* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the week leading up to 2025-08-11. Missed the previous one? See issue #691 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
* Discussions * - New requests for permissions/Bot: Dolabbot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Dolabbot> - Mass import of module subpages from other wikis (mainly English wiktionary) to Korean wiktionary and addition of corresponding Wikidata sitelinks. * Events * - Past: Wikimania 2025 took place last week! Day-by-day playlists are available on the Wikimedia Foundation YouTube channel <https://www.youtube.com/@TheWikimediaFoundation/playlists>. * Tool of the week * - Midleading <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Midleading> created a a UserScript called RemoveRedundantLabels.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Midleading/RemoveRedundantLabels.js>. This user script adds a new tool Item, that can be used to remove all labels that are the same as mul label, in one click. * 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: - taxon aspect image <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13696> (an exemplary image of a particular aspect for this taxon. Relevant for taxonomic identification) - New External identifiers: Mizuumi Wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13694>, My Abandonware company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13695>, Vintagepostcards-Archive-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13697>, Historical picture postcards University of Osnabrück ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13698> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - awarded for type of work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/awarded_for_type_of_work> (type of work for which an award or type of award is conferred) - display size (diagonal) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/display_size_(diagonal)> (diagonal length of a rectangular electronic display) - non-free official cover art URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/non-free_official_cover_art_URL> (URL of a copyrighted cover image for a creative work at an authorized distributor's website) - IUPAC name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IUPAC_name> (Name of a chemical compound following the IUPAC nomenclature of (in)organic chemistry.) - Creed <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Creed> () - New External identifier property proposals to review: Artfacts artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artfacts_artist_ID>, nextroom building ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/nextroom_building_ID>, USB device ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USB_device_ID>, Caixin company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Caixin_company_ID>, BIBFRAME Work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BIBFRAME_Work_ID>, Primary Vessel Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Primary_Vessel_Number>, Songsofy artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Songsofy_artist_ID>, PCI vendor hexadecimal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PCI_vendor_hexadecimal_ID>, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Concise_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Art_Terms_entry_ID>, T10 vendor ID string <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/T10_vendor_ID_string>, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Essential_Dictionary_of_the_U.S._Military_entry_ID>, SPoT skater ID (new scheme) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SPoT_skater_ID_(new_scheme)>, Identifiant d'une pièce musicale dans le répertoire de la SACEM <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_d%27une_pi%C3%A8ce_musicale_dans_le_r%C3%A9pertoire_de_la_SACEM> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! * Did you know? * - Query examples: - Mothers on Wikidata <https://w.wiki/9twM> - explore the mother and child relationships of Wikidata items. - Human with article in simple and no english article <https://qlever.cs.uni-freiburg.de/wikidata/tYjsyi> (QLever) (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Articles_on_simple_Wikipedia_but_not_en.Wikipedia> ) - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>: 2016 Taiwanese presidential election (Q20683626) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20683626> - election in Taiwan - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: illing (L1334366) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1334366> - English adjective/noun (ˈɪlɪŋ) meaning "annoyed/unhappy", "acting aggressively", or "in a difficult situation" * Development * - We attended Wikimania 205 <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Wikimania> in Nairobi - We continued efforts to get our new mobile statement UI for Items with the Kartographer extension, and merged a first version that mostly works ( Phab:T394906 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394906>) - We began work on including accessibility testing for the new mobile statement editing UI for Items (Phab:T400678 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T400678>) - The entity types for the new search dropdown has been updated to have Items at the top (Phab:T398817 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T398817>) 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. 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