*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-05-27. Missed the previous one? See issue #680 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>. Help with Translations <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>.*
* Discussions * - New requests for permissions/Bot: William Avery Bot 12 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/William_Avery_Bot_12> - Task(s): Add PubMed publication ID(P698) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P698> to items that lack it, but have DOI(P356) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P356>, which allows it to be looked up using the PubMed API <https://biopython.org/docs/1.76/api/Bio.Entrez.html>. - Talk: Wikidata Identifiers (No value for missing Ids) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Identifiers#Novalue_for_missing_IDs>: about how to indicate that a certain entity is absent in a given database * Events * - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - Wikidata and Sister Projects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects> During 4 half-days of sessions showcasing and showing how Wikidata supports and is integrated to the other Wikimedia projects From Thursday, May 29 from 16:00 UTC to Sunday, June 1 13:30 UTC. Registration link <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:RegisterForEvent/1291> - Program <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects#Sessions> - Questions? (Talk page) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event_talk:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects> * Press, articles, blog posts, videos * - Blogs - Taiwan Street-view Expedition (Huwei and Tuku, Yunlin, Taiwan) <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/s8321414/diary/406703> - joint OSM and Wikidata activity - Papers - (Italian) *Termini, dati e collegamenti: ‘conversazioni’ tra il Thesaurus del Nuovo soggettario e Wikidata* <https://www.datocms-assets.com/103094/1747654189-imagines-n-12-cencetti_pellizzari_viti.pdf>: This study is about the history of the cooperation between the Thesaurus del Nuovo soggettario <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16583225> (the main thesaurus <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17152639> used by Italian libraries for subject indexing) and Wikimedia projects, initially Wikipedia and now mainly Wikidata - WikiDBGraph: Large-Scale Database Graph of Wikidata for Collaborative Learning <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.16635> By Wu et al., (2025) — This study introduces WikiDBGraph, a network of 100,000 linked databases from Wikidata, using 17 million connections to improve AI learning and reveal challenges in handling interconnected data. - Filling in the Blanks? A Systematic Review and Theoretical Conceptualisation for Measuring WikiData Content Gaps <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.16383> By Ripoll et al., (2025) – The paper systematically reviews content gaps in Wikidata, proposing a typology of missing data and a framework to measure these gaps, highlighting their impact on knowledge quality and completeness. - AI in Data Management and Analysis <https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-91705-9_5> By Haber et al., (2025) – This paper explores how AI streamlines academic data tasks like cleaning and analysis, whike tools like Google DataPrep, Airtable and Wikidata help researchers, but human oversight is key to maintaining accuracy and ethics in research. - Videos - Using PetScan to create lists from Wikipedia and Wikidata <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CBCgyF-WAP4&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD> By Tamsin Braisher (Dr Thneed <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:DrThneed>). - (Spanish) Connecting Collections: Wikidata as a Bridge between Museums and Communities <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nxgB7LvG1N0> By Museo de los Museos and Carla Toro. * Tool of the week * - Wikidata Toolkit <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata_Toolkit> The Wikidata Toolkit is an open-source Java library for using data from Wikidata and other Wikibase sites. Its main goal is to make it easy for external developers to take advantage of this data in their own applications. * Other Noteworthy Stuff * - A discussion on Meta about a very delicate issue for the development of Abstract Wikipedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia> is now open: where to store the abstract content that will be developed through functions from Wikifunctions and data from Wikidata. Some of the hypothesis involve Wikidata. You can read the various hypothesis and have your say at Abstract Wikipedia/Location of Abstract Content <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia/Location_of_Abstract_Content> . * 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: none - External identifiers: Geographicus cartographer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13576>, Wikibase of Czech Librarians ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13577>, Jesuit Online Necrology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13578>, Ons Land ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13579>, VejinBooks author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13580>, PC98 Images game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13581>, Rhein-Neckar-Wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13582>, CvLAC ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13583>, Stadtwiki Meißen ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13584>, WürzburgWiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13585>, Wetzipedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13586>, AW-Wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13587>, Tüik village ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13588> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: - LSF rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LSF_rating> (Indonesia film classification administered by the Indonesian Film Censorship Board) - image of cosplay <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_of_cosplay> (cosplay that depicts this character or person) - Classificazione Guizzi degli strumenti musicali <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Classificazione_Guizzi_degli_strumenti_musicali> (Guizzi's classification system of musical instruments) - name translation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/name_translation> (translation into native language) - External identifiers: Concertzender ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Concertzender_ID>, MCW-PL article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MCW-PL_article_ID>, Polska Biblioteka Muzyczna PBM <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polska_Biblioteka_Muzyczna_PBM>, norsk soldatregister person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/norsk_soldatregister_person_ID>, Databank verkiezingsuitslagen <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Databank_verkiezingsuitslagen>, TNT Sports soccer team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TNT_Sports_soccer_team_ID>, NHK Archives Portal Broadcasting History ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NHK_Archives_Portal_Broadcasting_History_ID>, Lithuanian lake ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lithuanian_lake_ID>, Sierra Wiki article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sierra_Wiki_article_ID>, Fondazione Ragghianti Fototeca image ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fondazione_Ragghianti_Fototeca_image_ID>, archive creator archieven.nl <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/archive_creator_archieven.nl> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! * Did you know? * - Query examples: Exemplars of the Magna Carta <https://w.wiki/EFJi> ( source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Manuscripts#Magna_Carta> ) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: Revitalizing UK History <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Event:Revitalizing_UK_History>- A wikiproject with the aim of enriching UK historical figures. - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:The BFG (Q19689203) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19689203> - 2016 film by Steven Spielberg - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: trucco (L580449) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L580449> - Italian noun (ˈtruk.ko) meaning "deceptive ploy", "makeup", or "strategic maneuver" * 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> *· Previous issue <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous> · Unsubscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikidata> ·* -- *Danny Benjafield* Community Communications Manager Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects Wikimedia Deutschland e. 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