This simply means that whenever you use action=wblinktitles in the api the ID in the result will now be Q123 instead of just 123!
On 5 July 2014 11:44, Luca Martinelli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lydia, > > this sounds as a major step for Wikidata, but... can you (or someone > else) please explain it a bit further? > > I'm doing my part in communicating WD changes to the Italian > wiki-communities, and since the Commons issue might be interesting > also for other stuff, I'd like to know a bit more. > > (Love the kitten) > > L. > > 2014-07-04 17:55 GMT+02:00 Lydia Pintscher <[email protected]>: > > Hey folks :) > > > > Next week we will deploy an API change in preparation for support for > > Wikimedia Commons. wblinktitle will return a prefixed ID starting Tuesday > > night if there are no complications: > > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52732 This is necessary > as > > Commons support will break the assumption that our identifiers are > always of > > the form someletter+number like for example Q1234. > > > > Sorry for the disruption. If you need help with adapting your tools > please > > let me know. > > > > > > Cheers > > Lydia > > > > > > PS: Jeroen forced me to attach a cat to this email so here you go: > > > > /\_/\ > > =( °w° )= > > ) ( // > > (__ __)// > > > > -- > > Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher > > Product Manager for Wikidata > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > > Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Luca "Sannita" Martinelli > http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Sannita > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > -- Addshore
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