Hey folks :)
Here's your summary of what happened around Wikidata last week:
Discussions
- Wikiquote
notability<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikiquote…
- Discussion relating to
DBpedia<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#DBpedia_head…
- Discussion over Wikidata
data<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Is_our_data_rea…
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Summary: The summaries will now be sent out on Saturday as opposed to
Friday.
Did you know?
- Newest properties: astronomical
filter<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1227>
, National Archives specific records type
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1226>
, National Archives topical subject
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1225>
, National Archives geographic
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1224>
, National Archives organization
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1223>
, National Archives person
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1222>
, compressor type <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1221>, Internet
Broadway Database person
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1220>
, Internet Broadway Database show
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1219>
, Internet Broadway Database production
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1218>
, Internet Broadway Database venue
ID<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1217>
, English Heritage list
number<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1216>
, apparent magnitude <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1215>
- Newest task forces <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Task_forces>
: Heraldry task
force<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Heraldry_task_force>
Development
- Reduced page load time significantly once again. Page load time was
cut to roughly 2/3. For now we’re happy with the resulting page load times.
We’ll start concentrating on other areas of the user interface now.
- Fixed faulty selection handling when adding a property using the
keyboard (
bugzilla:62868<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62868>
)
- Worked on fixing issues with handling of spaces in quantities (
bugzilla:62567 <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62567>)
- Fixed miscount of Wikidata changes on the client watchlist (
bugzilla:45812 <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45812>)
- Wrote new browser tests for special pages using the Cucumber and
Selenium frameworks
- Improved error formatting, localisation and handling. We will work on
error message wording next to make them more understandable.
- Worked on the code which propagates page moves from the clients into
Wikidata as a preparation for allowing page deletions to appear on Wikidata
- Made the Wikibase extension work with the new “Compact language links”
Beta feature and a bit more independent from the UniversalLanguageSelector
in general
- The student team working on the entity suggester has finished the
first version of it. The code is being reviewed now and is hopefully ready
for deployment soon. Once it is deployed it will show you what new
properties you could add to an item.
See current sprint
items<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=218716&reso…
for
what we’re working on next.
You can view the commits currently in review
here<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/(+project:mediawiki/extensions/W…
and
the ones that have been merged
here<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/(+project:mediawiki/extensions/W…
.
You can see all open bugs related to Wikidata
here<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?emailcc1=1&list_id=1…
Monthly Tasks
- Fix a format or content
violation<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Constr…
for
the *original language (P364)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property_talk:P364>* property
- Hack on one of
these<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer…
.
- 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>
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers
Lydia
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Lydia Pintscher -
http://about.me/lydia.pintscher
Product Manager for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
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