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http://test2.wikipedia.org now uses
http://wikidata.org for getting language links and wikidata.org edits affecting the existing articles on test2 show up in RecentChanges (if they are not hidden)
Statements (think of “population: 2.000.000” and similar things) are taking shape in the interface. They are still pretty buggy though at this point.
It is now possible to link to images on Wikimedia Commons in a statement (think of “image: sundown_at_the_beach.png” for example)
No longer possible to create new items and set labels when database is set to read-only
Added more tests to the GeoCoordinate parser
Make use of EditEntity in removeclaims API
Removed many singletons to reduce global state
Made SpecialSetLabel work with non-item entities
Improved settings system
Improved options of ValueFormatters
Improved options of ValueParsers
Moved label+description uniqueness check out of transaction to avoid deadlocks and changed it to only be enforced for edits changing any violating values
Fixed serialization of SiteArray
~=[,,_,,]:3
Had to fix reporting of aliases in wbsearchentities again
Implemented integration of baserevids for statements UI API calls for editconflict detection for statements/claims/snaks
Universal Language Selector fallback fix for Selenium tests
Report URL to entity in wbsearchentites API module
Moved the demo system to a larger server
Fixed several bugs in Statements user interface, most notably, adding Statements to existing sections and layout fixes
Added wikibase API module on the client to provide information about the associated repo (e.g. url, script path, article path)
A bunch of messages for autocomments were fixed (they are automatically added as an edit summary for edits on items and co in Wikidata - for example: “Changed [en] description: Finnish rock band”)
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Wikidata weekly summary #37
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Development
Deployed fix for
bugzilla:42956 on wikidata.org that caused problems when using the site in French in Firefox
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hello there. the flag is granted. use it automatically wise ;) happy new year! --
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Wikidata weekly summary #38
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. It's rather short this time because pretty much everyone enjoys some well-deserved vacation.
Development
Some of us unwrapped gifts (-:
Started working on supporting different kinds of Snaks in the user interface
Fixing support for PostgreSQL in core, which was broken with introduction of the sites stuff
Code reviewing of changes in MediaWiki core
Adding watchlist filter in client for Wikidata changes
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We have an intern for a week, Marius aka User:Hoo man. He’ll be working on the wizard for linking a new Wikipedia article to an existing item or creating a new item for it if none exists yet. (the first two stories
here)
Refactored sites code to improve design
Changed item datatype to use entityid as datavalue rather than string
Added lots of new Selenium tests
Changed AbuseFilter so Wikibase can hook into it
Implemented new change dispatcher script
~=[,,_,,]:3
Working on combining successive changes to avoid watchlist clutter
Claims error handling (i.e. they now show error messages when needed)
Implemented initial version of Solr-based search for Wikidata in extension WikibaseSolr
Started investigating use of Lua/Scribunto for the Wikibase client
While we are on this issue, could you write a script that compares existing Commons category/page and check if the corresponding Wikispecies page has an image? I know
it has been done before for biographies. I have already tried contacting that individual but he seemed to be inactive since mid-December.
OhanaUnitedTalk page 17:36, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
He replied "The code is
here but I don't think is easy to adapt to Wikispecies". --
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Did he say why? Frankly I think it should be much easier than that project since matching scientific species name is much more accurate.
OhanaUnitedTalk page 07:25, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Nope. That's all he said, and I haven't yet found the time to take a closer look. --
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Thanks!
Thanks for helping to fix the formatting. I'm pretty sure the alpha version of the new Visual Editor added those extraneous bullets! :) --
Fuzheado |
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Glad to help, and looking forward to the course. --
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Wikidata weekly summary #42
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Deployment of first parts of phase 2 on wikidata.org are planned for February 4 and deployment on English Wikipedia for February 11. See
this blog post for details and more dates.
Open Tasks for You
Test statements on the [
demo system before the roll-out to wikidata.org on February 4
That video still doesn't work for me. --
Hordaland (
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OK, I have
asked for help. Please describe your observations there, and whether that is the only file affected. --
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Wikidata weekly summary #44
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Support for enhanced recent changes format in client
There are automatic comments for statement edits as well in the history now
Special page for unconnected pages, that is pages on the client that are not connected to items on the repository
Added permission checks for statements, so a user that can not edit will not be able to edit or that only a group can be allowed to do some changes like creating statements
d:User:PinkAmpersand is looking for someone to write a script that once someone has been made an autopatroller, retroactively patrols all of their prior edits
You applied to be a speaker at the GLAM WIKI conference (12-14 April 2013) and I was hoping you could answer a few questions.
Do you need funding to attend the conference?
If so, have you asked your chapter for support?
If you chapter is unable to offer financial support, how much would you need to attend the conference?
As yet speakers are undecided - we hope to make a decisions towards the end of the month - but you response would be helpful.
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Hi Richard, I don't have complete answers yet but hope to have them by the end of the week. Will get back to you then. --
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Hi Daniel, I noticed you have a draft in your sandbox about this guy and thought I should let you know I've created a very quick stub about him. Cheers
SmartSE (
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Note: changed day of next German office hour to March 8
Other Noteworthy Stuff
We have a time scheduled when Wikidata will be read-only for a database migration. The window for that is Feb 20 19:00 to Feb 21 2:00 UTC.
New features and bugfixes on Wikidata are planned to be deployed on Monday (Feb 18). This should among other things include:
Showing useful diffs for edits of claims (they’re currently empty)
Automatic comments for editing of claims (there are currently none)
Ability to add items to claims by their ID
Better handling of deleted properties
More results in the entity selector (that’s the thing that lets you select properties, items and so on) so you can add everything and not just the first few matches that are shown
We’re still working on the issue that sometimes editing of certain parts of items or properties isn’t possible. If you’re running into it try to reload the page and/or change the URL to the www. version or the non-www. version respectively.
Deployment on all other Wikipedias is currently planned for March 6 (a note to the Village Pumps of all affected projects will follow soon)
Hi. The citation you linked was to a completely different paper in the same issue of Zookeys. While it's nice that you tried to simplify the link, please be sure that if you do so again, the link you are inserting is the correct one. Thanks,
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Thanks for checking. However, I had only changed the formatting to a more standard one,
leaving the doi as provided by you. If you want to refer to the other article, you can simply use {{Cite doi|10.3897/zookeys.269.4255}}. --
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Back from India and Bangladesh
Open access barnstar!
I just got back to New York City yesterday. I am still a bit sick but the trip was productive. I am traveling this next week also - I hope to soon be back in my regular routine. Thanks for covering the open access file of the day project.
User:Isarra made this barnstar, just as she has many others. I like her a lot.
Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:49, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
Welcome back then! And yes, that's a nice one. --
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Lots of discussions about certain properties and how they should be used. Current state is at
d:Wikidata:List of properties and new ones are being discussed at [d:Wikidata:Property proposal]]
Rollout of phase 1 (language links) on all remaining Wikipedias is still planned for March 6
Next update on wikidata.org is also planned for March 6. This will have bugfixes and if all goes well string as a new available data type.
Proposal was made to the Hungarian, Hebrew and Italian Wikipedias to be the first batch to use phase 2 of Wikidata (infoboxes). Scheduled timeframe for this is end of March
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Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Development
More work on widget to add language links on the Wikipedias directly without having to go to Wikidata
Bug fixes for Wikipedias, including:
don't show edit link when noexternallanglinks magic word suppresses Wikidata links (
bugzilla:45037)
use Q## links instead of linking to Special:ItemByTitle for “edit links” link (
bugzilla:44536)
preference for showing Wikidata edits by default in watchlist (
bugzilla:44973)
Catching up on writing tests for untested functionality
More work on the Lua support for accessing data from the repository (wikidata.org) on the Wikipedias
Updated Wikidata’s Vagrant development machine
Created initial QueryStore interface
Created initial setup code for the SQL QueryStore
Discussed and created initial schema for the SQL QueryStore
Simplified code for client settings, including which namespaces can have Wikidata links. The default is now all namespaces, without needing to explicitly specify them in the settings
Improved code for sorting interwiki links in the clients, with step towards allowing the communities to specify custom sort orders per Wikipedia
Improved handling of deleted properties
Further work on replacement for current search box
More work on improving error reporting and edit summaries in the API
Tim and Aaron killed the mystery bug that caused corrupt login tokens (
bugzilla:41586)
Asked the Italian, Hebrew and Hungarian Wikipedias if they want to be the first to use phase 2 (will ask a few more to join the first batch later today)
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