*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-09-15. Missed the previous one? See issue #696 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions* - Project Chat: Multiple items linked to single categories, redux <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Multiple_items_linked_to_single_categories,_redux> *Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - The New Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group> project series introduces participants to Wikidata/EMCO. The session guides attendees through creating a project and project page, followed by an open working hour for creating and editing in Wikidata and asking questions. Join on Tuesday, September 16th at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST. More details and Zoom links are on the project page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Project_Series/IntroEMCO> . - Wikidata Lab XLVI: Wikidata and semantic memory <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Wikip%C3%A9dia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades_em_portugu%C3%AAs/Wikidata_Lab_XLVI> (in English). On September 18th, at 17UTC. Live on Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1blwYH68xI>. - *Virtual course: Wikidata and public domain (in Spanish)*. On September 25th start this online course until March 26, 2026. Registration open on this form <https://www.articaonline.com/curso-en-linea-wikidata-y-dominio-publico/> . - Govdirectory US office hour <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Govdirectory_US_office_hour_September_2025>, 25 September - Apply now: Scholarships for Wikimania 2026 in Paris! <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/GM6ODGJLVISTTXGSPPGS6W2TVAPI3QQA/> Deadline is October 31, 2025 (anywhere in the world). Notification of decisions will be sent in January 2026. - Notifications for Wikidata Thirteenth Birthday <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday> microgrant applications are currently being sent out in batches. If you are planning to run an event but have not yet added your event to the calendar, please do so here: Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday/Calendar <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday/Calendar> - WikidataCon 2025 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025> proposal reviews are about to end. We are currently building an initial programme and will soon inform Speakers before publishing a first Schedule! *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: GLAM Newsletter: Biodiversity Heritage Library update, harvesting Wikidata identifiers and improving the BHL2Wiki Tool <https://bhl2wiki.herokuapp.com/> - *Read the article <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2025/Contents/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library_report>* - Videos: - EduWiki Conference - Using AI on Wikipedia and Wikidata Editing for Health Education <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kArK6yf4jGA> - Using Duplicity: Link Wikipedia articles to Wikidata Items <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6gjBPOXm-ak> - How to Get the Used Language in WIKIDATA/SPARQL with [AUTO_LANGUAGE Parameter <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7kNjuXnsa6c> - (Spanish) Let's improve information about Carnival on Wikidata <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JmGNeehrnUc> - Wikidata Lab XLVI: Wikidata and Semantic Memory, don't miss the workshop! (scheduled: 18.09.25, 1700 UTC) - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1blwYH68xI&pp=ygUIV2lraWRhdGE%3D> - WikiCite 2025 Presentations: - Extracting citation relations from legacy publications, by David Lindeman - watch on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Extracting_citation_relations_from_legacy_publications.webm> - A proposal for managing personal collections in Wikidata, by Tania Maio - watch on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maio_Wikicite_2025.webm> *Tool of the week* - Paulina <https://paulina.toolforge.org/> is a Wikidata-based tool for the GLAM community that facilitates searching for authors and works, helps identify their copyright status in different countries, and provides access to works when available. *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Help us test the new Help Panel <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Growth/Tools/Help_panel> feature, now enabled on Wikidata Beta <https://www.wikidata.beta.wmcloud.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page> - The Wikimedia Foundation launched a new team, the Wikidata Platform Team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikidata_Platform>, to lead development and maintenance of query services, aiming for stable, scalable data access in collaboration with WMDE and the community. *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: - open meeting page URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13769> (information page describing open meetings, public meetings or town hall meetings) - LSF rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13773> (Indonesia film classification administered by the Film Censorship Board) - designed for handedness <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13783> (hand(s) that this object is intended to be used with) - New External identifiers: Personnel de l'administration préfectorale depuis 1945 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13770>, La Fayette ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13771>, Harper's tag <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13772>, TechnoMusicWorld artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13774>, TechnoMusicWorld track ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13775>, Serbian settlement ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13776>, setlist.fm festival ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13777>, ScholarGPS scholar ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13778>, ScholarGPS institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13779>, ScholarGPS field and discipline ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13780>, ScholarGPS specialty ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13781>, The Digital Ark person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13782>, MHOBT ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13784>, Gamepadla ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13785> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - NRK topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NRK_topic_ID> () - result of addition <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/result_of_addition> (mathematical result obtained by adding two or more numbers or quantities together) - New External identifier property proposals to review: OpenStreetMap key <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenStreetMap_key> , Meetup.com Event ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Meetup.com_Event_ID> , Biological Imaging Methods Ontology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biological_Imaging_Methods_Ontology_ID> , Anne Frank House persond ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anne_Frank_House_persond_ID> , PortableApps ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PortableApps_ID> , Identifiant Maitron d'une commune <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Maitron_d%27une_commune> , National Library Board Singapore ID (new scheme) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Library_Board_Singapore_ID_(new_scheme)> , NWO Project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NWO_Project_ID> , OpenITI Author URI <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenITI_Author_URI> , DisplaySpecifications.com model ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DisplaySpecifications.com_model_ID> , 网易云音乐专辑编号 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%E7%BD%91%E6%98%93%E4%BA%91%E9%9F%B3%E4%B9%90%E4%B8%93%E8%BE%91%E7%BC%96%E5%8F%B7> , PnP vendor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PnP_vendor_ID> , PnP device ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PnP_device_ID> , Mellopedia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mellopedia> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - Artworks owned by Perls Dynasty <https://w.wiki/FLRz> - see it visualised on YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GPlcOvCVMo&list=PLkHbiY2yRD8rlWkuKf-Utl7GTuW37grZQ&index=5> - BubbleChart of Wikidata Lexeme forms by language <https://w.wiki/tBr> - Institutions that host the most UNESCO Memory of the World International Register inscriptions <https://w.wiki/FLUM> (Source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter/queries/memory_of_the_world> ) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects> : University of Toronto Libraries EMCO <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiproject_University_of_Toronto_Libraries_EMCO> , Jewish Studies and Heritage <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Jewish_Studies_and_Jewish_Heritage> - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Diary of Anne Frank (Q6911) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6911> - famous diary of a 13-year old Dutch Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis to escape the Holocaust - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>:blow (L4476) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L4476> - English verb (bloʊ) meaning "to push air", "to explode", or "to perform fellatio" *Development* - Scalability/sustainability: We have rolled out changes to minimize the number of entries stored in the recent changes tables of Wikipedia and co that are edits coming from Wikidata. This also reduces the number of changes from Wikidata you will see showing up in Recent changes and watchlist on Wikipedia and co further. - MCP <https://modelcontextprotocol.io/> for Wikidata: We are getting it ready for first testing. - Dumps: We are continuing to investigate how to provide smaller/subset dumps. - Mobile statement editing <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_editing_experience/Mobile_editing_of_statements>: We are continuing the work on making statements editable, especially qualifiers and multiple references. - Anubis (Q134301689) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134301689> anti-bot software was deployed on Wikibase Cloud and XTools to prevent site outages caused by bot traffic. (T399851 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T399851>, T400229 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T400229>) 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: Japan <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Japan> - 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> · JosefAnthony <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:JosefAnthony> talk <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:JosefAnthony> ·* Idoko Joseph (JosefAnthony) Wikimedia Volunteer | Open Knowledge Advocate *View my contributions <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JosefAnthony/Contributions>*
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