*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-12-29. Missed the previous one? See issue #711 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions* - Open request for adminship: Ppolar bear <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Ppolar_bear> - RfP scheduled to end after 3 January 2026 13:40 (UTC) - QubeCubeBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/QubeCubeBot> - Task/s: Continue import of Swedish Parliament <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272930> documents inline with the modeling work in Wikidata:WikiProject Sweden/Swedish Riksdag documents <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden/Swedish_Riksdag_documents> . - AinaliBot 3 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/AinaliBot_3> - Task/s: Continue import of Swedish Parliament <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272930> documents inline with the modeling work in Wikidata:WikiProject Sweden/Swedish Riksdag documents <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden/Swedish_Riksdag_documents> . *Events* - This month's Scholia hackathon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia/Events/2025_12> has moved Scholia closer to its planned switch to a QLever backend. Beta testers can assist by exploring the interim QLever-backed Scholia instance <https://qlever.scholia.wiki/> and reporting any issues <https://github.com/WDscholia/scholia/issues>. - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - SWAT4HCLS 2026 <https://www.swat4ls.org/workshops/amsterdam-2026/call-for-papers/>. Amsterdam, March 23-26, with a "Wikidata in healthcare and life sciences" session and Prof. Hannah Bast <https://www.swat4ls.org/workshops/amsterdam-2026/programme/keynotes/> as one of the keynotes *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Videos: - (Indonesian) Introduction to Wikifunctions <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl27YhKEjV0> presented by NikolasKHF <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:NikolasKHF> (Niko). In this session, Niko introduced Wikifunctions project, how to edit a function, how to add an implementation and test, and demonstrated them. This is the first Wikifunctions training in Indonesian. Slides are available on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Datatek)_WikiLatih_Wikifungsi_2025.pdf> . - (Indonesian) Wikidata for Academician <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emWKbM_-V08> presented by Wikimedia Indonesia's Data and Technology team. They introduced Wikimedia Indonesia, and then explained Wikidata, its underlying concepts and a glance to its history, how to add statements and references, how to query with Wikidata Query Services, Wikidata and its potential in research fields, Wikiprojects and Wikidata:For development resources. Slides are available on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Datatek)_WikiLatih_Wikidata_untuk_Wikimedian_dan_Akademisi_2025.pdf> . *Tool of the week* - WD-NearbyItems <https://github.com/altilunium/wd-nearbyitems> : browse Wikidata Items nearby - Quizicle <https://quizicledaily.com/> is a daily quiz/puzzle game that's not really a quiz and not really a puzzle. Deduce the answer from crossword-style clues with hot/cold feedback. *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: - random page URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14025> (link to random page or item on website) - specimen classifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14026> (person who assigned the identification to a specimen) - collection date <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14027> (date-time or interval during which a specimen or object was collected in the field) - land degradation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14028> (amount of land that is degraded by an object, mainly for infrastructure projects) - Hong Kong fire alarm level <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14029> (Hong Kong fire alarm levels classification system) - page offset <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14035> (difference between external page number printed on the work (P304) and the actual page in digital file (P7668)) - logical implication <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14039> (axiom or conjecture that this axiom or conjecture implies) - Newest External identifiers: survivalhorrors.com ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14019>, VGChartz ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14020>, Adventure Game Hotspot game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14021>, BoomerShooterDB game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14022>, Vandal game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14023>, GoFundMe fundraising ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14024>, Adult Film Database director ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14030>, S1 No.1 Style actress ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14031>, MetroidvaniaDB game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14032>, EAGER game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14033>, EAGER developer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14034>, Games.cz game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14036>, 4gamer.net game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14037>, GOG tag ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14038>, Yaba Sanshiro ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14040>, Games for Change directory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14041>, DLSite work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14042>, DLSite person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14043>, DLSite doujin circle ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14044>, Fight-A-Base game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14045>, DeVuego game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14046> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: Erdős Problem number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Erd%C5%91s_Problem_number> (Erdős Problem number) - New External identifier property proposals to review: PixelatedArcade genre ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PixelatedArcade_genre_ID> , BRAHMS identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BRAHMS_identifier> , LegiStorm person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LegiStorm_person_ID> , Game Boy Database game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Game_Boy_Database_game_ID> , NHK Archives Program ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NHK_Archives_Program_ID> , Wendingen object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wendingen_object_ID> , Wendingen person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wendingen_person_ID> , RetroCollect games ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RetroCollect_games_ID> , FIP.IT basketball player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FIP.IT_basketball_player_ID> , Lenta.ru person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lenta.ru_person_ID> , Polski Petersburg encyclopedia ID (Polish version). <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polski_Petersburg_encyclopedia_ID_(Polish_version).> , Télérama film ID. <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9rama_film_ID.> , Bercail ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bercail_ID>, Panoramax picture ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Panoramax_picture_ID> , InterSportStats athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/InterSportStats_athlete_ID> , Before I Play game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Before_I_Play_game_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: turn (L3568) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L3568> - English verb (tɜːrn) meaning "to rotate", "to change direction", or "to transform" *Development* - No development happened in the past week as the team are on holidays. Happy new year everyone! 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: Czech Republic <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Czech_Republic> - 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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