*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-11-10. Missed the previous one? See issue #704 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions* - Other: Draft policy for temporary account IP viewers <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Temporary_account_IP_viewer>. What requirements should be set for this user right? *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: Introducing the Unicode Inflection Library Technical Preview Release <https://blog.unicode.org/2025/11/introducing-unicode-inflection-library.html> : The Unicode Inflection Library leverages comprehensive lexicons from Wikidata to support standardized, multilingual grammatical transformations for global software applications. - Videos: - Art+Feminism Celebrates Wikidata! <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vwiCHKogS_8> - Day 5_Using WikiData with Spyral Notebook and Project Presentation <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P0TnhpU1U9U&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD> - Wikidata and Wikipedia training for Art+Feminism 2025 in Uganda <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng89cq6ZH-o> - What are Wikidata WikiProjects, and why should you join one? Watch this great explainer <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:What_can_I_do_on_Wikidata%3F_Examples_of_projects_and_workflows_(Wikidata_Leveling_Up_Days_2024).webm> from the #LevelingUpDays2024 to see how these communities work together! Then, find your project: Wikidata:WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProjects> *Tool of the week* - User:Difool/WikidataCleanup.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Difool/WikidataCleanup.js>: gadget allowing to do, in one click, a wide series of cleanups in an item: normalize labels, descriptions, and aliases (double spaces, certain Unicode characters), remove weak references, remove weakly referenced dates when they have lower precision than a strongly referenced date and downgrade unnecessary preferred ranks; about the general issue of redundancies in Wikidata, you can check WikiProject Redundancy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Redundancy> - Ghanasupremecases <https://ghanasupremecases.toolforge.org/> is a webapp that dynamically pulls and displays over 2,000 Supreme Court of Ghana cases from Wikidata, allowing users to access case details linked directly to Wikidata items. The goal is to make African legal data more open, structured, and discoverable, and to demonstrate how Wikidata can serve as a foundation for national-level legal archive *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Temporary accounts rollout: Starting November 12, the community will see logged‑out edits handled through temporary accounts instead of IPs, prompting tool and bot checks. - Help shape the future WikidatCon! If you attended WikidataCon 2025 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025>, please take 10 minutes to share your feedback in this <https://wikimedia.sslsurvey.de/WikidataCon-2025-Feedback> anonymous GDPR-compliant survey (sslsurvey) *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: - operating humidity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13903> (humidity at which a device operates) - collector <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13914> (person or group who physically collected a specimen or object in the field) - Serbo-Croatian preferred project code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13922> (For an interwiki article, the property points to the Serbo-Croatian project (sh, bs, hr, sr) that either has a special connection to the topic or the highest quality article.) - Newest External identifiers: CACI company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13893>, AEK Football player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13894>, Sultanlar Ligi player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13895>, BeWeb historical or artistic asset ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13896>, SofaScore sports team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13897>, FootballFakts.ru football match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13898>, Kicker sports match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13899>, BDFutbol match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13900>, Foot Mercato / Fichajes / Fussball Transfers player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13901>, Disney+ browse ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13902>, Filmarks ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13904>, Memorial Book of Social Democracy-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13905>, NLAI ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13906>, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13907>, The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13908>, Antique Chinese and Japanese Porcelain Dictionary and Glossary of Terms entry <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13909>, Filmfriend movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13910>, Hesse School ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13911>, The Oxford Dictionary of Dance entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13912>, Saxony School ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13913>, NCL Taiwan Periodical Literature periodical identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13915>, NZ Charities Register Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13916>, IFES Election Guide ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13917>, Arte de la Argentina ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13918>, Democratic Memory Bank ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13919>, Kicker competition ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13920>, Soccer365.net team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13921> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - time of deposition <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/time_of_deposition> (date or point in time when an archaeological object or assemblage was buried, hidden, lost, or otherwise deposited.) - readiness <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/readiness> (readiness) - greenhouse gases emissions <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/greenhouse_gases_emissions> (amount of greenhouse effect emited by a given company or industry sector) - neuter form of label <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/neuter_form_of_label> (neuter form of name or title) - current season <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/current_season> ({{TranslateThis | an identifier for the team's current season <!-- | xx = descriptions in other languages --> }}) - flag carrier of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/flag_carrier_of> (country of which the airline is the flag carrier) - New External identifier property proposals to review: BFXC authority ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BFXC_authority_ID> , BWB-nummer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BWB-nummer>, Schulnummer Brandenburg <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Schulnummer_Brandenburg> , Encyclopedia of Shinto ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Shinto_ID> , Power Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Power_Thesaurus_ID> , WDSF person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WDSF_person_ID> , Blu-Ray.com film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Blu-Ray.com_film_ID> , Japanese Law Translation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japanese_Law_Translation_ID> , USGS Publication ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USGS_Publication_ID> , Afrikaregisteret ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Afrikaregisteret_ID> , National cultural monument of Czechia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_cultural_monument_of_Czechia_ID> , Admirable Façades styles ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Admirable_Fa%C3%A7ades_styles_ID> , Brussels Inventory of Architectural Heritage buildings ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brussels_Inventory_of_Architectural_Heritage_buildings_ID> , Brussels Inventory of Architectural Heritage streets ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brussels_Inventory_of_Architectural_Heritage_streets_ID> , Dicionário Biográfico de Cientistas, Engenheiros e Médicos em Portugal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dicion%C3%A1rio_Biogr%C3%A1fico_de_Cientistas,_Engenheiros_e_M%C3%A9dicos_em_Portugal_ID> , TikTok User ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TikTok_User_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 all places related to persons with layers by property of the place <https://w.wiki/9hdp> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Map_of_all_places_related_to_persons_with_layers_by_property_of_the_place> ) - WikiProject Highlights: Passionate about highlighting women's achievements? WikiProject Women <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Women> is dedicated to creating and improving data about women worldwide. Help close the gender gap in knowledge! #WikidataWikiProjects <https://wikis.world/tags/WikidataWikiProjects> - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (Q1136251) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1136251> - cultural landscape in South Africa - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: fold (L4479) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L4479> - English verb (foʊld) meaning "to bend over on itself", "to mix ingredients gently", or "to fail or give in" *Development *The development team were involved in roadmap planning meetings so not much happened in the past week. 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: Paraguay <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Paraguay> - 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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