* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in
the week leading up to 2025-05-05. Missed the previous one? See issue #677
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_04_28>.
Translations are available
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>*

*Discussions*

   - Closed request for permissions/Bot: Mr Robot
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Mr_Robot>
   - No consensus reached.

*Events*

   - Past events: Wikimedia Hackathon in Istanbul
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2025>
   - Upcoming events:
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
      - Volunteer Supporters Network/Wikidata for beginners
      
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Volunteer_Supporters_Network/Wikidata_pour_les_débutants_2025-05-16>
      May 16, 2025
      - Wikidata and Sister Projects
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects>
      May 29 - June 1, 2025. register here
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:RegisterForEvent/1291>
      - Wikidata and Research Conference
      <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata_and_research>
      June 5-6, 2025 at the University of Florence.
      - Call for Proposals <https://pretalx.coscup.org/coscup-2025/>:Wikidata
      Taiwan x OpenStreetMap Taiwam @ COSCUP 2025
      
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/COSCUP_2025>,Submission
      Deadline: May 10, 2025 (AoE).
      - WikidataCon 2025
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Event:WikidataCon_2025>
      Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2025. Register here
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:RegisterForEvent/1340>


   - Ongoing event: Coordinate Me 2025
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/Coordinate_Me_2025>
   May 1 - May 31, 2025

*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*

   - Blogs
      - WikidataCon 2025 - programme track categories are ready
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Event_talk:WikidataCon_2025#WikidataCon_update_-_May_2025>
      - time to start thinking about session proposals!
      - checking OSM IDs between OSM and Wikidata
      <https://r.iresmi.net/posts/2025/osm_Wikidata/Cross> By Michaël
      - WikiFlix, a new free streaming platform goes live
      <https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/05/02/wikiflix-goes-live/>
   - Papers
      - How to Develop a Privacy-First Entity Recognition System
      
<https://hackernoon.com/how-to-develop-a-privacy-first-entity-recognition-system>
      By Papadopoulou et. al., (2025)
      - Detecting and Masking Personal Data in Text
      <https://hackernoon.com/detecting-and-masking-personal-data-in-text>
      By Papadopoulou et. al., (2025)
      - EA2N: Evidence-Based AMR Attention Network for Fake News Detection
      <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10840323> By Gupta et. al.,
      (2025)

*Tool of the week*

   - OpenStreetMap <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page>:
   OpenStreetMap, is a project that creates and distributes free geographic
   data for the world. It was started because most maps you think of as free
   actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back
   people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways .

*Other Noteworthy Stuff*

   - Ever played Redactle? Lucas
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister> put together a
   Wikidata version of it. Can you guess the Item? Still needs a bit of work
   but you can try it out now <https://wdactle.toolforge.org/>.
   - EditGroups has a new maintainer
   <https://mamot.fr/@pintoch/114449249307450950>

*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:
         - organization unit code
         <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13517> (organization unit
         code of the organization unit/part/(sub)division item)
         - likes of fictional character
         <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13518> (particular likes
         which applies to this fictional character as (usually) stated in their
         official profile or biography)
         - dislikes of fictional character
         <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13519> (particular
         dislikes which applies to this fictional character as stated in their
         official profile or biography)
         - number of render output units
         <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13522> (number of render
         output units in a graphics processing unit)
         - RAM capacity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13525>
         (amount of volatile random-access memory (RAM) modules used
by this device)
         - species protection status
         <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13549> (Links species,
         habitat or biotope type with the regulation international or
national that
         protects this species)
         - Nation Ranking (primary)
         <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13551> (main/general
         ranking for a cycling tournament season)
         - Nation Ranking (secondary)
         <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13552> (youth/U23 ranking
         for this cycling tournament season)
      - External identifiers: badmintoncn.com star ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13505>, ‎Danskefilmstemmer.dk
      work or dubbing ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13506>, geraldika.ru
      symbol ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13507>, ‎JSIC code
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13508>, The Oxford
      Dictionary of Music entry ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13509>, Dark Ride Database
      ride ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13510>, Dark Ride
      Database park ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13511>, Dark
      Ride Database manufacturer ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13512>, ‎Databáze her
      platform ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13513>, Mourisco
      Catalogue work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13514>, Radiomuseum
      vacuum tube/transistor ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13515>, ‎CAMRA pub ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13516>, MobyGames attribute
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13520>, MetalTabs.com
      track ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13521>, Moure's
      Catalog ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13523>, PromoDJ
      track ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13524>, Euronews
      topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13526>, Audiomack
      artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13527>, Audiomack
      album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13528>, Europe PMC
      preprint ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13529>, ‎SMB-digital
      asset ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13531>, Audiomack
      song ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13532>, Encyclopaedia
      of Islam (glossary and index of terms) ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13533>, Qur'an Wiki article
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13534>, Itch.io tag ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13535>, Corago singer ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13536>, ‎MoNA spectrum ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13537>, La Croix author ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13538>, ‎Billie Jean King
      Cup player ID 2024
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13539>, ‎TeamUSA.com
      athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13540>, ‎Snopes ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13541>, A Dictionary of
      Media and Communication entry ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13542>, Black Sea Cultural
      Inventory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13544>, ‎PyPI
      organization name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13545>, The
      Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology entry ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13546>, ‎PlayStation Museum
      product ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13550>, Urban
      Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13553>, ‎GOG
      Dreamlist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13554>, RCI
      number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13555>, ‎Portable
      Antiquities Scheme image ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13556>, Orthodox World ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13557>, ‎Coasterpedia ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13558>, Ethnologue language
      family ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13559>, ‎factordb
      ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13560>, SCImago
      Institutions Rankings ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13561>, UniRank ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13562>, Bibliometrics of
      Ukrainian science person ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13563>
   - New property proposals
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
   to review:
      - General datatypes:
         - Context Window
         
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Context_Window>
         (The maximum length of an input token in the language model.)
         - contains nutrient
         
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/contains_nutrient>
         (Food contains nutrient)
         - underlying data
         
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/underlying_data>
         (this mathematical structure has these data as part)
         - échelle de Beaufort
         
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C3%A9chelle_de_Beaufort>
         (empirical measure describing wind speed based on observed conditions)
      - External identifiers: vlaamsekunstcollectie.be ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/vlaamsekunstcollectie.be_ID>,
      Mobility Database ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mobility_Database_ID>,
      Patrimonio Galego ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Patrimonio_Galego_ID>,
      Substack username
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Substack_username>,
      Private Enterprise Number
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Private_Enterprise_Number>,
      ComputerLanguage.com definition
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ComputerLanguage.com_definition>,
      otzovik.com review ID
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/otzovik.com_review_ID>,
      Repertorium kleine politieke partijen 1918-1967 (Persoon)
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Repertorium_kleine_politieke_partijen_1918-1967_(Persoon)>

You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!

*Did you know ?*

   - Newest WikiProjects
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects> :

      - Nonprofit Organisations: Ukraine
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Nonprofit_Organizations/Ukraine>
      - Stockholm Archilepago Trail
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Stockholm_Archipelago_Trail>
   - Newest database reports
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Database_reports>
:
   Descriptions with QID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Descriptions_with_Q>
   - These Item descriptions contain a QID or Item ID.
   - Showcase Items
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
   Hans van Mierlo (Q288771) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288771> -
   Dutch politician (1931–2010)
   - Showcase Lexemes
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>:
   Tribe (L28956) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L28956> - English
   noun (trīb) that can mean "a social division in traditional society", "a
   political subdivision", or "a genre of Techno Music":

*Development*

   - Wikidata Query Service: The search platform team finished the
   remaining work for the graph split
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_graph_split>
   and it is going live this week
   
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/ZLIUAGRLPQLLBVJSC2AEG7FNTTOER66I/>
   .
   - We took part in the Wikimedia Hackathon in Istanbul
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2025>
   - Wikipedia and co: We continued working on improving how Wikidata edits
   are shown on the watchlist on Wikipedia and co. We are focusing on showing
   labels instead of IDs for the entities (Items, Properties, ...) linked in
   the edit summaries (phab:T388685
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T388685>)
   - UI: We continued doing small fixes for dark mode support in the UI (
   phab:T385039 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T385039>)
   - Wikibase REST API: We are continuing the work on the search endpoint (
   phab:T383126 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T383126>)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. If you
want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority>.


*Weekly Tasks*

   - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed
   above
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review>
   .
   - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?>
   .
   - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Philippines
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/WikiProject_Govdirectory/Philippines>
   - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/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/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>

*· Previous issue
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_04_28>
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