Heya folks :)
What a week! Here's your summary of what happened over the last week
around Wikidata.
You can find the wiki version at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2012_11_02
= Development =
* Launched
wikidata.org \o/
* Updated
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Notes/Change_propagation
(We need feedback on the data flow from Wikidata to the Wikipedias
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-November/064196.html)
* Updated the demo system:
http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de
* Tagged a 0.1 release
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase.git;a…
* Added QUnit tests for DataValues
* Worked on Api.js JS refactoring
* Fix content handler and other related core bugs
* Generalized Autocomment
* Changed name of wbsetitem to wbeditentity
* First implementation of wbsearchentities
* More Puppet scripts and Vagrant exploration
* All of the API should now handle prefixed IDs
* Implemented templating system
* Browser code and server code both starts to use templates
* Jeroen and Daniel were added as primary authors of MediaWiki core
for their work on the Content Handler
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 =
* “wikidata.org is live” got quite some responses in the press. Some
examples:
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/wikidata-oeffnet-als-zentrale-datenbank-…
and
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Wikidata-Daten-Fundus-fuer-Wikipedia…
= Events =
see
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events
* SMWCon
* WMF metrics and activities meeting
* upcoming: office hours on IRC
* upcoming: Wikimedia Conferentie
* upcoming: ISWC
* upcoming: talk at Bergman Center
* upcoming: Wikidata intro and Q&A in Vienna
* We’re looking for partners for a mass collaboration assembly at 29C3
= Other Noteworthy Stuff =
* First 1000 items:
http://pastebin.com/Gahpgekp (html:
http://pastebin.com/5L6N2gZq)
*
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Category:Task_force
*
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions
*
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#SlurpInterwiki_script
* Translate extension enabled on
wikidata.org for easier translation
of help and similar pages
= Open Tasks for You =
* Give feedback on
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Notes/Change_propagation
* Hack on one of
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer%2C%20&am…
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers
Lydia
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