Hello all,
As you may know, in the past months, the Wikidata development team has been working on the first version of the *Wikidata Bridge https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikidata_Bridge*, the feature that will allow Wikipedia editors to edit Wikidata content directly from their infoboxes on the Wikipedia interface.
The first version is about to be deployed on Catalan Wikipedia, the first Wikipedia community to try it, who’s been providing great enthusiasm and support towards the project. The deployment will take place on August 18th and we’ll carefully monitor the possible issues during the upcoming weeks.
The first version of the Bridge includes minimal features https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Vlrzy9sw6ownhafs, such as editing string datatype values, displaying the existing Wikidata references, adapting the rank depending on the reason for the edit (fix or update), and redirecting to Wikidata for actions that are not yet possible with the Bridge. It is not the final version, many improvements will be made in the future, but we wanted to have a first version out as soon as possible, to see if it works for the editors and collect feedback.
On Wikidata, edits coming from the Bridge will be flagged with the tag Data Bridge. We also made sure to check the different levels of protections, so items that are protected on Wikidata cannot be edited from Wikipedia, and users who are blocked on Wikidata cannot edit from Wikipedia.
It’s an exciting step in the direction of more collaboration between Wikidata and Wikipedia editors, and we’re looking forward to welcoming more Wikipedia editors on Wikidata!
You can follow the progress of the feature on this documentation page https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikidata_Bridge and on the related talk page https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikidata_Bridge. If you have any questions or suggestions, let us know. Cheers,