Heya folks :)
Here's this weeks summary of what happened around Wikidata for you.
The wiki version is at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2013_01_11
= Development =
* Bene* developed a new tool to show existing or missing items for a
given Wikipedia category
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#new_tool_for_Wikidata
* Selenium test-groups for (non)experimental features
(
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43828)
* Notification for IP edits that IP will be logged
(
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42954)
* Verified fix & added Selenium tests for broken error-reporting on
label/description uniqueness constraint
(
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43301)
* Label-edit-button links to Special:SetLabel when JavaScript disabled
(
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43814)
* Updated PHP, MySQL, Ruby, Selenium, etc.. on internal test server
and enabled APC + memcached
* Work on AbuseFilter to make it work with Wikidata content
(
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42064)
* Implemented length constraint for labels, descriptions and aliases
(
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/43434/ - configurable with a
default of 2500 UTF8 characters)
* Implementing a new mechanism for dispatching change notifications to
client wikis
* Worked more on how Wikidata changes are handled in the client
watchlist (
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43124)
* Some work went into using Solr for the search. Still very simple
* Prepared improvements to our puppet files on labs
* Worked on statements UI (snaktypes/references)
* Fixed bugs in UI event handling of widgets
* Put EntityId parsing code into a dedicated class
* Finished EntityDiff cleanup
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 =
* Reworked inclusion syntax completely
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-January/001582.html
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-January/001583.html
* Updates to time and space model
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-January/001552.html
* Is there a need for bureaucrats?
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Bureaucrats#Do_we_have_a_need_fo…
* Planned improvement to the search field
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Let.27s_improve_the_sear…
= Other Noteworthy Stuff =
* Deployment on the Hungarian Wikipedia is still planned for Monday (Jan 14th)
* Jens writes a bit about Wikidata’s mascots:
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jens_Ohlig#The_many_mascots_of_Wikidata
= Open Tasks for You =
* Give feedback on inclusion syntax draft version 3, the updated time
and space model and the plans for improving the search field
* 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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