Hello everyone,
We are excited to announce that *WikiEval
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiEval_Tool>* is now live and available
for community testing and feedback.
WikiEval is a platform designed to support Wikimedia article-writing
contests, edit-a-thons, and community campaigns. It provides a complete
workflow for contest organizers, participants, and jury members from
contest creation and article submission to evaluation, scoring, and
leaderboard generation.
The platform includes features such as:
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Wikimedia OAuth login
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Contest creation and management
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Role-based access (Organizer, Jury, Participant, Admin)
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Article submission and validation
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Multiple scoring mechanisms
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Jury review and feedback system
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Participant and organizer dashboards
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Real-time leaderboard and rankings
Previously known as *WikiContest Tool*, the platform has now been renamed
to *WikiEval*.
We would love to hear your feedback on the overall experience, workflows,
features, usability, and any improvements you would like to see.
*Tool:* https://wikicontest.toolforge.org
*Phabricator Board:*http://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/8418/
*Feedback Form:* Link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScs3HNRhv_35rILgAsOhZMQ9gLhDJQHQop…>
Your feedback will play an important role in shaping future improvements to
the platform.
Thank you for your time and support.
Best regards,
*Gauri Gupta*
On behalf of the WikiEval Development Team
TL;DR: We are removing the PHP‑serialized output format from
Special:EntityData on May 28. URLs like Q42.php and Accept:
application/vnd.php.serialized requests will stop working. Please switch to
JSON (example Q42.json) instead.
Hi everyone,
We are making a significant change to the LinkedData interface on Wikidata.
Starting May 28, the Special:EntityData page will no longer support the
PHP‑serialized output format.
This means
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URLs like https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q42.php will
return an error (HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type).
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Requests like https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q42 with
the Accept: application/vnd.php.serialized header will return an error
(HTTP 406 Not Acceptable).
Why are we removing this format?
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The PHP‑serialized format is not a stable or standardised data format.
It can only be used by PHP applications and poses potential security risks.
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Maintaining it adds unnecessary complexity and technical debt.
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Usage is extremely low (approx. 2000 requests per day, mostly from
bots), especially compared to JSON (millions) and RDF/Turtle (tens of
millions).
What should you use instead?
Please use the JSON format, which is fully supported and stable. For
example: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q42.json
For more details on all available formats and how to access them, see the
Linked Data Interface section of the Data access page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_access>.
Timeline
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May 20: The change is deployed to Test Wikidata
<http://test.wikidata.org> and the Beta cluster
<https://www.wikidata.beta.wmcloud.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page>, where
you can already test the new behaviour.
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May 22: This announcement
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May 28: The change will be deployed to Wikidata production.
If you have any questions or concerns, please write directly on the
Phabricator task (phab:T98035 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T98035>).
Cheers,
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Mohammed S. Abdulai
*Senior Community Communications Manager, Wikidata*
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466
https://wikimedia.de
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