* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the week leading up to 2025-06-23. Missed the previous one? See issue #684 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
* Events * - Join us for the third LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group> event on the Wikidata Graph Split project, Tuesday, June 24 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1750780800>. We’ll share updates on the Query Service, tools, and SPARQL learning resources. Stanford researchers Shicheng Liu and Sina Jandaghi Semnani will present their Spinach Wikidata Agent, which translates complex questions into SPARQL queries Project page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Project_Series/GraphSplit> * Press, articles, blog posts, videos * - Presentations - Slides of the panel <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15690771> *MediaWiki-based tools and services in Digital Humanities workflows*, part of the DARIAH-EU Annual Event 2025 in Göttingen: (the panel was about Wikibase instances, including Wikidata) - Blogs - Who appeared how often on Lanz? <https://stefan.bloggt.es/2025/06/wer-war-wie-oft-bei-lanz-schoener-leben-mit-linked-data/> (in German) - Wikidata’s Lydia Pintscher on importance of open data in the age of AI <https://techinformed.com/wikidata-leader-on-open-data-in-age-of-ai/> - Papers - Scientists uncover surprisingly consistent pattern of scholarly curiosity throughout history <https://www.psypost.org/scientists-uncover-surprisingly-consistent-pattern-of-scholarly-curiosity-throughout-history/> - *The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality* <https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.70050> by Ambrosia10 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ambrosia10> and colleagues used Wikidata to publicly curate the information. - Videos - Holy wells and OpenData - a talk about Wikidata et al. <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j8hxYuqCVm4> - Wikidata Graph Split - Writing an FAQ <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek629n_-2v4&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD> - By Tiago Lubiana - Taller introducción a Wikidata - Erika Guetti Suca <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mI9KmLI_NNA> - Wikidata Lab XLV: Quick Statements 3.0 - Part II <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2177TktBLok> By Wikimedia Brasil - (Spanish) ¿Qué es Wikidata y cómo se edita? <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W74pw00i4IQ> By Wikimedia Colombia * Tool of the week * - FEMIber <https://femiber.upf.edu/>: a digital humanities tool that uses structured data aligned with Wikidata principles to document and analyze how women are represented in medieval Iberian chronicles. * 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 External identifiers: The Memories of the Gulag and Their Authors person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13615>, Debian Wiki article <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13616>, UK Parliament bill ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13617>, CPJ topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13618>, Desura game ID (archived) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13619>, Diccionario de catedráticos españoles de derecho ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13620>, Swiss Bishops ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13621>, KNDB person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13622>, MAI person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13623>, necropolis.uinp.gov.ua person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13624> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - état <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C3%A9tat> (state of the matrix while printing) - Russian Federal Tax Service ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Federal_Tax_Service_ID> (identifier of Russian Tax Service for people or organization) - donation URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/donation_URL> (official URL for making donations to the subject) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Ukrainian Memorial person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ukrainian_Memorial_person_ID>, Memorial Platform person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Memorial_Platform_person_ID>, Klimadashboard.de region ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Klimadashboard.de_region_ID>, Taiwan Central News Agency News topic id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Taiwan_Central_News_Agency_News_topic_id>, identifiant HAL d'une collection <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_HAL_d%27une_collection>, CoreTennis.net player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CoreTennis.net_player_ID>, identifiant sujet du dictionnaire biographique du Canada <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_sujet_du_dictionnaire_biographique_du_Canada>, AMNH entity ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AMNH_entity_ID>, nasljerseys.com player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nasljerseys.com_player_ID>, Portal Decentralization hromada ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Portal_Decentralization_hromada_ID>, Portal of united hromadas of Ukraine hromada ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Portal_of_united_hromadas_of_Ukraine_hromada_ID>, Archive of Our Own story ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Archive_of_Our_Own_story_ID>, rada.info council ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/rada.info_council_ID>, International Tennis Federation player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/International_Tennis_Federation_player_ID>, Confederation of African Tennis player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Confederation_of_African_Tennis_player_ID>, Artvee artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artvee_artwork_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! * Did you know? * - Query examples: - Place of birth to Place of Death - arrow indicator <https://w.wiki/EKb5> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query>) - Map with place of birth and years of cartographers <https://w.wiki/tZJ> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Place_of_birth_to_Place_of_Death_-_arrow_indicator?> ) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: WikiProject Personal Collections <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Personal_Collections> - The WikiProject Personal Collections aims to develop standardized terms, multilingual ontologies, and best practices for consistently describing personal collections and archives on Wikidata. - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>: David Duchovny (Q484365) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484365> - American actor and writer - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: газ (L183915) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L183915> - Russian noun (ɡas) meaning "gas (physical state)", "natural gas", or "accelerator pedal" * Development * - Query Service: It is now possible to download query results in Wikidata Query Service that include coordinates as GeoJSON (KML & GPX should also be available soon). Thanks to Atom.oil.2 for the patch. ( phab:T216601 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216601>) - Wikidata integration in Wikipedia and co: We are continuing the work on improving how Wikidata changes show up in watchlist and recent changes, specifically showing labels instead of IDs in the future. (phab:T388685 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T388685>) - Search: We enabled the new search box that makes it easier to search in Properties, Lexemes and EntitySchemas as well. We are working on minor fixes based on feedback. - Mobile statement editing: We are working on showing the first statements in the new way - mostly tech demo and nothing to see yet ( phab:T394886 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394886>) - Federation: We are looking into measuring and better understanding queries that use SPARQL federation. - REST API: We continued working on prefix search for Items in the API ( phab:T388209 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T388209>) 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?> . - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Norway <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Norway> - 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. 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