*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in
theweek leading up to 2025-10-27. Missed the previous one? See issue #702
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*

*Discussions*

   - Open request for adminship: Samoasambia
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Samoasambia>
-
   RfP scheduled to end after 27 October 2025 15:10 (UTC)
   - Closed request for adminship: Ternera
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Ternera>
-
   Closed as successful by Ymblanter
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ymblanter> (talk
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Ymblanter>) 19:24, 23 October
   2025 (UTC)
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_10_27#c-Ymblanter-20251023192400>
   [reply <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_10_27>
   ]

*Events*

   - Upcoming events
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>:
      - 🎉 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/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday/Presents_%26_messages>
      .
      - WikidataCon 2025, October 31 - November 2, make sure to register at the
      event page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025>.
      - SPARQL workshop (in German): "From Zero to SPARQL. Eine Einführung
      in die Abfrage von Wissensgraphen (Schwerpunkt Wikidata)", 4 Nov 2025,
      10-13, free and open to all, online via Zoom. more information and
      registration
      
<https://www.digis-berlin.de/workshop-am-04-11-25-from-zero-to-sparql-eine-einfuehrung-in-die-abfrage-von-wissensgraphen/>
      - The scholarship deadline for Wikimania 2026
      <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wikimania> is approaching
      fast: 31st of October. Apply today if you want to attend on a scholarship.

*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*

   - Videos:
      - (Spanish) Visualizaciones con el Servicio de Consultas de Wikidata
      <https://www.youtube.com/live/BuBEJYNnK2M?si=ZYo_bi9JbHCj1VWT>
      - (Spanish)¿Cómo identificar y completar vacíos de información en
      Wikidata? Tabernacle e integraality
      <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s1EIdotXpus>
      - I Have 1000s of Items in Commons – What Do I Do Now?: Utilization
      Opportunities on Wikimedia Commons
      <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dMc8itXt7i0>
      - (Chinese [Trad]) 鏈結資料文獻翻譯賽德克語成果發表會 Exploring Seediq: A Journey
      through Translation and Linked Data Documentation
      <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v7XdRqpEU0Q&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD>
   - Presentations: Will AI Erase Us Again? The Role of Wikimedia
   Communities. Talk by John Samuel
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jsamwrites>, Queering Wikipedia 2025
   (Slides
   
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queering_Wikipedia_2025-JohnSamuel.pdf>
   )

*Tool of the week*

   - Nemo <https://tools.iccl.inf.tu-dresden.de/nemo/> is a new Wikidata
   query tool by User:Markus Krötzsch
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Markus_Kr%C3%B6tzsch> the tool can
   answer queries, extracts subsets, and perform analyses in ways that SPARQL
   alone can't. It also lets you combine Wikidata with other data sources.

*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:
      - start work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13883> (work in
      which this statement about a fictional entity begins to be valid)
      - end work <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13884> (work in
      which this statement about a fictional entity ceases to be valid)
      - image resolution <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13885> (pixel
      resolution of images generated or captured by this item (camera,
software,
      etc))
      - display device resolution
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13886> (physical pixel
      resolution of an electronic display)
      - ‎firmware <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13887> (firmware
      installed on this hardware)
   - Newest External identifiers: MultimediaWiki page ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13852>, Letopis of MSU person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13853>, QCC Code
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13854>, Jamaica company ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13855>, SEC Number
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13856>, Thailand company ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13857>, gosfilmofond.ru ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13858>, Cambodian company ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13859>, English solicitors ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13860>, Caixin company ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13861>, ‎Nebraska Authors
   author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13862>, ‎Kick username
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13863>, ‎Archivio Storico
   Ricordi partiture ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13864>, Fantacalcio
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13865>, ‎Plant Ontology ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13866>, L'Équipe athlete ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13867>, ‎RSQV ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13868>, NRK topic ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13869>, ‎OpenITI author ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13870>, ‎Mellopedia ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13871>, Liste unique des
   décorés ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13872>, ‎Deník tag ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13873>, Interaktionsdatabasen ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13874>, ‎Adebiportal author ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13875>, Biographische Lexikon
   zur Geschichte der böhmischen Länder ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13876>, ISLRN
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13877>, ‎Danskefilmstemmer.dk
   character ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13878>, Audiovisual
   Identity Database page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13879>, RIA
   Novosti person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13880>, The
   Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion entry ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13881>, ‎Qalamger.kz author ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13882>, ‎Does the Dog Die?
   media ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13888>, ‎Organ Index ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13889>, American Kennel Club ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13890>
   - New General datatypes property proposals to review:
      - Responsable de departamento
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Responsable_de_departamento>
       ()
      - Lämningsnummer
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/L%C3%A4mningsnummer>
({{Q|Q10498015}}
      is a database of archaeological monuments in Sweden, maintained by
      {{Q|Q631844}}. Each item in the database has an identifier containing the
      year of registration and a number, e.g. ''L1970:5203''.)
      - number of comments per day
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_comments_per_day>
       ()
      - Commonwealth Sport country code
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Commonwealth_Sport_country_code>
(Commonwealth
      Sport country code)
      - operating humidity
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/operating_humidity>
(humidity
      at which a device operates)
   - New External identifier property proposals to review: NCL Taiwan
   Periodical Literature Periodical ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NCL_Taiwan_Periodical_Literature_Periodical_ID>
   , HarmonyOS NEXT APP ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/HarmonyOS_NEXT_APP_ID>
   , Rechtsinformationen des Bundes-ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rechtsinformationen_des_Bundes-ID>
   , UNESCO Virtual Museum inventory ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UNESCO_Virtual_Museum_inventory_ID>
   , South Korean Business Registration Number
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/South_Korean_Business_Registration_Number>
   , SetesdalWiki ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SetesdalWiki_ID>
   , Biography.com ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biography.com_ID>
   , Mackolik football manager ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mackolik_football_manager_ID>
   , S1 No.1 Style actress ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/S1_No.1_Style_actress_ID>
   , biserici.org church ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/biserici.org_church_ID>
   , RFC <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RFC>,
Hudobné
   centrum IDs
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hudobn%C3%A9_centrum_IDs>
   , FAIR Epigraphic Vocabularies ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FAIR_Epigraphic_Vocabularies_ID>
   , NVLI ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NVLI_ID>,
SerBenfiquista.com
   players ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SerBenfiquista.com_players_ID>

You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!

*Did you know?*

   - Query examples: Map of pubs in Scotland <https://w.wiki/E4T9> (source
   <https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/114482324831243753>)
   - Newest WikiProjects
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>
   : WikiProject Kazakhstan
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Kazakhstan>
   - Showcase Items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>:Lake
   Zanzibar (Q22530539) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22530539> - lake in
   Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada

*Development*

   - Wikidata in Wikipedia and co:
      - We worked on making Wikidata change summaries in recent changes and
      watchlist on the other Wikimedia projects more understandable by adding
      icons. This will be rolled out soon (phab:T397258
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397258>)
      - We continued the improvements to the Databox module (phab:T400322
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T400322>, phab:T400318
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T400318>)
   - Mobile statement editing: We continued working on editing references (
   phab:T405236 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T405236>) and did
   clean-ups for the beta release (phab:T405743
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T405743>)
   - GraphQL: We continued work on including labels of linked entities in
   responses
   - Dumps: We are looking into why dump generation is slower than it
   should be recently

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: South Korea
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/South_Korea>
   - 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>

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<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:JosefAnthony> talk
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:JosefAnthony> ·*


Idoko Joseph (JosefAnthony)

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