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Chris Koerner: /* Wikidata arbitrary access is coming */

2015-06-18T20:35:34Z

Wikidata arbitrary access is coming

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	From [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2015-May/006038.html Lydia's announcement], "When using data from Wikidata on Wikipedia and other sister projects there is currently a limitation in place which hinders some use cases. Data can only be accessed from the corresponding item. So for example the article about Berlin can only get data from the item about Berlin but not from the item about Germany. This had technical reasons. On Monday we will remove this limitation on the first wikis."		From [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2015-May/006038.html Lydia's announcement], "When using data from Wikidata on Wikipedia and other sister projects there is currently a limitation in place which hinders some use cases. Data can only be accessed from the corresponding item. So for example the article about Berlin can only get data from the item about Berlin but not from the item about Germany. This had technical reasons. On Monday we will remove this limitation on the first wikis."

	Here's the syntax : {{#property:capital\|from=Q183}} to get the capital from the item about Germany. Since the announcement, [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2015-June/006293.html even more wikis now have arbitrary access]! You can also learn more and keep track of the rollout on [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Arbitrary_access wikidata.org].		Here's an example of the syntax : {{#property:capital\|from=Q183}}. That will allow you to get the capital from the item about Germany.

			Since the announcement, [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2015-June/006293.html even more wikis now have arbitrary access]! You can also learn more and keep track of the rollout on [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Arbitrary_access wikidata.org].

	==Semantic MediaWiki 3.0==		==Semantic MediaWiki 3.0==

Chris Koerner: /* Wikidata arbitrary access is coming */

2015-06-18T20:35:10Z

Wikidata arbitrary access is coming

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	From [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2015-May/006038.html Lydia's announcement], "When using data from Wikidata on Wikipedia and other sister projects there is currently a limitation in place which hinders some use cases. Data can only be accessed from the corresponding item. So for example the article about Berlin can only get data from the item about Berlin but not from the item about Germany. This had technical reasons. On Monday we will remove this limitation on the first wikis."		From [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2015-May/006038.html Lydia's announcement], "When using data from Wikidata on Wikipedia and other sister projects there is currently a limitation in place which hinders some use cases. Data can only be accessed from the corresponding item. So for example the article about Berlin can only get data from the item about Berlin but not from the item about Germany. This had technical reasons. On Monday we will remove this limitation on the first wikis."

	Here's the syntax : {{#property:capital\|from=Q183}} to get the capital from the item about Germany. Since the announcement, [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2015-June/006293.html even more wikis now have arbitrary access]!		Here's the syntax : {{#property:capital\|from=Q183}} to get the capital from the item about Germany. Since the announcement, [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2015-June/006293.html even more wikis now have arbitrary access]! You can also learn more and keep track of the rollout on [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Arbitrary_access wikidata.org].

	==Semantic MediaWiki 3.0==		==Semantic MediaWiki 3.0==

Chris Koerner: /* Wikidata arbitrary access is coming */

2015-06-18T20:33:58Z

Wikidata arbitrary access is coming

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	==Wikidata arbitrary access is coming==		==Wikidata arbitrary access is coming==

	Lydia Pintscher, Product Manager for Wikidata, has announced that arbitrary access is coming to Wikidata! What does this mean? From [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2015-May/006038.html Lydia's announcement], "When using data from Wikidata on Wikipedia and other sister projects there is currently a limitation in place which hinders some use cases. Data can only be accessed from the corresponding item. So for example the article about Berlin can only get data from the item about Berlin but not from the item about Germany. This had technical reasons. On Monday we will remove this limitation on the first wikis."		Lydia Pintscher, Product Manager for Wikidata, has announced that arbitrary access is coming to Wikidata! What does this mean?

			From [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2015-May/006038.html Lydia's announcement], "When using data from Wikidata on Wikipedia and other sister projects there is currently a limitation in place which hinders some use cases. Data can only be accessed from the corresponding item. So for example the article about Berlin can only get data from the item about Berlin but not from the item about Germany. This had technical reasons. On Monday we will remove this limitation on the first wikis."

	Here's the syntax : {{#property:capital\|from=Q183}} to get the capital from the item about Germany. Since the announcement, [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2015-June/006293.html even more wikis now have arbitrary access]!		Here's the syntax : {{#property:capital\|from=Q183}} to get the capital from the item about Germany. Since the announcement, [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2015-June/006293.html even more wikis now have arbitrary access]!

Chris Koerner: /* Semantic MediaWiki 3.0 */

2015-06-18T20:33:38Z

Semantic MediaWiki 3.0

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	It's still a little ways off, but there are a few interesting issues being tracked for SMW users that I thought were interesting.		It's still a little ways off, but there are a few interesting issues being tracked for SMW users that I thought were interesting.

	*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/584 Deprecate [[property::value]] input syntax]		*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/584 Deprecate <nowiki>[[property::value]]</nowiki> input syntax]
	*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/698#issuecomment-95315312 Drop PHP 5.3 support]		*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/698#issuecomment-95315312 Drop PHP 5.3 support]
	*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/796 Distributed Semantic MediaWiki]		*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/796 Distributed Semantic MediaWiki]

Chris Koerner: /* Semantic MediaWiki 3.0 */

2015-06-18T20:33:12Z

Semantic MediaWiki 3.0

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	*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/584 Deprecate [[property::value]] input syntax]		*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/584 Deprecate [[property::value]] input syntax]
	*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/698#issuecomment-95315312 Drop PHP 5.3 support]		*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/698#issuecomment-95315312 Drop PHP 5.3 support]
	*[~~Distributed Semantic MediaWiki~~ https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/796]		*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/796 Distributed Semantic MediaWiki]

	You should join the discussion where appropriate.		You should join the discussion where appropriate.

Chris Koerner: /* Semantic MediaWiki 3.0 */

2015-06-18T20:32:54Z

Semantic MediaWiki 3.0

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	==Semantic MediaWiki 3.0==		==Semantic MediaWiki 3.0==

	It's still a little ways off, but there are ~~two~~ interesting issues being tracked for SMW users.		It's still a little ways off, but there are a few interesting issues being tracked for SMW users that I thought were interesting.

	*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/584 Deprecate [[property::value]] input syntax]		*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/584 Deprecate [[property::value]] input syntax]
	*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/698#issuecomment-95315312 Drop PHP 5.3 support]		*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/698#issuecomment-95315312 Drop PHP 5.3 support]
	*[Distributed Semantic MediaWiki https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/796]		*[Distributed Semantic MediaWiki https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/796]
	*

	You should join the discussion where appropriate.		You should join the discussion where appropriate.

Chris Koerner: Created page with "{{Blog Post |title=A Lump of MediaWiki Links |tags=Collection, News, |author=Chris Koerner }} Here's a few bookmarks I've had laying around that don't quite warrant their own..."

2015-06-18T20:32:28Z

Created page with "{{Blog Post |title=A Lump of MediaWiki Links |tags=Collection, News, |author=Chris Koerner }} Here's a few bookmarks I've had laying around that don't quite warrant their own..."

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Here's a few bookmarks I've had laying around that don't quite warrant their own blog post, but are still really interesting. Enjoy the smorgasbord of information.

==Wikidata arbitrary access is coming==

Lydia Pintscher, Product Manager for Wikidata, has announced that arbitrary access is coming to Wikidata! What does this mean? From [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-l/2015-May/006038.html Lydia's announcement], "When using data from Wikidata on Wikipedia and other sister projects there is currently a limitation in place which hinders some use cases. Data can only be accessed from the corresponding item. So for example the article about Berlin can only get data from the item about Berlin but not from the item about Germany. This had technical reasons. On Monday we will remove this limitation on the first wikis."

Here's the syntax : {{#property:capital|from=Q183}} to get the capital from the item about Germany. Since the announcement, [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2015-June/006293.html even more wikis now have arbitrary access]!

==Semantic MediaWiki 3.0==

It's still a little ways off, but there are two interesting issues being tracked for SMW users.

*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/584 Deprecate [[property::value]] input syntax]
*[https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/698#issuecomment-95315312 Drop PHP 5.3 support]
*[Distributed Semantic MediaWiki https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/796]
*

You should join the discussion where appropriate.

==Sysadmin Hub==
I've been using MediaWiki for nearly 4 years now and I'm just learning of the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Sysadmin_hub Sysadmin hub on MediaWiki.org]. What a great resource for folks administering a wiki.