*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the week leading up to 2026-02-02. Missed the previous one? See issue #716 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions* - New requests for permissions/Bot: Sapper-bot 2 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Sapper-bot_2> - Task: Monthly updates of the Dead Sea <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23883> level and the "lowest point" property for Israel <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q801>, Jordan <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810>, and Asia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48>. - Closed request for permissions/Bot: LiteraryWorksMetaDataUploadBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/LiteraryWorksMetaDataUploadBot> - Task: Upload metadata for literary works from research project. (Approved) - Other: Proposal to configure the Newcomer Dashboard for Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Proposal_to_configure_the_Newcomer_Dashboard_for_Wikidata> *Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - Call for Sessions: Wikimania 2026 is Coming to Paris <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/01/27/call-for-sessions-wikimania-2026-is-coming-to-paris/>! The submission form will remain open until March 1. Results will be published in May. - Who's hiding behind museum collections? - A Wikidata Edit-a-thon by WiNoDa Knowledge Lab <https://winoda.de/en/english/> (February 24th, 1:00pm-4:30pm CET). This online Edit-a-thon will focus on the many collectors that contributed to the Arachnida and Miryapoda collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Q136406087>. Join us to uncover the unspoken human networks that shaped the history of science! Register here: http://winoda.de/en/event/wikidata-edit-a-thon/ *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: Strengthening the Latin American public domain with Wikidata <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/02/01/celebrating-latin-american-public-domain-in-2026/> - Thesis: Hebeis, Maximilian (2026): *Entity Matching for Person Records in Authority Files* <https://doi.org/10.20378/irb-112660>, Bamberg: Otto-Friedrich-Universität (Master thesis in computer science: "a case study into applying learningbased entity matching to person records from two large authority databases, namely the German national Integrated Authority File (GND) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36578> and the crowd-sourced open knowledge base Wikidata") - Papers: Special Collection of the Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD): *Wikidata across the humanities: datasets, methodologies, reuse* , https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/collections/wikidata_across_the_humanities (new papers have been published during the last week; see a list at d:Q136325279#P527 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136325279#P527>) - Videos: - Africa Wiki Women 1st Newbies Community Meetup <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUtvW94US_M> - held an orientation for new members on editing Wikidata, Wikipedia, and Commons, to help bridge knowledge gaps of African women on Wiki platforms. - Mapping Africa: Visualizing Knowledge and Communities <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czndc9Ekzb8> - explores how African communities use maps and geospatial data to enhance Wikidata, improve Wikimedia articles, and make local knowledge more visible globally. *Tool of the week* - Wdlist : Create and manage a personal list of Wikidata items. <https://github.com/altilunium/wdlist> *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Wikimedia Deutschland Job vacancy - Architect of Storage Solutions <https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/62397164/Architect-of-Storage-Solutions-all-genders---6-weeks-Freelance-contract/> - (freelance contract / 4-6 weeks) - You can now nominate your favorite Wikidata research award for 2025. Call for Nominations <https://research.wikimedia.org/awards.html> now open until February 15, 2026. *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: U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System name ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14112>, Lenta.ru person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14113> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - value type of this mathematical property <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/value_type_of_this_mathematical_property> (type of the value of this mathematical property when applied to this object or this type of objects) - Gifu Prefectural Shrine Association ranking <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gifu_Prefectural_Shrine_Association_ranking> (One of the three rankings given by the Gifu Prefectural Shrine Association) - instances must not have <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/instances_must_not_have> (instances of this class or of its subclasses must not have given property or statement) - African Scientists Directory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/African_Scientists_Directory_ID> (identifier for a scientist in the African Scientists Directory) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Center for Jewish History person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Center_for_Jewish_History_person_ID> , LINCS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LINCS_ID>, Artdoc.Media film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artdoc.Media_film_ID> , Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Architects 1800-1950 practice ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Biographical_Dictionary_of_British_and_Irish_Architects_1800-1950_practice_ID> , Walloon-French dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Walloon-French_dictionary_ID> , Russian Register of Film Distribution Certificates ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Russian_Register_of_Film_Distribution_Certificates_ID> , Hentaigana for Academic Information Exchange ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hentaigana_for_Academic_Information_Exchange_ID> , Identifiant inventaire Nouvelle-Aquitaine <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_inventaire_Nouvelle-Aquitaine> , Algemeen Nederlands Woordenboek ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Algemeen_Nederlands_Woordenboek_ID> , Woordenboek van Nieuwe Woorden ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woordenboek_van_Nieuwe_Woorden_ID> , Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Instituut_voor_de_Nederlandse_Taal_ID> , Woordcombinaties ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Woordcombinaties_ID> , Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Etymologisch_Woordenboek_van_het_Nederlands_ID> , Database of the Southern Dutch Dialects concept ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Database_of_the_Southern_Dutch_Dialects_concept_ID> , GiveSendGo ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GiveSendGo_ID> , CrowdRepublic project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CrowdRepublic_project_ID> , European Dictionary Portal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/European_Dictionary_Portal_ID> , Gravestone Project Cemetery ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gravestone_Project_Cemetery_ID> , Uzbek-Russian dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Uzbek-Russian_dictionary_ID> , Ruwiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ruwiki_ID>, Swedish National Archives ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swedish_National_Archives_ID> , GDUNO ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GDUNO_ID>, JMRC person id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JMRC_person_id> , Catalunya Romànica ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Catalunya_Rom%C3%A0nica_ID> , Mercantile Navy List ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mercantile_Navy_List_ID> , Igromania author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Igromania_author_ID> , Danmarks Kirker <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danmarks_Kirker> , Medvik ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medvik_ID>, Obálky knih ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ob%C3%A1lky_knih_ID> , National Theatre in Prague artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Theatre_in_Prague_artist_ID> , National Theatre in Prague performance ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Theatre_in_Prague_performance_ID> , Alpine Linux Wiki article <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Alpine_Linux_Wiki_article> , Microsoft Store developer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Microsoft_Store_developer_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: Item with a Wikipedia page in lang. X but not Y <https://w.wiki/Hg$g> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Wikidata_instance_with_page_on_language_wikis>) - modify the wd: QID and the schema:isPartOf for your own purposes. - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: - WikiProject Chess - Rubinstein-Memorial list <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Chess/Lists/Rubinstein-Memorial> - WikiProject Units of Measurement <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiproject_Units_of_Measurement> - Wikiproject Medicine - List of Italian Doctors <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Medicine/List_of_Italian_doctors> - WikiProject Evanion Collection <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Evanion_Collection> - WikiProject Highlights: WikiProject every Politician / Canada <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_every_politician/Canada> - all Commons lists were updated. - Newest database reports <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Variety of reports for deletion candidates <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/to_delete> *Development* - Wikidata integration in the other Wikimedia projects: - We are making progress with identifying additional ways in which we can reduce the number of irrelevant changes from Wikidata showing up in recent changes and watchlist on Wikipedia and co. - We are discussing with pilot Wikipedias about turning on showing Wikidata changes by default in watchlist and recent changes (moving it from opt-in to opt-out) - GraphQL: We are putting the last touches on a GraphQL endpoint for Wikidata. We are planning to get it live later this month for feedback. - LDF endpoint: We are planning to decommission the endpoint in preparation for the migration away from Blazegraph on the 18th of February ( phab:T415696 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T415696>) - Mobile statement editing: - We are almost done with adding support for editing statements with quantity and monolingual text datatype and finished support for mathematical expression statements. We started support for editing coordinate statements. - We are continuing the work on showing constraint violations. - Wikibase Ecosystem: We are in the process of setting up a demo system for ontology federation (i.e. using Wikidata Items as values in statements on another Wikibase instance) 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: - 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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