Hi all,
We (Wikimedia Sverige) have been experimenting with setting up our first wikibase.cloud instance and a few questions specifically related to the wikibase.cloud installations cropped up. Thought we’d check with the rest of you here how you dealt with them.
Firstly we noticed that wikibase.cloud wikis come without interwiki-link possibilities. This amongst other things makes Special:Import not work since this requires that an interwiki prefix be provided (to source the import which is needed for licensing compatibility). In our case we were planning on importing Template:Q etc. from Wikidata to help with our on-wiki documentation. Is there a way of setting/enabling such so that imports (at least from Wikimedia wikis) become possible?
Secondly, and related, is the ability to create sitelinks in the Item and Properties namespaces. It is unclear if it is at all possible to create sitelinks from a wikibase.cloud wiki. And if so would it be possible to point these to Wikimedia wikis or even other wikibase.cloud wikis? Attempting to add a site link opens a dialogue window where language can be provided but the language in question does not get resolved to a site.
Lastly, on the Special:NewItem (and Special:NewProperty) page we get the following message: By clicking "Create", you agree to the terms of use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the [ None yet set.]. It is unclear where we would set the license which should go here ($dataRightsUrl?), also where we would set the license for the non-data namespaces (i.e. $wgRightsUrl), which would have to be CC BY-SA if we want to import some templates from Wikidata. Interestingly enough, Special:NewEntitySchema already assumes CC0.
These might not be the standard challenges faced by wikibase.cloud users but they quickly become quite central to the way we were thinking of using our instance. Any thoughts, suggestions, pointers to existing bug reports are welcome.
Cheers,
André André Costa | Chief Operating Officer, Wikimedia Sverige | Andre.Costa@wikimedia.se | +46 (0)733-964574
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