Heya folks :)
Here's your summary of what happened around Wikidata over the last week.
The wiki version is at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2013_02_01
= Development =
* Deployment on the Hebrew and Italian Wikipedia
(
http://blog.wikimedia.de/2013/01/30/wikidata-coming-to-the-next-two-wikiped…
http://blog.wikimedia.org.il/?p=768
http://nonnawiki.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/wikidata-arriva-su-wikipedia-in-e…)
* Switched the Wikipedias over to a new, more scalable dispatching
changes script for propagating changes from the repository to the
clients
* Fixing various deeply buried bugs and a few minor bugs reported
after deployment
* Preparations for next deployment on
wikidata.org
* Working on property parser function for the client
* Implemented robust serialization of changes for dispatching
* Resumed work on linked data interface
* References can now be created, edited and removed on existing statements
* Several minor user interface fixes
* Styling of the user interface for statements
* Selenium tests for references
* Selenium tests for non-JS SpecialPages
* Worked on puppet
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 =
* Abuse filter guidelines:
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Proposal:_Guideline_for_…
* Policy on properties:
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Policy_on_Properties
* First external tool for output in RDF:
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#A_first_draft_of_an_exte…
and
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-January/001682.html
* Running your own instance of Wikibase (for science!):
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-January/001637.html
= Events =
see
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events
* We’ve set the date for the next office hours:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events#IRC_office_hours
* upcoming: FOSDEM
= Other Noteworthy Stuff =
* Admin reconfirmation is still ongoing:
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Administrators/Confirm_2013
* Deployment of first parts of phase 2 on
wikidata.org are planned for
February 4 and deployment on English Wikipedia for February 11. See
http://blog.wikimedia.de/2013/01/30/wikidata-coming-to-the-next-two-wikiped…
for details and more dates.
= Open Tasks for You =
* Hack on one of
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer%2C%20&am…
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers
Lydia
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