Wikidata:Status updates/2013 05 03
This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2013-05-03.
Development edit
- Worked with students on their Google Summer of Code proposals
- Worked on time data type editing in the frontend
- Worked on improving the DataTypes system
- Working on better Continuous Integration strategy
- Moving Selenium tests to Cloudbees & Saucelabs
- Catching up with Selenium tests
You can view the commits currently in review here and the ones that have been merged here.
You can see all open bugs related to Wikidata here
Events/Press edit
- Hypertext 2013
- upcoming: Treffen der Redaktion Chemie
Discussion edit
Other Noteworthy Stuff edit
- Bugfixes were deployed on wikidata.org. The ones you probably care about are:
- when clicking "edit links" on a Wikipedia article the user is automatically taken to the language links part of the item. Hopefully it is now more obvious how to change the links.
- fixed a few cases where edit conflicts were detected in error
- added automatic edit summaries for adding qualifiers and claims
- fixed wrong revision being shown in div history
- Translators can now sign up to receive translation notifications at d:Special:TranslatorSignup
- Visual query interface for Wikidata
- 3 Wikimania submissions that could use your vote at the bottom: State of Wikidata, The Technology Behind Wikidata, Ask Us Anything About Wikidata
Did you know? edit
- Newest properties: Recorded at (studio), Supporting actor/actress, Palissy identifier, Filmaffinity number, input device, Volume (collections), Historic Places identifier, CELEX number, country calling code, local dialing code, eight banner register, lakes on river, dan/kyu rank, legislated by
- Newest task forces: Pokémon task force, Cultural heritage task force, Space task force
Open Tasks for You edit
- Review a proposal for a qualifier or property
- Respond to a "Request for Comment"
- Hack on one of these
Anything to add? Please share! :)