Dear Wikibase Community,
whether Cloud or Suite or both and everything in between.
You are the people who make Wikibase what it is.
An ambitious project with many minds involved, trying to make knowledge
more accessible and diverse.
Thank you for being with us and contributing through thinking and iterating
with us!
We are looking forward to new chapters of exploration and learning with
you 🎉
With kind wishes,
Valerie on behalf of the Wikibase Ecosystem
Community Communications Manager Wikibase
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de
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Hey everyone,
I wanted to spread some cool news with you! There is an upcoming hackathon
taking place in the Netherlands next March.
The Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026 is a two-day event that
will take place from 13 to 14 March 2026 in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The
hackathon is organized by people with extensive knowledge and experience in
coding, hacking, and development, and is designed for experienced
Wikimedians. The event serves as preparation for the International
Wikimedia Hackathon 2026 in Milan and will be held fully in person and
on-site. Come join us for two days of coding, hacking, development,
collaboration, and fun!
Something for you?
You can apply for a grant and join the event using this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYOnOg1iq-8M4xWw8foHUw_7fReWTKtVH…
Requirements:
*Experience & skills:* Participants are expected to have an adequate level
of skill and expertise in coding, hacking, and developing.
*Connecting people:* We also aim to create a diverse group of participants
and actively encourage applications from individuals belonging to
underrepresented groups.
*Geography: *Applicant should be from North-Western European countries.
Link to event page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_Northwestern_Europe_2026
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Followed by the official Wikimedia Hackathon in Milan taking place in May 🎉
The Wikimedia Hackathon is an annual event that brings the global technical
community together to connect and have technical discussions, hack on
existing projects and explore new ideas for others. Developers from all
around the world will work together to enhance and improve the
technological infrastructure and software that powers Wikipedia and other
Wikimedia projects – particularly the MediaWiki platform on which they are
based – and other Wikimedia code development.
The 2026 Wikimedia Hackathon will take place in person, onsite Milan,
Italy. The 2026 event is being organized by the Wikimedia Foundation in
collaboration with local Wikimedia affiliate,
- Event registration will open in January 2026 and close mid-April, or
earlier based on event capacity.
- Scholarship and staff sponsorship applications are now closed.
Applications were accepted from November 10, 2025 to November 28, 2025.
For those unable to attend in person, we will live-stream the Hackathon
opening ceremony and closing showcase. Local and global communities are
also welcome and encouraged to organize pre-hackathon events or related
meetups.
Link to event:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026
Excited who of you will be there đź’«
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
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V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR
23855 B. Als gemeinnĂĽtzig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt fĂĽr
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende
Vorständin: Franziska Heine
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Hi everyone, we set up a new user-agent policy to support the reliability
and manageability of Wikibase.cloud services.
ℹ️
All automated clients, bots, and scripts accessing the platform must
include a clear, descriptive User-Agent header in their requests that
identifies the tool, includes “bot” if applicable, and provides contact
information (e.g., email or URL). Requests should avoid generic or
misleading agent strings, making it easy for the service operators to
understand and communicate with requestors if needed. Browser-originated
traffic can use the browser’s own user agent or the Api-User-Agent header
for additional identification.
đź•Š
This policy helps ensure responsible use of infrastructure and prevents
poorly behaved traffic from consuming resources.
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Learn more by following this link:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Wikibase.cloud/User-Agent_Policy.
Ob behalf of Wikibase Cloud
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 gemeinnĂĽtzig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt fĂĽr
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende
Vorständin: Franziska Heine
Dear Wikibase Cloud Community,
We are starting to update Wikis to MediaWiki 1.43. As part of this, you’ll
be receiving the accumulated updates to MediaWiki, Wikibase and all the
other extensions that were written approximately between the period of
Northern Hemisphere Autumn 2022 and Northern Hemisphere Autumn 2024. That’s
about 2 years of updates and improvements
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43#Changes> but perhaps also
changes to things you’re used to.
One thing we are especially excited about is the REST API
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:REST_API>. It’s been a
long journey working to make that happen, and we are thrilled to know you
can make use of its potential now too.
To do the update, we will individually make one Wiki at a time read-only,
update the Wiki’s database to be compatible with 1.43, and then start
serving the Wiki with the new 1.43 code.
This means that there will be a short time in the near future where you are
unable to write to your Wiki. We expect that this period of time will be
longer for larger Wikis but we don’t have some precise estimate.
We also expect in the process to uncover some bugs despite our extensive
testing. Please do report these, ideally on Phabricator but alternatively
on the mailing list, Telegram, or via our contact form.
We’re hoping this update will not cause any major interruptions, and above
all, we hope you will enjoy the new features and possibilities.
All the best,
Valerie on behalf of the Wikibase Cloud team
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 gemeinnĂĽtzig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt fĂĽr
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende
Vorständin: Franziska Heine