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
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