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[08:04:33] <NK97>	 hi
[08:04:45] <NK97>	 why can't I create custom wiki codes?
[08:05:06] <NK97>	 I wanted to make Q11616400720
[08:05:25] <NK97>	 this does not seem possible.
[08:08:29] <NK97>	 ...anyone here?
[10:28:19] <addshore>	 hi NK97 
[10:28:23] <addshore>	 custom wiki codes?
[10:30:43] <NK97>	 yeah
[10:30:52] <NK97>	 why not?
[10:31:14] <NK97>	 i see q1 is universe, q2 is earth... who set this?
[10:38:25] <addshore>	 NK97: a certain number of item IDs were pre selected when wikidata was first created
[10:38:44] <addshore>	 general item creation however assigns incrementing auto generated Qids
[10:40:04] <NK97>	 ok, can i have my own instance of wikidata
[10:40:20] <NK97>	 like how wikimedia gives an instance of wikipedia
[10:40:57] <addshore>	 currently there are 2 instances of the wikibase software running within wikimedia, those are for wikidata and also for commons
[10:41:09] <NK97>	 a private wikidata to act as a personal knowledgebase, surely I can't be the first one to think of this
[10:41:23] <NK97>	 addshore: can I get a download link?
[10:41:28] <addshore>	 yes, you can run the wikibase software yourself privately if you want to
[10:42:27] <addshore>	 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikibase
[10:52:49] <NK97>	 Thanks addshore 
[10:52:57] <NK97>	 i'll tell you how it goes
[17:12:10] <jeblad>	 What happen to the special page to disambiguate entities?
[17:12:31] <jeblad>	 That is, how to do the same without the special page?
[17:16:16] <Lucas_WMDE>	 jeblad: I don’t quite remember what the page does/did, but I think you can do something similar with the query service? https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20WHERE%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%22dog%22%40en.%20%7D
[17:17:05] <jeblad>	 I don't think it is a working solution to link to the query service.
[17:17:35] <jeblad>	 Ordinary users will have absolutly no idea how to do it. 
[17:17:57] <Lucas_WMDE>	 sure, that’s why https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195754 exists
[17:18:03] <Lucas_WMDE>	 but I thought you were asking for a workaround
[17:18:11] <Lucas_WMDE>	 so I suggested one :)
[17:18:29] <Lucas_WMDE>	 (this would be a bit closer to the special page, I think: http://tinyurl.com/y6xqwjxu)
[17:19:23] <jeblad>	 What was the reason why it was removed? It seems a bit weird…
[17:19:59] <Lucas_WMDE>	 the underlying database table blew up
[17:20:02] <Lucas_WMDE>	 long story
[17:20:08] <Lucas_WMDE>	 not sure how much of it is on Phabricator, sorry
[17:20:42] <jeblad>	 The original implementation did not use any additional tables 
[17:21:34] <jeblad>	 Quite frankly, I don't think SPRQL should be used for an UI at all.
[17:21:48] <Lucas_WMDE>	 jeblad: I never suggested it should be used for a UI
[17:24:10] <jeblad>	 I didn't say you said so. I believe it is an error using the query service as an user-facing service, and it is WMDE that has made the choice.
[17:33:50] <Auregann_WMDE>	 jeblad: The query service is used by many people every day, and is very useful for many editors in their daily maintenance tasks :) Actually just today several people told me that they use the QS more than their watchlist. Anyway, since you expressed this need, I added a comment in the ticket to start reviving the discussion.
[17:39:58] <jeblad>	 In my opinion SPRQL is a solution that has no problem at Wikipedia. It is a really fancy solution, but I have no idea how I could ever convince editors to learn the query language. I believe there are three, possibly four, that have created queries themselves, and perhaps an additional handfull that has copied queries. 
[17:40:30] <jeblad>	 …at nowiki…
[18:06:44] <sjoerddebruin>	 Lucas_WMDE: thanks for the update :)
[18:09:03] <Lucas_WMDE>	 sjoerddebruin: you’re welcome, I hope it’s working :)
[19:39:01] <bhousel>	 hello! I'd like to ask if someone can undelete a wikidata page for me :)
[19:39:18] <sjoerddebruin>	 Which item?
[19:39:27] <bhousel>	 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60097339
[19:40:25] <sjoerddebruin>	 that seems indeed non-notable, what would make it notable now?
[19:40:36] <bhousel>	 I'm working with this project related to linking openstreetmap and wikidata:   http://osmlab.github.io/name-suggestion-index/brands/index.html
[19:40:56] <bhousel>	 I realize that page was probably added by someone working with our project, but they did not fill in any of the details for the page… and i'd like to add the details now
[19:41:29] <bhousel>	 I think we need to give our contributors better guidelines for working with wikidata, so they don't go just creating blank pages to get a qid
[19:44:11] <sjoerddebruin>	 I'll let you add relevant stuff then
[19:44:51] <bhousel>	 thank you sjoerddebruin!
[19:45:28] <bhousel>	 hmm, ok it does have a bunch of things filled in already
[19:46:02] <bhousel>	 I will add some details now, but..  I'd like to better understand wikidata's notability threshold.
[19:46:19] <sjoerddebruin>	 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Notability
[19:48:49] <bhousel>	 a brand with a solid online presence (website, facebook, twitter) and operating dozens of store locations in the united states is notable yes?
[19:48:58] <sjoerddebruin>	 I've added https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60097339#P527 to proof the number of stores. :)
[19:49:29] <bhousel>	 ok
[19:50:02] <sjoerddebruin>	 if you can find more recent numbers, it would be nice
[19:53:10] <bhousel>	 sure.. Just added their linkedin page… it claims "America's largest Philly-style soft pretzel franchise, operating more than 170 stores in 17 states...and growing!"   (haha)
[19:53:52] <sjoerddebruin>	 "more than" is hard to illustrate atm :(
[19:55:19] <bhousel>	 yeah.. Unfortunatly there are only a handful mapped on OpenStreetMap right now.  This project aims to encourage our contributors to add more branded businesses to the map.
[19:57:35] <sjoerddebruin>	 so how do we link this with OSM?
[19:58:39] <bhousel>	 OSM has a free tagging schema, but one of the tags that is widely accepted is `brand:wikidata=qid`.. so businesses tagged this way in OSM can be linked