Heya folks :)
Here's what's been happening around Wikidata over the last week. The
wiki version is at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2012_12_21
As you can see it is getting quiet here in the office as everyone is
leaving for the holidays.
= Development =
* Deployed fix for
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42956 on
wikidata.org
that caused problems when using the site in French in Firefox
* Updated demo system
http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de/
* Fixed some bugs in wbsearchentities
* Removed empty aliases structure from wbsearchentities
* Heavy Selenium testing of statements UI
* Improved overall usability and responsiveness of the statements UI
* Implemented remove functionality for statements in the UI
* Refactored and added tests for language links handler in the client
* Bug fixes in the client
* Improved SiteLinkTable class in WikibaseLib and added tests
* Started work to improve AbuseFIlter integration
* Added logic to find all referenced entities for a given set of claims
* Added serialization of referenced claims to output of entity pages
* Diff Extension: Split off diffing code from MapDiff and ListDiff to
dedicated Differ classes
* Diff Extension: Added dedicated patcher classes, which are used for
the getApplicableDiff functionality
See
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Current_sprint
for what we’re working on next.
You can follow our commits at
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/(status:open+project:mediawiki/extension…
and view the subset awaiting review at
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/status:open+project:mediawiki/extensions…
You can see all open bugs related to Wikidata at
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?emailcc1=1&list_id=151540&am…
= Discussions/Press =
* Representing values
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Representing_values
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2012-December/001406.html
(including a prototype to try out the current state of discussions:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2012-December/001491.html)
* Wikidata: People And Bots Busy Filling The System In Phase One
http://semanticweb.com/wikidata-people-and-bots-busy-filling-the-system-in-…
= Events =
see
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events
* Office hours (logs at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2012-12-18a
and
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2012-12-18b)
* Wikidata talk as part of a lecture on knowledge management in Karlsruhe
* upcoming: 29C3
= Other Noteworthy Stuff =
* Announced the expected date for deployment on the Hungarian
Wikipedia
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#next_steps_for_the_first…
* Wikidata has been added to the Wikimedia stats site:
http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikispecial/EN/TablesWikipediaWIKIDATA.htm
* Video of the Wikidata talks at Wikimania 2012 is online now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05HxNwxiNZ0
= Open Tasks for You =
* Give input to the representing values discussion
* Hack on one of
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer%2C%20&am…
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Have a great holiday season.
Cheers
Lydia
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