Hey all,
Here is the latest update of everything happening around Wikidata!
You can view the summary in your language at: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/201...
Discussions[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_19&action=edit§ion=1 ]
- Discussion about removing person data https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#removal_of_persondata - Discussion to increase the support votes required for successful RfAs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Increase_the_minimum_support_votes_for_WD:RFA
Other Noteworthy Stuff[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_19&action=edit§ion=2 ]
- Main Page redesign suggestions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Portal_Redesign
Did you know?[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_19&action=edit§ion=3 ]
- Newest properties: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1415, GUI toolkit or framework https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1414, SFDb ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1413, non-native language spoken https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1412, nominated for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1411, number of seats in legislature https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1410, Cycling Archives Cyclist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1409, licensed to broadcast to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1408
Development[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_19&action=edit§ion=4 ]
- Finished setting up JSON dumps. If everything goes well, a first dump will be available on Monday evening - Worked on badges UI integration and made initial progress at making them editable - Did a lot of JavaScript refactoring in order to put Api related code into an own component - Made it possible to access data from Wikidata items on Wikidata itself using Lua (not yet enabled) - Fixed a bug that allowed creation of items with the same label+description of another item
See current sprint items http://sb.wmflabs.org/p/wikidata/ for what we’re working on next.
You can see all open bugs related to Wikidata here https://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[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_19&action=edit§ion=5 ]
- Fix a format or content violation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Constraint_violations/P850 for the World Register of Marine Species identifier (P850) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P850 property - Hack on one of these https://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 fix these items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:The_Game/Flagged_items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game. - Help develop the next summary here! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next - Contribute to a Showcase item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase