Hi everyone :)
We've finally done all the groundwork for unit support. I'd love for
you to give the first version a try on the test system here:
http://wikidata.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Q23950
There are a few known issues still but since this is one of the things
holding back Wikidata I made the call to release now and work on these
remaining things after that. What I know is still missing:
* We're showing the label of the item of the unit. We should be
showing the symbol of the unit in the future.
(
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T77983)
* We can't convert between units yet - we only have the groundwork for
it so far. (
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T77978)
* The items representing often-used units should be ranked higher in
the selector. (
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110673)
* When editing an existing value you see the URL of unit's item. This
should be replaced by the label.
(
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110675)
* When viewing a diff of a unit change you see the URL of the unit's
item. This should be replaced by the label.
(
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T108808)
* We need to think some more about the automatic edit summaries for
unit-related changes. (
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T108807)
If you find any bugs or if you are missing other absolutely critical
things please let me know here or file a ticket on
phabricator.wikimedia.org. If everything goes well we can get this on
Wikidata next Wednesday.
Cheers
Lydia
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