Wikidata:Status updates/2013 01 25

This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2013-01-25.

Development

• Updated demo system
• Improved design of sites code in core
• Fixed SQLite compatibility
• Worked on implementing references handling in statements user interface
• Useful error messages will be shown in statements user interface in case of data value mismatches
• Switched the demo system to Labs’ puppet
• Selenium tests for length constraint, claim edit-conflicts
• Setting up dispatcher script on internal test machine
• More work on wikibase.getEntities() function for Scribunto/Lua-Templates
• AbuseFilter is now working with Wikibase
• The change dispatcher script is now ready for use on the WMF cluster
• Initial implementation of {{#property}} parser function for the client
• Created a widget for the client to connect a page to a Wikidata item and add interwiki language links to a page
• Preparing a page to list unconnected pages on the clients

See current sprint items for what we’re working on next.

You can follow Template:Wdchanges and view the subset Template:Wdreview.

You can see all open bugs related to Wikidata here.

Discussions/Press

• VIAF

Events

see Events

• InfoLunch at Hasso-Plattner-Institut
• Deutscher Sprachtechnologietag
• upcoming: FOSDEM
• upcoming: talk about MediaWiki groups

Other Noteworthy Stuff

• Reconfirmation of temporary admins
• Next deployment (Hebrew and Italian Wikipedia) still scheduled for 30th of January as planned
• Planning for Wikimania in Hong Kong
• Wikimedia data center move went rather smoothly
• Request from the Bosnian Wikipedia community to be among the next to use Wikidata
• Project about paid editing that might also become relevant for Wikidata at some point

Open Tasks for You

• Hack on one of these

Anything to add? Please share! :)