Heya folks :) Here's the quick version of what happened around Wikidata over the last week. The wiki version is at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2013_01_18
= Development = * We are live on the Hungarian Wikipedia: https://blog.wikimedia.de/2013/01/14/first-steps-of-wikidata-in-the-hungarian-wikipedia/ \o/ * We have an intern for a week, Marius aka User:Hoo man. He’ll be working on the wizard for linking a new Wikipedia article to an existing item or creating a new item for it if none exists yet. (the first two stories here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Storyboard_for_linking_Wikipedia_articles_v0.3#Functionality) * Refactored sites code to improve design * Changed item datatype to use entityid as datavalue rather than string * Added lots of new Selenium tests * Changed AbuseFilter so Wikibase can hook into it * Implemented new change dispatcher script * ~=[,,_,,]:3 * Working on combining successive changes to avoid watchlist clutter * Claims error handling (i.e. they now show error messages when needed) * Implemented initial version of Solr-based search for Wikidata in extension WikibaseSolr * Started investigating use of Lua/Scribunto for the Wikibase client * Updated the Wikidata Vagrant development machine: https://github.com/SilkeMeyer/wikidata-vagrant * Improved the setup via puppet on Labs (http://labsconsole.wikimedia.org) 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 = * Latest updates on time and coordinate datatypes http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-January/001596.html * Schedule for the reconfirmation of the first round of admins: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Requests_for_permissions#Schedule * RFC on en:wp about the transition to language links from Wikidata: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidata_interwiki_RFC * Signpost, among others, covers the deployment on the Hungarian Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-14/Technology_report = Other Noteworthy Stuff = * Congrats to our sister Wikivoyage on their official launch: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/15/wikimedia-foundation-launches-wikivoyage-a-free-worldwide-travel-guide-that-anyone-can-edit/ * There’s now a manual for using the Pywikipediabot on Wikidata: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikipediabot/Wikidata * Deployed new code on wikidata.org http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#new_code_deployed * Community Portal got a rework: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Community_portal * Tried to drop www from Wikidata URLs but that was more difficult than expected. Sorry for the issues it caused. We're working on resolving the remaining ones. http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#dropped_the_.22www.22_in_wikidata = Open Tasks for You = * http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Press_coverage needs some love and attention * 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! :) 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
