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Wikidata turns three years old on 29 October 2015: [[d:Wikidata:Third Birthday/Party]] | Wikidata turns three years old on 29 October 2015: [[d:Wikidata:Third Birthday/Party]] | ||
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*import of links and data from Wikipedias | *import of links and data from Wikipedias | ||
*creation of over 15 million data pages (exact number depends how you count sparse ones) | *creation of over 15 million data pages (exact number depends how you count sparse ones) | ||
*large array of gadgets | *large array of [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools gadgets and tools] plus [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/distributed/ games] supporting data entry work | ||
*many bots | *many bots | ||
*expanded content policy (beyond topics occurring on a Wikipedia), e.g. in the areas of monuments, artworks, scientific papers | *expanded content policy (beyond topics occurring on a Wikipedia), e.g. in the areas of monuments, artworks, scientific papers | ||
*development of over 2000 property definitions by the community | *development of [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:List_of_properties|over 2000 property definitions] by the community | ||
*steady growth of statements at around 20 million additions annually (i.e. over 50,000 a day) | *[https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/stats.php steady growth of statements] at around 20 million additions annually (i.e. over 50,000 a day) | ||
*implementation of "scientific" numerical properties that are not dimensionless, i.e. with units | *implementation of "scientific" numerical properties that are not dimensionless, i.e. with units | ||
*basic Wikidata query language, and now a SPARQL endpoint to use for more advanced searching | *basic [https://wdq.wmflabs.org/ Wikidata query language], and now a [https://query.wikidata.org/ SPARQL endpoint] to use for more advanced searching | ||
*export in infobox style, supported by Lua code, and advent of "arbitrary access" (import can mix items, roughly speaking) | *export in infobox style, supported by Lua code, and advent of "arbitrary access" (import can mix items, roughly speaking) | ||
*front end applications such as [https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/ Reasonator], [http://histropedia.com/ Histropedia], [https://inventaire.io/welcome Inventaire], [http://musikipedia.org/ Musikipedia] ... | *front end applications such as [https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/ Reasonator], [http://histropedia.com/ Histropedia], [https://inventaire.io/welcome Inventaire], [http://musikipedia.org/ Musikipedia] ... | ||
Latest revision as of 11:23, 23 October 2015
Wikidata turns three years old on 29 October 2015: d:Wikidata:Third Birthday/Party
Since 2012 the main achievements have been:
- import of links and data from Wikipedias
- creation of over 15 million data pages (exact number depends how you count sparse ones)
- large array of gadgets and tools plus games supporting data entry work
- many bots
- expanded content policy (beyond topics occurring on a Wikipedia), e.g. in the areas of monuments, artworks, scientific papers
- development of 2000 property definitions by the community
- steady growth of statements at around 20 million additions annually (i.e. over 50,000 a day)
- implementation of "scientific" numerical properties that are not dimensionless, i.e. with units
- basic Wikidata query language, and now a SPARQL endpoint to use for more advanced searching
- export in infobox style, supported by Lua code, and advent of "arbitrary access" (import can mix items, roughly speaking)
- front end applications such as Reasonator, Histropedia, Inventaire, Musikipedia ...