Wikidata-tech September 2020

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Mediawiki-Wikibase architecture question
by Victor Agroskin 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

Hi All! I'm trying to figure out possible ways to launch Mediawiki-Wikibase software to allow collaborative creation of wiki pages and corresponding knowledge graph. As well as I understand, it is possible to configure a single installation of Mediawiki with Wikibase extension, and have all wiki pages in the Main namespace like https://example.org/wiki/ and all graph items in the namespace https://example.org/wiki/Item: I want to build something more similar to Wikipedia-Wikidata -- wiki pages in the namespace https://wiki.example.org/wiki/ and wikibase graph in the namespace https://graph.example.org/wiki/ . Am I right that I have to launch two instances of MediaWiki for that, one without Wikibase extension and one with it? Or is there a simpler way to configure the system to get such namespace structure? Thank you for help! Victor Agroskin

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What’s your experience with reporting bugs or feature requests to the Wikidata development team?
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

Hello all, Currently, various channels exist to report bugs or make feature requests related to the Wikidata software. You can for example leave a message Wikidata talk:Contact the development team/Process review 2020 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Contact_the_development_team/Pr…>, create a ticket on our task tracking system Phabricator with the Wikidata tag. You can also ask questions on the various social channels run by the Wikidata community, like the Facebook group, Twitter, or the Telegram group. We identified some issues with the current process from our perspective, and we would like to hear about your own experience, whether or not you already submitted a bug report or a feature request. After collecting all of this feedback, we will propose a reviewed and improved process for you to interact with the Wikidata development team. You can find more information about the project here <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contact_the_development_team/Process…> (current status, problems we identified, timeline). You are very welcome to give us feedback, either using this anonymous form <https://wolke.wikimedia.de/index.php/apps/forms/qXk3e2LM98ebLcJb>, or answering the questions publicly on this talk page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Contact_the_development_team/Pr…>. This feedback loop will run until September 30th. If you prefer giving feedback in person, we can also offer you a live call to talk about your experience! This call will take place on September 15th at 18:00 UTC <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20200915T180000&p…> on Jitsi <https://meet.wmcloud.org/WikidataCommunityFeedback> *Please avoid replying to this email if you have questions or feedback, but feel free to write on this talk page. <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Contact_the_development_team/Pr…>* Thanks for your attention, Lea and Mohammed -- Mohammed Sadat *Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase* Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de

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[Significant Change] lib/WikibaseLib.php is no longer an entry point to the Lib extension
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

*(Apologies for cross-posting)* Hi all, This is an announcement of a significant change to 3rd party Wikibase installs that still use lib/WikibaseLib.php as an entry point. *On September 30*, we will remove the lib/WikibaseLib.php file from the Wikibase code. Wikis which directly load that file in their LocalSettings.php will then fail to load (after the 1.36 release of MediaWiki and Wikibase, if they do not track the master branch). The file lib/Wikibase.php used to be the entry point of the WikibaseLib extension. Directly loading this file has not been necessary since the earliest days of Wikibase – it was loaded automatically by the entry points of the Client and Repo extensions. Nevertheless, lines similar to the following found their way into some Wikibase installation instructions: require_once "$IP/extensions/Wikibase/lib/WikibaseLib.php"; If your LocalSettings.php contains such a line, please remove it. It has not been needed for ages, and soon it will stop working. This refactoring is part of a project with a twofold objective: (1) decouple the Wikibase Client and Repo as much as possible and establish a long-term strategy for organising the shared logic <https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/master/php/adr_0013.html>, and (2) get both Client and Repo to use the standard extension registration mechanism <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Extension_registra…> to be loaded. The impact of the project is focused on developers who can now have a clearer view of the code, the modules involved, and their interactions which makes their lives easier. Also, the maintenance of the code is now easier. This is the phabricator board <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/4815/> of the project. If you have any issues or 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 www.wikimedia.de

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problem with bot test edits
by Seidlmayer, Eva 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Hey, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I really do not know where to ask instead. When I try to make some test edits in the main instance with my recently accepted bot, I receive the message: "permissiondenied: You do not have the permissions needed to carry out this action." I am logged in with my User@bot-username and my bot-password and use Wikibase-CLI. What do I do wrong? Thank you very much! Cheers, Eva

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