Heya folks :)
I hope you all had a very enjoyable few days off. 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_01_04
= Development = * Updates for selenium testenvironments (browsers, ruby, selenium-tools) * Extended tests for statements user interface * Refactored snakview user interface to handle other property-snak types than PropertyValueSnak * Layout improvements in the user interface * Several minor bugfixes in the user interface * Updated Vagrant for Wikidata: https://github.com/SilkeMeyer/wikidata-vagrant * More work on AbuseFilter https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42064 * Deployed new version of Wikibase and MediaWiki core to wikidata.org and test2.wikipedia (bugfixes - all Wikibase changes at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase.git;a=...) * Fix for bug 43595 (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43595) which was seen on Wednesday during attempted deployment of the wmf7 version of MediaWiki core. Thanks Marius!
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 = * Created prototypes for parsing coordinates and time in Wikidata that need feedback: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-January/001529.html * Bureaucrat support requirements: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Bureaucrats#Bureaucrat_support_re... * Defining administrators: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Defining_administ...
= Events = see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events
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= Other Noteworthy Stuff = * We’ve reached item ID 2.000.000: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2000000 * You can now enable the SitelinkCheck gadget in your preferences that makes it easier to check if a certain link is already in use in an existing item: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-SitelinkCheck
= Open Tasks for You = * Give feedback on prototypes for parsing time and coordinates * Help translate the client extension (especially to Hungarian in light of the upcoming deployment): http://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special%3AMessageGroupStats&x=D&a... * Hack on one of these: 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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