Hello,
In April, the Wikimedia Foundation notified the Wikibase Community User
Group that its annual report due to February had not been submitted yet
[1]. This report is necessary for the user group to stay a recognized
affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Following discussions on Meta (see
previous link) and on the Wikibase group on Telegram, several issues have
been identified, like the lack of official group contacts for the user
group.
I propose a dedicated online meeting on June 9 at 16:00 UTC to discuss
these issues [2]. The agenda can of course be discussed and improved.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikibase_Community_User_Group#Notifica…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Meetings/2021…
Regards,
Envel Le Hir
Hi everyone,
We have our next Wikibase Live Session on Thursday, May 27th at 1600
UTC (Convert
local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1622131236>).
You're welcome to come and share out about your project or what you're
working on around Wikibase.
*Details about how to participate are below (Add to calendar
<https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NzByaHE1YnJmbml0aGF…>):*
Time: 16:00 UTC, 1 hour, Thursday 27th May 2021
Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/nky-nwdx-tuf
Join by phone:
https://meet.google.com/tel/nky-nwdx-tuf?pin=4267848269474&hs=1
Notes: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG, May 2021
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_,May_2021>
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
Talk to you soon!
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0
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We hereby announce that the Wikibase Spring Release has been published
<https://releases.wikimedia.org/wikibase/1.35/>.
Here are links to important documentation related to the release:
-
The full release notes
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/Wikibas…>
-
Installation instructions <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Suite>
(manual installation)
-
Installation instructions
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Docker> (Docker)
-
Updating your Wikibase
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/blob/main/docs/topics/upg…>
(Docker)
As previously mentioned, this new release is compatible with MediaWiki 1.35
and contains new Wikibase features:
-
Federated Properties
<https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/master/php/md_docs_components_repo-feder…>
: a feature that allows a newly created Wikibase instance to use the
existing Properties of Wikidata or another Wikibase. Please note that this
feature has some limitations: once you’ve enabled federation mode, you can
no longer create local properties. We recommend not enabling it in Wikibase
instances that already contain properties.
-
WikibaseManifest
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikibaseManifest>: the new
release is compatible with this extension made by Wikimedia Deutschland
which exposes automatically discovered configuration information about your
local Wikibase for use by external tools.
-
Wikibase Pingback:
<https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/master/php/md_docs_topics_pingback.html>
a feature that allows Wikibase operators to opt in to sharing anonymized
data about their Wikibase instance with Wikimedia. This completely optional
feature helps us to understand the usage of Wikibase by collecting which
versions of MediaWiki are in use, on what platforms, and which Wikibase
features and extensions are enabled. The Pingback Privacy Statement
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMDE_Engineering/Wikibase/Pingback_Privacy_S…>contains
the full disclosure about what information is being collected.
We would also like to highlight that the new and improved Docker images now
contain even more useful components <https://hub.docker.com/u/wikibase>,
such as extensions that were requested for inclusion by the community.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Cheers,
--
Mohammed Sadat
*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0
https://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 Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.