Hello everyone,

Here is the latest summary of everything Wikidata. You can read this in your local 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/Next&action=edit§ion=1 ]

- User conduct policies RfC https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/User_conduct_policies

Other Noteworthy Stuff[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/Next&action=edit§ion=3 ]

- The first draft for the Main page redesign is ready for review https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Portal_Redesign/draft (a summary of proposed changes can be found at Project Chat https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#first_draft_for_Main_page_redesign_ready_for_review ) - User:Thepwnco https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Thepwnco is working on updating Wikidata documentation for all sister projects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sister_projects, starting with Wikidata:Wikisource https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikisource - Drop by the Wikidata Lounge https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lounge, a new initiative to promote friendliness and civility started by d:User:Micru https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Micru - Wikinews will get sitelink support on August 19th

Did you know?[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/Next&action=edit§ion=4 ]

- Newest properties: b-side https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1432, executive producer https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1431, OpenPlaques identifier https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1430, pet https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1429, Lost Art-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1428, journey origin https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1427

Development[edit https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Status_updates/Next&action=edit§ion=5 ]

- Published the first JSON dumps - Finishing touches on badges support - Finishing touches on redirects - Finishing touches on the "in other projects" beta feature that displays links to sister projects in the sidebar of Wikipedia for example - Tested and fixed issues with allowing sitelinks to Wikidata pages and accessing item data via Lua on Wikidata itself - Final tests before we can start switching to the new serialization format - The code for simple queries is being reviewed by the Foundation. This is hopefully the last step before we can deploy this too. - Worked on improving the code of the {{#property}} parser function in preparation of allowing arbitrary data access and allowing linked output.

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/Next&action=edit§ion=6 ]

- 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!* - Contribute to a Showcase item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase