Heya folks :)
Here's your summary what happened around Wikidata over the last week.
You can find the wiki version at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2012_12_14
= Development =
* Deployed new code on
wikidata.org. All changes can be found at
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FWikibase.g…
* Updated demo system
http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de
*
http://test2.wikipedia.org now uses
wikidata.org for getting
language links and
wikidata.org edits affecting the existing articles
on test2 show up in RecentChanges (if they are not hidden)
* Statements (think of “population: 2.000.000” and similar things) are
taking shape in the interface. They are still pretty buggy though at
this point.
* It is now possible to link to images on Wikimedia Commons in a
statement (think of “image: sundown_at_the_beach.png” for example)
* Links are now protocol-relative
(
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42534)
* No longer possible to create new items and set labels when database
is set to read-only
* Added more tests to the GeoCoordinate parser
* Make use of EditEntity in removeclaims API
* Removed many singletons to reduce global state
* Made SpecialSetLabel work with non-item entities
* Improved settings system
* Improved options of ValueFormatters
* Improved options of ValueParsers
* Moved label+description uniqueness check out of transaction to avoid
deadlocks and changed it to only be enforced for edits changing any
violating values
* Fixed serialization of SiteArray
* ~=[,,_,,]:3
* Had to fix reporting of aliases in wbsearchentities again
* Implemented integration of baserevids for statements UI API calls
for editconflict detection for statements/claims/snaks
* Universal Language Selector fallback fix for Selenium tests
* Report URL to entity in wbsearchentites API module
* Moved the demo system to a larger server
* Fixed several bugs in Statements user interface, most notably,
adding Statements to existing sections and layout fixes
* Added wikibase API module on the client to provide information about
the associated repo (e.g. url, script path, article path)
* A bunch of messages for autocomments were fixed (they are
automatically added as an edit summary for edits on items and co in
Wikidata - for example: “Changed [en] description: Finnish rock
band”)
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 =
* “Wikidata: Summing the sum of human knowledge“
http://tech2.in.com/features/science-and-technology/wikidata-summing-the-su…
= Events =
see
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events
* WhereCamp
* Wikidata talk as part of a lecture on knowledge management in Karlsruhe
* upcoming: 29C3
* upcoming: Office hours
= Other Noteworthy Stuff =
* More pretty Wikidata artwork:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_logo_using_images.png
= Open Tasks for You =
* Want to help me write the next weekly summary? Let me know.
* 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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