*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-10-13. Missed the previous one? See issue #700 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions* - Closed request for permissions/Bot: DifoolBot 7 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DifoolBot_7> - closed as approved. *Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - The next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group> session: Tuesday 14 Oct, 2025 from 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (click for your Time zone <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1760457600>) WikiProject Personal Pronouns members will lead three implementation sessions to improve the data modeling and ethics of personal pronoun representation in Wikidata based on newly-established best practices and Wikidata policy by remediating legacy statements with participants. No prior Wikidata experience required. More info on the Personal Pronouns <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Project_Series/PersonalPronouns> event page. - Upcoming LD4 Affinity Group sessions: Oct 14, Nov 25, Dec 9, at 9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 4pm UTC / 6pm CEST. - Wikidata + Wikibase Office Hour, join us in the Wikidata Telegram <https://t.me/joinchat/AZriqUj5UajwQxn1aZ9WOg> channel for our Quarterly roundup of what's been happening with Wikidata and Wikibase. If you can't make it, read the transcript later <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Telegram_office_hour_2025-10-15>. Oct 15, 18:00 - 19:00 CEST (UTC 16:00 - 17:00). - The Next Wikimedia Research Showcase is Wednesday, October 15, at 9:30 AM PT / 16:30 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1760545800>. The theme is "Celebrating 13 Years: Wikidata’s Role in Learning and Culture". Watch via the YouTube stream <https://www.youtube.com/live/3NMOvOUCd8Q>. *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: - Developing an enhanced dataset for the history of Photography <https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blogs/research-projects/developing-an-enhanced-dataset-for-the-history-of-photography/> - National Archives researchers used Wikidata during a hackathon to link people and places from 19th-century photographic copyright records, enriching the archive’s metadata through linked open data. - Viusalisations of Philosophers Influence in history <https://mpjuhasz.com/posts/influenced_by/> - Take a look if you're interested in the history of philosophy, temporal graphs, or Wikidata! - Videos: - (Spanish) How to identify and fill information gaps in Wikidata Tabernacle and Integrality <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1EIdotXpus> - In preparation for Latin America month on Wikidata, this tutorial will introduce the Tabernacle and Intergraality tools. - Curationist: 2024 Metadata Learning and Unlearning Summit <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmCbUfx_FAg> - Curationist researches and debates on transitioning to a Wikidata/Wikibase style of schema for its images of digital open-access collections. - Data Ethics and Open Science <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BwXe_D_GTw> - At 19:00 of the video, Lambert Heller discusses using Wikidata, and later Wikibase for the NFDI4 Culture Proposal. - Linked Open Data Location Identifiers for Pacific Archaeology <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sdbHqeZpbY> - Hardy & Leclerc at the CAA Australia conference show how Wikidata identifiers enrich Kuden and Pacific island databses. - Presentations: Slides for the Wikidata: Embedding Project Webinar presentation <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Webinar_Oct_2025_-_Wikidata_Embedding_Project.pdf> *Tool of the week* - Wikidata Useful <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/wikidata_useful.js> is a UserScript by Magnus Manske <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske> that adds a box of quick "add statement" links to the right side of the page. Entity and phylogeny types, countries (location and citizenship). Also, tries to load and display a blurb from en or de Wikipedia. *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - The 2024 Wikidata Community Survey results are out! Read the full report on Commons: Wikidata Community Survey 2024 Report <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_Community_Survey_2024_Report.pdf>. If you have any thoughts or questions feel free to write on this discussion page: Wikidata talk:Usability and usefulness/2024-Community-Survey <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Usability_and_usefulness/2024-Community-Survey> - Wikimedia Deutschland is seeking feedback on the Mobile Editing Experience prototype <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_editing_experience/Mobile_editing_of_statements#How_you_can_help>, especially from contributors who edit right-to-left (RTL) languages like Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, etc. We’ve already received helpful input from various editors, but feedback from RTL language communities is still missing. Your perspective is important to ensure the design works well for everyone. Please go to Beta Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.beta.wmcloud.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page> (in mobile view) to test the prototype with the instructions below and share your feedback on this talk page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_editing_experience/Mobile_editing_of_statements> . - Add "businessperson" as an occupation - Add a start date to the relationship with A$AP Rocky and provide a reference - Find the place of birth (Saint Michael) and open that page - Add the coordinate location for Saint Michael *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: - luminance <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13828> (measured quantity of photometric brightness (luminous intensity per area)) - excluding work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13829> (work or narration for or in which this statement is false) - intervener <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13838> (name of a third-party group or person allowed to participate in a legal case) - Newest External identifiers: NWO project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13827>, Vocabulary.com word ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13830>, Fnac person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13831>, African Music Library band ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13832>, Spanish-German Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13833>, Encyclopedia of Marxism ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13834>, Kulturenvanteri place ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13835>, Encyclopædia Universalis index ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13836>, ISFDB award category ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13837>, CCCA Canadian Art Database work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13839>, CCCA Canadian Art Database creator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13840>, CPU-World ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13841>, AMNH entity ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13842> - New External identifier property proposals to review: NZ Charities Register Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NZ_Charities_Register_Number> , Memorial Book of Social Democracy-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Memorial_Book_of_Social_Democracy-ID> , Biographical Dictionary of Almería identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographical_Dictionary_of_Almer%C3%ADa_identifier> , Operabase (additional) ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Operabase_(additional)_ID> , NLAI ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NLAI_ID>, SIK-ISEA group ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SIK-ISEA_group_ID> , Wikimini article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikimini_article_ID> , Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Concise_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Family_Names_in_Britain_entry_ID> , The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Grove_Encyclopedia_of_Decorative_Arts_ID> , Antique Chinese and Japanese Porcelain Dictionary and Glossary of Terms entry <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Antique_Chinese_and_Japanese_Porcelain_Dictionary_and_Glossary_of_Terms_entry> , Filmfriend Movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmfriend_Movie_ID> , Schulnummer Hessen <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Schulnummer_Hessen> , The Oxford Dictionary of Dance entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Dance_entry_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - What Wikidata album languages grew the most this week? <https://w.wiki/6TNS> (source <https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/113057841265159018>) - Example query to show why papers cite each other <https://edu.nl/y38rg> (source <https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/112943938308855780>) - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Biodiversity Assessment of the Fishes of Saba Bank Atoll, Netherlands Antilles (Q15625490) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15625490> - scholarly article by Williams, Jeffrey et al., 2010 - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: pukka (L339628) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Lexeme:L339628> - English adjective (puh-kuh) that can mean "genuine", "highest class", or "complete" *Development* - Wikidata integration on Wikipedia and co: - We finished work on adding an icon to changes coming from Wikidata in recent changes and watchlist (phab:T397258 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397258>) - We are finishing work on a new usage aspect for qualifiers and references so their use can be tracked separately. This will lead to less Wikidata changes showing up in recent changes and watchlist that don't actually affect the article (phab:T397258 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397258>) - We are continuing the work on improving Databox (phab:T400322 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T400322>) - GraphQL: We are continuing to work on making labels of linked entities in the values of statements accessible (phab:T404692 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404692>) - Mobile statement editing: We have been working on showing the different value types (phab:T404684 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404684>) and making references editable (phab:T405236 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T405236>) 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: - 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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