Wikibase Community User Group November 2025

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Problems migrating Wikibase instance to HTTPS
by Aidan Hogan 12 Feb '26

12 Feb '26

Hi all, I am running a Wikibase instance at https://qawiki.org/ via Docker. The version I am running is wikibase-bundle:1.36.3-wmde.4. (I considered updating to the latest version, but it seems daunting.) I've recently switched to HTTPS hosting, but have not managed to get the Wikibase config working fully. I wish to keep HTTP IRIs for the RDF/SPARQL service (otherwise the WDQS updater skips all entities and/or if I force HTTPS, the query service still uses HTTP prefixes), so I set in LocalSettings.php: $wgServer = "http://qawiki.org"; $wgCanonicalServer = $wgServer; To enable HTTPS elsewhere, I've tried setting: $wgWBRepoSettings['repoApiBaseUri'] = 'https://qawiki.org/w/api.php'; $wgSecureLogin = true; $wgCookieSecure = true; $wgUsePathInfo = true; $wgResourceLoaderStorageVersion = 2; Everything is mostly working okay, except some API calls are directed to HTTP, and fail due to mixed content. For example, visiting: https://qawiki.org/ and tying "w" in the search bar should provide autocomplete suggestions, but the call is heading to: http://qawiki.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&search=What%20is%20the&… and is being blocked for mixed content. I don't know why it generates a HTTP URL, but I guess it relates to $wgServer. If I set $wgServer to HTTPS, these issues disappear, but then the WDQS updater no longer works, and if I manually update with --conceptUri https://qawiki.org/ the WDQS prefixes still use HTTP, and it breaks some application queries. Any help on how to "force" the front-end to call the API via HTTPS (ideally without changing $wgServer, which seems to break WDQS) would be appreciated! Best, Aidan

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Wikibase Live Session, come join!
by Valerie Wollinger 27 Nov '25

27 Nov '25

Dear Community, join us this Thursday for our last live session of the year! Details on how to participate below: 16:00 (UTC) (17:00 Berlin) Meeting notes: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2025_11_27 Place to be: https://meet.jit.si/WikibaseLiveSession See you 🤲 Valerie

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Data Governance Research Insights
by Valerie Wollinger 20 Nov '25

20 Nov '25

Dear Wikibase Community, Please take a look at our latest research insights within the Data Governance Research process by Annie Kim: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Community_report_Data_Governance_Re… . We're happy to hear your feedback! Kindly 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 Vorständin: Franziska Heine

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Hook/Event for Entity Creation or Update in Wikibase
by eguvenc＠gmail.com 17 Nov '25

17 Nov '25

Hi Wikibase community, I’m working with Wikibase 1.43/1.44 and I need to execute some custom logic whenever an entity is created or updated. Is there a hook or event in the backend (PHP) that gets triggered when an entity is saved or updated? If not, what would be the recommended way to detect entity creation or update within an extension? Any guidance or references would be greatly appreciated. Thank you !

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