*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2026-01-12. Missed the previous one? See issue #713 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions* - New requests for permissions/Bot: AmeisenBot 3 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/AmeisenBot_3> - *Task/s:* Adding descriptions (and possibly labels and aliases as well) to items based on their statements. - New CheckUser requests: Saroj <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/CheckUser/Saroj> (RfP scheduled to end at 25 January 2026 09:31 UTC) *Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours> will take place on Wednesday, 18:00 CEST <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1768410000>, 14th January 2026 in the Wikidata Telegram group <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>. The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase. - WMF Wikidata Platform team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikidata_Platform> is launching a new office hours series starting *January 27th* <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Blazegraph_Migration_Office_Hours_-_January_2026>, 2026 and continuing on the first Tuesday of each month. The scope of this series is be limited to Blazegraph migration <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update> support for the entirety of 2026. Participants are encouraged to register in advance for each session and may optionally add a brief description of their migration-related questions to the shared Etherpad <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Blazegraph_Migration_Office_Hours> to help guide preparation. *See Blazegraph Migration office hour page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Blazegraph_Migration_Office_Hours> for more details* *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: Wikidata at 13: Fante Wikimedians Joins the Celebration <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/01/05/wikidata-at-13-fante-wikimedians-joins-the-celebration/> - Papers: Structuring the Sights and Stories of Pausanias with Wikidata <https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003584155-3/structuring-sights-stories-pausanias-wikidata-john-brady-kiesling-anna-foka-kyriaki-konstantinidou-linda-talatas-elton-barker> - The Digital Periegesis project leverages Wikidata and linked open data tools to annotate, disambiguate, and connect Pausanias’s complex 2nd‑century text, enhancing accessibility, interoperability, and scholarly engagement with Greece’s historical and mythological landscape. By Kiesling et al., (2025) - Videos: (Papiamento) Wikipedia on Aruba | Episode 8: How to add a new topic (item) to Wikidata <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PukvB8Viw_0> *Tool of the week* - Knowledge Train <https://knowledgetrain.toolforge.org/> A game to create a train of knowledge with the power of Wikidata - User:Athulvis *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Mobile statement editing is now available as a beta feature on Wikidata <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/MAKNPEWKTYJAJTIIDM6MWU3YMA5KHSXB/>. Enable the Beta feature in your preferences settings, head to Wikidata Sandbox (Q4115189) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4115189> (in mobile view) to test it and share your feedback here: Mobile editing of statements <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_editing_experience/Mobile_editing_of_statements> . - The WMF Wikidata Platform team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikidata_Platform> has published its January 2026 newsletter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_Platform_team/Newsletter>. It includes updates on the legacy full-graph endpoint decommissioning, the User-Agent policy change, the monthly Blazegraph migration office hours, and efforts to reduce regressions caused by the legacy endpoint shutdown. To have new issues of the WDP *monthly* newsletter delivered to your user talk page, Subscribe to WDP newsletter! <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Global_message_delivery/Targets/WDP_team_updates> *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: common organism <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14067> (organisms known by this common name) - Newest External identifiers: Boosty author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14059>, Before I Play game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14060>, Korea Heritage Service Heritage Portal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14061>, KaraokeTexty.cz artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14062>, KaraokeTexty.cz song ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14063>, Showlabs ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14064>, DEUMM Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14065>, Slekt og Data cemetery ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14066>, Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14068>, EZB library ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14069>, topic of Dictionary of Canadian biography identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14070>, Cover Art Archive image <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14071>, X broadcast ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14072>, Theaterencyclopedie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14073>, Maitron biography ID (new version) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14074>, Scilit organization ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14075>, Fragrantica perfume ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14076>, Fragrantica perfume brand ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14077>, izoh.uz word ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14078>, Place Names and Places of Nova Scotia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14079>, Fragrantica perfume notes ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14080>, Fragrantica perfumer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14081>, Parfumo perfume brand ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14082>, Parfumo perfumer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14083>, Parfumo perfume ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14084>, Parfumo fragrance notes ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14085> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Artistagraph ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artistagraph_ID> (Identifies the Artistagraph for an artistIdentifier for creative works on Artistagraph, a platform for documenting and discovering artist information and creative work connections) - number of tunnel tubes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/number_of_tunnel_tubes> (Number of parallel tubes in a tunnel.) - New External identifier property proposals to review:: Mapillary sequence ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mapillary_sequence_ID> , People's Graphic Design Archive creator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/People%27s_Graphic_Design_Archive_creator_ID> , Uni24k indentifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Uni24k_indentifier> , Brussels BeStAddress municipality ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brussels_BeStAddress_municipality_ID> , Brussels BeStAddress street name ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brussels_BeStAddress_street_name_ID> , Brussels BeStAddress address ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brussels_BeStAddress_address_ID> , Wikifunctions object <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikifunctions_object> , MAX username <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MAX_username>, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Accademia_Nazionale_dei_Lincei_ID> , The Retro Web company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Retro_Web_company_ID> , Schulnummer Berlin <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Schulnummer_Berlin> , KCI article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KCI_article_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - Timeline of coup d'états <https://w.wiki/HKna> - All towns named Versailles <https://w.wiki/HMYd> - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : mojito <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q487338> - traditional Cuban highball cocktail *Development* - Mobile editing of statements: We have released the first version of mobile statement editing as a beta feature (see details above). In addition we are improving it further and are adding missing functionality to get it ready for a full release. This includes adding editing support for additional data types such as date and musical notation. - Blazegraph replacement: The Wikidata platform team is continuing their evaluation of alternative backends for the Wikidata Query Service. - Graph QL: We are continuing to work on the prototype to get it ready for wider testing and are waiting on a security review. - Dumps: We fixed an issue where the "latest" symlinks to data dumps weren't working correctly. - Wikidata integration in the Wikimedia projects: We are investigating how to further reduce the number of unnecessary changes showing up in watchlist and recent changes coming from Wikidata. The work on this is also helping reduce the size of the recent changes database table, which is especially important on larger Wikipedias. In addition we are continuing to improve the Databox module to make it easier for smaller Wikipedias to get Wikidata-powered infoboxes. 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: Kazakhstan <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Kazakhstan> - 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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