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
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