Heya folks :)
Here's this weeks summary of what happened around Wikidata for you. The wiki version is at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2013_01_11
= Development = * Bene* developed a new tool to show existing or missing items for a given Wikipedia category http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#new_tool_for_Wikidata * Selenium test-groups for (non)experimental features (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43828) * Notification for IP edits that IP will be logged (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42954) * Verified fix & added Selenium tests for broken error-reporting on label/description uniqueness constraint (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43301) * Label-edit-button links to Special:SetLabel when JavaScript disabled (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43814) * Updated PHP, MySQL, Ruby, Selenium, etc.. on internal test server and enabled APC + memcached * Work on AbuseFilter to make it work with Wikidata content (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42064) * Implemented length constraint for labels, descriptions and aliases (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/43434/ - configurable with a default of 2500 UTF8 characters) * Implementing a new mechanism for dispatching change notifications to client wikis * Worked more on how Wikidata changes are handled in the client watchlist (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43124) * Some work went into using Solr for the search. Still very simple * Prepared improvements to our puppet files on labs * Worked on statements UI (snaktypes/references) * Fixed bugs in UI event handling of widgets * Put EntityId parsing code into a dedicated class * Finished EntityDiff cleanup
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 = * Reworked inclusion syntax completely http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-January/001582.html http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-January/001583.html * Updates to time and space model http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-January/001552.html * Is there a need for bureaucrats? http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Bureaucrats#Do_we_have_a_need_for... * Planned improvement to the search field http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Let.27s_improve_the_searc...
= Other Noteworthy Stuff = * Deployment on the Hungarian Wikipedia is still planned for Monday (Jan 14th) * Jens writes a bit about Wikidata’s mascots: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jens_Ohlig#The_many_mascots_of_Wikidata
= Open Tasks for You = * Give feedback on inclusion syntax draft version 3, the updated time and space model and the plans for improving the search field * Hack on one of https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer%2C%20&...
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia
-- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Community Communications for Wikidata
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