerking tussen GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) en Wikimedia. Doel: Uitwisselen van ideeën en ervaringen, elkaar inspireren en bewust wording van het belang van de samenwerking tussen GLAM’s en Wikimedia. De conferentie is heel goed ontvangen en nieuwe ideeën en inzichten ontstonden naarmate de conferentie vorderde. Presentaties en foto’s zijn terug te zien op Wikimedia Commons.

Wikimedia dankt alle vrijwilligers die deze conferentie tot een succes hebben weten te maken. Dank ook aan Koninklijke Bibliotheek en Nationaal Archief voor hun voortreffelijke gastvrijheid.

Beeld: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015_glamwiki_group_photo_zvd.JPG

Single user login op alle Wiki’s

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Naar verwachting is het vanaf de maand mei mogelijk om met één gebruikersnaam te werken binnen alle projecten van Wikimedia. Dit kan door de introductie van de ‘single user account’; hiermee kan men inloggen bij alle Wikimedia projecten (wereldwijd) met één gebruikersnaam. Waarom dit proces in gang is gezet en hoe de migratie is verlopen, lees je in deze blog.

Beeld: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collaboration_logo_V2.svg / Collaboration logo by Berdea, freely licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Vrije kennis: wat is dat?

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De visie van Wikimedia is om iedereen, overal toegang te bieden tot kennis. De kennis op Wikipedia kan door iedereen vrij en gratis geraadpleegd en bewerkt worden. Er wordt ook wel gesproken van open kennis, vrije content en open inhoud. Daarbij kan gedacht worden aan teksten, afbeeldingen/foto’s, geluidsbestanden en video’s. Vrij betekent niet dat kennis zomaar gedeeld en gebruikt kan worden. Daar zijn nog steeds voorwaarden aan verbonden, afhankelijk van de gekozen licentie.

Het idee van vrije kennis is niet exclusief voor Wikipedia en de andere projecten van Wikimedia. Binnen de culturele sector is er een groeiend bewustzijn dat openheid goed past bij de missie van cultureel-erfgoedinstellingen. Initiatieven als Open Cultuur Data en OpenGLAM werken eraan om zoveel mogelijk erfgoed open te stellen voor iedereen. Auteursrecht vormt waarschijnlijk de grootste uitdaging voor erfgoedinstellingen. Het vereist vaak tijd en creativiteit om ondanks de vele restricties materiaal vrij te geven. Lees meer over vrije kennis en de samenwerking met de culturele sector in onze nieuwe GLAM folder.

Werken aan meer vrouwen op Wikipedia tijdens een WikiZaterdag

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Wikimedia Nederland wil steun geven aan initiatieven om meer inhoud over, door en voor vrouwen op Wikipedia te krijgen. Eens per maand, op WikiZaterdag, is er op het kantoor in Utrecht iemand van de gendergap werkgroep aanwezig om om uitleg te geven schrijven van artikelen op Wikipedia of om je bij te praten over het project. Kom je een keer langs? Het is ook gewoon gezellig. In de agenda staat aangegeven op welke zaterdagen de werkgroepleden aanwezig zijn.

Nieuwe medewerker op kantoor

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Op 1 april is Arne Wossink begonnen als projectleider op het kantoor van Wikimedia Nederland. Arne is al lange tijd actief als Wikipediaan op de Engelstalige Wikipedia. Zijn emailadres is wossin[at]wikimedia[punt]nl.

Project natuur

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Uw natuurkennis op Wikipedia?

Even snel iets opzoeken over die ene vogel of dat plantje? Veel mensen gaan hiervoor naar Wikipedia. Zou het niet leuk zijn als u met uw natuurkennis deze mensen verder kunt helpen en u hun eigen natuurexpert op Wikipedia wordt? Met ‘Project Natuur’ kan Wikimedia u hierbij helpen en kunt u ons helpen de natuurinformatie op Wikipedia te verbeteren. Weten hoe u mee kunt doen? Kijk hier voor meer informatie. Of mail naar meijer@wikimedia.nl, en wordt onze natuur expert.

Terugblik: ALV

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Verzoek aan bestuur om input te leveren https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bestuur#Bestuur_vanaf_18_april_2015

Wie is wie

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Vrijwilligers en medewerkers van Wikimedia Nederland stellen zich graag aan jullie voor. Wil je ook een keer in deze rubriek? Stuur dan een email naar info@wikimedia.nl

Naam of gebruikersnaam: Arne Wossink (Gebruiker:AWossink)
(email adres): wossink@wikimedia.nl
Eerste bewerking: In 2009 in het artikel over kasteel De Haar op de Engelstalige Wikipedia
Rol bij Wikimedia Nederland: Projectleider, sinds 1 april 2015, voor 20 uur per week
Is bij Wikimedia Nederland bezig met: Ik ga mij onder andere bezighouden met het project Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Is geïnteresseerd in: Ontzettend veel. Op mijn nachtkastje lagen recent “Een vis uit andere tijden” van Samantha Weinberg, “Tegen verkiezingen” van David van Reybrouck, “Stikvallei” van Frank Westerman en “De vergelding” van Jan Brokken. Verder: archeologie en moderne geschiedenis van de Arabische wereld, evolutie, Amerikaanse politiek, enzovoorts…
Is buiten Wikimedia Nederland bezig met: Zowel freelance als in mijn vrije tijd ben ik veel bezig met (timelapse) fotografie. Daarnaast groot (bord)spelliefhebber.
Ziet Wikipedia over tien jaar: De hoeveelheid content van Wikipedia en onderliggende sites zal blijven toenemen. Echter, ontwikkelingen als Wikidata, toenemende samenwerking met GLAMs en universiteiten, en in het algemeen het feit dat steeds meer onderwerpen steeds beter beschreven raken zorgen ervoor dat de invloed van de “casual editor” zal afnemen.
Wil nog graag kwijt: Dat pinguïns de coolste beesten zijn die er bestaan.

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Algemene ledenvergadering

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De Algemene Ledenvergadering van de Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland is gepland op zaterdag 18 april 2015. Locatie: De kargadoor, Oudegracht 36, Utrecht. We hebben Maaike Napolitano bereid gevonden om een presentatie te geven over Delpher, het digitale krantenarchief. Delpher is een rijke bron van informatie en Maaike zal aan de hand van enkele voorbeelden vertellen wat Delpher allemaal voor wikipedianen kan betekenen. Na de pauze wordt het formele gedeelte van de vergadering hervat. De voornaamste agendapunten zijn de vaststelling van het jaarverslag 2014 en de verkiezing van nieuwe bestuursleden. Kijk hier voor meer informatie en de volledige agenda.

Project Natuur: Libellen op Wikipedia

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Dankzij de Vlinderstichting, die begin dit jaar informatie beschikbaar stelde onder een Creative Commons licentie, kunnen alle Wikipedia-artikelen over libellen worden uitgebreid en verbeterd. Een actieve vrijwilliger maakte dit overzicht. Wie interesse heeft om Wikipedia-artikelen over libellen uit te breiden met informatie kan meehelpen. De tekst van de website van Libellennet mag daarvoor worden gebruikt en gekopieerd (met bronvermelding!). Zie voor meer informatie de projectpagina's op Wikipedia:Wikiproject/Natuur/Libellen en Wikipedia:Wikiproject/Natuur/Libellen/lijst. Verder wordt er achter de schermen hard gewerkt aan voorbereiding van nieuwe activiteiten, waarover later meer.

GLAM WIKI 2015

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Programma GLAM-WIKI 2015 bekend Het programma van GLAM-WIKI 2015 is nu beschikbaar op http://www.glamwiki.nl. GLAM-WIKI 2015 biedt een veelzijdig programma voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in de samenwerking tussen GLAM’s (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) en Wikimedia. De conferentie duurt drie dagen (10, 11, 12 april) en vindt plaats in de Koninklijke Bibliotheek en het Nationaal Archief in Den Haag. Hieronder hebben we enkele programma-hoogtepunten op een rijtje gezet:

Keynote: Paul Keller, directeur en copyright beleidsadviseur bij Kennisland. Paul is (onder andere) publiek projectleider van Creative Commons Nederland. Hij vertegenwoordigt culturele instellingen in de lobby voor de hervorming van het auteursrecht in Den Haag en Brussel.
Showcase: succesvolle samenwerkingsprojecten tussen GLAMs en Wikimedia van over de hele wereld. Presentaties worden gebundeld per onderwerp, waaronder beeldende kunst, bibliotheekprojecten, wetenschap en geneeskunde.
Onderzoek naar de impact en de resultaten van open cultuurdata en GLAM-WIKI samenwerkingen.
Grootschalige externe samenwerkingsverbanden van GLAM-WIKI (inclusief Europeana).

Kijk hier voor meer informatie en het volledige programma.

13 maart 2015: start van het derde seizoen Wiki Loves Eemland

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Elke tweede vrijdag van de maand, te beginnen op 13 maart, is iedereen die meer wil weten over Wikipedia (of de zgn. “zusterprojecten” zoals Wikimedia Commons - voor foto's, films en geluidsopnamen -, Wiktionary - het wikimedia-woordenboek -, Wikisource - de bibliotheek met vrije boeken-, enzovoorts) van 10 tot 13 uur welkom in het Eemhuis in Amersfoort. Wil je weten hoe je Wikipedia kunt leren bewerken? Wil je advies over encyclopedisch schrijven? Wil je meer informatie over het opmaken van Wikipedia-artikelen? Of wil je gewoon een praatje maken met mede-Wikipedianen, onder het genot van een kopje thee of koffie en een stroopwafel? Dan nodigen we je graag uit om langs te komen. Neem je laptop mee! De open-inloop-bijeenkomsten worden dit jaar gehouden op de derde verdieping van het Eemhuis, in de publieksruimte van Archief Eemland. Kijk hier voor meer informatie.

Reisbeurs voor Wikimania 2015

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Van 15 tot 19 juli is Wikimania Mexico, de internationale conferentie voor lezers en bewerkers van Wikimedia projecten, waaronder Wikipedia. De Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland heeft geld gereserveerd voor reisbeurzen naar Wikimania voor een beperkt aantal vrijwilligers. Aanvragen voor een beurs kan dit jaar door een gemotiveerde aanvraag per mail tot 11 april 2015. Op basis van die inschrijvingen wijzen twee bestuursleden de beurzen toe. Kijk hier voor meer informatie.

Terugblik: schrijfsessie Gendergap 7 maart

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In de naar de architect van het gebouw vernoemde Studio Rossi van het Bonnefantenmuseum vond op 7 maart de eerste Limburgse editie van de landelijke vrouwen en kunst editathon plaats. Een klein en inhoudelijk sterk clubje schreef over vrouwelijke kunstenaars en de nadruk lag op de kunstenaressen in de collectie van het museum.

Onder het genot van koffie, thee en ministroopwafels en gesteund door de royale collectie naslagwerken die het Bonnefantenmuseum ter beschikking had gesteld, werden artikelen geschreven over Hadassah Emmerich, Diana Glauber, Ine Schröder en Sanne Vaassen. Een van de deelnemers emailde zelfs haar onderwerp om te vragen om een portretfoto voor haar artikel. Naast artikelen leverde de middag ook een aantal goede ideeën voor toekomstige samenwerking tussen Wikipedia en de Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht en de Universiteit Maastricht op.

Kortom, een geslaagde middag die voor structurele herhaling vatbaar is! Hier kun je meer lezen over het Gendergap project. - door: Michelle van Lanschot

Schrijfweek Baltische regio op Wikipedia succesvol afgerond

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Een mooie aanleiding voor deze schrijfweek op Wikipedia was het toetreden van Litouwen tot de Eurozone en het Letse voorzitterschap van de Raad van de Europese Unie. 61 wikipedianen zijn aan de slag gegaan om het gebied beter te beschrijven. Dit leverde in totaal 256 nieuwe artikelen op. Kijk hier voor een volledig overzicht van het resultaat.

Sfeerverslag schrijfbijeenkomst Museum Catharijneconvent

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Op donderdag 12 maart kwam een groep mensen bij elkaar om samen te schrijven aan artikelen over en rondom de collectie van Museum Catharijneconvent. Het museum heeft recent een contentdonatie van ruim 2.500 afbeeldingen gedaan. Het doel van deze schrijfbijeenkomst was om de afbeeldingen van de topstukken uit het museum een mooie plek te geven in artikelen op Wikipedia en de informatie over de collectie van het museum te verbeteren.

De dag begon met een rondleiding door de Catharinazaal, waar de topstukken van het museum te zien zijn. Ook werd er uitleg gegeven over de bibliotheek van het museum waar bronnen konden worden geraadpleegd. Na een korte workshop over het schrijven op Wikipedia gingen de deelnemers enthousiast aan de slag. Er werd onder andere gewerkt aan uitbreiding van het artikel "Christus op de koude steen", er werden afbeeldingen toegevoegd en kleine verbeteringen aan artikelen gedaan. Bijna alle deelnemers waren nieuwe bewerkers van Wikipedia. Na de lunch werd er verder gewerkt, kort onderbroken door een exclusieve rondleiding door de depots van het museum. Voor zowel het museum als de deelnemers was het een positieve ervaring die hopelijk een vervolg krijgt.

Terugblik: schrijfsessie Gendergap 7 maart

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Kortom, een geslaagde middag die voor structurele herhaling vatbaar is! Hier kun je meer lezen over het Gendergap project. - door: Michelle van Lanschot

Aandacht voor Wikipedia

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Wikipedia is een online encyclopedie, die volledig door vrijwilligers geschreven wordt. De Nederlandstalige Wikipedia telt meer dan 1.8 miljoen artikelen, variërend van lange overzichtsartikelen over van alles en nog wat tot korte artikelen van een paar zinnen over fauna. Meer dan de helft van de artikelen is met een "bot" aangemaakt. Wikipedia is vrij bewerkbaar voor iedereen. Maar dit betekent niet dat zomaar alles toegelaten wordt. Zo wordt reclame verwijderd en is Wikipedia geen bedrijvengids.

De vrijwilligers schrijven, onderhouden en controleren de artikelen. Zo zijn er vrijwilligers die graag spelfouten uit artikelen halen, maar er zijn ook vrijwilligers die ongewenste bewerkingen ongedaan maken. Soms zijn er speciale handelingen nodig om de encyclopedie te beschermen tegen, vandalen door hun bewerkingsrechten in te trekken of het verwijderen van pagina's. Deze handelingen worden verricht door de moderatoren. De Nederlandstalige Wikipedia telt ongeveer 50 moderatoren. Ook deze moderatoren zijn vrijwilligers en worden door de gemeenschap gekozen om extra taken te mogen verrichten.

Om één van de meest bezochte websites ter wereld draaiende te houden zijn vele handen nodig. Meer vrijwilligers zijn altijd welkom. Lijkt bijdrage u wat? Neem dan deze tips in acht. Schrijf niet over onderwerpen waar u sterk betrokken bij bent. Zorg dat de informatie die u toevoegt terug te vinden is in gezaghebbende literatuur en bovenal, lees eerst de richtlijnen door. Het niet toegestaan om teksten van elders over te nemen omdat dit een schending van het auteursrecht is, en als laatst wees niet bang om iemand om hulp te vragen. Iemand die hulp nodig heeft zal dat eigenlijk altijd wel krijgen. Geschreven door Natuur12

Wie is Wie

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Vrijwilligers en medewerkers van Wikimedia Nederland stellen zich graag aan jullie voor. Wil je ook een keer in deze rubriek? Stuur dan een email naar info<at>wikimedia.nl

Naam of gebruikersnaam: Sandra Fauconnier, Gebruiker:Spinster
Eerste bewerking: Op 1 september 2003 heb ik het artikel Magnum Photos aangemaakt op de Engelstalige Wikipedia.
Rol bij Wikimedia Nederland: Projectleider, 20 uur per week, sinds 15 februari 2015.
Is bij Wikimedia Nederland bezig met: Allerlei samenwerkingsprojecten, onder andere met culturele instellingen. Momenteel organiseer ik de GLAM-WIKI 2015 conferentie.
Is geïnteresseerd in: Heel veel dingen. Ik heb kunstgeschiedenis gestudeerd, dus ik hou van kunst en cultuur, van hedendaags tot heel oud. Ik heb de opkomst van het World Wide Web bewust en actief meegemaakt en ik blijf ontwikkelingen op het internet op de voet opvolgen. Ik heb ook een uitgesproken mening over mandarijntjes.
Is buiten Wikimedia Nederland bezig met: Freelance-werk, mijn gezin, reizen, Wikidata bewerken, lekker eten en van het leven genieten :-)
Ziet Wikipedia over tien jaar: Wikipedia wordt volgens mij de komende tijd veel minder belangrijk. Wikidata zal binnen 10 jaar veel meer kennis bevatten en omschrijven, en zal ‘onderhuids’ overal op internet veel meer gebruikt worden en veel meer impact hebben. Daarom spendeer ik daar nu ook het grootste deel van mijn vrije tijd als Wiki-vrijwilliger.
Wil nog graag kwijt: Onze missie, met mijn nadruk in vetjes: Stel je een wereld voor waarin elke persoon vrije toegang heeft tot alle kennis.

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April 2015: GLAM-WIKI 2015 in Den Haag

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Van 10 tot en met 12 april organiseert Wikimedia Nederland samen met de Koninklijke Bibliotheek en het Nationaal Archief de internationale GLAM-WIKI 2015 conferentie. Tijdens deze conferentie staat samenwerking tussen Wikimedianen en galeries, bibliotheken, archieven en musea (GLAM's) centraal.

Wikimedianen, vrijwilligers en professionals uit de culturele sector komen bij elkaar om de laatste ontwikkelingen en best practices te delen en te bespreken rondom het beschikbaar stellen en hergebruiken van content uit de culturele sector. Meer informatie over de conferentie, ticketverkoop en mogelijkheid tot boeken van hotelovernachtingen tegen gereduceerd tarief vind je op www.glamwiki.nl. De vorige GLAM-WIKI conferentie vond in 2013 plaats in The British Library in London. Deze werd door 150 personen bezocht.

Wikiproject Vertzetskranten

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Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog zijn in Nederland zo'n 1300 illegale verzetskranten uitgegeven. Op dit moment zijn lang niet al deze krantentitels op Wikipedia beschreven. Daar gaan we dit jaar wat aan doen! Het Wikiproject Verzetskranten heeft als doel om deze ondergrondse kranten systematisch en uniform te beschrijven, ook op Wikidata. Het initiatief voor dit project is genomen door de Koninklijke Bibliotheek, in het kader van het project “WO2” van WMNL. Ook DBPedia werkt mee.

Op dit moment wordt er een centrale database gebouwd met allerlei informatie over de verzetskranten, waaruit later met behulp van een sjabloon artikelstubs (kort beginnetjes van een artikelen, door data gegenereerd) gemaakt gaan worden. Wikipedianen worden van harte uitgenodigd deze stubs aan te vullen. Daarnaast zijn er nog allerlei andere klussen voor geïnteresseerde vrijwilligers, zoals bv. het proberen vrij te krijgen van publicaties over de illegale WO2-pers. Alle hulp is van harte welkom! Wil je meewerken of -denken? Neem dan contact op met Gebruiker:OlafJanssen

Wikipedia volledig door vrijwilligers, vertel het door!

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Op 9 februari is de eerder aangekondigde publiekscampagne over Wikipedia gestart. Via social media vertellen we meer over de drijvende kracht achter Wikipedia: de vrijwilligers. Geïnteresseerden komen terecht op de website die speciaal ingericht is voor deze campagne: Wikipedia volledig door vrijwilligers, vertel het door! De campagne loopt tot 8 maart, het doel is om mensen bewust te laten worden van het feit dat Wikipedia door vrijwilligers wordt geschreven.

Update: Schrijfmiddag in Stedelijk Museum én Bonnefantenmuseum 7 maart 2015

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In de vorige nieuwsbrief kondigden we het al aan: Nederland doet dit jaar opnieuw mee met de internationale Wikipedia-schrijfactie over Vrouwen en Kunst.

Op zaterdag 7 maart is er een publieke schrijfmiddag voor beginners in de bibliotheek van het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Er is inmiddels een tweede locatie bijgekomen waar geïnteresseerden op 7 maart kunnen deelnemen aan de schrijfmiddag: het Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht.

Iedereen is welkom: man of vrouw, beginner of ervaren Wikipediaan, kunstliefhebber of sympathisant. Deze schrijfmiddag is vooral interessant als je je wilt verdiepen in vrouwelijke kunstenaars en/of Wikipedia. Kijk hier voor actuele informatie over deze schrijfmiddag.

Museum Catharijneconvent doneert hoge resolutie afbeeldingen aan Wikipedia

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Op 24 februari zijn ruim 2500 hoge-resolutiefoto’s van de kunstvoorwerpen uit de vaste collectie van Museum Catharijneconvent toegevoegd aan de database van Wikipedia. Deze donatie maakt de afbeeldingen wereldwijd en kosteloos beschikbaar.

Anouk Janssen, hoofd onderzoek van het nationaal museum voor christelijke kunst, cultuur en geschiedenis, benadrukt dat de kennis over de collectie niet stopt buiten de museumdeuren: ‘we hopen dat het publiek hun kennis via Wikipedia gaat toevoegen aan de vele objecten die nu beschikbaar zijn gesteld’. Om de collectie voor een zo groot mogelijk publiek toegankelijk te maken is digitalisering al jaren een speerpunt in het beleid van Museum Catharijneconvent. Wikipedia is, als een van de best bezochte websites ter wereld, een partner bij uitstek om hierin een volgende stap te zetten. Ook de afbeeldingen die bij het museum worden aangevraagd zullen vanaf nu kosteloos worden verstuurd.

Om wikipedianen, geïnteresseerden en onderzoekers te stimuleren kennis over de collectie van het museum te ontsluiten, organiseert het museum het komende jaar diverse schrijfactiviteiten, gericht op het bewerken en schrijven van artikelen op Wikipedia. Op 12 maart vindt de eerste schrijfbijeenkomst plaats. Meer informatie is hier te vinden.

Nieuwe medewerker op kantoor Wikimedia Nederland

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Op 16 februari is Sandra Fauconnier begonnen als projectleider op het kantoor van Wikimedia Nederland. Sandra was vorig jaar werkzaam als Wikipedian in Residence voor het project expedities, en is al veel langer actief als Wikipediaan en vrijwilliger bij Wikimedia Nederland. Haar emailadres is fauconnier[at]wikimedia[punt]nl.

Wikipedia Zero

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Wikipedia wordt geschreven door iedereen, voor iedereen. Maar wat als je geen toegang hebt tot internet? Wanneer je geen geld hebt om een internet abonnement te betalen? In Derde Wereld landen is dit een structureel probleem. Met het project Wikipedia Zero wil de Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia bereikbaar maken voor iedereen. Mobiele telefoonproviders worden opgeroepen om Wikipedia gratis beschikbaar te stellen. In 48 landen is Wikipedia al vrij toegankelijk. Lees hier verder over Wikipedia Zero.

Technische hulpmiddelen te leen

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Wikimedia Nederland beschikt over een pool van technische hulpmiddelen die door leden en actieve Wikimedia-vrijwilligers kunnen worden geleend voor een project. Wij hebben op dit moment de volgende middelen ter beschikking:

Beamer, Picobeamer (kleine mobiele beamer), Whiteboard, Canon PowerShot G12, Blue Yeti USB Microfoon Heb je interesse om iets te lenen uit de techniekpool? Neem dan contact met ons op via info@wikimedia.nl of neem een kijkje op de uitleen pagina. Indien je apparatuur nodig hebt die nog niet op de lijst staat, kun je een voorstel indienen voor aankoop of huur door WMNL.

Wie is Wie

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Vrijwilligers en medewerkers van Wikimedia Nederland stellen zich graag aan jullie voor. Wil je ook een keer in deze rubriek? Stuur dan een email naar info@wikimedia.nl

Naam of gebruikersnaam: Frank Meijer, FrankT
(email adres): frank.meijer@wikimedia.nl
Eerste bewerking: In 2009, tijdens een workshop in het Tropenmuseum over Marrons in Suriname
Rol bij Wikimedia Nederland: Projectleider Educatieprogramma
Is bij Wikimedia Nederland bezig met: Het samen met onderwijsinstellingen opzetten van proefprojecten rond het schrijven van artikelen voor Wikipedia.
Is geïnteresseerd in: Geschiedenisonderwerpen, met name middeleeuwse geschiedenis. Ik heb me al tijden voorgenomen om de geschiedenis van de Duitse Orde in Utrecht nog eens goed te beschrijven.
Is buiten Wikimedia Nederland bezig met: Ik ben sinds 1 januari zelfstandig projectleider in de culturele sector.
Ziet Wikipedia over tien jaar: Als niet meer weg te denken uit ons dagelijks leven

WoW

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Tijd voor een nieuwe rubriek. Wil je ook een wist je datje met ons delen? Stuur dan een email naar info@wikimedia.nl
Het artikel met de meeste bewerkingen is:
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudste_mens met 6.380 bewerkingen. Goede tijden, slechte tijden staat op twee met 6.145 bewerkingen.

Nieuwe hoofdpagina voor Wikipedia

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De Nederlandstalige versie van internetencyclopedie Wikipedia krijgt op 1 maart een nieuwe hoofdpagina. De nieuwe hoofdpagina heeft een rustiger uiterlijk en een gewijzigd kleurenpalet. Daarnaast zijn ook enkele rubrieken van de hoofdpagina gewijzigd. De nieuwe hoofdpagina is ontworpen door een gebruiker op Wikipedia en daarna werd in een stemming besloten dat de hoofdpagina zou worden vervangen.

WikiZaterdag 28 maart: Kinderen en wikis

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Een wiki-encyclopedie voor kinderen: dat is het onderwerp op wiki-zaterdag 28 maart. Te gast zullen zijn: wikikids.nl en klexikon.zum.de. Kijk hier voor het programma en meer informatie.

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Wikimedia Nederland, "Nieuwsbrief Wikimedia Nederland #39", 26 februari 2015

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Erasmusprijs 2015 naar Wikipedia

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Op 15 januari (toevallig de 14e verjaardag van Wikipedia) maakte de Stichting Praemium Erasmianum bekend dat de internationale internet-encyclopedie de Erasmusprijs 2015 krijgt.

De Erasmusprijs wordt jaarlijks uitgereikt aan een persoon of instelling die in Europa een buitengewoon belangrijke bijdrage heeft geleverd op cultureel, sociaal of sociaal-wetenschappelijk gebied. Wikipedia wordt gelauwerd omdat de internet-encyclopedie wereldwijd op een democratische manier kennis beschikbaar maakt. De prijs gaat specifiek naar de Wikipedia-community, de internationale gemeenschap van vrijwilligers achter Wikipedia. Ook is de Stichting Praemium Erasmianum is onder de indruk van het open karakter van Wikipedia en de kritische aandacht voor tekst en bronnen. De prijs zal in het najaar van 2015 worden uitgereikt aan vertegenwoordigers van de internationale Wikipedia gemeenschap. Wikimedia Nederland feliciteert alle vrijwilligers achter Wikipedia met deze kroon op hun werk!

foto: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimmy_Wales_and_Max_Sparreboom_at_the_KNAW_symposium_%22Wikipedia_as_a_research_tool%22.jpg?uselang=nl

Schrijfmarathon Kunst en Feminisme

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Nederland doet dit jaar opnieuw mee met de internationale Wikipedia-schrijfactie over kunst en feminisme. Op zaterdag 7 maart is er een publieke schrijfmiddag voor beginners én gevorderden in de bibliotheek van het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Je kan ook vanaf thuis, online, deelnemen, bij een heuse schrijfmarathon die 48 uur duurt. Help mee om zoveel mogelijk vrouwelijke kunstenaars te beschrijven op Wikipedia! Kijk voor actuele informatie op de projectpagina.

foto https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ArtAndFeminismNYC-Generations.jpg

Jaaroverzicht Wikipedia 2014

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In december 2014 heeft de Wikimedia Foundation haar eerste Jaaroverzichtsvideo ooit gepubliceerd. De film geeft een overzicht van belangrijke gebeurtenissen uit 2014 geïllustreerd door de Wikipedia-artikelen die hierover geschreven worden. Deze film geeft duidelijk weer hoe belangrijk Wikipedia is voor iedereen die (neutrale) achtergrond informatie zoekt over gebeurtenissen in het nieuws én hoe dit mogelijk wordt gemaakt door bewerkers over de hele wereld die tijd investeren om artikelen te schrijven of artikelen bij te werken. Het meest bekeken artikel op Nederlandstalige Wikipedia in 2014 was ‘Amsterdam’ met 978 268 views.

Koninklijke Bibliotheek en Nationaal Archief zetten samenwerking met Wikipedia voort

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In 2013 haalden de Koninklijke Bibliotheek en het Nationaal Archief als eerste Nederlandse erfgoedinstellingen een Wikipedian-in-Residence in huis. Deze huiswikipediaan heeft een brug geslagen tussen de rijke collecties van beide instituten en het hergebruik hiervan op Wikipedia en de collectiespecialisten geleerd hoe ze het beste met Wikipedia kunnen samenwerken. De samenwerking is zo goed bevallen, dat deze in 2015 wordt voortgezet.

Het afgeronde project is positief geëvalueerd: het heeft in grote mate aan de verwachtingen voldaan. De kennis, vaardigheden en bewustwording over ‘Wiki en erfgoed’ binnen en buiten de instellingsmuren zijn vergroot. Wereldwijd zijn de content, expertise en data van beide instellingen breder toegankelijk en herbruikbaar gemaakt. Wikipedia is met 500 miljoen unieke bezoekers per maand immers het meest geraadpleegde naslagwerk ter wereld. Lees hier meer over de samenwerking.

Gezocht: Coördinatoren Campagne aan leden Europees parlement

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Wikimedia UK heeft een succesvolle mailing campagne gevoerd die gericht was aan UK-leden van het Europees Parlement. Elk lid ontving een brief over de noodzaak van copyright-hervorming. Bij de brief zat een aanbod van Wikimedia UK, zij boden aan om auteursrecht gerelateerde vragen die beslissers kunnen hebben te beantwoorden.

Het plan is nu om deze mailing te herhalen in andere EU-landen. Er is een Wiki-pagina opgezet met concrete stappen die nodig zijn om dit plan te realiseren. De eerste stap is het aanstellen van nationale coördinatoren. De coördinatoren verzamelen onder andere emailadressen, houden zich bezig met vertaling van de berichten en zorgen ervoor dat de mailing verzonden wordt.

Wil je meewerken aan deze campagne of ken je iemand die hierin geïnteresseerd zou zijn? Laat dit dan weten via info@wikimedia.nl. Het is een interessante klus voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in het beïnvloeden van het beleid. Je krijgt gedurende het hele traject ondersteuning van de werkgroep.

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Terugblik: Nieuwjaarsbijeenkomst Wikimedia

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Op zaterdag 17 januari was Wikimedia Nederland voor haar jaarlijkse nieuwjaarsbijeenkomst te gast bij Beeld en Geluid. De bijeenkomst werd bezocht door ruim 80 donateurs, Wikipedianen, leden en geïnteresseerden. De dag werd geopend door Jan Müller (algemeen directeur van Beeld en Geluid), Jesse de Vos (voormalig GLAMwiki coördinator Beeld en Geluid) en Frans Grijzenhout (voorzitter Wikimedia Nederland). Aansluitend konden de aanwezigen de Beeld en Geluid Experience ontdekken of aansluiten bij een rondleiding door het gebouw. Tijdens deze rondleiding werden er veel interessante feitjes over het gebouw van Beeld en Geluid verteld.

Foto’s van de bijeenkomst zijn hier terug te zien. Mocht je zelf foto’s van deze dag willen delen, dan nodigen we je uit om dat ook in deze categorie te doen. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Nederland_Nieuwjaarsborrel_2015#mediaviewer/File:2015-01_wmnl_b_en_g_369.JPG

Wat zijn jouw rechten online?

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Rechten van de mens en de fundamentele vrijheden gelden zowel offline als online. Wat zijn eigenlijk je rechten en vrijheden online, hoe worden deze opgevolgd en waar kun je naartoe als je rechten worden geschonden? Je kunt hierover meer lezen in de gids: Mensenrechten voor internet gebruikers. De gids is een aanbeveling die door het comité van ministers van de 47 lidstaten van de Raad van Europa is aangenomen.

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Wie is wie

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Vrijwilligers en medewerkers van Wikimedia Nederland stellen zich graag aan jullie voor. Wil je ook een keer in deze rubriek? Stuur dan een email naar info<at>wikimedia.nl

Naam of gebruikersnaam: Jesse de Vos - 85jesse
e-mail adres: devos<at>wikimedia.nl
Eerste bewerking: 2013
Rol bij Wikimedia Nederland: Projectleider Culturele Samenwerking
Is bij Wikimedia Nederland bezig met: Het opzetten van samenwerking met de culturele sector, vooral rondom het thema de Tweede Wereldoorlog
Is geïnteresseerd in: (interactieve) documentaires
Is buiten Wikimedia Nederland bezig met: fotografie, visuals, muziek
Ziet Wikipedia over tien jaar: In 2025 is Wikipedia een completere en meer uitgebreide bron voor betrouwbare kennis. Daarnaast wordt de inhoud van Wikipedia en andere Wikimedia platforms gebruikt in allerlei toepassingen in de culturele sector en het onderwijs.
Wil nog graag kwijt: free knowledge doesn't come cheap!

Publiekscampagne 2015

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In het jaarplan 2014 is als plan opgenomen: ‘Een publieksactie om onder het grote publiek de kennis over bepaalde basis-feiten van Wikipedia te vergroten’. Er is een werkgroep van vrijwilligers, bestuursleden en kantoormedewerkers die zich hiermee bezig houdt. In de afgelopen periode is er geïnventariseerd wat er over een dergelijke actie al reeds is bedacht en is er bij enkele chapters nagevraagd of zij ervaring hebben met een publieksactie. Als focus is gekozen “Wikipedia wordt gemaakt door vrijwilligers”. Een keuze die recht doet aan de waardering voor het werk van alle vrijwilligers die Wikipedia groot hebben gemaakt. Er is dus gekozen voor een puur informatieve campagne die niet wordt gecombineerd met een oproep (tot geld doneren of helpen bewerken). Onze boodschap moet compact zijn en daarom richten we ons op vlaggenschip Wikipedia. Er zijn nog meer aspecten van Wikipedia die de moeite waard zijn om te communiceren, maar het is belangrijk dat de boodschap eenduidig en kenmerkend is. Mogelijk dat we in eventuele opvolgende publieksacties een ander kenmerk onder de aandacht kunnen brengen. Enkele vrijwilligers zullen te zien zijn in de campagne.

Vacature Wikipedian in Residence bij Naturalis

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Heb je een passie voor natuur en onderzoek? Naturalis heeft momenteel een vacature voor een Wikipedian in Residence voor een half jaar (32-36 uur per week). De werkzaamheden bestaan o.a. uit het verzorgen van trainingen, contentdonaties naar Wikimedia Commons en Wikidata en het stimuleren van het gebruik van de gedoneerde content.

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Wikimedia Nederland, "Nieuwsbrief Wikimedia Nederland #38", 27 januari 2015

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