I want to add it's now possible to import another wiki's articles via pywikipediabot: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/pywikipedia/11103 More info and examples: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Dexbot The code is very simple: """ # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- import wikipedia site=wikipedia.getSite('fa',fam='wikipedia') listofarticles=[u"عماد خراسانی",u"کوری جهاز"] for name in listofarticles: page=wikipedia.Page(site,name) data=wikipedia.DataPage(page) try: items=data.get() except wikipedia.NoPage: print "The item doesn't exist. Creating..." data.createitem("Bot: Importing article from Persian wikipedia") else: print "It has been created already. Skipping..." """"
On 2/22/13, Lydia Pintscher <[email protected]> wrote: > Heya folks :) > > Here's your weekly summary of everything fancy happening around > Wikidata. It's was quite a week! > The wiki version is at > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2013_02_22 > > > = Development = > * Deployed new features and bugfixes including diffs for statements > and the ability to enter items and properties by their ID: > http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#New_features_and_bugfixes_rolled_out > * Updated demo system > (http://wikidata-test-repo.wikimedia.de/wiki/Testwiki:Main_Page) > * Database maintainance (Wikidata was in read-only mode for a bit) > * Implemented first version of a string data type > * Worked on better error reporting from the API > * Ported Lua function mw.wikibase.getEntity to Wikibase extension > * Worked on making the search box suggest items and properties while typing > * Improved the behaviour of the entity selector (thingy that lets you > select items and entities) > * Improved debugging experience in JavaScript when dealing with > prototypical inheritance > * Worked on cleanup of local entity store > * Generalized generation of localizable edit summaries > > 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 = > * Wikidata development will continue in 2013: > http://blog.wikimedia.de/2013/02/20/the-future-of-wikidata/ > * Wikidata Phase 2 in Full Swing: > http://semanticweb.com/wikidata-phase-2-in-full-swing_b35445 > * RFC about the Wikidata API: > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2013-February/001763.html > * Lots of discussions about certain properties and how they should be > used. Current state is at > http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:List_of_properties and new ones > are being discussed at > http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal > * RCF about amending the global bot policy for Wikidata: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Bot_policy > * Proposed changes to Wikidata’s notability guidelines: > http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Proposed_guideline_change:_Notability_rules > > = Events = > see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events > > * office hour including a report on the current status of Wikidata > (log is at > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2013-02-16) > * upcoming: Wikipedia Day NYC > > = Other Noteworthy Stuff = > * Deployment of phase 1 (language links) on all remaining Wikipedias > and a small update on Wikidata are planned for March 6 > * Great page for editors to learn about what phase 1 means for them: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidata > * Cool tool visualizing family relations based on data in Wikidata: > http://toolserver.org/~magnus/ts2/geneawiki/?q=Q1339 > * “Restricting the World” (first in a series about some design > decisions behind Wikidata): > http://blog.wikimedia.de/2013/02/22/restricting-the-world/ > * List of most used properties: > http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Popular_properties > * OmegaWiki is using Wikidata to get links to Wikipedia articles: > http://omegawiki.blogspot.de/2013/02/using-wikidata-to-display-links-to.html > * Nyan Nyan Wikidata Nyan Nyan > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata-Cat.gif > * We’ve hit http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5000000 > * Had a look at http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools lately? > > = Open Tasks for You = > * 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 > * Help translate > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Deployment_Questions > * Help bring the content of > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidata to your Wikipedia > > > 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 > -- Amir _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l
