*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in
theweek leading up to 2025-12-22. Missed the previous one? See issue #710
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*

*Discussions*

   - Open request for adminship: Vitaly Zdanevich
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Vitaly_Zdanevich>
   - New requests for permissions/Bot: Title markup bot
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Title_markup_bot>
-
   Task(s): There is a variety of HTML markup found in , violating various
   constraints on the property. The following task description is for a bot
   that can start the required cleanup process. I would like to request
   permission to implement the functionality outlined here as a first
   iteration, on the understanding that it will be extended and refined to
   cover more cases. It will operate within the limitation that it will only
   modify values, add qualifiers and update labels to keep them in-line with
   altered titles.

*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*

   - Videos:
      - Wikidata 13th Anniversary in the Tyap Wikimedians User Group
      <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g-8yjmnEBUs>
      - Remapping the Down Survey
      <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PifGSfnVGtw> - By OSM for History Buffs
      - Open Data DEx Demo #1 - This week's topic: Astronomy in WikiData!
      <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DxEux41PqC0>

*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.

*Other Noteworthy Stuff*

   - Wikimedia Deutschland jobs:
      - Director of Engineering
      
<https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/61646562/Director-of-Engineering-all-genders-/>
(all
      genders)
      - Senior Data Analyst
      
<https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/60133850/Senior-Data-Analyst-all-genders-/>
(all
      genders)

*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:
      - Japanese court rank
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14005> (Japanese
      court rank of a person or a shrine)
      - ‎value of this mathematical characteristic
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14006> (non-numeric value of
      this characteristic applied to this mathematical object)
   - Newest External identifiers: Taking Stock ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14001>, Antiquitatum Thesaurus
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14002>, The Advocate tag ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14003>, ‎Game Font Library ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14004>, IMI person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14007>, ‎Metacritic video game
   genre ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14008>, Banrep
   Cultural ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14009>, FCC ID
   Database company slug <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14013>, EDBO
   institution code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14016>,
‎GamesIndustry.biz
   game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14017>, ‎PC Guru game ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14018>
   - New General datatypes property proposals to review:
      - common organism
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/common_organism>
(organisms
      known by a common name of a biological taxon)
      - part <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/part>
(exact
      number denoting the part of a creative work or edition)
      - heir apparent
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/heir_apparent>
(person
      designated to take on royal position after death of subject)
   - New External identifier property proposals to review: Parfumo perfume
   ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parfumo_perfume_ID>
   , Parfumo perfumer ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parfumo_perfumer_ID>
   , Parfumo perfumes ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parfumo_perfumes_ID>
   , Parfumo fragrance notes ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parfumo_fragrance_notes_ID>
   , BoomerShooterDB game ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BoomerShooterDB_game_ID>
   , identifiant Rappels d'une production théâtrale
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Rappels_d%27une_production_th%C3%A9%C3%A2trale>
   , Parfinity notes ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parfinity_notes_ID>
   , Vandal game ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vandal_game_ID>
   , Google Ads Transparency Center advertiser ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Ads_Transparency_Center_advertiser_ID>
   , GBIF ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GBIF_ID>,
MetroidvaniaDB
   game ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MetroidvaniaDB_game_ID>
   , Games.cz game ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Games.cz_game_ID>
   , Basenotes perfume brand ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Basenotes_perfume_brand_ID>
   , Basenotes perfume people ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Basenotes_perfume_people_ID>
   , Basenotes perfume ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Basenotes_perfume_ID>
   , CICAP Encyclopedia ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CICAP_Encyclopedia_ID>
   , Zelda Wiki ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zelda_Wiki_ID>
   , Yaba Sanshiro ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yaba_Sanshiro_ID>
   , identificador Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identificador_Biblioteca_Nacional_de_Colombia>
   , Finnish railway station code
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Finnish_railway_station_code>
   , Fight-A-Base game ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fight-A-Base_game_ID>
   , Sketchfab model ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sketchfab_model_ID>
   , Sketchfab channel ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sketchfab_channel_ID>
   , Sketchfab user ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sketchfab_user_ID>
   , DVIDS Video ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DVIDS_Video_ID>
   , DeVuego game ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DeVuego_game_ID>

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

*Did you know?*

   - Query examples:
      - Number of riots per country <https://w.wiki/4N9> (source
      <https://twitter.com/mrlogix/status/1131050728594632706>)
      - Country having the most female politicians <https://w.wiki/4NB> (
      source <https://twitter.com/abiatus/status/1130963180199579649>)
   - WikiProject Highlights: Niryhpr's efforts in organising the page
   User:Niryhpr/WikiProject_Ports
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Niryhpr/WikiProject_Ports>
(part of WikiProject
   Indonesia/Geodatathon
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Indonesia/Kegiatan/Datathon>
   )
      - Newest database reports
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Language
   statistics for Items
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mr._Ibrahem/Language_statistics_for_items>
   - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>
   : Mansa Musa <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309333> - 14th-century
   ruler of the Mali Empire
   - Showcase Lexemes
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: ਮਰਨ (L689064)
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L689064> - Punjabi verb (mərəɳ)
   meaning "to die (cease living)", "to wither or spoil", or "to give up (lose
   hope/energy)"

*Development*

   - Mobile statement editing:
      - We added an indicator showing which Properties are not yet
      supported when creating new statements in mobile editing (T412719
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T412719>)
      - We continued working on showing constraint violations on mobile (
      T411602 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T411602>, T411608
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T411608>)
      - We are working on musical notation statements on mobile (T407247
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T407247>)
      - We are improving error handling for incorrectly filled and unfilled
      fields in mobile editing (T408928
      <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T408928>)

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?>
   .
   - 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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Idoko Joseph (JosefAnthony)

Wikimedia Volunteer | Open Knowledge Advocate


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