Heya folks :)
Here is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2012-06-08. The wiki version is here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2012_06_08
= Development = * Updated demo system * MediaWiki hackathon * More bug squashing on Wikidata repo * Refactored the Wikidata client code * Cleaned up the Wikidata branch and prepared for the merge&review session with Tim Starling next week * Worked on implementation of item aliases in the user interface * Had a very useful discussion with a bot programmer that use our present API to get feedback and improve it * Revised layout prototypes * More infrastructure and getting our setup at labs reviewed by the super special experts at the Foundation * Added extra unit tests and fixed all broken tests for all extension except the API tests * Added extra interfaces for change notification and handling * Investigated how to integrate the Wikidata sitelinks with existing languagelink and interwikilink functionality
See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Current_sprint for what we’re working on next.
You can follow our commits (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/%28%28status:merged+project:mediawiki/ext...) and view the subset awaiting review (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/status:open+%28project:mediawiki/extensio...).
= Discussions/Press = * lots of discussions at the Wikidata/RENDER day and hackathon ** summaries are here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Berlin_summit_2012 ** some blog posts: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/05/31/wikidata-summit-kicks-off-in-berlin/, http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.de/search/label/Wikidata ** some photos: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hackathon_Berlin_2012 ** some videos: http://vimeo.com/user7709672/videos * SemTechBiz: http://www.cmswire.com/cms/customer-experience/wikidata-excites-closing-pane...
= Events = see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events
* MediaWiki hackathon * AdminConvention * Berlin Open Data Day * Wikidata intro and Q&A in Köln * upcoming: Wikidata intro and Q&A in Dresden
Anything to add? Please share! :)