Heya folks :)
What a week! Here's your summary of what happened over the last week around Wikidata. You can find the wiki version at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2012_11_02
= Development = * Launched wikidata.org \o/ * Updated http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Notes/Change_propagation (We need feedback on the data flow from Wikidata to the Wikipedias http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-November/064196.html) * Updated the demo system: http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de * Tagged a 0.1 release https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase.git;a=... * Added QUnit tests for DataValues * Worked on Api.js JS refactoring * Fix content handler and other related core bugs * Generalized Autocomment * Changed name of wbsetitem to wbeditentity * First implementation of wbsearchentities * More Puppet scripts and Vagrant exploration * All of the API should now handle prefixed IDs * Implemented templating system * Browser code and server code both starts to use templates * Jeroen and Daniel were added as primary authors of MediaWiki core for their work on the Content Handler
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 = * “wikidata.org is live” got quite some responses in the press. Some examples: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/wikidata-oeffnet-als-zentrale-datenbank-f... and http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Wikidata-Daten-Fundus-fuer-Wikipedia-...
= Events = see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events
* SMWCon * WMF metrics and activities meeting * upcoming: office hours on IRC * upcoming: Wikimedia Conferentie * upcoming: ISWC * upcoming: talk at Bergman Center * upcoming: Wikidata intro and Q&A in Vienna * We’re looking for partners for a mass collaboration assembly at 29C3
= Other Noteworthy Stuff = * First 1000 items: http://pastebin.com/Gahpgekp (html: http://pastebin.com/5L6N2gZq) * http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Category:Task_force * http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions * http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#SlurpInterwiki_script * Translate extension enabled on wikidata.org for easier translation of help and similar pages
= Open Tasks for You = * Give feedback on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Notes/Change_propagation * Hack on one of https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer%2C%20&...
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia