*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-10-20. Missed the previous one? See issue #701 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions* - Open request for adminship: Ternera <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Ternera> - RfP scheduled to end after 23 October 2025 16:10 (UTC) - New requests for permissions/Bot: Rebot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Rebot> - Task: Make changes in w.wiki/Fed9, such as changing depicts (P180) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P180> = herbarium (Q181916) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181916> to herbarium specimen (Q61726742) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61726742>. *Events* - Upcoming: - WikidataCon 2025: Have you seen the Program yet? <https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/schedule/> Available now on Pretalx, check now and plan your schedule. - 🎉 Wikidata's 13th Birthday! Join us online, October 29 17:00 UTC (in your timezone <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1761757200>) for presents, birthday messages, games...and a 📣*surprise announcement* (don't miss it!). 🎁 Add your own gifts to the list - anything that celebrates Wikidata and its amazing community... a script you’ve written, tool improvement, visual, poem...the sky's the limit. Get the call link here: 13th Birthday Presents & Messages call <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_Thirteenth_Birthday/Presents_%26_messages_call> . - The Dublin Core DCMI 2025 <https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2025/> conference will take place in Barcelona, Oct 22-25. - Presentation <https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2025/sessions/papers-metadata-quality-bibframe/#reczeEWTeASPr4XmW> : *Derivative Relationships and Bibliographic Families Among Creative Works: A Systematic Study of Their Application by the Wikidata Community from the FRBR and BIBFRAME Perspective* - Workshop <https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2025/sessions/workshop-web-app-to-static-site/#session-information> by Jneubert <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jneubert> on converting a complex web application into a large static site integrated with Wikidata - Tutorial <https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2025/sessions/tutorial-shaping-linked-data-knowledge-graphs/#session-information> from Jelabra <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jelabra> on shaping linked data and knowledge graphs. - Wikidata Lab XLVII: Wiki Infographics <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJQ7JxQ0XBg>, about a tool <https://iw.toolforge.org/infographics> for data visualization. On October 21, 17 UTC. - Wikimania 2026 Scholarships are open <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Scholarships>! Deadline is Friday, October 31st, 2025. - Wikidata 13th birthday celebration in the Igbo Wikimedians User Group <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_13th_Birthday_Celebration_in_Igbo_Wikimedians_User_Group> on October 24 and 25, 2025 - Past: - Missed the Q4 Wikidata+Wikibase office hour? You can catch up by reading the session log here: 2025-10-15 (Q4 2025) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/Telegram_office_hour_2025-10-15> - Wikidata 13th birthday celebration in the WUGN Abuja Network <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_13th_birthday_celebration_in_the_WUGN_Abuja_Network> *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: (Finnish) From Wikidata to GEO (AI) optimization? <https://piilotettuaarre.blogspot.com/2025/10/wikidatasta-vauhtia-geo-eli.html> by Johanna Janhonen - Videos: - Genealogical tree creation with Wikidata <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E6cYJ9kfFBE> - by Thimira Sahan - (Chinese) Wikidata 13 週年聚會暨 OpenRefine 工作坊 <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=35Z1IoXA7t8> - by Wikidata Taiwan - (Spanish) Taller en línea: Introducción a Wikidata y Wikibase <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFWfJIEs6Bw> by bibliotecasUNAM - Wikimedia Research Showcase: Celebrating 13 Years: Wikidata’s Role in Learning and Culture <https://www.youtube.com/live/3NMOvOUCd8Q> *Tool of the week* - WikiLokal <https://affandymurad.github.io/wikilokal/> - The tool uses your device location to find Wikidata Items and Wikipedia articles within a 3 kilometre radius of your location. Created by User:Affandy Murad <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Affandy_Murad> *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Project Chat: - Help choose a name for the Abstract Wikipedia Project <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Help_us_decide_the_name_of_the_new_Abstract_Wikipedia_project> - combining WikiFunctions and Wikidata, a voting contest will run from Oct 20 - Nov 17, 2025. - How can Wikidata be useful IRL if it has less data than Wikipedia? <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#How_can_Wikidata_be_useful_IRL_if_it_has_less_data_than_Wikipedia?> - an ongoing discussion touching on data scraping tools such as Harvest templates (github) <https://github.com/Pascalco/harvesttemplates> and data consistency between Wikipedia and Wikidata in places such as Infoboxes. *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: organizational chart <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13847> (image that displays the structure of this organization or government agency and the relationships and relative ranks of its parts and positions/jobs) - Newest External identifiers: The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13843>, TechPowerUp CPU Specs Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13844>, Catalogue of sundials ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13845>, A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13846>, GPUZoo ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13848>, NetEase Music album ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13849>, Corporation Number in Canada <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13850>, Biographical Dictionary of Almería identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13851> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - image of outdoor seating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_of_outdoor_seating> (an image of the outdoor seating) - Elo rating (rapid) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elo_rating_(rapid)> (Current or historical Elo rating of a player in rapid time control chess games) - ECHL profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ECHL_profile_ID> (Id (number) used by ECHL on their website ehcl.com. URL takes a slug.) - award category or rank <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/award_category_or_rank> ((qualifier of P166) specific category or rank of an award received, for awards with more than one category or rank) - public key <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/public_key> (cryptographic public key (some ASCII encoding of it)) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Schulnummer Sachsen <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Schulnummer_Sachsen> , Team Austria ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Team_Austria_ID> , IFES Election Guide ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IFES_Election_Guide_ID> , BNB agent ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BNB_agent_ID>, Arte de la Argentina ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arte_de_la_Argentina_ID> , Democratic Memory Bank ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Democratic_Memory_Bank_ID> , Kicker competition ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kicker_competition_ID> , Soccer365.net team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Soccer365.net_team_ID> , LUDAP <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LUDAP> , Genbu.net ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Genbu.net_ID>, ztgd.com <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ztgd.com>, ISTAMPIE entity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISTAMPIE_entity> , MIT Press edition id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MIT_Press_edition_id> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: List of Airports/Airstrips in Florida, USA <https://w.wiki/FkPH> - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects> : WikiProject IDEA (translation tasks) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_IDEA/Translation_Work> - WikiProject Highlights: Govdirectory South Korea <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/South_Korea> was created. - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Jagiellonian Library (Q24101) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24101> - library of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: led (L762994) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L762994> - Norwegian Nynorsk noun (leː) meaning "a joint between bones", "a movable body part", or "a generation" *Development* - Mobile statement editing: We made progress on support for more datatypes for editing. - Wikidata integration in Wikipedia and co: - We are investigating an issue with infoboxes using data from Wikidata after some recent changes to usage tracking (phab:T407684 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T407684>) - We are working on more improvements to the Databox module - Ontology federation: We are starting to work on making it possible for other Wikibase instances to use Wikidata's Items as values in their statements. This expands on previous work around federated properties. - Dumps: We have worked on fixing issues with the dumps that were failing recently. They should now be generated again and we continue to look into the cause. 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: Bahamas <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Bahamas> - 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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