Heya folks :)
Here's your summary on what's been happening in Wikidata land over the last 7 days. Fancy a wiki version of this? Check http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2012_08_31
= Development = * Worked on version 2 of generic site handling in MediaWiki incorporating feedback from wikitech and mediawiki.org, as well as updating the WIkibase code to match * Rewrote SQLStore to accommodate phase 2 and phase 3 of Wikidata * Added maintenance script for rebuilding the store data * Implemented action column in user interface. All buttons for user-interaction are now aligned on the right side (for ltr-languages). * The language-code is now shown in a separate column in the site-links table * Started implementing sorting for site-link table columns * Lots of cleanup in JavaScript code * Edit conflict detection in a simple form is in place * Some minor changes to the API to support conflict detection, mostly “lastrevid” and “baserevid” * The configurable URL argument “usekeys” was removed. (Please check if your bots are still working.) * The special page “ItemByLabel” is about to be revitalized as a full “ItemDisambiguation” page
See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Current_sprint for what we’re working on next.
You can follow our commits here: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/(status:open+project:mediawiki/extensions... and view the subset awaiting review here: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/status:open+project:mediawiki/extensions/...
= Discussions/Press = * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Preventing_unwanted_edits
= Events = see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events
* Campus Party (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ5mWN8BooE) * FrOSCon * right now: WikiCon * upcoming: State of the Map * upcoming: office hours on IRC
= Other Noteworthy Stuff = * Please vote for our SXSW panel at http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/3710. Voting ends today.
= Open Tasks for You = * for possible coding tasks check https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer&keywo... * check the needs-input box on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata and see where you can give feedback
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia