View it! Tool/Changelog

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This is a changelog of code changes made to the View it! Toolforge tool and user script.

  • 2022-08-06: View it! placeholder site launched.
  • 2022-08-10: Phabricator project created.
  • 2022-08-13: Initial View it! website proof-of-concept launched, displaying up to 20 images for a provided Q-number.
  • 2022-08-20: User script launched on English Wikipedia to insert "View" tab on articles with a corresponding Wikidata item.
  • 2022-08-21: "return to" feature added to user script and UI, to provide a "Return to article" button for users coming from a wiki article.
  • 2022-08-22: User script migrated to Meta Wiki to provide global support across all Wikimedia wikis.
  • 2022-08-25: User script fixed to provide support for Wikidata.
  • 2022-08-29: User script now displays number of images in the "View" tab. Website now supports pagination and displays the total number of available results.
  • 2022-08-30: New test environment deployed with additional search features (choosing one of several Wikidata prorties + filter by assessment and resolution).
  • 2022-09-08: Fixed API call to CirrusSearch API after upgrade.
  • 2022-09-12: API (written in Express.js) launched, providing 20 images for a given Q-number.
  • 2022-09-15: User script now multilingual.
  • 2022-10-02: Advance search added to UI as a toggleable feature.
  • 2022-10-03: Source code published to Wikimedia GitLab.
  • 2022-10-03: Free-text filter added to UI.
  • 2022-10-16: Added support for "Commons category" property (P373) to UI.