*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> *· 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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