It's that time again: the often-monthly meeting of the Wikibase Community User Group takes place today at 15:00 UTC (so 16:00 for those of us in the UK, 17:00 in CEST, or 11:00 US EDT): https://meet.jit.si/WikibaseLiveSession
Last month<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/Meetings/2024…> ended with a brief comment about a call for software development proposals<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Software_Collaboration_for_Wikidata/Open_Ca…>, kicking off a flurry of behind-the-scenes work by members in collaboration with the Wikibase Stakeholder Group; cumulating in two proposals outlined on today's agenda, for form-filling entity creation and conversion of the existing OpenRefine reconciliation service into an extension: WBUG 2024 04 25<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2024_04_25>
Due to the time pressure, these proposals were submitted by the group's WMF contacts - Lozana and myself - prior to this meeting, though not before we were satisfied with them. But they're still only the first step, so we'd like to hear your thoughts today, too!
Competition is significant<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Software_Collaboration_for_Wikidata/Call_Su…>, and there's no guarantee that either proposal will be funded, let alone both. But if they are, we'll need to have further discussions about e.g. how to handle the funds involved - and since we'd have to move reasonably quickly to get things done by the end of the year, it wouldn't hurt to think a bit about that in advance, too.
Organizational matters aside, results from a WMDE survey of the Wikibase community<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Summary_Wikibase_Suite_Survey_-_202…> late last year have been released, and we can discuss them, as well as any projects or issues that you need help or advice with or want to share.
Hope to see you there,
--
Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry - WBUG / WikiFur.com
Dear Wikibase Community,
We’re thrilled to announce the release of WMDE.20
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/releases/tag/wmde.20>,
our security release compatible with MediaWiki 1.41.1. WMDE.18 and WMDE.19,
our security releases compatible with MediaWiki 1.40.3 and 1.39.7
respectively, will be coming shortly.
Changes in short:
-
MediaWiki 1.41.1 release announcement
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…>
-
WDQS now checks for allowlist.txt instead of whitelist.txt for allowed
SPARQL hosts; please see T355893
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T355893> and the relevant Pull Request
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/pull/625> for details.
Previous changes in the 1.41-based releases:
-
MediaWiki 1.41 release announcement
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…>
Please also note that, as always, the file LocalSettings.php is
world-readable. Viewing it from within the container reveals the database
password and secret key.
Upgrading your Wikibase
Please note that starting with the Wikibase 1.39 release, the Wikibase
extension must be enabled in MediaWiki using the Extension Registration
mechanism. If you have been providing your own MediaWiki configuration file
(LocalSettings.php) for your Wikibase container, make sure to check these
upgrade instructions
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/blob/f2555b07494c9df691cd…>
.
Are you looking for documentation?
Our Wikibase documentation <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase> is the
way to go for our installation instructions and FAQ. For Wikibase 1.41
developer documentation, take a look at
https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/REL1_41/
<https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/REL1_41/php/> .
Want to know what’s new?
Sign up for our mailing list to follow and participate in discussions about
Wikibase development:
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Got feedback or questions?
Join our channels on Telegram https://t.me/+WBsf9-C9KPuMZCDT or
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5755/.
We can’t wait to hear what you think of the new version!
Best,
Valerie, on behalf of the WMDE Wikibase Suite team
Valerie Wollinger (She/Her)
Community Communications Manager Wikibase
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
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Hi everyone,
Our next Wikidata+Wikibase office hour
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours> is scheduled
for Wednesday 10th April at 16:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin). As usual, the office
hour will happen in the Wikidata Telegram group
<https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>.
*What's the Wikidata+Wikibase office hour?*
*The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the
development team at WMDE presents what we have been working on over the
past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss
important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.*
We're looking forward to meeting you there. :-)
Best,
Valerie Wollinger (She/Her)
Community Communications Manager Wikibase
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de
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Hi everyone,
Our next Wikidata+Wikibase office hour
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours> is scheduled
for Wednesday 10th April at 16:00 UTC (18:00 Berlin). As usual, the office
hour will happen in the Wikidata Telegram group
<https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>.
*What's the Wikidata+Wikibase office hour?*
*The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the
development team at WMDE presents what we have been working on over the
past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss
important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.*
Be sure to mark the date in your calendars.
Cheers,
--
Mohammed S. Abdulai
*Community Communications Manager, Wikidata*
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466
https://wikimedia.de
Grab a spot in my calendar for a chat: calendly.com/masssly.
A lot is happening around Wikidata - Keep up to date!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates> Current news and
exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our
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.
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Dr. Christian Humborg
Dear Community,
We are happy to announce the next major version of Wikibase Suite, WMDE.17
based on MediaWiki 1.41.0.
This is a major release including the following notable changes:
-
MediaWiki switched to the “Vector 2022” skin by default.
-
MariaDB switched from 10.9 to 10.11
<https://mariadb.com/kb/en/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-1011/> for a
long term support version.
-
PHP switched from 8.1 to 8.2 <https://www.php.net/releases/8.2/en.php>.
-
WDQS Java switched from OpenJDK to eclipse-temurin JRE, but stays on
java 8.
-
WDQS base image switched from alpine to debian bookworm.
-
WDQS service now uses the “blazegraph” user instead of uid 666.
To review the complete set of components used to build this release, check
out our versions.env file
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/blob/wmde.17/variables.env>
.
Find more information about the MediaWiki 1.41 release here
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.41>.
Are you looking for documentation?
Our Wikibase documentation <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase> is the
way to go for our installation instructions and FAQ. For Wikibase 1.41
developer documentation, take a look at
https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/REL1_41.
Want to know what’s new?
Sign up for our mailing list to follow and participate in discussions about
Wikibase development:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikibaseug.lists.wikimedia.org/
Got feedback or questions?
Join our channels on Telegram https://t.me/+WBsf9-C9KPuMZCDT or
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5755/.
We can’t wait to hear what you think of the new version!
Best,
Valerie, on behalf of the WMDE Wikibase Suite team
Valerie Wollinger (She/Her)
Community Communications Manager Wikibase
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de
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Dear community,
Today we're going to gather for our monthly live session.
Join us at 5:00 pm UTC (UTC+1 for Berlin) here:
https://meet.jit.si/WikibaseLiveSession.
If you like to share what you've been up to these days or ask a question,
just add your topics to the agenda here:
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WBUG_2024_02_29.
Looking forward to seeing you!
Best,
Valerie Wollinger (She/Her)
Community Communications Manager Wikibase
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de
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Dear Wikibase Community,
We’re thrilled to announce the release of WMDE.16
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/releases/tag/wmde.16>,
our security release compatible with MediaWiki 1.40.2.
Changes in short:
-
The QuickStatements image only uses the QS_PUBLIC_SCHEME_HOST_AND_PORT
variable from now on. It should remain set to the public hostname of the
Wikibase instance. WIKIBASE_SCHEME_AND_HOST is deprecated and no longer
used.
Find more details in this change
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/commit/27b4fcdeacd9f707ca…>
.
-
MediaWiki 1.40.2 release announcement
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…>
-
We are no longer providing tarballs for installation
Previous changes in the 1.40-based releases:
-
MediaWiki 1.40 release announcement
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…>
-
MediaWiki 1.40.1 release announcement
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/…>
Please also note that, as always, the file LocalSettings.php is
world-readable. Viewing it from within the container reveals the database
password and secret key.
Upgrading your Wikibase
Please note that starting with Wikibase 1.39 release, the Wikibase
extension must be enabled in MediaWiki using the Extension Registration
mechanism. If you have been providing your own MediaWiki configuration file
(LocalSettings.php) for your Wikibase container, make sure to check these
upgrade instructions
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/blob/f2555b07494c9df691cd…>
.
Are you looking for documentation?
Our Wikibase documentation <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase> is the
way to go for our installation instructions and FAQ. For Wikibase 1.40
developer documentation, take a look at
https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/REL1_40/
<https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/REL1_40/php/> .
Want to know what’s new?
Sign up for our mailing list to follow and participate in discussions about
Wikibase development:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikibaseug.lists.wikimedia.org/
Got feedback or questions?
Join our channels on Telegram https://t.me/+WBsf9-C9KPuMZCDT or
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5755/.
We can’t wait to hear what you think of the new version!
Best,
Valerie, on behalf of the WMDE Wikibase Suite team
Valerie Wollinger (She/Her)
Community Communications Manager Wikibase
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de
Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia,
Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe
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Vorstände: Franziska Heine, Dr. Christian Humborg
Dear Community,
I would like to remind you of our ongoing research
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Knowledge_Equity_in_L…>
and your chance to participate!
The goal of this project is to better understand how the use of Wikidata,
Wikibase Suite, and Wikibase Cloud both support knowledge equity and create
barriers to knowledge equity when people are contributing historically and
structurally marginalized knowledge and perspectives.
What is learned in this project will directly inform WMDE product decisions
toward removing barriers and better supporting knowledge equity in the
Wikimedia LOD ecosystem.
Wondering how you might contribute?
We would like to talk with you for an hour or an hour and a half, or the
time you're available, about your experience contributing knowledge using
the products mentioned above.
In short, these interviews will be:
-
fairly compensated
-
recorded and documented (only with permission of participants)
-
take place between February 9 and March 29, 2024
-
stored on Design Research Services Google drive (until the project ends
May 31, 2024, when it will be deleted)
-
deleted at any time upon participant’s request.
-
summarized for findings (participants will remain anonymous unless
otherwise requested)
If you are interested in participating in this project, please fill out this
survey <https://greatquestion.co/wmde/4c3dr1vk>
Have a lovely day, everyone!
Valerie Wollinger (She/Her)
Community Communications Manager Wikibase
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de
Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia,
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Vorstände: Franziska Heine, Dr. Christian Humborg