*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-10-06. Missed the previous one? See issue #699 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - WikidataCon 2025 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025> - The first version of the conference schedule has been released! See the Event page for links to the schedule (and to register if you haven't already). - 13th Birthday Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday/Calendar> - check the calendar to see which Birthday events are happening this week! - Webinar: Embedding Project <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Embedding_Project_Webinar> - join us this week, October 9 1600 ~ 1700 UTC, to hear a presentation and then pose your questions regarding the Embedding Project <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Embedding_Project> - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours> will take place on Wednesday, 18:00 CEST <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1760544000>, 15th October 2025 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. - Past events: - Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2025 - Learning Day (September 25, at the Goethe Institut in Thessaloniki): the main topic was Wikidata and libraries; the program and the materials of the hands-on session are available in the Meta page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2025/Learning_Day>, the slides of the presentations are available in the Commons category <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2025_Learning_Day_presentations> - Convegno NILDE (October 2-3, University of Genoa; website <https://convegnonilde2025.unige.it/>): in the first session, regarding *Il futuro dei cataloghi* [The future of the catalogs], many presentations (in Italian) have mentioned the use of Wikidata in collective library catalogs; the proceedings of the conference (in Italian) will be published in open access in early 2026: - Lianna D'Amato <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:LiaFla> and Emanuela Secinaro, *Cobis LOD: integrare e aumentare i cataloghi eterogenei delle biblioteche specialistiche* [Cobis LOD: Integrating and Enhancing the Heterogeneous Catalogs of Specialized Libraries] (slides <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Convegno_NILDE_2_10_2025_CoBiSLOD_Integrare_e_aumentare_i_cataloghi_eterogenei_delle_biblioteche_specialistiche.pptx.pdf> ) - Stefano Bargioni <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Bargioni>, *La catalogazione per entità, esperienze pratiche della rete URBE con Parsifal* [Entity cataloging: practical experiences of the URBE network with Parsifal] ( slides <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_catalogazione_per_entit%C3%A0_-_esperienze_pratiche_della_rete_URBE_con_Parsifal.pdf> ; Wikidata project page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Gruppo_Wikidata_per_Musei,_Archivi_e_Biblioteche/Parsifal> ) - Elena Ravelli e Camillo Pellizzari <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ep%C3%ACdosis>, *Authority file di SBN e Wikidata: un esempio di interoperabilità e riutilizzo dei dati* [SBN Authority File and Wikidata: An Example of Data Interoperability and Reuse] (slides <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Authority_file_di_SBN_e_Wikidata_-_un_esempio_di_interoperabilit%C3%A0_e_riutilizzo_dei_dati.pdf> ; Wikidata project page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Gruppo_Wikidata_per_Musei,_Archivi_e_Biblioteche/SBN> ) *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: Diff: Building Wikidatacapacity in East Africa <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/09/29/building-wikidata-capacity-in-east-africa-insights-from-wikimedia-deutschlands-outreach> - Wikimedia Deutschland’s 2025 outreach initiative expanded Wikidata capacity in East Africa by training nearly 100 local Wikimedians across 13 countries, and fostering a new network of regional Wikidata champions - Press: A milestone for open AI: The Wikidata Embedding Project goes live <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Embedding_Project/October_1_2025_Release>, read also in Deutsch <https://blog.wikimedia.de/2025/10/01/wikidata-embedding-projekt-geht-live/> / TheVerge <https://www.theverge.com/news/789288/wikidata-ai-friendly-database?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content> and TechCrunch <https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/new-project-makes-wikipedia-data-more-accessible-to-ai/> blogs. - Videos: - Africa Wiki Women - Wikidata Birthday Launch Celebration 2025 <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tHsW99zKt3s> - SAT - Wikidata - OSM - länkade data <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_nbI8hkRAvA> By Magnus Sälgö - Roman Provinces Project (RPP) WikiDataTraining (add WMC image) <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jdiqm8VqFQM> - Wikidata and public domain - Clase 1 <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztx208Nhtco> (Spanish) By Wikimedistas de Uruguay - Open Tool Registries: <https://www.youtube.com/live/kJ6DyZes_rU> Resolving the Directory Paradox with Wikidata - Livestream (today!) Oct 6, 16:00 - 17:00 CEST. (Maybe in German but description is English) *Tool of the week* - Script newentity.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:GZWDer/newentity.js> is a UserScript by GZWDer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:GZWDer> it helps to generates new items (including lexemes) from the given JSON object. *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - The Wikidata Team at Wikimedia Deutschland would like to talk to developers who use Wikidata’s data dumps, or have tried using them but ran into challenges. Your feedback will help us make data dumps easier and more reliable to use. If you’re open to chatting, we’ll schedule a 60-minute user interview. As a thank-you for your time, you’ll be eligible for compensation. Sign up here <https://greatquestion.co/wikimediadeutschland/datadumpsinterviews>. - For anyone interested in open and interoperable data, the DCMI 2025 Conference might be interesting. More information and registration here <https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2025/>. *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 General datatypes: - calligraphy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13814> (calligraphy of this person) - cookie policy URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13826> (cookie policy of this website, software or digital product) - Newest External identifiers: TechnoMusicWorld release ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13815>, Biblioteca Digital de la Comunidad de Madrid ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13816> , Trainspo model ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13817>, AGORHA UUID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13818>, Biological Imaging Methods Ontology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13819>, Anne Frank House person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13820>, Maitron municipality ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13821>, National Library Board Singapore ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13822>, Euploos Project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13823>, SpaceReference.org celestial object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13824>, Hex package <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13825> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - formally denounced by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/formally_denounced_by> (person or organization which has publicly issued or enacted a denunciation of this item) - code of conduct <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/code_of_conduct> (URL of a resource that contains the Code of Conduct of a project or organization) - award judge <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/award_judge> (judges for an award) - start and end work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/start_and_end_work> (work in which this statement begins to be valid) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Organ Index ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Organ_Index_ID> , BLGBL ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BLGBL_ID>, American Kennel Club ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/American_Kennel_Club_ID> , CRT Database model ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CRT_Database_model_ID> , Jeune Afrique country ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jeune_Afrique_country_ID> , Vocabulary.com word ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vocabulary.com_word_ID> , Newegg item ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Newegg_item_ID> , Catalogue of sundials ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Catalogue_of_sundials_ID> , BeWeb historical or artistic asset ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BeWeb_historical_or_artistic_asset_ID> , PriceRunner product ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PriceRunner_product_ID> , SofaScore sports team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SofaScore_sports_team_ID> , FootballFakts.ru football match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FootballFakts.ru_football_match_ID> , Kicker sports match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kicker_sports_match_ID> , BDFutbol match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BDFutbol_match_ID> , Foot Mercato players ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Foot_Mercato_players_ID> , Meetup.com Event ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Meetup.com_Event_ID> , Mapillary username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mapillary_username> , Soccerway player ID 2025 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccerway_player_ID_2025> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - Lexemes in sign languages <https://w.wiki/FZVe> (source <https://t.me/c/1325756915/37121>) - List of films available for free on YouTube <https://query-chest.toolforge.org/redirect/CobTPdZHuKiwo8KyYsEqCSiqiSasg84AikQ8wsqE2qp> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#List_of_films_available_for_free_on_YouTube> ) - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Kwame Nkrumah (Q8620) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8620> - Ghanaian pan-Africanist and the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana (1909-1972) - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: delve (L22859) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L22859> – English verb (/dɛlv/) meaning "to investigate thoroughly", "to dig physically", or "to discuss in detail *Development* - The {{USERLANGUAGE}} magic word <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words> is now enabled on Wikidata and Test Wikidata. It can be used to display templates in the user interface language, replacing the previous {{int:lang}} hack. ( phab:T405830 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T405830>) GraphQL: We have continued working on the functionality that provides labels of linked entities - Wikidata vector embedding and MCP: We have released the vector embedding <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Embedding_Project> and MCP <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:MCP> - Wikidata integration in Wikipedia and co: - We are continuing the rollout of improvements to ow we track Wikidata changes in Wikipedia's watchlist and recent changes in order to reduce the size of the database table and reduce the noise on editors' watchlists. (phab:T401288 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T401288> , phab:T401290 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T401290>) - We are working on some improvements to the Databox module and template (phab:T400322 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T400322>) - Mobile statement editing: - We improved the display of qualifiers and made it possible to add qualifiers (editing will still come) as well as the value type (value/some value/no value) (phab:T404991 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404991>, phab:T404956 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404956>, phab:T402431 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402431>, phab:T403246 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T403246>) - We are working on adding editing support for more datatypes (tabular data and geoshape) (phab:T403973 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T403973>) - We are working on making it possible to edit references ( phab:T402433 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402433>) 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: North Carolina <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/United_States_of_America/North_Carolina> - 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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