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/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 = * 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-i...
= 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&... * Continue rocking!
Anything to add? Please share! :)
Cheers Lydia