Heya folks :)
It's Friday \o/ Here's your summary of what happened around Wikidata during the last week. The wiki version is at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2013_01_25
= Development = * Updated demo system: http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de * Improved design of sites code in core * Fixed SQLite compatibility * Worked on implementing references handling in statements user interface * Useful error messages will be shown in statements user interface in case of data value mismatches * Switched the demo system to Labs’ puppet * Selenium tests for length constraint, claim edit-conflicts * Setting up dispatcher script on internal test machine * More work on wikibase.getEntities() function for Scribunto/Lua-Templates * AbuseFilter is now working with Wikibase * The change dispatcher script is now ready for use on the WMF cluster * Initial implementation of {{#property}} parser function for the client * Created a widget for the client to connect a page to a Wikidata item and add interwiki language links to a page * Preparing a page to list unconnected pages on the clients
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/extensions... 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&...
= Discussions/Press = * VIAF: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#VIAF_integration.3F
= Events = see [[Wikidata/Events|Events]]
* InfoLunch at Hasso-Plattner-Institut * Deutscher Sprachtechnologietag * upcoming: FOSDEM * upcoming: talk about MediaWiki groups http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-January/065839.html
= Other Noteworthy Stuff = * Reconfirmation of temporary admins: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Administrators/Confirm_2013 * Next deployment (Hebrew and Italian Wikipedia) still scheduled for 30th of January as planned * Planning for Wikimania in Hong Kong: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikimania_in_Hong_Kong * Wikimedia data center move went rather smoothly: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-c... * Request from the Bosnian Wikipedia community to be among the next to use Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Request_for_integrating_W... * Project about paid editing that might also become relevant for Wikidata at some point: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/23/german-community-project-about-paid-ed...
= Open Tasks for You = * Hack on one of https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer%2C%20&...
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia
-- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Community Communications for Wikidata
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