February 2024 - Wikibase-cloud - lists.wikimedia.org

Wikibase Live Session today!
by Valerie Wollinger 29 Feb '24

29 Feb '24

Dear community, Today we're going to gather for our monthly live session. Join us at 5:00 pm UTC (UTC+1 for Berlin) here: https://meet.jit.si/WikibaseLiveSession. If you like to share what you've been up to these days or ask a question, just add your topics to the agenda here: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2024_02_29. Looking forward to seeing you! Best, Valerie Wollinger (She/Her) Community Communications Manager Wikibase Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision!https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine, Dr. Christian Humborg

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Wikibase Suite: Wikibase 1.40.2 – minor changes
by Valerie Wollinger 28 Feb '24

28 Feb '24

Dear Wikibase Community, We’re thrilled to announce the release of WMDE.16 <https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/releases/tag/wmde.16>, our security release compatible with MediaWiki 1.40.2. Changes in short: - The QuickStatements image only uses the QS_PUBLIC_SCHEME_HOST_AND_PORT variable from now on. It should remain set to the public hostname of the Wikibase instance. WIKIBASE_SCHEME_AND_HOST is deprecated and no longer used. Find more details in this change <https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/commit/27b4fcdeacd9f707ca…> . - MediaWiki 1.40.2 release announcement <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…> - We are no longer providing tarballs for installation Previous changes in the 1.40-based releases: - MediaWiki 1.40 release announcement <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…> - MediaWiki 1.40.1 release announcement <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…> Please also note that, as always, the file LocalSettings.php is world-readable. Viewing it from within the container reveals the database password and secret key. Upgrading your Wikibase Please note that starting with Wikibase 1.39 release, the Wikibase extension must be enabled in MediaWiki using the Extension Registration mechanism. If you have been providing your own MediaWiki configuration file (LocalSettings.php) for your Wikibase container, make sure to check these upgrade instructions <https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/blob/f2555b07494c9df691cd…> . Are you looking for documentation? Our Wikibase documentation <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase> is the way to go for our installation instructions and FAQ. For Wikibase 1.40 developer documentation, take a look at https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/REL1_40/ <https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/REL1_40/php/> . Want to know what’s new? Sign up for our mailing list to follow and participate in discussions about Wikibase development: https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikibaseug.lists.wikimedia.org/ Got feedback or questions? Join our channels on Telegram https://t.me/+WBsf9-C9KPuMZCDT or https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5755/. We can’t wait to hear what you think of the new version! Best, Valerie, on behalf of the WMDE Wikibase Suite team Valerie Wollinger (She/Her) Community Communications Manager Wikibase Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision!https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine, Dr. Christian Humborg

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Knowledge Equity in Linked Open Data Research
by Valerie Wollinger 21 Feb '24

21 Feb '24

Dear Community, I would like to remind you of our ongoing research <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Knowledge_Equity_in_L…> and your chance to participate! The goal of this project is to better understand how the use of Wikidata, Wikibase Suite, and Wikibase Cloud both support knowledge equity and create barriers to knowledge equity when people are contributing historically and structurally marginalized knowledge and perspectives. What is learned in this project will directly inform WMDE product decisions toward removing barriers and better supporting knowledge equity in the Wikimedia LOD ecosystem. Wondering how you might contribute? We would like to talk with you for an hour or an hour and a half, or the time you're available, about your experience contributing knowledge using the products mentioned above. In short, these interviews will be: - fairly compensated - recorded and documented (only with permission of participants) - take place between February 9 and March 29, 2024 - stored on Design Research Services Google drive (until the project ends May 31, 2024, when it will be deleted) - deleted at any time upon participant’s request. - summarized for findings (participants will remain anonymous unless otherwise requested) If you are interested in participating in this project, please fill out this survey <https://greatquestion.co/wmde/4c3dr1vk> Have a lovely day, everyone! Valerie Wollinger (She/Her) Community Communications Manager Wikibase Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision!https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine, Dr. Christian Humborg

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Search for Wikibases is [temporarily] either broken or degraded
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 20 Feb '24

20 Feb '24

*(posting for Valerie who is out of office today)* After some planned maintenance our search cluster failed to restart. As a result Search for Wikibases is either broken or degraded. We expect this to affect all Wikibases; particularly serious for new ones which probably have no search at all. We'll keep you updated on the progress in this ticket (phab:T357968) <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357968> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T357968> If you have any questions please do not hesitate to let us know in the linked ticket. Cheers, -- Mohammed S. Abdulai *Community Communications Manager, Wikidata* Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466 https://wikimedia.de Grab a spot in my calendar for a chat: calendly.com/masssly. A lot is happening around Wikidata - Keep up to date! <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates> Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/> . Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine, Dr. Christian Humborg

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Re: Basic question about how to log in to wikibase-cloud project using Wikibase Integrator
by Matthew Ong 14 Feb '24

14 Feb '24

Actually, I think I have gotten something to work now. It seems that using OAuth1 to set up a client, and defining the parameters for MEDIAWIKI_API_URL, MEDIAWIKI_REST_URL, MEDIAWIKI_INDEX_URL, and WIKIBASE_URL, I can login using WikibaseIntegrator. Don't know why OAuth2 or other things weren't working.

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Basic question about how to log in to wikibase-cloud project using Wikibase Integrator
by Matthew Ong 14 Feb '24

14 Feb '24

Hello, I am trying to write a Wikibase Integrator script to automate imports into my wikibase project. However I am having problems writing the log-in procedures. In the past I have used Wikibase Integrator to do something similar on Wikidata, for which the log-in procedures are simple since that site is the default for Wikibase Integrator. In particular, it seems that the following code should suffice: from wikibaseintegrator.wbi_config import config as wbi_config from wikibaseintegrator import wbi_login, datatypes, WikibaseIntegrator wbi_config["WIKIBASE_URL"] = 'https://framenet-akkadian.wikibase.cloud' #My actual project login_instance = wbi_login.Clientlogin(user='USER', password=PASSWORD') wbi = WikibaseIntegrator(login=login_instance) Where USER and PASSWORD are what I use to login to the project directly. But I get the error: wikibaseintegrator.wbi_login.LoginError: Login failed (wrongpassword). Message: 'Incorrect username or password entered. Please try again.' I do not understand what is wrong.

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Wikibase Suite: Wikibase 1.39.6 – minor changes
by Valerie Wollinger 14 Feb '24

14 Feb '24

Dear Wikibase Community, We’re thrilled to announce the release of WMDE.15, our security release compatible with MediaWiki 1.39.6. Changes in short: - The QuickStatements image only uses the QS_PUBLIC_SCHEME_HOST_AND_PORT variable from now on. It should remain set to the public hostname of the Wikibase instance. WIKIBASE_SCHEME_AND_HOST is deprecated and no longer used. Find more details in this change <https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/commit/27b4fcdeacd9f707ca…> . - The announcement of MediaWiki 1.39.6 is here <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…> Previous changes in the 1.39-based releases: - The folder www-data is no longer world-writable. - MediaWiki 1.39.2 release announcement <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…>, 1.39.3 <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…>, 1.39.4 <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…>, 1.39.5 <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…> . - Release notes for Wikibase 1.39 <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/Wikibas…> Please also note that, as always, the file LocalSettings.php is world-readable. Viewing it from within the container reveals the database password and secret key. Upgrading your Wikibase Please note that starting with Wikibase 1.39 release, the Wikibase extension must be enabled in MediaWiki using the Extension Registration mechanism. If you have been providing your own MediaWiki configuration file (LocalSettings.php) for your Wikibase container, make sure to check these upgrade instructions <https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/blob/f2555b07494c9df691cd…> . Are you looking for documentation? Our Wikibase documentation <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase> is the way to go for our installation instructions and FAQ. For Wikibase 1.39 developer documentation, take a look at https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/REL1_39/ . Want to know what’s new? Sign up for our mailing list to follow and participate in discussions about Wikibase development: https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikibaseug.lists.wikimedia.org/ Got feedback or questions? Join our channels on Telegram https://t.me/+WBsf9-C9KPuMZCDT or https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5755/. We can’t wait to hear what you think of the new version! Best, Valerie, on behalf of the WMDE Wikibase Suite team Valerie Wollinger (She/Her) Community Communications Manager Wikibase Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision!https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine, Dr. Christian Humborg

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Staying up to date!
by Valerie Wollinger 09 Feb '24

09 Feb '24

Dear Wikibase community, I realized that I'm not doing my best to inform you about upcoming deadlines when it comes to application processes for Wikimedia-related events. My apologies! I will try to find better ways here. This is a first step. I would like to invite you to subscribe to this mailing list. Not everything is of high importance, but it will certainly inform you about upcoming events and deadlines to apply for scholarships and such. You can sign up for it here: https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimedia-l.lists.wikimedia.org/. Have a lovely weekend! Valerie Wollinger (She/Her) Community Communications Manager Wikibase Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision!https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine, Dr. Christian Humborg

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Interviews: Knowledge Equity in Linked Open Data Research
by Valerie Wollinger 09 Feb '24

09 Feb '24

Dear Wikibase community, We would like to inform you about our current research and invite you to participate! We're currently doing a Knowledge Equity in Linked Open Data Research (in short: KELOD) where we try to better understand how the use of Wikidata, Wikibase Suite, and Wikibase Cloud both support knowledge equity and create barriers to knowledge equity when people are contributing historically and structurally marginalized knowledge and perspectives. What is learned in this project will directly inform WMDE product decisions toward removing barriers and better supporting knowledge equity in the Wikimedia LOD ecosystem. You can read more about this on a meta page that we will publish next Monday. We would like to talk with people for an hour or an hour and a half, or the time they have available, about their experience contributing knowledge using the products mentioned above. In short, these interviews will be: - fairly compensated - recorded and documented (only with permission of participants) - take place between February 9 and March 29, 2024 - stored on Design Research Services Google drive (until the project ends May 31, 2024, when it will be deleted) - deleted at any time upon participant’s request. - summarized for findings (participants will remain anonymous unless otherwise requested) If you are interested in participating in this project, please fill out this survey <https://forms.gle/2foXicqD5kt1486x7> Thank you for your participation! Valerie Wollinger (She/Her) Community Communications Manager Wikibase'' Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision!https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine, Dr. Christian Humborg

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Question on number of Q-items
by Matthew Ong 09 Feb '24

09 Feb '24

I was wondering if anyone knew if there was a limit on the number of Q-items (or L-items) one could create on a wikibase-cloud project?

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