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Alt Labels displays item labels in other languages when there is no label in your default language. You may click a label to add it as the label for your language. This tool is very helpful for labels for people, books, articles, or films that do not need their labels to be translated.
overpass: Embeds a map displaying features tagged with the current item in OpenStreetMap. Powered by overpass turbo. It helps check if the Wikidata object is mapped in OSM and also if it's correct.
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Thank you very much for participating in The Months of African Cinema Global Edit-a-thon which was concluded on 30 November 2019. We are happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation approved to award tokens for our winners during this edition of the contest. These prizes would be given in the form of vouchers (primarily Amazon gift cards, but we can work with other possible options in your country) and would be distributed in this manner:
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Recoin displays information about the relative completeness of a Wikidata item by comparing its statements with those found on other similar items. Especially useful for editors working in a knowledge area that is new to them.
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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2020!
Hello Dsp13, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2020. Happy editing, Abishe (talk) 07:31, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
The revised version of the very powerful PetScan offers to edit or create items based on Wikipedia categories, search, SPARQL, links with filters by label or properties
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New tool: Dwynwen, adapted from Crotos, provides users with a search interface designed specifically for artworks and other visual digital content from Commons, using Wikidata.
Resolver allows you to quickly find an item based on a property+value string pair. It is especially useful for checking whether an external identifier such as a VIAF ID (P214) or Getty AAT ID (P1014) is already in use in Wikidata.
Hi Dsp13, I've added an infobox and done some cleanup etc. for Mary Datchelor School. I just have a question regarding the founding year, the article says it opened in 1877 however the image of the sign at the front of the building says "founded 1726" — is this right or is the image wrong? Steven (Editor) (talk) 22:40, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
Yes, thanks very much for your cleanup! I think the image is wrong, or misleading. From what I can see, Mary Datchelor died in 1726 and a charitable bequest, with some ongoing management, dates from then. However, money from that bequest was only used for a girls school in the 1870s. (See e.g. the couple of relevant sentences in the County History here.Dsp13 (talk) 10:08, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #398
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Tabernacle creates a tabular view of a set of data items from a SPARQL query, PagePile list, or manual list of items. You can select which languages and properties to display. The tool lets you drag-and-drop statements from one item to another, and manually add or edit statements without leaving the page. Tabernacle is great for harmonizing a set of related items or identifying items that need their labels and descriptions translated.
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