*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-09-22. Missed the previous one? See issue #697 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - Exploring Seediq: A Journey through Translation and Linked Data Documentation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Exploring_Seediq:_A_Journey_through_Translation_and_Linked_Data_Documentation> 25 October .This event will showcase the Seediq communities’ translation of the OCLC white paper on Wikibase, followed by an overview of the full paper. It will conclude with an open discussion on the lessons learned during the translation project and broader reflections on linked data. - Govdirectory US office hour <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Govdirectory_US_office_hour_September_2025>, 25 September - FREE virtual 1hr Wiki webinar focusing on plant biodiversity. Open to anyone wanting to improve their digital outreach skills by enriching Wikidata. Tuesday 14th of October at 3pm NZST. Register to get link <https://tepapa.zoom.us/meeting/register/_g4sKy2KTYGMIhtNIAxGeA#/registration> . - Wikidata’s 13th Birthday <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday> is just around the corner! Are you planning to host a celebration but haven’t added it to the calendar yet? Join the party! Thirty-nine (39) events are already scheduled, and yours can be too: Birthday Calendar <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday/Calendar>. It’s also the perfect time to contribute a birthday present or message to this list <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday/Presents_%26_messages>. Gifts can be anything that celebrates Wikidata and its amazing community like a script you’ve written, a tool improvement, a visual, a poem... 🎉 *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Videos: (French) Formation Wikidata 2 de WikiSkills <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RbxuPd7eprk> By Africa Wiki Women *Tool of the week* - Duplicity <https://wikidata-todo.toolforge.org/duplicity/#/> This tool can pick a random article on a wiki without associated Wikidata item, and offer some possible matches on Wikidata, so you can add it to an existing item, or create a new one. *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Call for Projects and Mentors for Outreachy Round 31 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T403210>! If you have some ideas for coding or non-coding (design, documentation, translation, outreach, research) projects, share them by Sept. 26, 2025, at 4 pm UTC *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: - number of ray tracing cores <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13787> (number of ray tracing cores in a graphics processing unit) - VRAM capacity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13788> (amount of dual-ported video RAM (VRAM) modules used by this device) - has wireless capabilities <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13789> (type of wireless connectivity this device has/supports) - date filed <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13794> (filing date for a document, e.g. a patent or court case) - New External identifiers: Gamepadla ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13785>, OpenStreetMap key <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13786>, EU-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13790>, Roma road ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13791>, LTT Labs product ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13792>, Swiss Performing Arts Vocabularies ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13793>, wikiHow article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13795>, GamesIndustry.biz tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13796>, Dimensions.com element ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13797> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - image+display resolution <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image%2Bdisplay_resolution> (pixel resolution of images generated or captured by this item (camera, software, etc)) - firmware <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/firmware> (firmware installed on this hardware) - excluding work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/excluding_work> (work or narration for or in which this statement is <em>false</em>) - has grammatical number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_grammatical_number> (grammatical number used in this language) - Day of Reisai <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Day_of_Reisai> (Annual Festival done by a Shinto Shrine) - New External identifier property proposals to review: https://football.aek.com/ <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/https://football.aek.com/> , Météo-France place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/M%C3%A9t%C3%A9o-France_place_ID> , Hex package <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hex_package>, Maptons ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maptons_ID> , BVPB catalog ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BVPB_catalog_ID> , dati.lnb.lv ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dati.lnb.lv_ID> , The Needle Drop tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Needle_Drop_tag_ID> , AfterEllen tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AfterEllen_tag_ID> , OpenStreetMap relation type <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenStreetMap_relation_type> , Them.us tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Them.us_tag_ID> , DOAB book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DOAB_book_ID>, identifiant Liste unique des décorés <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Liste_unique_des_d%C3%A9cor%C3%A9s> , Deník tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Den%C3%ADk_tag_ID> , The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Architecture_entry_ID> , qamus.inoor.ir root ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/qamus.inoor.ir_root_ID> , Filmarks ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmarks_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - A map of IEC 60320 power connectors <https://w.wiki/FLJ7> - a cool SPARQL visualisation, by User:IagoQnsi <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:IagoQnsi> - 350 people who were married, then married the sibling of their previous spouse <https://w.wiki/FN5J> (source <https://bsky.app/profile/magnusmanske.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy/post/3lz4kuxvpcn62> ) - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Northern Sami (Q33947) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33947> - famoumost widely spoken of all Sámi languages - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: Waage (L37547) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L37547> – German noun (‘ˈvaːɡə’) meaning "scale (device for measuring mass)", "Libra constellation", or "equilibrium" *Development* - Mobile statement editing: We are working more on the editing state of statements, especially qualifiers and progress indicators during saving ( phab:T402620 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402620>) - Dumps: We fixed an issue with some of the dumps (phab:T403882 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T403882>) and are improving the monitoring - GraphQL: We are working on making it easier to get labels of linked entities in an API response, starting with Items (phab:T404692 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404692>) - Sustainability: We have now rolled out improvements to the tracking of Wikidata changes on the other Wikimedia projects on all projects in order to decrease the size of the database table that tracks these changes ( phab:T401288 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T401288>) - Bug fixes: Tacsipacsi submitted fixes for two issues in error messages on Special:SetSiteLink. Thank you! (phab:T404499 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404499>, phab:T404500 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404500>) 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: United States of America <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/United_States_of_America> - 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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