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* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-067-07. Missed the previous one? See issue #686 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.* * Discussions * - New requests for permissions/Bot: - Bovlbbot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Bovlbbot> - Task(s): this bot request asks for admin access (or access to deleted revisions if possible) so it can move the updater task for User:Bovlb/wd-deleted. - Andrebot 3 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Andrebot_3> - Task(s): Fill in historic countries for the settlements, communes, towns and cities of Romania. * 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! Mark your calendars for our final session of our event series on the Wikidata graph split project and SPARQL skills! We will be diving into the mechanics of federated SPARQL queries and look forward to a hands-on and interactive session exploring how to use the scholarly article query service. Join us Tuesday, July 8th at 9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1751990400). Please see our project page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Project_Series/GraphSplit> for more information and Zoom links. - Hackathon announced for Wikimania 2025, Nairobi. Call for Projects is now open! Includes a *newcomer track* for first-time participants. Add yourself to the *participants list <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Hackathon/Participants_List>* or see the *resources page <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Hackathon/Resources>* for further event info. * Press, articles, blog posts, videos * - Press - Wikidata: Attempting to bridge FOSS ideals and direct democracy <https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/04/wikidata_foss_democracy> - by *The Register*, this article highlights examples of Wikidata serving and powering a growing ecosystem of FOSS projects, outside of Wikipedia. - (Italian) WikiLib: Roman+Vatican Librarians compared on Wikidata <https://en.pusc.it/article/wikilib-bibliotecari-romani-e-vaticani> - - Blogs - Preserving Indonesian GLAM Assets in Wikidata <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/06/13/preserving-indonesian-galleries-libraries-archives-and-museums-glam-assets-through-wikidata-in-glam-wiki-month/> - This article documents how Indonesian users collaborated in preserving Indonesian GLAM assets by adding its metadata to Wikidata during 2025 GLAM Wiki Month <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia/Bulan_Wiki_GLAM_2025> organized by Wikimedia Indonesia. - Papers - *Linking Challenges for Pseudonyms: The Studies of VIAF, ISNI, Wikidata, Meridian, and Beyond* <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135216852> by Charlene Chou - Thesis - The *Dictionary of Italian contemporary pseudonym writers* in Wikidata. Methodology and results <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135208119>: MA thesis (discussed on 29 May) regarding the systematic addition in Wikidata of all the nearly 500 Italian writers described in a biographical dictionary <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130597718>, with a first introductory part, a second part describing the editing methodology, including the authority work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118455746> done both in Wikidata and in some major authority files (SBN <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P396>, GND <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P227>, IDREF <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P269>) to disambiguate the main homonyms, and a third part analysing through SPARQL queries the data about these writers - full thesis (in Italian) published in the University of Pisa thesis repository <https://etd.adm.unipi.it/theses/available/etd-05132025-160428/>; work materials available in the Wikidata usersubpage <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:SaraDeMonaco/Tesi_magistrale> of Sara De Monaco <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:SaraDeMonaco>; slides (in Italian) used in the discussion available in Wikimedia Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Presentazione_Tesi_Magistrale_-_De_Monaco.pdf>; related datasets available in Zenodo <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15474928> - Videos - (mostly Italian, with some parts in English) *Wikidata & Research* International Conference <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QdTYnBPEn4> (video of 5 June session) - held at the University of Florence 5-6 June 2025, the conference touched on role of Wikidata in academic research (cf. Wikidata and research <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_and_research>]), building on past initiatives such as Wikidata Days Bologna 2024 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_Days_Bologna_2024> . - (Portuguese) How to add Wikidata-powered Infoboxes to Wikipedia <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2f3jg8LiFs> - a short tutorial video from the University of São Paolo Institute of Mathematics and Statistics. * Tool of the week * User:Kod B - ArchiveExternaLinks.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Kod_B/ArchiveExternaLinks.js> This script automatically archives external links found in the statements of Wikidata items, in order to improve source durability and reduce the risk of broken links (link rot), similar to what already exists on Wikipedia. * Other Noteworthy Stuff * - What belongs where in the Wikibase Ecosystem? There is ongoing research to better understand what people are currently thinking about this and you can take part by sorting some scenarios <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/BUMGCMKFFNMJQVZXD4K6Z23LLBHAHCCT/> . - How to properly cite a Newspaper article? Project Chat discussion <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#What's_the_right_way_to_cite_a_newspaper_article?> . * 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: QUDT dimension ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13625>, istina.msu.ru journal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13626>, Niedersächsische Personen ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13627>, Submarine Cable Map ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13628> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: - MediaWiki page revision ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MediaWiki_page_revision_ID> (ID for a MediaWiki wiki revision, Wikimedia projects should use {{P|7569}}) - applies if VIN matches regular expression <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applies_if_VIN_matches_regular_expression> (this statement is only true if the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) of a vehicle matches this regular expression) - Cadastral areas <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cadastral_areas> (List of cadastral areas of municipality) - settlement classification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/settlement_classification> (settlement classification) - Modern Shrine Ranking <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Modern_Shrine_Ranking> (Rank in the [[Q712534|Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines]]) - Divine Rank <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Divine_Rank> (The [[Q11591025|Shinkai (divine rank)]] of a Shrine) - Engishiki celebration category <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Engishiki_celebration_category> (Celebration category mentioned in the engishiki) - Engishiki Rank <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Engishiki_Rank> (Rank of a shrine in the Engishiki Jinmyocho.) - Honji Buddha <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Honji_Buddha> (Buddha that this kami is identified with) - Suijaku Kami <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Suijaku_Kami> (Kami that this Buddha is believed to have manifested as) - identifiant Generation MSX d'une société ou d'un groupe de démo <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Generation_MSX_d%27une_soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_ou_d%27un_groupe_de_d%C3%A9mo> (company or demo group identifier in the Generation MSX database of MSX videogames) - External identifiers: Knowledge Graph for Irish History ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Knowledge_Graph_for_Irish_History_ID>, National Library of Uruguay book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Library_of_Uruguay_book_ID>, Kokugakuin University Shrine Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kokugakuin_University_Shrine_Database_ID>, Observer tag <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Observer_tag>, Observer contributor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Observer_contributor_ID>, Geoguessr ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geoguessr_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! * Did you know? * - Query examples: - Uganda's hydropower plants <https://w.wiki/EcBz> (source <https://x.com/kateregga1/status/1939789382099071298>) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects> Postcards <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Postcards> was created, including a list of project-specific Queries <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Postcards/Queries> - WikiProject Highlights: - GovDirectory <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Type_watchlist> added a Type watchlist. - WikiProject Taiwan <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Taiwan/GLAM/Library_List> added a Library List. - Newest database reports <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Abuse Filter effectiveness <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Abuse_filter_effectiveness> - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>: Stefan Löfven (Q2740012) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2740012> - Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden between 2014–2021 - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: sterk (L453737) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L453737> - Norwegian Bokmål adjective (stæʁk) meaning "strong", "intense", or "durable" * Development * - Wikibase REST API: We finished the Item prefix search (phab:T388209 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T388209>). It'll go live later when we are also done with the Property prefix search. - Search: We are fixing a bug when pasting into the new search box ( phab:T397608 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397608>) - Mobile statement editing: We are working on basic viewing of statements (phab:T394886 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394886>) - nothing useful to see yet - Dumps: There was an issue with the last dumps not being generated. The Data Platform SRE team is looking into it (phab:T398756 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T398756>) 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: Austria <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Austria> - 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> · Danny Benjafield (WMDE) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Danny_Benjafield_(WMDE)> talk <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Danny_Benjafield_(WMDE)> ·* -- *Danny Benjafield* Community Communications Manager Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects Wikimedia Deutschland e. 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