Heya folks :) Here's what's been happening around Wikidata over the last week. The wiki version is at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2012_12_21 As you can see it is getting quiet here in the office as everyone is leaving for the holidays.
= Development = * Deployed fix for https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42956 on wikidata.org that caused problems when using the site in French in Firefox * Updated demo system http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de/ * Fixed some bugs in wbsearchentities * Removed empty aliases structure from wbsearchentities * Heavy Selenium testing of statements UI * Improved overall usability and responsiveness of the statements UI * Implemented remove functionality for statements in the UI * Refactored and added tests for language links handler in the client * Bug fixes in the client * Improved SiteLinkTable class in WikibaseLib and added tests * Started work to improve AbuseFIlter integration * Added logic to find all referenced entities for a given set of claims * Added serialization of referenced claims to output of entity pages * Diff Extension: Split off diffing code from MapDiff and ListDiff to dedicated Differ classes * Diff Extension: Added dedicated patcher classes, which are used for the getApplicableDiff functionality 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/Wikibase)+OR+(status:merged+project:mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase),n,z and view the subset awaiting review at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/status:open+project:mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase,n,z You can see all open bugs related to Wikidata at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?emailcc1=1&list_id=151540&resolution=---&emailtype1=exact&emailassigned_to1=1&query_format=advanced&email1=wikidata-bugs%40lists.wikimedia.org = Discussions/Press = * Representing values http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Representing_values http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2012-December/001406.html (including a prototype to try out the current state of discussions: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2012-December/001491.html) * Wikidata: People And Bots Busy Filling The System In Phase One http://semanticweb.com/wikidata-people-and-bots-busy-filling-the-system-in-phase-one_b34129 = Events = see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events * Office hours (logs at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2012-12-18a and http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2012-12-18b) * Wikidata talk as part of a lecture on knowledge management in Karlsruhe * upcoming: 29C3 = Other Noteworthy Stuff = * Announced the expected date for deployment on the Hungarian Wikipedia http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#next_steps_for_the_first_Wikidata_client_-_the_Hungarian_Wikipedia * Wikidata has been added to the Wikimedia stats site: http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikispecial/EN/TablesWikipediaWIKIDATA.htm * Video of the Wikidata talks at Wikimania 2012 is online now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05HxNwxiNZ0 = Open Tasks for You = * Give input to the representing values discussion * Hack on one of https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer%2C%20&keywords_type=allwords&emailcc1=1&resolution=---&emailtype1=exact&emailassigned_to1=1&query_format=advanced&email1=wikidata-bugs%40lists.wikimedia.org&list_id=162515 Anything to add? Please share! :) Have a great holiday season. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Community Communications for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Obentrautstr. 72 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l
