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/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 =
* 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-…
* 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_…
* 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-e…
= Open Tasks for You =
* 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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