* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in
the week leading up to 2025-06-09. Missed the previous one? See issue #682
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*

* Discussions *

   - Open request for adminship: Coinhoe
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Coinhote>
   - RfP scheduled to end after 10 June 2025 23:49 (UTC)

* Events *

   - Upcoming events
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: New
   Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group>
   project series! We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group event series
   on the Wikidata Graph Split project. Our second event will be a
   conversation with Daniel Mietchen and Lane Rasberry about Scholia
   <https://scholia.toolforge.org/>, the Wikidata frontend which generates
   and presents scholarly profiles based on WikiCite content. They'll speak to
   Scholia's current state and roadmap, with consideration for the recent
   Wikidata graph split. Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 16:00 UTC
   / 6pm CEST. More info and Zoom links: project page
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Project_Series/GraphSplit>
   .

* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *

   - Blogs
      - Graph-Linguistic Fusion: Using Language Models for Wikidata
      Vandalism Detection
      <https://github.com/trokhymovych/wikidata-vandalism-detection>:
      resources to reproduce training and evaluation procedure for the paper
      Graph-Linguistic Fusion: Using Language Models for Wikidata Vandalism
      Detection
      - Cataloguing guidelines for representing the Memory of the World
      International Register on Wikidata
      
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EyInxNXvz3rmmlTeYOKg6Sr5EKG--4mzBXlaz_HhYRY/edit?usp=sharing>
      Google Doc to shape the process of a coming data upload:
comments are open.
      - GLAM:Memory of the World Report:
      
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2025/Contents/Memory_of_the_World_report>
      Hannah Drummen at UNESCO, alongside data expert Martin, has completed a
      structured dataset of 496 International Register items, ready for bulk
      upload to Wikidata in June, with an aim to enhance accessibility
and define
      best practices for future updates.
      - Wikidata QID updates to BHL catalogue
      
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2025/Contents/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library_report>:
      The BHL Lead Developer, Mike Lichtenberg, is ensuring periodic
Wikidata Qid
      refreshes in the BHL Catalogue, with the working group advising a
      downloadable post-refresh report for OpenRefine integration, to
be sent to
      the BHL Metacat group for reconciliation by Siobhan or other Wikidata
      editors.
      - Wikidata training & Datathon in Indonesia
      
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2025/Contents/Indonesia_report_GLAM_Wiki>:
      Wikimedia Indonesia hosts WikiLatih Wikidata training to enhance
skills in
      editing Indonesian cultural heritage data on Wikidata, while Datathon
      challenges participants to make the most edits on museum-related
topics in
      Indonesia.
   - Papers
      - Wikidata for Botanists: Benefits of collaborating and sharing
      Linked Open Data <https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40481658/> By von
      Mering et al., (2025) - This paper explores Wikidata as a
multilingual open
      knowledge base for botany, highlighting its role in connecting botanical
      information across sources, and calling on the botanical community to
      enhance its content.
      - CS-KG 2.0: A Large-scale Knowledge Graph of Computer Science
      <https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-05200-8> By Dessí et al.,
      (2025) - This paper introduces CS-KG 2.0, an advanced AI-powered
knowledge
      graph built from 15 million research papers, designed to enhance
scientific
      exploration by structuring and interconnecting vast amounts of computer
      science literature.
   - Videos
      - Using the Wiki List tool
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHhvcvvFPsA> - GoogleSheet with
      formulae for retrieving Wikidata values and writing QuickStatements
      commands.
      - Introduction to Wikidata <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0eGNxqvW89M>
      By Robin Isadora Brown and Lane Rasberry
      - Wikidata Editing <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwiYthh6CY> By
      Kusaal Wikipedia Community
      - (Portuguese) Federating academic SPARQL searches in Wikidata
      <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UWuRQstMm8E> By Tiago Lubiana

* Tool of the week *

   - Wikidata Phonemes <https://phonemes.toolforge.org/> This is the web
   application developed specifically for Wikidata IOLab. Here you can add
   phonemes to a whole bunch of languages, basing your work on the work that
   the Brazilian students of their national olympiad did while editing
   Wikipedia.
   - Should I watch this?
   <https://www.should-i-watch-this.com/Mission%20Imposible/2018> is a tool
   that helps users decide whether a movie or show is worth watching.

* 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 General datatypes
      - Guizzi's classification of musical instruments
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13598> (Guizzi's
      classification system of musical instruments)
      - single taken from the album
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13602> (indicates the album
      from which the item is taken)
   - Newest External identifiers: ‎GameSpot platform ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13599>, ‎OberpfalzWiki article
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13600>, ‎Private Enterprise
   Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13601>, TNT Sports
   soccer team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13603>, ‎Fondazione
   Ragghianti Fototeca image ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13604>, ROAR ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13605>, ‎15min.lt theme ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13606>, FMJD person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13607>, NAQ non-elected person
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13608>, paleo.ru person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13609>, ‎Sierra Wiki article ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13610>
   - New External identifier property proposals to review:
      - Biblioteca Pública
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biblioteca_P%C3%BAblica>
      (<nowiki>{{TranslateThis</nowiki>)
      - Libretexts ID
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Libretexts_ID>
      (the world's largest collection of free OER textbooks online)
   - External identifiers: identifiant Évêques suisses
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_%C3%89v%C3%AAques_suisses>,
   Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Enciclopedia_Galega_Universal_ID>,
   Deaf Movie Database
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deaf_Movie_Database>,
   Biographical Dictionary of Affiliated Dissemination of Literacy among
   Georgians ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographical_Dictionary_of_Affiliated_Dissemination_of_Literacy_among_Georgians_ID>,
   Biographical Dictionary of Physicians of Georgia ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographical_Dictionary_of_Physicians_of_Georgia_ID>,
   Biographical Dictionary of Athletes of Georgia ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographical_Dictionary_of_Athletes_of_Georgia_ID>,
   Biographical Dictionary of Winemakers of Georgia ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographical_Dictionary_of_Winemakers_of_Georgia_ID>,
   matricule number
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/matricule_number>,
   inn <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/inn>, Debian
   Wiki article
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Debian_Wiki_article>,
   Desura game ID (archived)
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Desura_game_ID_(archived)>,
   Diccionario de catedráticos españoles de derecho ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Diccionario_de_catedr%C3%A1ticos_espa%C3%B1oles_de_derecho_ID>,
   QUDT dimension ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/QUDT_dimension_ID>

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

* Did you know? *

   - Query examples:
      - Wikisource transcriptions of texts on the Memory of the World
      International Register <https://w.wiki/ERgB>, (source
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter/queries/memory_of_the_world#Wikisource_transcriptions_of_individual_texts>
      )
      - Bills and coins of Brazilian Real (with pictures)
      <https://w.wiki/4cn2>
   - WikiProject
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>
   highlights: Names/Belarusian
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Names/be-tarask> -
   This WikiProject aims to add structured and linguistic data to Wikidata to
   enable the study of people's names across all time periods, regions, and
   languages.
   - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:
   Ant-Man (Q5901134) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5901134> - 2015 film
   directed by Peyton Reed

* Development *

   - Mobile editing of statements: We are doing initial development
   focusing on technical investigations and basic UI elements (phab:T394292
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394292>, phab:T394886
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394886>)
   - Lexemes: We are looking into a rare error when trying to do undo
   certain Lexeme edits (phab:T392372
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T392372>)
   - Watchlist/Recent changes on Wikipedia: We continued working on showing
   labels instead of IDs in the edit summaries of Wikidata changes that are
   shown in the watchlist and recent changes of Wikipedia and co (
   phab:T388685 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T388685>)
   - Wikibase REST API: Finishing touches on simple search (phab:T383126
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T383126>)
   - Query Service UI: Added experimental popup to point people running
   very simple queries to other available access methods (phab:T391264
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T391264>)

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/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?>
   .
   - 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>

-- 
Mohammed S. Abdulai
*Community Communications Manager, Wikidata*

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Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466
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