Hey folks :)
Here's a short summary of last week. Enjoy your weekend!
Events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Press/Blogshttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage
- Lydia gave a first demo of simple queries and other cool stuff at the WMF Metrics and Activities Meetinghttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/2014-05-01 - ongoing this weekend: Youth Science Hack Day where a team is working on a Wikidata powered quiz app - upcoming: Data Science Day - upcoming: MediaWiki hackathon in Zurich
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Helen and Anjali join Wikidata as Outreach Program for Women internshttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2014-April/003753.html
Did you know?
- Newest properties: coordinates of the point of viewhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1259 , Rotten Tomatoes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1258, depicts Iconclass representation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1257, Iconclass notation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1256, Helveticarchives ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1255, Slovenska biografija ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1254, BCU Ecrivainsvdhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1253 , AUSTLANG code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1252, ABS ASCL code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1251
Development
- Got simple queries in shape for a first demo at the WMF Metrics and Activities Meeting - Cleaned up constraints checks and input validation - Worked on requirements for the user interface redesign - Started work on monolingual text datatype
See current sprint itemshttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=218716&resolution=---&resolution=LATER&resolution=DUPLICATE&emailtype1=substring&emailassigned_to1=1&query_format=advanced&bug_status=ASSIGNED&email1=wikidata for what we’re working on next.
You can view the commits currently in review herehttps://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/(+project:mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/Diff+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/DataValues+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseSolr+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/Ask+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseQuery+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseDatabase+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseQueryEngine+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseDataModel+)+status:open,n,z and the ones that have been merged herehttps://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/(+project:mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/Diff+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/DataValues+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseSolr+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/Ask+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseQuery+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseDatabase+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseQueryEngine+OR+project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseDataModel+)+status:merged,n,z .
You can see all open bugs related to Wikidata herehttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?emailcc1=1&list_id=151540&resolution=---&emailtype1=exact&emailassigned_to1=1&query_format=advanced&email1=wikidata-bugs%40lists.wikimedia.org Monthly Tasks
- Fix a format or content violationhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Constraint_violations/P512 for the academic degree (P512) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P512 property - Hack on one of thesehttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer%2C%20&keywords_type=allwords&emailcc1=1&resolution=---&emailtype1=exact&emailassigned_to1=1&query_format=advanced&email1=wikidata-bugs%40lists.wikimedia.org&list_id=162515 . - Help develop the next summary here!https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next - Contribute to a Showcase itemhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia