Heya folks :)
Here's what we've been up to over the last week. The wiki version is here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2012_07_20
= Development = * work on client caching of link data * add/edit links on client (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37633) * code review * bug squashing * highlighting the editing context when editing * simple language switcher (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36424) * set up Selenium integration for Jenkins testserver to have our tests run regularly automatically * disabled editing actions when editing context is open (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38176) * start designing grid layout for phase 2: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/UI_Layout_Concept#Phase_...
See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Current_sprint for what we’re working on next.
= Discussions/Press = * lots of good press from Wikimania * deployment plan and discussions with the Hungarian Wikipedia community about them being the first to use Wikidata: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-July/061702.html * podcast of Conny and me talking about Wikipedia and Wikidata (in German) http://c3d2.de/news/pentacast-44-wikidata.html
= Events = see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events
* Wikimania * Wikidata intro and Q&A at the New York Times, NYC * upcoming: Wikidata intro and Q&A at Unperfekthaus, Essen * upcoming: Wikidata intro and Q&A at Open Source Treffen, München * office hours (logs for the English one on Thursday here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2012-07-18c - German one will be on Monday)
= other noteworthy stuff = * logo is being finalized * demo system has been updated * started http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Notes/Future to collect future use-cases of Wikidata that should be kept in mind during initial development
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia