*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2026-02-09. Missed the previous one? See issue #717 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: Numishare Blog: Improving searchability using Natural language Processing + Wikidata <https://numishare.blogspot.com/2026/01/improving-searchability-using-natural.html> - How NLP-based search improvements for numismatic <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q631286> collections for the American Numismatic Society <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1256518>. Python NLP tools and Wikidata add a semantic layer that links equivalent terms (e.g. “serpent” and “snake”) to improve discovery across coin databases such as OCRE and MANTIS. Author: Ethan Gruber <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57432992>. - Videos: - Art+Feminism Conversations / Intro to Wikidata + Archives <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vRrasGCifE>: Led by User:Epìdosis <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ep%C3%ACdosis> and User:Alan Ang (WMDE) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Alan_Ang_(WMDE)>, this recording covers tools that support collaborative Wikidata editing, and includes with brief updates on mobile editing, Wikibase software, and work at the intersection of AI and Wikidata. Find more info and tools covered on Meta:Art+Feminism <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Art%2BFeminism:_Intro_to_Wikidata_and_Archives> - Custom Upload Funnel Creation on Wikimedia Commons: Wiki Loves Africa 2026 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8S1Ay5UWvo> - User:Kambai Akau <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Kambai_Akau> and the Tyap User Group <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2026_in_the_Tyap_Community> demonstrate how to contribute to the Wiki Loves Africa 2026 contest, incl. how to add a Wikidata Infobox to your contributions, and how to create Wikidata Items if they are missing. - (Papiamento) Add a different language Label to a Wikidata Item <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiZAvrop_yU> Wikipedia Above Aruba|Ep. 9 - it's not always obvious how to add labels, descriptions and aliases of different languages to Wikidata items, this short video demonstrates how. - Hands-on Exercise: Data Cleaning & Preparation with OpenRefine <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9tbLc5czbU> - Daniel Garjio guides through exercises to cluster and merge duplicate values, standardise formats, reconcile data with external authority sources such as Wikidata. - (Spanish) Mapeo colaborativo, plataformas libres y autonomía local <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srLq6dXjGc4>, part of the Conference on Climate Justice, Indigenous Voices, and Wikimedia Platforms (2024) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conferencia_Justicia_clim%C3%A1tica_Per%C3%BA_2024> - speaker: Túllio Morais Franca shows how to integrate mapping tools suchas OpenStreetMap and Mapillary with Wikidata, Commons and Wikipedia. *Tool of the week* - Wiki Clarity Tool <https://clarity-tool.toolforge.org/>: Clarity Tool is a lightweight web application built to empower editors across Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons. It helps contributors identify missing information in articles and suggests structured data from Wikidata to fill those gaps. - Name Suggestion Index : Submit a Brand <https://ga-kevin-codes.github.io/Suggest-A-Brand/> - A tool that links Wikidata brand items to the Name Suggestion Index project on OpenStreetMap <https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index>. *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Mobile editors can now edit String and External ID datatypes directly in the mobile view. To help improve this new interface, Wikimedia Deutschland is looking for volunteers for UX testing sessions. Participants will be compensated for their time. Sign up here <https://greatquestion.co/wikimediadeutschland/bo2e7e2a/apply> (greatquestion) and learn more on the project page: Mobile editing of statements <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_editing_experience/Mobile_editing_of_statements> *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: - braille transcription <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14115> (transcription in Braille) - location collected <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14117> (geographic location where a specimen or sample was collected in the field) - Newest External identifiers: Rappels theatrical production ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14114>, Berlin School ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14116> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Siège occupé <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Si%C3%A8ge_occup%C3%A9> ({{TranslateThis | fr = siège occupé par une personne au sein d'une académie ou autre société à ''numerus clausus'' }}) - Standard Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Standard_Number> (A standard serial number) - New External identifier property proposals to review: MusicaPopular.cl ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MusicaPopular.cl_ID> , JMRC person id (en) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JMRC_person_id_(en)> , Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary_of_Unitarian_and_Universalist_Biography_ID> , CAMEO page ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CAMEO_page_ID> , TeamNL athlete ID (new) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TeamNL_athlete_ID_(new)> , World Flora Online Plant List <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Flora_Online_Plant_List> , radeberger-stadtgeschichte.de Objekt Identifikator <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/radeberger-stadtgeschichte.de_Objekt_Identifikator> , Master Ideographs Seeker Character ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Master_Ideographs_Seeker_Character_ID> , Flohic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flohic_ID>, Oricon News person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oricon_News_person_ID> , radiko person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/radiko_person_ID> , Xcity actress ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Xcity_actress_ID> , TV Drama Database Program ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV_Drama_Database_Program_ID> , Van Dale Rijmwoordenboek sentences ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Van_Dale_Rijmwoordenboek_sentences_ID> , Van Dale Rijmwoordenboek word ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Van_Dale_Rijmwoordenboek_word_ID> , BISMaL taxon ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BISMaL_taxon_ID> , Vlaams Woordenboek ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vlaams_Woordenboek_ID> , Kotobank Japanese ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kotobank_Japanese_ID> , Nişanyan Adlar ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ni%C5%9Fanyan_Adlar_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - Items with two or more Olympedia people ID <https://w.wiki/HkTZ> ( source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Wikidata_entries_with_multiple_Olympedia_IDs>) - find duplicate external identifier. - Music roll releases with recordings of works performed by composer <https://w.wiki/Hndn> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Piano_Rolls/Queries> ) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: - WikiProject progressive Metal <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Progressive_Metal> - Wikiproject Basque Cultural heritage and GLAM <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Basque_Cultural_Heritage_and_GLAM> - Newest database reports <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: 'Template' items with only one sitelink <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/single_sitelink_template_items> - per Wikidata:Notability <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Notability>, "*If a link is a template, the item must contain at least two such sitelinks...*" - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : It Was Just an Accident (Q133866932) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133866932> - a 2025 thriller film, winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: *Development* - Dumps: We published the report from our research into the user experience with Wikidata's dumps <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_Dumps_Discovery_Research_Report.pdf> . - Mobile editing: We are finalizing the support for quantity, monolingual text, mathematical expression and musical notation statements as well as a first version for coordinate statements. - Wikidata integration in the Wikimedia projects: We have continued our investigation into existing Lua modules in order to find more ways in which we can reduce unwanted entries from Wikidata in Recent changes and watchlists on Wikipedia and co. We found a number of options that we are looking into now. (phab:T416822 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T416822>, phab:T416825 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T416825>, phab:T416826 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T416826>, phab:T416827 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T416827>) - Wikidata Vector embedding: We added German to the embedding (next to English, French and Arabic) 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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