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Follow up from meeting 2021-07-08
by Lozana Rossenova 08 Jul '21

08 Jul '21

Dear all, Thanks to everyone who attended the meeting – great presentation and discussion! For those who missed it, check out the notes in the agenda doc: https://notepad.rhizome.org/wbsg-2021-07-08?view @Jeff – would you be willing to share your slides with us – as a PDF? You can respond to this email and make sure to CC the group email so everyone gets it. @ Everyone else – if you want to keep group discussions going or reach out to specific group members for follow up – feel free to use the google group email address as a mailing list, it should work (I hope). Or consult the notepad members list for contact info: https://notepad.rhizome.org/wbsg-membership Many thanks & have a great summer break! Looking forward to continuing the discussions in September. All best, Lozana -- Lozana Rossenova (PhD, London South Bank University) Digital Archives Designer and Researcher

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SPARQL and January 1 dates
by Olaf Simons 30 Jun '21

30 Jun '21

Dear All, I wonder whether there is a simple way to retrieve dates with the precision in they have been put into a wikibase. Using SPARQL I get all years such as "1749" as "1 January 1749" statements, no matter whether the person is born that day or not. Should I run different searches? Best, Olaf Dr. Olaf Simons Forschungszentrum Gotha der Universität Erfurt Am Schlossberg 2 99867 Gotha Büro: +49-361-737-1722 Mobil: +49-179-5196880 Privat: Hauptmarkt 17b/ 99867 Gotha

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Upcoming Wikibase Live Session—June 24th, 2021
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

Hi everyone, We have our next Wikibase Live Session on Thursday, June 24th at 1600 UTC (Convert local time <https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1624550400>). This month we'll have a team member from Wikibase Stakeholders Group <https://wikibase-stakeholder-group.github.io/> talk briefly about their work, and then we'll welcome people to share out about their work around Wikibase. We'll leave some space in the agenda to discuss meta issues related to the Wikibase Community Usergroup. *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 24th June 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_2021.06.24 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 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.

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WBUG affiliation and annual reports
by Lozana Rossenova 11 Jun '21

11 Jun '21

Dear all, After a productive meeting yesterday with a few members of the user group, we decided on next steps how to keep the official affiliation of the group with the WMF going forward. One of the key elements is the annual reports. We need to maintain these and submit every year. They can be very very simple and short, but there is also opportunity to develop them into a good documentation resource for group activities. Crucially, we want to encourage at least a few people to help maintain those as active / helpful documents, rather than just 1 or 2 people having to do it purely as an admin task in the end of the year. Everyone in this group is welcome to add important events or discussions / outcomes that concern the whole group. The 2020 report has not been submitted yet, so you all still have a chance to contribute to it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Reports/2020 And let’s get an early start on the 2021 report here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Reports/2021 Types of things that can go in the report pages include group meetings, significant announcements on the mailing list, in-depth discussions on the Telegram chat, etc. Community members are also encouraged to add their Wikibase projects or extensions, especially if it’s something that can help or has helped the whole user group through discussion on the chat, etc.. And we should be documenting discussions on desired features in the reports, too, because these could potentially justify WMF/WMDE contributions/assistance to the group in the future. Let me know if there are any questions / concerns. There will be more announcements soon regarding the formal selection process for official user group contacts, so that the group keeps its status within WMF and continues to be a helpful place for everyone here :-) Kind regards, Lozana (aka not an official group contact, but just a long-term group member) -- Lozana Rossenova (PhD, London South Bank University) Digital Archives Designer and Researcher

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Meta meeting of the Wikibase Community User Group
by Envel Le Hir 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

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

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Upcoming Wikibase Live Session—May 27th, 2021
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 25 May '21

25 May '21

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 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.

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The Wikibase Spring Release is now available!
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 07 May '21

07 May '21

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.

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The Wikibase Spring Release will be published on/before May 15th
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 30 Apr '21

30 Apr '21

Hello, This is to announce that we are in the final days of preparing the Wikibase Spring Release. We anticipate publishing the new release on or before May 15, 2021. An official release announcement will be made on the day we publish. The upcoming tarball and Docker releases will be compatible with MediaWiki 1.35 and will contain a two 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, namely that you cannot use local properties once you’ve enabled federation mode. - WikibaseManifest <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikibaseManifest>: the new release is compatible with Wikimedia Deutschland’s extension that exposes automatically discovered configuration information about your local Wikibase for use by external tools. We would also like to highlight that the new-and-improved Docker images will now contain even more useful components <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T266779>, such as extensions that were requested for inclusion by the community. Finally, the release announcement will provide the location of detailed release notes, improved Wikibase installation documentation, instructions for upgrading your Wikibase to the new version, and instructions for enabling/configuring new features. If you have any questions please do not 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.

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Upcoming Wikibase Live Session—April 29th, 2021
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 27 Apr '21

27 Apr '21

Hi everyone, We have our next Wikibase Live Session on Thursday, April 29th at 1600 UTC (Convert local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1619712004>). This month we invite you to come and share out about your project or what you're working on around Wikibase. Everyone is welcome to attend the call. *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 29th April 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_,April_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 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.

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Feedback about the documentation for Wikibase support in OpenRefine
by Antonin Delpeuch (lists) 26 Apr '21

26 Apr '21

Hello Wikibase users, We are preparing for the next release of OpenRefine (3.5), which will include support for editing other Wikibase instances than Wikidata (finally!). I know some of you have already been using this feature via OpenRefine's development version. If you have feedback any about this let us know - perhaps there are some small things we can fix before the release. Also, we welcome feedback about the documentation of this feature: https://deploy-preview-3847--openrefine-docs.netlify.app/next/manual/wikiba… If the link above does not work anymore, try this one: https://docs.openrefine.org/next/manual/wikibase/overview Looking forward to hearing what you think! Best, Antonin

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