[Wikidata-l] Weekly Summary #118

[John Lewis]

Hey all,

Here is the latest update of everything happening around Wikidata!

You can view the summary in your language at:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2014_07_19

Discussions[edit
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   - Discussion about removing person data
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#removal_of_persondata>
   - Discussion to increase the support votes required for successful RfAs
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Increase_the_minimum_support_votes_for_WD:RFA>

Other Noteworthy Stuff[edit
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   - Main Page redesign suggestions
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Portal_Redesign>

Did you know?[edit
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   - Newest properties: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1415>, GUI toolkit or framework
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1414>, SFDb ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1413>, non-native language
   spoken <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1412>, nominated for
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1411>, number of seats in
   legislature <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1410>, Cycling
   Archives Cyclist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1409>, licensed
   to broadcast to <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1408>

Development[edit
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   - Finished setting up JSON dumps. If everything goes well, a first dump
   will be available on Monday evening
   - Worked on badges UI integration and made initial progress at making
   them editable
   - Did a lot of JavaScript refactoring in order to put Api related code
   into an own component
   - Made it possible to access data from Wikidata items on Wikidata itself
   using Lua (not yet enabled)
   - Fixed a bug that allowed creation of items with the same
   label+description of another item

See current sprint items <http://sb.wmflabs.org/p/wikidata/> for what we’re
working on next.

You can see all open bugs related to Wikidata here
<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>
Monthly Tasks[edit
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   - Fix a format or content violation
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Constraint_violations/P850>
for
   the World Register of Marine Species identifier (P850)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P850> property
   - Hack on one of these
   
<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 fix these items
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:The_Game/Flagged_items> which
   have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
   - Help develop the next summary here!
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
   - Contribute to a Showcase item
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase>

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