The August 2026 meeting of the Wikibase Community User Group will be held today, in two hours' time.
This month has seen a major Wikibase Suite release and - earlier today - the launch of the new Wikibase Cloud hosting policy; but you're welcome to bring any Wikibase-related questions or matters to discuss. Adding relevant details to the notes is appreciated!
When? 15:00 UTC (11:00 New York, 16:00 London, 17:00 Berlin)
https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1787842800
Where? https://meet.jit.si/WikibaseLiveSession
Meeting notes: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2026_08_27
Best regards,
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Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry - WBUG Primary Contact
Hello wikibase users,
I've just published an introductory lesson on Wikidata at the Programming Historian: https://programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/wikidata-for-historical-research
I hope it can help with our propaganda efforts! I hope to write a followup lesson on Wikibase in future.
Yours,
Will Hanley
Dear Wikibase Community,
We're excited to release a new major release for Wikibase Suite that
includes a MediaWiki update to 1.46, new documentation for Wikibase Suite,
Wikimedia Logins, and an easier way to install Wikibase Suite!
MediaWiki upgrade
This release includes the latest MediaWiki version 1.46. We now have the
docker image for OpenSearch
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-suite/tree/main/development/images/opensea…>instead
of ElasticSearch.
Login with Wikimedia
Now you can sign in to your Wikibase with the Wikimedia account you already
have! Login with Wikimedia lets members of the Wikimedia community use the
same login they use on Wikidata, Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia projects,
with no new password to create or manage.
The first time someone signs in this way, Wikibase Suite (WBS)
automatically creates a matching local account for them. We will also ship
user tracking with WBS only.
You can find relevant documentation for this here
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-suite/blob/main/docs/configure/enable-logi…>
.
New Documentation and Repository
We have updated the structure of our documentation and renamed our GitHub
repository <https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-suite/tree/main> to make it
easier to find and navigate. You can find all the relevant documentation
under the folder docs
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-suite/tree/main/docs>.
New way to install Wikibase Suite
We are very excited to share a new and easier way to install Wikibase Suite
via a web-based installer! You can read more about the process in our
documentation
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-suite/blob/main/docs/install/installer.md>
.
InstallationNew installation
To install Wikibase Suite, follow the instructions in our documentation
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-suite/tree/main/docs/install>.
Updating from earlier versions of Wikibase Suite
Since this upgrade comes with a repository change, we request you to
carefully follow the instructions in our upgrading information from 7 to 8
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-suite/blob/main/docs/operate/migration-gui…>
.
For information on how to upgrade from earlier versions of Wikibase Suite
Deploy, check out our upgrading documentation
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-suite/blob/main/docs/operate/upgrade.md>.
Got feedback or questions?
Join our channel on Telegram https://t.me/+WBsf9-C9KPuMZCDT. You can also
check out our Phabricator board at
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5755/.
You can go through our privacy policy
<https://www.wikimedia.de/datenschutz/#dataprivacy> for more information.
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Sign up for our mailing list to follow and participate in discussions about
Wikibase development:
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Best,
Deepesha, on behalf of the WMDE Wikibase Suite team
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