Heya folks :)
Here's your summary of what happened around Wikidata over the last week. The wiki version is at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2013_02_01
= Development = * Deployment on the Hebrew and Italian Wikipedia (http://blog.wikimedia.de/2013/01/30/wikidata-coming-to-the-next-two-wikipedi... http://blog.wikimedia.org.il/?p=768 http://nonnawiki.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/wikidata-arriva-su-wikipedia-in-eb...) * Switched the Wikipedias over to a new, more scalable dispatching changes script for propagating changes from the repository to the clients * Fixing various deeply buried bugs and a few minor bugs reported after deployment * Preparations for next deployment on wikidata.org * Working on property parser function for the client * Implemented robust serialization of changes for dispatching * Resumed work on linked data interface * References can now be created, edited and removed on existing statements * Several minor user interface fixes * Styling of the user interface for statements * Selenium tests for references * Selenium tests for non-JS SpecialPages * Worked on puppet
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 = * Abuse filter guidelines: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Proposal:_Guideline_for_A... * Policy on properties: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Policy_on_Properties * First external tool for output in RDF: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#A_first_draft_of_an_exter... and http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-January/001682.html * Running your own instance of Wikibase (for science!): http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-January/001637.html
= Events = see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events
* We’ve set the date for the next office hours: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events#IRC_office_hours * upcoming: FOSDEM
= Other Noteworthy Stuff = * Admin reconfirmation is still ongoing: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Administrators/Confirm_2013 * Deployment of first parts of phase 2 on wikidata.org are planned for February 4 and deployment on English Wikipedia for February 11. See http://blog.wikimedia.de/2013/01/30/wikidata-coming-to-the-next-two-wikipedi... for details and more dates.
= Open Tasks for You = * 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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