*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in
theweek leading up to 2025-11-24. Missed the previous one? See issue #706
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions*
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- News2DataBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/News2DataBot>
-
Task(s): Check for new, unlinked articles on Polish Wikinews
<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/pl:> and create relevant Items.
- WikidataLiteraryWorksMetaDataUpload
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/WikidataLiteraryWorksMetaDataUpload>
-
Task(s): Upload metadata for literary works from research project.
- New request for comments: The Exhibition Models
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Exhibition_models>
RfC
was split into 2 Schema proposals: Exhibition Concept
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Schema_proposals/exhibition_concept>
and Exhibition Manifestation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Schema_proposals/exhibition_manifestation>
.
*Events*
- Upcoming events
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>:
- Upcoming LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group session on 25 November 2025:
Join the community-driven effort led by WikiProject Personal Pronouns to
improve pronoun data modeling and ethics in Wikidata. This is part of a
three-session series (Oct 14, Nov 25, Dec 9) focused on implementing new
best practices. No prior Wikidata experience required. Join at 17:00
UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1764090000>. Event page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Project_Series/PersonalPronouns>
.
- Wikimedia Hackathon 2026
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026> - Hosted in
Milan, Italy, scholarships are now open, apply on Pretix
<https://pretix.eu/wikimedia/Hackathon-2026/>.
- Art+Feminism & Whose Knowledge?
<https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNg5ldkSi6/> - A conversation on
building a feminist data future, Dec 5, 2025, 13:00 UTC (Time zone
converter <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1764939600>).
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Blogs:
- Impact of Wikipedia and Wikidata on ChatGPT search results
<https://www.allmo.ai/articles/what-we-know-about-the-impact-of-wikipedia-on-chatgpt-search-results>
- Wikidata as an authority data source for private collectors
<https://christianmahnke.de/en/post/authority-data-for-private-collectors/>
- (German) Environmental and climate reference in large knowledge
databases. Wikipedia, Wikidata and environmental portals in comparison
<https://www.wikimeisterei.info/umwelt-und-klimabezug-in-grossen-wissensdatenbanken-wikipedia-wikidata-und-umweltportale-im-vergleich/>
- Presentations: Wikidata as a challenge for rule systems (Declarative
AI 2025 Conf.) - Slides
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slideshow,_Wikidata_as_a_Challenge_for_Rule_Systems_-_Declarative_AI_2025_Conference_-_24_September_2025.pdf>
/ Recording
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_as_a_Challenge_for_Rule_Systems_-_Declarative_AI_2025_Conference_-_24_September_2025.webm>
- Papers: Snapshot of bibliographic metadata from Wikidata for all
Arabic periodicals published worldwide before 1930
<https://zenodo.org/records/17658826> - Project Jarāʾid, by T. Grallert,
(2025).
- Videos:
- An introduction to Wikidata and its use for librarians and
researchers <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iiL9WFx2JY>; slides
available on Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_introduction_to_Wikidata_and_its_use_for_librarians_and_researchers.pdf>
- WikidataCon 2025 Session Playlists (YouTube):
Day 1 (31.10)
<https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduaHBu_3ejPTAZXQTHlAElm-DZ5dohph&si=5IJr95Jrh_AyIT43>
/ Day 2 (01.11)
<https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduaHBu_3ejM0BKzQWaw_WKIBamH4DevT&si=U-sw7JMx3xsiGu-d>
/ Day 3 (02.11)
<https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduaHBu_3ejNQdOCF9ztkrUktwi_UMRD5&si=0xXL60KWrhXff98F>
- Wikidata in library catalogues: Introduction to the Primo VE linked
data feature <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1S4ujNG8w5M> - By Dr
Thneed
- Wikidata Live Editing: Stolpersteine and the Holocaust victims they
commemorate <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXIZBfft7A>
- Towards Linked Data Fluency: Takeaways from a Wikidata Workflow
Pilot Program
<https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5MKIlVJyeCw&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD>
- Enhancing authority files through SPARQL federated queries
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOoNMI7o_G4> - Thomas Kerboul and
the Bibliothèque de Genève improved person data by comparing Wikidata and
IdRef, with manual checks preventing ID mix-ups.
- (Spanish) Inspiring Women: Layla Michán - Wikidata and research
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlREPqT9f8> - Dr. Aguirre (UNAM)
discusses Wikidata as a collaborative research tool and shared
experiences
in the “Women Who Inspire” series.
*Tool of the week*
- Timetrail <https://wikidata-timetrail.toolforge.org/> is a website
that visualizes the movement of Wikidata items over time by mapping their
associated events and locations.
- The redesigned WikiProvenance is now live, featuring a new front end
and backend for exploring and comparing Wikidata provenance information.
Try examples like Johann Sebastian Bach
<https://wikiprovenance.toolforge.org/provenance.html?item=Q1339> or Human
vs. City
<https://wikiprovenance.toolforge.org/compare.html?compare=Q5,Q515>
and Paris
vs. London
<https://wikiprovenance.toolforge.org/compare.html?compare=Q90,Q84>.
Explore it here: https://wikiprovenance.toolforge.org/
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
- LDF endpoint retirement considered
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_access#Linked_Data_Fragments_endpoint>:
The unstable and low-traffic LDF endpoint may be retired to reduce
maintenance effort and unnecessary load on WDQS. If your workflow depends
on it and you would hate to see it go, please let the Wikidata development
team know at Wikidata talk:Data access
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Data_access>.
- WDQS Legacy endpoint deprecation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Reminder:_WDQS_legacy_endpoint_decommissioning>:
The legacy endpoint (query-legacy-full.wikidata.org) will be fully
decommissioned on 7 January 2026. Please migrate tools and workflows to the
supported endpoints: query.wikidata.org (Main) or
query-scholarly.wikidata.org (Scholarly). Assistance is available
on the Data
Access <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_access> and Request
a Query <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query> pages.
- Insights from Data Governance Research Process 2025
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Community_report_Data_Governance_Research_(Q2_2025).pdf>:
Results of the research to better understand how the communities currently
think about which data and communities are best served by Wikidata,
Wikibase Cloud or Wikibase Suite respectively.
- Abstract Wikipedia naming contest
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia/Abstract_Wikipedia_naming_contest>:
Help pick a name for the new Wikimedia wiki project which is provisionally
known as Abstract Wikipedia. The second phase of voting is now open until
December 1.
*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 External identifiers: CUIT
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13940>, REGAFI id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13941>, Hong Kong company ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13942>, California Entity Number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13943>, Mã số doanh nghiệp
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13944>, InfoconDB series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13945>, InfoconDB conference ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13946>, Biography.com ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13947>, Hudobné centrum person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13948>, Hudobné centrum
group ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13949>, FAIR
Epigraphic Vocabularies ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13950>, NVLI ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13951>, SerBenfiquista.com
players ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13952>, BG IISDA
org ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13953>, BG NACID person
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13954>, The Oxford
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13955>, Encyclopedia of African
American History 1896 to the Present entry ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13956>, National cultural
monument of Czechia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13957>, Davis
Cup player ID since 2025 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13958>
, Eiga.com drama ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13959>, Last
Address ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13960>
- New General datatypes property proposals to review:
- parliamentary group leader
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/parliamentary_group_leader>
(the
identity of the leader of a parliamentary group)
- SignWriting transcription
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SignWriting_transcription>
(representation
in SignWriting)
- free height
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/free_height>
(vertical
distance from the floor level to the lowest obstruction in the ceiling of
an indoor or outdoor space)
- thumbtime
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/thumbtime>
(Time
for video thumbnail in seconds)
- Credibly accused of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Credibly_accused_of>
(entity
(person or organization) that has been credibly accused of a crime or
serious misconduct, but is not (yet) convicted)
- New External identifier property proposals to review:: CHZZK streamer
ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CHZZK_streamer_ID>
, FC Barcelona players ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FC_Barcelona_players_ID>
, Qalamos person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qalamos_person_ID>
, KISTI conference ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KISTI_conference_ID>
, KaraokeTexty.cz artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KaraokeTexty.cz_artist_ID>
, KaraokeTexty.cz song ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KaraokeTexty.cz_song_ID>
, DLSite dōjin circle ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DLSite_d%C5%8Djin_circle_ID>
, DLSite person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DLSite_person_ID>
, DLSite work ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DLSite_work_ID>
, Showlabs ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Showlabs_ID>,
DEUMM
Online ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DEUMM_Online_ID>
, Kvinnehistorie.no persons ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kvinnehistorie.no_persons_ID>
, Foot Résultats player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Foot_R%C3%A9sultats_player_ID>
, Manga-DB person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Manga-DB_person_ID>
, Manga-DB publisher ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Manga-DB_publisher_ID>
, Manga-DB magazine ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Manga-DB_magazine_ID>
, Slekt og Data cemetery ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slekt_og_Data_cemetery_ID>
You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!
*Did you know?*
- Query examples:
- Videogames in the wrong genre <https://w.wiki/GGLu> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Video_games_with_the_wrong_genre>
)
- People buried in Italian (or subregion) cemeteries
<https://w.wiki/GGM2> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#People_buried_in_Italian_(or_a_subregion)_cemeteries>
)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- Bookbindings
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Bookbindings> -
share metadata and images from the currently offline Database of
Bookbindings at the British Library
- Irish Traditional Music:Projects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Irish_Traditional_Music/Projects>
-
aims to systematically create and enhance Wikidata items for people
profiled in the 2024 edition of Fintan Vallely's The Companion to Irish
Traditional Music.
- Basketball: Western Illinois Leathernecks Women's
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Basketball/Teams/Western_Illinois_Leathernecks_women%27s_basketball>
- WikiProject Highlights: Lost Media/Subpages
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Lost_Media#Subpages> -
aim to list all media lost to time in Wikidata
- Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>
: arXiv (Q118398) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118398> - online
digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers
- Showcase Lexemes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: Bogucin
(L1405411) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1405411> - Polish
proper noun (bɔˈɡu.t͡ɕin) meaning "village in Greater Poland", "village in
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship", or "village in Lublin Voivodeship"
*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>
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