Hello all, Since we recently received several messages about tools unable to access the Query Service, I wanted to remind you about this email from Guillaume, and especially this part:
"As a reminder, any bot should use a user agent that allows to identify it: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy."; If you're a tool builder and encountering issues with WDQS at the moment, please check that your tool is compliant with those guidelines. Thanks for your understanding, Léa ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Guillaume Lederrey <gleder...@wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 19:53 Subject: [Wikidata] Overload of query.wikidata.org To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project. <wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org> Hello all! We are currently dealing with a bot overloading the Wikidata Query Service. This bot does not look actively malicious, but does create enough load to disrupt the service. As a stop gap measure, we had to deny access to all bots using python-request user agent. As a reminder, any bot should use a user agent that allows to identify it [1]. If you have trouble accessing WDQS, please check that you are following those guidelines. More information and a proper incident report will be communicated as soon as we are on top of things again. Thanks for your understanding! Guillaume [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy -- Guillaume Lederrey Engineering Manager, Search Platform Wikimedia Foundation UTC+2 / CEST _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata -- Léa Lacroix Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
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