Dear all,
Recently I updated my Wikibase instance to use WBS Deploy 5.0.1. I think
I have resolved almost all of the issues post-update, except for one.
The pre-loaded SPARQL query prefixes on the WDQS front-end maintain
their Wikidata values.
The query service is here:
https://query.qawiki.org/
The WDQS custom config can be seen here:
https://query.qawiki.org/custom-config.json
The query SELECT (STR(wd:Q1) AS ?iri) WHERE {}
returns
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1
Queries using new / non-standard prefixes fail for using an undefined
prefix. I've searched around, but cannot find much documentation about
this.
Would appreciate it a lot if anyone can provide pointers on how to
configure the prefixes used in the WDQS front end (and back end if
necessary)?
Best/thanks,
Aidan
Hi folks,
The next Wikidata + Wikibase Office hour is scheduled for Wednesday April
08. Join us on Telegram at 18:00 CEST (in your time zone
<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1775664000>) to:
✅ Hear about what the WMDE development team has been working on and our
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✅ Ask questions, discuss topics that matter to you, and share your thoughts
on all things Wikidata and Wikibase
✅ Connect with fellow community members and discover what everyone’s been
up to.
Event details can be found here Wikidata:Events#Office hours
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Dear everyone,
Please take a look at the latest version of the hosting policy here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Wikibase.cloud/Hosting_policy_draft…
.
tl;dr
What changed?
- The hosting policy will be a binding legal document that needs to be
accepted alongside the Terms of Use.
- The required condition to have a visible Imprint/Impressum has been
removed. We still encourage instance managers to set it up to keep their
instances compliant with the law. The instructions page has been updated
based on advice from the legal counsel.
- Impersonation added as a disqualifying condition.
- The "Lack of care for data about living people and other sensitive data"
condition rephrased to make it more specific.
- The "Wiki profile" section more aligned with the information we will
actually be collecting in the application process.
- "Desirable" signals renamed to "positive".
- The positive signal "The contributing organization is from the non-profit
sector." was removed, since its essence was already addressed in other
positive signals related to absence of financial resources and the
contribution to public benefit.
- Other minor clarifications throughout the document.
Let us know what you think!
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
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This month's Wikibase Community User Group meeting will start in ~15 minutes.
Join the video call at https://meet.jit.si/WikibaseLiveSession
The meeting notes are at https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2026_03_26
(You will be able to find them after the scheduled April 30 wipe of Etherpad at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Meet… )
The main agenda topic is reviewing the latest draft of the future Wikibase.cloud hosting policy, with particular reference to addressing concerns raised in the notes.
I will also be present if anyone has questions about the recent WM Hackathon NW Europe, at which it was agreed to move towards an additional 'wb' prefixed set of available prefixes for SPARQL queries targeting the local Wikibase (e.g. wbp:, wbdt:).
Best regards,
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Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry
Dear Wikibase Community,
this Thursday is the last Thursday of the month and therefore our monthly
time to meet up and discuss current projects, concerns, questions, and
more.
This time, we would like to cater time to the second draft of the hosting
policy for WIkibase Cloud.
I set up an Etherpad to make space for questions, concerns, and additional
feedback, and you can start to bring in your topics already now. This is
also useful for those who can't make it but would like to ask things or
bring in their opinion. We can look at them and respond throughout the
meeting; you can check the notes later and catch up.
*Details on how to participate below:*
When? 16:00 (UTC) (17:00 Berlin)
Where? https://meet.jit.si/WikibaseLiveSession
Meeting notes: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2026_03_26
We're looking forward to seeing many of you there 🌞🌷
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,
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now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>.
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23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende
Vorständin: Franziska Heine
Hello,
On 24 March at 13:30 is the next Global GLAM Call — I hope you will join!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Global_GLAM_call_2026-03-24
This month’s call will be hosted by Lutherking Petercan and features topics
such as an introduction to the new Pattypan release 26.02, Metrics on
Wikimedia platforms, the IGO Partnerships with the Content Partnerships
Hub, and a new GLAM project in Venezuela!
This call will also feature simultaneous interpretation between spanish and
english!
Hope to see you online,
Connor