Wikidata:Status updates/2014 09 20

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This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2014-09-20.

Discussions[edit]

Events/Press/Blogs[edit]

Other Noteworthy Stuff[edit]

  • WikiProject Names aims to improve name related data on Wikidata. Initial focus is on first names (given names). Half of items for first names still need cleaning up, but 15% of items for persons already have a given name defined.

Did you know?[edit]

Development[edit]

  • work on supporting statements on properties in WikibaseDataModelSerialization (bugzilla:66425)
  • Fixed broken xml api output (bugzilla:70531), as well as some inconsistencies in the xml format and added tests that should help avoid future breakage in the xml format
  • finished performance improvements for badges
  • work on entity usage tracking
  • Pietro from the EAGLE project came to visit us, one of the first 3rd party users of Wikibase. See http://www.eagle-network.eu
  • added a hook point to allow 3rd party users (like the EAGLE project) of Wikibase to control what goes into the search index
  • started work on a widget that lets you edit badges right in the item instead of going to the special page
  • use checkboxes instead of a multiselect to edit badges on d:Special:SetSiteLink

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

You can see all open bugs related to Wikidata here

Monthly Tasks[edit]

Anything to add? Please share! :)