On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:16 PM Stas Malyshev <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi! > > Exciting news! > > > * new datatype for identifiers: we'll bring it to wikidata.org > > <http://wikidata.org> on the 16th. We'll convert existing properties > > according to the list on > > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore/Identifiers in two rounds on > > 17th and 18th. > > Is this type supposed to work already on test.wikidata.org? I tried a > couple of properties and I always get "It is not possible to define a > new value for a deleted property." when I try to add statement with this > type. > Can you try again please? And in an in-cognito window? I just tried it and it works for me: https://test.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649 We've had some issues with local store though. > BTW, I imagine bots like pywikibot will have to be updated to support > new types? Or they will work as strings still? > The datatype changes but the value type stays string. So depending on what they use they might need to be adapted. Cheers Lydia -- 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 27/029/42207.
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