*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the week leading up to 2026-03-02. Missed the previous one? See issue #720 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions* - Closed request for adminship: Jan Myšák <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Jan_My%C5%A1%C3%A1k>: Closed as successful, congratulations to Wikidata's newest admin! - New request for comments: Notability Policy - Round 2 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Notability_policy_reform>: we are still requesting your input on the new Notablity policy. Including whether to elevate the self-promotion essay <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Notability_policy_reform#Round_2:_Make_Wikidata:Self-promotion_a_policy> to a policy. *Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group> session 3 March, 2026: We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Session on Tuesday, March 3 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter). Wikiproject P244 maintenance uses SPARQL queries to identify and resolve two types of constraint violations in Wikidata: instances of Wikidata items with more than one LCNAF identifier and instances of the same LCNAF identifier existing on more than one Wikidata item. The February 17th session walked participants through how to resolve the former issue, while the March 3rd session will focus on the latter. This session will be more discussion-focused, since instances where two LCNAF identifier have the same Wikidata item can be difficult to resolve because of Wikidata’s innate quirks. Maybe your ideas will become the official best practice! Event page: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Project_Series/LCNAF_Duplicate_Detection_P244_Maintenance - Bring-Your-Own-Data-Lab <https://hermes-hub.de/aktuelles/news/save-the-date-byodl-2026-04-24.html>, on 24.04.2026, the HERMES Data Competence centre hosts an online BYODL. Dr. Katrin Moeller and Dr. Olaf Simons will share how to enrich your own personal data with standard data and the Wikibase FactGrid. Click the link for registration and more information. - Wikidata Workshop w/ Wikipedia Riba Aruba + University of Aruba Research Center (UARC), March 2, 12 - 2pm GMT-4. Click here to register. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQMobUMNF7TzQIS0yQAaODqIAlQ-5PMoESx_VAq_MIgYtUGQ/viewform> *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: - The Museo del Prado and Wikimedia Spain consolidate Wikidata as the connector axis of digital cultural heritage <https://www.museodelprado.es/actualidad/noticia/el-museo-del-prado-y-wikimedia-espaa-consolidan-a/bb297f99-9445-68c8-250f-f2aa2765792a> - gathering of the second edition of *Connected Heritage: Wikidata in the GLAM Ecosystem* - (Dutch) Wikipielen: an informal mini-hackathon for the GLAM sector <https://www.wikimedia.nl/actueel/blog/wikipielen-informele-wiki-hackathon-voor-de-glam-sector/>, Olaf Janssen (WM coordinator at National Library of Netherlands) on the 10th edition of this micro-hackathon for people in cultural and heritage sector interested in Wikidata, Wikibase, SPARQL, OpenRefine and other technical skills. - Boundary Issues <https://medium.com/@michalmigurski/weeknotes-2026w04-boundary-issues-f037407a7f45>—Michal Migurski on representing disputed boundaries using Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. - Papers: - From Websites to Wikidata: Digitising Scotland’s Stories <https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/johd.471> by Ross *et al.* (2026) - *Entity Linking with Wikidata: A Systematic Literature Review* <https://doi.org/10.1145/3795134> - *A Dataset for Named Entity Recognition and Relation Extraction from Art-historical Image Descriptions* <https://arxiv.org/html/2602.19133v1> by Schneider *et al.* (2026)., introduces FRAME for extracting art-historical entities and relationships from texts, enabling automatic linking of artworks, artists, and related metadata via Wikidata. - Review of Ethics in Linked Data <https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1247&context=jcas> by Rebecca Fried. - Videos: - (Swedish) Fotbollsspelare Wikipedia / Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjJHbF2aDCc> - using QuickStatements to add P54 (member of sports team) to football players - Jukun Wikipedia Outreach <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-hYIdzJLeg>, day 2 took attendees through adding interwiki links, Wikidata essentials and adding to Jukun Wiki articles. - Set-up Tutorial: Language Preferences and Gadgets on Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgRWBAvoea0>, the International [Digital] Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA) takes us through enabling gadgets and setting your preferred languages (Babel). *Tool of the week* - Maps Of the World / Stadiums <https://mapsofthe.world/stadiums> - explore the stadiums of the world (at least the ones with Wikidata Items), mapped by SPARQL. *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: SignWriting transcription <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14164> (representation in SignWriting) - Newest External identifiers: Microsoft Store developer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14160>, Apple Music Classical work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14161>, SIK-ISEA group ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14162>, CHZZK streamer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14163> - New General datatypes property proposals to review:: - Objectif plumes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Objectif_plumes> (Database managed by the General Service for Literature and Books, a department of the Cultural Administration of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (basically the Ministry of Culture for the French-speaking part of Belgium). The database currently includes entries on books by more than 8.000 Belgian writers.) - usual forename <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/usual_forename> (A name usually derived from a given name used to address a person in everyday life.) - apportionment diagram <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/apportionment_diagram> (image that displays the representation of seats won by party in an election to an assembly) - New External identifier property proposals to review: LibriVox reader ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LibriVox_reader_ID> , All Skies Encyclopaedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/All_Skies_Encyclopaedia_ID> , KCUE academy ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KCUE_academy_ID> , Catálogo de autoridades da BUSC <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cat%C3%A1logo_de_autoridades_da_BUSC> , ISSN-H <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ISSN-H>, Hong Kong Cinema title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hong_Kong_Cinema_title_ID> , NPPM ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NPPM_ID>, Parlement.com ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parlement.com_ID> , Kokugakuin University god name database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kokugakuin_University_god_name_database_ID> , Czech National Register of Health Service Providers ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Czech_National_Register_of_Health_Service_Providers_ID> , Génération Nintendo game ID developer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ration_Nintendo_game_ID_developer_ID> , Génération Nintendo game ID publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ration_Nintendo_game_ID_publisher_ID> , wikiru.jp wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/wikiru.jp_wiki_ID> , Tribuna.com football players ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tribuna.com_football_players_ID> , SnokaDB <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SnokaDB>, abadis.ir Persian word ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/abadis.ir_Persian_word_ID> , AIK soccer player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AIK_soccer_player_ID> , BOIShistory <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BOIShistory> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - Works in Scottish museums by female artists, lacking an English Wikipedia article <https://w.wiki/HygX> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter/queries/collections> ) - Graph of Moominworld <https://w.wiki/J5hv> - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Zanzibar Islands (Q1774) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1774> - semi-autonomous part of Tanzania - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: snap (L14515) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L14515> - English verb (snæp) meaning "to break suddenly", "to lose control emotionally", or "to take a photograph" *Development* - Mobile statement editing: - We worked on removing the constraint violations indicator from a statement after an edit that fixed it. - We are fixing bugs uncovered in testing, such as phab:T218477 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T218477>, phab:T418104 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T418104>, phab:T417861 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T417861> and phab:T417647 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T417647>. - GraphQL: We are getting ready to launch the first version later this week, including preparing the documentation for how to use it. 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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