Wikibase is the software that enables MediaWiki to store structured data or access data that is stored in a structured data repository. Wikibase basically consists of two MediaWiki extensions, Wikibase Repository and Wikibase Client, that can be enabled individually or together for a certain MediaWiki installation to turn it into a structured data repository, a client of a structured data repository or both.
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Why are SPARQL queries not working as expected in our Wikidata Docker WDQS
SPARQL queries not working as expected in our Wikidata Docker WDQS (wikidata query service).
We are running wikibase docker on an AWS EC2. First I will describe the 3 queries that are not working, and then provide details about our setup. We…

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Wikibase Query Service GUI configuration with namespaces
I'm trying to set up the Wikibase Query Service GUI https://github.com/wikimedia/wikidata-query-gui with a Jena-Fuseki backend.
I've edited the custom-config.json file and have populated the prefixes section with the prefixes I am using:
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How to list all properties on a custom Wikibase instance
I am trying to list all properties created in on a wikibase I installed, using docker-compose, based on this install.
Now, want to list all properties that are available in this wikibase, similar to getting that list available…

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How do you correctly import an sql dump into a Wikibase instance?
I backed up my Mediawiki/Wikibase database with
docker exec wikibase-docker_mysql_1 mysqldump -u wikiuser -psqlpass my_wiki > backup.sql
and then I tried to reimport it with
docker exec wikibase-docker_mysql_1 mysql -u wikiuser -psqlpass my_wiki <…

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how to get all Wikidata items that are subclasses or instances of the Wikidata items in wikimedia commons
I was working on the Issue https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/issues/3114 to add all wikidata items that are sublasses or instances of the given wikidata item(depictions)
I was using this API…

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Wikidata Sparql get item descriptions
I'm following the MWAPI docs (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikidata_Query_Service/User_Manual/MWAPI#Find_all_entities_with_labels_%22cheese%22_and_get_their_types) and have the following query:
SELECT * WHERE {
SERVICE wikibase:mwapi {
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What it takes to edit wikidata from my web application?
I am developing a web application which shows basic information about basketball players. I get all the data from wikidata by basic sparql queries. However, some players are missing some basic information(height, weight, their current team, etc.).…

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Wikibase installation Trouble
During installing Wikibase based on the guideline (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Installation), the following error was occurred. As I know, Wikibase 1.37 is not released yet. Any there any solutions?
$php maintenance/update.php
'''
PHP…

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How do I get the unit of a value from Wikidata using SPARQL?
I'm new to SPARQL and I'm trying to get the boiling points of a chemical from Wikidata. However, when I try this query on ethanol as an example, I get two numbers, one being the boiling point in Fahrenheit and the other in Celsius, but without being…

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Class Wikibase\DataModel\Entity\ItemId not found WikiBase installation
I am currently trying to follow this tutorial: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Installation
I have the latest version of both MediaWiki and WikiBase (1.35) I'm currently trying to run the maintenance scripts.
I have installed both Wikibase…

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Docker Wikibase Import Issue
So I installed a Docker Wikibase instance and imported a dump from a WAMP64 Wikibase instance. It imported correctly and everything seems to work, except I can't create new items or properties anymore and I always get a "Could not create a new page.…

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Executing SPARQL queries with the wikibaseintegrator package on a local Wikibase instance
I'm attempting to run a SPARQL query using the Python package wikibaseintegrator (version 0.10.0).
The program is written as follows:
from wikibaseintegrator.wbi_config import config as wbi_config
from wikibaseintegrator import wbi_login,…

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MediaWiki Wikibase Installation Trouble
I am currently attempting to install the Wikibase extension to my new Mediawiki installation. Here is the php stack trace:
running media wiki
Notice: Undefined index: entityNamespaces in…

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Send outgoing email from a wikibase docker container
We've installed wikibase-docker with an Apache server in front of it to handle SSL and proxy two vhosts to the ports from Docker.
When I use the PasswordReset function it should sent out an email. But instead only sh: 1: -t: not found is logged by…

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Why does the query service in my Wikibase installed through Docker not contain content added to the main wikibase store?
We've installed wikibase-docker with an Apache server in front of it to handle SSL and proxy two vhosts to the ports from Docker.
api.example.com (to http://127.0.0.1:8181)
query.example.com (to http://127.0.01:8282/)
In the log from the…

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