Heya folks :)
Here's what's been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
The wiki version is here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2012_11_09
= Development =
* Tpt wrote an awesome SpecialPage (Special:EntitiesWithoutLabel) that
lists all items without a label in a given language:
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/31508/ (merged; will be in next
deployment)
* Tpt changed the page to create new items to allow you to enter links
as well
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/31308/
* Created patch for review for next deployment on
wikidata.org
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/31849/
* Updated demo system
http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de/
* Worked on and discussed editing widgets for data values
* Some cleanup and further refactoring in JS of EditableValue
* Added a message on the client’s Special:MovePage to invite users to
update the associated page on the repository
* Reviewed a whole pile of changesets
* Helped with testing of deployment branch
* Fixed Selenium search test & sitelink tests
* Added Selenium tests for checking for security issues (JS injections)
* Worked on Api.js refactoring
* Worked on and fixed bugs in wbsearchentities
* Couple of minor fixes in the front end
* Introduced siteselector jQuery widget untangling functionality of
SiteIdInterface
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 =
* Flow of data between Wikidata repo and Wikipedias
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Notes/Change_propagation
* Nice front page article in the latest edition of Linux User and
Developer
https://www.imagineshop.co.uk/magazines/linuxuser/linux-user-and-developer-…
= Events =
see
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events
* office hours (logs at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2012-11-05
and
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2012-11-06)
* WMF metrics and activities meeting
* right now: Wikimedia Conferentie + hackathon
* upcoming: ISWC
* upcoming: talk at Berkman Center
* upcoming: intro and Q&A in Vienna
= Other Noteworthy Stuff =
* Stewards approved the first round of admins for Wikidata:
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Administrators
*
wikidata.org has been added to the global interwiki map so you
should soon be able to do [[d:Q2]] and link to item Q2 for example
* Database dumps are available
http://dumps.wikimedia.org/wikidatawiki/
* New tools added to
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools
* Top 1000 articles task force has been completed:
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Task_forces
* Denny did some language analysis on Wikipedia articles
http://simia.net/letters/ http://simia.net/languagesimilarity/
* Great Wikidata artwork:
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:A_Dream_in_Three_Colors.png
= Open Tasks for You =
* Hack on one of
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer%2C%20&am…
* Continue rocking!
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers
Lydia
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