Congratulations Mohammed! So excited that we can keep collaborating
together professionally as well as on wiki :)
Cheers,
Alex
On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 1:01 PM Mohammed Sadat Abdulai <
mohammed.sadat_ext(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I hope you’re all having a great day!
>
> I’m super excited to announce that I’ll be joining the software department at
> Wikimedia Germany to help advance engagement between the software
> development team and the communities using and contributing to
> Wikidata/Wikibase.
>
> Together with Léa, Sam and Lydia, I will be liaising with the different
> user groups within the Wikibase community to provide information about
> software changes and promote a smooth and productive collaboration between
> stakeholders. You can share bug reports with us at <
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contact_the_development_team>
>
> Please leave a note on my talkpage <
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Mohammed_Sadat_(WMDE)> or write
> to me directly anytime you encounter issues with the Wikibase software so
> that I can bring them to the development team:
>
>
> * mohammed.sadat_ext(a)wikimedia.de
>
> * Telegram (@masssly) and IRC (mabdulai)
>
> Best Regards,
>
> --
>
> Mohammed Sadat Abdulai
>
> *Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
> Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
> 10963 Berlin
> www.wikimedia.de
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Alex Stinson
Senior Program Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
Hi!
I'm a relatively experienced dev with MediaWiki, but completely new to
Wikibase. I've been attempting to install Wikibase Client on my wiki in
order to access Wikidata over the public API. I am interested in read-only
access.
First of all – is this even possible? The documentation is unfortunately
very muddy and focused on completely different use cases. By looking at
stack traces Wikibase Client produces, I start to suspect the only way to
connect to a repo is by direct DB access, which is of course off the table
for anyone that isn't Wikimedia :)
If I'm doing this horribly wrong (and I suspect I am), do you know any
sensible ways of accessing Wikidata remotely in a wiki? Something like a
parser function.
Thanks in advance :)
Ostrzyciel
Hello all,
As a reminder, scholarship applications for the Wikimedia Hackathon are
open until the end of the week.
If you're considering attending, feel free to apply! We will have a few
scholarships for people working on Wikidata-related tools or Wikibase.
Cheers,
Léa
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Rachel Farrand <rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 09:56
Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Hackathon 2020: Registration Open!
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: <wiki-hackathon(a)openlabs.cc>
This is a final reminder that registration for the Wikimedia Hackathon is
closing for volunteers requesting a scholarship or visa and WMF staff in
three days on 9 February. Registration link and more details about the
event can be found here on Mediawiki.org
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020/Register>.
Special thanks to Wiki Tech Storm organizers for helping us to re-think our
newcomer program to be even more friendly and easy to navigate and to the
GLAM community for coming up with so many good ideas so far. :)
Once staff and scholarships are confirmed (around 21 Feb) you can begin to
follow our progress on the newly opened Hackathon Workboard on Phabricator
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/4551/> as people add their
projects and session ideas.
We are here to help, so please send an email if you have any questions or
ideas. :)
On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 8:09 AM Rachel Farrand <rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> Hello!
> This is a reminder that 10 days from now (9 February) is the deadline for
> volunteers requesting a scholarship or visa and WMF staff to register for
> the Wikimedia Hackathon 2020 in Tirana. After that point the decision
> committees will begin work and we will not be able to accept any more
> applications so please make sure to register before then if you have an
> interest in attending.
> For those self-funding to attend this event, registration will remain
> open.
>
> Again, please help make sure this is passed around to the relevant mailing
> lists. :)
> Thanks! We are here to help or answer questions that you may have.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:35 AM Rachel Farrand <rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On behalf of Open Labs Albania <https://openlabs.cc/en/> and the
Wikimedia
>> Foundation Community Events Team we are pleased to announce that
registration
>> for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2020
>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020/Register> is
>> now open for both scholarships and regular attendees!
>>
>>
>>
>> The hackathon will be held at OFIÇINA <http://www.oficina.al/> in
>> Tirana, Albania between 9-11 May 2020 (please note that this is a
Saturday
>> through Monday instead of the usual Friday - Sunday). Additionally, we
>> encourage attendees to stay in Tirana and attend the 7th annual Open
>> Source Conference Albania (OSCAL) <https://oscal.openlabs.cc/> which
>> will be in the same venue on May 16th and 17th, and will have a Wikimedia
>> Track and mission aligned organizations participating.
>>
>>
>>
>> We have identified two focus areas
>> <
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020#Hackathon_Focus_Are…
>
>> for the event which we will continue to refine and clarify over the next
>> months. As usual, we welcome participants who plan to work on or learn
>> about any project that they like related to any area of Wikimedia
>> Technology.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you have any questions or comments please contact:
>> wiki-hackathon(a)openlabs.cc Otherwise, please continue to follow our
>> program and organizational developments on Wikimedia Hackathon 2020 on
>> Mediawiki <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020>.
>>
>>
>>
>> Please help us by forwarding this email to relevant lists and looking
>> forward to see you in Tirana!
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rachel Farrand
>> Senior Program Manager
>> Events Team
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
>
>
> --
> Rachel Farrand
> Senior Program Manager
> Events Team
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
--
Rachel Farrand
Senior Program Manager
Events Team
Wikimedia Foundation
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Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hello all,
This email is important for you if you are running an instance of Wikibase.
As part of deprecating wb_terms table[1] for the whole Wikibase codebase,
the new term store is now wired to the Wikibase default setup and per the
default it's going to read from the new term store.
It means that next time you update your Wikibase (to master or 1.35 once
it’s out), you should run update.php [2] so it creates the new tables and
migrate your data to the new term store. This might take some time if you
have a large installation. If you’re not running the script, you might see
errors appear.
The default value until the next mediawiki major release (1.35) is going to
stay "read new, write both", meaning you will have both old and new data
side by side but it reads from the new one. By the next major release after
1.35, we are going to fully drop wb_terms table from Wikibase.
Please note that there’s an exception related to search: if you are not
using ElasticSearch, the search still uses the old term store (wb_terms
table). That’s why the default is to write to both term stores for now
until the search works for the new term store properly.
If you have any questions or issues, feel free to write me.
Cheers, Léa
[1]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208425
[2]:
https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/blob/master/maintenance/update.php
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hello to everyone!
I’m Sam <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Samantha_Alipio_(WMDE)>, the
new product manager for Wikibase. I recently joined the Wikimedia
Deutschland team to tend to the emerging Wikibase ecosystem so it can
continue to thrive and grow. A lover of all things Internet, I bring
previous experience in open source software with Mozilla and spent several
years in the consulting industry.
My mission is to drive Wikibase enhancements that will make it possible for
more people, projects, and institutions to set up knowledge bases and
access the power of linked open data. Lydia Pintscher continues to serve as
the product manager for Wikidata and we will be working closely together
going forward.
To learn more about our roadmap for 2020, or just to “meet” me virtually,
please join the upcoming Wikidata/Wikibase office hour on Telegram today at
6PM [UTC+1]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2020-January/013736.html>.
You can also check out the vision and strategy papers
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Strategy/2019> for
Wikidata/Wikibase for more information.
You are welcome to email me at samantha.alipio(a)wikimedia.de to share your
feedback on Wikibase or start the conversation about whether it is the
right tool for your institution or open knowledge project.
--
Samantha Alipio
Product Manager, Wikibase
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0
https://wikimedia.de
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.
Hello all,
Wikimedia Deutschland is currently looking for a Partner Relationship
Manager for Wikidata and Wikibase. Working inside the software department,
the person would contribute to create, develop and strengthen relationships
with GLAM institutions, science organizations, companies, etc. related to
Wikidata and Wikibase.
You will find all the details about the position and the application
process here.
<https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/5732700/Partner-Relationshi…>
For this position, both English and German skills are required.
If you have any remaining questions about the position, feel free to write
me a direct email.
Cheers,
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hello all,
Wikimedia Deutschland is currently looking for a community communication
manager for Wikidata and Wikibase. This person would work with me and my
colleagues to take care of communication between our software department
and the Wikidata and Wikibase communities: gathering feedback from the
communities, communicating about our features, supporting community
initiatives and helping them to grow.
You will find all the details about the position and the application
process here.
<https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/5730915/Community-Communica…>
If you have any remaining questions about the position, feel free to write
me a direct email.
Cheers,
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hi all,
Sorry for this last minute e-mail but there seems to be some confusion
around the selection of the representative of the Wikimedia Summit and we
have two candidates for one place.
To untie this knot, I've created a formal page of vote:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Summit_2020
Cheers,
~nicolas
Hello all,
We recently made some changes to the way the Wikidata Query Service UI (
https://query.wikidata.org/) loads the example queries
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/queries/examples>.
This change can impact people who are maintaining these queries, as well as
people running their own Wikibase instance including the Query Service.
Before the change, our approach was to get the HTML of that wiki page from
Parsoid <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid> (this includes some
template metadata which the normal parser output doesn’t include), and from
that extract the query parameters of all {{SPARQL}} and {{SPARQL2}}
transclusions.
With our improved approach, we get the HTML of that wiki page from the
parser <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Parsing_wikitext>, and from that
extract the contents of all syntax highlighted blocks.
The improvements resulting from this change are the following:
-
The queries no longer have to be specified directly on the page using
{{SPARQL}} or {{SPARQL2}}; they can be transcluded indirectly, e.
g. using {{query
page}}
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Query_page#Transclusion_usage>.
You can see a comparison at
User:TweetsFactsAndQueries/Queries-test-transclude
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:TweetsFactsAndQueries/Queries-test-trans…>
and User:TweetsFactsAndQueries/Queries-test-copy
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:TweetsFactsAndQueries/Queries-test-copy>.
If we go with the solution of one query per page, we should be aware that
we can fit less queries on the examples page before we hit some parser
limits.
-
Examples can be loaded from wikis that don’t have Parsoid / VisualEditor
installed, making it much easier for third-party setups to manage their own
lists of examples.
-
Queries that contained an unescaped pipe character (|) were previously
cut off at that character in the query service UI, this should now be fixed
and all queries should be displayed just like on the wikipage.
-
If the examples page hits some limit of the parser, then some examples
will not be loaded, whereas with the previous approach they would still be
loaded and shown on the query service UI even though they weren’t working
correctly on the wiki page.
Configuration changes for other Wikibase instances: third-party setups may
have to update their configuration (custom-config.json). In the 'examples'
object, the 'endpoint' (pointing to the REST API for Parsoid) has been
replaced with the 'apiPath' (the path to api.php after the 'server';
related to $wgScriptPath
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgScriptPath>, but without a
leading slash [should instead be at the end of the 'server'] and including
the /api.php at the end).
If you encounter any issues with the examples page or while configuring
your own Query Service instance, please let us know by adding a comment under
this task <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174298>.
Cheers,
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hello all,
This message is important to everyone running an instance of Wikibase
including the Query Service GUI.
We just released a new version of the Wikidata Query Service GUI. This
release is primarily to fix several security issues described in T238822
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238822> and T238824
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238824> (these tasks will be made
public soon). These are different from the previous fix we deployed on
November 7th. The fix has been successfully deployed for the Wikidata Query
Service.
In order to keep your instance safe, please make sure to update your Query
Service GUI!
Git repositories, releases and currently active version docker images also
include the latest fixed code (see links below). If you have a local test
setup using the docker-compose example then see:
https://gist.github.com/addshore/36f8d6fe2331d28ca8f70df5abda20fd
Gerrit repositories:
-
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/wikidata/query/gui/+/553311/
-
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/wikidata/query/gui-deploy/+/553313/
Docker images:
-
latest: digest:
sha256:6570acb916b429f10ccb3bf3479b66aa6697b3fb3982166a09aba87eeaba7c90
-
legacy: digest:
sha256:4503257bbe1744ce389f07f6dcbaf53db7569cc3e570e30dd5a85c8d0073a39d
If you have any questions or issues updating your code, please let us know
(you can write me an email, or ask in the Wikibase Telegram group
<https://t.me/joinchat/HGjGexZ9NE7BwpXzMsoDLA>)
Thanks for your understanding,
Cheers,
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.