* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the week leading up to 2025-03-24. Missed the previous one? See issue #671 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_03_17 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_03_10> *
*Discussions* - New requests for permissions/Bot:Request for admin flag for MsynBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/MsynABot_(2025)> - From 2021 through 2024, this bot has implemented the 2019 RfC “semi-protection to prevent vandalism on most used Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/semi-protection_to_prevent_vandalism_on_most_used_Items>” by maintaining page protections based on the outcome, Wikidata:Protection policy#Highly used items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Protection_policy#Highly_used_items>.the admin flag got lost due to bot inactivity. But bot operation could be resumed immediately if the admin flag is given back. *Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - AAFRennes2025, 26-28 Mars 2025 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:AAFRennes2025> - 5-6 April & 12 April: Scholia Hackathon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia/Events/Hackathon_April_2025> - Wikidata and Sister Projects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects> to take place May 29 - June 1. Currently welcoming session ideas and proposals on the event Talk page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event_talk:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects> until March 31.The event will focus on the ways Wikidata is integrated and supports the other Wikimedia (sister) Projects. *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs - Enhance Your Wikibase With Extensions <https://professional.wiki/en/articles/wikibase-extensions> - Editing Lexemes with your little finger <https://tech-news.wikimedia.de/2025/03/21/editing-lexemes-with-your-little-finger/> - Wikidata and the sum of all video games − 2024 edition <https://commonists.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/wikidata-and-the-sum-of-all-video-games-2024-edition/> by Jean-Fred <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric> - Thread: Who wins in a Wikipedia race between GPT-4.5, o1, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, and @OpenAI's new Computer-Using Agent? <https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1902026975210025181.html> *Tool of the week* - Lexica <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexica> - a mobile-friendly tool that simplifies micro contributions to lexicographical data on Wikidata, making various editing tasks accessible and intuitive for contributors of all experience levels. *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Mobile Editing of Statements <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_editing_experience/Mobile_editing_of_statements> - You have been asking for the ability to edit statements from mobile devices for years, this project will make editing statements on Wikidata Items more accessible and user-friendly for mobile users. Sign up to participate in prototype testing and interviews with our UX team <https://greatquestion.co/wikimediadeutschland/bo2e7e2a/apply> - Join the Wikimedia Deutschland software development team: Product Manager Wikibase Suite <https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/53665453/Product-Manager-Wikibase-Suite-all-genders-/> (all genders) *Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties> and property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review* - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: - data analysis method <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13391> (methods used in the main item for inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information) - External identifiers: booru tag <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13390>, Steam Group numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13392>, Kompass company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13393>, Macrotransactions game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13394>, Thunderstore game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13395>, JSR package ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13396>, GitLab topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13397>, Amazon Music track ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13398>, Crunchyroll artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13399>, SideQuest app ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13400> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: - levels <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/levels> (levels, maps, episodes, chapters or stages of this video game) - Scilit scholar ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scilit_scholar_ID> (author identifier on {{Q|77125337}}) - وزن صرفي عربي <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86_%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A> (A feature to adjust the pattern of Arabic words in lexemes) - باب صرفي للأفعال العربية الثلاثية المجردة <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A9> (Morphology of the Arabic triliteral verbs) - land degradation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/land_degradation> (The amount of land that is degraded by an object. Mainly for infrastructure projects) - Research projects that contributed to this data set <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Research_projects_that_contributed_to_this_data_set> (This property allows to identify research projects that they have contributed to or created an item) - Platform height <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Platform_height> (platform height above the top of the rail (or above the road for buses)) - extended by (addons for this item) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/extended_by_(addons_for_this_item)> (Class of software this software is extended by) - External identifiers: Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Congressional_Medal_of_Honor_Society_recipient_ID>, Delfi.ee theme ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Delfi.ee_theme_ID>, identifiant Dezède d'un individu <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Dez%C3%A8de_d%27un_individu>, SeqCode Registry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SeqCode_Registry_ID>, Openalfa street ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Openalfa_street_ID>, The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Music_entry_ID>, A Dictionary of Education entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_Dictionary_of_Education_entry_ID>, TDKIV wikibase ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TDKIV_wikibase_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - 2024 Population Census in Uganda <https://w.wiki/DZF7> (source <https://x.com/kateregga1/status/1900953102976512383>) - WikiProject Highlights: - Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal/Liste des artistes de la collection <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Mus%C3%A9e_d%27art_contemporain_de_Montr%C3%A9al/Liste_des_artistes_de_la_collection> - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:Cinderella (Q15046091) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15046091> - 2015 film directed by Kenneth Branagh - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>:страсть (L166968) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L166968> - Russian noun that can mean "love", "passion", "desire", or "suffering." *Weekly Tasks* - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review> . - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?> . - Govdirectory weekly focus country: - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?> in one or two sentences. - Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats> or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! - Help merge identical items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across Wikimedia projects. - Help write the next summary! <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next> -- Zita U. Zage Intern, Wikidata Software Communication Team 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: cal.com/zuz <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=eml0YS56YWdlQHdpa2ltZWRpYS5kZQ>. 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 newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. 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