* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-07-14. Missed the previous one? See issue #687 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
* Discussions * - Open request for Oversight permissions: Jianhui67 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/Jianhui67> (RfP scheduled to end at 27 July 2025 13:28 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1753623000>) * Events * - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours> will take place on Wednesday, 16:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1752681600>, 16th July 2025 (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata Telegram group <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>. The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase. - Submit Your Program Proposal for WikiIndaba 2025 by 20th July <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2025/Submissions>. Apply for a scholarship to attend the event here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJTv68R1OPASXXDfpIl8EWiMLTM-TDwh6_5gNVvFuWccFZ2Q/viewform> . - Wikimania 2025 Hackathon kicks off on Tuesday, 5 August and a dedicated workspace will be available throughout the conference until Saturday, 9 August. Have a technical idea, tool, or project you want to build during the hackathon? Submit it now and start connecting with collaborators! Add your project here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Hackathon/Project_Submissions> . - WikiCite 2025 will take place from Friday 29th to Sunday 31st of August! in Bern (Switzerland) and online! See the draft program here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite_2025/Programme>. - 2025 LD4 Conference: Linked Data in the Real World <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134520038> (website <https://sites.google.com/view/2025-ld4-conference/home>; schedule and registration <https://2025ld4.sched.com/list/simple>; streaming on Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/@LD-gy6jv>), 28th-30th July 2025, virtually on Zoom; many Wikidata-related sessions: - July 28, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1753723800> - *Has This Been Done Before? Exploring Wikidata Projects Through Diff and TMIG Archives* <https://2025ld4.sched.com/event/26eOA/has-this-been-done-before-exploring-wikidata-projects-through-diff-and-tmig-archives> by Silvia Gutierrez (workshop) - July 29, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1753808400> - *Wikidata Affinity Group: Introduction to Wikidata for Entity Management* <https://2025ld4.sched.com/event/26eOk/wikidata-affinity-group-introduction-to-wikidata-for-entity-management> by Alex Jung, Kyla Jemison, Susan Radovsky (cf. d:Wikidata:WikiProject LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group> ) - July 29, 2025 3:15pm - 3:45pm EDT <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1753816500> - *Scholarly profiling in Wikidata: Creating a knowledge graph for the SEEKCommons open science research network* <https://2025ld4.sched.com/event/26eOt/scholarly-profiling-in-wikidata-creating-a-knowledge-graph-for-the-seekcommons-open-science-research-network> by Dorothy Howard - July 29, 2025 3:45pm - 3:55pm EDT <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1753818300> - *From Biographical Dictionary to Linked Data* <https://2025ld4.sched.com/event/26eOw/from-biographical-dictionary-to-linked-data> by Sara De Monaco (cf. d:User:SaraDeMonaco/Tesi magistrale <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:SaraDeMonaco/Tesi_magistrale> and d:Q135208119 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135208119>) - July 29, 2025 3:55pm - 4:05pm EDT <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1753818950> - *LCCNbot one year on: an update* <https://2025ld4.sched.com/event/26eOz/lccnbot-one-year-on-an-update> by Mary Muratsubaki Campany (cf. d:User:LccnBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:LccnBot>) - July 29, 2025 4:05pm - 4:15pm EDT <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1753819500> - *Supporting access to CD-ROMs while using and contributing to Wikidata* <https://2025ld4.sched.com/event/26eP2/supporting-access-to-cd-roms-while-using-and-contributing-to-wikidata> by Claire Fox - July 29, 2025 4:15pm - 4:25pm EDT <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1753820100> - *Surfacing Sociotechnical Research with Wikidata* <https://2025ld4.sched.com/event/26eP5/surfacing-sociotechnical-research-with-wikidata> by Kathleen Burlingame - July 29, 2025 4:25pm - 4:35pm EDT <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1753820700> - *Wikidata Workflows with ORCID and OpenRefine: A Binghamton University Case Study* <https://2025ld4.sched.com/event/26eP8/wikidata-workflows-with-orcid-and-openrefine-a-binghamton-university-case-study> by Sasha Frizzell - July 30, 2025 2:45pm - 4:45pm EDT <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1753901100> - *WiLES: Wikidata Lexicographical Event Semantics modeling for natural languages* <https://2025ld4.sched.com/event/26ePc/wiles-wikidata-lexicographical-event-semantics-modeling-for-natural-languages> by Humza Yaqoob, Mahir Morshed (workshop) * Press, articles, blog posts, videos * - Blogs - Scaling the Knowledge Graph Behind Wikipedia <https://www.bigdatawire.com/2025/07/10/scaling-the-knowledge-graph-behind-wikipedia/> By Alex Woodie - The power and potential of Wikidata for botany <https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/07/14/the-power-and-potential-of-wikidata-for-botany/> (see paper below) By Heidi Meudt - Mapping Heritage Buildings on Wikidata and Wiki Heritage Fellowship <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mapping_Heritage_Buildings_on_Wikidata_and_Wiki_Heritage_Fellowship>. In June 2025, Nigerian Wikimedians collaborated with heritage professionals to map historic buildings on Wikidata and launched the Wiki Heritage Fellowship to train digital archivists for preserving cultural heritage. By Lutarchitecture - Memory of the World report <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2025/Contents/Memory_of_the_World_report>. In June 2025, the Memory of the World project contributed to Wikidata by uploading structured data and creating new Wikipedia articles in multiple languages to enhance global access to documentary heritage. By MartinPoulter - Papers - Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data <https://academic.oup.com/aob/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aob/mcaf062/8158086?login=false> By Sabine et al., (2025). This study explores Wikidata as an open, multilingual knowledge base that connects botanical data across sources, and urges botanists to collaboratively enrich its content to support a broad spectrum of plant science. - Videos - Wikidata labels and descriptions <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-8YsJChmw> By Moore Wikimedia Community - Wikidata Lablar Description Stockholm Archipelago trail <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z6gNKxqhyxY> By Magnus Sälgö - Presentations - How To...Wikibase? <https://zenodo.org/records/15828659> - Senior Partner Manager, Christos Varvantakis <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Christos_Varvantakis_(WMDE)> has produced this set of training and educational material to get you started with Wikibase. * Tool of the week * - Commons Depictions <https://toolsadmin.wikimedia.org/tools/id/depictions> is a tool that display depictions of Wikidata items on Wikimedia Commons * Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties> and property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review * - New General datatypes - official donation page URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13631> (official URL for making donations to the subject) - image of cosplay <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13632> (cosplay that depicts this character or person) - worn on <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13633> (part of the body where an item of clothing, equipment, or jewelry is worn) - warranty period <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13635> (warranty period of this product as covered by the original manufacturer or creator) - matricule number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13637> (identifier for a football club affiliated with the Royal Belgian Football Association) - New External identifiers: CABR-identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13629>, Nederlands Film Festival person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13630>, The Sun topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13634>, IMDb interest ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13636> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Cyclocross24 rider ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cyclocross24_rider_ID> (identifier for a cyclo-cross cyclist in the Cyclocross24 database) - Polyhedron net <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polyhedron_net> (A net of attached 2D polygon created for each polyhedron) - Kanpei or Kokuhei <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kanpei_or_Kokuhei> () - file name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/file_name> (name used for this entity in a computer file system) - Anthologia Graeca author <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anthologia_Graeca_author> (Author number in the Anthologia Graeca Project, an online annotated edition of the [[w:Greek Anthology]]) - langue locale dominante <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/langue_locale_dominante> () - New External identifier property proposals to review: accomplice <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/accomplice>, CCCA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CCCA_ID>, Cover Art Archive image <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cover_Art_Archive_image>, Athletics Podium person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Athletics_Podium_person_ID>, CESAR title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CESAR_title_ID>, GaultMillau-idenficatiecode Nederland <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GaultMillau-idenficatiecode_Nederland>, eFloraMEX ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/eFloraMEX_ID>, BORIS Unibe author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BORIS_Unibe_author_ID>, EDBO institution code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EDBO_institution_code>, OSHWA Identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OSHWA_Identifier>, identifiant Personnel de l'administration préfectorale depuis 1945 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Personnel_de_l%27administration_pr%C3%A9fectorale_depuis_1945>, identifiant Personnel de l'administration préfectorale au 19e siècle <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Personnel_de_l%27administration_pr%C3%A9fectorale_au_19e_si%C3%A8cle>, The Traditional Ballad Index file name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Traditional_Ballad_Index_file_name>, ID edizioni CoBiS LOD <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ID_edizioni_CoBiS_LOD>, SIK-ISEA person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SIK-ISEA_person_ID>, SIK-ISEA group ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SIK-ISEA_group_ID>, SIK-ISEA institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SIK-ISEA_institution_ID>, SIK-ISEA work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SIK-ISEA_work_ID>, SIK-ISEA document ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SIK-ISEA_document_ID>, speedrun.com level ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/speedrun.com_level_ID>, Polski Petersburg encyclopedia ID (Polish version) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polski_Petersburg_encyclopedia_ID_(Polish_version)>, Polski Petersburg encyclopedia ID (Russian version) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polski_Petersburg_encyclopedia_ID_(Russian_version)>, Mizuumi Wiki article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mizuumi_Wiki_article_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! * Did you know? * - Query examples: - The names of the characters from Asterix & Obélix, in French, English, German, Latin and some other languages <https://w.wiki/Ej6F> (source <https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/114829167969170573>) - Map the global distribution of periodicals in publication languages from the Eastern Mediterranean <https://query-chest.toolforge.org/redirect/uAOfzguDGgAA6Ma2yseCsOOmGOOmaq8Go6sQQ6YEMWh> (Arabic, Ottoman, Greek, Ladino, Coptic etc) (source <https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/114819637083502934> ) - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>: Das Erste (Q49727) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49727> - German public-service television channel - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: reference (L5785) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L5785> - English noun/verb (ˈɹɛf.ɹəns) meaning "source citation", "supporting document", or "relationship" * Development * - Wikibase REST API: We started work on the simple Property prefix search phab:(T397838 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/(T397838>) - Mobile statement editing: We continued the work on the basics with viewing of statements (phab:T394886 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394886>]) - Search: Fixed a bug when pasting into the search box (phab:T397608 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397608>) - Integration in Wikipedia and co: - We began research into current limits for collapsing entity usage. (Basically when an article uses more data from an Item than the configured limit then we consider all data on that Item to be used. This is done for infrastructure reasons.) We’d like to improve this to further reduce unnecessary Wikidata changes showing up on watchlist and recent changes on Wikipedia and co. - We will roll out showing labels instead of IDs in Wikidata edits in watchlist and recent changes to more wikis later this week. 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: Chile <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Chile> - 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* Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466 https://wikimedia.de Grab a spot in my calendar for a chat: cal.com/masssly. A lot is happening around Wikidata - Keep up to date! <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates> Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/> . Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine
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